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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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Welcome to program 31 of VOA Radiogram from the Voice of America.
I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.
Here is the lineup for today's program:
2:38 MFSK16: Program preview (now)
6:27 MFSK64/Flmsg*: Rails-to-trails, with image
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1:38 MFSK64: Modular smartphones
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1:46 MFSK32: Image of modular smartphone
1:19 MFSK128: Aging minds
1:40 MFSK128L**: Aging minds
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<EOT>
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Abandoned US Railroad Tracks Find New Life</h2><b>Shelley Schlender
September 28, 2013</b>
SEDALIA, MISSOURI - The morning sun shines like gold on the two rails of train tracks that run through Sedalia, Missouri.
An automobile rumbles over the tracks then disappears up the street.
A clanging crossing gate drops, allowing a lone engine to chug by pushing a single boxcar.
<b>When trains were king</b>
Ten blocks away, three dozen tourists dressed in bicycling clothes, gaze up at a train museum that looks like a palace topped
by a towering, green tiled roof.
Tour guide Kathleen Boswell says this historic depot dates back to the 1860s, when trains were king.
Hundreds of trains stopped at the depot along the Kansas-Missouri-Texas Railroad, also known as the Katy, each week.
However, by the 1970s, so many trucks and planes carried freight and people, that the train tracks were largely abandoned.
In the 1980s, private donors worked with government officials to turn this stretch of track into the tourist attraction it is
today.
<b>New way to ride the rails</b>
The former Katy railway is now one of longest recreational trails in the National Rails to Trails Conservancy. It was also one
of the first.
The tourists hop onto their bicycles and take to the trail, gearing up for a week of biking up to 80 kilometers a day. They'll
be pedaling along a car-free trail that winds through hardwood forests and train tunnels, past corn fields and beside the
expansive Missouri River.
The group is among the nearly half-million people who use the Katy Trail every year. More than 20,000 of them come from out of
state.
"I love biking. That's why I'm here," said Stacy Heikes, who is from Colorado. "I love biking in new places. Right up the
road, I hear, there is a burr oak that's a state champion in size."
A tour agency called Road Scholars organized this group's itinerary, and it encourages side trips to train museums, vineyards
and the Missouri state capital.
The historic murals at the capital building in Jefferson City captured California resident Alice Frost's heart.
"The one mural in the senator lounge was just magnificent," Frost said. "I had never been to Missouri before and I had put it
on my low list of places I might like to go, but after seeing it, I see there's many good things for vacationing, and I'm
enjoying it."
<b>Paying off</b>
The Katy Trail cost $6 million to build. Today, the state of Missouri spends a small fraction of that each year to maintain
the 390-kilometer long trail.
Katy Bike Rental owner Todd White says the resulting tourist traffic means the investment pays off.
"The economic impact study says that $18.5 million every year [is] getting sprinkled along this trail," White said. "Two
hundred and fifty thousand meals and, of course, the bike shops and different support services along this trail as well.
Many Missouri cities now require major roads and bridges to include a bike lane, and for residential areas to add bikeways
that link up with the Katy Trail, according to White.
Since beginning with the Katy in the 1980s, the Rails to Trails program has helped convert 32,000 kilometers of abandoned
train tracks into recreational paths. The group's ultimate goal is to create a nationwide network of connecting trails.
