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]]> Games > Puzzles > Brain Teasers > Sudoku {PUZZLES > SUDOKU} - Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-20080937647.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-20080937647.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:52:37 GMT "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku Al.Com Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! {new window}   Www.Al.Com - "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku
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]]> Games > Puzzles > Brain Teasers > Sudoku {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - Lakemont Pines Lake, Arnold CA vacation home, mid week specials (santa cruz) $125 2bd http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/lakemont-pines-lake-arnold-ca-vacation-home-mid-20080913225.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/lakemont-pines-lake-arnold-ca-vacation-home-mid-20080913225.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:43:07 GMT Lakemont Pines lake vacation rental offers swimming, skiing, golfing, hiking, biking, walking trails and quiet relaxation. Friday and Saturday nights, 2 night minimum, $125 per night, $75 sanitizing, taxes and surcharge fee and $175 refundable deposit. Total $500.00 Sunday thru Thursday nights, 2 night minimum, $100 per night, $75 sanitizing, taxes and surcharge fee and $175 refundable deposit. Total $450.00 Pets are an additional $50 deposit plus $5 per day. Holidays are a 3 night minimum and 10%. Our vacation home is the entire 1,000 square foot 2nd floor and comprises a master bedroom, 2nd bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen and a 10 x 40 foot deck facing the lake. Pets OK with additional deposit. Our home is NON-SMOKING due to severe allergies. Tall Cedars, Pines and Oaks surround our home. Leave right from the house and hike through the Stanislaus National forest on foot or experience some of the best mountain biking that Northern California offers. Please visit our website: http://www.lakemontretreat.com for more pictures and links to sites in the area The kitchen is fully furnished and ready for cooking and entertaining. It includes all dishes and utensils for preparing meals or banquets. It includes a microwave, dishwasher, garbage disposal, coffee maker, stove and refrigerator and views of the lake and tall trees. The dining room has a cherry table with chairs and views of the lake and trees.\ The master bedroom has a queen size bed, cable TV and VCR/DVD and views of the Stanislus National forest out both windows. The second bedroom has a loft bed with a double on the bottom and a twin on the top, TV, VCR, DVD and views of the Stanislau National Forest. The bathroom is a tub with a shower and a view of the forest if you're tall. The living room has three recliners and a queen size hide-a-bed. It also includes cable TV, VCR/DVD, stereo/CD, games and magazines. The electric fireplace is ready for ambiance. The view is across the lake and the trees. The home is heated and cooled by forced air. Lakemont Pines lake is directly across the street from our home. It offers sandy beaches, paddle boat rentals, playground, snack bar, fishing, swimming and non motorized boating lake with a lifeguard on duty in summer months. The use of the lake is maintained by membership tags and is available for your use. Our website is http://www.lakemontretreat.com Listed is many things to do in Arnold and Calaveras County. Activities in the surrounding national forests include fishing, hiking among ancient redwoods, mountain biking on established trails, rafting on the Stanislaus river and canoing on crystalline lakes. Among other attractions of the area are the famous Moaning and Mercer Caverns, historic Gold Rush towns, winery tours, several golf courses, as well as swimming, boating, fishing and water skiing on the Lake New Melones reservoir. Within or about a half an hour drive: - walking distance to the Big Trees Recreation Center to 2 sparkling swimming pools attended by life-guards, tennis, basketball, and ping-pong. - 5 miles to Big Trees State Park - walk through and around giant sequoia. Hiking trails. - Lake Alpine - gorgeous views, kayak rental ($25), bike path around the lake, beach area, fishing. - Spicer Reservoir - tree-studded granite cliffs, fishing, kayaking, hiking - New Melones Reservoir - water-skiing, fishing, hiking, swimming - Murphys - dubbed the "Next Carmel", enjoy wine-tasting at award-winning wineries and fine dining, browse delightful shops, play championship golf. - Arnold - award-winning micro-brewery and good restaurants. - Columbia - state historical park - pan for gold, ride on a stage coach, watch costumed docents make candle, and relish sweets from the fourth generation Nelson family candy store. - Caves and caverns--rappell into a cavern and experience pitch darkness! - Copperopolis - horseback riding. - Sourgrass Recreation Area - Stanislaus River - white-water Rafting and natural rock