Author Archives: admin - Page 9
Dinosaur Extinction
The Extinction of the Dinosaurs A Research Program at the Milwaukee Public Museum by Peter M. Sheehan Curator of Geology EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is reprinted without illustrations from LORE…
John Dewey – My Pedagogic Creed
John Dewey's famous declaration concerning education. First published in The School Journal, Volume LIV, Number 3 (January 16, 1897), pages 77-80. ARTICLE I--What Education Is I believe that all education…
The Pedagogic Challenges of the Future
Authors: Lt Col Schunck and Maj L. Nielsson It is evident that new opportunities offered to people as described in the “Paradigm of tomorrow” require an effort from each one…
Education of national minorities in Lithuania
Nearly all over the world humanism, democracy and civil society are recognized ideals. Powerful and independent state rests on them. Trying to assure that these ideals are met the determinant…
High school reform
This piece provides a view of the areas of the American high school system that need to be reformed in order to achieve improvement. It seems as though any time…
Palanga Airport
Representational information Palanga International Airport is a small regional airport in the west of Lithuania. At present, mainly the following types of passenger airplanes land at the airport: YK-40, YK-42,…
Lithuanian aviation
Long ago Lithuanians became interested in possibilities to fly. Lithuanian military engineer Kazimieras Simonavicius described the principles of the multistage rockets' construction in the artillery textbook "Artis Magnae Artilleriae", which…
Lithuanian Air Force use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War
Shortly after the Latvian Government placed its order for Gladiators, the Government of the neighbouring Baltic state of Lithuania also placed an order in May 1937, for 14 aircraft, which…
The White Eagles: Polish Aviation 1918-1920
In 1914, Poland was a dream, not a geopolitical reality. The disastrous War of the Polish Succession issued in the partition of the ancient, Catholic kingdom. Austria took Galicia in…
The Group of ANBO-41 Reconstruction
Lithuanian aviation traditions are rather old. We know the fact that European connoisseurs were surprised by the squadron of planes designed by General Antanas Gustaitis whose Centenary was celebrated in…
Antanas Gustaitis
Antanas Gustaitis was born on March 26th, 1898, in a rural village Obelinė, Javaravas county, Marijampolė district, Lithuania. He spent the years of World War I in Jaroslavl (Russia), where…
Vytautas Lapenas Flight School
Does the sky attract you? Are you flying in your dreams? You just need to take the first step into the sky. We assure you that our initial training for…
Lithuanian Aviation Museum
The Lithuanian Aviation Museum formerly known as the Lithuanian Technical Museum was founded on February 19, 1990, on the base of the Vytautas Magnus Military Museum section of Technical History.…
Lithuanian pilots: Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were Lithuanian pilots (USA citizens) that made a significant flight in the history of world's aviation. On 15th July, 1933, they flew over the Atlantic…
Just how smart are dolphins?
How smart are dolphins? Anuschka de Rohan reviews the evidence, including an underwater-tv encounter between a dolphin and David Attenborough. At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly…
Solitary dolphins – what can we learn?
Other people are already collecting records of cetacean sightings in general in Ireland: the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group maintains it own database and submits summaries to the Sea Watch…
Vastu and Feng Shui: The difference between Vastu and Feng Shui
Our home, our domain. The one safe retreat for us when we are hurt, upset or threatened. Nothing can happen to us there. So imagine someone coming and telling that…
Feng Shui: What is Vastu Shastra?
Vastu Shastra (or short just Vastu) is the Indian science of space and architecture and how we may create spaces and environment that supports physical & spiritual health and prosperity.…
Feng Shui: Mathematical Harmony in the Solar System?
Dowsing: Mathematical Harmony in the Solar System? By Arne Groth, translated by Lucie Minne In this article Arne Groth, an expert on Geomancy, describes the results of some of his…
Dell and Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems
Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems can provide higher performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications running on Dell PoweEdge Servers built on Intel Extended Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T).…