Alexander's Star expands Rubik craze with twelve pointed puzzle
New York feature profiles Adam Alexander a 36 year old mathematician promoting Alexander's Star a 12 starred dodecahedron puzzle. He tours major cities on a publicity circuit praising the puzzle as an extension of Rubik's Cube while planning a solver guide and discusses Diogenes and his gray aesthetic as inspiration.
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Adam Alexander
Diogenes
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Indianapolis
Detroit
Grand Rapids
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Manhattan
Eighth Street
Sixth Avenue
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Picayune
East Village
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Lighthouse Duty at Dry Tortugas Tests Steel in isolation
Petty Officer Ronald Mauldin and four Coast Guard sailors man Dry Tortugas Light Station 76 miles west of Key West. The 16 acre island duties include maintaining the lighthouse and generators, weather reporting, and house chores without women on site. The crew bonds through shared meals, snorkeling, and occasional visits, while Mauldin endures long separations from his wife Pat and daughters Tawney and Tammy.
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Dry Tortugas Lighthouse
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Ronald Mauldin
Florida Straits
Mauldin
Coast Guard
Dry Tortugas
Florida Keys
Key West
Gulf of Mexico
Mike Hoban
Fort Lauderdale
Coast
Park Service
Hoban
Fort Jefferson
Crystal Clear
Lghthouse
Pat
Tawney
Tammy
Flu season Q and A from AP science writer
AP summarizes common questions about influenza including what flu is its types A B and C why type A is most dangerous how flu spreads its symptoms and standard treatment measures such as rest fluids fever reducers antihistamines and cough medicines.
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Warren E. Leary
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Centers For Disease Control
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