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54-25 Little Neck Parkaway
Little Neck NY , 11362
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39-50 Douglaston Parkaway
Douglaston NY , 11363
phone: (718) 229-2169
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Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 229-9389
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Little Neck NY , 11362
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fax: (718) 225-4514
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P.O. Box 331
Little Neck NY , 11363
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251-31 42nd Avenue
Little Neck NY , 11363
|Fire Department
Engine 306
40-18 214 Place
Queens NY , 11361
Engine 326 Battalion 53
64-04 Springfield Blvd.
Bayside NY , 11364
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Douglaston NY , 11363
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Little Neck NY , 11632
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42 to 43 Avenues and Little Neck Parkway
Little Neck NY , 11362
Udalls Cove Park
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Little Neck NY , 11362
|Police Department
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45-06 215th Street
Bayside NY , 11361
phone: (718) 279-5200
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56-01 Marathon Parkaway
Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 224-4492
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250-10 Northern Boulevard
Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 229-8573
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Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
45-11 245th Street
Douglaston NY , 11363
phone: (718) 631-3153
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41-77 Little Neck Parkway
Little Neck NY , 11363
phone: (718) 423-8491
fax: (718) 423-8531
PS 98 Douglaston School
40-20 235 Street
Douglaston NY , 11363
phone: (718) 423-8535
fax: (718) 423-8550
PS 221 North Hills School
57-40 Marathon Parkway
Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 423-8825
fax: (718) 423-8841
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MS 67 Louis Pasteur Middle School (Grades 6-9)
51-60 Marathon Parkway
Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 423-8138
fax: (718) 423-8281
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57-00 223rd Street
Bayside NY , 11364
phone: (718) 279-6500
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58-20 Little Neck Parkaway
Little Neck NY , 11362
phone: (718) 225-6750 ext. 232
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Hon. Paul Vallone
District Office Address 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 507
Bayside NY, 11361
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fax: (718) 631-4100
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In colonial times, the Little Neck area was named for the geographical feature of the small peninsula extending into Little Neck Bay. A larger peninsula just to the east was called Great Neck. In the early 1900's developers wanted residents to sign a petition to change its name to Westmoreland, but the majority declined. The original area of Little Neck has been reduced twice: once in 1872 to create Douglaston and again in 1928 when Nassau County changed the name on its side of its boundary with Queens County to Great Neck.
In 1872, Douglaston was named for William P. Douglas, who inherited the estate on the peninsula for which Little Neck was named from his father, George Douglas. When the Flushing Railroad, now the Long Island Rail Road, decided to create an additional stop one mile west of their Little Neck depot, William moved the former Van Zandt chapel to serve as its station. In exchange, he asked that the station and the surrounding village be named Douglaston.
When Henry Hudson sailed to Manhattan in the early 1600's, the Matinecoc Indians lived in northern Long Island. Seafood, game, and corn were plentiful. Abundant clam shells for making wampum made them the wealthiest Indians on Long Island. The Matinecoc made white wampum from the periwinkles and the more valuable black wampum from quohog.
The Dutch West India Company encouraged settlement in the New Netherlands. A circular of the time promoted Long Island as Eden-like with "deer, sixteen hands high, buffaloes which could be ridden and broken to the plow, large turkeys, 500 to the flock, and clear spring waters equal to light Dutch beer."
Thomas Foster had fled from England to Holland due to religious persecution. He and his family were the first to settle on the northern shore on Long Island. In 1637 they built a small stone house with one window and wooden shutters where "the Alley" now meets Northern Boulevard.
New Englanders Richard Cornell, a Quaker from Rhode Island, and Thomas Hicks from Massachusetts were two of the earliest landowners in Little Neck. Thomas Hicks used force against the Matinecoc to secure his holdings.
In 1664 the Dutch surrendered the New Netherlands to a British fleet of 24 ships. New Amsterdam became New York. Queens was named for Catherine of Braganza, queen of their new ruler, the British monarch, Charles II. Britain ruled the area for the next one hundred and nineteen years.
Agriculture continued to be the mainstay of life. The Allens operated a mill that shrank and tightened homespun woolens woven on hand looms. The woolens could then be made into cloth. In 1752, James Hedges began to operate a gristmill in the Alley.
Cornelius Van Wyck built a house on his estate in 1735. Today it is noted for its hand-hewn shingles and salt box type roof. The interior has been restored. It is one of the few surviving Dutch colonial houses within New York City, and is designated a New York City Landmark.
The British occupied Long Island throughout the Revolutionary War, from August 28, 1776 to Nov. 21, 1783. They and their Hessian mercenaries used it as a staging and supply area. Everything was at British disposal; private homes, horses, livestock, crops, and forests. As the record says, "Soon there wasn't a picket fence or a four-legged animal, except dogs, left standing."
Hessians looted the Foster homestead and hung elderly Thomas Foster, descendant of the original settler, from an apple tree. Company commander Foster rescued him and personally "ran through" one of the Hessian soldiers with his sword.
General Washington designated Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge to create a network of spies among the occupying British forces. These spies included a merchant, an innkeeper, a farmer and several housewives. All risked the fate of Nathan Hale. One recruit used clothing on her clothesline to relay signals. Another gave dinner parties "to honor" British officers and gleaned information from their conversations. Couriers rode the dangerous muddy roads in the dark of night. This network helped foil Benedict Arnold's plan to surrender West Point. Finally the British were defeated and withdrew.
