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The Zaleskis documented the entire experience, from the day the parts arrived through now, on their Facebook page "Hangar 1404," named after their hangar at the airport. The page has almost 600 likes and has allowed the couple to connect with and inspire other airplane aficionados from around the world.
“We try to approach it all with a little humor and just share our adventures,” Bob added.
Since finishing the plane in May 2017, the two have flown it across the country, from Key West to the Canadian border.
For the last two months, however, the duo has been grounded while Bob recovers from a torn Achilles tendon. As soon as he’s cleared to fly, which should be sometime in January, the Zaleskis plan on flying to St. Augustine to see the Nights of Lights.
Of all the trips they've taken so far, their favorite was to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for AirVenture, an annual airshow that attracts thousands of aviation enthusiasts. For more than four decades the Zaleskis have attended the show, but after building their Sling 2, they were able to attend it in style.
Now the Zaleskis want to pass on their love of flying to the next generation. Joan, who’s president of the Naples chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), said the organization wants to help a group of kids build their own airplane just like she and Bob did.
The project will give the kids the opportunity to use the math and science skills they learn in school, Joan said, and maybe even inspire them to pursue a career in aviation.
The Naples EAA is brainstorming fundraising ideas to get the project off the ground. A kit will cost about $100,000, Joan said, but once the project gets going, it’ll be self-propelling.
Sumo Paint is an online image editor that opens in your browser and does most of the things you’d want from Photoshop — free.
Created by Finnish programmers, the app allows you to crop, layer, resize, and perform other essential functions, and its easy-to-use interface is strikingly similar to Photoshop’s. (It’s also well-stocked with painting and drawing tools.) The one drawback? Uploading larger files may take a bit longer than it would if ...
No one knows how they got there. But an invasion of African giant snails has southern Florida in a panic over potential crop damage, disease and general yuckiness surrounding the slimy gastropods.
The US and Florida departments of agriculture have mobilized 34 agents to battle the infestation and the US Fish & Wildlife Service is heading up an investigation into how the mollusks -- which can be up to 20 centimeters (eight inches) long -- arrived.
"This is a big snail, a very big snail," says Suzi Distelberg, a district inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture, as she probes one of the shells with a gloved hand.
"No it's not empty, see... eeew. It's very heavy, you can tell the snail is still in there.
"We've been told that they like to eat the stucco off the sides of the houses because it contains calcium, and the calcium helps to build their shells."
The lissachatina fulica, or giant African land snail, can live up to nine years, and are prolific in reproduction, laying up to 1,200 eggs a year, making it extremely invasive. A single snail can create a mass that invades an entire neighborhood.
Local resident Yolando Garcia Burgos one morning discovered snail excrement on her exterior wall, and ended up collecting 583 of the mollusks in a week, finding them in her bushes, on her grill and in her ivy. State authorities say they have captured 35,000 since the invasion began in September.
But the concern is not simply a question of aesthetics: The snail's mucus can contain a parasite which transmits a form of meningitis, which is not lethal but can provoke extreme abdominal pain.
The pest is also a threat to agriculture, feasting on some 500 plant varieties including peanuts and melons.
"If they were to become established, it could devastate Florida's agriculture," said Mark Fagan of the state agriculture department, who noted that agriculture is second only to tourism for the state's economy.
It's not clear how the world's largest snail species arrived in Florida. Originally from east Africa, they have also been found in Caribbean islands including Guadeloupe and Martinique.
This is not the first invasion for Florida. In 1966, a boy imported three giant snails as pets, and his grandmother released them into the wild, which led to a colony of 18,000. The eradication effort took nine years and cost over one million dollars.
Importation of these animals is illegal in the United States without a federal permit. But officials point out they are used in certain Afro-Caribbean religious practices.
Fagan says it's not clear if the snails were brought over for religious ceremonies or as pets and got "out of control."
The eradication effort is in full force even though the snails are in a sort of hibernation during which they dig themselves into the ground, making them less visible.
Authorities are hoping to bring down the population before the spring rains, which could cause a population surge.
Officials say the areas being cleaned up will remain under scrutiny for several months. Gardens are treated with iron phosphate, which are not harmful to other animals, but disrupt the snails' feeding habits.
The captured gastropods are taken to a lab where specialists like Mary Yong examine them and, ultimately, kill them off. The snails are effectively drowned in an alcohol solution. Or scientists toss them in the freezer to ensure they are dead.
U2 are set to have the highest grossing tour ever.
The ‘With or Without You’ rockers – who will return to North America in May – will surpass the Rolling Stones’ total of $558 million when they rock out at their gig in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday (10.04.11).
It is a remarkable feat, and Paul McGuinness, manager of the band – which features singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bass player Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen – said the group are very proud of the record, and rightly so.
The tour has sold more than seven million tickets for their 110 shows – quite an achievement – and they are still planning their next album, which Bono has reportedly said will be a “futuristic” one.
