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20 November 2004 5 new postcards added. 9 October 2004 The 2004/2005 Postcard Exchange has started! 26 September 2004 New Article: What..? Math? by Stephanie Wong is a comical (or perhaps disturbing) commentary on attitudes towards science and math in the 21st century. New Interviews: Dean Gareth Davis Dean Gareth Davis has been told that he is a bit of a dreamer, but he loves "being the underdog in life's game of chance and destiny" and plans to pursue his dreams "by means of [his] drive, passion and determination." Karen Nugent began her work in graphics arts designing video games. She most recently worked as a painter on Disney animated feature films. In her "spare" time she works as an instructor trainer in CPR/First Aid for adults, children, dogs and cats and Emergency Response for disasters. 11 August 2004 New Interviews: Commander Page Turner is an author and illustrator of internationally awarded children's books. He visits preschool and elementary classrooms around the nation to promote literacy, self-esteem and a love of reading in young children. Cynthia Duquette Smith is the Director of Public Speaking and a professor at Indiana University. She credits the outgoing aspects of her personality to her penchant for "putting on shows" for family and friends from a very young age and acting in school productions. 24 July 2004 New Interviews: Joe LaGue is retired from the grocery business. He performed in movies as a child actor in the 1930s and later acted in community theater whenever time permitted. He talks candidly about some of the obstacles he has had to overcome in life. Julio Ericastilla was born in Guatemala but lived in many different countries around the world because of his father's job with the United Nations. As an adult, he moved to California where he joined the Air Force and continued to travel. Today, he is retired on his ranch Vera Pax (True Peace) in Guatemala. 27 June 2004 The old email addresses for contacting the webmaster or sending questions to the Q&A have been discontinued. Please use our new forms for future correspondences. New Interviews: Nicole Szulc Ginn is a former journalist and international civil servant who has lived in many different countries and speaks 5-1/2 languages. She still does some writing for newspapers and, during the upcoming U.S. campaign season, she will be involved in getting Americans abroad registered to vote, so they can vote next November. George Winston is a man of few words who speaks primarily through his music as a musician and composer. His compositions are inspired by the seasons and topographies of the different places he has lived in or visited. 6 June 2004 New Stories: The Secret Cabinet of Doctor Ambrosius by Michael Dunev Just Thirteen by Michelle LaGue Check out the Postcards of the 2003/2004 School Year! See some of the pictures of the Mars Exploration Rover Robotics Program at Mesa Union Elementary. Here are a multitude of New Interviews! Michael Dunev is an art dealer and art gallery owner in Girona, Spain. He developed an appreciation for art as a young child and enjoys it to this day. Living in many different locations around the world contributed to his appreciation of art from all cultures. Gary Johnson is an estate and business planning attorney. He grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a city rich in culture, and says he was both a "country boy" and a "city boy". Since his teens, he has lived and traveled all over the world, including Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. Steve Shackelford is an Air Traffic Supervisor with the FAA. He acquired an extensive knowledge of the Wright Brothers by reading virtually every book he could find about them. He has portrayed them on the Internet and in person. John Palacios is studying to become an airplane maintenance technician. He works as an apprentice airplane mechanic when not in school. Cynthia Foote is a former dancer who found her passion and a steady income working as a wardrobe attendant for Celine Dion's "A New Day" show in Las Vegas. Cynthia also is an entrepreneur and runs her own Avon business. Kevin Caruso is an electrical engineer and pilot. He is also a space enthusiast and a NASA Solar System Ambassador from Illinois. 13 March 2004 The DARPA Grand Challenge - A cross-country race of autonomous vehicles across the California and Nevada desert is the challenge that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) made to any non-governmental group interested in competing for the million dollar prize. Read about the project and how the all-terrain robots fared. Check out the Schoolhouse Rocks! Project! New Interviews: Dr. Phil Plait has gained fame as the "Bad Astronomer" who debunks the nonsense that pseudoscientists inflict on the general public. He gives some very good pointers on how you can too learn to question some of the silly stories that others try to convince you are factual. Dr. Darlene Lim is a geobiologist who studies lakes and ancient lakes, like the ones that might have existed on the planet Mars in the past. She is currently conducting research at NASA's Ames Research Center, and in her free time, tries to spread the word about science to kids through various outreach projects. Carsten Andersen is an astronomy and physics teacher in Copenhagen, Denmark. Students from 7 to 18 (and as old as 80!) visit "Stjernekammeret", the school planetarium at Bellahøj Skole. Frank Poliat is a freelance artist who lived and travelled around the world with his parents who were also artists. He grew up in the arts community and was inspired by the many great works of art he was fortunate to be able to visit in person. Homer Sewell is a historical impressionist with an uncanny resemblance to the 16th President of the United States. Besides looking very much like Abraham Lincoln, who he portrays at schools and libraries around the country, there are 35 coincidences between the two "Abes". 31 January 2004 Interview with airplane inventor Wilbur Wright. Interview with entrepreneur and writer Luís Felipe Díaz Galeano. The Opportunity rover has just landed on Mars! 5 January 2004 Interview with Mars geomorphologist, John Grant. 4 January 2004 Congratulations to the Mars rover Spirit team on landing successfully on Mars. Check out our article which describes the sights and sounds in Mars mission control. What's 4.5 billion years old, smaller than a micron and is the building block of life? Stardust! Read about the Stardust spacecraft and how it has caught some comet dust and how it will bring it back to Earth. 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