TwO MyStErY ToPiCs, and Eagles

Launched in the US on April 18th 1983, Disney Channel, as we have mentioned above, is a children cable channel owned by the Walt Disney Company. In its early stages, it used to broadcast 18 hours a day, but soon it started broadcasting 24 hours a day uninterruptedly. Some of the first transmissions were Dumbo’s Circus, Good Morning, Mickey!, Donald Duck presents, Welcome to Pooh Corner, and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Other programs coming from other countries were also transmitted, such as The Raccoons, from Canada; Asterix, from France; or Paddington Bear, from the UK. At that time, the logo was Mickey Mouse inside a screen. In 1986, modifications were made to the original logo and also to the program planning. New original series were added.  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Little Mermaid, Chip & Dale. In 1997, the channel’s board of directors, again, decided to make significant changes in the program planning: from that moment on, series aimed at teenagers would be included.


 Dog history is really the history of the partnership between dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and humans. That partnership is based on human needs for help with herding and hunting, an early alarm system, and a source of food in addition to the companionship many of us today know and love. Dogs get companionship, protection and shelter, and a reliable food source out of the deal. But when this partnership first occurred is at the moment under some controversy. Dog history has been studied recently using mitochondrial DNA, which suggests that wolves and dogs split into different species around 100,000 years ago.


The eagles are blue! They are white to it is crazy they are huge. They don't look like eagles though its weird two months ago they were so small and now they are chicken size! Its foggy up in their nest i can barley see them. I think they are eleven weeks old now but i cant tell. I can not even tell which one is which anymore they all look the same i mean its insane! They even still love the wind they are just standing there letting it hit their wings. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

sUpRiSe ToPiC and eagles

Pigs naturally like to live in forests, especially where there are oak trees that make acorns, because pigs like to eat acorns. At first people hunted wild pigs in the forest. The male wild pigs are called boars. But wild boars are very dangerous to hunt. They are smart and they have long sharp tusks and teeth. It is much safer to domesticate pigs and have them tame, although even tame pigs can still be very dangerous (still, people are more dangerous to pigs than pigs are to people!). People first began to keep tame pigs about 10000 BC, in Central Asia. From Central Asia, tame pigs spread slowly east to China, and south-west to West Asia and North Africa. It is much safer to domesticate pigs and have them tame, although even tame pigs can still be very dangerous (still, people are more dangerous to pigs than pigs are to people!). People first began to keep tame pigs about 10000 BC, in Central Asia. From Central Asia, tame pigs spread slowly east to China, and south-west to West Asia and North Africa. Pigs were a very popular source of food all through antiquity, from West Asia all the way to England, from Scandinavia to North Africa. Pigs care for themselves pretty independently, and they will eat apple cores and rotten meat and peapods, so you can feed them on garbage. Pig meat is also relatively easy to preserve by smoking it or salting it, to make bacon and salami. Germanic people in Eastern Europe, and the Romans, were especially known for their hams and salamis.  The earliest Christians, who lived in Israel, also did not eat pork, but by about 50 AD many Christians came from places where people did eat pork, like Greece, and the Christians decided that this rule did not apply to them.When Mohammed told the Arabs about the new religion of Islam, he also said that Muslims (people who followed Islam) should not eat pork. So pigs became much less common around the Mediterranean and in West Asia after about 700 AD, and they are still very uncommon today. But in Europe and in China, where people were Christian or Buddhist or Taoist and not Muslim, pigs remained very common.


The mommy of the baby eagles is there with them. She is watching them while they sleep. Their mother is beautiful they are already looking like her! Their mother is looking all around the nest to keep them safe its sweet and comforting. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

Cardinals, and Eagles

The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They’re a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you can’t take your eyes off. Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don’t migrate and they don’t molt into a dull plumage, so they’re still breathtaking in winter’s snowy backyards. In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning. Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female may sing a longer and slightly more complex song than the male. Many people are perplexed each spring by the sight of a cardinal attacking its reflection in a window, car mirror, or shiny bumper. Both males and females do this, and most often in spring and early summer when they are obsessed with defending their territory against any intruders. Birds may spend hours fighting these intruders without giving up. A few weeks later, as levels of aggressive hormones subside, these attacks should end (though one female kept up this behavior every day or so for six months without stopping). The male cardinal fiercely defends its breeding territory from other males. When a male sees its reflection in glass surfaces, it frequently will spend hours fighting the imaginary intruder. A perennial favorite among people, the Northern Cardinal is the state bird of seven states.The oldest recorded Northern Cardinal was 15 years 9 months old. And a cute fact is i have a baby cardinal in my back yard named Marvin he escaped from the nest trying to fly.

