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By Jess PaniszczynImagine a commuter rail corri-

dor extending from west Ft. Worth to Plano extending through sev-eral cities with a transfer station at DFW International airport. Along its 62 mile service, the commuter train would also connect with The T (Fort Worth Transportation Authority), DART’s (Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s) Green, Red and Orange Lines, as well as DCTA’s (Denton County Transportation

Authority’s) A Train.If you have enough time to wait,

you will not have to imagine this regional rail service. With the sup-port of all three transit authorities, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and possibly the federal government, the first seven mile stretch of the corridor from Carrolton to DFW Airport should be open to daily commuter traffic sometime around

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Driving through downtown Dallas it is hard to miss the giant, 14 story, grey cube that is the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Situated on a 4.7 acre site, this unique piece of architecture houses 11 permanent exhibits and one traveling exhibit.

Entering the building is an experience in and of itself. As visitors experience an outdoor plaza and science park, they are greeted by 13 bright frog sculptures playing around a pond. Water continu-ally flows into the pond through a river with dino-saur tracks evident in the river bed.

Once inside the exhibits themselves the only word that comes to mind is ‘wow.’ I really do mean, ‘Wow!’

In the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall, an Alamosaurus skeleton looms over every-thing including a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton. In the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall, visitors can manipulated an amethyst geode weighing over 2,000 lbs. Visitors can bend light and zoom through space in the Expanding Universe Hall. Not to men-tion all the cool exhibits and activities offered in the

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Dinosaur skeletons stand alongside models of more familiar animals in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

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expects 2.03 million passengers to come through the airport over the 11-day Thanksgiving holiday period (Nov. 16 – 26), about a 3.6 percent increase over the same pe-riod last year.That is nearly 100,000 more passengers than the same time last year.

“We are responding to and an-ticipating all those demands and making sure that we have plenty of resources available for our passen-gers that will be coming through,” said David Magaña, DFW Se-

nior Manager of Public Affairs. “The busiest travel day will be the Monday after Thanksgiving with 190,000 passengers expected to run through the airport, and that’s a pretty big number for us.

“There are construction delays that you’ll find outside the airport through the Connector Project and also inside the airport you’re going to see construction in our parking plazas as you come in and out. We recommend that you get here two and a half hours before your flight departure time.”

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I grew up in a family of nine sib-lings and it was a very interest-ing upbringing. But something

else that made it so significant, I have an identical twin brother. As

we grew up we were able to de-velop a way of communicating that was designed just for us. We thought we were so different until one event gave us more insight about who we were. Attending

the International Annual Twins Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio!

What’s ironic about these festi-vals is the fact that even though we are from all parts of the globe, dif-ferent ethnicities, different cultures, different religions, and different economical status, we all identify in one way: We are a part of the fam-ily of “Twins!” Color, race, creed, gender, nor religious choice makes any difference at this convention; we all click because of the genes in us that created us to be twins. We come in ALL Shapes and Sizes, but we are all still bound together by

the camaraderie of “Twinship” (A word developed by twins for twins – (smile). We look forward to the arrival, meet and greet of one an-other each year, and then we are sad and sorrowful at the departing at the end of the four day event.

This kind of thought process and mindset that we experience every year at this event reminds me of how the Body of Christ should be and mankind in general. We are all God’s children with the part of God (Spirit – Life), in us. We may be different in race, creed, color, or national origin, but what ties us all together is this fluid in us called “Blood!” Blood represents Life, and Life comes from God. So take some time today and think about how you treat your fellow man and all those who you come in contact with on a daily basis. Keep in mind they are your brothers and your sis-ters, and you all connect and click thru the same bloodline call life.

I trust that you enjoyed this ar-ticle and it pays sometimes to think like a twin, even if you are not. Blessings! “I will see you in the ter-minals!”

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The aircraft’s facial fuzz was unveiled by British Airways cabin crew Kyle Patchett, one of several colleagues showing his support for

Movember throughout November.The airline is encouraging its

employees to join the campaign and is hosting a number of road shows to educate them on health issues.

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No curBSiDe WAitiNgIn time for the holiday season,

DFW has opened a new Passenger Pickup Waiting Area in Terminal E to reduce congestion on the up-per level roadway, where construc-tion has taken away almost half of curbside passenger pickup space. Permanent and temporary signs direct drivers to the waiting area located on the infield parking sec-tion of Terminal E, a two-minute drive from most curbside pickup locations. Motorists can wait there until their awaited passenger ar-rives curbside, since there will be no idling allowed at terminal curbsides during the holiday season because of heavy volume overall.

“Many of the (Terminal E curb-side) areas are blocked off right now because of work that’s underway to expand the terminal and to add more space in there, and so we are trying to anticipate that and create a way for people to wait,” Magaña said.

“If you come and you find that the one-hour parking is full, (go to) the passenger pick-up waiting area.

