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Vol. IV NO. 9
November
2002
From
the Commanding Officer:
Hailing frequencies open-
Hello crew! It
is that time again. I hope everyone had a great Halloween (or Samhain or
whatever holiday you celebrated). For those of you who have nothing to do on
the 9th the USS Draco is having their ship's birthday and
Thanksgiving party at the same time. It will be at Wallace State College in
Hanceville, Alabama. It is a potluck dinner so bring an item to eat with enough
to share with at least 3 other people. This month the movie "Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets" opens on the 15th. It promises to be as fun
and scary as the last "Harry Potter" film. I would also like to say
Happy Birthday to CMDR Lynn Magann (23rd of this month) and Lt. JG
Billy Bryant (local member-the 11th). Well, until next month take
care and have a safe and happy holiday for Thanksgiving!
FCapt. Rebecca Louise Self
CO of the USS Spiritwalker
Spiritwalker77@aol.com
Decatur, Alabama
From
the First Officer's Chair:
I hope everyone had a fun
Halloween. I also hope everyone will have a good, fun, and safe Thanksgiving at
the end of this month. Nothing really to report this month, just have a safe
Holiday.
CMDR Jeanette W. Self
XO of the USS Spiritwalker
Mufmom77@aol.com
Decatur, Alabama
September
MSR report:
The Spiritwalker gave again to
the Decatur Animal Shelter; with two bags of food and
some extra treats for the animals. There have been several departmental
meetings this month in the Spiritwalker. The EROR-1A Project had a set back
this month one of the members had to have some teeth taken out and without her
stuff the project is on hold. She has the blue prints on the project. So the Project started to grow some plants to have something
to do. This way we can see if there are any effects on the plants in the dark.
During this month, we had several chapter meetings by phone and email in
addition to our regular chapter's meetings. The Spiritwalker went to the Draco
meeting on October 5th. The Spiritwalker had a private memorial for
the five-year anniversary of the passing of John Denver from the world of
music. Later that day the CO and a few of the members got together for a dinner
type meeting and then we celebrated the birthdays for the month (Christopher
Magann, Cathy White, and Meggie Self-Meggie loved the cake). The next day the
CO went to a Summit planning meeting for the 2003 Summit. The CO of the
Spiritwalker had five teeth taken out on the 17th of October; this put the get
together with the Dräkenfire until the next month since none of the crew wanted
to leave the CO behind on the activities. The CO went the next weekend to represent the crew at the
annual Halloween Party that the Regional Coordinator (Pete Mohney) gives. The
crew went to a Samhain Ceremony on Halloween night. Interesting way to spend
the evening so to speak.
Saint's
Dried Blood Liquefies
Reuters 09:38 09-19-02
NAPLES, Italy (Sept. 19) - The
substance many Neapolitans believe is the dried blood of their patron saint
liquefied right on cue on Thursday, in a twice-yearly ''miracle.''
Thousands
of faithful crammed into Naples cathedral to see the blood of the fourth
century Saint Gennaro turn from powder to liquid, which they see as a good omen
for the city and the world. The miracle has been recorded almost without fail
for the past 600 years -- on September 19, the saint's feast day, and on the first
Saturday in May. When the blood has remained dry, tragedies have followed.
Scientists
have confirmed that the substance inside the closed vial is blood but cannot
explain why it regularly turns to liquid.
Cardinal
Michele Giordano told the congregation this year's miracle was particularly
good, because the blood had liquefied in less than an hour.
''It's
an extraordinary event, also because you can clearly see that the blood has
changed color and there's more of it,'' Giordano said holding up the glass
vial.
Disaster
has struck at least five times after the blood failed to liquefy. In 1527, the
plague killed 40,000 people and more recently in November 1980, some 3,000
people died in a massive earthquake that struck southern Italy.
Submitted by R. Self
Trivia
Question
What
is the Klingon word for ancestors?
Answer
at end of newsletter.
Professional
Test
This
quiz consists of four questions that tell you whether you are qualified to be a
professional. There is no need to cheat. The questions are not that difficult.
You just need to think like a professional.
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? The correct answer is: Open
the refrigerator put in the giraffe and close the door. This question tests
whether or not you are doing simple things in a complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Incorrect answer: Open the refrigerator put in the elephant and close the door.