The eagles are huge and black! it looks like they had just finished their lunch but i don't know what it was. They are all so cute spirit is growing up so fast they all are. It will soon lead to flying season they will be flying in and out of the nest in June and they should leave sometime in summer. And if the nest is lucky more eagles will come to the nest and have baby eagles. Im really going to miss the eagles. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

MYSTERY TOPIC! and Eagles

Horses, at first, were all wild animals like zebras are today. Although they first evolved in North America, by the time people were spreading through the world, horses had become extinct in North America. All living horses lived in Central Asia, where they ate the long grass that grew there, and also the native apples and carrots (that's why horses love apples and carrots even today!). When the first people arrived in Central Asia, about 100,000 BC, they hunted horses for their meat and especially for their skins, to make into leather hides for clothes and for tents and tools. But around 4000 BC, people in Central Asia began to tame horses, to domesticate them, to eat them and to use them to carry things. It was probably the Indo-Europeans, living around the Caspian Sea in Central Asia, who first tamed horses for their own use. The first horses were too small to carry people, and it wasn't until they had been bred bigger that people could ride them. Soon the idea of using horses and wagons to carry people and stuff began to spread out of Central Asia. By about 2500 BC, Sumerian people in West Asia were using horses and wagons. When the Indo-Europeans began to leave Central Asia and settle in other parts of Asia and Europe, they used their horses to help them win their battles. The first appearance of the horse in Greece comes with the arrival of the Indo-Europeans around 2100 BC. The first appearance of horses at Troy is around 1900 BC, also probably with the arrival of the Indo-Europeans. And the first arrival of the horse and chariot in Egypt comes with the invasion of the Hyksos, or Amorites, around 1700 BC, when the Amorites had been learning things from the Indo-European Hittites. By about 1200 BC, in the late Shang Dynasty, people in China were also using horses and chariots. This grave from China (from about 1200 BC) contained two horses, a chariot, and their charioteer, who were all sacrificed for the grave of a rich and powerful man. Shang Dynasty horses Having tame horses made a big difference to people's lives. First off, horses were a tremendous military weapon. You could use chariots to get into battle and use them to squash your enemies, and you could ride them in order to get from one city to another much more quickly than the other army could. You could send quick messengers. And you could carry tents and food on their backs.

The eagles look like statues. They are now fully black. They are literately just standing their side by side. It is cute and a little disturbing cause I don't know if there alive or not.  http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

Brown v Board of Education and Eagle update

Before 1954, both law and custom mandated strict racial segregation throughout much of the nation. That began to change with Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark decision that overturned the pernicious “separate but equal” doctrine. In declaring that legally mandated school segregation was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court played a critical role in helping to dismantle America’s own version of apartheid, Jim Crow.
This new study of Brown—the title for a group of cases drawn from Kansas, Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware, and the District of Columbia—offers an insightful and original overview designed expressly for students and general readers. It is concise, up-to-date, highly readable, and very teachable. The authors, all recognized authorities on legal history and civil rights law, do an admirable job of examining the fight for legal equality in its broad cultural and historical context. They convincingly show that Brown cannot be understood apart from the history of caste and exclusion in American society. That history antedated the very founding of the country and was supported by the nation’s highest institutions, including the Supreme Court whose decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) supported the notion of “separate but equal.” Their book traces the lengthy court litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and including incisive portraits of key players, including co-plaintiff Oliver Brown, newly appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren, NAACP lawyer and future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, and Justice Felix Frankfurter, who recognized the crucial importance of a unanimous court decision and helped produce it. The authors simply but powerfully narrate their story and show that Brown not only changed the national equation of race and caste—it also changed our view of the Court’s role in American life. As we prepare to commemorate the decision’s fiftieth anniversary in May 2004, this book invites readers to appreciate the lasting importance of what was indisputably a landmark case.

