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- Avian and Animal Veterinarians (Birds n Ways)
Provides information to locate or gain referrals for bird vets or animal veterinarians. Also provides tips on the care of pets.
- Aviation - Wright, Wilbur and Orville (Bradshaw)
"During the years 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903, the two brothers developed the first effective airplane." 11-03
- Aviation - Wilbur and Orville Wright's Plane Development (PBS.org)
"How is it that two bicycle-shop owners from Dayton, Ohio, managed to do what many others before them had tried but failed to do -- invent the airplane?" 11-03
- -12-03-04 Pandemic Preparedness - Avian Flu (International Herald Tribune)
"A global pandemic of avian influenza is 'very, very likely' and could kill tens of millions of people worldwide, a top World Health Organization official said Monday."
Editor's Note: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson stated on December 3, 2004 that one of his greatest health fears is for a pandemic of avian flu. 12-04
- Flu, Avian (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
"Type A influenza viruses can infect several animal species, including birds, pigs, horses, seals and whales. Influenza viruses that infect birds are called “avian influenza viruses.” Birds are an especially important species because all known subtypes of influenza A viruses circulate among wild birds, which are considered the natural hosts for influenza A viruses. Avian influenza viruses do not usually directly infect humans or circulate among humans." 12-04
- Avian Flu
- Lessons Related to Aviation and Flight (PlaneMath.com)
- -02-25-06 Poll: Avian Flu Concerns (CNN News)
"Nearly 60 percent of Americans are concerned about bird flu, but fewer than one-third think it will show up in the United States this year, according to a new poll."
"If human outbreaks occurred, 75 percent said they would reduce or avoid travel, 71 percent said they would skip public events and 68 percent said they would stay home and keep their children at home while the outbreak lasted." 02-06
- -04-23-06 Aviation Safety Improves (USA Today)
"After a year of tests at one of the nation's busiest airports, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are optimistic that the runway status light system can be approved for use at busy airports around the country." 04-06
- -05-02-06 Aviation Safety for Small Planes (New York Times)
"The [F.A.A.] board recommended today that the F.A.A. develop "visual and tactile training aids" to train pilots to detect ice, and that the Department of Transportation require charter operators to tell the passengers if a flight has been subcontracted to another company." 05-06
- -Editorial: Aviation Safety Improving by New Piloting Roles (ABC News)
"Today, in other words, we don't tolerate airline captains unwilling to listen to their co-pilots or utilize their expertise. And, we also no longer tolerate subordinates who are reluctant or afraid to speak up."
"And that is the major reason it's been an amazing 3 ½ years since the last major airline accident in the United States." 05-06
- Teresa of Avila (ChristianityToday.com)
Provides a short biography. "She was hesitant to put her insights to paper and had to be ordered by her superiors to do so. Thankfully for later generations, she obeyed: her three works, Autobiography, Way of Perfection, and Interior Castle, contain some of the most profound insights into the spiritual life ever written." 06-06
- Aviation
- -Avian Flu News (MSNBC News)
- -11-01-05 Bush $7.1 Billion to Combat Avian Flu (CNN News)
"President Bush announced Tuesday that he would ask Congress for $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare the country for a possible flu pandemic." 10-05
- -Avian Flu News (ABC News)
- Avian Flu Risks (ABC News)
"Are travelers at risk for the bird flu? What are the symptoms associated with this illness? ABCNEWS.com asked Dr. William Schaffner to answer questions about the risks the disease poses to the U.S. population. Schaffner is an infectious disease specialist and the chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn." 10-05
- -01-07-06 Avian Flu Kills Siblings in Turkey (CNN News)
"A teenage sister and brother who died of bird flu in Turkey this week were infected with the H5N1 strain of the virus, making it the first time that strain has killed humans outside East Asia, the U.N. health agency said Saturday."
"The WHO is also investigating whether the disease had been transmitted from human to human, spokeswoman Maria Cheng said Saturday. But Health Minister Recep Akdag said Saturday there was no reason to suspect it had." 01-06
- Aviation Safety
- Dinosaurs A-H (EnchantedLearning.com)
Provides a comprehensive and well-organized study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, oriented to children and teens. Includes Acanthopholis, Acrocanthosaurus, Albertosaurus, Allosaurus, Amargasaurus, Ammonite, Anatotitan, Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Archaeopteryx, Archelon, Avimimus, Baryonyx, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Caudipteryx, Ceratosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Coelophysis, Compsognathus, Corythosaurus, Deinonychus, Dilophosaurus, Diplodocus, Dimetrodon, Dimorphodon, Dryosaurus, Dsungaripterus, Edmontosaurus, Elasmosaurus, Eoraptor, Euoplocephalus, Gallimimus, Giganotosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Homalocephale, Hypacrosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, and Hypsilophodon. 10-00
- Types of Airplanes (About.com - Bowles)
Provides information by type of plane. 3-01
- Cochran, Jackie (WomeninAviation.com)
Provides short profile of the first woman to travel faster than the speed of sound. 'At the time of her death on August 9, 1980, Jacqueline Cochran held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot, male or female, in aviation history.' 12-01
- Eban, Abba (BBC)
"Veteran Israeli politician and diplomat Abba Eban has died in hospital near Tel Aviv at the age of 87."
