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Roller coasters may be over 100 years old, but they are still bringing Americans today fresh excitement. Since the first roller coaster opened in 1884 on New York’s Coney Island, the ride has gone through many changes to become what it is today.

“1884, you’re talking about 20 years before the Model T, so the concept of being moved by any sort of vehicle was quite new,” Derek Thompson, a senior editor for The Atlantic, said on “CBS This Morning: Saturday.” “They actually had to push the car to get it going — and it traveled at about 6 mph.”

Today, the oldest working roller coaster is in Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania.

Leap-the-Dips was built in 1902, far before roller coasters had reached what Thompson calls their “golden age.” The coaster is 40 feet tall and travels around 10 mph in a figure 8 shape. While this may not seem too impressive, it’s important to remember this ride was built before the release of the airplane or the Model T.

Another notable roller coaster from 1917 is in Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The Wild One features an impressive 88 foot drop and reaches a speed of 50 mph, bringing it much closer to the thrilling rides of today.

Back in Pennsylvania, The Thunderbolt is one of the faster roller coasters of the 1920s with a distinctive lift in the middle that sets it apart from others of that

Article source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/travel-through-time-with-these-historic-roller-coasters/

Another near-sure question for the call: How about demand for the Model S and the future of its direct sales model?

Tesla launched a referral program last week to give $1,000 to new car buyers who use a referral link from a previous buyer. The current Model S owner would get $1,000 off a new car, services, or accessories.

If the program is successful, Tesla may not have to open as many stores in the future, the company said.

The move was also part of a “guerrilla battle” with dealers, Musk said.

Tesla, of course, sells its cars directly to customers, bypassing dealerships. It has been barred from selling its cars that way, however, in several states, including Texas. 

Article source: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2015/08/05/live-blog-tesla-to-report-second-quarter-results/

Joseph LeDoux is worried. The prominent cognitive neuropsychologist feels his field is at an “impasse.” He takes some of the blame: His own “work and writings,” he confesses, “are in part responsible for these misconceptions” about the workings of fear in the brain. He wants to “straighten out the story before it goes further off track.”

With such a provocative introduction, I thought Mr. LeDoux’s new book, “Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety,” might contain disturbing news about the hugely…

Article source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-give-a-mouse-a-xanax-1438978022

Police and gendarmes carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. (CREDIT: Yannick Pitou/AFP/Getty Images)

Police and gendarmes carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. (CREDIT: Yannick Pitou/AFP/Getty Images)

Malaysia’s transport ministry said Thursday that more plane parts have washed up on the same island as a wing part believed — with varying degrees of certainty — to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Those new items, which the Malaysians described as pieces of windows, seat cushions and aluminum material, will be tested by the same international team of experts who are looking at a

Article source: http://ktla.com/2015/08/06/parts-of-windows-seat-cushions-wash-up-on-reunion-island-following-confirmation-of-mh370-debris-officials/

“You’re going to see some wonderful flying skills and a lot of different types of radio-controlled aircrafts —planes, helicopters, a drone, some things we aren’t even sure how to describe,” said Gene Doncea, the president of the Hamburg Flyers Radio Control Club.

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Club members were out at the park Tuesday evening remotely manning model airplanes using hand-held radio controllers and getting ready to show off their stuff at an upcoming a

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They did tricks like barrel rolls and loops, taking off from a small

Article source: http://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/hamburg-township/2015/08/06/radio-control-plane-airshow/31179551/

Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015 6:15 am

Auslander named keynote speaker at Greater Meadville Area Day dinner

Edward L. Auslander, LORD Corp.’s president and chief executive officer, will be the featured speaker at the 47th annual Greater Meadville Area Day and Winslow Award dinner.

Sponsored by the Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County, the annual invitation-only event is Aug. 13 at The Country Club, north of Meadville.

Greater Meadville Area Day was initiated in 1969 to commemorate the 85th birthday of Dr. Harry C. Winslow, a business leader and surgeon in the Meadville area. It was started

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(CNN)Malaysia’s Transport Ministry said Thursday that more plane parts have washed up on the same island as a wing part believed — with varying degrees of certainty — to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Those new items, which the Malaysians described as pieces of windows, seat cushions and aluminum, will be tested by the same international team of experts that is examining a piece of a wing that Malaysia said Wednesday is definitely from MH370.

Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre, which is helping coordinate the search for the missing airliner, said Wednesday, before Malaysia announced the discovery of new items, that there was no indication so far of any more aircraft debris.

“A great deal of additional material has been handed over to the police” on Reunion Island, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in a statement. “While this is being examined, so far none of it appears to have come from an aircraft.”

The Australians are not in charge of the search on Reunion and other western Indian Ocean islands. Malaysia has overall responsibility for the investigation.

Though Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the wing part, called a flaperon, is certainly from MH370, other officials have expressed more caution and say that more testing is needed.

Less than an hour after the Prime Minister’s statement, Paris Deputy Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak used slightly less definitive language. He said that there were “very strong presumptions” that the debris from the French

Article source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/06/world/mh370-investigation/