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PARIS (UPI) — The European Space Agency says it is ready to help the U.S. space agency monitor the Phoenix spacecraft’s descent and landing on Mars this weekend.

The ESA said its Mars Express mission control team has completed major preparations for supporting the entry, descent and landing phases of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Phoenix mission. The ESA’s Mars Express orbiting spacecraft will be pointed toward Phoenix’s planned entry trajectory and will record signals broadcast from the lander as it plunges into the Martian atmosphere.

That recorded data, ESA scientists said, will serve as a useful and potentially crucial back-up for NASA to compare Phoenix’s planned and actual descent profiles. Landing is planned for 7:53 p.m. EDT Sunday.

The European Space Agency said the mission marks the first time NASA has asked for operational support from the ESA’s two deep-space tracking stations, located in Cebreros, Spain, and New Norcia, Australia.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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the ICE-InterCity Express train in Germany….a very fast train ….like an airplane????donno!!hehehe..have a great Wednesday to all!!! this photo was taken last June 2007 in Munich during our escapade to Austria.

will try to post the WW logo tomorrow…don’t know what happened!!

Health and Beauty Tip

If your feet are hurting after a long day, try this: soak your feet in warm water mixed with bath salts for about ten minutes. Don’t just dry your feet off afterwards, though — wash them with soap and water, then apply some moisturizer.

MILTON KEYNES, England (UPI) — British researchers say many improvements are needed in the care provided to people in the final stages of dementia.

Open University Professor Jan Draper and Clinical Nurse Specialist Deborah Birch reached that conclusion after reviewing 29 published studies conducted in nine nations during the past 10 years.

“We must act now to stop people with dementia from suffering from protracted, potentially uncomfortable and undignified deaths” said Draper. “Our review has reinforced the importance of providing appropriate palliative care to individuals suffering from end-stage dementia and clearly identified some of the barriers to extending such provision.”

The recommendations include: communicating the diagnosis of dementia in a sensitive way; acknowledging the potential influence on treatment decisions on the beliefs and values of members of the healthcare team; and reconsidering aggressive medical treatments that have limited benefits and might cause further discomfort to dying patients.

The review appears in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Acronyms and What They Mean

PCMCIA People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

ISDN It Still Does Nothing

SCSI System Can’t See It

DOS Defunct Operating System

BASIC Bill’s Attempt to Seize Industry Control

IBM I Blame Microsoft

DEC Do Expect Cuts

CD-ROM Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

OS/2 Obsolete Soon, Too.

WWW World Wide Wait

MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

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I remember last Friday, my brother-in-law had experienced web conferencing with a future employer. He had a job interview so instead of driving long distance especially that it is getting very hot here in Las Vegas, he had a web conference with the company he applied for.

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HOUSTON (UPI) — The U.S. space agency says the International Space Station will soon have a new water system, allowing up to six people to live aboard the orbiting lab.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the new water recovery system is the second part of a comprehensive life support system for the station. It’s scheduled to fly aboard space shuttle Endeavour on STS-126 that’s targeted for launch later this year.

“Recycling will be an essential part of daily life for future astronauts, whether on board the space station or living on the moon,” said Mike Suffredini, the ISS program manager. “Delivering this hardware is an important step in achieving the station’s full potential, allowing … more scientific research.”

By recycling water, the system reduces the station’s dependence on Earth resupply by cutting the amount of water and consumables needed to be launched by about 15,000 pounds a year. Through a series of chemical treatment processes and filters, the new system creates water clean enough to drink, NASA scientists said.

NASA engineers and scientists at Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International Inc. in Windsor Locks, Conn., led the design and development of the water recovery system.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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I just want to share this very bad experience we had in MC Donalds last night here in Las Vegas. well to be specific that was past midnight, around dawn today already. I know that MC Donalds is a very reputable and trustful company around the world. You can find it everywhere. I know that it is a very good company.

This experience we had last night or this dawn time with my sister and bro-in-law was just very disappointing. I supposed and would like to say “NEVER AGAIN AT MC DONALDS”. I also know how employees in mc donalds are trained to provide excellent and fast service to customers. But last night, I would say, it is a nightmare experience with mc donalds. really very disappointing and frustrating experience.

Well, I am just sharing this experience to burst-out and pour-out my feelings. I was just very disappointed and also my younger sister and brother in law. I believed sharing personal experiences is not bad especially if you are telling “THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH”

Last night, our car broke down and stopped somewhere in Lake Mead at Las Vegas Boulevard, near a gas station in front of terribles in mc donalds. They also have their the 24hour drive thru service.

I was very hungry while we were waiting for the assistance of my bro-in-laws friend to drive us home. At the same time, the service company who will tow the broke-down car. We decided to go to the 24 hour drive-thru Mc Donald to buy some food because we were really very hungry. Besides it is only some feet away.

While standing at the customer window, me and my sister said that we want some double cheese burgers. The lady said that she cannot sell us some burgers or anything because we don’t have a car. I told the lady that our car broke down and it is not running anymore. I even told her that she can take a look at the car in front of Terrible Mc Donalds.

She said that she can’t really sell us some burgers. She called her supervisor, I guess and the supervisor said the same.

Due to frustation and dissapointment, my hunger disappeared. The bad thing is that I am still having Migraine until right now which I believe to be the cause of the hunger, disappointment and frustration we had last night of this dawn time.

It was already around 2am as we arrived home this morning after a friend took us home.

MY POINTS ARE:

1. Where is the so called customer service at Mc Donald which is famous around the world for its excellent and fast service to their customers.
2. Is there a law or policy in MC Donald saying that you can’t buy anything if you don’t have a car in their drive thru service. In fact, we have a car which was broken down and just some feet away from the drive thru.
3. I am just really pouring out how I felt until now because I am just very disappointed and frustrated which I believed to be the cause of my Migraine until now while I am writing this post.
4. My very point is that, I hope that MC Donalds needs to train more their employees what really customer service is.

I will still continue this post soon because until now, I am already vomitting due to my bad Migraine..

see you soon!!

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Euroangel Graffiti

Englishmen of the 16th and 17th centuries believed that no one who lay upon feathers could die in peace. Therefore, when death approached, the pillow was withdrawn from under the dying person’s head to ease the passing.