"He dominated the first decade of Israeli diplomacy following the state's establishment in 1948, serving as its representative to the United Nations and ambassador to Washington."
"He went on to become one of Israel's most respected foreign ministers, serving for eight of the most turbulent years of its history, between 1966 and 1974." 11-02
- 10-30-03 Israeli Army Chief Criticizes Sharon (Christian Science Monitor - Barr)
"The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces has added his voice to those criticizing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hard-line policies for dealing with the Palestinians."
"Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, in remarks published this week that were initially attributed to 'IDF officials' but later revealed as having been spoken by him, said that 'in our tactical decisions, we are operating contrary to our strategic interest.' "
"Heller, principal research associate at the Jaffee Institute for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, says that Yaalon's comment about tactics undermining strategy makes sense if the strategy is to bring about a return to negotiations toward a two-state solution."
"But, he continues 'if the strategy is to compel the Palestinians to sign on to a political deal which is acceptable to people who control the [Israeli] government now then [current tactics are] not necessarily counterproductive.' " 10-03
- 12-31-03 Top 10 Astronomy Photos of 2003 (Space.com - Britt)
"Seldom does astronomy enjoy a year with such avid and widespread amateur participation, from first-timers watching compelling sky events and photographing them, to a kid who stumped the experts with one remarkable picture that enthralled the media and the public around the world." 12-03
- Justices - Supreme Court Judge Scalia Socializes With Cheney Before Hearing (CBS News)
"Vice President Dick Cheney and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spent part of last week duck hunting together at a private camp in southern Louisiana, just three weeks after the court agreed to take up the vice president's appeal in lawsuits over his handling of the administration's energy task force, the Los Angeles Times says in its Saturday editions."
"While Scalia and Cheney are avid hunters and longtime friends, several experts in legal ethics questioned the timing of their trip and said it raised doubts about Scalia's ability to judge the case impartially, the newspaper pointed out."
"Federal law says 'any justice or judge shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might be questioned,' the Times notes."
"Stephen Gillers, a New York University law professor, told the Times Scalia should have skipped going hunting with Cheney this year."
" 'A judge may have a friendship with a lawyer, and that's fine. But if the lawyer has a case before the judge, they don't socialize until it's over. That shows a proper respect for maintaining the public's confidence in the integrity of the process,' said Gillers, who is an expert on legal ethics." 2-04
- Poll: World Opinion on Election (Guardian Unlimited)
"Millions of Americans are scratching their heads over how to vote on November 2 after the last of the three televised presidential debates left George Bush and John Kerry neck and neck over jobs, education, health care and taxes, with little mention of Iraq or 9/11. But the rest of the world, according to a poll we and several other newspapers publish today, has already made up its mind, backing the Democratic challenger by a margin of two to one."
"Strikingly, though, political differences may now be casting shadows in other areas. Young Britons, avid consumers of Big Macs, Starbucks and Friends, are now hostile to American culture on a scale traditionally associated with the French. Canada, Mexico and South Korea feel even more threatened. It is common ground that Iraq and the Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib scandals have eroded the sympathy generated by the 2001 terrorist attacks. Encouragingly for whoever does win, 90% believe it is important to maintain good relations with the US. The danger is, perhaps, of expecting too much from a Kerry victory." 10-04
- Computer-Security Experts Warn of Stolen Elections (MSNBC News)
"The best minds in the computer-security world contend that the voting terminals can’t be trusted. Listen, for example, to Avi Rubin, a computer-security expert and professor at Johns Hopkins University who was slipped a copy of Diebold’s source code earlier this year. After he and his students examined it, he concluded that the protections against fraud and tampering were strictly amateur hour."
"(The biggest buzz focuses on the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial election, won by a Republican underdog whose win confounded pollsters.) Suspicions run even higher when people learn that some of those in charge of voting technology are themselves partisan. Walden O’Dell, the CEO of Diebold, is a major fund-raiser for the Bush re-election campaign who recently wrote to contributors that he was 'committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes for the president next year.' "
"To remedy the problem, technologists and allies are rallying around a scheme called verifiable voting. This supplements electronic voting systems with a print-out that affirms the voter’s choices. The printout goes immediately into a secure lockbox. If there’s a need for a recount, the paper ballots are tallied." 11-04
- 11-15-04 New Aircraft Goes Mach 7 (NASA News)
"NASA's second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft flew successfully March 27, 2004, the first time an airbreathing scramjet powered aircraft has flown freely."