In 1790, recently inaugurated President George Washington visited the Alley. He acknowledged a welcome and had refreshments at the tavern.
The Alley Pond settlement continued to grow and was the great center of the way of life in Little Neck. By 1813 it included gentlemen farmers, small "truck" farmers, merchants, artisans and oystermen.
In 1819 Wynant Van Zandt III, a wealthy New York merchant and alderman, purchased the peninsular estate on Little Neck Bay and built a large square mansion for his wife and fifteen children. Ten years later, he donated part of the funds and the land to build the Zion Episcopal Church.
When Van Zandt died in 1831, his heirs sold his estate in two parts. It time, the southern part became Douglaston Hill and the northern part Douglas Manor.
Joseph De Forest purchased the southern part and resold it to Cortland Van Beuren, who in turn sold it to Jeremiah Lambertson. Lambertson divided the land into generous 200 ft. by 200 ft. lots with streets named for trees. On July 23 and 27, 1853, he sold the lots to eighteen buyers. However, for the next fifty years very little building was done.
George Douglas, a wealthy Scot, bought the northern peninsula section and began to plant trees imported from all over the world. In 1862 when he died, his eighteen-year-old son William inherited his estate. "Willie" was known as a playboy and sailor of big yachts. For "Willie" the estate was a social hub for entertaining the wealthy and powerful of New York, including Gordon Bennet, publisher of the New York Herald, and financier J. P. Morgan. Their yachts were often moored on the Bay. In 1871 Willie won the first America's Cup aboard the Sappho.
In 1866, when the Flushing Railroad reached Little Neck, the Old Depot served as its station. Soon the railroad created an additional stop one mile to the west. William donated the former chapel of the Van Zandt family to serve as its station. In exchange, he requested that the station and the village around it be named Douglaston.
Twenty years later, in 1887, "Willie" and resident subscribers funded a Queen Anne-style building and landscaping for the new Douglaston depot. Travelers still needed to take the ferry between Long Island City and New York since the rail line still had not reached Manhattan.
The great years of Little Neck clamming began in the 1860s. Capt. Christian W. Kirkman, a Danish sailor and fisherman, found he could increase the clam yield by planting oyster beds among them. The clams burrowed under the oyster beds to spawn, and multiplied at an incredible rate. These small hard clams were served in the best restaurants of New York and several European capitals. The industry was ruined by pollution from the city in the 1890s.
In 1898, Queens County became part of New York City. Many homes were built in anticipation of a direct route to Manhattan. Two major public works were finished by 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the East River and the Queensborough Bridge. The city's building of roads and bridges spurred tremendous suburban growth.
In 1905, The Rickert-Finlay Company bought the Benjamin Woolley farm and created the Westmoreland Development. They laid out streets and building lots. The 270 homes were given covenants and restrictions with their property deeds to preserve the atmosphere of comfortable living close to New York. These homes were advertised with the not quite accurate slogan "only 26 minutes to Manhattan".
The following year, in 1906, William Douglas sold his property to the Rickert-Finlay Company. They developed the 175-acre estate into a carefully planned garden suburb town called Douglas Manor. The manor house served as a clubhouse and social center. Each home was within one mile of the station. Its 550 single-family homes include Queen Anne, Colonial, Tudor, and Mediterranean Revival architecture.
Douglaston Hill consists of the area between Douglas Manor and Northern Boulevard, bounded by Douglaston Parkway to the west, and 244th Street to the east. In the late 1800's it was occupied by a variety of people, including summer residents, local tradesmen, and free blacks that worked in the oyster industry. In the early twentieth century most homes were built in anticipation of the completion of the railroad tunnel under the East River to create a direct route to Manhattan. Architectural styles in the area include Queen Anne, Craftsman, Bungalow, American Foursquare, Tudor Revival, and Colonial Revival. The oldest property in the district is the Zion Episcopal Church.
The rest of Douglaston and Little Neck developed rapidly, mostly with one family houses. The increased population needed increased services. Telephones, a volunteer fire department, a Mothers Club, Christian Endeavor Societies, schools, the American Red Cross, a library, a bank, a Girl Scout and a Boy Scout Troop, a newspaper, a garden club, and several places of worship were active by the middle of the 1930s.
When Northern Boulevard was widened in 1930, the remains from a Matinecoc Indian burial ground were reinterred on land at the Zion Episcopal Church.
With improved transportation to Douglaston and Little Neck, the importance of the Alley settlement waned. The City of New York Parks Department acquired much of the land. During the 1930s, through the Parks efforts to convert the area for recreational use and through the construction of the Long Island Expressway and Cross Island Parkway, several of the older structures were cleared and much of the marshland filled in. This marshland is now recognized as a vital link in nature's ecosystem.
In 1974, the Parks Department created the Wetlands Reclamation Project and began rehabilitation of the natural wetlands of the park. Alley Pond Environmental Center, a National Environmental Study Area since 1976, has encouraged awareness of the environment. It serves families and over 20,000 students annually, offering hiking, birding, lectures, workshops, and tours. Alley Pond Park contains over 635 acres of forested hills, ponds, meadow, and salt marshes.
