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Fallen Comrades | Cal Guard
It is with deepest sympathy the California National Guard announces the death of First Lieutenant Michael W. Vega, age 41, on 20 March 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. First Lieutenant Vega died when his vehicle turned over on top of him during a firefight with Iraqi insurgents in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on 11 March 2004. He is survived by his father and mother, four brothers and three sisters.
First Lieutenant Vega joined the California Army National Guard on 29 January 2002 and assigned to the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion. He was mobilized on 3 January 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

Staff Sergeant Jerry L. Bonifacio, Jr.

1-184th Infantry Battalion
Operation Iraqi Freedom

It is with deepest sympathy the California National Guard announces the death of Staff Sergeant Jerry L. Bonifacio, Jr., age 28, 10 Oct 2005 in  Baghdad, Iraq. Staff Sergeant Bonifacio died when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near the security checkpoint he was manning. He is survived by his parents, younger brother and sister, grandparents, and fiancée.
Staff Sergeant Bonifacio enlisted in California Army National Guard in 2001 with the 184th Infantry Regiment after leaving active duty Army in 2001.   Staff Sergeant Bonifacio awards include the Air Assault Badge, three Army Achievement Medals, a Joint Meritorious Unit Award, a Humanitarian Service Medal, and a Multinational Force and Observers Medal.

Sergeant Marcelino Corniel

Co. A, 1-184th Infantry Battalion
Operation Iraqi Freedom

​It is with deepest sympathy the California National Guard announces the death of Sergeant Marcelino Corniel, age 23, on 31 December 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. Sergeant Corniel died as a result of an enemy mortar attack in the vicinity of his observation post. He is survived by his mother Janice Lopez, fiancé Claudia Calderon, sisters Kristen and Kimberly, and grandmother Geraldine.
Sergeant Corniel enlisted in California Army National Guard on 17 June 2005 and volunteered to deploy with A CO, 1/184th to Iraq. Sergeant Corniel’s awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and California Memorial Medal.

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Join the locals and head for Onondaga Lake Park a few minutes north of downtown Syracuse and Destiny USA, where you can run, walk, rollerblade or cross-country ski from dawn to dusk on miles of vehicle-free, paved trails.Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center12 mins | cnyhistory.orgHISTORIC INSPIRATION: Home to one of the nation’s largest regional collections, the OHA Museum celebrates the area’s events, architecture, sports legends, industries, transportation and recreation in five major themed areas. Permanent exhibits include “Freedom Bound: Syracuse & the Underground Railroad” and a H.H. Franklin.Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park11 mins | rosamondgiffordzoo.orgLIONS AND TIGERS AND MORE! Considered one of the best mid-sized zoos in America and home to more than 700 animals, the zoo offers year-round fun for children and adults. Experience the new Asian Elephant Preserve, home to the zoo’s herd of seven elephants, including little Chuck, who was born in July 2008. The half-mile outdoor trail offers views of penguins, wolves, tigers, bears and more. Indoors, visitors will see lions, primates and an open-air aviary that showcases dozens of birds.Tipperary Hill & Upside-Down Traffic Light11 minsAN IRISH TIME OUT: Visit Tipp Hill, one of Syracuse’s West Side neighborhoods. The area was settled by Irish Erie Canal workers and later Irish immigrants, especially those from County Tipperary. Story has it that “the good sons of Ireland” didn’t want a traffic light, first installed in the mid-1920s, with “British” red on top of “Irish” green. Kids known now as the “Stonethrowers” pelted and broke the light and several replacements. The City of Syracuse finally agreed to place the green light on top and the “green light of Ireland” has shown proudly at that corner ever since.For more information on things to do in Syracuse, go to visitsyracuse.com.
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Sonoma County’s best spring wildflower walks

Nature is an artist whose palette expands dramatically in early spring. That’s when the bright green open spaces of Sonoma County are at first dotted, then broadly brushed, with the richest of hues.
Although coastal flowers can bloom year-round, Sonoma County’s most dizzying spring wildflower displays tend to be inland, among the meadows and vernal pools of our oak woodlands.
NASA Glenn’s Arrival in Cleveland | Glenn Research Center | NASA % %
When Bush’s Site Committee reconvened on September 10, 1940, Cleveland held a narrow lead over Dayton in the rankings. The search, however, was not over yet. In response to pressure from other locations, however, Victory and Robinson proceeded to visit 14 additional sites.
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Qualifications for New Engine Lab Site (1940)
Requirements for Engine Lab Site (1940)
Criteria Weights for Ranking Sites (1940)
John Victory bio sketch (1958)
Ratings of Ten Top Ranking Sites (1940)

	The Senate opens the 76th U.S. Congress in January 1939. This body approved funding for the NACA’s engine lab in June 1940.
	

