Rescue dogs and other long-nosed breeds are able to identify people accurately even after a considerable passage of time, while hunting dogs can distinguish one variety of bird from another. Dogs also possess an acute sense of hearing. Their ears have an audible range up to 35,000 hertz, ...
I NOW KNOW WHY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN TO WAR YEARN TO REUNITE, NOT TO TELL STORIES OR LOOK AT OLD PICTURES. NOT TO LAUGH OR WEEP. COMRADES GATHER BECAUSE THEY LONG TO BE WITH THE MEN WHO ONCE ACTED THEIR BEST, MEN WHO SUFFERED AND SACRIFICED, WHO WERE STRIPPED RAW, RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR...
But a crowd of Army uniforms also gathered for this French village’s D-Day celebrations stood in the way. The soldier navigated another step and realized he was pushing his beers right into the uniform of Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Palomino, what are ...
the class was a chance to learn more about federal land records. I’ve long wanted to strengthen my knowledge of land records, knowing it would be a useful tool to investigate the Cases, who arrived in Iowa very near the time it was attaining statehood. Doing this so close to the anniv...
Rescue dogs and other long-nosed breeds are able to identify people accurately even after a considerable passage of time, while hunting dogs can distinguish one variety of bird from another. Dogs also possess an acute sense of hearing. Their ears have an audible range up to 35,000 hertz, ...
Pulsed power generates short electrical pulses that have very high electrical power, meaning both high voltage – up to a few megavolts – and large electrical currents – tens of kiloamps. That’s more voltage than the highest-voltage long-distance power transmission lin...
Here are some tips to get you started [sources: Long, Rose]: Angle your camera just slightly lower than your eyes when you look straight ahead. If you're videoing your friends on their surfboards or snowboards, go even lower in some shots to capture their legs and feet. Try to ...
Talent, the ability to produce superior performance that is measurable, reliable and reproducible, is fraught with myths. Some people hold that talent is innate, you either have it or you don’t. Others believe that it comes with experience. The longer you do something, the better you get ...
That skepticism turned quickly to admiration as troops witnessed the impact dogs could have. The animals could hear stealth attacks long before their human companions, and they became so adept at sniffing out ambushes that dogs took the point of almost every patrol. Commanders also relied on the...
they had weighed the ethics of bagging “savages” and debated the probability of getting caught. Some of them agonized over the idea; others were gung-ho from the start. But not long after the New Year, as winter descended on the arid plains of Kandahar Province, ...