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Section 81 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, April 22, 2020. This section was part of ANC’s newest expansion on the northwest side of the cemetery (originally called the Millennium expansion) and was completed in 2018. The first burial here was a reinterment of two unknown soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
I’ve been telling the “coffee twins” who fetch me my coffee at the local coffee shop I frequent that I’d make it to one of their performances ever since they were still in high school. One of the identical twins plays the trombone and even some Jazz trombone. The “evil twin” plays the drums as most “evil twins” do.
Last night (Friday), the “good twin” trombone player was playing with a horn section in a band opening at a fairly major music venue at a Jersey Shore town really close to me. Let’s just say it wouldn’t be unusual for “The Boss” to show up there and jump up on stage for a song or two.
I arrived at the venue and found the trombone playing “good twin” sitting at a table across from the stage with a black “Mark of Shame” on his wrist. The venue is 21 years and older and, at still 18, venue security was NOT HAPPY at having to let a child into the building. The “good twin” told me, “They put this big mark on my hand and banished me to this table. I’m not allowed to move.” Then he told me, “Then security went and pointed me out to every bartender and told them to make sure that they didn’t serve me.”
Getting served the hard stuff isn’t normally a problem for him when he plays at any of the many local Irish pubs here on the shore. I don’t think he would have even tried to get served last night because he told me that he had stopped at McDonalds for dinner before showing up and was feeling a little queasy. I’m not sure what he ate at McDonalds, but at 18, he’s probably still eating the “Happy Meal.”
We watched the first opening band which played a set of about 6 songs (not counting the “Happy Birthday” they sang to one of their members). They were excellent and their female lead singer/keyboard player had the voice of an angel. Aggie Ring loved her singing and bought their CD.
After the first opening act, under the watchful eyes of security, “Good Twin Coffee Boy” left his table of banishment, grabbed his trombone, and began setting up on stage with the band he plays with when they need a horn section. “Coffee boy” was certainly the youngest musician in the band. Most of the other members looked between 30 and 40. (Note: They probably weren’t quite that old, but the hard life of a musician ages you rapidly).
The identical twins’ boss, a retired Army NCO I’m friends with has always told me that they’re good. I just brushed that off thinking, “Well, they work for him. Of course he’s going to say that.”
Cutting to the chase, the entire band was totally amazing. They style was a Rock/Jazz/Funk that Aggie Ring was quite pleased with. When “coffee boy” started playing his trombone, Texas Aggie Ring said, “I’ll be God damned. He really can play.” I’ve been around a trombone player or two, believe me. Apparently, he is one of those “natural musicians” who can run through a piece once or twice and then play it perfectly from then on.
On the way home, Aggie Ring told me, “You need to start tipping him better. He’s been talking about wanting to buy a new mouthpiece.” I told Aggie Ring, “Yes, I suppose you’re right.”
Spartan Stadium at dusk viewed from the southeast at the student gates.
We actually had a decent football team when I was attending games in the student section. Then Saban bailed on us and everything went to hell. We’ll see how the new coach fairs this fall.
Section 28 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, April 29, 2020. Established after World War II, this section is between ANC's latest expansion and the "rolling hills" area of the cemetery. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Section 76 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 7, 2020. This was part of the cemetery’s 1968 expansion and one of the newest active sections along the Niche Wall. Route 110 is located right on the other side of the wall. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Section 30 with Custis Walks in the background at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 21, 2020. Along with Sections 31-33, this section was created in the mid-1940s. Today, many World War I and II, and Korean War veterans are interred here. The first burial in Section 30 occurred years before the section was officially dedicated. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 4, 2020. This was one of the first sections created at ANC following President Truman’s desegregation of the military and national cemeteries. All ranks and races are buried side by side, commemorated with marble markers. Burials here include General of the Armies John J. Pershing. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Service members from the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Band, and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Navy Chief Pharmacist’s Mate James T. Cheshire in Section 62 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 22, 2022. Cheshire died on Dec. 7, 1941 when the battleship he was assigned to, the USS Oklahoma at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was attacked by Japanese aircraft.
