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...million miles from the earth, NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft suddenly found itself under assault. Late in January, the tiny, instrument-packed spacecraft was buffeted by an exceptionally powerful burst of particles spewed out by the sun. In the space-environment control room at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters in Boulder, Colo., alarms sounded. "All of a sudden, a blast wave of solar wind showed up at the ACE spacecraft," says NOAA's Joe Hirman, "as dense as any we've seen, and, bam, 30 minutes later the earth's magnetic field got hit hard...
...musical past is pretty typical: forced piano lessons--again from my mother--for about eight years, and four years of drums. Since guitar wasn't offered, percussion--meaning drums!--was by far the coolest instrument choice a guy could have in grade school. Tuba ran a distant second. Why anyone would pick some instrument like the clarinet was beyond me. The chance to get a grade for beating things with sticks was irresistable...
...Maybe four years ago, I asked for a harmonica for Christmas in an attempt to learn a not-quite-as-cool instrument that was significantly easier. The idea was eventually to play blues harmonica so that, you know, if I ever wanted to form a blues band, I could play the harp and be the lead singer. That didn't pan out so well. About the only thing I can do is play along with some Bob Dylan songs like "Like a Rolling Stone," and even then I don't really know if I'm any good because...
...Dorthy heard dogs barking and a commotion outside. Martha's body was found at noon the next day under a tree in the Moxley yard. She lay in a 3-ft. pool of blood; her head had been bludgeoned some 14 times with a blunt instrument, and the sharp, broken shaft of that instrument, a Toney Penna 6-iron golf club, had been driven into her throat...
...mariner's compass was used by the Chinese well before 1050, the year the instrument made its appearance in European ships in Mediterranean waters...