Since the 1970s, environmentalists have actively sought to preserve the salt marshes in Udalls Cove for the sake of Little Neck Bay. The Udalls Cove Preservation Committee was formed to lobby city planners to keep the cove as a national wildlife preserve.
A 600-year-old White Oak tree, the oldest tree on Long Island, stands at 233 Arleigh Road in Douglas Manor.
During the 1990's, the Douglaston/Little Neck Historical Society headed the drive to preserve the two unique residential developments of Douglas Manor and Douglaston Hill. As of 2004, each area is designated as a New York City Historic District.
Sentiments spoken by a resident a few years ago still seem relevant, "What people here want is a continuation of the community this has been for years and whose essence is a rustic New England type town. Our community is the bay, the wetlands, large old trees and the beauty of nature around us that provides a sense of openness and of peace and quiet."
In 1914, the Queens Borough Public Library opened a small branch in a Douglaston real estate office with 587 books. The next year, through the efforts of the Mothers Club and the school principal, the collection was moved to P.S. 94. Additional moves included the Community Church and 248-04 Northern Boulevard. On April 4 1962, the Douglaston/Little Neck Branch opened its doors in its new improved and expanded quarters at its present location of 249-01 Northern Boulevard.
Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society: http://www.dlnhs.org
Flux, James A. and Levine Ty, Bayside Its Yesterdays and Tomorrows, the History of Bayside, Bayside, New York 1957
"The Fosters Made Their Mark on Early Queens" by Joan Brown Wettingfeld who is a historian, free-lance writer and member of the Borough President's History Advisory Committee, Times/Ledger, May 5, 1994.
Fowler, George C. and Ernestine, Through the Years in Little Neck and Douglaston, Angle Offset, 1963.
Gubernick, Loys, Little Neck Then...and Now, Loys Gubernick, 1982.
Historical Walking Tour, 1975
History of Little Neck, 1952
Little Neck, Douglaston—In profile, by Gene Gleason of the Herald Tribune Staff, Herald Tribune, Dec. 22, 1963.
Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY
Queens Scape, Douglaston/Little Neck, Carol Polsky, Newsday, Sunday Dec 31, 1989
Shaman, Diana, If You're Thinking of Living in: Douglaston, New York Times, March 25, 1990.


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Aug. 6: Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin
With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory begins its planned primary one-Martian-year (98-week) mission of discovery and exploration.
On its first Martian day, designated Sol 0, the rover is checking its health and measuring its tilt. All Sol 0 spacecraft activities appear to have been completely nominal. These include firing all of Curiosity's pyrotechnic devices for releasing post-landing deployments. Spring-loaded deployments, such as removal of dust covers from the Hazard-Avoidance cameras (Hazcams) occur immediately when pyros are fired. Curiosity also took images with its front and rear Hazcams both before and after removal of the dust covers, checked out its UHF telecommunications system and rover motor controller assembly, and completed all activities required to proceed with its planned activities on Sol 1. Approximately five megabytes of data were successfully relayed back to Earth from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft during its overpass today.
Curiosity landed facing east-southeast within Gale Crater, with a heading of 112.7 degrees (plus or minus five degrees), and a few degrees of tilt. A Sol 1 overpass by Mars Odyssey will provide additional information on Curiosity's position and additional imagery. A first look at some color images taken just before landing by MSL's Mars Descent Imager also provided additonal information on the rover's precise location.
Activities planned for Sol 1 during the mission's approximately one-month characterization activity phase include deploying Curiosity's high-gain antenna, collecting science data from Curiosity's Radiation Assessment Detector and Rover Environmental Monitoring Station instruments, and obtaining additional imagery. The mission's characterization activity phase is design to learn how all Curiosity's subsystems and instruments are functioning after landing and within the environment and gravitational field of Mars.
Aug. 5: Curiosity Set for Mars Landing Tonight
Its approximately 352 million mile (567 million kilometer), 36-week journey from Earth nearly complete, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft and its Curiosity rover are "all systems go" for touchdown in Mars' Gale Crater tonight at 10:31 p.m. PDT (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6). This morning, flight controllers decided to forgo the sixth and final opportunity on the mission calendar for a course-correction maneuver. The spacecraft is headed for its target entry point at the top of Mars' atmosphere precisely enough that the maneuver was deemed unnecessary. In addition, this afternoon, mission controllers determined that no further updates are necessary to the onboard information the spacecraft will use during its autonomous control of MSL's entry, descent and landing. Parameters on a motion tracker were adjusted Saturday for fine-tuning determination of the spacecraft's orientation during its descent.
As of 6:18 p.m. PDT (9:18 p.m. EDT), MSL was approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 kilometers) from Mars, traveling at a speed of about 8,400 mph (about 3,755 meters per second).
Aug. 4: Curiosity Closes in on its New 'Home'
With Mars looming ever larger in front of it, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft and its Curiosity rover are in the final stages of preparing for entry, descent and landing on the Red Planet at 10:31 p.m. PDT Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6). Curiosity remains in good health with all systems operating as expected. Today, the flight team uplinked and confirmed commands to make minor corrections to the spacecraft's navigation reference point parameters. This afternoon, as part of the onboard sequence of autonomous activities leading to the landing, catalyst bed heaters are being turned on to prepare the eight Mars Lander Engines that are part of MSL's descent propulsion system. As of 2:25 p.m. PDT (5:25 p.m. EDT), MSL was approximately 261,000 miles (420,039 kilometers) from Mars, closing in at a little more than 8,000 mph (about 3,600 meters per second).