<a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/abandoned-us-railroad-tracks-find-new-life/1778545.html">www.voanews.com/content/aband
oned-us-railroad-tracks-find-new-life/1778545.html</a>
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<EOT>
Voice of AmericaNews / USAAbandoned US Railroad Tracks Find New LifeShelley Schlender September 28, 2013 SEDALIA, MISSOURI - The morning sun shines like gold on the two rails of train tracks that run through Sedalia, Missouri. An automobile rumbles over the tracks then disappears up the street. A clanging crossing gate drops, allowing a lone engine to chug by pushing a single boxcar. When trains were king Ten blocks away, three dozen tourists dressed in bicycling clothes, gaze up at a train museum that looks like a palace topped by a towering, green tiled roof. Tour guide Kathleen Boswell says this historic depot dates back to the 1860s, when trains were king. Hundreds of trains stopped at the depot along the Kansas-Missouri-Texas Railroad, also known as the Katy, each week. However, by the 1970s, so many trucks and planes carried freight and people, that the train tracks were largely abandoned. In the 1980s, private donors worked with government officials to turn this stretch of track into the tourist attraction it is today. New way to ride the rails The former Katy railway is now one of longest recreational trails in the National Rails to Trails Conservancy. It was also one of the first. The tourists hop onto their bicycles and take to the trail, gearing up for a week of biking up to 80 kilometers a day. They'll be pedaling along a car-free trail that winds through hardwood forests and train tunnels, past corn fields and beside the expansive Missouri River. The group is among the nearly half-million people who use the Katy Trail every year. More than 20,000 of them come from out of state. "I love biking. That's why I'm here," said Stacy Heikes, who is from Colorado. "I love biking in new places. Right up the road, I hear, there is a burr oak that's a state champion in size." A tour agency called Road Scholars organized this group's itinerary, and it encourages side trips to train museums, vineyards and the Missouri state capital. The historic murals at the capital building in Jefferson City captured California resident Alice Frost's heart. "The one mural in the senator lounge was just magnificent," Frost said. "I had never been to Missouri before and I had put it on my low list of places I might like to go, but after seeing it, I see there's many good things for vacationing, and I'm enjoying it." Paying off The Katy Trail cost $6 million to build. Today, the state of Missouri spends a small fraction of that each year to maintain the 390-kilometer long trail. Katy Bike Rental owner Todd White says the resulting tourist traffic means the investment pays off. "The economic impact study says that $18.5 million every year [is] getting sprinkled along this trail," White said. "Two hundred and fifty thousand meals and, of course, the bike shops and different support services along this trail as well. Many Missouri cities now require major roads and bridges to include a bike lane, and for residential areas to add bikeways that link up with the Katy Trail, according to White. Since beginning with the Katy in the 1980s, the Rails to Trails program has helped convert 32,000 kilometers of abandoned train tracks into recreational paths. The group's ultimate goal is to create a nationwide network of connecting trails. www.voanews.com/content/abandoned-us-railroad-tracks-find-new-life/1778545.html The following image is a screenshot from the video version of this report...
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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In MFSK32, this is VOA Radiogram from the Voice of America.
In the previous program, we experimented with the new MFSK64L and
MFSK128L modes. The long interleave of these modes may improve
the performance of these fast modes in challenging shortwave
reception conditions.
Some listeners noted that Fldigi 3.21.76AR crashed or froze when
the MFSK64L and MFSK128L modes began. The cause for that has been
identified and corrected in subsequent "alpha" versions of
Fldigi. This edition of VOA Radiogram is produced using Fldigi
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<EOT>
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Google Unveils Build-Your-Own-Phone Plan
VOA News October 29, 2013
Discarded mobile phones represent a large and growing stream of waste, but one handset maker hopes a new kind of phone will stem the tide and offer users more flexibility.
In the United States alone, over 129 million mobile devices were discarded in 2009, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Google-owned Motorola on Monday, announced "Project Ara," which they say will create a "free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones."
The company says the goal is simple: to "give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks, where and what it's made of, how much it costs, and how long you'll keep it," according to a blog post.
The phones will be built around an "endoskeleton," which will provide the basic frame. Then, a user could snap in different modules.
"A module can be anything, from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter--or something not yet thought of," said Motorola.
Ara has been in the works for over a year and recently partnered with Phonebloks, a pioneer in build-your-own-phones.
"We want to do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software: create a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem, lower the barriers to entry, increase the pace of innovation, and substantially compress development timelines," Motorola said the post.
In a few months, the company said it would invite developers to start creating modules by releasing the first version of a module developer's kit.
http://www.voanews.com/content/google-build-your-own-phones-modul
See also: http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/goodbye-sticky-hello-ar
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<EOT>
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Google Unveils Build-Your-Own-Phone Plan
VOA News October 29, 2013
Discarded mobile phones represent a large and growing stream of waste, but one handset maker hopes a new kind of phone will stem the tide and offer users more flexibility.
In the United States alone, over 129 million mobile devices were discarded in 2009, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Google-owned Motorola on Monday, announced "Project Ara," which they say will create a "free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones."
The company says the goal is simple: to "give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks, where and what it's made of, how much it costs, and how long you'll keep it," according to a blog post.
The phones will be built around an "endoskeleton," which will provide the basic frame. Then, a user could snap in different modules.
"A module can be anything, from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter--or something not yet thought of," said Motorola.
Ara has been in the works for over a year and recently partnered with Phonebloks, a pioneer in build-your-own-phones.