Correct answer: Open the refrigerator remove the giraffe, put in the elephant,
and close the door. This question tests your foresight.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except
one. Which animal does not attend? Correct answer: The elephant. The elephant
is in the refrigerator! This tests if you are capable of comprehensive
thinking. OK, if you did not have the last three questions correctly, this one
may be your last chance to test your qualifications to be a professional.
4. There is a river filled with crocodiles. How do you cross it? Correct
answer: Simply swim through it. All the crocodiles are attending the animal
meeting! This question tests your reasoning ability.
Therefore, if you answered four
out of four questions correctly, you are a true professional. Wealth and
success await you. If you answered three out of four, you have some catching up
to do but there is hope for you. If you answered two out of four, consider
becoming middle management, because you are not going to be able to do any
better. If you answered one out of four, consider a career as a hamburger
flipper in a fast food joint. If you answered none correctly, I am sorry, but
you had better try selling some of your organs. It is the only way you will
ever make any money.
Submitted by J. Self
Science
Department
McDonald
Observatory Planet Search finds first planet orbiting close-in binary star
October
11, 2002
AUSTIN,
Texas—Astronomers with The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald
Observatory Planet Search project have discovered the first planet orbiting a
star in a close-in binary star system.
The discovery has implications for
the number of possible planets in our galaxy because, unlike the Sun, most
stars are in binary systems. The team announced its finding on Oct. 11 in a
news conference at the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary
Sciences meeting in Birmingham, Ala.
Artie Hatzes (Thueringer
Landessternwarte Tautenburg), Bill Cochran (The University of Texas at Austin
McDonald Observatory) and colleagues found that the planet orbits the larger
star of the binary system Gamma Cephei, about 45 light-years away in the
constellation Cepheus. The primary star is 1.59 times as massive as the Sun.
The planet is 1.76 times as massive as Jupiter. It orbits the star at about 2
Astronomical Units (A.U.), a little farther than Mars’ distance from the Sun.
(An A.U. is the distance from Earth to the Sun.) The second, relatively small
star is only 25 to 30 A.U. from the primary star—about Uranus’ distance from
the Sun.
Astronomers have found planets
orbiting stars in binary systems before, but the stars in those binary systems
were a hundred times farther apart than those of Gamma Cephei, Cochran said.
“The stars were far enough apart
to be essentially acting totally independently,” he said. Cochran’s team began observing Gamma Cephei with the
2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope at McDonald Observatory in 1988. Prior to
that, a Canadian team of astronomers used the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
(CFHT) to study Gamma Cephei. Together, the observations total 20 years.
In the past, some astronomers
thought that the 2.5-year variation in light output from the binary star could
be caused by physical processes in the stars.
“We think this is a planet because
the variation has been nice and steady for eight complete cycles,” Cochran
said. “The star itself would not be varying that nicely for eight cycles over
20 years. Our observing techniques include several good indicators of stellar
variability, and we see no variations that we can attribute to the star itself.
The only logical thing that's left is a planet.”
A third-magnitude star, Gamma
Cephei can be seen with the unaided eye. But even
powerful telescopes cannot split the light from the system into two individual
pinpoints.
The McDonald Observatory Planet
Search began in 1987. The team uses the 2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope to
monitor about 180 nearby Sun-like stars for Jupiter-sized planets. In addition
to Gamma Cephei, the team has found planets orbiting the stars 16 Cygni B and
Epsilon Eridani. The program is supported by grants from the National Science
Foundation and NASA.
Rebecca Johnson, McDonald
Observatory
Several Actors Died
Richard Harris, whose career ranged from a hit
playing King Arthur in Camelot to his final screen appearance next month
reprising his role as Professor Dumbledore in the second Harry Potter movie as
died at the age of 72 of Cancer due to complications of Hodgkin's disease. The
man's talent was incredible and his death creates an incredible void in the entertainment
world.
It has been announced that Jonathan Harris, who
played the sneaky Dr. Zachary Smith in the Lost in Space TV series passed into
the final frontier Sunday night at age 87.