slides. - Pacific Rim Trail for hikers, Death Ride for cyclists, school for rock-climbers, Robert Trent Jr. courses for golfers offer the best for recreation lovers. About an hour's drive away: - Grovers Hot Springs - Soak in reputedly healing waters that flow from the mountain. - Indian Casinos - including Black Oak Casino with family-friendly bowling alley, arcade, and live entertainment. About 2 hours drive away: Lake Tahoe - pristine lake and hub of casinos Yosemite - breath-taking cliffs and waterfalls Our house is conveniently located near many year round activities. Skiing, swimming, hiking, camping, wine tasting, and gold country exploration, are all within a short drive away. Bear Valley ski resort is nearby and is known as a family-friendly, low-key, lower-cost resort, which offers downhill and cross country skiing for all skill levels. For smaller kids try Cottage Springs. Cottage Springs is an excellent place to bring the little ones sleigh riding or beginner skiing, Other popular winter activities such as snowshoeing, snowboarding and snowmobiling, are also available. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Lakemont Pines Lake, Arnold CA vacation home, mid week specials (santa cruz) $125 2bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Lakemont Pines lake vacation rental offers swimming, skiing, golfing, hiking, biking, walking trails and quiet relaxation. Friday and Saturday nights, 2 night minimum, $125 per night, $75 sanitizing, taxes and surcharge fee and $175 refundable deposit. Total $500.00 Sunday thru Thursday nights, 2 night minimum, $100 per night, $75 sanitizing, taxes and surcharge fee and $175 refundable deposit. Total $450.00 Pets are an additional $50 deposit plus $5 per day. Holidays are a 3 night minimum and 10%. Our vacation home is the entire 1,000 square foot 2nd floor and comprises a master bedroom, 2nd bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen and a 10 x 40 foot deck facing the lake. Pets OK with additional deposit. Our home is NON-SMOKING due to severe allergies. Tall Cedars, Pines and Oaks surround our home. Leave right from the house and hike through the Stanislaus National forest on foot or experience some of the best mountain biking that Northern California offers. Please visit our website: http://www.lakemontretreat.com for more pictures and links to sites in the area The kitchen is fully furnished and ready for cooking and entertaining. It includes all dishes and utensils for preparing meals or banquets. It includes a microwave, dishwasher, garbage disposal, coffee maker, stove and refrigerator and views of the lake and tall trees. The dining room has a cherry table with chairs and views of the lake and trees.\ The master bedroom has a queen size bed, cable TV and VCR/DVD and views of the Stanislus National forest out both windows. The second bedroom has a loft bed with a double on the bottom and a twin on the top, TV, VCR, DVD and views of the Stanislau National Forest. The bathroom is a tub with a shower and a view of the forest if you're tall. The living room has three recliners and a queen size hide-a-bed. It also includes cable TV, VCR/DVD, stereo/CD, games and magazines. The electric fireplace is ready for ambiance. The view is across the lake and the trees. The home is heated and cooled by forced air. Lakemont Pines lake is directly across the street from our home. It offers sandy beaches, paddle boat rentals, playground, snack bar, fishing, swimming and non motorized boating lake with a lifeguard on duty in summer months. The use of the lake is maintained by membership tags and is available for your use. Our website is http://www.lakemontretreat.com Listed is many things to do in Arnold and Calaveras County. Activities in the surrounding national forests include fishing, hiking among ancient redwoods, mountain biking on established trails, rafting on the Stanislaus river and canoing on crystalline lakes. Among other attractions of the area are the famous Moaning and Mercer Caverns, historic Gold Rush towns, winery tours, several golf courses, as well as swimming, boating, fishing and water skiing on the Lake New Melones reservoir. Within or about a half an hour drive: - walking distance to the Big Trees Recreation Center to 2 sparkling swimming pools attended by life-guards, tennis, basketball, and ping-pong. - 5 miles to Big Trees State Park - walk through and around giant sequoia. Hiking trails. - Lake Alpine - gorgeous views, kayak rental ($25), bike path around the lake, beach area, fishing. - Spicer Reservoir - tree-studded granite cliffs, fishing, kayaking, hiking - New Melones Reservoir - water-skiing, fishing, hiking, swimming - Murphys - dubbed the "Next Carmel", enjoy wine-tasting at award-winning wineries and fine dining, browse delightful shops, play championship golf. - Arnold - award-winning micro-brewery and good restaurants. - Columbia - state historical park - pan for gold, ride on a stage coach, watch costumed docents make candle, and relish sweets from the fourth