The eagles have blue wings it looks cool and weird at the same time! They look kinda brownish today its weird how they go from grey to brown! They look dead but they are really asleep i hope. They are so peaceful and quiet well they are now but when they get older they will make lots of ruckiss. In June and July they will be flying in and out of the nest until its time for them to go off on their own life's. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

Oliver W Hill Sr. and Eagles

Oliver White Hill was born in Richmond, Virginia on May 1, 1907.  Oliver Hill earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University and graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1933. Hill was a classmate and close friend (and friendly rival) of Thurgood Marshall in law school. They remained close throughout Marshall's life, working together on numerous cases for the NAACP and LDF, most famously the Brown cases at the Supreme Court. Hill was the lead counsel for one of the state cases consolidated with Brown, Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. Hill was inspired by Charles Hamilton Houston and his vision of lawyers as transformative social engineers.  Hill said in his typical direct and unaffected manner, "I went to law school so I could go out and fight segregation. Hill practiced law in Virginia, working at first within the seperate-but-equal framework of Plessy on a broad equalization campaign for better pay, transportation, and facilities for African American teachers and students.  Working with Thurgood Marshall, William H. Hastie, and Leon A. Ranson, Hill won a critical case in 1940 ordering equal pay for black and white teachers. Alston v. School Board of Norfolk, Va., 112 F.2d 992 (4th Cir.), cert. denied 311 U.S. 693 (1940). n 1943 Hill joined the army.  Upon returning from service in Europe, Hill continued his struggle. He won the right for equal transportation for school children in the Virginia Supreme Court as he had won the right for equal pay for teachers in the 4th Circuit.  In 1948 after Spottswood Robinson was named special NAACP counsel in Virginia,  Hill and Robinson filed dozens of cases against school districts throughout the state, with as many as 75 pending at one time. (Kluger, p. 473) In 1950 the NAACP decided to stop filing the equalization suits and instead attack the entire premise of the system head-on.  The record of massively unequal systems, of constant resistance even to court ordered equalization, and of the general intrangisence with respect to changing the system was important for supporting the frontal attack that was now underway.  Seperate but equal was demonstrably not working or workable.  

The eagles are black. They are just sitting there like statues its weird. But they are so cute at it. I think they really like wind on their feathers that would explain some things. Ill miss them when they learn to fly but the alcoa people its gonna be a while till they do and they'll be flying in and out of the nest. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

The Dust Bowl and Eagles

The Dust Bowl had estimates of over 7,000 left dead from dust pneumonia and other dust related deaths. 2.5million left homeless, or forced to migrate. Those who lived through this hell on earth were Dust Bowl Tough! Dust bowl survivors had one tie that bound most all of them. They were Christians! They had an unshakable faith in God that drove them to get out of bed each day, and keep going. They prayed for the return of the rains, for their crops, and for the small scraps of food that they managed to place on the table before their family each night. Dust Bowl Tough is in the spirit of those who understood, and knew what loss, and sacrifice were. In all civilizations throughout time, there has always been a rise, and a fall. The rise takes place whenever there is struggle that finds success, and makes people stronger for it. The falls always take place whenever people work for nothing, expect everything, and have no personal knowledge of the price that was paid, and have never had to pay a price themselves. The people who lived in the states like, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arkansas, never expected a hand out, or something to be given to them. All they asked for was the opportunity to be able to pursue happiness. They left everything they knew, and forged west in order to chase a dream. These people were pioneers in the largest since of the word. Even whenever mother nature, and their own farming practices had turned against them, they did not give up. The people of the dust bowl forged forward, and fought. Some of them looked for knowledge, and a better understanding of the land they were farming, while others sought solutions by packing up everything they owned and headed west in order to find a better future. The Dust Bowl or the Dirty Thirties was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940). The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation or other techniques to prevent erosion, and the deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains, which killed the natural grasses that normally kept the soil in place and trapped moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.