ESL students apparently need not apply for a spot driving for Kiss, whose members dress in garish clothes, wear platform shoes, and spackle on gobs of makeup. So we're not sure what they mean re: that request for a driver who is "professional in appearance."
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with all the research you do, you'd think someone there could tell you the pic you use isn't even the real band, it's a tribute act.
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Donald Trump is now claiming that he never suggested club-goers attacked in the Orlando massacre should have been allowed to be armed.
Trump says on Twitter that he was “obviously talking about additional guards or employees” of the Florida nightclub when he spoke about guns in the venue.
Trump’s point, though, was not so obvious when he made it.
Trump’s new tweet comes after NRA officials said Sunday that people shouldn’t be in nightclubs, drinking and carrying firearms.
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Small in stature and voice, at first glance she may not appear to be an influential individual, but that would be a fleeting thought for anyone who has engaged Col. Jennifer Grant, 50th Space Wing commander.
Hailing from New Hampshire and her middle-upper class roots, Grant sought a way to achieve her goals while helping fund her college.
Earning her commission in 1995, she spent the next five years working on opposite coasts in two program management assignments before heading to Maxwell Air Force Base for Squadron Officer School. Grant attended SOS, and subsequently applied for the Air Force Intern Program, with high expectations but ended up learning...
Although Grant was disappointed in herself, her leadership supported her perseverance.
It was around this time Grant considered a detour from her Air Force path, to pursue teaching after she completed a Master’s degree in education from the University of Southern California graduating with honors and a local teaching certification, but a chance to work with the National Reconnaissance Office cemented her...
Upon graduation, she transitioned to the Pentagon in Washington D.C., to serve on the Secretary of the Air Force staff and was then nominated by the NRO and selected for the Air Force Intern Program.
Grant served with the NRO in Chantilly, Virginia for one year before returning to the Washington D.C. area, this time to serve as an Air Force Intern and also work as an aide in the White House. She subsequently returned to Chantilly…and while there met and married her husband, Bryan Dahle-Melsaether, who was also acti...
After getting married, she then headed to Naval Post Graduate School where she again earned distinguished graduate honors upon completing an 18-month degree program.
The NRO then lured Grant to her first Schriever AFB assignment where she served as an operations squadron crew commander and fleeted up to be the Director of Engineering.
“It was a tough assignment at the time because I was working 12-hour mid-shifts, and Bryan was on day staff. But we got through that season without issue. It was better than the 18-month plus geographic separation at the beginning of our marriage.
This taking each day, and assignment at a time, enabled Grant to put everything she had into each assignment without concern for how it would fuel her next step.
“I wanted to be the best officer I could be and wanted to make as big of a difference as I could,” she said reflecting on her approach along the way.
Her enthusiasm and work ethic set her up to be considered and earn the position as the aide-de-camp for the Air Force Space Command commander. This assignment provided unique opportunities as well as a difference perspective on mentoring.
She learned more about mentoring on her second Schriever AFB assignment when she commanded the 2nd Space Operations Squadron, this time from her superintendents and senior noncommissioned officers.
In her third and current Schriever AFB assignment, Grant was confirmed for promotion to brigadier general, joining the ranks of less than 150 active duty brigadier generals, and placing her within the top 0.002 percent of active duty Air Force officers.
Grant said her mentors, like those previously discussed, helped her get to where she is today, the most notable being her father.
Grant added her father also reminded her to make sure she’s always doing the best job she can.
When Grant received the confirmation news, she immediately thought of her dad who passed away in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.
Grant gets to have some of that small-town, home town support and feel she grew up with every day at Schriever AFB.
“When we talk about Air Force family, we talk about what it means to be part of a team,” she said. “This community is so tight, close-knit and collaborative, it really has strengthened my perspective that the Air Force is one big family.
“The confirmation makes me realize we’re never doing anything entirely alone, and it’s a reflection of all the great work that’s gone on here, everybody digging in when they need to and doing a great job to continue to support each other,” she said.
Grant said her success is a reflection of everyone in her family, to include her two young children, and her husband, who have supported her every step of the way.
Grant’s confirmation gave her pause to review the past and prepare for the future.
Meet Wise Intelligent Supreme God Allah.
Belying his name, the 18-year-old Ohioan made the imprudent choice Thursday night to be carrying a loaded handgun while a passenger in a car traveling in Akron.
During a police traffic stop, Allah was found with a Hi-Point .380 caliber handgun in the waistband of his pants. The Canton resident was arrested on felony weapons charges, according to Akron Municipal Court records.
None of the four other occupants of the 2014 Kia were arrested during the stop, which occurred in front of a Taco Bell. An Akron Police Department report states that Allah and two women in the vehicle "has history of drugs and weapons."
The accused pistolero--whose rap sheet includes a felony burglary conviction--was booked into the Summit County jail, where he remains locked up on $20,000 bond.
According to court records, Allah’s residence is adjacent to a multi-county juvenile detention facility.
