Computer learns to predict icing for safer winter flight
Researchers in Kansas City explore a neural network computer that learns to detect patterns of low temperatures, high humidity, and updrafts that cause wing icing. The system aims to improve forecasting of icy conditions for safer flights, with NCAR tests planned against satellite and radar methods.
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Nation's oldest ballroom dancer turns 100 in Phoenix
Lenore Schaeffer, America's oldest ballroom dancer, reaches 100 as she continues to dance. She learned the Charleston as a child, took up tap at 96, and after two marriages she resumed dancing after her second husband died. She has won over 300 first place prizes across styles from waltz to rock and roll.
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Larned gets new Youth Center superintendent from Topeka
Leo Herrman, longtime official at Topeka Youth Center, will lead Larned center next month after 22 years at Topeka including five years as chief psychologist and program director. Wheat in Kansas runs heavier, protein up
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Kansas to hold four hearings on local phone service competition
State regulators will hold four public hearings starting August 14 in Topeka to hear testimony on creating competition for local phone service. The Kansas Corporation Commission arranged the sessions following 1996 telecom legislation, with further hearings August 20 in Garden City, August 22 in Wichita, and August 29 in Hays.
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