Abraham Lincoln with Tad and Willie at a Toy Store

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln peering through a toy store window with two of his sons. The inside includes a Christmas greeting. Accompanied by an enveloped addressed to Mr. Frank J. Williams.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4320/thumbnail.jp

Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln hanging their Christmas wreath on their front door in Springfield, Illinois in 1860

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln hanging a wreath on a door with Mary Todd Lincoln. The inside includes a Christmas greeting.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4389/thumbnail.jp

Abraham Lincoln standing while Mary Todd Lincoln straightens his tie

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln standing while Mary Todd Lincoln straightens his tie. The inside includes a Christmas greeting. It is accompanied by a blank envelope.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4306/thumbnail.jp

President Lincoln, Tad and Willie in front of the marble fireplace in the White House, Washington, D.C. in 1861. The President is seated, watching with pleasure as the children are enjoying a toy train. Stockings are still on the mantel.

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln watching his sons play with a toy train. The inside includes a Christmas greeting. It is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mr. Frank J. Williams.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4437/thumbnail.jp

Lincoln family Christmas morning, Tad on chair opening presents in Washington, D.C. in 1861. President and Mrs. Lincoln are looking on while Willie watches Tad unwrap a present. The Lincoln\u27s are holding hands and the President has a bag of toys slung over his shoulder.

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln watching their sons unwrap Christmas gifts. The inside includes a Christmas greeting. It is accompanied by a blank envelope.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4447/thumbnail.jp

Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln watching Willie and Tad with toys in Springfield, Illinois in 1860. Mr. Lincoln has his arm around Mary.

Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln watching their two sons play with toys. The inside includes a Christmas greeting. It is accompanied by a mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Frank W. Williams.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4368/thumbnail.jp

AVGS, AR and D for Satellites, ISS, the Moon, Mars and Beyond

With the continuous need to rotate crew and re-supply the International Space Station (ISS) and the desire to return humans to the Moon and for the first time, place humans on Mars, NASA must develop a more robust and highly reliable capability to perform Autonomous Rendezvous and Capture (AR&C) because, unlike the Apollo missions, NASA plans to send the entire crew to the Lunar or Martian surface and must be able to dock with the Orion spacecraft upon return. In 1997, NASA developed the Video Guidance Sensor (VGS) which was flown and tested on STS-87 and STS-95. In 2001, NASA designed and built a more enhanced version of the VGS, called the Advanced Video Guidance Sensor (AVGS). The AVGS offered significant technology improvements to the precursor VGS design. This paper will describe the AVGS as it was in the DART mission of 2005 and the Orbital Express mission of 2007. The paper will describe the capabilities and design concepts of the AVGS as it was flown on the DART 2005 Mission and the DARPA Orbital Express Mission slated to fly in 2007. The paper will cover the Flight Software, problems encountered, testing for Orbital Express and where NASA is going in the future

PITTSBURGH’S RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS: DIFFERENCES AND DISPARITIES

Pittsburgh’s Racial Demographics: Differences and Disparities provides indicators of quality of life by race and ethnicity in the Pittsburgh region. Data are provided for four groups (Whites, African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics) and for four geographic areas (city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the U.S.). The most recent data available for the Pittsburgh area and the nation were used in this report. In some instances, however, only data from the 2000 census were available to make comparisons. It is also the case that data were not available on all of our topic areas in the same years. It is our hope to update this report every three years, particularly if the American Community Survey (which is designed to replace the decennial census) produces regular, reliable data by race for cities, counties, and regions