Aug. 3: MSL Right on Course - TCM-5 Cancelled
With less than three days to go before touchdown on the Red Planet, Curiosity remains in good health, with all systems operating as expected. Given the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's consistent and stable course, today the project decided that the planned Trajectory Correction Maneuver 5 (TCM-5) and its corresponding update to parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during entry, descent and landing will not be necessary. As of 12:35 p.m. today PDT (3:35 p.m. EDT), the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft was approximately 468,000 miles (753,200 kilometers) from Mars, or a little less than twice the distance from Earth to the moon. It is traveling at about 8,000 mph (3,576 meters per second). It will gradually increase in speed to about 13,200 mph (5,900 meters per second) by the time it reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere.
Aug. 2: MSL Remains on Track for Weekend Landing
Curiosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work. There are no real-time activities planned today. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft remains on a consistent and stable course, well within the limits required to reach its target landing ellipse. As a result, yesterday the flight team decided to cancel the build and test of a contingency version of Trajectory Correction Maneuver 5. This contingency manuever, had it been needed, would have been used in the event an emergency prevented the team from executing the nominal scheduled TCM-5 maneuver, which is planned for Friday, Aug. 3, if needed. The project also canceled a corresponding update to parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during entry, descent and landing.
Aug. 1: Further Preps for Entry, Descent and Landing
With Curiosity now flying under the control of the autonomous entry, descent and landing timeline, the Mars Science Laboratory team continues to monitor the spacecraft's health and trajectory. There are no real-time activities planned today. In the event that a fifth trajectory correction maneuver is needed to further fine-tune the spacecraft's course to reach its target landing ellipse, the flight team is making preparations for it. If needed, that maneuver would be executed on Friday, Aug. 3. Curiosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work.
July 31: Entry, Descent and Landing Timeline Activated
The Mars Science Laboratory continues its final preparations for entry, descent and landing this upcoming weekend. Yesterday, the flight team completed and confirmed a memory test on the software for the mechanical assembly that controls MSL's descent motor. They also configured the spacecraft for its transition to entry, descent and landing approach mode, and they enabled the spacecraft's hardware pyrotechnic devices. MSL is now under the control of the autonomous entry, descent and landing timeline flight software. The flight team continues to monitor Curiosity's onboard systems and flight trajectory. The spacecraft and ground systems remain in good health, with no significant issues currently being worked.
July 30: Entry, Descent and Landing Procedure Begins
Today, the Mars Science Laboratory flight team begins executing its procedure for entry, descent and landing (EDL), and the spacecraft begins its sequence of autonomous activities leading to the landing this coming weekend. These activities include enabling needed components and setting final parameters. In addition, the schedule over the next several days includes opportunities to update parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during EDL. If needed, these updates can fine-tune the spacecraft's autonomous controls for its descent through the atmosphere. Some parameters give the spacecraft's onboard computer knowledge about where the vehicle is relative to Mars. Others may be updated based on observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft of Mars' variable atmospheric conditions in this week before landing.
July 29: Course Maneuver Successful; MSL Begins Final Approach
Late Saturday night, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully fine-tuned its course to better zero in on its target entry point into the Martian atmosphere on landing day. Two brief thruster firings totaling about six seconds altered the spacecraft's velocity slightly, by about one-fortieth of one mile per hour (one centimeter per second). This trajectory correction maneuver the fourth since MSL's launch adjusted the point at which Curiosity will enter the Martian atmosphere by about 13 miles (21 kilometers). On landing day, MSL can steer enough during its flight through the upper atmosphere to correct for a miss of the target entry point by a few miles and still land within its target ellipse. Mission engineers and managers rated the projected 13-mile miss big enough to warrant a correction maneuver. Telemetry and tracking data indicate the maneuver was successful. MSL will have two further opportunities for additional course corrections during the final 48 hours before landing, if needed.
July 28: MSL Set to Begin Final Approach
Tonight the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is scheduled to perform a very small course adjustment, called Trajectory Correction Maneuver 4 (TCM-4). Around 10 p.m. PDT (1 a.m. EDT), two brief thruster firings totaling about six seconds will adjust the spacecraft's trajectory to better hone in on Curiosity's target entry point into the Martian atmosphere. This course adjustment will be the fourth performed during MSL's journey between Earth and Mars. The maneuver will turn the spacecraft to its final attitude and mark the start of Curiosity's final approach to the Red Planet.
July 27: MSL Telemetry Monitoring, Trajectory Tracking Continue
The flight team continues to monitor the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's telemetry and track its trajectory. There are no real-time spacecraft activities planned today. Late tomorrow night, the spacecraft is scheduled to perform its fourth and smallest trajectory correction maneuver, which will mark the beginning of MSL's final approach to Mars.
July 26: MSL Configured for Final Approach; Flight Team Takes a Breath
With completion of nearly all work to configure the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for entry, descent and landing, most of the flight team is getting some well-deserved rest today in preparation for next week's final approach to Mars. There are no planned flight team spacecraft activities today. NASA's Deep Space Network continues to monitor spacecraft telemetry and track the spacecraft's trajectory.