	Russell G. Robinson was the key NACA figure in rating the proposed sites for the engine laboratory (1950).
	

	John Victory, Cliff Gildersleeve, and Ray Sharp (left to right) reconvene in 1955.
	

	Surveyors exmaine the site of the NACA’s new engine research lab (1941).
	

Negotiations Commence

One thing delaying the final decision was the NACA’s concern regarding the disparities in electricity rates at the different locations. The new laboratory, particularly its large wind tunnel, required significant quantities of power to operate. It was at this point that John Victory decided to sidestep the objective ranking system and try to influence the process by negotiating lower power rates at several cities, including Cleveland.
Previously, the NACA fastidiously avoided the continual lobbying by various public officials, including Clifford Gildersleeve. NACA officials were courteously receptive but refused to make promises or divulge information. Now they were soliciting influence. During the first week of October 1940, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI) agreed to Victory and Russell Robinson’s request to look into the matter, but made no promises.
In the meantime, several other localities adjusted their bids. When the Bush’s Site Committee reexamined the rankings on October 8, Glenview (just north of Chicago) had a narrow lead over Cleveland. There was deep concern, however, that Glenview’s adjacent airport was not publicly accessible.
Hike or bike Sonoma County’s scenic West County Trail 
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Hike or bike Sonoma County’s scenic West County Trail 
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Sonoma County's natural beauty shines brightest in spring and fall, making these seasons ideal for exploring the West County Regional Trail, a former railroad right-of-way turned multi-use trail, linking the rural West County towns of Sebastopol, Graton and Forestville.
Whether you're an avid cyclist or a leisurely walker, the 5.5-mile mostly paved pathway, separated from the traffic of Highway 116, offers natural splendor and small-town charm any time of year, but is particularly vibrant when dressed in the blooms and greens of spring and earthy hues of autumn. It also offers connections to trails that run through Santa Rosa for an extended car-free adventure. 

Forestville to Graton
For a picturesque introduction to the trail, start from downtown Forestville, for a 4.6-mile round trip to Green Valley Road near Graton. Parking is available at downtown Forestville and Ross Station Road trailhead. The trailhead in Forestville has picnic tables for a picnic under the oak trees after your ride or hike. 
From Forestville, the trail winds through oak trees before opening up to vineyard vistas. Watch for birds and waterfowl along the way as the trail traverses open farmland and green-canopied oak corridors. 
As the trail gets closer to Graton, you'll pass by recycled-water ponds before entering the Atascadero Creek Ecological Reserve. A boardwalk guides you through this biologically rich wetland.