From the Defense POW/MIA Account Agency (DPAA) press release:
The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Cheshire.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Cheshire.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the Punchbowl for analysis.
To identify Cheshire’s re mains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis, anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
DPAA accounted for Cheshire on Sept. 10, 2018. Mary Hill, Cheshire’s granddaughter, received the U.S. flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Polished cross section of a large nickel-iron meteorite in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington. This crystalline structure can only form in microgravity, and is proof of the object's formation in space.
Section 7A of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, April 27, 2020. Located near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a number of well-known individuals are interred in Section 7A, including actor Lee Marvin and boxer Joe Louis. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Rural Sections - i like the combinations of shades of green and yellow and the lines ,curves and divisions
Since 2004, when Norway extended the ban on indoor smoking to all public venues, the country has been reinventing itself as the ultimate Mediterranean nation. Sidewalk cafes have sprouted everywhere, catering to a smoking population obsessed with the al fresco lifestyle. When there was no sidewalk, bars and restaurants had to resort to more creative solutions, like this barge on the river Nid in Trondheim (average temperature in October 5.5 degrees C).
Queens Birthday Weekend saw Pioneer Motorcycle Club run the 76th edition of the Kaikoura 3 Day trial. The Club was rewarded with a large entry of 93 riders from across New Zealand including 5 Sidechairs, 9 Twin Shocks, 9 Women, and 8 Junior riders. Day 1 was at Birches Road south of Kaikoura featuring creek sections, grassy sections and mud. Considering it is June the weather was warm with no frost. A frost did greet us for Day 2 at Dairy Flat reached after travelling a short distance along the Inland Road. Easier sections on the second day combined with a longer loop saw many happy faces. Day 3 was again fine with no frost for the last day at Mt Fyffe. For the upper grades the creek sections were the most challenging day. It was great to have three fine and warm days for Kaikoura after having some rain on the last day last year. Prize giving was held at the Whaler in Kaikoura before everyone departed for home. Overall winner of Expert was Jason Baker with a well deserved win. Thanks to everyone who travelled to the event. The Club has had some great feedback, and looks forward to hosting you all again next year. Enjoy Lynette's photos.
Miniature Schnauzer that required an emergency C-section. Pictures taken straight after the procedure was performed.
Section perspective drawing. The parts cut are 1/2" glass, 1 1/4" stainless steel tube, 3/4" stainless steel rod and 5/8" Glacier Ice Corian.
Caliper Studio, 2009
Section 33 of Arlington National Cemetery is located next to McClellan Gate, background, in Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 4, 2015. The cemetery's 624 acres are a unique blend of formal and informal landscapes, dotted with more than 8,600 native and exotic trees. Intimate gardens enhance the beauty and sense of peace. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/Arlington National Cemetery/ released)
I expect most people have heard of the conic sections, the circle, elipse, parabola and hyperbola which can all be formed by slicing a cone with a plane. I've just learned of this geometric method which can be used to find the two foci which are a separate way of defining or constructing an ellipse.
It turns out that if you take two spheres, such that they are tangent to the surface of the cone on a circle, and also tangent to the plane slicing through the cube at one point, those points where each sphere is tangent to the plane will coincide with the foci necessary to construct the same ellipse by finding the curve that is the sum of the distance from any point on the curve to the two foci.
In this image only the ellipse, its outer edge, and the small green spheres are left which mark the foci/tangent points of the spheres.
You know, I think I would really like to study geometry more deeply, best yet as the mathematics of computer graphics. But I would want to study it à la carte, just choose whichever topics seem interesting and fruitful to me, without having to do things in the order someone else decided was best. No prerequisites either. Because if I have to know the math before I can use it then I will never use most of it, because I won't find most of it to be worth my time until I have an application to which it is an essential tool.
That's how I think math and physics should be taught, as the tools you need in order to construct your own video game.
Section 30 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 21, 2020. Along with Sections 31-33, this section was created in the mid-1940s. Today, many World War I and II, and Korean War veterans are interred here. The first burial in Section 30 occurred years before the section was officially dedicated. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)