generation Nelson family candy store. - Caves and caverns--rappell into a cavern and experience pitch darkness! - Copperopolis - horseback riding. - Sourgrass Recreation Area - Stanislaus River - white-water Rafting and natural rock slides. - Pacific Rim Trail for hikers, Death Ride for cyclists, school for rock-climbers, Robert Trent Jr. courses for golfers offer the best for recreation lovers. About an hour's drive away: - Grovers Hot Springs - Soak in reputedly healing waters that flow from the mountain. - Indian Casinos - including Black Oak Casino with family-friendly bowling alley, arcade, and live entertainment. About 2 hours drive away: Lake Tahoe - pristine lake and hub of casinos Yosemite - breath-taking cliffs and waterfalls Our house is conveniently located near many year round activities. Skiing, swimming, hiking, camping, wine tasting, and gold country exploration, are all within a short drive away. Bear Valley ski resort is nearby and is known as a family-friendly, low-key, lower-cost resort, which offers downhill and cross country skiing for all skill levels. For smaller kids try Cottage Springs. Cottage Springs is an excellent place to bring the little ones sleigh riding or beginner skiing, Other popular winter activities such as snowshoeing, snowboarding and snowmobiling, are also available.
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging {PUZZLES > SUDOKU} - Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-2008094091.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-2008094091.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:22:08 GMT "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku Sudokustrategies.Blogspot.Com Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! {new window}   Sudokustrategies.Blogspot.Com - "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku
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]]> Games > Puzzles > Brain Teasers > Sudoku {AUTOS > MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES} - How Pilots and Planespotters Keep Track and Keep in Touch http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/how-pilots-and-planespotters-keep-track-and-keep-2008093341.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/how-pilots-and-planespotters-keep-track-and-keep-2008093341.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:47:13 GMT On August 12, 2008, an Angel Flight Beechcraft Bonanza carrying a cancer patient to treatment at Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute crashed in a strip-mall parking lot in Easton, MA, killing all three on board. As the impact took place in the early afternoon mere feet away from shoppers, cell phone videos and eyewitness accounts of the twisted wreckage and badly burned victims flooded local newspaper webpages within minutes. In spite of all the graphic accounts of the tragedy, the most poignant account of the doomed flight was a single image: a blue-background map with green lettering showing the Beechcraft's flight path. The departure and destination airport codes are shown, with the green line departing from KFOK and heading in the direction of KBOS, sharply curving and then ending just an inch on the screen away from the eventual destination. Like Minard's depiction of Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow, the flight plan graphic tells the entire story of the doomed Angel Flight, courtesy of FlightAware. By now, we bet you've heard of FlightAware. In fact, we're pretty sure you've used it, or you've visited a similar site. Whether you were planning an airport pickup, checking to see if a family member's flight arrived safely, or betting on which plane gets to JFK first, your air traffic request was among the two million FlightAware gets every day. Of all those requests, some come from a more dedicated group of 250,000 users who for business, pleasure, or a little of both use FlightAware to track anomalies, celebrities, and sometimes tragedies. A visitor to FlightAware's Discussions page will find conversations about a mystery plane mistakenly labeled as the Concorde, Bruce Springsteen's tour plane, and a Lindbergh-worthy prop-plane flight from Honolulu to Kiribati. After talking with a few of FlightAware's creators, it's no surprise the site attracts a group of plane spotters and pilots who can't get enough of tracking flights. Each member of FlightAware's leadership team holds a pilot's license, and the site began as a labor of love. "That's why we started it," Chief Information Officer David McNett told Wired.com. "Our only intention was to track our own flights. It accidentally turned into a site." One example of how much these guys love planes? The on-hold music at FlightAware headquarters features recordings of air traffic control transmissions. We really wouldn't be surprised if their offices look just like the Admiral's Club at LAX. So who are these FlightAware junkies, posting on message boards and racing to the airport to get pictures of some rare bird? According to McNett, users have