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From Staff Reports Many a young man woke on Christmas morning to find that Santa Claus had left an Erector Set for him under the Christmas tree. The young man’s imagination ran wild as he opened the wooden — or later metal — case with an array of girders, wheels, beams, nuts and bolts (and a motor!). His thoughts were in full bloom as he envisioned building a ferris wheel, a skyscraper, or a “robot.” George Logue was one of those young men. Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Williamsport, Logue ...

Santa can’t get COVID-19 – but what about his elves? Santa Claus adjusts his protective face shield between visits from children and their families at Bass Pro Shops, in Miami on Nov. 20, 2020. In this socially distant holiday season, Santa Claus is still coming to towns (and shopping malls) across America but with a few 2020 rules in effect. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Lynne Sladky Published: 12/21/2020 3:08:39 PM Thanks to timely announcements from Dr. Fauci, we know that Santa Claus is immun...

Are elves human? Primates? Something else? Epidemiologists need to know Thanks to timely announcements from Dr. Fauci, we know that Santa Claus is immune from COVID-19. However, an investigation by the GeekWitness News Team has uncovered a shocking fact: This immunity may not extend to his elves! This is significant because Santa is upper management, meaning he isn’t really necessary. He calculates incentives (lump of coal? new toy?), writes “Naughty and Nice” memos to redefine the custom...

Published: 12/22/2020 2:21:26 PM Thanks to timely announcements from Dr. Fauci, we know that Santa Claus is immune from COVID-19. However, an investigation by the GeekWitness News Team has uncovered a shocking fact: This immunity may not extend to his elves! This is significant because Santa is upper management, meaning he isn’t really necessary. He calculates incentives (lump of coal? new toy?), writes “Naughty and Nice” memos to redefine the customer base, and attends endless cookie-and...

John Grindrod: Once upon a Christmas time, what lay beneath the boughs By John Grindrod - Guest Columnist Of course, it had to be some yuppie type that coined that sentiment that he who dies with the most toys wins, perhaps after buying that third jet ski. However, the older I get and the more nostalgic, the more I realize that while there may be some satisfaction in getting an adult toy, that still doesn’t compare to the anticipation of what was seen lying beneath the tinsel-draped branches ...

D-Y robotics team taking it to the next level George Kostinas Looking like Erector Set structures on wheels, robots move across a 12x12-foot playing area, using arm-like extensions to place enlarged golf balls into goals to score points and knock opposing robots’ balls out of the goals. It is a complicated game that involves designing, programming, building and operating robots to perform in worldwide competitions, where teams from China have traditionally dominated. On Cape Cod, Mashpee has ...

Needs to know is there a problem? if so, i need to tell the right people in the test team. >> so how did you end up the only woman in the firing room during the launch of apollo 11? >> my director of information systems called me in. he said, youre our best communicator. were going to have you on the console. later i found out he had to go and convince the center director, dr. kurt beebus, that it was going to be okay. >> do you think it had to go all the way to the top for the men that were in ...

>> i was the instrumentation controller. the instrumentation controller needs to know is there a problem? if so, i need to tell the right people in the test team. >> so how did you end up the only woman in the firing room during the launch of apollo 11? >> my director of information systems called me in. he said, youre our best my director called me in. he said youre our best communicator. were going to have you on the console. later i found out he had to go convince the center director that it ...