“We will have extra officers and security agents assigned to manage traffic flow. We will have plenty of assistance, especially on the busiest days. We’ll have officers out here directing traffic, making sure peo-ple know how to get (to the waiting area). It’s an easy lot to find, and it’s an easy lot to maneuver, and you’re only two minutes away from your loved one once you get your phone call.”

The waiting area is well lit and well patrolled.

“This is a complete DFW inter-departmental effort to make sure that we handle all of the expected traffic very well” Magaña said. “A

lot of us have been working to-gether for months to make sure this comes off well. This is for passenger convenience so they do not run into congestion in Terminal E during the busier parts of the day.”

Travelers are urged to arrive at DFW Airport at least two and a half hours before their flight be-cause of anticipated increase in travelers making their way to and from DFW Airport plus construc-tion on the north side of the airport and in some terminals.

NeW pArkiNg SpAceSStarting Thanksgiving Day,

DFW will open 1,100 newly-add-ed parking spaces in Express North Parking lot. These additional spaces provide covered parking for DFW travelers at reduced rates, complete with shuttle service to terminals, including pickup and drop-off at the lot, a free bottle of water and a newspaper.

“That’s a great service, so I hope folks take advantage of that,” Magaña said.

AccolADeS A study by Concur Travel and

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rated DFW Airport the Most Hassle-free Airport in America in a report released Nov. 14.

“DFW Airport ranks as one of the best customer service airports in the world,” Magaña said. “We’ve made the Top Five for large airports in customer service for five consec-utive years in surveys conducted by Airports Council International. We are very proud that we can be men-tioned in the same conversation with the best airports in the world.”

AmeNitieSNew this holiday season, travel-

ers awaiting flights have a few more creature comforts awaiting them.Features new this year at DFW International Airport, include free Wi-Fi from AT&T throughout all five of DFW’s terminals covering six million square feet of space.

“We have a new Starbucks lo-cation that’s on the public side of Terminal D in the North Ticket-ing Hall (D30), so now you can get your Starbucks fix without go-ing through security.” Magaña said. “This year, DFW unveiled a yoga studio in Terminal D on the Con-nector toward Terminal B, and it

has proven to be quite popular with the people who go there for a quick stretch and sign into our sign-in book there.”

The yoga studio is free and pas-sengers will find exercise mats, a privacy screen and video instruction provided around the clock. They may stay as long as they wish.

In Terminal D, the airport designed a LiveWell Walking Path,seven-tenths of a mile marked

off and sanctioned by the American Heart Association, for those who like to do measured power walks.Passengers will see works of art along the pathway.

“It’s a great way to relieve some stress, and to get in a little exercise while you travel, so all of this is part of the airport’s overall program to be one of the healthiest airports in the world,” Magaña said. “We’ve asked each one of our concessions to offer healthy options over the last few years, and everyone has com-plied, so we are well on our way to providing plenty of healthy options to those who travel.”

The Thanksgiving travel period, from Nov. 16 through Nov. 26, will see its busiest air travel days on Sunday and Monday follow-ing Thanksgiving with more than 184,000 travelers each day.

“We continue to see travel-ers coming back in greater num-bers, which is a testament to the outstanding customer experience DFW provides and a terrific sign for our region’s economic outlook,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW Air-port.

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DFW Airport encourages travelers to do their part to expedite travel to and from the airport, because of the ongoing construction related to the DFW Con-nector project on the north end of the Airport as well as ongoing renovations inside the airport. Some of the ways to do that include:

• Get to the airport at least two and a half hours before your flight departure time.

• An active TollTag account will speed up Airport entrances and exits and will earn travelers some dis-counted parking and drive-through rates

• The Global Entry program available from U.S. Customs and Border Protection expedites the Cus-toms arrival process for international travelers.

• Members of Global Entry or American Airlines Frequent Fliers can take part in the TSA PreCheck pro-

gram, which can speed their trip through checkpoints A35, C30 or D30.

• Delta and Alaska Airlines passengers can also use TSA PreCheck at Checkpoint E8.

• Passengers of any airline in Terminal E can opt to join the CLEAR program, which can expedite passage through the E8 checkpoint.

• If travelers have questions or need any assistance, start with the DFW Airport Ambassadors. Also, the airport has active Twitter and Facebook presence where travelers can get in touch with airport personnel. Really, ask anyone holding a badge. DFW says it is is proud to be the friendliest airport in the country.

• Use the 3-1-1 Rule for flying with liquids: 3 ounce containers in a 1-quart bag, 1 per passenger.3-1-1.

• Travel light.

ThanksgivingContinued from Page 1 Travelers can fly with less stress, more time to relax

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n Public Intoxication, Thurs., Nov. 8, 2012, 9:20 p.m.