The Atascadero Creek watershed hosts a variety of mammals, such as deer, raccoons, squirrels, and rabbits, whose survival depends on the preservation of their habitat, while also providing a home to endangered species like steelhead trout, freshwater shrimp and the Pitkin marsh lily. 
Connect to Santa Rosa
For a longer adventure, continue 2.2 miles south to Graton and Sebastopol, where you can connect to the Joe Rodota Trail to Santa Rosa. The full West County-Joe Rodota system spans 14 miles from Forestville to Santa Rosa.
Maxwell Farms Regional Park
Maxwell Farms Regional Park in northwest Sonoma features soccer and baseball fields, tennis and volleyball courts, an accessible large playground, multiple picnic sites, and nature trails winding through meadows and woods along Sonoma Creek.
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Maxwell Farms Regional Park includes 40 acres of riparian backcountry with 2.5 miles of trails shaded by bay and oak trees and access to Sonoma Creek.
The park’s trails are level, offering an easy stroll through mature trees, meadows and the remnants of a historic orchard. (The Maxwell family farmed the property for 100 years until the late 1960s, planting plum and apricot trees that still produce fruit.) Trailheads are behind the baseball field, playground, and ranger residence. 
Three Meadows Trail and Back Meadow Trail parallel Sonoma Creek, which is the sole drainage of Sonoma Valley, running from the Mayacamas Mountains to San Pablo Bay. 
Group Picnic Area
The park features the reservable Maxwell Glen group picnic area, which has approximately 13 picnic tables and can accommodate groups from 25-99 people.
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Macdougald Skateboard Park
Maxwell Farms also includes Macdougald Skateboard Park, which was built through local grants and donations, and is managed by Regional Parks.
Valley of the Moon Boys & Girls Club
The Valley of the Moon Boys and Girls Club is also located within the park. The facility was built with local grants and donations and is managed by the Boys & Girls Club, which can be reached at (707) 938-8544. 
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Four Electric Vehicle Charging Stations were installed in the park in January 2024, and are located near the Maxwell Glen Group Picnic Area. Use of the charging station costs $1 per hour plus a $2 session fee for the first 4 hours, and requires the use of the Enel X Way smartphone app.
Accessibility
The park features accessible playgrounds, accessible picnic areas and a .5 mile paved accessible trail with gentle slopes that circle the upper area of the park. In addition, the west undeveloped area of the park has approximately 2.5 miles of native earth trails that are gently sloping and provide access along Sonoma Creek, open meadows, and oak woodland areas of the park. 
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40 ID Urban Warfare | Cal Guard
Aachen in 1944 (02 – 21 October 1944) – Aachen was one of the largest urban battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II, and the first city on German soil to be captured by the Allies. Although most of Aachen’s civilian population was evacuated before the battle began, much of the city was destroyed and both sides suffered heavy losses.  The Americans fought this battle particularly well using good combined arms tactics.

Basic: CSI Battlebook 13-C: The Battle of Aachen
Intermediate: “Bloody Aachen,” by Charles Whiting
Intermediate:  “‘Knock ’em All Down’: The Reduction of Aachen,” by Christopher R. Gabel, Combat Studies Institute, 2000; in Block By Block: The Challenges Of Urban Operations 
Advanced:  Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare from Stalingrad to Iraq, by Louis DiMarco, Chapter 3, “American Urban Warfare, Aachen, 1944.”

Monte Cassino (17 January – 19 May 1944)

Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell, by Peter Caddick-Adams

Battle of Arnhem (17-26 September 1944)

Arnhem, by A.D. Harvey
Arnhem 1944: Operation Market Garden, by Stephen Badsey
It Never Snows in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944, by Robert Kershaw
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, by Antony Beevor

Gela (10 July 1943) – A little known, short but sharp battle that took place between U.S. Army Rangers and tanks from the Italian Livorno Division on the first day of the Allied invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943.

Basic: The United States Army in World War II: The Mediterranean Theater of Operations – Sicily and the Surrender of Italy, by Lieutenant-Colonel Albert N. Garland and Howard McGaw Smyth, “Chapter VII, The First Day,” pages 152-153

