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Google Monday announced Maps Navigation beta software, which it says can automatically route drivers around high traffic areas as determined by an analysis of current conditions and historical traffic patterns.
[ See also: 10 things you can track in real time with Google Maps ]
The update, disclosed in a Google blog post on Monday, builds on previous Google Maps Navigation capabilities that allowed users to choose the fastest route or an alternate one based on their preference to, for example, use back roads instead of highways.
Nearly three years ago, Google announced that the navigation tool set could let users see typical traffic conditions for a given day and time, as well as whether accidents and/or construction was slowing traffic at the time of travel.
The latest update, explained in the blog posted by Roy Williams, a software engineer on the company's Google Maps team, includes an example of a recent trip to New York where he used Navigation to route him around traffic.
"I didn't even have to know that there was a traffic jam on I-495 and I got to enjoy a much faster trip on I-278 instead," he wrote. Using the I-278 route added about a mile to the trip -- but it was 12 minutes faster due to the constriction delays on I-495, he added.
While the new traffic software is automatic, that does not prevent a user from turning on a traffic layer capability in Google Maps to see current traffic conditions. The update targets users looking for driving directions. Alternate routes are also available.
Google Maps Navigation, first introduced in October 2009 and updated many times, works on Android devices and is still technically in beta. It is now an Internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen , or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed . His e-mail address is email@example.com .
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The original Exeter polished femoral component: a study of survivorship into the 33rd year of follow-up
Charity, John, Whitehouse, Sarah L., Gie, Graham A., Timperley, A. John, Lee, A. J. Clive, & Ling, Robin S. M. (2007) The original Exeter polished femoral component: a study of survivorship into the 33rd year of follow-up. In Australian Orthopaedic Association 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, 7-12 October 2007, Gold Coast, Queensland. (Unpublished)
Introduction & Aims: To study the survivorship and subsidence patterns of the first 433 Exeter polished, totally collarless, double tapered, cemented stems that were inserted between November of 1970 and the end of 1975 by 16 different surgeons (13 of them in the training grades) utilising first generation cementing techniques. Method: A survivorship study up to the 33rd year of follow-up, using the Kaplan Meier method, was performed for all 433 hips, the end-point being revision for aseptic stem loosening. Stem subsidence in relation to the cement and the bone was measured in all survivors by a single observer on digitised films (magnified 200%) using the OrthochartTM software. Stem subsidence, the grade of cementing, 'calcar' resorption, visible cement fractures, focal lysis and radiolucent lines at the interfaces were assessed. Results: Of the 433 hips, 21 were revisions of previously failed hips. 21.7% patients have had a re-operation, including 3.7% for stem fracture, 3.5% for neck fracture (all from a group of 95 stems with excessively machined necks), 8.5% for aseptic cup loosening, 3.5% for aseptic stem loosening, 1.8% for infection and 0.5% for recurrent dislocation). For the overall series, with revision for aseptic stem loosening as the end-point, the survivorship is 93.5% (95%CL: 90.0% to 97.0%). When all cases lost to follow-up (28 hips) are regarded as failures, survivorship is 85.8% (95% CI of 81.3 to 90.3%). The average age at operation of the survivors was 55.7years. No significant radiological subsidence between the cement and bone was found. Mean subsidence between the stem and cement was 2.15mm, most occurring in the first 5 years and in all but 1 being less than 4. The maximum was 18mm (grade D cementing). Cementing grades were: B-65%, C-27%, D-8%. Resorption of the neck (13%) was associated with excessive socket wear or cement left over the cut surface of the neck (the 'pseudocollar'). Visible cement fractures were found in 14%, none associated with focal lysis, which was seen in 11%. Conclusions: Although 21.7% of patients in this series of the first 433 Exeter hips to be inserted in Exeter needed a re-operation of some sort, the stem rarely required surgery for aseptic loosening and was associated with benign long-term x-ray appearances in spite of 1st generation cementing.
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Dr. Cox criticizes J.D. for wearing a lab coat despite the fact that Cox himself wears one in virtually every other episode.
Featured Music:
"A Little Better" by Keren DeBerg
"Here Comes My Baby" by Cat Stevens
Laverne: Come on, baby. Let's see if we can find you a ride.
J.D.: Laverne! Careful.
Dr. Kelso: So, uh, I hear there was an age mix-up that I was not aware of. And, umm... anyway, uhh...
Carla: You're okay.
Dr. Kelso: I'm... "sorry".
J.D.'s Narration: I guess it comes down to how we want to be seen by other people.
Dr. Cox: Well, I'm proud of you, Robert. Put her there.
He holds out his hand then jerks it away.
Dr. Cox: Woof. Oh, and I think it's important you understand that I had no idea how old that patient was, and, for the record, she could've been a hundred and seventy - I still woulda stuck her in that trial so fast, it'd make your teeth fall out all over again.
J.D.: You were wrong and I was right.
Dr. Cox: I beg your pardon?
J.D.: Anosmia isn't a side-effect of I.V. Imipenem. Plus, Mr. Blair had multiple nasal polypectomies, and septoplasty; and his loss of smell is most likely caused by repeated manipulation of the sinuses along with concurrent infection. So, I didn't make a mistake; and you were wrong when you said, "Nice goin', Newbie."
Dr. Cox: Here you've put me in a tough situation: I can't honestly decide whether to say, "Duh," uh, "Doy," or a very sarcastic, "Oh, really?" My God, Fiona, I know it wasn't your fault; hell, the patient probably knows! But he seemed a little distraught, like maybe being able to blame somebody for a second or two just might make him feel a little better? And, I know, maybe it's me, but doesn't that seem like something that goes right along with wearing that fancy white coat? It... does, doesn't it.
J.D.: Kinda.
Dr. Cox: Gosh, I'm so proud of ya. Put her there.
He hold out his hand
Dr. Cox: Woof.
J.D.'s Narration: "Woof"?
J.D.'s Narration: Armed with the knowledge that I was right and he was wrong, I thought I'd enjoy this walk more. Still, I couldn't help but empathize, because I've been there, and I saw the signs: The shameful, averted gaze... The nervous shifting... And, of course, the wild, uncontrollable urination.
Dr. Cox: Gosh, I'm thrilled you approve, but, for the last time: I'm up here. I'm up here. I'm up here!
Carla: Mrs. Bumbry's fifty-three.
Dr. Kelso: Mrs. who is what?
Carla: The patient Dr. Cox got in to the G.I. clinical trial. She was disqualified because her chart said she was sixty-three, and the cut-off is fifty-five. But, the genius who admitted her calculated her age wrong; she's actually a perfect candidate.
Dr. Kelso: And Dr. Cox knew this?
Carla: He knew the whole time.
Dr. Kelso: Fan-damn-tastic. Sweetheart, you'd better do the old heel-toe out of here, because you know as well as I do I'm going to take this out on somebody.
Carla: Bye-bye!
Ted: May I, uh, join you?
Dr. Kelso: By all means!
Woman: Excuse me, Doctor?
Janitor: Oh, no, I'm not a doctor; I'm a janitor.
Woman: Oh. I just assumed because of the coat.
Janitor: Right. Well, uh, janitors wear white coats around here, too.
Woman: Oh. You guys do a great job keeping this place clean.
Janitor: We thank you.
J.D.: No, I'm a doctor! Look at the books, woman!
Dr. Cox: Oh, sore spot!
Elliot: Uh, what spot?
Dr. Cox: "Sore spot."
Elliot: Dammit!