July 25: MSL's Terminal Descent Radar System Gets a Checkout
Today, the Mars Science Laboratory's terminal descent sensor is being checked out in preparation for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing. The sensor is a radar system that is mounted on MSL's descent stage. Following separation of MSL's heat shield at an altitude of approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) and a velocity of approximately 280 mph (125 meters per second), the sensor begins collecting data on the spacecraft's velocity and altitude in preparation for landing.
July 24: Curiosity's Batteries Get a Charge
Today, Curiosity's two lithium ion rechargeable batteries are being recharged to 100 percent of capacity in preparation for entry, descent and landing. The batteries, which have been maintained at a 70-percent state of charge during the cruise to Mars, are being recharged using power from Mars Science Laboratory's cruise-stage solar array. The batteries enable Curiosity's power subsystem to meet peak power demands of rover activities when the demand temporarily exceeds the onboard multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) steady output level. With a capacity of about 42 amp-hours each, the batteries are expected to go through multiple charge-discharge cycles per Martian day.
July 23: Prepping MSL's Descent Stage Navigation System for Landing
Preparations continue for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing and surface operations. Today, the two inertial measurement units (IMUs) in Mars Science Laboratory's descent stage are being configured, along with other guidance and control parameters for entry, descent and landing. The IMUs are electronic devices that will be used to maneuver the spacecraft's descent stage, measuring and reporting on its velocity, orientation and gravitational forces. The descent stage does its main work during the final few minutes before touchdown on Mars, providing rocket-powered deceleration and two bands of telecommunications for the final phase of MSL's arrival at Mars that includes lowering the Curiosity rover on a bridle and continuing descent until rover touchdown. In addition, more communications parameter updates for Curiosity's surface operations are being uploaded to Curiosity's main computers.
July 22: Trajectory Tracking Continues
Engineers at NASA's Deep Space Network continue to run differential ranging track passes to track Mars Science Laboratory's trajectory. These activities are designed to more closely track the spacecraft's trajectory and position as it draws nearer to the Red Planet and Mars' gravitational influence on the spacecraft increases.
July 21: Getting a Better Bead on Trajectory
Today, engineers at NASA's Deep Space Network are running two differential ranging track passes to track Mars Science Laboratory's trajectory. These activities are designed to more closely track the spacecraft's trajectory and position as it draws nearer to the Red Planet and Mars' gravitational influence on the spacecraft increases.
July 20: Curiosity Completes Week of Onboard Computer Preps
As of yesterday evening, the week-long reboot and configuration activities on Curiosity's two redundant main computers, or Rover Compute Elements -- including the uplink of spacecraft configuration parameters for entry, descent and landing -- were completed, a day ahead of schedule. Today, backup software for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing is being configured onboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft. In case Curiosity's prime computer resets for any reason during the critical minutes of entry, descent and landing, this backup software is designed to enable Curiosity's backup computer to promptly take control and finish the landing with a bare-bones version of entry, descent and landing instructions.
July 19: More Computer Preps for Curiosity
With updated flight sequences and communications parameters for entry, descent and landing and surface operations now uploaded to one of Curiosity's two redundant main computers -- Rover Compute Element (RCE)-B -- today RCE-A is being swapped back to become Curiosity's prime computer, and RCE-B is returning to backup mode. Prime computer RCE-A will then receive its own set of updated flight sequences and communications parameters.
July 18: Curiosity Continues Computer Preps, Gets 'Attitude Adjustment'
Activities continue to prepare Curiosity's redundant main computers, or Rover Compute Elements, for arrival at Mars. Today, Curiosity's RCE-A computer, which was swapped with the backup computer yesterday, is being cold reset, or rebooted, while in online, or backup, mode. Work continues to upload updated flight sequences and communications parameters for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing and surface operations to the spacecraft. In addition, mission controllers yesterday completed the 21st attitude control turn on the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, a day early. This turn adjusts the spacecraft's orientation to keep its medium-gain antenna pointed toward Earth for communications. This was the second-to-last attitude control turn planned before landing day.
July 17: Curiosity Swaps Computers, Gets Updated Arrival Data
Activities continue through July 20 to prepare Curiosity's redundant main computers, or Rover Compute Elements, for arrival at Mars. Today, the computer that has been operating as Curiosity's prime computer is being swapped with the backup computer. On Wednesday July 18, that computer will be cold reset, or rebooted, while in online, or backup mode, following the same process used to cold reset the redundant computer on July 16. In addition, beginning today and continuing through July 20, updated flight sequences and communications parameters for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing and surface operations will be uploaded to the spacecraft.
July 16: Curiosity Computer Preps for Arrival
Beginning today, Curiosity's redundant main computers, or Rover Compute Elements, will be power-cycled while in the online, or backup mode. The process, called a cold reset, reboots the computer, resetting it to a predictable, default state prior to the mission's arrival at Mars. This activity begins today with the reboot of the backup computer while in the online state and will continue through July 20. Tomorrow, the prime and backup computers will be swapped, and the reboot process will be repeated on Thursday with the other computer.
July 13: Radiation Instrument Finishes Inflight Measurements
The Radiation Assessment Detector instrument on Curiosity has finished the measurements it had been making during its flight from Earth to Mars. It will be configured for surface operations and turned off today and remain turned off until after landing.