Ortona (20 – 27 December 1943) – The battle was known as “Little Stalingrad,” for the brutality of its close-quarters combat, which was only worsened by the chaotic rubble of the town and the high level of violence used by both sides.
Courthouse History | Superior Court of California | County of Tuolumne
Sonora's downtown business owners wanted the building erected in that section, but uptown brothers and merchants Israel P. Yaney and John Yaney had other ideas. Together with William G. Heslep and Peter O. Bertine, they made five lots and a portion of two additional lots available to the county on such reasonable terms that the matter was settled. However, until then, a bitter battle ensued concerning where the location of the new courthouse should be built through print in the various newspapers in circulation at the time in Tuolumne County.
The first courthouse remained occupied until 1898, when an economic boom occurred and it became evident that the old building was no longer adequate for the county's needs. The era of the "Second Gold Rush," which began in the early 1890's, brought with it not only the need for new county government facilities, but also the necessity to increase the tax base to finance the improvements.
The exploitation of the rich gold bearing quartz ledges deep underground produced a ripple of prosperity that touched nearly every corner of Tuolumne County, including the construction of the Sierra Railway, the ability to harvest the timber resources, hydro-electric power development, improved means of transportation and communication, and the encouragement of investment by private capital. In keeping pace with this new era was the construction of a county hospital.
On August 14, 1897, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution that the old courthouse was "…in a dilapidated and unsafe condition, its vaults in which the records of the county are kept are wholly inadequate for the necessities and demands of the county." The resolution further directed the Board's clerk to advertise for the submission of detailed plans and specifications for a brick and stone courthouse "to be erected at a cost not to exceed forty thousand dollars on the present courthouse site in the City of Sonora."
After several days of examining plans and specifications submitted by ten architects, two deadlock ballots, and an extended session, on January 6, 1898, the Board of Supervisors selected the San Francisco firm of William Mooser & Son by a 3-2 vote.
The Scoop | City of Morgan Hill, CA - Official Website
Phase 2A: (a portion of Reach 8) Construct approximately 2,300 linear feet of a horseshoe-shaped underground tunnel 14-foot x 10 foot and approximately 1,600 linear feet of 10 ft. x 9 ft. twin Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts (RCBs) upstream and downstream of the proposed tunnel to carry high water flows in Morgan Hill. Low flows will remain within the existing creek that winds through downtown Morgan Hill in Reach 8. Construction is expected to take 2.5 years and will include traffic control, detours, utility coordination and relocation, and public outreach. The construction contract was awarded to Flatiron West, Inc. for $44 million. Learn more about this project at https://www.valleywater.org/upperllagas.This Phase of Valley Water’s Project is nearly complete. All of the underground utility relocations and flood control improvements are installed with only punch list items remaining.  The next Phase is tentatively scheduled to begin construction in late 2024.Temporary Closure, Sections of Mission View Dr., Eagle View Dr.The City has elected to temporarily close sections of Mission View Drive and Eagle View Drive to aid in the prevention and enforcement of unsafe use of the streets in this area. Roadway closures began in February 2021 and additional information is available. Edes Art Gallery at Second Street and Monterey RoadThe Edes Art Gallery on 2nd Street and Monterey Road in downtown has received building permits and is beginning construction. This is a 2-story, 6,600 SF building for a fine art gallery. Completion is expected in 2024. West Little Llagas Creek Trail Planning MeetingAn online community meeting will be held for the West Little Llagas Creek Trail Future Extensions.
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Come make new friends and enjoy water and nature adventures at Spring Lake Discovery Camp.


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Join this family-friendly art activity designed for children aged 4-8 years old! Immerse yourselves in the beauty of the garden as we create art together.


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Enjoy a beautiful day on the Russian River while we clean up our water source.


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Bumps, Bruises, and Bites, Oh my! Learn the basics of wilderness first aid while exploring beautiful Carrington Ranch Park.


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The possibility of a flagship mission to Uranus will be a focus of planetary science at NASA in the years to come.Unable to render the provided sourceEyes on the Solar System lets you explore the planets, their moons, asteroids, comets and the spacecraft exploring them from 1950 to 2050. Pop CultureUranus is the source of more than a few jokes, and witty – or not so witty – puns. The ice giant also has been a destination for fictional stories, and on TV shows such as "Doctor Who." The radioactive element uranium was named after Uranus when it was discovered in 1789, just eight years after the planet was discovered.Planet Uranus StoriesMore StoriesImage Article min readRinging in the HolidaysArticle4 min readNASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus3 min readAll Eyes on the Ice GiantsArticle10 months ago3 min readNASA Scientists Make First Observation of a Polar Cyclone on UranusArticle1 year ago5 min readNew Study of Uranus’ Large Moons Shows 4 May Hold WaterArticle1 year agoUranus11 ImagesGo To GalleryGo To GalleryLearn MoreFor Kids: All About Planet UranusFacts about Planet Uranus for kids.NASA Photojournal: UranusImages of Uranus from NASA spacecraft.Keep ExploringDiscover More Topics From NASANeptuneSunMercuryMoonReturn to topThe National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.About NASA's MissionJoin UsHomeNews & EventsMultimediaNASA+MissionsHumans in SpaceEarth & ClimateThe Solar SystemThe UniverseScienceAeronauticsTechnologyLearning ResourcesAbout NASANASA en EspañolFollow NASAMore NASA Social AccountsNASA NewslettersSitemapFor MediaPrivacy PolicyFOIANo FEAR ActOffice of the IGBudget & Annual ReportsAgency Financial ReportsContact NASAAccessibilityPage Last Updated:last weekPage Editor:SMD Content EditorsResponsible NASA Official for Science:Dana Bolles