An officer responded to Terminal B, Gate 8, in reference to an intoxicated person. Upon arrival, he saw a white female sitting in a wheel chair cursing loudly at an agent. He made con-tact with the individual and identified himself as a police officer. He told the individual he was there to help and asked for her identifica-tion. While speaking with her, the officer de-tected an odor of an alcoholic beverage com-ing from her person. He noticed she had some dried blood on her right arm and asked if she was okay. She said she was fine. He asked to have EMS check her out to be safe. She agreed. At this point, she began to yell at the officer about getting home. He asked how much she had to drink this evening. She said she began drinking early this morning and had more drinks throughout the day. When asked how many drinks total, she began using profanity towards the officer. DFW EMS arrived on scene and checked her out thoroughly. While DFW EMS was treating her, she grabbed at both of them and tried to kiss one of the para-medics. Both paramedics stated they smelled a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her person. Due to her being intoxicated to a degree she would be a danger to herself and or others if left alone and that she had ap-parently already injured herself, she was placed under arrest for Public Intoxication. She was handcuffed, doubled-locked, searched and placed in the back seat of a DFW patrol unit where she was transported to Station One jail to complete book-in.n Weapons Violation,Sun., Nov. 11, 6:18 a.m.

Officers were dispatched to Terminal C, TSA Checkpoint C-10 in reference to a signal 4 (an image of a prohibited item- handgun) in the x-ray machine. Officers confirmed the item and owner of the item, who was subsequently arrested for Places Weapons Prohibited. Items were seized and subject was transported to Station 1 for book-in.

n Weapons Violation, Sun., Nov. 11, 2:23 p.m.

Officers were dispatched to terminal B checkpoint 19 in reference to a checkpoint vio-lation. Upon arrival, responding officers deter-mined a violation had occurred and placed the male passenger under arrest for Places Weap-ons Prohibited. Passenger was transported to Station One for the book in process.n TheftMon., Nov. 12, 4 p.m.

An Officer received a phone report at ter-minal D. A person wanted to report a theft from Wed., Oct. 31, that occurred on an air-craft. The woman stated she was on a flight from Seattle to DFW Wed., Oct. 31. She said the flight left at approximately 7:30 a.m. and landed at DFW approximately 1:30 p.m. Before the aircraft landed she, placed her 13” silver Mac Book Pro and a Mac Address un-der the seat in front of her. After the plane landed she gathered her items, but forgot to retrieve her Mac Book. She continued to her destination in San Antonio, but did not real-ize it was missing untill then. She contacted the airlines which checked the plane, but did not locate the computer. She contacted the airline’s lost and found periodically until Sat., Nov. 10 with negative results. The officer also called Travelers Aid at Terminal D and lost and found with negative results. Item stolen: 13” Mac Book Pro (silver in color) $1300.00. THEFT >=$500<$1,500 was completed and turned into DPS Communications.n Theft, Wed., Nov. 14, 9:26 a.m.

DPS was dispatched to Terminal E, E35 on a stolen laptop. Met with the victim’s wife and checked with TSA checkpoint where the laptop was last seen. Was unable to locate the laptop and generated a theft report. n Theft, Wed., Nov. 14 DFW

Police received a telephone report from a complainant in Sweden regarding the theft of an Apple Ipad Mini from checked luggage

on Fri., Nov. 9, while the complainant was in transit from DFW Airport to the airport at Goteburg, Sweden by way of Atlanta GA and Amsterdam, Netherlands. n Solicitation of Ground Transportation, Wed., Nov. 14, 3:10 p.m.

Officers were conducting a plain clothes as-signment at Terminal E, upper roadway, near entry 15. Officers observed a limo driver ap-proach a passenger and solicit for transporta-tion. The driver was placed under arrest for TX TC 22.0815 GROUND TRANSPORTA-TION BUSINESS (Solicitation of Ground Transportation).n Warrant ArrestWed., Nov. 14, 8:11 p.m.

Officers were dispatched to Terminal D US Customs area in reference to a wanted person. DPS Communications was contacted and one outstanding warrant (Fraud-Insufficient Funds, $54,550 Cash Bond, Clark County DA, Las Vegas, NV) was confirmed. The pas-senger was placed under arrest for the listed warrant and transported to Station One for the book-in process.n Warrants/Possession,Wed., Nov., 14, 10:20 p.m.

A pilot made contact with Officers at the Terminal B Community Policing Office. The pilot stated he was concerned about someone in a Cadillac with four way flashers activated that was slumped over the steering wheel in a strange manner. Officers located the subject who appeared to be impaired. The subject ad-mitted to having warrants and no driving li-cense. The subject was arrested for Fort Worth Warrants: ($221), ($292.50) and ($451.10). During search incident to arrest, a small cap-sule dropped from the front upper clothing of the subject. The contents of the capsule tested positive for cocaine and the additional charge of possession <1g was added.n Theft, Sun., Nov. 11, 12:04 p.m.

Two officers were dispatched to 2611 N. Regent regarding a theft of 13 warehouse stor-

age bays from the warehouse site where they were being kept. Upon making contact, the reporting party, who used to lease the ware-house, noticed the storage racks were missing. He stated his lease was up in late August and/or early September of this year. He stated he kept the storage racks at the location because the person leasing the warehouse space next door was possibly interested in buying them. The owner said he had permission to keep the property at the location. The missing property was described as: 13 metal warehouse storage racks valued at $5,500. The storage racks were green in color.