told him they enjoy sitting outside on the patio, laptops at the ready, tracking each plane that flies overhead. (We assume they're listening to Little Feat on their iTunes and sipping on Coors Light.) Luddites will be glad to know the chatter in the forums is better at predicting delays than any computer software, according to McNett. "We wanted to develop some fancy heuristics for predicting delays," he said. "But software isn't as effective as monitoring the forums." A little more than half of FlightAware's registered users are pilots, one of whom is Robert Reid of Toronto. Reid is a private pilot and lives close to both Buttonville (YKZ) and Downsview (YZD) airports. He uses FlightAware to track when a particularly interesting plane is taking off or landing, and to follow friends' flights. YZD is used by Bombardier to fly their unfinished ultra-exclusive Global 5000 jets for completion at other locations. "I can click on YZD, and if a Global 5000 files a flight plan, I can catch them on camera departing YZD," Reid told Wired.com. Such a picture is shown below. "I have a friend that owns a Cessna 421 in Torrance California, so I have it on FlightAware Flight Alert. When ever the aircraft files a flight plan, departs, or lands on the flight plan I get an email flight alert." Reid also used LiveATC.net to listen to in-flight communications of a friend's recent trip to West Palm Beach. For pilots, being able to check in on friends is one of the biggest draws of flight tracking sites "The aviation community -- as disparate as it is -- is pretty tight," McNett said. "Everyone has gone through the same training and the same lessons." The close-knit group gets even tighter after an accident. "I literally have friends involved in aviation all over the world," Reid said. "If there is a midair accident, or something I feel other pilots should be aware of I'll post it. The best way to avoid an accident is to learn from others misfortunes." McNett agrees. "It's easy to empathize when you see an aircraft go down. It's sobering. It feels like a family. Your perspective as a pilot is to learn from it." It's especially moving when survivors and family members participate in the conversation. Not every participant is an enthusiast. In fact, some depend on the data for their bread and butter. To most business travelers, it probably comes as a surprise that there's commercial use to tracking flights other than seeing if Nelson got to Reagan National in time to present the third quarter sales results to the board meeting. According to Karl Lehenbauer, FlightAware's Chief Technology Officer, one Houston area paramedic saves time, money, and gas by using FlightAware data to find out exactly when to meet air ambulances, eliminating time spent idling at the airport. Another user manages a Fixed Base Operator and uses FlightAware for getting ready to fuel, cater, and hangar incoming aircraft. Of course, there are also the folks who just track celebrity planes. McNett isn't too concerned about them: if they were truly weirdos, they probably would've just bought a $50 scanner and stalked John Travolta's private 707 long before any internet application came along. "Even if it weren't on the internet, flight plans are all public information," McNett said. Plus, any plane with a blocked tail number won't show on FlightAware. According to McNett, the fact that more celebrities and dignitaries haven't taken advantage of blocking their tail numbers shows that "privacy concerns are overblown." We tend to agree, especially in light of how many celebs use their initials in their tail numbers. Photos by Robert Reid. Blog.Wired.Com How Pilots and Planespotters Keep Track and Keep in Touch {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - On August 12, 2008, an Angel Flight Beechcraft Bonanza carrying a cancer patient to treatment at Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute crashed in a strip-mall parking lot in Easton, MA, killing all three on board. As the impact took place in the early afternoon mere feet away from shoppers, cell phone videos and eyewitness accounts of the twisted wreckage and badly burned victims flooded local newspaper webpages within minutes. In spite of all the graphic accounts of the tragedy, the most poignant account of the doomed flight was a single image: a blue-background map with green lettering showing the Beechcraft's flight path. The departure and destination airport codes are shown, with the green line departing from KFOK and heading in the direction of KBOS, sharply curving and then ending just an inch on the screen away from the eventual destination. Like Minard's depiction of Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow, the flight plan graphic tells the entire story of the doomed Angel Flight, courtesy of FlightAware. By now, we bet you've heard of FlightAware. In fact, we're pretty sure you've used it, or you've visited a similar site. Whether you were planning an airport pickup, checking to see if a family member's flight arrived