Dr. Cox: And for the hundredth time: You're right, you had absolutely nothing to do with me getting involved in this Mrs. Bumbry case. But, for God's sake, Carla, the much bigger problem facing us right now is just exactly how do we get you to stop annoying me?
Carla: Oh, yeah, I'm the problem. Look: Can't you just, for once, stay out of your own way?
Dr. Cox: Can't you just, for once, not be such a busy-body?
Elliot: No, Dr. Murray, I don't want any fries to go with this shake! I don't even know what that means!
Noelle: Excuse me, Dr. Reid?
Elliot: What? What!? You wanna ask me how many ceiling tiles I've counted this week? Or maybe you just wanna call me a name: Like "tramp" or "ho" or "slesident" - which, apparently, is half "slut" and half "resident".
Noelle: No...
Elliot: Then what is it, Noelle, what do you want?
Noelle: I just wanted to know where the G-Spot is.
Elliot: The what-spot?
Dr. Amato: I saw you switched off on our exploratory laparotomy this afternoon.
Turk: Yeah, it's 'cause I-I-I had to do a-
Dr. Amato: It's because I'm short.
Turk: You're not short.
Dr. Amato: Look, I know I'm the surgical assignment booby-prize, okay; but if my only other choice is being stuck in that stupid boys' club, I'd rather have them all make fun of me.
Turk: What could they possibly make fun of you-
Dr. Amato: Stop it. All I'm saying is that it's possible to be a good surgeon without playing their game, okay?
Turk: You're really short.
Dr. Amato: I know.
Mr. Blair: I told you I didn't want these antibiotics. Tell you what: When your first grand-kid is born, you pick him up and you smell his head, why don't you give me a call and tell me how great it is?
J.D.: Mr. Blair, I'm really sorry this happened.
J.D.'s Narration: And sometimes, it hits you in places you didn't even know you were vulnerable.
Mr. Blair: Yeah, well you should be. It's your fault.
Dr. Cox: No more silly medical mistakes, huh? Nice going, there, Newbie.
J.D.'s Narration: Damn.
Turk: Plus, when she dated J.D., she would just wear a t-shirt in the morning; so when she reached up high to grab a box of cereal, everybody in the room got two scoops of booty-flakes; and the two scoops - they were packed with flavor. You know what I'm sayin'!
Laverne: The patient's complaining of anosmia.
J.D.: Anosmia? You know, I always thought it was very funny that losing your sense of smell was called anosmia. "Anos-mia", you know, like "schnoz-mia." Don't you find that very funny?... He doesn't.
Laverne: I'm calling Dr. Cox.
J.D.: Whoa; nobody needs to go call Dr. Cox.
Mr. Blair: This is only temporary, right?
J.D.: 'Course it's temporary. It could also be slightly more un-temporary.
J.D.'s Narration: I don't care what hospital you go to, Surgery is still a boys' club... I'm just as cool as those guys.
J.D.(waving exuberantly): Bye, Turk!!!
J.D.: Look, all I'm saying is, if you are a criminal, even if you aren't afraid of Starsky, if you round a corner and a tiny little Hutch puppet jumps out at your face - "Freeze, sucka!" - you're done for, it's over.
Turk: Does it have a real gun or a puppet gun?
J.D.: Puppet gun. They'd sew it to its hand.
Turk: Okay, I'd watch that.
Dr. Cox: Look, Carla, if you're gonna survive in medicine, you've got to accept the fact that rules are rules. Hey! Anyone from that clinical trial around? Hello? Hello?... Yeah, this lady's supposed to be in this trial.
Orderly: Okay.
Carla: What the hell did you just do?
Dr. Cox: When you speak of this - and I know you will - could I be shirtless? See, I think it would be more impressive if I was shirtless.
Carla: You okay, Mrs. Bumbry?
Mrs. Bumbry: I liked Bow Wow when he was Lil' Bow Wow.
Dr. Cox: Oh, she's right - rappers, they grow up so fast.
Janitor: How's it goin'?
J.D.: You can't wear that!
Janitor: What, you mean after Labor Day? Eh.
J.D.: You know what I mean!
Janitor: It's a white coat. Anybody can wear a white coat.
J.D.: Jerk!
J.D.: Mr. Blair, that infection keeps hanging around so I wanna put you on a broader spectrum antibiotic that we'll administer intravenously.
Mr. Blair: But I'm feeling a lot better.
J.D.: I'm gonna tell you something my mom used to tell me whenever I was scared: In the case of severe sinus infection not responding to a three day cycle of antibiotics, the recommended protocol is Imipenem, 500 milligrams, I.V.q. six hours. Got me through a lot of hard times.
Laverne: She slept with him, and she hardly knew him.
Mr. Blair: Does that happen a lot around here?
Laverne: Not enough.
Elliot walks past OR
Todd: As soon as we get out of this sterile field, I am going need the man who hit that (holds up his hand) to hit that!
Elliot: Well, Mrs. Bumbry, I wish I had better news, but, unfortunately, you didn't qualify for the G.I. clinical trial, so we'll just keep plugging away.
Mrs. Bumbry: Great. So, how was the sex with that guy?
Elliot: What guy? I was- I wa- I was- I wasn't-
Carla: Elliot. I have other patients, Mrs. Bumbry needs a nap, we're all very busy...
Elliot: I have never done anything like this; I just met him and slept with him! POW!
Mrs. Bumbry: God, I miss one-night stands.
Elliot: The best thing was, since I knew it was just a fling, I wasn't afraid to ask him for exactly what I wanted.
Carla: Which was?
Elliot: Shirt on, lights off, no talking.
Carla: Well, you just be careful - you wouldn't believe how quickly a reputation can be made in this hospital.
Mrs. Bumbry: You're a bit of a slut, aren't you?
J.D.: Why do you keep ending up with that guy?
Turk: Because the other surgeons are busting my chops for skipping guys' night out.
J.D.: Oh, what, ending up with Dr. Amato is like a punishment or something?
Turk: No, dude; I actually enjoy needing you to lower me on the toilet in the morning.
J.D.: You know, you guys are getting to be like Starsky and Hutch.
Turk: That'd be true if Starsky was a ventriloquist and Hutch was a tiny puppet.
J.D.: I would watch that show.
Dr. Amato: Hey, there, big fella. Just checked the board - we're together on a thyroidectomy this afternoon. Could be a long one.
Turk: Oh, that's great, Dr. Amato.
J.D.: Domo arigato, Dr. Amato.
Not amused, Dr Amato walks off.
J.D.: How is that not funny?
Turk: I don't know, dude.
Carla: How's the back, Sweetness?
Turk: Perfect. Baby, I'm sorry the last couple of nights I haven't been able to give you the regular dose of the Turky jerky; but you rest assured your man will be back in action before you know it.
Carla: You go ahead and take your time.
Dr. Cox: "Buster Brown"?
J.D.: "Buster Brown."
J.D.'s Narration: Focus all energy on lip not quivering.
Dr. Kelso: Sharp coat, sport.
J.D.: Oh, yeah. It's spiffy!
Dr. Cox: Shocker, Big Bob - you care more about appearances than actual-
Dr. Kelso: Better finish that thought quickly, Perry, I'm not breaking my gait.
Dr. Cox: Just saying: Substance, style, what's important, coat, not-
Dr. Kelso: Ha! Ha! Ha! Too slow!
J.D.: Think you really got through to him.
Dr. Cox stops and turns.
J.D.: Oh, my God, you hear like a bat!
Mr. Blair: You got me in the I.C.U. for a cold?