July 12: MSL Team Has Final Test of Landing Procedures
Today, the Mars Science Laboratory flight team is conducting a final operations readiness test of entry, descent and landing procedures in preparation for Curiosity's landing on Aug. 5, PDT.
July 11: MSL Complete Turn
The Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft completed an attitude control turn today, adjusting its orientation for keeping its medium-gain antenna pointed toward Earth for communications. This was the third-to-last attitude control turn planned before landing day.


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Summer Mushroom Salad
Grilled Lemon-Glazed Chicken with Baby Bok Choy and Cilantro-Lemon Rice
Lemon Cake with Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting
Looking for inspiration for an outdoor summer party, entertaining maven Rachel Hollis recalled the lemonade stands of her childhood. The cheerful lemon yellow of that youthful memory became the vision for her party setting, combining happily with a pretty blue-and-white foundation.
Reinforcing her thoughts of a lemon-themed party, Hollis explains, "Today, -people often use produce as well as flowers on a table. It's fun to have that option and to mix the bright colors that both have to offer. Lemons are an apt symbol of the carefree days of summer."
Although the yellow scheme prevails, Hollis exchanged the idea of using lemons in the centerpiece for mixed bunches of tulips, roses, and freesia that were fastened to a piece of driftwood—her allusion to happy times at the beach. The floral yellows zestfully mix with blue-and-white tableware and accessories for a pleasing palette that incorporates crisp white porcelain dinner plates enhanced with cobalt blue rims that are patterned with concentric circles of raised white dots.
To anchor her place settings, Hollis uses an embroidered linen runner with blue designs on a white ground, coordinating napkins, and textural round rattan placemats. A simple straight pin secures an individual placecard to a real lemon at each guest's place at the table. Pillows cushioning the white wicker chairs buzz with streaky embroidered blue circles.
The menu returns to the real-lemon theme with citrus elements that provide zesty but not overpowering flavors, including a mushroom salad with lemon vinaigrette, grilled lemon-glazed chicken, lemon cake, and a selection of lemon-enhanced beverages. "Summer puts people in good spirits," Hollis says. "This is the time to pick a theme that is laid-back and cheerfully chic."
Menu and recipes: Hail Mary Food of Grace
Photography: Karyn Millet
Khaki-colored "Topiary" outdoor pillows and "Kingston" blue-and-white pillows and wicker placemats are from Crate & Barrel. "Anfa Blue" linen runners and napkins are from Huddleson Linens. Flatware is from Hampton Forge.
Bunches of yellow tulips secured to driftwood with clear fishing line give an updated sculptural look to the centerpiece by La Petit Gardenia.
Menu & Shopping List
Lemonade in different flavors presents refreshing options for everyone—and will especially please the teetotalers in the group. Add combos like strawberry and basil or raspberry and mint for a twist on the classic.
This summer-bright menu plays off Rachel Hollis' lemon theme by accentuating the bright yellow fruit's tart flavor in a variety of ways, including a cocktail, a salad, a glaze for grilled chicken, and an airy layer cake. Luncheon recipes are from Mary Payne Moran, of Hail Mary, Food of Grace. Magnolia Bakery's Los Angeles location provided dessert.
Summer Mushroom Salad
Grilled Lemon-Glazed Chicken with Baby Bok Choy and Cilantro-Lemon Rice
Lemon Cake with Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting
Shopping List
Check your pantry for these necessary items before shopping:
- Sugar (need 7-1/2 cups total)
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Baking powder (need 2 tablespoons; check expiration date)
- Honey (need 2 tablespoons)
- Butter (need 6 sticks plus 2 tablespoons total)
- Eggs (need 4 large)
- Dijon-style mustard (need 1-1/2 teaspoons)
- Olive oil (need 6 tablespoons)
- Nonstick olive oil cooking spray
- 22 large lemons (10 for limoncello, 2 for salad, 3 for chicken; plus 2 for garnish, three for squeezing to get 3/4 cup total lemon juice, and 2 for zest)
- 1 small bunch fresh enokitake (enoki) mushrooms
- Cremini mushrooms (need 6)
- Shiitake mushrooms (need 6)
- Carrots (need 2)
- 6 whole baby bok choy
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1 small shallot
- 1 head butterhead lettuce
- 1 head radicchio
- 1 bunch Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 1 bunch cilantro
- Long grain white rice
Baking aisle
- Cake flour (need 4-1/2 cups)
- Slivered almonds (need 1/2 cup)
- Lemon extract
- Cream of tartar
Meat counter
- 6 whole chicken legs (drumstick and thigh)
- 1 quart buttermilk (need 2-1/2 cups)
- Pasteurized liquid egg whites or pasteurized whole eggs
- 1 (750-milliliter) bottle vodka
You can purchase limoncello at a liquor store, but this homemade version is much more satisfying and less acidic. Serve it chilled as an after-dinner cordial or in cocktails as a substitute for lemon juice. A dash of limoncello in a dry vodka martini is a sublime summer drink.
- 10 large lemons
- 1 (750-milliliter) bottle vodka
- 3 cups sugar
- 2-1/2 cups water
Scrub lemons with vegetable brush. Using vegetable peeler, carefully cut enough yellow peel away from the white pith to make 2 cups lemon peel. (If desired, juice lemons and reserve for another use.)
