Former RoughRiders forward Ted Purcell voted AHL All-Star starter January 12, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Hockey, Manchester Monarchs, Ted Purcell
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From OurSports Central:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa- Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders forward Ted Purcell, now in his first season with the American Hockey League’s Manchester Monarchs, has been named to the starting line-up of the Canadian All-Star team for the January 28 AHL All-Star Game in Binghamton, New York. …
Purcell was voted into the starting lineup via online fan balloting. …
Before heading to Maine, Purcell enjoyed a record-breaking two-year run with the RoughRiders. He owns team records for most career points (138), most career assists (99) most assists in one season (52 in 2005-06), most points in one playoff season (14 in 2005) and most assists in one playoff season (9 in 2005). …
Digitized slides of James Van Allen 1950s arctic expedition January 12, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, Science.Tags: James Van Allen, Joseph Kasper, rockoons, University of Iowa Libraries
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Posted yesterday by UI Libraries:
University Archives has received 45 slides depicting an arctic expedition undertaken by Prof. James Van Allen to conduct research using “rockoons.” The slides were donated by Jim Kasper. His father, Joseph Kasper, was a graduate student in physics who accompanied Prof. Van Allen on one of his expeditions made in the 1950s to launch instrumentation on ballons. The 45 slides have been digitzed in their entirety and can be viewed online:
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