J.D.: Mr. Blair, you have a severe sinus infection, with orbital extension; you were admitted delirious from your hundred and six degree temperature, completely naked and very adamant about staying that way.
Mr. Blair: I was hot.
Laverne: I'll second that. Mm-hmmm.
Turk: Dude, you are such a loser, man.
J.D.: I think I look spiffy. I'm trying to separate myself from the whole pack.
Carla: Oh, you already have, Bambi - you're the biggest geek to ever come through here.
Turk: Yeah, he is.
Carla: Don't laugh, you're the jocky frat-boy with a back problem.
Turk: Yeah, I am.
Dr. DiStefano: Hey there, Doctor.
Elliot: Oh, me! Of course, because I'm a--I'm a doctor. I mean I-I've got the, uh, I've got the outfit. I've got the, uh, heart, uh, hearing thingie.
Dr. DiStefano: Uh, "stethoscope."
Elliot: Oooh, paging Dr. Know It All to the cafeteria!
Turk: Oh, my back is on fire. If Dr. Amato was any shorter, I'd be passing him instruments with my feet.
J.D.: You're gonna be fine, ma'am.
Lady: I work here.
J.D.: That still doesn't change the fact that you're gonna be fine!
Ted: It's my birthday
JD: What?
Ted: Nothing. (JD leaves and Ted sings to himself)... and many more.
Janitor: Oh, so we're done with the coats? All right. Well, it was a fun day, though, wasn't it? See you tomorrow.
J.D.: Well, you know, maybe tomorrow, I'll get a bad hair-cut and push around a mop all day!
Elliot: That girl just asked me to give her my top ten sexual positions; and, after the two that I knew, I just started naming insects.
Turk: Elliot, that really sucks; I'm sorry.
Elliot: I'm not sure. I mean, I was mad at you at first, but it's actually kind of empowering, you know, to have this... persona - this identity. I mean, I'm not just some, you know, nameless, faceless white doctor - I'm Elliot Reid: Tramp.
Turk: Wow. That's great! If you're happy, I'm happy.
Elliot: The weird thing is, she said she'd already tried "Stink-bug."
Ted: Unfortunately, you've, uh, put us in somewhat of a legal bind.
Dr. Kelso: Way to go, Ted. My God, man, you couldn't scare a child.
Ted: Who - who would want to?
Todd: T-Dog, settle a little medical debate for us: I think Elliot's got a modest rack, at best; but my favorite attending, here, says that when he was "tuning in Tokyo" the other night, the reception was excellent!
Turk: You guys, Elliot's a friend of mine, so I really don't want to talk about that, okay?
Dr. DiStefano: So, Dr. Turk, how is your back?
Turk: My back's as swollen as Elliot's big-ass breasts, sir.
Elliot: Oh, do me! Do me! Do me!
J.D.: You're gonna want to be careful about yelling that out in a bar.
Elliot: I'm serious! All you guys get to be something: The dork, the jock, the spicy firecracker from the school of hard knocks. No offense, Carla. Dammit, what am I?
Carla: You're white.
Turk: The whitest.
J.D.: Yeah, you are.
Elliot: Oh, come on, J.D.'s white!
J.D.: I ain't hearin' that, woman, 'cause I'm talkin' to him.
Turk: Okay, it's a tie.
Janitor: I was in the military.
J.D.: Where did you come from!?
Janitor: If I find out you're wearing a bronzie, without having served, I'm gonna make things uncomfortable for you.
J.D.'s Narration: Coat-wearing doctors do not take this crap.
J.D.: You were never in the military.
Janitor: Yes, I was.
J.D.: Which branch?
Janitor: The... janitor branch.
J.D.: Ted, maybe you should calm down.
Ted: Maybe YOU SHOULD CALM DOWN!
Ted: I bought some relaxation tapes... They're working.
J.D.: A patient's blaming me for losing his sense of smell.
Ted: Oh my God, you cut off someone's nose?! Where is it? Do you have it on you? You're disgusting!
J.D.: No, I-I just gave him I.V. Imipenem.
Ted: Kelso's gonna blame me. Just... get rid of the nose!
J.D.: Ted, I don't- I don't have the nose.
Dr. Kelso: Dr. Cox, do you have any idea how much money this hospital makes from that G.I. trial, into which you took the liberty of enrolling your patient?
Dr. Cox: I'm gonna go ahead and guess seven dollars.
Dr. Cox: Listen closely tiny dancer, I wouldn't be flapping my mouth if I'd forgotten to get a blood culture on Mr. Blair, and for the love of God, do you at least remember what you were doing the day they were passing out common sense. Oh gosh, maybe you were running late that day 'cause you just couldn't find the right thong for those low-rider jeans that you love so much, or maybe you were busy bopping along to whatever boy-band really makes your heart race nowadays and you just drove by. Of course I don't know, I'm just guessing. But one thing's sure shootin' - you wound up at the dum-dum store and just went ahead and put as much of that in the car as you could fit, didn't ya?
J.D.: Look! Doctor, if you'd flipped the page on that chart you'd see that I pan-cultured him yesterday. But that would probably get in the way of the perverse pleasure you get in pointing out other people's slip-ups. Well too bad Buster Brown, because I'm a resident now and I'm not making the same silly little intern mistakes I made last year. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't stand here and yell at me in front of my patient.
Dr. Cox: Why in the hell are you wearing a coat?
J.D.: I'm a doctor.
Dr. Cox: Look Babs, if you're truly worried about people seeing your ass, just go ahead and do what all the other girls do and tie a sweater around your waist.
J.D.: Well I look doctorly.
Dr. Cox: No, you look like the guy who goes to a garage sale, buys a bronze star, pins it to his lapel and then tells everybody to call him "Sarge", and newbie, nobody likes that guy. Not a soul.
Original International Airdates:
Czech Republic: January 28, 2013 on Prima COOL
Title Explanation: "My New Coat" refers to the Lab Coat that J.D. wore throughout the episode.
In Ted's office, the picture behind him is Sam Lloyd's mother.
Dana Gould Stand-Up Routine
One of J.D.'s fantasies involves an imaginary opera singer (Bruce Sledge) who sings the word "Mistake!" whenever J.D. does something stupid. This is a joke also used in a stand-up routine by comedian Dana Gould. In the end credits, Bruce Sledge's character is revealed to have the name "Dana Gould".
Tiny Dancer:
When Dr. Cox calls J.D. a "tiny dancer", he is referring to the Elton John song "Tiny Dancer".
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Jose Torres' half-volley opened the scoring in the 16th minute of the final and added a second in the 63rd minute. Jeo Sandez also scored for the Nomads. Rafa Baca and Norberto Ochoa scored for Arsenal in the second half, but a penalty-kick save by Nomads goalkeeper Chris Blais in the 75th minute sealed the victory.
By winning the final at the Naperville Polo Fields, just outside Chicago, the Nomads earned a trip to New York to play the New York Red Bulls U-17 team at Giants Stadium on July 14, prior to the Red Bulls' game against the New England Revolution.
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Eileen & Sammy
June 9
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Q & A with the Bride:
1. What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
I grew up a mile from that venue, and it had my favorite view in all of Virginia Beach.
2. Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
1. The Ceremony – our parents participated in the ceremony, and each one gave us their own blessing in turn.
2. The Chinese Lion Dancers – it's traditionally for a New Year's celebration, but it just was a fun nod to my heritage. And what better way to start a new life!
3. Sammy's Song – Sammy sang a song to me during our first dance. He picked my favorite ballad from the late, great Michael Jackson: "Ben." But he changed the words so it was Eileen instead of Ben. It was so sweet and sentimental.