In large glass pitcher or bowl, combine 2 cups lemon peel and vodka. Cover tightly; let stand in cool, dry place 10 days, gently swirling mixture in pitcher each day. Strain mixture through fine-mesh sieve; discard lemon peel. Return lemon-infused vodka to pitcher.
For syrup, in medium saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring just to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cool to room temperature. Pour syrup into lemon-infused vodka; stir to combine. Cover; chill overnight before serving.
To store, pour limoncello through funnel into clean bottles; secure lids. Store in refrigerator up to 1 month.
Recipe from Chef Mary Payne Moran
Summer Mushroom
Salad Enokitake mushrooms are tiny cultivated mushrooms with small heads and long, delicate, edible stems. They have a mild, fruity taste and an almost crunchy texture. They are available year-round. Enokitake mushrooms are a perfect foil to the meatier cremini mushrooms and full-bodied shiitakes in this salad.
- 1 small bunch fresh enokitake (enoki) mushrooms
- 6 fresh cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and thinly sliced
- 2 carrots
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- 1/4 cup torn fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 2 lemons
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 leaves butterhead lettuce*
- 12 leaves radicchio*
- Lemon slices and/or lemon peel strips
- Freshly ground black pepper
Trim stems from enokitake mushrooms to about 2 inches long; combine in large bowl with sliced mushrooms.
With vegetable peeler, cut carrots into 2- to 3-inch-long ribbons; add to mushrooms in bowl along with green onions and parsley. Juice lemons; drizzle juice atop mushroom mixture; toss to combine. Add olive oil; toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Line six salad plates with butterhead lettuce leaves. Place two radicchio leaves inside each lettuce leaf to form a cup. Spoon in mushroom salad. Garnish with lemon and sprinkle of black pepper. Makes 6 servings.
*Reserve remaining lettuces for another use.
Recipe from Chef Mary Payne Moran
Grilled Lemon-Glazed Chicken with Baby Bok Choy and Cilantro-Lemon Rice
Skin-on chicken or no? Leaving the skin on chicken when grilling results in a crispier texture and moister meat from the layer of fat underneath the skin. However, if you are concerned about extra calories from fat, use skinless chicken.
- 6 whole chicken legs (drumstick and thigh), skinned, if desired (about 4 to 4-1/2 pounds)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Nonstick olive oil cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard
- 1 teaspoon snipped fresh thyme
- 3 lemons, halved crosswise
- Fresh cilantro sprigs
- 1 recipe Cilantro- Lemon Rice (follows)
- 1 recipe Baby Bok Choy (follows)
Season chicken with salt and pepper; coat with cooking spray. In small saucepan, combine honey, lemon juice, mustard, and thyme. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 3 to 5 minutes just until slightly thickened. Set aside.
For charcoal grill, arrange medium-hot coals around drip pan. Test for medium heat above pan. Place chicken pieces, meaty sides down, on grill rack over drip pan. Cover; grill 50 to 60 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink (180°F), turning once halfway through grilling. Brush with lemon glaze twice during last 10 minutes of grilling. (For gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Turn off burners directly below section where food is to be placed. Grill as above.) Grill lemons, cut sides down, 1 to 2 minutes or until grill marks form and lemons are heated through. To serve, transfer chicken to plates; sprinkle chicken with cilantro. Serve with Cilantro-Lemon Rice and Baby Bok Choy. Squeeze juice from grilled lemon halves over all. Makes 6 servings.
Cilantro-Lemon Rice: In large saucepan, bring 3 cups water and 2 teaspoons salt to boil. Add 1-1/2 cups long grain white rice; return to boil; reduce heat. Cook, covered, about 15 to 20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender; set aside. Meanwhile, in medium skillet, cook 1 small shallot, finely chopped, in 2 tablespoons hot butter 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Add 1/2 cup toasted silvered almonds; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more or until almonds are coated. Add shallot mixture, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro to rice. Stir just until combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
Baby Bok Choy: Wash 6 bunches baby bok choy, being very gentle with leaves. Blot dry. Quarter each bok choy lengthwise. In large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat. Add one-third of bok choy cut side down. Sear until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn to other cut side; sear 1 to 2 minutes more or until lightly browned. Repeat with remaining bok choy and additional oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Recipe from Chef Mary Payne Moran
Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cake recipe from Magnolia Bakery. Magnolia Bakery opened in New York City in 1996 and quickly gained a reputation for its light, airy cupcakes and homey American desserts. They now have eight locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dubai.
- 4-1/2 cups cake flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2-1/2 cups buttermilk
- 4 large egg whites
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
- 1 cup butter (8 ounces), softened
- 1 teaspoon pure lemon extract
- 1 recipe Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting (follows)
Meyer lemon slices or lemon slices (optional)
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease bottoms of three 9x1-1/2-inch round cake pans*. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper. Grease bottoms and sides of pans, then lightly flour pans; set aside.
In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In another medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites.
In stand mixer bowl, combine sugar and lemon peel, rubbing them together with your fingers until sugar is moist and fragrant. Add butter. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Beat in lemon extract. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk-egg mixture, beating on medium speed after each addition just until combined. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes more. Spread batter into prepared pans.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool cake layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove layers from pans. Peel off waxed paper.