Birthdays
this month
We have two birthdays this month
B. Bryant on the 11th and L. Magann on the 23rd. Wishing you both a very Happy Birthday. J
Regional & Sci-fi Birthdays
Day Name Ship
5
Eric Menyuk The Traveler Trek
5 Armin Shimerman
Quark Trek
9 Robert Duncan McNeill
Thomas Paris Trek
10 CMD Carol Burhans
Dark Silence Station
10 Roberta Danielle Keele
USS Hephaestus
10 Don Henderson (II) General Tagge (SW: New Hope) -
Passed June 22, 1997 Star Wars
11 CDT Kenny Fuller
USS Hephaestus
13 USS Jubilee
USS Jubilee
13 Whoopi
Goldberg Guinan Trek
15 LTCMD Nancy O'Shields
USS Hephaestus
19 William Russell
Ian Chesterton (1963-1965) Dr Who
19 Robert Beltran
Chakotay Trek
19 Terry Farrell
Jadzia Dax Trek
20 USS Draco
USS Draco
20 Jennifer Rosbury
USS Relentless
21 David Montgomery USS Hephaestus
21 Alexander Siddig Dr. Jullin Bashir Trek
23 LTCMD 'Lindie' Magann USS Spiritwalker
24 Ashley Murray USS Hephaestus
24 Denise Crosby Tasha Yar Trek
25 Shelagh Fraser Aunt Beru Lars (SW: New Hope) - Passed September 13, 2000 Star Wars
25 Ricardo Montalban Kahn Trek
29 Michael
Craze Ben Jackson (1966-1967) Passed Dec 7 1998
Dr Who
From the Ship's Kitchen
For a tasty meatloaf topper
1-cup ketchup
1-tablespoon brown sugar
red pepper flakes to taste
mix well
Submitted by C. Ware
Medical Department:
Smallpox
Thomas V. Inglesby, M.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
World Book recommends the following format:
Thomas V. Inglesby, "Smallpox," World Book Online Americas
Edition.
Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by the
variola virus. It is characterized by fever, a general feeling of ill health (malaise),
headaches, and back pain. These initial symptoms are followed by a rash and
small, raised bumps or lesions (pocks) within two or three days. Smallpox was a
highly contagious disease, but was declared eradicated in 1980. However,
recently smallpox has become of interest because of the possibility of its use
as a weapon of warfare or of terrorism. There were two strains of smallpox,
variola major and variola minor.
More on it in this article too.
Smallpox has been one of the most feared diseases in
history. Scientists believe that, in the 1900's alone, smallpox killed more
than 300 million people. It scarred and blinded millions more. Smallpox is also
the first and only disease completely eradicated (eliminated) from
nature by human beings.
Smallpox was caused by a virus called Variola
major. It spread from person to person through the air. A smallpox victim
expelled droplets containing the virus from the nose and mouth. Another person
inhaled the droplets and became infected. In most cases, aches and a high fever
appeared in the new patient 10 to 12 days later. Two to four days later, a rash
appeared on the face and spread to other parts of the body. The rash resembled
thousands of small pimples. The pimples—called pustules—soon became
larger, painful, and filled with pus. Historically, the pustules were called pox,
leading to the name smallpox. In the following days, scabs would form over the
pustules. The scabs eventually fell off three or four weeks later.
In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner developed
the first vaccine—one that prevented smallpox. Its use quickly spread to other
parts of the world. The disease continued to exist almost everywhere until the
1940's, when it was eliminated in Europe and North America by use of an
improved vaccine. The last case of smallpox in the United States occurred in
1949. Until 1971, most children in the United States were vaccinated as infants
and again after five years.
In 1967, the World Health Organization (WHO) began a
program to eradicate smallpox. At that time, the disease still occurred in
Africa, Asia, and South America. WHO vaccination teams traveled from village to
village and searched from home to home for smallpox cases. Infected people were
isolated, and everyone who had been in contact with them was vaccinated. The
last known case of naturally occurring smallpox was found in Somalia in October
1977. In 1980, WHO formally announced that smallpox had been eliminated, and
vaccination throughout the world was stopped.