3. If you could offer one piece of advice for other couples planning their wedding, what would it be?
Celebrate! Over a hundred people are there to celebrate with you; you can do no less than oblige them by having fun on your big day.
4. Give us the one moment from your wedding that you can't stop thinking about.
It would have to be Sammy's song. He's not a good singer, but he belted out MJ's song like a pro.


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CCD Astrometry and Photometry
Updated 2017 February 9
A Visual Equivalent Magnitude, VEM, or total magnitude (m1) can be obtained using a combination of three programs: Astrometrica, FoCAs and kphot as described in this document. In this method the magnitude of the coma is measured, using FoCAs in six concentric photometric apertures of radii 5.6 – 33.6 arcsec. As the photometric aperture increases the estimated magnitude will also increase since more of the coma is included. The measurements in consecutive apertures allow us to determine a growth curve which defines the increase in counts as the aperture size increases. If the coma is smaller than the maximum radius aperture (and the sky has been estimated correctly) the growth curve should flatten out at large radius. If not the growth trend will still be brightening even at the largest aperture. The six measurements from Fo
FoCAs are then used by kphot. This program assumes a particular physical model which predicts how brightness changes with radius and it fits the measured growth curve to an example coma. Using the curve fit parameters it can extrapolate the total magnitude. This works well as long as the coma is reasonably small and the camera field of view is considerably larger than the coma diameter so that the sky estimate is accurate. The method fails if the coma is large compared to the FoV or the photometric apertures or if any bright stars are included in the concentric apertures since they will disturb the growth curve and lead to an incorrect extrapolation.
Consequently this method is no longer recommended by the BAA Comet Section. Comphot will soon be available and can be used in conjunction with Astrometrica to produce a VEM. All other aspects of measuring comet parameters as described in this document are still valid.
aren't too many very bright comets (unfortunately) so you might consider, as
A few points from my experience and which may not have been made clear previously;
- FoCAs cannot handle stacked images
- the Cometas Group recommend obtaining 5 images of a given comet at each observing session (when using SSON I take them 15-20 mins apart in case stars
interfere with the comet image)
- ensure comet is not saturated
- no portion of image should be obstructed by dome or shutter
While this is a somewhat lengthy process it is not difficult to follow through. By doing so, observers will be able to extract a significant amount of useful data from CCD images. Checklists may help you through the procedure and to record the necessary data for input to the Comet Observation Database (COBS). Three versions are available;
- a blank which you can use to record your own data
- a preformatted example of mine which includes the information common to all observations I make using one of the Sierra Stars Observatory Network's telescopes
- completed examples for comet C/2012 S1 (
The objectives are to;
- measure the position and magnitude of the comet (using Astrometrica and FoCAs)
- to obtain a visual equivalent magnitude using Kphot
- measure
the coma diameter using
- to measure tail length and position angle using Astrometrica or Aladin
- to report the relevant measurements to the; MPC, Cometas Group, COBS database and BAA Comet Section and the ICQ
Generating visually equivalent magnitudes and comae diameters from CCD images will enable;
- CCD observations to be integrated with visual observations
- lightcurves for a greater part of a comet's orbit to be produced
Images must have been obtained using a clear or no filter and calibrated (application of dark frames, bias frames and flat fields).
of red or narrow band filtered CCD images, the
This tutorial will cover
- processing unfiltered CCD images with Astrometrica, FoCAs and Kphot
- reporting results to the Minor Planet Center, BAA Comet Section, Cometas Group, COBS database and ICQ
The images (1_118702 – 6) used in this tutorial can be found at Images. If you process them as described here then you can be satisfied that your results are correct (or that we have both made the same mistakes !!!) Please note that some of the screen shots have been changed to reflect new versions of the software used so may not relate to the images mentioned above.
The procedures described here are applicable to both known and newly discovered comets. If you are the one making the discovery then accurate astrometry and photometry, obtaining confirmation of your discovery and reporting it in a timely manner is vitally important but all of that will be the subject of a separate tutorial.
flowchart below shows the overall process. Please note that Astrometrica, FoCAs
and Kphot must be used in that order. The dotted arrows connecting Kphot,
Observers are requested to follow the procedure through all its steps but may of course not wish to do so. The alternatives are;
1) Process images with Astrometrica and generate MPC reports from Astrometrica
2) Process images with Astrometrica and FoCAs and generate MPC and multibox reports from FoCAs
3) As in step 2 and also process images using Kphot plus the other applications shown in the flowchart below to produce a complete ICQ report
The Iris View/Slice may be used to measure the coma diameter of any comet as an
alternative to
CCD imaging
MPC Observatory Code
You will
need an MPC Observatory Code prior to reporting CCD astrometry and photometry
to the
Astrometry and Photometry
Please note that this procedure describes how to process the images using Astrometrica so that they can be further processed using FoCAs and Kphot.
The above flowchart shows MPC reports emanating from both Astrometrica and FoCAs. Such reports need only be sent from Astrometrica if no further processing is to be carried out. Under normal circumstances MPC and multibox reports will be sent from FoCAs.
The Astrometrica homepage is at http://www.astrometrica.at/ There are links on this page to Downloads and Registration which costs Euro 25 (very well worth the price). Tutorials are included in the downloaded software under Help.
It is advisable to keep your comet (and asteroid) files up to date.
- to download the latest comet elements start up Astrometrica and go to Internet/Update MPCCorb and select Comets
- to download the latest asteroid elements start up Astrometrica and go to Internet/Download MPCorb
Please note
that the
Images must
be processed twice with Astrometrica. Use UCAC
4 (the preferred MPC catalogue) for astrometry first (USNO-B.1 was used here as I did not have access to
UCAC-4 at the time but some of the screen shots reflect the latter) and
This tutorial was constructed using the USNO-B.1 catalogue but, as mentioned above, the UCAC 4 catalogue should be used for astrometry.
The screen shots below are my settings for using the Sierra
Stars Observatory Network telescope and UCAC-4 catalogue. The
Note that reports sent to the MPC should have magnitudes expressed to one decimal place only so do not check 'Magnitude to 0.01' in the MPC Report section under the Program tab in Program Settings
If changing the observing location in Astrometrica then make change and reload Astrometrica or the MPC observatory code in FoCAs reports will be incorrect
Note that the Aperture Radius (in pixels) should be set equal to an actual radius of 5.5 arcsecs. For the SSON telescope the pixel size is 0.8 arc secs (2x2 binning) and therefore the Aperture Radius should be set to 7 pixels. The aperture circle does not need to encompass all of the head of comet.
The lower (fainter) magnitude limit is set to 14, for
greater accuracy, when using the
Under Program/Reference Star Matching and Image Alignment select a large number of stars to avoid incorrect alignment e.g. at least 50. A clue that all is not well is if the images jump around the screen when blinking them.
Note that some catalogues are available on-line while others have to be stored on your PC.
MPC reports must include the magnitude (to one decimal place only) as measured by Astrometrica which is the nuclear or m2 magnitude. Do not report magnitudes as generated by kphot which is the total, visual equivalent or m1 magnitude. You may get a message indicating that no ref star records have been read. Changing to another Vizier server may resolve this problem.
Image processing
If results are to be further processed using FoCAs do not stack images as FoCAs cannot handle these.
The first run is carried out using the USNO-B 1.0 catalogue (UCAC-4 should now be used) to produce the astrometric results. Open the required images and then click on the Astrometry button. The screen shot below shows the Data Reduction Results so obtained.
