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A photo essay which documents the software company town of SAS Institute Inc. founder James Goodnight in Cary, North Carolina is presented.

Combatant commanders take extra special care of Guard and Reserve troops in North American Aerospace Defense Command. The combatant commanders send personal letters to spouses, parents and employers of personnel [...]

To determine whether telomerase enzyme activity correlates with tumor stage, grade, and prognosis using a quantitative telomerase assay.

When metals or alloys are subjected to electrical discharges in a dielectric fluid, the molten metal frequently reacts with the fluid or with ionic fragments generated from the dielectric by the discharge. When hydrocarbon fluids are used as dielectrics, the reaction products are metal carbides. These carbides are present both as surface layers on the metal samples and as fine powder particles produced when material is ejected from the surface by the sparks. Results are reported here on a study of the formation of fine carbide powder by the spark machining of Ti, Zr, and W. Spark machining of Ti and Zr produced the NaCl structure carbide expected of these metals, though under some machining conditions the powder produced by the machining also contained fine dispersion of the parent metal or graphite. Machining of W produced hexagonal structure W2C and WC in both the NaCl and the hexagonal structural forms. X-ray diffraction studies showed that the carbon concentration of these powders depended upon the frequency and polarity of the applied current pulses and upon other processing variables. The X-ray studies and scanning electron microscopy of the powders and of the surfaces from which they were generated showed that carburization reactions occurred both in the molten pools produced on the sample surfaces by the electric discharges and within fine particles after they were ejected from the surfaces.

Rick Hamlin's blog post Pray the Alphabet (Instead of Counting Sheep), at guideposts.org/prayabc-about praying for others, beginning with folks whose name starts with A and going to Z-inspired me to do my own version. "Thank you, Lord, for another day to spend with my loved ones, for the beauty of a sunset, for my cats..." This alphabet approach puts me in a different mindset. I struggle with depression and have difficulty falling asleep, so at bedtime I go through the alphabet and pray my gratitude for a blessing that starts with each letter. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers tips regarding use of colors while decorating cakes which include remembering to store colours properly, always mixing up enough coloured icing in one batch, and washing paint brushes gently immediately after each use in warm soapy water.

The Brownfain Self-rating Inventory and Religiosity Index were administered to high school juniors, 46 males and 66 females. Correlations between scores on the two inventories were significant for males (.41, p< .01) but not for females (r= .22). Subjects were divided into high and low groups on the Self-rating Inventory (self-concept). The high group scores were .5 SDabove the mean and low group .5 SDbelow. Mean differences on the Religiosity Index for two groups were significant for males (p< .01) but not females. Results suggest that male adolescents with positive self-reports score higher on religiosity than those with low self-reports but not female adolescents.

A letter to the editor is presented in which the author describes a writing assignment in which students use a random object as a prompt to discuss personal memories.

A letter is presented on the use of the recipes published in the magazine "Ontario Out of Doors" in cooking the venison catch in Ontario.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Heading Off a Ph.D. Shortage," by John C. Vaughn and Robert M. Rosenzweig in the Winter 1990-91 issue of "Issues."