In order to confirm Jones’s story, a repre-sentative of the warehouse company was con-tacted in person, and she confirmed he did have permission to keep the storage racks at the warehouse property, even though he was no longer a tenant of the location. She said she had not been notified of any criminal activity at the facility and her company has not filed any reports. She said she had fired her previous Facility Manager, but said the fired manager had been seen at the warehouse over the past two weeks. She stated she would notify police next time the fired manager was on her prop-erty and would like to file a criminal trespass notice against him. She stated she believed she had contact information concerning him and would email the information if needed. The owner had one suspect in mind, which had been a facility maintenance manager who was fired. The owner suspected the fired manager because he had access to the area and always seemed to know someone who would be inter-ested in buying the storage racks. Other than him, there are no other suspect(s) at this time. Observation of the area revealed there were no cameras or video footage available. The owner stated an unknown person(s), without his ef-fective consent, unlawfully appropriated the storage racks with the intent to deprive him of his property. The owner was given a report number and was advised to call if he received any further information.

POLICE REPORT

Inert Ordnance and Grenades Etc. – TSA officers continue to find inert hand grenades and other weaponry on weekly basis.

A replica Claymore mine was detected in a checked bag at Tulsa (TUL). It was determined to be inert and had the word “dummy” scrawled upon it.

Two inert detonators were de-tected in carry-on bags at San Di-ego (SAN) and Denver (DEN).

An HG-1 training grenade in an instructor’s checked bag caused the checked baggage area at Brad-ley (BDL) to be closed for 20 min-utes.

Three inert grenades were dis-covered this week. Two in checked baggage at Seattle (SEA) & An-chorage (ANC), and the other in a carry-on bag at Oklahoma City (OKC).

Items in the Strangest Places –

A pocketknife was discovered in a potato chip can at Austin (AUS). New cutting edge flavor?

What Not to Say at an Airport – An Atlanta passenger approached a flight attendant and asked her if she had ever been hijacked before.

Stun Guns – Two stun guns were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints around the nation: Detroit (DTW), Burbank (BUR).

Source: The TSA Blog - http://blog.tsa.gov

TSA WEEK IN REVIEW

replica claymore landmine discovered at tulsa airport

A replica Claymore mine was detected in a checked bag at Tulsa.

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2040. Fortunately for the region with its expanding population and congested highways, representa-tives of the transit authorities and NCTCOG are not content to wait that long.

The Board Chairs and Presidents of DART, The T and DCTA signed a Tri-Party Passenger Rail Alliance on Nov. 16 to formalize their com-mitment to working together in or-der to expand mass transit options in the region.

“Today is exciting from the standpoint that the three transit au-thorities are recommitting to con-tinue to work together to promote transit throughout the North Texas area,” said Garry Thomas, Presi-dent, Executive Director of DART. “We work to give people choices throughout our region, so they can get out of their cars. We know what they are going to do if we don’t give them a choice.

“DART has the longest light rail system in the United States. DART also has the TRE, which we jointly operate with The T in Ft. Worth. In addition, we have a cooperative agreement with DCTA on the A Train, which meets our Green Line at Trinity Mills. So we all work very closely together to make sure the customers don’t realize that it is one agency or the other.

“At the end of the day, all they really care about is being able to get from point A to point B safely,

physically and effectively.“There is a lot of conversation

in our region right now about the 62 mile Cotton Belt Corridor that goes from south west Ft. Worth, through downtown, across the north side of the DFW Airport, through Carrolton and over to the Red Line between Plano and Rich-ardson.

“The T is working on the west-ern side. They are going through a full funding grant process with the Federal Transit Administration to try to receive funding. DART continues to work with the private sector on a public/private partner-ship to develop innovative ways to finance this project and move it forward.

“Currently, on the eastern side of the region, the Cotton Belt Cor-ridor is scheduled for passenger rail in 2040. A lot of people would like to figure out how to advance that date to 2016. On the western side, The T is looking at a 2016 revenue service date, but that is predicated on the federal funding.”

Looking to the future, John Danish, DART Board Chair, pre-dicts commuter and passenger rail travel will extend throughout Texas.

“I believe this alliance is, poten-tially, the next major step in a whole new era of passenger rail transit for the North Texas region, which is an area that extends across 16 coun-ties,” Danish said.

“The Dallas-Ft. Worth region is the nation’s fourth largest metro-politan area, and it is consistently ranked as the fastest growing. In the

next 20 years, our region is expected to reach nine million in population. It is also one of the most sprawl-ing, covering an area roughly seven times the state of Rhode Island.

“People from throughout the region are clamoring for transit. Competition for transit projects is much greater these days, and the federal purse-strings are much tighter. Our Tri-Party Passenger Rail Alliance is in a position to fur-ther multi-modal transportation in our region. Increasing the scope of transit and having it blend seam-lessly with road travel, passenger rail, air traffic and other modes is not just desirable. It is a vital objec-tive.