Place the cross hairs over the head of the comet. The Centroid facility, see screen shots below may be used to position the cross hairs centrally but do not use the Control key) and click the left mouse button.
If using Iris to measure the total magnitude (m1) and coma diameter make a note of the Zero point for the image you will use to do this.
Cross-hairs off-centre
Cross-hairs centred using Centroid keys.
Click the button under Object Designation and select the comet from the list. If there is a large error (dRA and/or dDe greater than say .02') then you may have the wrong object (or your MPCORB catalogue is out of date). If other nearby asteroids or comets are listed then these can also be measured (if visible on the images). It is always worth blinking the images to see if any 'unknowns' turn up. In addition the Known Objects Overlay under Tools will, as its name suggests, mark known minor bodies.
You can process the images by first blinking, stopping blinking and then stepping through them using Control/F10. When all images have been processed resume blinking and you will see the comet, tagged by it's ID, moving across the images.
Ways of checking images for asteroids and comets will be covered in the Discovery tutorial.
Clicking Accept will add the comet ID to the image and generate an MPC report. After processing all the images (five in this case) the completed MPC report can be viewed by selecting File/View MPC Report File – see below.
Now change
to the
In this
particular instance there were not enough
The completed MPC Report now looks like (N indicates a nuclear magnitude – m2);
If you do
not wish to go further into this process (and we hope you will) then combine
the photometry from the
Astrometry USNO-B1.0 input,
Photometry USNO-A2.0 input
The report can then be submitted to the Minor Planet Center using the Internet/Send MPC Report option.
An aside - Beware the cold pixel (FoCAs section follows this)
A magnitude value which appears to
be out of line with those measured on other images at around the same time may
be due to a cold pixel. I had heard of hot ones but not these until
If the cold pixel had fallen into the sky annulus Astrometrica would have ignored it (along with the other top and bottom 10% of the values) but in this case it was included in the measurement aperture. As a result the magnitude was measured to be 0.6 mags too faint as indicated in the results below. Don't throw away magnitude measurements just because they are different but they should be thoroughly checked.
0017P C2014 10 30.42855 05 09 55.24 +50 03 25.7 17.3 N G68 (good image)
0017P C2014 10 30.44201 05 09 54.74 +50 03 29.9 18.0 N G68 (bad image)
So how do
you overcome this problem ? Following
- open Astroart and the problem image
- place the cursor over the comet, click the left mouse button and a cross will appear on the image, screen shot below
- select Edit/Pixels and a table of pixel values around the selected area will be displayed, screen shot below with the rogue pixel highlighted
- type in a value similar to other nearby pixels, 8350 followed by enter and OK
- save as FITS with a new file name so as not to overwrite the original
The image was remeasured with Astrometrica with the following results;
0017P C2014 10 30.44201 05 09 54.74 +50 03 29.9 17.3 N G68 (modified bad image)
0017P C2014 10 30.44201 05 09 54.74 +50 03 29.9 18.0 N G68 (original bad image)
For large, bright comets use Iris to measure total magnitude (m1) and coma diameter.
The Cometas homepage is at http://www.astrosurf.com/cometas-obs/. There you will find links to a description of FoCAs and the multiaperture method of photometry. A FoCAs manual, including the installation procedure, can be found at http://www.astrosurf.com/orodeno/focas/ These pages are in Spanish but a Google translation works reasonably well (sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't !!!). A description of the mult-aperture method, in English, can be found here. In simple terms FoCAs uses Astrometrica data to calculate magnitudes for various size circular apertures as listed in the multibox report below.
Having completed the Astrometrica processing start up FoCAs. If asked delete any previous MPC and mutlibox data. Before processing any images download the latest orbital elements file by selecting File/Orbital elements download. If you don't have the latest elements you may get the message, 'Orbital elements not found' as shown in the screenshot below, after processing your images.
Clicking on Images brings up the following screen which confirms that five images have been processed in Astrometrica with both catalogues.
Click on Select valid images which highlights all five images and then select Process and the result is;
The two graphics on the right of the window show position (top) and magnitude (bottom). These should both be more or less straight lines as the images were taken over a short (2 hour) period. Any major deviation is likely to indicate a measurement problem. If any measurement is out-of-line then I suggest you reprocess your images using both Astrometrica and FoCAs omitting the troublesome ones. This is because the mutlibox report is calculated from the average of all the images and not just the ones you select for the MPC report.
Select Object class/Comet in Graphical analysis window.
Highlight all the results and click on Save report. Check
the MPC report (below) to ensure the headers are correct (in particular the
observatory code) and that any COM field is correct. In this case the COM field
was used to indicate that the catalogue used for photometry was different from
that shown on the '
View and save MPC and Multibox reports under object name, date and mpc or multibox e.g.;
C2013 E2 2013 Aug 13 mpc.txt
C2013 E2 2013 Aug 13 multi.txt
The upper section of the above screen shot shows; magnitudes and errors calculated using various size apertures are shown together with Signal to Noise ratio, MPC code, catalogue used.
The lower part displays; distance of comet from the Earth
and the Sun, (to be completed when
Select Internet (MPC and Multibox) to send your report to the previously set up email addresses;
It is advisable to check results against previous measurements in the Cometas database at http://www.astrosurf.com/cometas-obs/ Of course it is possible that you may have, for example, been lucky enough to record an outburst but significant deviations from previous measurements or their trend should be reexamined (BUT NEVER ALTERED MERELY TO CONFORM).
Lightcurve for C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) from the Cometas website.
The purpose of Kphot is to generate visual equivalent magnitudes so that CCD observations can be used for analysis together with visual observations. It also allows the comet to be monitored over a larger part of its orbit when it would be too faint for visual observations.
Kphot was
written by
http://kometen.fg-vds.de/kphotsoftware.zip Create a folder named Kphot and unzip the downloaded file to that folder.
In addition;
- .
- a comets.dat file must be downloaded from http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft02Cmt.txt, saved as comets.dat and subsequently referred to in the Kphot command line – see below. There are a number of comet files in different formats on the MPC website so make sure you download the correct one. If the comet for which you are processing data is not in the dat file you will get a (calculated) message as shown in the example below. Updating the dat file and rerunning kphot resulted in the correct output (the Afρ value need not concern us here).
OBS Denis Buczynski
10x10 20x20 30x30
40x40 50x50 60x60
+/- +/- +/-
+/- +/-
------------ ---------- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---
26/09/2013 02:42:52* 0.01 0.03
0.03 0.04
0.05 0.05 5
FoCAs 3.36
Kphot uses FoCAs output to generate total magnitude, m1, (which is what a visual observer would see and measure) the starting point thus being the multibox report which lists the magnitude of the nucleus, m2 i.e.;
OBS R.Dymock
10x10 20x20 30x30
40x40 50x50 60x60
+/- +/- +/-
+/- +/-
------------ ---------- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---
0.06 0.08 0.08
0.09 0.09 5
The FoCAs output above must be saved as kp.txt in the Kphot folder.
Open a DOS/Command Prompt window and change to the Kphot folder. Usually something like cd c:\kphot
In the command line below;
-m 8 indicates the 8th line of input (above) is to be used
-n 6 is the number of multibox results (10x10 to 60x60 in this case)
10 is; T for telescope type, MC for
-B DYM is observer code (1st 3 letters of Dymock)
-g c:\kphot\comets.dat is location of the comet.dat file
All we need from kphot is the date and total magnitude so the command line can be truncated to;
c:\kphot\kphot –m 8 –n 6 –g c:\kphot\comets.dat
The command line must start with the full path to kphot.exe i.e. c:\folder name\sub-folder name\kphot\kphot etc. Mine just happens to be c:\kphot\kphot etc. Similarly the path to the comets.dat file must be input in full.