The eagles are so cute they are awake and so cute. Spirit is still so tiny. They are getting really close to flying lessons and when they learn to fly they will be on their own. Remember to see them go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

The Pentagon and Eagles

By the summer of 1941, the War Department work force in the Washington, D.C. area numbered more than 24,000 civilian and military personnel housed in 17 buildings and was expected to reach 30,000 by the beginning of 1942. Providing office space for the workers was part of the military construction mission of the Quartermaster Corps’ Construction Division, already struggling to cope with the vast mobilization construction underway before the United States entered World War II. The federal government considered constructing temporary buildings, but Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell, an aggressive Engineer officer who headed the construction division, had another idea. On Thursday, 17 July 1941, he summoned two of his subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh J. Casey, also an Engineer officer, and George E. Bergstrom, a prominent civilian architect, and told them that by Monday morning he wanted basic plans and an architectural perspective for an air-conditioned office building to house 40,000 workers in four million square feet of space, not more than four stories high, with no elevators. Indeed, Lieutenant Colonel Casey and his staff completed the basic layout of a five-sided building by that following Monday, after what he later described was "a very busy weekend."The War Department staff approved the building’s basic concept that Monday and the Secretary of War approved it on Tuesday, informing President Franklin D. Roosevelt of his plans. Also on Tuesday Somervell took the plan to Congress. Sensitive to the severity of the space problem, Congress and the president moved quickly to approve a supplemental defense appropriation bill, including $35 million for the construction of the proposed War Department headquarters. The plans underwent many changes in the next few months, including changes in location. With Somervell’s approval, Casey and Bergstrom sited the building between Arlington National Cemetery and Memorial Bridge. Some federal agencies and local citizens did not want the proposed building to obstruct the vista between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery. Appeasing opponents, in August President Roosevelt moved the site to its current location. Plans for the building proceeded swiftly. Bergstrom with architect David J. Witmer developed plans for a unique reinforced concrete building that would consist of five concentric pentagons separated by light wells and connected by radiating spoke-like corridors. It would have five stories and include a six-acre interior court, numerous ramps and escalators, a large shopping concourse on the first floor, taxi stands and bus lanes, and parking for 8,000 cars.

The eagles are enjoying fish! They are so big to. One looks like their parents the other to are smaller. The one that is the biggest is fully black. Remember go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

The New Deal and Eagle Update

The stock market crash of October 1929 was effectively the beginning of a very new and important era for the United States and for the world. The global economic recession that followed was most strongly felt in the United States. By 1932, US industrial output fell 54% and there was 25-30% unemployment. This was partially the result of lack of confidence in the economic and financial institutions of the country. This lack of consumer confidence led to a downward spiral as fewer factory orders were placed and more and more jobs were lost. The Great Depression was a period of introspection and reevaluation for the United States. Due to the strong economic and political ties to the United States after WWI, the European industrial economies also suffered severe problems. It can be argued strongly that the rise of Adolf Hitler was only possible because of the very bleak economic landscape of Germany in the early 1930's. Hitler used rearmament of Germany as a driving force to restart the German economy and by 1936 the economic depression in Germany was effectively over.The situation was more severe in the United States and a very great contributor to the problem was the great drought that created the "Dust Bowl" that extended over a large region of the Great Plains. This forced many agricultural families from their homes and created an even more depressed outlook for the American people. The devastating effects of the Depression were to last until the US joined WWII in 1941. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president and he drastically changed the course of US economics and politics by introducing strong government regulation and a package of massive public works projects called the "New Deal". These were meant to re-employ Americans and to build a more modern infrastructure. The previous government policies of laser faire (leaving things as they are or simply leaving things to market forces) were replaced by much more government control and intervention.

The eagles are just sitting in their nest. They are almost old enough to have one and a half feet wings! Spirit is the only one that is asleep and grey. I'm going to miss them when they leave but if i am lucky more eagles will take their nest as their home and have more baby eagles. And if i am really lucky eagles will keep coming to that nest and have lots of babies yay! Remember go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

Maggie Lena Walker, Crystal, and Eagles

Maggie Lena Walker (1867-1934) was an African American entrepreneur and civic leader. She and her associates organized a variety of enterprises that advanced the African American community while expanding the public role of women. Maggie Lena Walker was born in Richmond, Virginia, just after the Civil War. Family tradition says that her father was Eccles Cuthbert, an Irish-born newspaperman. Her mother, Elizabeth Draper, married William Mitchell while they were both working in the home of Elizabeth Van Lew, a famous Union spy. He later became a waiter in one of the fashionable hotels in the city, but after only a few years was found drowned. Elizabeth Mitchell then supported her family by doing laundry. They lived in a small alley house shared with several relatives. Despite her poverty, she persevered through the city school system and graduated from the Colored Normal School in 1883. Her class of seven protested the fact that African Americans were not allowed to use the city auditorium for their graduations as whites did, but had to use an African American church. Their stand was courageous since it risked their hopes for jobs as teachers in the system they challenged. A compromise permitted the graduation to take place in the school itself.She taught for three years, but, following school system policy, gave up her job when she married Armstead Walker, Jr., who worked in his family's construction and bricklaying business. Later he was also a postal carrier. The Walkers had three sons, one of whom died in infancy.

