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First Medal At Rio Olympics For America

August 28, 2016April 5, 2017 — Alta A AndersonLeave a comment

Virginia Thrasher has been on a winning spree since spring. She has won three NCAA titles and secured a spot on the U.S. Olympic Shooting team.

During the Olympics, she kept her nerves and earned the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics by winning the women’s 10-meter air rifle. 19-year-old, she was quoted saying it has been an incredible year.

Thrasher rose to the top with a lot of hard work. Initially, she was a figure skater during her growing up years. Five years earlier after returning from a family hunting trip, she continued shooting and had been hitting the mark ever since. During the NCAA season at West Virginia, she became the first freshman to win the NCAA rifles titles.

She also won the U.S. Olympic trials winning the spot at Rio. She finished just a slot behind Sarah Scherer qualifying to participate in the finals. She scored a perfect 10.9 in the elimination round as Scherer got knocked out.

As the competition progressed, Thrasher retained the top spot and scored consistently in the 10s. When she entered the finals, she was leading with 0.7 points and in the first round scored an impressive 10.5 that was matched by the fellow contender Li. She scored a 10.4 in the next round which Li failed to match up as she scored 10.1 landing her on the top spot on the podium. The fact that she pulled this feat among the top most shooters in the world is certainly a cherry on top of her victory cake.

Li had won gold medals in the 2004 Athens games, and she also progressed until the second round in the 2012 London Games. The fact that Thrasher had won against two Chinese shooters to win the medal is a sweet surprise.

An elated Thrasher informed the press that she is looking forward to joining back school. A biomedical engineering major, she will be starting school from August 2017.

Science And Technology

Giant spacecraft Juno Lands on Jupiter

July 28, 2016April 5, 2017 — Alta A AndersonLeave a comment

A solar-powered spacecraft that is as big as a basketball court is all set to land on Jupiter on July 4. The spacecraft will study the planet and capture high-resolution photographs of Jupiter.

The robotic probe that is launched by NASA named as Juno will carry scientific instruments that aid the scientists to understand how the planet evolved and formed. Considered as the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is almost 11-times bigger than earth. It has been believed by researchers that it was the first ever planet to have been formed.

The main reason behind launching Juno is to find out about the Solar System. There have been many spacecraft that has landed in Jupiter earlier. But Juno will answer many of the questions that have been hanging in the air for a long time.

Although Jupiter looks almost like the sun, it is much more than that. What it is made of and many other secrets are expected to be explored by Juno.

Juno will look at the interior portions of Jupiter and help in answering many questions. The spacecraft that orbits the planet at about 3,000 miles above the clouds. During this time, it will try to dodge the radiation belts to study the planet.

To protect itself from radiation, Juno has electronic vaults in-built. There is also the color camera that will take up-close shots of the planet for research.
A solar-powered spacecraft that is as big as a basketball court is all set to land on Jupiter on July 4. The spacecraft will study the planet and capture high-resolution photographs of Jupiter.

Although Jupiter looks almost like the sun, it is much more than that. What it is made of and many other secrets are expected to be explored by Juno.

To protect itself from radiation, Juno has electronic vaults in-built. There is also the color camera that will take up-close shots of the planet for research.

The World

Be A Part Of The Queen’s Birthday Celebrations

June 19, 2016April 5, 2017 — Alta A AndersonLeave a comment

One of the biggest highlights of 2016 is Queens’s 90th birthday celebrations. Be a part of the festivities by getting to know what is happening.

Although the queen celebrated her birthday in the month of April, the celebrations continue through the months of May and June. Most of these events are free, and some of them do charge a nominal fee. Regardless of which event you would like to attend, you need to plan ahead of you want to be part of it.

To mark the celebration of her birthday on April 21, The Queen unveiled the Queen’s Walkway. The walkway is a connection between 63 points of interests in town. These points celebrate the Queen’s achievement in being the longest in reign as the monarch after 63 years.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh also lit beacons that initiated the events throughout the country.

May is the first month of the celebrations. A 90-minute long ceremony where more than 900 horses accompanied by 1500 riders and performers taking part in them. If you have seen the Jubilee Horse pageant in the year 2012, this event is similar to that except the theatrical lighting and projections that make it grander. Already 25,000 tickets were sold out when the sale opened back in November 2015. You can also catch up with the celebrations on television from the comfort of your home also.

During the month of June, on the 10th of the month, a weekend full of events has been planned marking the celebrations of Queen’s birthday and unofficially the Birthday of The Duke of Edinburgh. The celebrations begin with a special thanksgiving prayers at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

On June 11, this year’s Trooping the Colour which is the official annual celebration of the Queen’s Birthday Parade. During this time, The Queen takes a look at the soldiers from the Household Division. This event takes place at the Horse Guards Parade behind the Whitehall.

These are only some of the celebrations that have been planned marking the Queen’s Birthday.