The output is added to the input file kp.txt in the Kphot folder;
OBS R.Dymock
10x10 20x20 30x30
40x40 50x50 60x60
+/- +/- +/-
+/- +/-
------------ ---------- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---
05/07/2012 06:05:03* 0.04 0.06
0.08 0.08 0.09
0.09 5 3.6
2011F1 2012 07 05.25 Z 11.8 MC 61.0C 10 03.64 DYM Afρ=1354 cm
2011F1 Comet designation
2012 07 05.25 Date and time
Z Magnitude method key (Z = visual equivalent brightness calculated from CCD images)
11.8 Total magnitude
MC Magnitude
reference key (or catalogue used) – Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue (
61.0C 61.0 for SSON 61 cm telescope and C for Cassegrain
03.64 Coma diameter
DYM ICQ observer code
Afρ=1354cm Measurement of dust in the coma – see here and here
The results generated by Kphot can be seen at http://kometen.fg-vds.de/obsaktinh.htm#kphot It is not our intention however to go down this route. Kphot will be used to generate only the visual equivalent magnitude which will be used to input to COBS and generate ICQ reports.
Note; alternatively the Iris View/slice facility can be used to measure the diameter of comae of any size in addition to the brighter comets
Using the Profile tool you can measure the diameter of the coma. Open an image of the comet, select Measure/Profile tool and draw a line through the comet. Selecting Auto Min/Max in the Line Profile Tool window produces the trace shown. Save the profile by clicking on Save Profile in Data Log.
Note. Measure what you see and do not be swayed by what others have reported. Longer exposures, varying apertures and focal ratio combinations will give varying diameters from system to system. That is why it is important that accurate focal ratios, apertures, exposure times and pixel size be reported.
The data can then be imported into Excel (or any other spreadsheet software) and the profile generated using pixels for the x-axis and ADUs for the y-axis. Measure the diameter of the coma between the points where the curve merges with the background as indicated by the arrows in the diagram below.
The coma diameter is then calculated by multiplying the number of pixels by the plate scale in arc secs/pixel. In this case;
Coma diameter = (130 x 0.8)/60 = 1.7 arc mins.
If the line is drawn at an angle to the horizontal then this must be factored into the measurement. For example if the line were to be drawn at 45º then the multiplier would be 0.8/sin 45º = 1.1 arc secs/pixel
Using Iris to measure total magnitude (m1) and the diameter of the coma
For very
large, bright comets (mag 8 or brighter) Iris should be used as an alternative
to Kphot and
Iris can be downloaded from http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm At the bottom of the download page can be found numerous tutorials and there is also an astrometry/photometry tutorial at http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/astro/astro.htm
What Iris calls the Magnitude constant, Zero Point in Astrometrica, must be established. This is listed in the Data Reduction Results window when performing astrometry in Astometrica – 24.88 as in the screen shot below.
Iris .
Open the required CCD image and click on Auto in the threshold window. The image must not be resized and should be displayed north up and east left.
Use the View/Slice facility was to determine the diameter of the coma. Due to the size of the comet the diameter was measured in two stages as shown in the screen shots below.
The coma was estimated to be 1300 pixels in diameter which equates to 1040 arc secs, 17 arc mins (SSON plate scale is 0.8 arc secs/pixel). COBS data for 2015 Jan 14 ranged from 13 to 45 arc mins.
Note that the Slice data can be saved as a text file, imported into Excel and a Scatter chart produced as shown above.
Complete the Analysis/Aperture photometry settings as shown below. The magnitude constant is the zero point as measured in Astrometrica.
The total (m1) magnitude of the comet was measured by clicking on OK, centering the aperture over the comet and clicking the left mouse button. The relevant data was then displayed in the Output window as shown below – the magnitude of the comet was measured to be 4.9. This compares favourably with other observations on the COBS database which ranged from 3.8 to 5.3 whereas using the CCD Astrometry and Photometry procedure gave a magnitude of 6.6.
An example showing the three apertures is shown below. The radius of the coma was estimated, from the Slice view, to be 150 pixels and this was entered in the Radius 1 box. Radii 2 and 3 bound the area to be used as the sky background and were set to 200 and 250 respectively to keep that area as free of bright stars as possible.
On 2013 February 4 I imaged comet P/2012 B1 (PanSTARRS) with the SSON telescope. This comet had developed a small tail as shown in the (stack of five) image below
There are a number of ways of measuring tail length and position angle but, since we have used Astrometrica in this tutorial we will use that to do so. You can print the image and measure with ruler and protractor or use the distance measuring ruler in the Aladin Sky Atlas at http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/ Aladin can be used on-line or downloaded as indicated on the aforesaid page.
Astrometrica (and some maths)
Using Astrometrica position the cursor over the head and then the end of the tail and note the coordinates which in this case are;
- head; RA12h 23m 06.32s. Dec +04º 31' 57.5"
- end of tail; RA 12h 22m 56.29s, Dec +04º 33' 11.9"
Now a little geometry is needed.
- difference between the two RA values = 10 mins = 150 arc secs
- actual difference = 150 x cos(dec) = 150 x 0.9969 = 149.5 (rounded to 150 so makes no difference in this case)
- difference between the two dec values = 74 arc secs
Length of tail = = 167 arc secs = 2.8 arc mins
Position angle (measured from north through east) = 270 + tan -1 (74/150) = 270 + 26 = 296º
These values can then be entered into the COBS database.
Astrometrica (without maths
– thanks to
Load an image and astrometrically calibrate it (depending on your imaging software the image may already be in that condition – if RA and Dec values are shown at the bottom of the screen as you move your mouse across the image). While keeping Shift pressed move the mouse from the head of the comet to the end of the tail and the length and position angle will be displayed below the image.
These values can then be entered into the COBS database.
On the page at http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/nph-aladin.pl open your image by clicking on the Open file icon and selecting File in the resulting window (below).
Browse to the location of the file and the image will appear in the main window. Choose Overlay/dist – Draw a distance vector. Position the cursor on the head of the comet and, holding down the left mouse button, drag it to the end of the tail and release. The results appear momentarily under the image but can be recalled by positioning the cursor over the vector. In this case the position angle was given as 295º and the tail length as 2.7 arc mins.
If your image is not astrometrically calibrated (the Location box indicating this) you will need to carry out this procedure. This is explained in the Aladin manual accessed via Help/Other documentation/Aladin Manual and one method, matching stars, is described below.
Load an image and orientate it north up, east left using Image/Symmetry/ then select Top/Bottom and/or Left Right as required.
Load a comparison image, in this instance a Digital Sky Survey image using File/Open/Server Selector.
Load a chart from a catalogue using File/Open/Server selector/All Vizier and entering the centre coords of your image, catalog (UCAC4) and radius (14')
Enter the centre coordinates of your image, click on Submit and close the Server Selector window.
Display the two images and chart by selecting multiview.
Select Image/Astrometrical calibration and 'by matching stars' in the Astrometrical calibration window.
click on stars in your image and the related stars in the
Click on Create and close the window.
Your image
and that downloaded from the
The Location box will now indicate the RA and Dec as you move the mouse across your image
The tail length and PA can now be measured as previously described and input to COBS (this tail data was not input to COBS (below) as this feature is new to this tutorial)..
The Comet Observation Database (COBS) is located at http://www.observatorij.org/cobs/
The first step is to obtain a login username and password.