Today I grew a crystal. But it got messed up and tipped over well one f them did. It is looking cooler by the minute! I hope i dint mess it up. I worked on it with my mom we had a great time well  at least i did. It was cool the chemical was pretty and smelled  like nothing. I hope they grow to be beautiful crystals i am sure the will be they will start growing in a couple of hours.

The eagles look so much like their mommy and thy love her to. they are now just watching over the nest with mommy or daddy. They are so cute at it to they have the same face the mommy has when she looks. They are about eleven weeks old maybe younger or older i don't know but their still adorable. Remember go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

Wendy's and Eagles

Wendy's Resturant was the dream of a man named Dave Thomas. Thomas was born in 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was adopted by a couple by the name of Rex and Auleva Thomas. Unfortunately, his adoptive mother Auleva died when he was just five years old. He spent the remainder of his young childhood moving around as his adoptive father looked for employment. Though life was not looking kindly on the young Dave Thomas, he did have joys in his life. One of Dave's biggest joys was eating at family restaurants. He loved to see the families interacting with one another and having a good time. This would influence Dave heavily, as he was young when he made up his mind that he wanted to open his own restaurant. The young man began working when he was just twelve years old, not even a teenager yet. Dave's first job was delivering groceries. After he was fired from that job, he became a soda jerk at Walgreens. But, he was fired again when his boss found out he was not sixteen years old. Undaunted, Dave Thomas got yet another job at The Regas Restaurant. When Dave was fifteen years old, his family had moved again, and he found himself working at the Hobby House Restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His family moved again, but Dave stayed behind in Fort Wayne where he lived by himself in a room at the local YMCA. He quit high school so that he could work fulltime and continue to pursue his dream.When Dave Thomas turned eighteen years old, he joined the Army. After the service, he went back to the Hobby House Restaurant. It was there that he net the woman he would marry, a waitress named Lorraine. He and Lorraine were married in 1954. Two years later, Dave and his boss at that time, a man by the name of Phil Clauss, opened The Ranch House Restaurant. It was there that Dave met the enterprising Colonel Harland Sanders. Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken . Clauss purchased a franchise from the Colonel, and, Dave Thomas was now selling chicken. Finally, in 1962, Clauss offered Dave the deal of a lifetime. Clauss told Dave that if he could bring four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants out of their financial woes, then he would give Dave a whopping forty-five per cent of the business. Since he loved challenges, Dave went right to work on reaching his goal.

The baby eagles look like chickens! It is crazy how much there changing colors their grey and black again but this time their bigger. Remember go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

Nabisco and Eagles

For nearly a century, Nabisco has been one of the most widely recognized names in the American food industry. Today Nabisco Foods Group (formerly Nabisco Brands, Inc.) is among the world's largest manufacturers of cookies and crackers, featuring such famous brands as Oreo, Fig Newtons, and Premium Saltines. Nabisco Brands was formed in 1981 through a merger of Nabisco and Standard Brands. In 1985 R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.. acquired Nabisco Brands in one of the largest takeovers in business history. The origins of Nabisco, however, date back to the formation of the National Biscuit Company at the end of the 19th century. In its early years, the company was usually called N.B.C. In 1941 the company adopted Nabisco, already a popular nickname, as the preferred abbreviation, but it was not until 1971 that Nabisco became the official corporate name. The National Biscuit Company resulted from the 1898 merger of the midwestern American Biscuit Company, itself the result of the merger of 40 midwestern bakeries, and the eastern New York Biscuit Company, formed from eight bakeries and a smaller firm, the United States Baking Company. Thus, N.B.C. represented the culmination of decades of amalgamation within the biscuit industry. With 114 bakeries and a capital of $55 million, the Chicago-based company held a virtual monopoly on cookie and cracker manufacturing in the United States.The chief architect of the 1898 merger and the first chairman of the new company was Adolphus Green. Green, a Chicago lawyer and shrewd businessman who had negotiated the American Biscuit Company merger, remained the guiding force at N.B.C. during the first 20 years of its existence. It was Green who was responsible for N.B.C.'s legendary emphasis on standardized, brand name products. Every N.B.C. bakery adhered to exact recipes and uniform standards of production, and N.B.C. developed products that could be nationally identified with the company. All of its merchandise was marked with the company's distinctive emblem: an oval topped by a cross with two bars. (Green found the symbol in a catalog of medieval Italian printers' marks, where it was said to represent the triumph of good over evil.)