safely, or betting on which plane gets to JFK first, your air traffic request was among the two million FlightAware gets every day. Of all those requests, some come from a more dedicated group of 250,000 users who for business, pleasure, or a little of both use FlightAware to track anomalies, celebrities, and sometimes tragedies. A visitor to FlightAware's Discussions page will find conversations about a mystery plane mistakenly labeled as the Concorde, Bruce Springsteen's tour plane, and a Lindbergh-worthy prop-plane flight from Honolulu to Kiribati. After talking with a few of FlightAware's creators, it's no surprise the site attracts a group of plane spotters and pilots who can't get enough of tracking flights. Each member of FlightAware's leadership team holds a pilot's license, and the site began as a labor of love. "That's why we started it," Chief Information Officer David McNett told Wired.com. "Our only intention was to track our own flights. It accidentally turned into a site." One example of how much these guys love planes? The on-hold music at FlightAware headquarters features recordings of air traffic control transmissions. We really wouldn't be surprised if their offices look just like the Admiral's Club at LAX. So who are these FlightAware junkies, posting on message boards and racing to the airport to get pictures of some rare bird? According to McNett, users have told him they enjoy sitting outside on the patio, laptops at the ready, tracking each plane that flies overhead. (We assume they're listening to Little Feat on their iTunes and sipping on Coors Light.) Luddites will be glad to know the chatter in the forums is better at predicting delays than any computer software, according to McNett. "We wanted to develop some fancy heuristics for predicting delays," he said. "But software isn't as effective as monitoring the forums." A little more than half of FlightAware's registered users are pilots, one of whom is Robert Reid of Toronto. Reid is a private pilot and lives close to both Buttonville (YKZ) and Downsview (YZD) airports. He uses FlightAware to track when a particularly interesting plane is taking off or landing, and to follow friends' flights. YZD is used by Bombardier to fly their unfinished ultra-exclusive Global 5000 jets for completion at other locations. "I can click on YZD, and if a Global 5000 files a flight plan, I can catch them on camera departing YZD," Reid told Wired.com. Such a picture is shown below. "I have a friend that owns a Cessna 421 in Torrance California, so I have it on FlightAware Flight Alert. When ever the aircraft files a flight plan, departs, or lands on the flight plan I get an email flight alert." Reid also used LiveATC.net to listen to in-flight communications of a friend's recent trip to West Palm Beach. For pilots, being able to check in on friends is one of the biggest draws of flight tracking sites "The aviation community -- as disparate as it is -- is pretty tight," McNett said. "Everyone has gone through the same training and the same lessons." The close-knit group gets even tighter after an accident. "I literally have friends involved in aviation all over the world," Reid said. "If there is a midair accident, or something I feel other pilots should be aware of I'll post it. The best way to avoid an accident is to learn from others misfortunes." McNett agrees. "It's easy to empathize when you see an aircraft go down. It's sobering. It feels like a family. Your perspective as a pilot is to learn from it." It's especially moving when survivors and family members participate in the conversation. Not every participant is an enthusiast. In fact, some depend on the data for their bread and butter. To most business travelers, it probably comes as a surprise that there's commercial use to tracking flights other than seeing if Nelson got to Reagan National in time to present the third quarter sales results to the board meeting. According to Karl Lehenbauer, FlightAware's Chief Technology Officer, one Houston area paramedic saves time, money, and gas by using FlightAware data to find out exactly when to meet air ambulances, eliminating time spent idling at the airport. Another user manages a Fixed Base Operator and uses FlightAware for getting ready to fuel, cater, and hangar incoming aircraft. Of course, there are also the folks who just track celebrity planes. McNett isn't too concerned about them: if they were truly weirdos, they probably would've just bought a $50 scanner and stalked John Travolta's private 707 long before any internet application came along. "Even if it weren't on the internet, flight plans are all public information," McNett said. Plus, any plane with a blocked tail number won't show on FlightAware. According to McNett, the fact that more celebrities and dignitaries haven't taken advantage of blocking their tail numbers shows that "privacy concerns are overblown." We tend to agree, especially in light of how many celebs use their initials in their tail numbers. Photos by Robert Reid.