“Sometime in the future, the near future we hope, you can add the Cotton Belt to that mix. Sometime after that, I envision the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line being developed for passenger rail, extending from south Irving through downtown Carrollton and on to Frisco. Eventually, it could even reach the Red River. And be-yond that, a passenger rail network extending to Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Oklahoma, Shreveport and the Rio Grande Valley.”

The Cotton Belt Corridor could provide unique transportation op-tions to the traveling public, ac-cording to Jim Cline, President of DCTA.

“The Cotton Belt passenger route would be very significant in that it would provide a circumven-tial that doesn’t just go north and south, or into and out of the regular

routes downtown,” Cline said. “It would provide a tie across the ser-vice area. It is a focal point for all three agencies.

Money and construction would be necessary to make the proposed commuter line a reality, according to Richard Green, Vice President of the Fort Worth & Western Rail-road Company.

“The infrastructure of the track will have to be upgraded,” Green

said. “The Cotton Belt Corridor is

currently class two railroad which is rated for 25 miles per hour (mph.) They are going to want to run 60 mph commuter trains on this line. It will need new ties and rail. On the Ft. Worth side, it would prob-ably cost $700 million for 34 miles of railroad. So overall, it is probably a billion dollar project in today’s dollars.”

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Moody Family Children’s Museum. All this and there are still eight ex-hibit halls left to explore.

The use of art, light, design, ar-chitecture and technology through-out the museum could keep any afi-cionados of these disciplines busy for days.

The $185-million museum was designed by 2005 Pritzker Ar-chitecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Ar-chitects.

“The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a gift to the city of Dallas,” Mayne said. “It is a funda-mentally public building – a build-ing that opens up, belongs to and activates the city. It is a place of exchange. It contains knowledge, preserves information and trans-mits ideas; ultimately, the public is as integral to the museum as the museum is to the city.

“The topic of science is connect-ed to the city. It is not an isolated thing. As you are moving through the museum, you are always a part of the city itself.

“This building is only connected to this particular institution at this time. It is not duplicable. It is com-pletely unique to this institution. When people leave, they have never

seen another building like this, so they take it away as an image that belongs to Perot Museum of Na-ture and Science.”

Just walking through the lobby, visitors can gaze at a Malawisau-rus dinosaur fossil and interactive “dancing water” molecules.

“Everything is cool. There is something for everyone whether you are 3 or 30, a Ph.D. or an ama-teur there is something in this mu-seum for you,” said Nicole Small, the Eugene McDermott Chief Ex-ecutive Officer, Per Museum of Na-ture and Science. “To me the neat-est thing is that every time someone walks through the door, they have their own ‘aha’ moment.

“We have everything from di-nosaurs to DNA. You can take a journey through our solar system. If you are one of our youngest learn-ers, you can climb up and down the downtown Dallas skyline.”

The museum fully embraces the natural and manmade worlds, fo-cusing on earth and space sciences, life and natural sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and engineering.

“The museum is a very compre-hensive museum,” Andy Anway, the founder of Amaze Design, said. “The intention is to have a whole lot of different kinds of experiences, and also to show all of the inter-connectedness between all of the science disciplines.

“We are in the universe hall right now, which is the top level. It is kind of like the infinite. If you go to the lower levels down in life and earth, you start to see the microscopic. So we are really showing how these systems interconnect. We hope that visitors will see those connections. At the same time, there is an awe factor for each gallery.”

Paul Bernhard, an exhibit de-signer at Paul Bernhard Exhibit Design, helped design the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall, and Tom Hunt Energy Hall.

“The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is definitely the newest and most exciting science museum in the country,” Bernhard said. “It was really exciting for me to work on designing exhibits before there was even a building designed. They were able to tailor the exhibit de-sign exactly to the building. Usually you start with an empty space and you have to redo it. This time, from the beginning, we had a blank slate to design exhibits.”

The halls feature state-of-the-art video and 3-D computer animation with life-like simulation. Tabletop landscapes and computer-generat-ed flyovers provide eye-popping en-hancement supported with timely, relevant and engaging educational lessons and programs.

David Quayle, Customer Ex-ecutive with Dell Services.

“Dell donated about $6.5 mil-lion of technology to the museum,” said David Quayle, Customer Ex-ecutive with Dell Services. “Above many of the exhibits is a Dell com-puter running the interactive touch screen. They are all networked to-gether throughout the museum. All of the interactive touch screen stuff keeps kids interested and captures their attention.

“For me, it is interesting to see how technology highlights some-thing like gems and minerals.”

Beginning December 1, the Pe-rot Museum will operate year round Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. with the exception of Christmas Eve (closes at 3 p.m.), Christmas (closed), and New Year’s Eve (closes at 3 p.m.). The museum is located at the corner of N. Field

Street and Woodall Rodgers Free-way in Victory Park, just north of downtown Dallas.

General admission to the exhibit halls for nonmembers will be $15 for adults (18-64), $12 for students (12-17) and seniors (65+), and $10 for children (2-11).