While the disease was eliminated in nature, many
laboratories still had stocks of smallpox virus. A WHO committee recommended
that all laboratories destroy their stocks or transfer them to one of two
laboratories in the Soviet Union (now Russia) and the United States. Stocks of
smallpox virus in the Soviet Union, however, were used to create biological
weapons. The Russian government has since ended such biological weapons
programs.
Historians believe that in 1763 smallpox was used as
a biological weapon by British forces in North America during the French and
Indian wars (1689-1763). The British distributed blankets that had been used by
smallpox victims to cause outbreaks among Indians. Devastating epidemics
occurred in the years that followed. Experts in the United States believe that
the deliberate use of smallpox virus as a biological weapon remains possible.
In 2000, the United States began a program to develop and store smallpox
vaccine for such an emergency.
Geek's Best Friend - Disabled
scientist masters tech, but to push buttons, canine comes to the rescue.
By Becky Worley, Tech Live
Degenerative multiple scleroses turned retired
University of Hawaii oceanographer Richard Radtke into a quadriplegic, but that
has not deterred the scientist and hard-core geek. He has gained independence
through his specialized computer setup with the help of his service dog, who
reboots the machine when it crashes. Tonight's "Tech Live" shows you
Radtke's computing equipment and introduces you to Lael, his computer-rebooting
golden retriever. For Radtke the rise of the personal computer happened at just
the right time.
"My multiple sclerosis came on about the same
time I finished up my Ph.D. in marine sciences and at the same time personal
computers were just being invented. As the technology came out I realized it
could be one of my saving points," he said. "So I embraced it
whole-heartedly." He added with a proud laugh, "And I became a
geek."
Equipped to get the job done Radtke has a Mac G4 with
a flat-panel display. A pointer on top of his head acts as a mouse, Radtke
explained. "It has three infrared emitters on top of my head that are
picked up by the infrared detector that's right there on the top of my computer
screen," he said. "When I move my head, it moves the cursor on the
screen so that basically any place you can move a mouse I can move with my
headset."
To click his makeshift mouse, he uses an elaborate
breath switch. "I have a sip and puff switch that's hooked into the
headset. So all I do is either sip or puff, basically give a little blow in
either
direction, and it'll click." Typing involves a new version of hunt and
peck using the headset mouse and
click system. Another headset is hooked to the phone. Radtke whistles to answer
or pick up the phone.
Enter Lael Computing gives Radtke a lot of
independence, except when his operating system crashes. That is where his
service dog, Lael, comes in. With a kluge to hook into the computer's power
system, the golden retriever flicks a switch with her paw, and then jumps up to
hit a black box called a
rocker switch. Radtke created this setup in his University of Hawaii office,
and he explained the process as TechTV watched Lael in motion.
"Lael turns all the computer power off, and then
turns the power back on to the computer," he explained. "She hits
this rocker switch, which is hooked into the keyboard, which just turned the
computer back on. So that's how she would do a restart."
There is no stopping him. Much of his work at the
University of Hawaii centered on the life history
and aging process of fish. His work was funded by federal science grants and
has him gathering field data from all over the world: Norway, Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland, and Greenland. Radtke snorkels and even scuba dives in his
wheelchair.
When the US Air Force would not fly him to Greenland
because its base lacked wheelchair access, Radtke hired a plane and had his
wheelchair wedged between two fuel tanks in the back. In Norway a crane hauled
Radtke 80 feet in the air to get him off a research vessel.
Radtke recently retired from the University of
Hawaii, but he keeps active in the science community as he mentors and
encourages others with disabilities to get involved with science and
technology.
Helping others Radtke heads two nonprofit
organizations promoting technology for the disabled. One, the Sea of Dreams
Foundation http://seaofdreams.org/, states its mission as "creating
futures for youth with disabilities" and empowering them with technology
and science. The other is Ocean of Potentiality http://oceanofpotentiality.org/,
which holds computer camps for disabled kids so they can see what is possible
with assertive technology.
In 1999, Radtke won the Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring for his work speaking
to others with disabilities and facilitating their exposure to technology.
Radtke says technology changed his life, allowing him to continue working and
communicating independently.
"Technology is so liberating," he said.