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]]> Recreation > Autos > Magazines and E-zines {AUTOS > MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES} - How Pilots and Planespotters Keep Track and Keep in Touch http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/how-pilots-and-planespotters-keep-track-and-keep-20080857018.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/how-pilots-and-planespotters-keep-track-and-keep-20080857018.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:49:54 GMT On August 12, 2008, an Angel Flight Beechcraft Bonanza carrying a cancer patient to treatment at Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute crashed in a strip-mall parking lot in Easton, MA, killing all three on board. As the impact took place in the early afternoon mere feet away from shoppers, cell phone videos and eyewitness accounts of the twisted wreckage and badly burned victims flooded local newspaper webpages within minutes. In spite of all the graphic accounts of the tragedy, the most poignant account of the doomed flight was a single image: a blue-background map with green lettering showing the Beechcraft's flight path. The departure and destination airport codes are shown, with the green line departing from KFOK and heading in the direction of KBOS, sharply curving and then ending just an inch on the screen away from the eventual destination. Like Minard's depiction of Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow, the flight plan graphic tells the entire story of the doomed Angel Flight, courtesy of FlightAware. By now, we bet you've heard of FlightAware. In fact, we're pretty sure you've used it, or you've visited a similar site. Whether you were planning an airport pickup, checking to see if a family member's flight arrived safely, or betting on which plane gets to JFK first, your air traffic request was among the two million FlightAware gets every day. Of all those requests, some come from a more dedicated group of 250,000 users who for business, pleasure, or a little of both use FlightAware to track anomalies, celebrities, and sometimes tragedies. A visitor to FlightAware's Discussions page will find conversations about a mystery plane mistakenly labeled as the Concorde, Bruce Springsteen's tour plane, and a Lindbergh-worthy prop-plane flight from Honolulu to Kiribati. After talking with a few of FlightAware's creators, it's no surprise the site attracts a group of plane spotters and pilots who can't get enough of tracking flights. Each member of FlightAware's leadership team holds a pilot's license, and the site began as a labor of love. "That's why we started it," Chief Information Officer David McNett told Wired.com. "Our only intention was to track our own flights. It accidentally turned into a site." One example of how much these guys love planes? The on-hold music at FlightAware headquarters features recordings of air traffic control transmissions. We really wouldn't be surprised if their offices look just like the Admiral's Club at LAX. So who are these FlightAware junkies, posting on message boards and racing to the airport to get pictures of some rare bird? According to McNett, users have told him they enjoy sitting outside on the patio, laptops at the ready, tracking each plane that flies overhead. (We assume they're listening to Little Feat on their iTunes and sipping on Coors Light.) Luddites will be glad to know the chatter in the forums is better at predicting delays than any computer software, according to McNett. "We wanted to develop some fancy heuristics for predicting delays," he said. "But software isn't as effective as monitoring the forums." A little more than half of FlightAware's registered users are pilots, one of whom is Robert Reid of Toronto. Reid is a private pilot and lives close to both Buttonville (YKZ) and Downsview (YZD) airports. He uses FlightAware to track when a particularly interesting plane is taking off or landing, and to follow friends' flights. YZD is used by Bombardier to fly their unfinished ultra-exclusive Global 5000 jets for completion at other locations. "I can click on YZD, and if a Global 5000 files a flight plan, I can catch them on camera departing YZD," Reid told Wired.com. Such a picture is shown below. "I have a friend that owns a Cessna 421 in Torrance California, so I have it on FlightAware Flight Alert. When ever the aircraft files a flight plan, departs, or lands on the flight plan I get an email flight alert." Reid also used LiveATC.net to listen to in-flight communications of a friend's recent trip to West Palm Beach. For pilots, being able to check in on friends is one of the biggest draws of flight tracking sites "The aviation community -- as disparate as it is -- is pretty tight," McNett said. "Everyone has gone through the same training and the same lessons." The close-knit group gets even tighter after an accident. "I literally have friends involved in aviation all over the world," Reid said. "If there is a midair accident, or something I feel other pilots should be aware of I'll post it. The best way to avoid an accident is to learn from others misfortunes." McNett agrees. "It's easy to empathize when you see an aircraft go down. It's sobering. It feels like a family. Your perspective as a pilot is to learn from it." It's especially moving when survivors and family members participate in the conversation. Not every participant is an