To assemble: Place one cake layer, bottom side up, on serving plate. Spread with 3/4 cup of Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded (top) side up. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Place remaining cake layer on top, rounded (top) side up; spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. If desired, garnish with lemon slices. Store cake in refrigerator.
*Tip: If you only have two cake pans, refrigerate remaining batter. Wash and dry one pan and prepare as above. Fill pan with remaining batter; bake and cool as directed. Makes 12 to 16 servings.
Lemon Meringue Buttercream Frosting
A candy thermometer is handy for measuring the temperature of the sugar syrup to firm-ball stage (245°F). If you don't have a candy thermometer, test for firm-ball stage by dropping a little of the syrup in cold water. The drop of syrup should hold its shape but still be malleable to the touch. This occurs about 15 minutes after bringing syrup to boiling.
2 cups butter, cut up
- 3/4 cup pasteurized liquid egg whites or 6 egg whites from pasteurized whole eggs*
- 1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1-1/2 tablespoons finely shredded lemon peel
- 1-1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
Allow butter and egg whites to stand at room temperature 30 minutes. In small saucepan combine 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 cup water. Place pan over low heat and stir frequently to dissolve sugar. Brush down the sugar that sticks to sides. Increase to medium heat.
Combine cream of tartar with 1 teaspoon water. Stir into syrup at boiling point. Clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Continue cooking, without stirring, until thermometer registers 245°F (firm-ball stage), about 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat; remove thermometer.
Meanwhile, in large mixing bowl beat egg whites on medium speed. Gradually add remaining 6 tablespoons sugar until stiff peaks form (this should take about 8 minutes). Gradually pour hot syrup mixture in thin stream over egg whites**, beating on high speed about 5 minutes; scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Gradually add butter, beating until light and fluffy (mixture may appear curdled at first). Add lemon peel, lemon juice, and lemon extract. Beat until just combined. Yield: 5 to 6 cups frosting.
*Note: Look for pasteurized liquid egg whites or whole pasteurized eggs in your grocer's dairy case.
**Tip: If using a stand mixer with a single beater that moves around the bowl, stop mixer and pour small amount of syrup over egg whites. Immediately beat on high speed 5 seconds. Stop mixer and add more syrup. Beat on high speed 5 seconds more. Continue stopping and adding remaining syrup in batches. If using handheld mixer, beat syrup into whites in steady stream. Avoid pouring syrup onto beaters, which will cause syrup to splatter onto sides of bowl.
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MILAN (AP) — Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi's operas, has died at the age of 90.
The Italian Auxologic Institute in Milan on Monday confirmed Bergonzi's death on Friday. No cause was given.
Born in the province of Parma not far from Verdi's hometown, Bergonzi started his studies at age 16 as a baritone, only to discover later that his musical gifts lay in the tenor range. Bergonzi served in World War II in an anti-aircraft artillery unit, and was interned in a German forced labor camp for three years.
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There's a 60% chance Randall is friends with this guy.
For those of you who may not watch 5 hours of television a night, there is a beer called Dos Equis. "Who are they?" you might ask, and the answer is "I don't know" because no one knows who they are without googling them to sound like a smart ass in the comment sections. So Dos Equis decided to build brand recognition by making a series of commercials called "The Most Interesting Man in the World" which is a series of unfunny Chuck Norris jokes. But Dos Equis couldn't afford Chuck Norris as that would require a budget. So they hired some guy that vaguely resembles Sean Connery and filmed him doing absurd things, like carrying a fox away from British people and fighting ninjas. Unfortunately, the writers never saw the footage, so the lame Chuck Norris jokes don't match up with the absurd footage. The commercial is bad because it's derivative, talentless, and lazy.
But when it comes to being derivative, talentless, and lazy, Randall Munroe shall not be outdone! He decides to make a derivative of the derivative Chuck Norris joke (a second derivative, for those of you unfamiliar with the horrors of Calculus [can we call this comic Chuck Norris ' ' ? -carl]). Randall's idea is to be ironic, describing mundane feats while the other jokes describe incredible feats. But the joke falls flat on its face because the descriptions of the Least Interesting Man (henceforth called Limmy) are unfunny. There's nothing enjoyable you can take from this comic. A far funnier idea would be to describe Limmy's mundane behavior in a grandiose fashion (i.e. He can check his e-mail with one hand tied behind his back, He can stride while chewing Stride, he can upload pictures of stick figures to the internet and call it a comic, etc.). It takes no effort to make boring stuff sound boring. But effort is in short supply in XKCD these days. Especially when you look at what he draws.
While I criticize the commercial for never matching what I see with what I hear, at least I'm seeing unusual stuff. The commercial lets my imagination run wild compared with the infinite blandness of Munroe's comic. The first panel is just two stick figures standing there, acting so boring that not even Randall can finish the sentence. However, not to be out-lazied, the second panel is just one stick figure. But the third panel out-lazies them all, by being an honest to God paste job of an earlier xkcd.
Okay, maybe not an exact paste. The first panel at least illustrates two arms.
This comic is terrible because it rips off a terrible commercial which rips off a five year old running joke from the internet, which is inspired by Sidekicks. Earlier this summer, we could count on Randall ripping off other people's original work. But now that's too much effort for him.
~Ego Raptor


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