"We want to do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software: create a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem, lower the barriers to entry, increase the pace of innovation, and substantially compress development timelines," Motorola said the post.
In a few months, the company said it would invite developers to start creating modules by releasing the first version of a module developer's kit.
http://www.voanews.com/content/google-build-your-own-phones-modul
See also: http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/goodbye-sticky-hello-ar
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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VOA NEWS
Study: Learning New Skills Keeps Aging Mind Sharp
Jessica Berman October 26, 2013
A new study shows that elderly adults who challenge their minds with increasingly difficult tasks maintain cognitive functioning better than those who do less demanding activities.
To keep our brains sharp as we age, we are often told to keep our minds active; "use it or lose it." There actually is little scientific evidence to support that, however, according to psychologist Denise Park of the University of Texas at Dallas.
"Partially because it is very, very hard to do experiments with humans, where you randomly assign them to conditions where, say, you retire young, you do not retire; you do interesting things, you do boring things," said Park.
So Park, head of the university D enter for Vital Longevity, designed a study in which she and her colleagues randomly assigned 221 healthy aging and elderly t dul V to one of three groups.
"We asked people to learn new things, like quilting or photography. We asked other people to just do fun things like being in a social group. And then we asked other people to do things at home that seemingly would help their cognition or their mental function but were not likely to have a very large effect," she said.
The participants engaged in their assigned activity for 15 hours per week o7 the course of three months.
At the end of that time, researchers found that the adults who learned new skills, such as digital photography or quilting or both, showedoreatest imÆovements on memory testtt/Q
No io B Gwereg Fn tte acores of those in the social group that did activities together like go on field trips, nor among the third group that listened to classical music or did crossword puzzles.
Park believes the key to improved memory in the active learning group is that the participants constantly were challenged to acquire new skills, unlike tho2 in the other two groups, who eced i Qat she calls receptive activities.
While not a cure for age-related mental decline, Park thinks being actively engaged slows it Own.
"So, I am not as interested in improving the function of people as they age in their later years. I am more interested in showing ultimately over time that by these novel experiences that involve a lot of mental operations that we can slow the rate at which people cognitively age," she said.
Park said the latest data show the improvements were maintained for at least a year, and she and her colleagues plan longer term follow ups with the participants. She also is curious to learn whether engaging in demanding mental activities delays the onset of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.voanews.com/content/study-shows-learning-new-skills-ke
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<EOT>
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Study: Learning New Skills Keeps Aging Mind Sharp
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To keep our brains sharp as we age, we are often told to keep our minds active; "use it or lose it." There actually is little scientific evidence to support that, however, according to psychologist Denise Park of the University of Texas at Dallas.
"Partially because it is very, very hard to do experiments with humans, where you randomly assign them to conditions where, say, you retire young, you do not retire; you do interesting things, you do boring things," said Park.
So Park, head of the university's Center for Vital Longevity, designed a study in which she and her colleagues randomly assigned 221 healthy aging an w lderly adults to one of three groups.
"We asked people to learn new things, like quilting or photography. We asked other people to just do fun things like being in a social group. And then we asked other people to do things at home that seemingly would help their cognition or their mental function but were not likely to have a very large effect," she said.
The participants engaged in their assigned activity for 15 hours per week over the course of three months.
At the end of that time, researchers found that the adults who learned new skills, such as digital photography or quilting or both, showed the greatest improvements on memory tests.
No improvements were seen in the scores of those in the social group that did activities together like go on field trips, nor among the third group that listened to classical music or did crossword puzzles.
Park believes the key to improved memory in the active learning group is that the participants constantly were challenged to acquire new skills, unlike those in the other two groups, who engaged in what she calls receptive activities.
While not a cure for age-related mental decline, Park thinks being actively engaged slows it down.
"So, I am not as interested in improving the function of people as they age in their later years. I am more interested in showing ultimately over time that by these novel experiences that involve a lot of mental operations that we can slow the rate at which people cognitively age," she said.
Park said the latest data show the improvements were maintained for at least a year, and she and her colleagues plan longer term follow ups with the participants. She also is curious to learn whether engaging in demanding mentl ,tivities delays the onset of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
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<EOT>
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Photo caption: A tree is backdropped by the setting sun outside
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Thanks to colleagues at the Edward R. Murrow shortwave
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I'm Kim Elliott. Please join us for the next VOA Radiogram.
This is VOA, the Voice of America.
<EOT>
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<EOT>
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