Sally Ride - First American Female Astronaut

Group of women selected by NASA for astronaut
program.

Sally Ride,   died from pancreatic cancer  yesterday,  July 23, 2012, 17-months after diagnosis.  I met Sally more than a decade ago at Radcliffe College (which is now fully integrated with Harvard University).  We talked for a few minutes.  She was the second astronaut I met - first American woman in space.   The other I knew a bit better -   Ron McNair -  who died in the space shuttle Challenger accident.  Ron rose from very humble beginnings in South Carolina.   

Sally also started from a modest background.  Both Sally and Ron had doctorates in physics - Sally from Stanford and Ron from MIT.  

Why do they call it the Ford Escape

Fire and acceleration.

Ford Recalls 2013 EcoBoost Escapes to Correct Faulty Fuel Line - NYTimes.com

Reports of Unintended Acceleration Prompt Investigation of 730,000 Ford Escapes and Mazda Tributes - NYTimes.com

Android Jellybean

I received the update today .. about 150 Meg.. runs faster and smoother.  Action list for text selection among many other features.

Deep Thoughts #2

Note to wealthy capitalist:  Dubai, or not to buy...that is the question.

Anniversaries re cancer

Fourth anniversary of the end of chemo (July 2008).  Fifth anniversary of the beginning of diagnostic process (July 2007).  Now I know why they said it takes five years for nerve damage to repair - I found that shocking then and I still do.  Hey, I'm alive.

Deep Thoughts #1

I support marriage between a man and a woman, a man and a man, a dog and a woman,  a cat and a man,  a mouse and a rat.