Admission to the theater for non-members will be $8 for adults, students, seniors and children. Combo admission for non-mem-bers to the exhibit halls and theater will be $20 for adults (18-64), $17 for students (12-17) and seniors (65+), and $15 for children (2-11). For members, general exhibit hall admission will always be free, and admission to the theater will be $6 for member adults, students, seniors and children.

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Marshall finished high school in May 1941, and on Sep. 2, 1942, he was drafted.

“I got my basic training in Aus-tin, TX, and finished it in Portland, OR. After that, they sent me to Pittsburg, CA. On Easter Sunday, we sailed to Pearl Harbor. I guarded an airbase there for a while.”

Marshall was assigned to the 466 Aviation Squadron.

“Once an airfield was taken, our job was to surround it and make sure the enemy couldn’t come back and take it,” Marshall said. “We would set up all around it. I was in charge of the guards. After we got it secure, we’d move up to the next air base, take it and hold it until it got safe and then on and on.

“I had three men: a gunner, an assistant gunner, and an ammuni-tion guy. They set it up all around the airport, and I checked them ev-ery two hours. That was our job all the time I was at Dulles Field, Gua-dalcanal and Okinawa, always at the airport. We never had to shoot; we never killed anyone. There was one case where we had a guy hide in some thickets, but they called cer-tain people to come take care of it.

“We were a deterrent to anybody trying to come onto our airfields,

because we would have shot them down if they had tried,” Marshall said. “I did the best I could to keep our airplanes flying, because the en-emy could slip in and destroy the planes. Not with my group though; they knew not to mess with us. We had to keep them flying. ”

“Then they moved me to Gua-dalcanal, but just before they put us on the ship, I had the gentlemen cleaning the guns to protect them from salt water on the way. The Captain of the ship asked my su-pervisor if I could man a 50 caliber machine gun on the Republic Ship. We did that, and they gave me high powered binoculars in case we had an air raid, we would be able to take care of it.

“It took us 18 days to go from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. For 18 days, I searched the skies all over, watching for aircraft. We never had any, but a submarine tried to slip up and destroy us, but the Navy set off a depth charge, and that was the end of that.”

He was on Guadalcanal for a year.

“After that I was on guard in a jeep patrol, and after that, we got back to Pearl Harbor and were there for a short while for relax-ation,” Marshall said.” Then they sent me to Okinawa where we had to go in on landing barges. I was there for one year in my foxhole. There were sometimes my foxhole was so damp, I could feel it through my whole body. Now the result is my shoulders, my elbows and my knees hurt too much sometimes.

“But when the war ended, we were all happy that it did. They worked hard to get us home for Christmas. I barely got home in time because a typhoon came through there, and we were in a place for about three days. We had food and ammunition for three days. The third day, a tornado took off the roof of the place where we were, and oh, were we excited. But then (the typhoon) just ended, and they put us on a ship. I so was afraid the tornado might come back and wash us out into the sea.”

One wave hit the ship that he thought would turn the ship over.

When the war was over, Mar-shall came back and worked 30 years in the aircraft industry for McDonald-Douglas building the DC8, DC9, and DC10.

“When I’m on a plane, I look around and see some of the things I did in the 30 years I was there,” Marshall said. “I cut hundreds of windows out. My supervisor knew that I loved to do overtime because I had a family of four.”

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By Elaine PaniszczynSurviving that beach was like

walking in the rain without getting wet. As I ducked from shell hole to shell hole, I spotted bodies and body parts. The sand was discolored in so many places to a deep red by the blood of those who preceded me. The onslaught was Hell’s hor-ror. Pillboxes emerged like magic from the terrain and poured a hail of fire on the beach. Artillery from the other side of the island opened up. Landing craft were hit on the water. Marines onboard were slain even before they had a chance to fire a shot. Mortars and shells came in wounding again those who were already wounded. I finally hitched a ride and made it to the command vessel in time to get my photos on a plane to Guam. I wondered whether I could return and face that beach yet again. – Joe Rosen-thal from Uncommon Valor, Com-mon Virtueby Hal Buell(Penguin, May 2, 2006)

Buell is an award-winning As-sociated Press Photo Editor, and he came to the Dallas area to speak at the Veteran’s Day Weekend Cel-ebration at the Richardson Civic Center. In his opening remarks, he thanked the veterans at the cel-ebration “who sacrificed so I could spend 50 years practicing in the wonders of a free press.”

For 25 years, Buell was head of AP’s worldwide photo service. During that time, his staff won 12 Pulitzer Prizes. He is now retired from AP. Buell was also author of Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Win-ning Photographs.

Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue is the story of the Iwo Jima flag photo,which was the inspira-tion for the Iwo Jima Monument in

Arlington, VA. The photo was in-strumental in raising funds to help America and its allies win World War II. The photo also ignited a controversy that remains unsettled in the minds of some people. Buell’s book attempts to clear up the mis-understandings and miscommuni-cations that led to the controversy.

