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International Space Station

The space station is orbiting halfway between Cambodia and Australia, now! 7:50 am PST, 5/8/17. The ISS weighs 350 tons and orbits at about 100 miles above the Earth. It is traveling at 17,350 miles an hour. Pretty fast for 350 tons. And a remarkable accomplishment for NASA. David Schaedler

"EPA scientific studies must be vetted by administration before release" Well that's understandable. Read up.

End of June, 2017 video report on the Oroville Dam Spillway Reconstruction. Starts at 3m 50s.

Today in history, 6/8/2009

Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.

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Smoking Deaths

"Smoking deaths account for 1 in 10 deaths worldwide." GMA ABC10 8:25 AM PST, 4/6/17. With the population of Earth at 7.5 billion in 2017, that's 750 million deaths on the planets due to smoking. Can't we stop 750 million (smoking) deaths on our planet? That's twice the population of America, plus! David Schaedler

Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked -- ScienceDaily

Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked — ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170525123052.htm

‘Both were living side-by-side, having children together.’ This shows an important difference from established knowledge in science, now supported by evidence in Romania.

David Schaedler 5/26/17

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Life with Tesla Model S: replacing the drive unit (aka 'the funny noise') - Green Car Reports

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Green Car Reports

Life with Tesla Model S: replacing the drive unit (aka ‘the funny noise’) Green Car Reports Back in 2014, Tesla had a spate of problems with the drive units in early-production versions of its Model S electric sedan. (The drive unit is essentially the car’s power train: electric motor, inverter, and gear box.) High-profile multiple failures … Elon Musk’s New Company Will Merge Human Brains With AI By 2021iTech Post Amber Heard, Elon Musk are officially together?MyDaytonDailyNews We Are Entering the Era of the Brain Machine InterfaceBackchannel TechMalak (blog) -Hollywood Reporter -PEOPLE.com -TMZ.com all 109 news articles »

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WORLDS OLDEST DRESS

It is almost impossible to imagine that any item of clothing from ancient times had survived to the present day. The world’s oldest dress, dating between 3482 BC and 3130 BC years, is named, “The Tarkham Dress” since it’s discovery in 1913 from the town where it was found. It is a very finely woven linen apparel. Alice Stevenson, curator of the Museum of Egyptian Archeology says, “The dress has provided people with a real sense of the antiquity and longevity of the ancient Egyptian state and society.

From Jarrett A. Lobell in "Archeology” magazine, January/February 2017.

Unprovoked War?

"US unemployment drops to 4.5% lowest in a decade." ABC10 6:20 AM PST, 4/7. Not due to War, which Donald Trump, president, got us into by attacking another country, unprovoked. David Schaedler 4/7/17.

Joe Biden isn't Ruling Out 2020 Presidential Run

Joe Biden isn’t Ruling Out 2020 Presidential Run

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David Schaedler 5/20/17

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