enthusiast. In fact, some depend on the data for their bread and butter. To most business travelers, it probably comes as a surprise that there's commercial use to tracking flights other than seeing if Nelson got to Reagan National in time to present the third quarter sales results to the board meeting. According to Karl Lehenbauer, FlightAware's Chief Technology Officer, one Houston area paramedic saves time, money, and gas by using FlightAware data to find out exactly when to meet air ambulances, eliminating time spent idling at the airport. Another user manages a Fixed Base Operator and uses FlightAware for getting ready to fuel, cater, and hangar incoming aircraft. Of course, there are also the folks who just track celebrity planes. McNett isn't too concerned about them: if they were truly weirdos, they probably would've just bought a $50 scanner and stalked John Travolta's private 707 long before any internet application came along. "Even if it weren't on the internet, flight plans are all public information," McNett said. Plus, any plane with a blocked tail number won't show on FlightAware. According to McNett, the fact that more celebrities and dignitaries haven't taken advantage of blocking their tail numbers shows that "privacy concerns are overblown." We tend to agree, especially in light of how many celebs use their initials in their tail numbers. Photos by Robert Reid. Blog.Wired.Com How Pilots and Planespotters Keep Track and Keep in Touch {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - On August 12, 2008, an Angel Flight Beechcraft Bonanza carrying a cancer patient to treatment at Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute crashed in a strip-mall parking lot in Easton, MA, killing all three on board. As the impact took place in the early afternoon mere feet away from shoppers, cell phone videos and eyewitness accounts of the twisted wreckage and badly burned victims flooded local newspaper webpages within minutes. In spite of all the graphic accounts of the tragedy, the most poignant account of the doomed flight was a single image: a blue-background map with green lettering showing the Beechcraft's flight path. The departure and destination airport codes are shown, with the green line departing from KFOK and heading in the direction of KBOS, sharply curving and then ending just an inch on the screen away from the eventual destination. Like Minard's depiction of Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow, the flight plan graphic tells the entire story of the doomed Angel Flight, courtesy of FlightAware. By now, we bet you've heard of FlightAware. In fact, we're pretty sure you've used it, or you've visited a similar site. Whether you were planning an airport pickup, checking to see if a family member's flight arrived safely, or betting on which plane gets to JFK first, your air traffic request was among the two million FlightAware gets every day. Of all those requests, some come from a more dedicated group of 250,000 users who for business, pleasure, or a little of both use FlightAware to track anomalies, celebrities, and sometimes tragedies. A visitor to FlightAware's Discussions page will find conversations about a mystery plane mistakenly labeled as the Concorde, Bruce Springsteen's tour plane, and a Lindbergh-worthy prop-plane flight from Honolulu to Kiribati. After talking with a few of FlightAware's creators, it's no surprise the site attracts a group of plane spotters and pilots who can't get enough of tracking flights. Each member of FlightAware's leadership team holds a pilot's license, and the site began as a labor of love. "That's why we started it," Chief Information Officer David McNett told Wired.com. "Our only intention was to track our own flights. It accidentally turned into a site." One example of how much these guys love planes? The on-hold music at FlightAware headquarters features recordings of air traffic control transmissions. We really wouldn't be surprised if their offices look just like the Admiral's Club at LAX. So who are these FlightAware junkies, posting on message boards and racing to the airport to get pictures of some rare bird? According to McNett, users have told him they enjoy sitting outside on the patio, laptops at the ready, tracking each plane that flies overhead. (We assume they're listening to Little Feat on their iTunes and sipping on Coors Light.) Luddites will be glad to know the chatter in the forums is better at predicting delays than any computer software, according to McNett. "We wanted to develop some fancy heuristics for predicting delays," he said. "But software isn't as effective as monitoring the forums." A little more than half of FlightAware's registered users are pilots, one of whom is Robert Reid of Toronto. Reid is a private pilot and lives close to both Buttonville (YKZ) and Downsview (YZD) airports. He uses FlightAware to track when a particularly interesting plane is taking off or landing, and to follow friends' flights. YZD is used by Bombardier to fly their unfinished ultra-exclusive Global 5000 jets for completion at other locations. "I can click on YZD, and if a Global 5000 files a flight plan, I can catch them on camera departing YZD," Reid told Wired.com. Such a picture is shown below. "I have a friend that owns a Cessna 421 in Torrance California, so I have it on FlightAware Flight Alert. When ever the aircraft files a flight plan, departs, or lands