The story of Iwo Jima is the bloodiest story in the history of the Marine Corps. Almost 7,000 died and 21,000 were wounded. The is-land is in the center of the Pacific and was the first gateway to the Japanese homelands.

Rosenthal was an Associated Press Photographer assigned to the Pacific where he served at Guam, Anguar and Peleliu, which was an-other bloody battle, before going to Iwo Jima.

Besides wanting to capture a part of Japan to demoralize the Japanese, the Armed Forces needed the airfield on the island so they could have fighter planes close enough to accompany bombers into Japan. Before capturing Iwo Jima,

American bombers flew into Japan without any protection from fighter planes, and casualties in planes and personnel were high. The island also had a radar watch tower that alerted Tokyo that bombers were on the way. For those reasons, the island was strategic in winning the war, so the Marines were willing to fight against overwhelming odds.

“Never in Japan’s 2,000 year history had any foreign boots con-quered any part of Japan,” Buell said. “Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi commanded 22,000 on Iwo Jima. He received his com-mand directly from the Emperor because of the importance of Iwo Jima. Having lived in the United States and Canada three years, the general spoke fluent English.

“When the Marines landed, Kuribayashi knew that his fate was sealed – he would not be able to es-cape Iwo Jima,” Buell said. “It was the duty of the Japanese soldiers to die in the defense of the Emperor. All 22,000 of the Japanese soldiers knew that, and all but 1,200 died

Controversy about Iwo Jima flag raising photo laid to restdefending the island. Kuribayashi was among the dead. He told his troopes he expected each one of them to take 10 Americans with them when they died. They did a good job.”

The defining moment of pho-tographer Joe Rosenthal’s life came at the end of the fifth day of the battle for Iwo Jima. The Marines captured the small mountain on the island, and they raised the Ameri-can flag. Marine Sgt. Lou Lowery was there and took a photo. When their commander saw the flag up and waving, he said it was too small and sent another platoon up to raise

a larger flag. Rosenthal was there when the second flag was raised. That was when he took the photo that helped win World War II.

The confusion and controversy arose because Lowery said his photo was the authentic photo of the rais-ing of the flag and that Rosenthal’s photo was posed and after-the-fact.

In a video filmed a few years be-fore Rosenthal’s death, he said after shooting the raising of the larger flag, he could only hope that it looked on the film the way it did to him through the view finder. After shooting the flag raising, he asked

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the troops do a posed shot with the flag, so the soldiers raised their hats and cheered while Rosenthal took the second photo, which was posed and later called the gung-ho photo.

Two Marine photographers, Bob Campbell a still photographer and Bill Ginos, a movie maker, were there taking photos beside Rosen-thal. Campbell was at a different angle, and his photos were never part of the controversy. Afterwards, Rosenthal’s film was sent to Guam where the film was developed.

“When the picture came out of the rinse water, Jack Bodkin who was an AP editor said, ‘Here is one for all time,’” Buell said. “That is how quickly that picture was recognized. The picture was transmitted to the U.S. (by radio signal), and it was played widely. It was a good photo-graph, but there was more to it than that. The photo was a promise of victory, not just on Iwo Jima, but a promise of victory of the worst war the world had ever known. Because of the quality of the photograph and the intense media coverage and events of the war at that time, the photograph became an immediate sensation.”

“(Rosenthal) was ordered to come home,” Buell said. “The photo had been such a sensation that it was going to be the center of the seventh war bond drive.”

On the way back to the states, Rosenthal had a layover in Guan.

There, he was asked if he posed the photo. He said, “Yes,” because he thought they were asking him about the gung-ho photo he took after the flag raising. When he re-alized they were asking about the flag raising photo, he said, “Oh, I didn’t pose that picture; I posed (the gung-ho) picture.”

“But the damage was done and Rosenthal lived with the result-ing controversy for 50 or 60 years,” Buell said.

Buell said there was a great spirit of competition between military and civilian photographers. Mili-tary photos received much more scrutiny and censorship than civil-ian photos, which were handled by highly trained, news people. Rosenthal’s photo went out before Lowery’s flag photo and was widely used. Sgt. Lowery went to Time Magazine and told them there was something phony about the picture.

“I was up on that mountain, and nobody else made a picture,” Low-ery told Time. “That picture had to be posed.”

“Based solely on Lowery’s state-ment, Time Magazine published a story saying the Associated Press photo was posed and a phony,” Buell said. The story was also broadcast on Time’s radio station.

By the time Rosenthal arrived in New York, his photo was embroiled in a full blown controversy. He went straight from the plane to a meet-ing with AP, Life Magazine and the Marines in Washington D.C. They

had a conference over whether or not the photo is real or posed. Life was preparing to do an exposé say-ing Associated Press had used a phony photo. Using Bill Ginos’ vid-eo of the flag raising, the group de-termined it was a real picture, and Time Magazine issued an apology.

“But the damage was done and forever and for all time unto today, the photo has been under some sus-picion,” Buell said.