"Technology gives you choices." It is a message Radtke has been
spreading to others with disabilities. "I tell them, 'Just because you
have a disability, you don't have to settle.' Basically they can do anything in
their lives that they want to, and the truth is they really can."
To find out how you can help Radtke's organizations,
log on to these sites:
Support Sea Of Dreams Foundation --
http://www.seaofdreams.org/contribution.html
Support Ocean of Potentiality --
http://oceanofpotentiality.org/contributions.html
Submitted by R. Self
Inner Strength
If you can start the day without
caffeine or pep pills,
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,
If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault
of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can do all these things,
Then you are probably the family dog.
From Science Department
Tennessee Aquarium
Trip
The Commanding Officers of both
the Spiritwalker and the Dräkenfire went up to the Tennessee Aquarium, in
Chattanooga, on September 28, 2002. When we first got there, we found out the Ticket
Office, Aquarium and IMAX are not in the same building but almost a block apart
and catty-corner from each other. This makes interesting things to happen at
least for the two of us that went on this Away Mission. We first had to get
through the line at the ticket office. After that, we figured we would have to
go right away to the IMAX for the movie. It was just minutes away from
starting. Since the Commanding Officer has a bad knee, we got
to go up the elevator to get to the top of the movie area in the IMAX. The
movie was called "Into the Deep.” This was not an ordinary IMAX theater.
This was a 3-D IMAX Theater. Everything that appeared on the screen looked like
it was right there in front of us. It was fun to try to reach out and touch a
piece of a kelp forest, almost three stories high. It was wonderful to see
fish, sea lions, starfish, eels, squid, and many other creatures of the sea
right there as if they were less then a few inches in front of us. The colors
were spectacular. The only advice I have is if you go see a 3-D movie is do not
tilt or move your head to far from one side or the other, it will make you
slightly dizzy.
Next, it was off back across the
street and parking lot to the Tennessee Aquarium to see the many attractions,
Sea Horses, as well as all the other neat sea animals there. As the web page
says, “Journey through a spectacular 60-foot canyon and two living
forests, where you'll see more than 9,000 animals that swim, fly and crawl in
natural habitats." The web also states that the Tennessee Aquarium is the
first and largest freshwater aquarium in the world, which opened on May 1,
1992. The Tennessee Aquarium holds 400,000 gallons of water, is
130,000-square-foot building, which is the height of a 12-story building.
When going in the first
thing you must do is go down an escalator to the ground floor to see all the
sea horses This is a special attraction called "Seahorses: Beyond
Imagination," The sea horse are an enchanting, mythical creatures of the
deep which ranges from the tiny dwarf seahorses to the plump potbelly
seahorses, and the whimsical seadragons that conjure up images of mythical sea
monsters. The seahorse gallery takes visitors on a journey that is unique
showing the habitats of sea horses around the globe.
The two exhibits most people
were flocking around were the Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) and the Weedy
Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Both of these seahorses can look like
plants when they are threatened in the ocean. Having this plant like body helps
them to camouflage thus keeping them alive another day.
The Leafy Seadragons can grow to
a maximum length of up to 43 cm long and they are green to yellow to even brown
with dark pink rib bands and greenish brown leaves. They have a long thin,
pipe-like snout, a wavy shaped body with a thin uncoiled tail. The leafy
seadragon's eyes are located slightly above there snout. The Leafy Seadragons
have numerous leafy appendages that look like the fronds of the brown seaweed.
They also have delicate small fins and plated body armor. Leafy Seadragons have
several long sharp spines along the sides of their body that are thought to be
a defense mechanism.
The
Weedy Seadragons grow to around 30 to 45 cm long. The Weedy Seadragons are
reddish orange with yellow spots and has slightly purplish blue bars. They have
a long thin pipe like snouts, with a small head, strong neck, rounded body and
a tail that is over half the length of this Seadragon. The Weedy Seadragon's
eyes are located just behind and in line with the snout. The Weedy Seadragons
have small leaf like appendages that protrude from the head, body, and tail
either singularly or in pairs. The Weedy
Sea- dragon's has a body covered in hard bony plates with fins that are
small and so fine that they are translucent. The Weedy Seadragons has only a
few short spines that are used in self-defense.