To enter observations;
Select the Observations tab and CCD observations below the tab and complete the form as directed. Screen shots of the input are shown below. While this might seem a little tedious, once the various ICQ codes have been negotiated and a set of observations for your telescope/CCD combination has been entered, adding further observations is much simpler. Please note that it is the visual equivalent magnitude calculated by kphot which must be input to COBS and not the nuclear magnitude as generated by Astrometrica.
The process for measuring the coma had not been developed when this part of the procedure was written and therefore the measurement is not included in the screen shots below but is shown in the following ICQ report.
ICQ codes can be found at http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/ICQKeys.html and http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/ICQRec.html
If you notice a mistake in your input after it has been submitted corrections can be made. Go to My OBS and select the entry you wish to change by clicking on the pencil symbol on the right-hand side of the line.
This brings up the screen shown below, make the changes and click on Submit.
Selecting the 'Analysis' tab allows a lightcurve, coma diameter and data (not shown ) for a selected comet to be displayed. By selecting Visual observations and CCD observations using the Control key both types are displayed and identified with different markers as in the chart below. This illustrates how CCD and visual observations can be successfully merged and how the former 'stretch' the lightcurve beyond the visual range.
You can view your observations by selecting the 'My OBS' tab and save them to your PC by clicking on save. If no comet is selected all observations are saved in a dat file. Wordpad, screenshot below, can be used to view/edit this file rather than Notepad which does not properly format the lines of observations.
If a date is entered all observations from that date to the current date will be listed. I have found this useful for downloading observation son a monthly basis to submit to the BAA Comet Section Director.
Reporting results
This is covered in the various sections above but is summarised here.
MPC reports - send to firstname.lastname@example.com
Website is at http://minorplanetcenter.net/
Cometas Group
MPC and Multibox reports - send to email@example.com
Website is at http://www.astrosurf.com/cometas-obs/
COBS database
ICQ reports – input via website at http://www.observatorij.org/cobs/
BAA Comet Section
MPC Reports - send to The Astronomer editor at firstname.lastname@example.com for onward transmission to the BAA Comet Section Director.
ICQ reports – send to the BAA Comet Section Director.
Comet Section website is at http://britastro.org/baa/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=70
and http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/


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First a girl in Arkansas, now a boy in Florida. Both contracted the meningitis infection known as PAM after swimming in warm stagnate water.
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The production Holley used on your Mustang GT is a 600 CFM, which is more than adiquate for anything you want to do, up to 7000 RPM. These special built carbs are different from the standard Holley performance line carbs, so you have to be careful about some parts interchangeability.
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Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney made a prediction during the 2012 election few took to heart, but given the rancor emanating from Washington, most now wish they would have.
"You know that if the president were to be elected, he would still be unable to work with members of Congress," he said in 2012 according to Fox News. "He's ignored them, he's attacked them, he's blamed them. And of course the debt ceiling is going to come up again, and then there'd be a threat of shutdown or default. And that of course chills the economy, puts more people out of work."
One year later, the government has been shut down for a week, people have been forced out of work and we're a week away from bumping against a new debt ceiling — and the president won't negotiate until he first gets his way. These predictions are on top of a host of other ones Romney made in 2012 that eventually came to pass.
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In an effort to do away with invasive species that have been impacting Australia's ecosystems, KOBJA, a brand that offers unique fashion accessories for men and women, introduced a collection of luxury belts, bags, and purses made out of the skins of poisonous cane toads.
If the problem is foreign to you, the population of cane toads exploded in the early 20th century and has since then disrupted the balance of local biodiversity in Australia. The situation is so severe that the government even looked to the army for help. Some might think this is a great way to "recycle" cane toads, but others have questioned the ethics of it all.
Inspired by the childhood fairytales her grandmother shared with her, Monika Jarosz, the creative talent behind the KOBJA line, has been experimenting with toad skin at an early age. Creating these high quality leather pieces takes a considerable amount of time and energy – there are more than 14 stages before the final product is produced. The skins are prepared in Australia then shipped off to France for color treatment and stitching.
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What proof (via the scientific method) do you have to prove he doesn't exist?<quoted text>Why should anyone believe God exists?
Church Leaders Vow Political Backlash if Gay Marriage Passes
There are 17552 comments on the NBC Chicago story from Jan 7, 2013, titled Church Leaders Vow Political Backlash if Gay Marriage Passes. In it, NBC Chicago reports that:
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"Vita e' Bella."
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#3382 Mar 5, 2013
The promise of equality does not negate the reality of difference. For example, the constitution establishes certain qualifications for certain elective offices. The President must be a native born citizen. Does that mean the constitution treats all Americans equal? Or the same? Is a native born citizen treated differently from a naturalized in regards to the office of President?
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#3383 Mar 5, 2013
There is no tangible or readily verifiable evidence that God exists.
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#3384 Mar 5, 2013
Nor can you use the scientific method to disprove his existence. NEXT. BTW you may wanna change your profile pic. It's misleading.
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#3385 Mar 5, 2013
Restrictions on fundamental rights may be made, but only when a compelling and legitimate governmental interest can be demonstrated. Gender is not one of them.
The constitution specifically requires equal treatment for all persons.
Marriage it is a fundamental right of the individual.
The only eligibility requirement for fundamental rights is being human.
While churches may place any restrictions they choose on their own ceremonies, the government can only restrict fundamental rights when a compelling and legitimate justification can be demonstrated and withstand judicial scrutiny.
Most can agree with the courts that reasonable restrictions include age, ability to demonstrate informed consent, not being closely related, or currently married.
Gender is not a restriction. There is no legitimate reason to require one of each.
Procreation ability has never been a requirement for marriage, and therefore fails as a legitimate restriction. Yet even that irrational excuse for discrimination ignores the fact that gay people can and do reproduce, and are raising children either biologically related or adopted. Denial of equal treatment under the law provides nothing to opposite sex couple families. It only harms same sex couple families needlessly.
Gay couples are seeking to be treated equally under the laws currently in effect, in the remaining states that do not yet recognize their marriages, and by the federal government.
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#3386 Mar 6, 2013
So why do you deny the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Afterall, She is the TRUE God of LOVE. she loves all her creation and supports same-sex couples. She has never destroyed entire civilizations, much less the entire Earth. She will watch over and protect us forever, not throw 99% of her creation into the Lake of Fire. Oh FSM! Please protect us from that imposter worshipped by so many others!
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#3387 Mar 6, 2013
Plus she makes a heck of a marinara sauce.
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#3388 Mar 6, 2013
I don't believe in the spaghetti monster. There is no scientific evidence.
#3389 Mar 6, 2013
Um, using the scientific methods proves there is no god.
#3390 Mar 6, 2013
The fact that stupid people like you think he does.
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#3391 Mar 6, 2013
Actually the Flying Spaghetti Monster is worshiped byyyyyyy.......are ya ready?
I'll be here all week ladies and germs, please be kind to your waitress.
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#3392 Mar 6, 2013
Gender is the very reason for the fundamental right to begin with, such a right is based on the concept of marriage as "the formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife." In some societies, husband and wives is also a formal union.
The constituion does not require equal treatment for all persons, for every situation, as indicated by the qualifications for president. Only natural born citizens are qualitfied to become president. Naturalized citizens cannot.
That is predicated on recognition by the state.
A requirement absent in American marital jurisprudence. It also implies the that non humans may marry.
Judicial scrutiny is subject to the opinions of various courts in the judicial system. Different courts have reached different conclusions after "judicial scrutiny".