The baby eagles are black fully! They are so cute to they look like a ball of fuzz! There walking around in their nest looking all fuzzy and cute. If they could fly they would be even cuter but once they fly they leave. Click this link to see them http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

Steven Hawkin and Eagles

Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. From an early age, he showed a passion for science and the sky. At age 21, while studying cosmology at Cambridge, Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Despite his debilitating illness, he has done ground-breaking work in physics and cosmology and his several books strive to make science accessible to everyone.The eldest of Frank and Isobel Hawking's four children, Stephen William Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the death of Galileo, which has long been a source of pride for the noted physicist. Stephen was born into a family of thinkers. At a time when few women thought of going to college, the Scottish-born Isobel earned her way into Oxford University in the 1930s, making her one of the college's first female students. Frank Hawking, another Oxford graduate, was a respected medical researcher with a specialty in tropical diseases. Steven Hawking's birth came at an inopportune time for his parents, who didn't have much money. The political climate was also tense, as England was dealing with World War II and the onslaught of German bombs. In an effort to seek a safer place to have their first child, Frank moved his pregnant wife from their London home to Oxford. The Hawkings would go on to have two other children, Mary (1943) and Philippa (1947). A second son, Edward, was adopted in 1956. The Hawkings, as one close family friend described them, were an "eccentric" bunch. Dinner was often eaten in silence, each of the Hawkings intently reading a book. The family car was an old London taxi, and their home in St. Albans was a three-story fixer-upper that never quite got fixed. The Hawkings also kept bees in the basement and made fireworks in the greenhouse. In 1950, Stephen's father took work as the head of the Division of Parasitology at the National Institute of Medical Research, and spent the winter months in Africa doing research. He wanted his eldest child to go into medicine, but from an early age Stephen showed a passion for science and the sky. That was evident to his mother, who, along with her children, often stretched out in the backyard on summer evenings to stare up at the stars. "Stephen always had a strong sense of wonder," she remembered. "And I could see that the stars would draw him."

The eagles keep changing colors! Only one of them isn't asleep. They are now grey and black. They look so cute and colorful. Remember to see them click this link http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

California and Eagles

California's history is unique. It has been shaped, in part, by its geography. California has four main regions. The temperate coastal region, the Central Valley, once an inland sea, the desert, and the mountain region. The imposing Sierra Nevadas caused California to develop in relative isolation from the rest of the nation. After Americans began to settle in California in large numbers during the nineteenth century, it would usually be weeks before news would arrive from the East. Four flags have flown in earnest over California. Russia, Spain, Mexico, and the United States. The name "California" came from a knightly romance book that was published in 1510. It was about an island paradise near the Indies where beautiful Queen Califia ruled over a country of beautiful black Amazons with lots of pearls and gold. Men were only allowed there one day a year to help perpetuate the race. Cortez's men thought they found the island in 1535, because they found pearls. Later, Francisco de Ulloa found that the island was really a peninsula. The first settlers to arrive in California after the Native Americans were Spanish, and later Mexican. Russia had some small settlements for the purpose of whaling and fur trapping in Northern California, but Russia didn't attempt to colonize the area except in very isolated areas. Spanish priests were sent to California to covert the Indians to Christianity. Spain hoped to make the California native population into good Spaniards, loyal to Spain. Spain was becoming alarmed that the Russians and English were encroaching on lands claimed by Spain. The fight for California began almost 500 years ago with Queen Elizabeth I. She sent Sir Francis Drake to harass and raid the Spanish galleons. England was beginning to realize the value of California. England did not want Spain claiming more land in the new world, upsetting the balance of power between the super powers of the time. Tensions were already high between Spain and England. Henry VIII, Elizabeth's father, had divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, a Spanish princess. In order to accomplish the divorce, England severed ties with Catholicism and Henry had instituted protestantism as the State religion. Henry and Jane Seymore's son had assumed the throne after Henry's death and continued Henry's policies. But when Edward VI died at the age of 16, Mary I came to the throne after Lady Jane Grey ruled for a brief 9 days. Mary was the daughter of Henry and his first wife, Catherine. Her ties to both Spain and Catholicism were strong. 