After seeing the seadragons, I
figured I had seen it all. Boy, I was wrong! It is amazing to see a 12-story
building, with 130,000-square-feet of building that holds 400,000 gallons of
water. The next thing was to take an escalator up to the top floor, the twelfth
floor, and start our decent down the ramps and floors to see all there was to
see in the five exhibit areas. These areas were called the Appalachian Cove
Forest, the Tennessee River Gallery, the Discovery Hall, the Mississippi Delta,
and the Rivers of the World. All the way down was the wonder of the sea. One
can see Giant catfish, Stingrays, Alligator snapping turtle, Squirrelfish,
Hogfish, American alligator, Barracuda, River Otters, plus many, many more. In
fact, there are more than 350 species of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and
amphibians are represented. If you get a chance to go and see the Tennessee
Aquarium in Chattanooga I say it is a must see!
From
the Marines/Ranger
Hi! MaS’ghargh is reporting
here on the activities of both the IKAV Dräkenfire, our sister ship, and from
IKAV MaSnagh, our own ship. c
As reported from IKAV Dräkenfire:
The
newsletter went out the first part of the month and the web page was updated as
well. The group is continuing to participation in the Federation R1's
EROR/1A program. During the month, we had several EC meetings by phone and by
email, although we did not get to have any of our regular ship's meetings. The
top female officers have continued to do their weekly outings. On September 28,
a few of our EC members went to the Chattanooga, to see the aquarium up there.
The Dräkenfire/MaSghargh weekend was October 4-6. On the fourth, some of us
went to Moundville for a Powwow that was being held there. On the fifth, the
group when to Springville for the fall festival held there. It was a fun filled
weekend for all who attended. The members of the ship also had a great fall
dinner to celebrate the season and the weekend. Some of our members also went
to a small fair in Ashville, called the Looney House festival on October 12.
The MaSghargh/Dräkenfire weekend was canceled this month. October 26-27, we had
another mini weekend for the group that was a quiet weekend on the most part.
However, a few of us did go to the Federation ship, the Hephaestus, Halloween
Party on the 26. There was plenty of food and fun for all that when. The group
also was able to donate stuff to the Hannah Home/King Ranch organization again
and we gave animal coupons toward the MaSghargh's animal welfare project.
ö
As reported from IKAV MaS'nagh:
'The IKAV MaSnagh gave again
to the Decatur Animal Shelter with two bags of food and some extra treats for
the animals. There have been several departmental meetings this month in
the MaSnagh. The EROR-1A Project had a set back this month one of the members
had to have some teeth taken out and without her stuff the project is on hold.
The ship is still putting together their Biosphere in the Engineering Project. She
has the blue prints on the project. So the Project started to grow some plants
to have something to do. This way we can see if there are any effects on the
plants in the dark. During this month, we had several ship meetings by phone
and email in addition to our regular ship's meetings. The IKAV MaSnagh went to
the Draco meeting on October 5. The IKAV MaSnagh had a private memorial for the
five-year anniversary of the passing of John Denver from the world of music, on
Earth. Later that day the CO and a few of the members got together for a dinner
type meeting and then we celebrated the birthday for the month, Cathy White.
The next day the CO went to a Summit planning meeting for the 2003 Summit. The
CO of the IKAV MaSnagh had five teeth taken out on October 17; this put the get
together with the Dräkenfire until the next month since none of the crew wanted
to leave the CO behind on the activities. The CO went the next weekend to
represent the crew at the annual Halloween Party that the Regional Coordinator
(Pete Mohney) gives. The crew went to a Samhain Ceremony on Halloween night.
Interesting way to spend the evening so to speak.
From
Communication
ö. J
From
Engineering
Here are
two types of Birdhouses I have done these many years ago and they were
fun. They make nice and easy Engineering projects even for the children
in the group.
Rebecca Self
Bird Feeders
to Build
Bird Feeder #1
Building Nest
Structures, Feeders, and Photo Blinds for North Dakota Wildlife 2-Liter
Plastic Soda Bottle Bird Feeder.
Bird Feeder #2
Building Nest Structures,
Feeders, and Photo Blinds for North Dakota Wildlife Milk Carton
Feeder
Trivia Question Answer
The Klingon word for ancestors is no’. Qapla'!
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