on the flight plan I get an email flight alert." Reid also used LiveATC.net to listen to in-flight communications of a friend's recent trip to West Palm Beach. For pilots, being able to check in on friends is one of the biggest draws of flight tracking sites "The aviation community -- as disparate as it is -- is pretty tight," McNett said. "Everyone has gone through the same training and the same lessons." The close-knit group gets even tighter after an accident. "I literally have friends involved in aviation all over the world," Reid said. "If there is a midair accident, or something I feel other pilots should be aware of I'll post it. The best way to avoid an accident is to learn from others misfortunes." McNett agrees. "It's easy to empathize when you see an aircraft go down. It's sobering. It feels like a family. Your perspective as a pilot is to learn from it." It's especially moving when survivors and family members participate in the conversation. Not every participant is an enthusiast. In fact, some depend on the data for their bread and butter. To most business travelers, it probably comes as a surprise that there's commercial use to tracking flights other than seeing if Nelson got to Reagan National in time to present the third quarter sales results to the board meeting. According to Karl Lehenbauer, FlightAware's Chief Technology Officer, one Houston area paramedic saves time, money, and gas by using FlightAware data to find out exactly when to meet air ambulances, eliminating time spent idling at the airport. Another user manages a Fixed Base Operator and uses FlightAware for getting ready to fuel, cater, and hangar incoming aircraft. Of course, there are also the folks who just track celebrity planes. McNett isn't too concerned about them: if they were truly weirdos, they probably would've just bought a $50 scanner and stalked John Travolta's private 707 long before any internet application came along. "Even if it weren't on the internet, flight plans are all public information," McNett said. Plus, any plane with a blocked tail number won't show on FlightAware. According to McNett, the fact that more celebrities and dignitaries haven't taken advantage of blocking their tail numbers shows that "privacy concerns are overblown." We tend to agree, especially in light of how many celebs use their initials in their tail numbers. Photos by Robert Reid.
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]]> Recreation > Autos > Magazines and E-zines {PUZZLES > SUDOKU} - Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-2008082442.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/puzzles/brain-teasers/sudoku/sudoku-storms-u-s-and-it-s-hurricane-season-2008082442.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:59:49 GMT "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku Sudokustrategies.Blogspot.Com Sudoku storms U.S. - And it's Hurricane season! {new window}   Sudokustrategies.Blogspot.Com - "Do you sudoku? It's not a martial-arts discipline. Not a fashion trend. And certainly not a new brand of sushi. Sudoku is a type of number puzzle that's all the rage in England and currently spreading throughout the United States. Newspapers (including The Birmingham News) and Web sites are the primary centers of feverish activity, as fans grab pencils daily to solve the latest brain-buster or boot up computers to find the most challenging puzzle." Bet the East Coast people appreciate there isn't a hurricane by that name! Robert sudoku Sudoku
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]]> Games > Puzzles > Brain Teasers > Sudoku {NEWS} - Zimbabwe unity cabinet talks fail http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/zimbabwe-unity-cabinet-talks-fail-2008107658.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/zimbabwe-unity-cabinet-talks-fail-2008107658.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:50:36 GMT Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai fail to agree on a unity cabinet. News.Bbc.Co.Uk Zimbabwe unity cabinet talks fail {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai fail to agree on a unity cabinet.
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]]> News {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Zimbabwe unity cabinet talks fail http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/zimbabwe-unity-cabinet-talks-fail-2008106808.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/zimbabwe-unity-cabinet-talks-fail-2008106808.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:50:36 GMT Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai fail to agree on a unity cabinet. News.Bbc.Co.Uk Zimbabwe unity cabinet talks fail {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai fail to agree on a unity cabinet.
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media {EUROPE > HEADLINE LINKS} - Robert Peston http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/headline-links/robert-peston-2008102028.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/headline-links/robert-peston-2008102028.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:56:33 GMT Why the markets are calling time on Iceland Bbc.Co.Uk Robert Peston {new window}   Www.Bbc.Co.Uk - Why the markets are calling time on Iceland
BBC NEWS | The Reporters | Robert Peston {...} Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. {...}
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