On May 11, our main feature will be the Leadership Special, an article profiling industry professionals who are showing outstanding examples of leadership. This can be within their agency/company, as an industry thought leader, or even beyond the PR industry. If you have someone you'd like to suggest, please send an e-...
WOODBRIDGE -- The death of a man whose body was discovered in the back of a rental truck on Bethmour Road near Route 67 is being investigated as a homicide that happened in New Haven, according to New Haven Police.
The body found by police in the back of a U-Haul cargo truck, was apparently stabbed to death. The victim has been identified as Anthony Pesane, 31.
The driver of the truck has been identified as Marta Matejkowska, 29, and the passenger as Josue Rivera, 27. They have been taken into custody and arrested, Rivera for murder and Matejkowska for tampering with evidence. Rivera has confessed to the killing, police said.
Police said Pesane had been visiting Rivera. The homicide occurred at 344 Howard Ave., a multi-family home, in New Haven, several days ago. Police describe the crime as domestic in nature.
The story began Monday evening when police responded to a report of a suspicious truck parked on Bethmour Road near Route 67. Further investigation revealed the body in the rear storage area of the truck.
Police Chief Eugene Marcucci said officers stopped the vehicle and "did outstanding police work by taking the initiative to ask the operators to check the back of the vehicle," Marcucci said.
The two occupants of the U-Haul consented to a search of the truck, and one officer detected a strong odor from the back of the vehicle, the chief said. Upon further review, the officer saw what looked like a body wrapped up in something, and police proceeded to take the two occupants into custody, Marcucci said.
If the occupants had not consented to a search of the back of the vehicle, it's possible they could have driven away with the body, Marcucci said. He said officers could only have initiated a search if they had probable cause or consent from the occupants.
Woodbridge resident Carl Tallberg's deck overlooks the active crime scene. He noticed some police at the location before he went to bed but awoke to a scene out of a television crime drama, with investigators in protective white suits removing items -- and the body -- from the cargo truck.
"When they pulled it out, it was wrapped in a rug and a sheet, but you could tell it was a body," Tallberg said. "That's when I stopped looking, just in case."
Sgt. Frank Cappiello said the body was taken to the medical examiner's office where an autopsy will be performed today or tomorrow.
It's suspected that more than the U-Haul occupants are involved in the incident, Marcucci said.
The investigation is being jointly handled by detectives from the Woodbridge and New Haven police departments, the New Haven State's Attorney's Office and the State Police Central District Major Crime Squad. Numerous officers remained on the scene Tuesday morning.
The £270 million scheme for Weston Homes and landowner Columbia Threadneedle includes 1,250 flats on a shopping centre in Anglia Square and has been recommended for approval by city planners.
The development of the 4.5ha city centre site, to be decided on Thursday (6 December) will see existing 1960s buildings demolished to make way for the homes, alongside 11,000m² retail and commercial space, a 200-bed hotel, a new cinema and a new home for Surrey Chapel.
The scheme’s centrepiece is a 20-storey high-rise with 70 homes, which was cut back by five storeys after protests from Historic England earlier this year.
But despite the changes, the heritage watchdog remains resolutely opposed to the development, issuing a strongly worded letter arguing the plans would ‘severely harm the city’s extraordinary historic character’.
Its east of England planning director, John Neale, said: ‘Norwich is one of Europe’s great historic cities containing more medieval churches than any city north of the Alps and has large numbers of exceptional historic buildings, streets and spaces rich in character.
Objections have also been sent by the Norwich Society, Norwich Cathedral, The Council for British Archaeology, and SAVE Britain’s Heritage.
But Norwich planning officers have argued that the existing shopping centre is ‘outdated’ and its visible signs of vacancy and dereliction both ‘blight the image’ of the city centre and send a negative message to the development sector.
Historic England has said that if Norwich City Council approves the scheme this Thursday, it will ask the secretary of state to intervene.
Weston Homes and Broadway Malyan have been approached for comment.
The attitude - and in particular the comments - of the planning officers is surely very odd, if the proposed 20 storey block would dominate a skyline that's until now been free of tall structures other than church towers and spires.
The notion that it's a small price to pay for the redevelopment of a run-down part of the city centre stinks of a planning authority being bent to the wishes of property developers.
The planners' quoted verbatim comment clearly indicates that they recognise that the development would be harmful, and that this would only to some extent be 'offset by other beneficial aspects of the development for the historic environment'.
It reads as if they're recommending approval simply because they think that these benefits (?) haven't been sufficiently acknowledged by Historic England.
Awful and poorly thought out. Another case of a city being ruined by developers/council only interested in making profit at a cost to the identity the local area.
Colbert has done call-in interviews before on his old Comedy Central show, but speaking to the Republican presidential frontrunner over the phone is a pretty big deal.
Trump appeared in person with Colbert a few months ago, when Colbert told Trump he sounds a lot like the over-the-top conservative character he used to play.

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