Nevertheless, Rosenthal trav-eled, gave lectures and did whatever he could do to promote the sale of war bonds. World War II was not financed through taxes; it was fi-nanced through the sale of bonds. Three of the six men who raised the second flag had been killed in ac-tion. The other three were ordered back to the U.S. to help sell bonds.

The actual flag was raised over the Capitol Building in Washing-ton D.C., and a 3-cent postage stamp was created depicting the image in Rosenthal’s photo. People lined up around the blocks of post offices to buy some of the 135 mil-lion stamps.

Inspired by the photo, an art-ist for the Navy, Felix W. De Wel-don, made a model of the statue he wanted to create. With approval from President Truman, De Wel-don spent 10 years sculpting the monument which eventually be-came the largest bronze statue in the world. The monument was paid for by contributions from individu-al Marines.

The monument was unveiled in 1954. President Eisenhower at-tended the unveiling but did not make a speech (Richard Nixon spoke), and Eisenhower left early to meet with the new Japanese am-bassador.

“Irony’s repeat themselves,” Buell said. “The monument bore Felix W. De Weldon’s name with no mention of Joe Rosenthal. It was not until President Ronald Rea-gan issued an Executive Order that Rosenthal’s name was added to the statue.”

“The bonds drive generated $250 billion in 1945, half of the national budget, and saved the nation from

going bankrupt,” Buell said.“What critics did not under-

stand, was the sheer photographic power of that picture compared to (Lowery’s) picture,” Buell said. “(Rosenthal’s) picture could have been of the 22nd flag that went up, and it still would have been the flag on Iwo Jima because of its photo-graphic power, and it had the addi-tional benefit of landing in the U.S. at that particular moment in time.”

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FUN AND GAMESA perfect film shines light on an imperfect pastTitle: LincolnRated: PG-13

When you combine a great American icon and a passionate cause, with one of the great-est actors and directors of our age what you

get is a film like Lincoln. It is a movie made more endearing by Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Would it have been su-perb without him? Prob-ably. Is it legendary with him? Absolutely. There is no doubt that the film to see this holiday is Lincoln.

This takes a snapshot from the Civil War era when honest Abe (Daniel Day-Lewis) was battling his own cabinet to try

and get the 13th Amendment passed. It is a bold and heart moving portrayal of the man and his soft demeanor in the face of a volatile America. It seldom gets distracted with other motives but instead keeps the camera lens squarely on the President and the passing of this bill. This may disappoint those looking for a bloody war picture or a North South con-frontation. But this one offers far more depth.

The supporting cast is magnificent and each delivers a performance that is perfectly compatible with the other. Sally Field gives us the role we have been waiting years for her to give. As Abe’s wife Mary Todd she is a woman dealing with the loss of a child and a husband who is unwilling to bend when it comes to the war and his agenda. Much of the film deals with the two opposing political sides. Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens is certainly in line for an award nomination.

But there is no denying that the success of this film is in the hands of Day-Lewis. He has this ability to morph into any role he plays. In this one it is as if Lincoln stepped out of time, possessed Daniel, and took over the film. The strong yet soft spoken hero of the people moves about with a familiar gate and puts ev-eryone at ease. His storytelling and likeability makes this Lincoln a screen gem.

Lincoln is rated PG-13 for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language. This is a powerful film and director Spielberg does a perfect job of showing the man and the cause. This was a tumultuous time for our country and though many films have covered the war few have gone inside the political arena. I give it a 5 out of 5 anecdotes. It is that perfect.

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Whether you’re unemployed and seeking a full-time job

or just looking to earn some extra spending money over the holidays, the seasonal employment picture is bright, according to a new report from CareerCast.com. While some seasonal jobs can certainly make this time of year merrier, other jobs are the labor force equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking.

“The best seasonal jobs offer good paychecks, while others provide

work well after all the decorative lights have come down,” said Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com.

Using criteria from their Jobs Rated reports, CareerCast.com of-fers the season’s best and worst jobs:

BeSt SeASoNAl JoBSSanta Claus: The star of the sea-

son is in high demand. Becoming a Santa Claus can pay handsomely.

Retail Salesperson: The Nation-al Retail Foundation estimates that retail outlets will add about 600,000 new jobs this holiday season.

Parcel Deliverer: Not all gifts arrive via reindeer-driven sleigh.

Food Server: More than 45% of the part-time positions this season are in food service.

Candy Maker: Over 1.7 billion

candy canes are produced annually and consumed almost exclusively during the holiday season.

WorSt SeASoNAl JoBSSanta’s Elf: Elves typically earn

minimum wage, and competition for the jobs is fierce, especially among high-school students.

Christmas Tree Lot Attendant: Attendants are exposed to the ele-

ments and the pay typically is low.Snow Remover: Full-time jobs

in this field are few.Airport Help: A stressful work

environment; minimum wage pay; long hours; and the likelihood of turning the job into full-time em-ployment is very slim.

Taxi Driver: This job ranks as one of the nation’s most stressful, and the likelihood of being robbed is higher than in any other position.

Source: CareerCast.com

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