"The unpiloted vehicle's supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, ignited as planned and operated for the duration of its hydrogen fuel supply, which lasted about 10 seconds. The X-43A reached its test speed of Mach 7." 11-04
- Skycars (MSNBC News)
Describes the current development of cars that can be driven in the air as an alternative form of transportation. 5-03
- 07-01-04 Spaceship One - First Private Suborbital Flight (CNN News)
"The man who became the first person to pilot a privately built craft into space called his flight 'almost a religious experience' after his safe landing Monday morning." 7-04
- 09-29-04 Spaceship One - First Private Flight into Space (CBS News)
"The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a $10 million prize." 7-04
- 10-04-04 Spaceship One Sets Altitude Record (CNN News)
"SpaceShipOne achieved its most spectacular flight yet, climbing to an altitude of 364,000 feet (70 miles), eight miles beyond what was needed to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize."
"X Prize officials said it set an altitude record exceeding the military X-15's top altitude of 354,200 feet (67 miles) set on August 22, 1963." 10-04
- Parachutes May Save Small Planes (CBS News)
"The company's most advanced parachute right now can accommodate nearly 4,000 pounds. While small planes can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and cruise about 175 miles per hour, regional jets weigh 80,000 pounds and fly at more than 600 miles per hour." 12-04
- First Solo Non-Refueling Trip Around the World (USA Today)
"First by balloon, now by plane, Steve Fossett is once again an around-the-world record holder. The millionaire adventurer on Thursday became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in Salina after a 67-hour, 2-minute, 38-second 23,000-mile journey that appeared endangered at times by a troubled fuel system."
"Fossett's GlobalFlyer, designed by the same engineer who came up with the Voyager airsraft that first completed the trip in 1986 with two pilots aboard, touched down on the center line at the Salina airport at 1:48 p.m. Thursday." 3-05
- Flying Cars Almost Ready (CBS News)
"The folks at NASA have built something called 'The Highway in the Sky.' It's a computer system designed to let millions of people fly whenever they please, and take off and land from wherever they please, in their very own vehicles."
"And here’s the good news -- a lot of people are building machines you’ll be able to buy." 4-05
- Types of Jet Engines (U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission)
Describes the turbofan, turboprop, ramjet, and turbojet engines. 7-05
- Airlines
- International Reactions to Katrina (WorldPress.org)
Provides "comment and analysis from London, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Edmonton, Auckland and Moscow" 9-05
- Air Force Unveils the Raptor (ABC News)
"The Air Force contends the F-22A Raptor will ensure America's air dominance for years to come."
"According to the Air Force, the F-22A Raptor cost more than $40 billion to develop, produce and test. Each plane costs more than $130 million." 12-05
- Yeager, Chuck (Achievement.org)
"Chuck Yeager is unquestionably the most famous test pilot of all time. He won a permanent place in the history of aviation as the first pilot ever to fly faster than the speed of sound, but that is only one of the remarkable feats this pilot performed in service to his country." 02-06
- -02-08-06 Fossett Bids for World's Long Distance Flight Record (ABC News)
"Millionaire U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett took off in an experimental plane on Wednesday on an 80-hour flight that he hopes will set a nonstop distance record." 02-06
- Record: Longest Non-Stop Flight in History (BBC News)
"Adventurer Steve Fossett has broken the record for the longest non-stop flight in aviation history." 2-06
- -03-14-06 Scientist: 50-50 Chance of Bird Flu Hitting Humans (ABC News)
"Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to humans?"
"There are 'about even odds at this time for the virus to learn how to transmit human to human,' he told ABC's 'World News Tonight.' Webster, the Rosemary Thomas Chair at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is credited with being the first scientist to find the link between human flu and bird flu." 03-06
- -Pandemic or Hurricane Checklist (Awesome Library)
Provides recommendations for what to assemble to prepare for avian (bird) flu or other pandemic. Includes recommendations appropriate for preparing for a hurricane also. 03-06
- Space Tourism (CBS News)
"If floating weightless and peering down on a shimmering-blue Earth sounds appealing, you might consider being a space tourist." 03-06
- -04-10-06 Immigration and Spirituality (MSNBC News)
Newsweek interviewed Alex Avila, "the senior producer of LatinoUSA, a nationally syndicated English language radio program produced in Austin, Texas, and distributed by National Public Radio."
"The legislation brought a sense of urgency in the immigrant community and the students have been waiting for something like this to energize them. And since the Senate didn’t do anything last week, I think there's a sense of urgency still. I don't expect these marches to disappear in the next week. It's Holy week [for Catholics] this week, so they expect to have it off, and I think they'll tie the spiritual and the political." 04-06
- How to Survive a Crash (BBC News)
"From 1983 to 2000, according to government reports, nearly 96 percent of passengers involved in U.S. plane crashes survived. When studying the 26 most extreme crashes, the government found more than half of passengers and crew survived."
"Aviation experts say it's most important for passengers to know the location of the nearest emergency exit — even the number of rows it takes to get there." 8-05
- Worst Airlines List Published by Swiss (BBC News)
"Swiss aviation authorities have published a partial list of airlines some of whose aircraft have been banned from Swiss airports." 8-05
- -07-26-06 Glaxo Reports Breakthrough on Bird Flu (BBC News)
"UK drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed a vaccine for the H5N1 deadly strain of avian flu that may be capable of being mass produced by 2007." 07-06
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