The baby eagles are napping. And they are so cute at it to. They had bird for lunch or breakfast. Remember to see them click this link http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

Yarn and Eagles

Natural fibers—cotton, flax, silk, and wool—represent the major fibers available to ancient civilizations. The earliest known samples of yarn and fabric of any kind were found near Robenhausen, Switzerland, where bundles of flax fibers and yarns and fragments of plain-weave linen fabric, were estimated to be about 7,000 years old.Cotton has also been cultivated and used to make fabrics for at least 7,000 years. It may have existed in Egypt as early as 12,000 B.C. Fragments of cotton fabrics have been found by archeologists in Mexico (from 3500 B.C. )., in India (3000 B.C. ), in Peru (2500 B.C. ), and in the southwestern United States (500 B.C. ). Cotton did not achieve commercial importance in Europe until after the colonization of the New World. Silk culture remained a specialty of the Chinese from its beginnings (2600 B.C. ) until the sixth century, when silkworms were first raised in the Byzantine Empire. Synthetic fibers did not appear until much later. The first synthetic, rayon, made from cotton or wood fibers, was developed in 1891, but not commercially produced until 1911. Almost a half a century later, nylon was invented, followed by the various forms of polyester. Synthetic fibers reduced the world demand for natural fibers and expanded applications. Until about 1300, yarn was spun on the spindle and whorl. A spindle is a rounded stick with tapered ends to which the fibers are attached and twisted; a whorl is a weight attached to the spindle that acts as a flywheel to keep the spindle rotating. The fibers were pulled by hand from a bundle of carded fibers tied to a stick called a distaff. In hand carding, fibers are placed between two boards covered with leather, through which protrude fine wire hooks that catch the fibers as one board is pulled gently across the other.The spindle, which hangs from the fibers, twists the fibers as it rotates downward, and spins a length of yarn as it pulls away from the fiber bundle. When the spindle reaches the floor, the spinner winds the yarn around the spindle to secure it and then starts the process again. This is continued until all of the fiber is spun or until the spindle is full.

The eagles are sleeping next to each other they are so cute the only one that isn't sleeping is spirit.i am really enjoying watching them grow up. And i hope they enjoy the young life it doesn't last long. Remember to see them go to http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp.

Charlie Chaplin and eagles

Charlie Chaplin, considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular "Little Tramp" character; the man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 16th, 1889 to Charles and Hannah (Hill) Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22nd, 1885. After Charles Sr. separated from Hannah to perform in New York City, Hannah then tried to resurrect her stage career. Unfortunately, her singing voice had a tendency to break at unexpected moments. When this happened, the stage manager spotted young Charlie standing in the wings and led him on stage, where five-year-old Charlie began to sing a popular tune. Charlie and his half-brother, Syd Chaplin (born Sydney Hawkes), spent their lives in and out of charity homes and workhouses between their mother's bouts of insanity. Hannah was committed to Cane Hill Asylum in May of 1903 and lived there until 1921, when Chaplin moved her to California. Chaplin began his official acting career at the age of eight, touring with The Eight Lancashire Lads. At 18 he began touring with Fred Karno's vaudeville troupe, joining them on the troupe's 1910 US tour. He traveled west to California in December 1913 and signed on with Keystone Studios' popular comedy director Mack Sennett, who had seen Chaplin perform on stage in New York. Charlie soon wrote his brother Syd, asking him to become his manager. While at Keystone, Chaplin appeared in and directed 35 films, starring as the Little Tramp in nearly all. In November 1914, he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films.

The Eagles are black! They also look so much like their parents. They are now just being lazy and just enjoying the breeze. They are getting even closer to be adults it will be sad when they leave ill never even see them again. Ive gave them the names that were picked the biggest one is Faith, the medium sized one is Hope, and the tiny one is spirit. If they each be a good adult eagle i am sure there lives will go very far. Remember if you want to see them click the length http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp