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Join us on Sunday the 19th May from 11am to 4pm at the Chilterns MS Centre for our May Fest.
Stalls of all sorts of games
DJ and Music
Kercher School of Dance Performance
Fire Engine for children to See
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All the required information for the Prestwook 10k has been updated and is now available to download!
This is now located on the "Fundraising" page, to get to the application form just click on the poster and it will take you to the correct page!
Where you will be able to download the "Sponsor Form" and the "Route Map"
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We are getting ready for the "World's End Garden Centre" tin collection!
This is happening on "Saturday 6th April 2013" from 10am to 4pm
Any one interested in volunteering and helping out with the collection,
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FAMILIES from Buckinghamshire are invited to take part in our Easter Egg Treasure Trail.
We are hosting the activity for children in Wendover Woods on Saturday, March 30 from 11am until 3pm.
We wanted to organise something fun for all the family and thought an Easter Egg Treasure Trail would be great for all.
The trail will cost £2.50 per child....
We are looking for volunteers to take part in our sponsored MS Challenge, a 10 mile trek carrying someone living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) through the Brecon Beacons, on June 22.
The MS Challenge involves a team of 12 volunteers carrying an MS patient in a wheelchair 10 miles along a course that runs through the Brecon Beacons.
We'd like anyon...
We have recently been given a selection of gardening tools from an organisation in the area that has now been disbanded.
The items came from The Buckinghamshire Association for Gardening with Disabled People and we will use them within our own gardens.
We plan to link up with key volunteering charities locally and offer those with disabilities an...
We are privileged that Station Commander at RAF Halton, Group Captain Simon Harper OBE MA RAF has become a Patron for us.
This will continue our close association with RAF Halton.
Simon explained: "I am delighted to be a new Patron of the Chilterns MS Centre. The centre does such tremendous work helping people who live with Multiple Scleros...
We would like to congratulate Jennifer Sheehy, who has recently been promoted to the Head of Fundraising at the centre. She is a vital part of the team and her experience in the charity sector is most valuable to us.
Jennifer's main role is the development and implementation of the Fundraising Strategy. She also organises and supports events for t...
IT'S OFFICIAL...taking time out to volunteer is great for your health.
It has been proven that 'doing good' can increase people's longevity, keep them fitter and enable them to cope better with illness, according to Volunteering England.
While it's common knowledge that volunteers do a world of good for charities and the communities they serve, i...
ART LOVERS are invited next month (March, 2013) to our free annual fundraising exhibition.
Artwork by more than 60 professional and amateur artists will be on display on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10.
This is the eighth year Dagny Lund and Karen Shaw, who are both clinicians at the centre, have organised the event with the support of the...
The Curry and Quiz Night will take place on Friday the 15th of February at 7pm in the Wendover Memorial Hall. Cost is £15.00 per person and this includes a curry supper. Contact the Fundraising Team on 01296 696133 if you would like to put a team in....
On Tuesday the 29th January from 7pm - 9 pm we the Young MS Group meet here at the Chilterns MS Centre to spend a couple of hours together.
We laugh , listen and look ahead.
If you are under 50, we would love you to join us.
Call Jennifer on 01296 696133 for more details.
We will still go ahead with the coffee morning for those who can walk to the centre or brave enough to drive the hill. These will take place once a month, so if you can not make this one we will see you in February. Rather have everyone safe!...
Appointments will go ahead on Wednesday. WARNING - the main road up to the centre still has heavy snow on it and is icy. Please ensure you are confident driving in these conditions. The car park is partially cleared at the centre for parking cars. Should the weather change, afternoon appointments may need to be cancelled. AD...
All appointments on Tuesday have been cancelled for patients. The decision was taken on the grounds of Health and Safety. The road up to the centre is very icy and the car park is not safe for patients. Several volunteers and staff will be shovelling snow tomorrow so hopefully it will be business as usual for Wednesday. ...
The centre will be closed on Monday due to the weather and the condition of the road up to the centre. ...
We will keep you posted as to when the rescheduled date will be. Mother nature has a lot to answer to snowing on that night....
Run the Worlds' Greatest Route
The British 10Km Run is staged on the worlds' greatest road route through the heart of central London passing many of the Capital's truly world class historic landmarks.
Do you want to be part of this historic run?
The Chilterns MS Centre has SIX places available for willing runners. In exchange, we wou...


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McLouth to Braves Reaction
I attempted to attend today's game vs the Mets. I got there at 4:59, and there wasn't an employee in sight. Around 5:25, an employee come to the gates and says that they're not allowed to open the gates until they hear from Pirates "upper" management. He would return 5 minutes later to inform those of us at the gate that the game would be cancelled.
It's barely been raining since 7:00. This game could've and should've been played.
Why the cancellation? Simple. The Pirates attendance for the first time games of this series was 11,000 and 10,000. The attendance tonight would've likely been in the 8-9,000 range. The Pirates simply wanted to get this game rescheduled later in June or July, when the kids are out of school, so they can get a big draw. They are getting embarrassed in attendance, and rightly so. Even after last week's sell out for fireworks, the Pirates are DEAD LAST in attendance in Major League Baseball.
So, I'm at home and I turn on the MLB Network and they are reporting on the Braves acquiring Nate McLouth from the Pirates for three minor leaguers. At first, I was shocked. I looked up the prospects and saw that they weren't even top prospects. We didn't get their best prospects. We didn't get Tommy Hanson or Jason Heyward.
This was a salary dump – which is seemingly the motive behind every trade we've done in the past 17 years.
The Pirates signed Nate to a long term deal and hailed him as one of the core players that they were going to build around for the future. What a joke. I can only imagine what the players must be feeling in the clubhouse after hearing about this trade. They probably feel like someone just pulled the carpet out from under them. Maybe they cancelled the game because the players revolted. (I wish).
One possible explanation for the trade could be that the Pirates needed to make room for Andrew McCutchen, who was called up after the trade. Why not trade Nyjer Morgan or Brandon Moss? Why not deal Adam LaRoche and move Moss to first base? I just don't get it. I wanted to see McCutchen called up eventually, but not like this.
So, the Pirates have basically sealed the deal on another miserable losing season, which will set an all time record for futility. While they're at it, here's another trade General Manager Neal Huntington is likely considering:
Freddy Sanchez to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays offer of Reid Brignac, Tim Beckham and David Price will be turned down by Huntington, who, after scanning the Rays minor leagues sees two players he likes. Sanchez for Henry Wrigley (because he likes his last name), and Joseph Cruz (because he's 6'4″, so he probably throws hard)
Sanchez has been one of our best hitters. If he gets 635 plate appearances, his contract automatically renews itself next year. Funny that Sanchez has been getting some random off days. Especially last week, the day after going 6 for 6.
So, what does this trade mean for ballhawking? It means that slightly more batted balls will reach the bleachers in left field. Hopefully McCutchen hits in the last group and hits for power. The trade also likely means less balls in center field. Nate was great and picking out the regular ballhawks and hooking them up during the games. We can only hope that McCutchen will do the same.
I'm mad. I wish I could go to tomorrow's game with some scathing signs to hold up.
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Wow, thats so interesting about the salary dump b/c when i was in Pitt in 06, thats all we heard from EVERY season ticket holder- the team is only concerned about getting kids to the games, and will spend NO MONEY at all to build a real team/
Oh, and DAVID PRICE! Why would the rays give him up?!
Puck, the Price trade was tongue in cheek, a sarcastic comment to show my disdain for Neal Huntington's ineptitude as a general manager.
Yeah, i realized that after i posted the comment, and reread the remark again
This wasn't a salary dump at all. It was a baseball trade, and a completely necessary one at that. The Pirates need more prospects to fill up the holes in our farm system. Nate McLouth himself isn't going to make this team win, we need 9 good players on the field every day to win, not 2 or 3. How do we achieve that? By trading the value we have now away for more value in the future. Then, in a couple of years, our young guys will all be coming up to the bigs and reaching their potential together, and then we'll have a real team. As for Tommy Hansen and Jason Heyward, you would be nuts to think McLouth is worth one of those guys. You highly overrate Nate my friend.
Stick to obsessing over worthless batting practice baseballs buddy, you clearly know very little about the Pirates, or baseball, for that matter.
Hey john, the pirates have sucked for 15 yrs. They managment is retarted, b/c after 15 yrs of sucking, you should eventualy develop some prospects and win some games (ex. Tampa Bay) SO it could have been a salary dump because managment showed that they dont give a **** about the team, because the team hasnt done **** in 15 years.
Mature comment. It wreaks of jealousy.
You obviously haven't been a Pirate fan for very long. Its been 17 years of salary dumps. The Pirates saved 1.5 million this year, and wiped these salaries off the books: '10:$4.5M, '11:$6.5M, '12:$10.65M club option ($1.25M buyout.) You're nothing more than a Bob Nutting apologist.
Please, as a friend of yours, do me a favor and read this article and comments on the trade (http://raisethejollyroger.com/2009/06/nate-mclouth-traded/#comments). Now, I'm not trying to be mean or unreasonable or get under your skin, but as an honest Pirate fan, they made the right move. NH said they would absolutely have to be blown away to trade one of their cornerstones, and they were. Morton has great numbers this year and just dominated his first start in AAA, going like 7 innings scoreless I believe. While I'm not trying to rip on Nate or anything, he was only an above average player. Also, about the salary dump, "This was not a salary dump. The Pirates just signed Nate to a reasonable deal this offseason (which is what bothers me most about this), and they only save about a $1M by getting rid of Nate. Purely a move to improve the team, flawed or not." Believe it or not, I was mad too when we traded him, but after looking hard at the numbers, well, it looks like we did the right thing. Please don't take this like I'm ripping on you, or trying to plug my brother's blog, but I'm just trying to reason things through. Again, please don't take this the wrong way.
I'm not on the Pirates side or against it on this one…
Let's take a look back at the last year's trades by the Pirates.
- Last year, on July 26th, the Pirates and Yankees decided to swing a six-player deal, which gave New York Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. Each of these players were key contributors to the Pirates lineup day in and day out. In return, four minor leaguers: Jose Tabata, Daniel McCutchen, Jeff Karstens and Ross Ohlendorf. (Obviously Karstens and Ohlendorf are on the major league club now.)
- A few days later, the Pirates parted ways with Jason Bay. Bay was a long time contributor in Left Field for Pittsburgh, and is currently pounding the ball for the Red Sox. The Pirates received third baseman Andy LaRoche, outfielder Brandon Moss, and right-handed pitchers Craig Hansen and Bryan Morris. LaRoche, Moss, and Hansen joined the club, but were mainly minor leaguers at the time.
Now as everyone is complaining, we've been getting players who compete and play great in this organization, then trade them. Examples are Nady, Bay, Marte, as well as Jason Kendall, Brian Giles, Aramis Ramirez, Jason Schmidt, Kris Benson, Jon Lieber, and now Nate McLouth. (Probably many I missed.)
Of course us as fans of the organization are going to be upset. Of course we're going to be mad. We want to see the Pirates win. We're 3 Games under .500! If we wanted to bring up McCutchen so bad, why didn't we keep McLouth too! Our lineup would vastly improve with both players there. That's why we're mad.
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The only thing that I am happy about trading our best players is this: We are getting talent in the minors! Real talent. Sure we wouldn't get their #1, #2, or even #3 prospect. That's like us trading Alvarez or McCutchen for a guy like Nate. That doesn't bother me.
Now since we have gotten Neil Huntington, we have traded the likes of Nady, Bay, and McLouth. That's our whole starting outfield last year. The positive is the many players we got in return. These 3 players, Moss, Andy Laroche, Ohlendorf, Karstens, etc. etc. etc. These players are and will be Major Leaguer ballplayers soon. These guys will contribute. McCutchen is up now, and he will contribute. Our pitching staff is looking so much better for the next few years now that we have this.
I want to type more but its taking forever.
Some people are completely against this. Some are completely for it. I just don't know until I see how these players do.
You couldn't be more on the spot, although there have been blunders in the past, NH and crew are doing it right now. Andy Laroche is a huge contributor now, and Moss will end up being a solid every day player. I also forgot to mention that when we got these guys, they are basically becoming our top prospects in the system even though we didn't get their top prospects, that's how depleted our minors our.
bottomline is, having a couple of good players that perform well and that the fans love just doesn't win ballgames. What's the point of having a Jason Bay or Nate McLouth when the club isn't winning with them?? Regardless of their contributions, no one person can make a team win. The Pirates aren't making .500 their goal, 82 wins isn't good enough. We want to be a contender for a world series again, and you do that by building your farm system so you will have a bunch of talent on the major league team coming up at the same time, instead of having 2 standouts and 23 other mediocre players. Anyone who complains about this trade really doesn't understand what it takes to turn a team like the Pirates around. The Aramis deal and all the other crap Littlefield did was just to save money and was totally worthless in the end, but those days are over, Coonely and Huntington know what they are doing.


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"I have only drawn what I have seen with certainty."
—Edward Emerson Barnard, 1894, quoted by William Sheehan (1995)
"Responding to criticism that he preferred an artistic drawing to an accurate one, he replied, "I know no difference between the two."
—Richard Baum (2007) reporting the words of Nathaniel Everett Green (+1899)
Astronomical sketching is as old as stars on petroglyphs, and as new as Arp peculiar galaxies drawn on the web. Never static, its long practice is now in dialogue with the latest electronic-image processing; yet those who draw at the eyepiece can feel part of a chain stretching back through Messier and Herschel to Galileo. Its historical depth offers a broad array of graphic tools and techniques on which to draw, from chalk and the quill pen to modern polymers, which can be combined in ways which are yet new. Sketching still has a role in solar and planetary data collection; and drawings of all celestial objects and phenomena provide valuable data for the study of human perception; and sketching can play a role in the serious experimental archaeology of astronomy. The eyes of no two observers are the same, their equipment differs, they handle pencils differently. Astronomical sketching allows a very personal dimension into a scientific pursuit (an aspect which made some Victorian observers very uneasy, but which we can now embrace). There is more than one scientific and attractive way to draw a lunar rill, depict an occultation, and sketch a planetary nebula or a starburst galaxy. It is a perfect way to avoid the dead-end of an astronomical monoculture. It sharpens the observer, and provides a lifelong learning experience, as does CCD work at its best. The simplest of tools can be used to start, and no equipment beyond what the observer already owns is required, be it but the naked eye. No particular talent, predilection, or gifts are needed for success, for the talent grows with the practice. There is no active RASC observer who cannot begin to sketch, and learn to sketch well.
A sunspot drawing in watercolour done on 1890 Nov. 30, by Allan F. Miller, using the projection method with a 10.16cm Wrey long-focus achromatic refractor, probably from his observatory on Carlton Street, Toronto. |
Modern guides to astronomical sketching tools and techniques
- R. Handy, D.B. Moody, J. Perez, E. Rix, and S. Robbins, Astronomical Sketching: a Step-by-Step Introduction, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series (New York-Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London: Springer 2007), ISBN: 978-0-387-26240-6: the fullest modern guide in English
- P. Grego, Astronomical Cybersketching: Observational Drawing with PDAs and Tablet PCs, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series (New York-Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London: Springer 2009), ISBN: 978-0-387-85350-5: a companion volume to the above, but with a technological difference
- R. Handy, D. Kelleghan, Th. McCague, E. Rix, and S. Russell, Sketching the Moon: An Astronomical Artist's Guide, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series (New York-Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London: Springer 2012), ISBN: 978-1-4614-0940-3
- R. Sampson, "Recording Your Observations", in T. Dickinson and A. Dyer, The Backyard Astronomer's Guide, 3rd edition, rev. and expanded (Richmond Hill: Firefly, 2008), ISBN-13: 978-1554073443, pp. 154-155: an encouraging introduction - note also that Dickinson and Dyer have used both drawings and ccd images throughout the book.
- C.Roussell 2008, JRASC 102/3, 102-104: on sketching Mercury
- http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000567.html the best general astronomical sketching web resource.
- http://www.elisanet.fi/jere.kahanpaa/astro/HOWTO.html
- http://lexikon.astronomie.info/beobachter/zeichnen/mondzeichnen.html
General scientific-illustration techniques applicable to astronomical drawing
- The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, ed. E.R.S. Hodges, 2nd edition (New York: Wiley, 2003), ISBN-13: 978-0471360117: contains a chapter devoted to astronomical illustration
- F.W. Zweifel, A Handbook of Biological Illustration, 2nd edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988), ISBN-13: 978-0226997018
- M. Stevens, The Art of Botanical Painting, Smithsonian and the Society of Botanical Artists (New York: Harper Collins, 2004), ISBN-13: 978-0007169887
Photography vs. sketching
- A.D. Wittmann, 2000, in The Role of Visual Representations in Astronomy, ed. K. Hentschel and A. Wittmann (Thun and Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Harri Deutsch), 79-89
- R. Bishop & D. Lane 2004, JRASC 98/2, 78-91; an important pair of articles (1 | 2), the second of which reports that "contrary to common wisdom" the most sensitive response in the dark-adapted eye (within the limit of its optical design and operational parameters) exceeds that of an astronomical CCD in 2004
- http://www.asod.info/?p=969 comparison of Les Cowley's H-alpha drawings with Pete Lawrence's digital images of the same solar events on 2008 May 7. They are both excellent imagers, and the comparison repays careful study
Modern examples of astronomical sketching
- Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- Publications of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
- The Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer
- H. Hill, A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, Practical Astronomy Handbooks 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), ISBN-13: 978-0521381130
- Astronomy Sketch of the Day
- http://www.rangeweb.net/~sketcher/index.html
- 150-Foot Solar Tower Current Sunspot Drawing
- http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000433.html
- Work of Erika Rix, a noted and experienced solar, lunar, and DSO sketcher
- Work by a very good DSO sketcher Rony De Laet. Also see his The Casual Sky Observer's Guide: Stargazing with Binoculars and Small Telescopes, Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide series (New York-Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London: Springer 2012), ISBN: 978-1-4614-0594-8: a good introductory observing guide, well-illustrated with the author's fine sketches of what can actually be seen by the eye (but the information on the history of astronomy should be read with caution)
- Brandon Doyle's sketches, a model of their kind. Also see Brandon's article in the January 2012 number of Astronomy on "How to sketch deep-sky objects" (pp. 64-69)
- Astronomy editor David J. Eicher's regular column Deep-sky Showcase
- Carol Lakomiak's tutorials on sketching the Moon, and the Sun and Deep Sky Objects. Carol also writes the astrosketching column for the BBC's Sky at Night Magazine
- The UK magazine Astronomy Now also frequently features articles on astrosketching
- ArpGalaxies―Martin Schoenball's, Uwe Glahn's, and Matthias Juchert's drawings of 100 of the visually most interesting and striking of the objects in Dr. Halton C. Arp's famous Atlas of Peculair Galaxies (1966)
- Michael Vlasov's superb dso, double star, and solar-system object sketches can be found here
Jupiter Shadow Transit, 2012 December 20, Gordon Webster, 120mm f.8.3 refractor, at 125X — co-winner of the 1st RASC Astrosketchers' Contest!
Guides (historical) to astronomical sketching
- C.P. Smyth 1843, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5, 277-279 (this is the short version of the paper; it appeared fully in Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 15 [1846], 71-82
- M. Huggins 1882, The Observatory, 5, 358-362
- T. W. Webb 1871, Nature, 3, 430-431:on Jovian Sketching
- T.W. Webb, 1873, Popular Science Review, 12,234-242:on sketching the moon
- T.W. Webb, 1875, English Mechanic, 22, 255: on drawing the Great Nebula in Orion (M42)
- T.W. Webb 1883, Knowledge, 4, 302-303: on sketching the moon
- Rosse, 4th Earl 1874, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 34, 235-247
- L. Weinek, 1890, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2, 201-214
- D. Morehouse, 1922, Popular Astronomy, 30, 461-464
- R.A. Rosenfeld, 2008, JRASC, 102/5, 200-205: History of Astronomical Sketching in the RASC
- L. Chimirri, et al. 2009, L'esercizio illegale dell'astronomia: Max Ernst, Iliazd, Wilhelm Tempel (Firenze: Centro Di Edifimi srl): reproductions and studies of Wilhelm Tempel's superb 19th-century DSO drawings - and the remarkable 20th-century surrealist art they spawned
- W. Sheehan, F. Launay, & R.A. Rosenfeld, 2010, JRASC, 104/5: on the technique used to make the earliest depiction of Mare Orientale in 1675
- Deep sky observer Wolfgang Steinicke has come out with an excellent account of the making of the New General Catalogue and the role of astrosketching in its genesis. Many drawings are reproduced: Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), ISBN-13: 978-0-521-19267-5
- Professor Omar W. Nasim has recently been working on the role of astronomical sketching in 19th-century DSO observations http://ethz.academia.edu/OmarNasim
Historical scientific-illustration tools and techniques applicable to astronomical drawing
- W. Stanley, 1878, A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments, 5th ed., E. and F. N. Spon, London
- W. Suffolk, 1870, Microscopical Manipulation, Henry Gillman, London
Craters Aristarchus, Herodotus & Vallis Schröteri, 2012 February 4, Alexander Massey, C5, f.10, at 250X — co-winner of the 1st RASC Astrosketchers' Contest!
Historical examples of astronomical sketching
- Galileo's Sunspot drawings
- Galileo's lunar sketches. Recent important work on Galileo as artist can be found in Horst Bredekamp, Galileo der Künstler: die Mond-die Sonne-die Hand (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2007), and the collective volumes under Bredekamp's editorship: Galileo's O: Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, ed. I. Brückle & O. Hahn, vol 1 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2011), and Paul Needham, Galileo's O: Galileo Makes a Book, vol. 2 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2011). Doubt has recently been expressed (late June 2012) that the "New York" Sidereus Nuncius at the heart of these studies and associated books may be the work of a highly sophisticated forgery operation associated with the Girolamini book-theft ring associated with the notorious Marino Massimo de Caro . The New York Sidereus Nuncius is scheduled for fresh forensic examination at in labs in Berlin in the near future
- W.C. Bond, G.P.Bond, and J. Winlock, Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, vol. 8, vols. 1-2 (Cambridge, MA: Wilson & Son, 1876)
- É.Trouvelot, The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1881-1882). Also see Rosenfeld, R.A. & Sheehan, W. 2011, How an Artist Brought the Heavens to Earth, Astronomy, 39/1, 52-57
- E.-M. Antoniadi, La planète mars (Paris: Libraire scientifique Hermann et Cie, 1930)
For an intriguing project in the experimental archaeology of astronomical sketching, namely the use of techniques and instruments similar to those employed by E.E. Barnard for the 1894 opposition of Mars, see: http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/public/TwoWeeksOnMars/
For a good collection of digitalized versions of astronomical drawings published during the golden age of the practice, see: http://adswww.harvard.edu/ (n.b: the scans do not do justice to the originals)
Non-RASC Forums
- http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/Sketching
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astrosketch/
- Les Cowley's excellent programme for determining the Sun's orientation, poles, equator, rotation direction, drift direction, and prominence position angles for any date, time and location
- Peter Meadow's Stonyhurst disks for various heliographic latitudes of the centre of the solardisk and projected image diameters
He has also written some very useful programmes for determining the solar coordinates of features on sketches.
Most moderate seized towns in Canada have at least several art-supply stores, or office goods suppliers. The best place to buy supplies for astronomical sketching is at the art stores attached to colleges (or universities) of art and design. They usually have the largest selection, best prices, and most knowledgeable staff. If there are no art-supply retail outlets near where you live, you could try internet suppliers. The RASC cannot endorse any commercial supplier above another, put please try to buy Canadian.
We wish to thank Peter Abrahams, Jim Mosher, and Prof. Omar W. Nasim for advice and corrections.
If you have suggestions for sources on sketching at the telescope (modern or historical) which you think should be considered for inclusion here please forward them to rosenfel (at) chass (dot) utoronto (dot) ca, or cdnspooky (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Chapter 1Introduction
Planning for Healthy Travel: Responsibilities & Resources
International travel encompasses a wide array of activities, including business travel, sightseeing, adventure travel, international adoption, and visiting friends and relatives. The process of planning these trips involves a relationship between the traveler, the clinicians, and the travel and tourism industry. This section outlines how these groups can work together so that travel may be safer, healthier, and more enjoyable.
Although studies have shown that most travelers from the United States and other countries do not seek pre-travel health advice, travelers need to understand the health risks that traveling internationally may pose and be actively involved in preparing for healthy travel.
Gathering Destination Information
Travelers should find out as many details as possible about their travel destinations, modes of travel, lodging, food, and activities during their trip. These details help the travel health provider tailor his or her advice in regard to immunizations, prophylaxis, and other health advice. Travelers can visit the CDC Travelers' Health website (www.cdc.gov/travel) for the latest health information for international destinations, which includes disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and other events with health-related concerns.
Seeking and Following Pre-Travel Health Advice
Obtaining pre-travel health care and advice from a clinician familiar with travel is an important step in preparing to travel internationally. Ideally, this visit should take place 4–6 weeks before travel, but even getting a consultation in the week before travel can be of value. The pre-travel visit includes a discussion of immunizations, prophylactic medications (such as antimalaria drugs), and specific health advice for preventing and treating travelers' diarrhea and other illnesses the traveler may encounter. Travelers who have chronic health issues or who take medications may also need to coordinate their pre-travel care with their regular doctors. CDC recommends that travelers prepare and carry a travel health kit (see Chapter 2, Travel Health Kits).
Avoiding Travel When Sick
Recently, more emphasis has been placed on advising people to avoid traveling while they are sick, if they may have a communicable disease that can be transmitted to other people. Postponing or canceling a trip can be inconvenient and may incur additional expenses, but these costs may be small compared with the public health costs of a disease outbreak, which may include a search for airline travelers who might have been exposed to the traveler's disease.
Regardless of their specialty, most clinicians will encounter a traveling patient at some point in their practice. Clinicians, especially those in primary care, should know basic travel health information to determine the extent of health advice their patients should access before traveling, and be able to recognize common post-travel health symptoms and syndromes.
Incorporating Pre-Travel Care into One's Practice
At a minimum, clinicians can easily incorporate the topic of travel medicine into their practice by routinely asking patients if they are planning to travel internationally, particularly to a developing country. By doing so, clinicians can begin to raise awareness and emphasize the importance of a pre-travel consultation, and the fact that international travel can pose special health risks. Inquiring in advance also allows time for the patient to receive comprehensive pre-travel care, either at the current visit or by scheduling a pre-travel consult before the planned trip. Additionally, patients who have more complex medical histories, or who need to see a specialist in travel medicine, would have time to adequately address any special needs. Clinicians should be particularly aware of people who were born in or may be visiting friends or relatives in developing countries. For more information on this population, refer to Chapter 8, Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends and Relatives (VFRs).
Before evaluating a traveler for a pre-travel consultation, the clinician should determine what level of information he or she is comfortable giving to the patient. Some clinicians may base their comfort level on aspects of trips, such as location, length, and type, on the complexity of the patient's medical history, or both. Common categories of service include the following:
- Referring all travelers to a travel clinic or a travel medicine specialist.
- Offering only basic pre-travel advice and common vaccinations for less complex situations, such as advising travelers who are going on a short vacation to a popular tourist destination such as Mexico or the Caribbean.
- Providing complex pre-travel consultations and making a commitment to the practice of travel medicine.
Even if clinicians have decided to offer only pre-travel care for less complex situations and itineraries, they should take the time to give a comprehensive pre-travel consultation, incorporating vaccines, medications, and behavioral preventive recommendations. For more information, see Chapter 2, The Pre-Travel Consultation.
Clinicians who wish to provide pre-travel care in more complex consultations can extend their knowledge and expertise in several ways:
- Refer to Appendix A for additional information about the practice of travel medicine, professional resources, and certifications offered through professional organizations.
- As travel medicine is dynamic, clinicians who regularly advise travelers in pre-travel consultations need to maintain a current base of knowledge. Many different Internet resources and databases, although sometimes incomplete or in conflict with one another, are available for clinicians to use to keep abreast of the health issues in international travel (see Appendix B).
- In addition to general pre-travel consultations, some clinicians may also wish to become registered yellow fever vaccine providers. This process is initiated with one's state health department.
Incorporating Post-Travel Care into One's Practice
Recognizing common travel-related disease symptoms and syndromes is important in the primary care and emergency care settings, as these settings are usually where an ill returned traveler will initially seek medical care. When assessing a patient for a possible infectious disease, it is of paramount importance to remember to obtain a travel history. Patients with influenzalike symptoms may not remember to volunteer the fact that they have recently traveled to Africa, for example, and could have malaria, which is potentially life-threatening. Further information about post-travel medical care can be found in Chapter 5.
Additionally, clinicians should have a plan as to when they will refer a patient to a specialist and who that specialist would be, before the patient comes into the office seeking medical care. Patients needing more extensive post-travel care can be referred to a clinician in infectious diseases or clinical tropical medicine. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene provides a listing of such clinicians on its website (www.astmh.org).
Customers often look to their travel agents to advise them on all aspects of their trip, including health risks and preventive actions they should take. Although the role of travel and tourism industry professionals is not to provide personal medical consultations, mentioning that health risks exist and referring travelers to a clinic or to the International Society of Travel Medicine website are appropriate actions. In many cases, this may be the best opportunity to help someone who was not aware that pre-travel medical advice was important. The CDC Travelers' Health website can be consulted to give a general idea of the health risks the client may encounter on a given trip (www.cdc.gov/travel).
Travelers' Health Website
Destination Pages
CDC's Travelers' Health website features destination-specific pages with information on current CDC assessments of disease risk and recommendations for healthy travel (wwwnc. cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list.aspx).
Travel Notices
The travel notice section of the website (wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices.aspx) contains the latest information about international outbreaks or other health-related issues, including recommendations for travelers. CDC's Travel Notices are presented in 4 levels: In the News, Outbreak, Travel Health Precaution, and Travel Health Warning (Table 1–01). Most notices posted on the website are in the first 2 categories. CDC rarely issues a travel health precaution or a travel health warning.
Occasionally, travel notices may feature changes to existing recommendations, such as adding antimalarial prophylaxis for an area previously thought to be malaria free. If the outbreak resolves, the recommendation may be withdrawn. If the new recommendation becomes permanent, it is incorporated at that time into the text of the online version of CDC Health Information for International Travel, and added to a running list of updates to the hardcopy edition at www.cdc.gov/yellowbook. Any related recommendation changes for specific destinations are also incorporated into the relevant destination pages.
Considerations for Instituting Travel Notices
The purpose of CDC Travel Notices is to inform travel health providers and travelers about situations occurring internationally that may present a health risk to US residents traveling internationally, and to provide recommendations for protecting the health of these travelers. These notices are not meant to catalog all disease outbreaks or health-related disasters. When deciding whether to post a travel notice and at what notice level, CDC considers several factors outlined below, in consultation with relevant subject-matter experts. These factors are used to guide the decisionmaking process, but do not limit the process from incorporating other factors necessary in making the best possible public health decision during an event.
Disease transmission: For specific disease outbreaks, the modes of transmission and patterns of spread, as well as the magnitude and scope of the outbreak in the area, affect the decision for the appropriate level of notice. Criteria include the presence or absence of transmission outside defined settings, as well as evidence that cases have spread to other areas.
Containment measures: The presence or absence of acceptable disease outbreak control measures in the affected area can influence decisions about travel notices, including the level of the notice. Outbreak-affected areas with poor or no containment measures in place may have the potential for a higher risk of transmission to exposed people and spread to other areas.
Quality of surveillance: Considerations include whether health authorities in the outbreak-affected area have the ability to accurately detect and report cases, and conduct contact tracing of exposed people. Areas where a disease is occurring that have poor surveillance systems may have higher risk of transmission than is apparent from local reporting.
Quality and accessibility of medical care: Affected areas with inadequate medical services and infection control procedures in place, as well as remote locations without access to medical evacuation, present a higher level of risk for the US traveler or resident living abroad.
Aftermath of a natural or nonnatural disaster: In the aftermath of a disaster, an assessment of the potential for illness and injury would be used to determine if a travel notice is warranted and at what level. Certain diseases may result due to circumstances such as flooding, congregation of displaced people into small areas, and the destruction of or limitation of food, water, and medical supplies. Resulting disease situations would situations would be assessed by using the categories above, as any disease outbreak would be assessed. Additionally, environmental risks, or risks related to injuries and safety, would be considered in disaster situations.
Considerations for Downgrading or Removing Notices
Factors used in considering the institution of a travel notice are also used in considering its removal or revision. As situations resolve, international health authorities may officially declare a formal end to a disease outbreak. However, in most instances, there is no formal end or resolution. In these cases, CDC must consider whether the disease outbreak has ceased or waned to levels that existed before the notice was posted. In disaster situations, a similar assessment would take place regarding the environmental risks to travelers' health. "In the News Notices" and "Outbreak Notices" are reassessed at regular intervals, and are removed when they are no longer relevant or when the outbreak has resolved.
Since each disease is unique in characteristics such as incubation periods and transmission methods, the decision-making process for removing or downgrading notices is not an exact algorithm. For example, to downgrade a travel health warning to a travel health precaution, CDC would consider information such as the severity of the disease or event, surveillance data from the area, the extent of ongoing transmission, the public health response, and exported cases. In some situations, cases of the disease may cease, as happened during the SARS outbreak. However, in other situations, a travel health warning may no longer be needed because the disease has become endemic in affected areas, such as in the situation of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1).
Malaria Website
CDC's Malaria website contains informational tools, educational materials, and cautionary tales of people who acquired malaria during or after travel without adequate prophylactic measures (www.cdc.gov/malaria/travelers/index.html). The CDC Malaria Map Application is an interactive map that provides location-specific information on current CDC assessments of malaria transmission, and recommendations for preventive malaria treatment (www.cdc.gov/malaria/map). Assessments are based largely on national surveillance reports; thus, the presence of malaria in most countries is dis-played only at the national and provincial level.
Table 1-01. CDC travel notice defiitions
In the News |
Reports of an isolated event, sporadic cases, or the occurrence of a disease of public health signifi- cance affecting a traveler or travel destination |
No increased risk over baseline for travelers observing standard recommen- dations |
Keeping travelers informed and reinforcing standard prevention recommen- dations |
Report of increased cases of meningo- coccal meningitis in several sub-Saharan African countries in 2009 |
Reinforced standard recommen- dations for vaccination to the meningitis belt during the dry season (December - June) |
Outbreak | Event in a limited geographic area or setting | Increased risk, but definable and limited to specific settings |
Reminders about standard and enhanced recommen- dations for the area, such as vaccination |
Outbreak of yellow fever in 2 states in Brazil outside the reported yellow fever risk areas in 2008–2009 |
Reinforced yellow fever vaccine recommen- dations for known yellow fever risk areas in Brazil and extended recommen- dations for areas of the outbreak |
Travel Health Precau- tion |
Event of greater scope affecting a larger geographic area | Increased risk in some settings or among travelers with specific risk factors, along with risk for spread to other areas | Specific precautions to reduce travelers' risk during the stay and what to do before, during, and after travel4, including what to do if ill; CDC may recommend that travelers in groups with high risks for complications consider delaying or canceling travel to certain areas | Outbreak of avian influenza among poultry and humans in several countries in Southeast Asia in early 2004 | Recommended specific precautions, including avoiding areas with live poultry, such as live animal markets and poultry farms; ensuring poultry and eggs are thoroughly cooked; monitoring health |
Travel Health Warning5 |
Event with extremely serious health implica- tions or evidence that a disease outbreak is expanding outside the area or populations initially affected |
Increased risk because of evidence of transmission outside defined settings or inadequate containment measures | In addition to the specific precautions cited above, CDC recommends travelers postpone nonessential travel4 | Haiti earthquake in 2010, H1N1 influenza A in 2009, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Asia in 2003 | Recommended travelers avoid nonessential travel to affected areas because of level of risk |
1The term "event" in the table is used for disease outbreaks and natural and nonnatural disasters with resulting health risks.
2The term "scope" incorporates the size, magnitude, and rapidity of spread of an event.
3Risk for travelers is dependent on several factors, including patterns of disease transmission, as well as severity of illness.
4 Preventive measures other than the standard advice for the region may be recommended, depending on the circumstances (for example, travelers may be advised to monitor their health for a certain period after their return, or arriving passengers may be screened at ports of entry).
5 The purpose of a travel health warning is to describe the situation and to reduce the volume of traffic to affected areas. For disease outbreaks, reducing the volume of travel aids in limiting the risk of spreading the disease to unaffected areas. For those who cannot avoid traveling to the affected area, the travel warning gives information about preventive measures to reduce travelers' risk for illness or injury, and what they should do if they become ill or injured. Additional preventive measures may be recommended, depending on the circumstances (for example, travelers may be requested to monitor their health for a certain period after their return; arriving and returning passengers may be screened at airports of entry).
- Hamer DH, Connor BA. Travel health knowledge, attitudes and practices among United States travelers. J Travel Med. 2004 Jan–Feb;11(1):23–6.
- Keystone JS, Kozarsky PE, Freedman DO. Internet and computer-based resources for travel medicine practitioners. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Mar 1;32(5):757–65.
- Kozarsky PE, Keystone JS. Body of knowledge for the practice of travel medicine. J Travel Med. 2002 Mar–Apr;9(2):112–115.
- MacDougall LA, Gyorkos TW, Leffondre K, Abrahamowicz M, Tessier D, Ward BJ, et al. Increasing referral of at-risk travelers to travel health clinics: evaluation of a health promotion intervention targeted to travel agents. J Travel Med. 2001 Sep–Oct;8(5):232–42.
- Wolfe M, Wolfe Acosta R. Structure and organization of the pre-travel consultation and general advice for travelers. In: Keystone JS, Kozarsky PE, Freedman DO, Nothdurft HD, Connor BA, editors. Travel Medicine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Mosby; 2008. p. 35–45.
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Bikers go over the Hoan and directly to jail
For two bikers, a critical mass ride over the Hoan Bridge last week ended in the booking room of the Milwaukee County Jail.
Based on the sheriff's reports, anywhere from 50 to 150 bikers participated in the ride over the two-mile bridge, which is off limits to pedestrians and nonmotorized traffic. The outing was billed as a ride to protest "Gov. Scott Walker's Anti-Bicycling Agenda," and blocked traffic in both southbound lanes of I-794 about 6 p.m. on May 5.
Responding to a host of 9-1-1 calls, deputies caught and ticketed four of the participants. They booked one of them in the jail for resisting, and another to confirm his identity.
That was Juan Serrano, 23, from Covina Calif., who reportedly told the deputy: "I was supporting my friends who were protesting Luke Skywalker or something."
The others who were ticketed include: Samarah Hagagi, 19, of Kansas City, Mo., Caitlin Hamer, 21, of Milwaukee, and Donald Sanborn, 22, of Wauwatosa.
Their tickets carry fines of $178.
Hagagi also picked up the citation for resisting because she wouldn't stop for the deputy, according to the sheriff's report.
The ride was organized through the Milwaukee Bicycle Community, an informal advocacy group that shares information about group rides on the website www.mkebke.com.
Steve Roche helps run the site, and joined the group on the Hoan.
Their purpose was to generate attention and a spark a discussion about the merits of installing a lane for bicycles and pedestrians on the Hoan, he said.
In the decades since it opened, a number of cycling advocates and public officials have argued that the Hoan should be opened to non-motorists as a connection between Downtown Milwaukee and the south side neighborhoods and suburbs. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation rejected the idea, and proposed an alternate route using surface streets.
132 Comments for "Bikers go over the Hoan and directly to jail"
As much as He has annoyed me with some of his totalitarian ways, Scott Walker did not make it illegal to ride bikes on the Hoan. It's always been that way. Also if you are trying to generate support for your cause it is probably wise to know what/whom you are actually protesting. "Luke Skywalker or something"? Really?
Scooter May 12, 2011 12:34 PM
The way to change the laws is in Madison or via calls to your representatives, not by taking dangerous action and blocking the activities of other citizens. I wonder why all the participants weren't ticketed, though.
default May 12, 2011 12:39 PM
frame313 May 12, 2011 12:40 PM
All those people and you can only book a handfull? Why not just shut the bridge down and jail the whole bunch?
The world would be a better place with less stupid protests, most of which are not based on the facts, or are based on fairyland visions that are not practical in a real world.
Get a life and be happy for all the benefits you have to live in the USA. Visit a foreign country some time and you'll kiss the ground when you return.
Get a job in County Government and earn $52,000 a month.AZ Retiree May 12, 2011 12:41 PM
I would like to see the DOT officials who proposed the alternate route south of downtown to try riding a bike on 1st Street and onto KK through Bay View. That is a very dangerous route as evidenced by a prior "Off the Couch" blog:
Adding a lane to bike on the Hoan bridge makes the most sense from a commuter and safety perspective. Scott (I will spend billions on roads, but won't spend a dime on alternate forms of transportation) Walker could have easily added lanes for biking to the Hoan when he approved the new work for the bridge, but failed do so.DJZesta May 12, 2011 12:41 PM
ub355 - I'm working on a story about the latest numbers on bike rack uses on the buses - for posting next week.
The statement, "Virtually no one uses the bus racks" is wrong.
"Virtually thousands use the bus racks" would be accurate.T. Held May 12, 2011 12:43 PM
As usual, the liberals have to resort to breaking the law in order to make their argument.
It's a common sight, really. The left get sad because funding gets cut because we're in a RECESSION. So they protest. That protest affect everyone around them, even those that don't support their views.
Tax payer dollars are used in order to pay the police to arrest and book them. Thanks LEFT!Scottage Cheese May 12, 2011 12:43 PM
Bicycles on the Hoan Bridge, or any other Freeway or Interstate segment is just plain dumb thinking. That's definitely not where bikes belong, nor were they ever designed for such a purpose. They are to move motorized traffic fast and efficiently between A and B.
AZ Retiree May 12, 2011 12:46 PM
Based on the story, 50% of the protesters were from out of state.
Likely a similar percentage of the protesters in Madison.Muktown Resident May 12, 2011 12:48 PM
We should question the intelligence of the whole organization. You are riding bikes on a high rise bridge as contruction is going on. Smart. Real smart. The lanes are narrow as it is. Someone could have been seriously injured during this stunt.
You are spot on. I tried riding from my house to Bay View and it was a serious test of nerves. There's little reason not to include a bike lane in the Hoan improvements (other than purely political, of course).
I see people use the bus/bike racks every day. Very convenient.
Pretty sure "Luke Skywalker" was a joke.
Having said all that, I'm pretty tired of "protests" too.dk mke May 12, 2011 12:52 PM
Seems dangerous up there. WIBIKELAW.COM would know the legalities but no way I'd ride up there.
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