Reasonable restrictions is dependent on one's personal concept of marriage. One who views marriage as a connjugal mongamous arrangement will believe the restrictions on number of participants, and the restriction of the union to one man and one woman will find those reasonable.
There is no legitimate reason to reject the requirement of one of each.
Procreation ability need not be a requirement, considering it is a natural consequence of the the male female sexual union. Requiring procreation would be unreasonable, for it is understood that not every opposite sex couple can procreate, nor desire to procreate. Never the less this does not negate the orientation of the marital relationship around the procreative aspect of the male female sexual relationship, and the state's interest in it, and society as well.
It is not "irrational", but completely rational. It has been understood by virtually all human societies throughout history, that marriage is, a union of a man and a woman, or man and women, is the building blocks of the society and thus the need for special recognition, and privelege.
Such reasoning fails in that it is not limited to "same sex couple families". If lack of marital recognition harms SSC families, does it stand to reason it also harms plural families needlessly for they lack marital recognition as well?
SSCs sought and have been granted a legal redefintion of marriage so they could marry. The Fed govt, & most states disagree with such a redefinition and thus, do not wish to change thier laws.
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#3393 Mar 6, 2013
Well Rosie, you're living proof he has a sense of humor!:)
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One possible solution would be to create a "plural marriage" structure, or "multi party marriage" structure. If other multi party legal contracts can be created for other matters, why not one for marriage?
True, it would open it up to the possibility of various, seemingly endless permutations.
The one aspect that polygamouts marriage, as it is commonly practiced, maintains, that SSM does not, is the opposite nature of the marital relationship. SSm is virtually a modern western construct, polygamy has deep historical roots throughout the world, and in this country.
It's a coupling of a man and woman. That, historically, is a strong argument ot make. Why does SSm, male or female, not have deep sustained historical roots, cross culturally, cross time?
Not everywhere. Some societies have tolerated and/or accepted same sex sexual behavior, long before the modern gay identity developed. Not all such societies have equated that behavior with formal relationship recognition, marriage or otherwise.
So did SSM, for a time, but if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
It's strange to legally redefine marraige for one group, SSCs, but not for another, polygamists, whose form of marriage has been practiced, and is still practiced, for thousands of years, and in this country, among some native peoples, long before there was a United States. Why if I wish to discuss the issue of marriage redefinition, wouldn't I seek out those, such as yourself, who wish it? SSM advocates are seeking a nationwide redefiniton of marriage. Gay people as part of a SSC cannot legally marry unless marriage is first legally defined, or redefined. As individuals, gay people can marry as anyone else can. But that's not the objective of the movement.
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#3395 Mar 6, 2013
So tired of this Pietro guy. He's had nothing new to say in over 100 pages, yet he keeps posting the same debunked nonsense. I wish there were an 'ignore' button for individual posters.
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Why would you say it HAS to be? Many placese have shown that these issues can be tackled separately. I see no reason why any intelligent person couldn't easily separate these issues, and address them one at a time.
Hmmmmmm....I suppose that depends to a ceratin degeee one's approach. SSM advocates don't wish to include polygamy in their arguments for fear, I suspect, it will distract attention from their cause, undermine support, and give opponents additional reasons to continue to oppose SSM.
Poly advocates see the legal success that SSM has had and wish to emulate them for, if not reconition at this point, at lease decriminalization.
Mongamous conjugal marriage supporters, seem, for the most part to reject both SSM, and polygamy.
Or that's like arguing that one person would like one chip in his/her choclate chip cookie, and another would like more than one chip, perhaps lots of chips. The cookie itself, minus the chips would represent, more than likely the male sex, the chips, female. I suppose it could be reversed.
C'mon now not a bad analogy....not great, but not bad either.
Complicates yes....unprecedented.......yes and no. Yes interms of American marital jurisprudence, no in terms of marriage form.
Here's my take. I'm a married man of 20 plus years with children. I beleive most people should marry, and honor that committment and thier families. In our society, marriage has taken a beating. Marriage rates are down, divorce is higher today than it was 30 to 40 years ago. Second and third marriages have an ever higher divorce rate. Throw in increased cohabitiation rates, and out of wedlock birthrates, and marriage is no longer the respectied institution it once was. I'm sure the "sexual revolution" had a role as well. Anyway, if the state of marriage wasn't what it is today, SSM would remain inconceivable.
I don't think that redefining marriage, removing the opposites sex legal requirement is beneficial to society as a whole. The long term negative consequences, as we found out with "no fault" divorce, is too much of a risk to futher weaken marriage in the eyes of the law. I think the state can and should provide some form of legal protection, which many states have done, for SSCs.
The polygamy issues poses problems for both those who wish to retain the legal definition of one man and one woman as husband and wife, and those who seek a redefintion to a non gender specific two person "spouses for life" union. The greater burden is on the SSM redefinitionists, who have to offer compelling reasons why, only thier redefintion of marriage should be legalized, and no other. For those who wish to maintain the current defintion, one man and one woman as husband and wife, plural marriage presents a dilema. Its perfectly legal for a man to father several children with several different women, and only be financially obligated to support the children. It's also accepttable, perhaps not with his wife, nor morally, for a married man to have a mistress. If a man father children out of wedlock, and wants marry the mothers of his children, with their consent of course, it is unacceptable, even taboo. Why? By denying these families exist, and not granting marital recognition, do we stigmatize them, as it is alleged that denial of SSM does to SSC headed families?
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#3397 Mar 6, 2013
I do, too. He's still just churning out the same "Unless you support polygamy, you can't support same-sex marriage" bull that's been debunked over and over.
He clearly as nothing else, but he can't stand to be out of the discussion. Sucks to be him, I guess.
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I simply said I don't worship it. If you wanna believe in the FSM, then go right ahead. That's not for me to judge.
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So you can use the scientific method to disprove the existence of God? Show me.
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Lol While your opinion of me is somewhat humerus, it still doesn't disprove the existence of God.
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A final rambling disquisition on Nordhaus and Shellenberger
For many days now I've been sitting on my planned review of Breath Through, the much-discussed book by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger that lays out a vision of a new environmentalism rooted in an vision of human advancement. Possibly my foot-dragging is because I'd rather talk about the controversy that preceded the book's release, which in some ways is more illuminating than the book itself.
Break Through is an elaboration of N&S' 2004 essay, The Death of Environmentalism, which took the environmental movement to task for being mired in a "politics of limits" inadequate to addressing the problem of global warming. To attain the sort of global economic transformation required to deal with carbon emissions, N&S argued, environmentalists would have to root their project in an aspirational vision that reached across traditional divisions in the activist community.
The essay was provocative and, to my mind, largely effective. Despite some overreaching, it succeeded as polemic, raising useful questions and pointing in the direction of some possible answers.
N&S were clearly hoping to repeat this trick prior to the launch of their new book. In a series of magazine articles and blog posts, they once again laid out a critique of environmentalism and proposed a new paradigm to replace it. Only this time, rather than provoking a wave of soul-searching, they succeeded mostly in raising hackles.
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From the Moderate Muslim Nation Of Indonesia
Indonesia's top Islamic body said Friday homosexuality is an abuse of human rights and demanded the government ban an ongoing gay and lesbian film festival. (yes, you have read correctly...).
It also condemned foreign cultural centres for showing the films at private screenings, three days after angry Muslims held protests outside the venues.
"We reject the screening of the films which contain gay and homosexual lives as they are against Islamic and Indonesian cultural values," Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin said.
"The foreign representatives including the German and French cultural centres must show their respect for our sovereignty. They should not bring their culture which goes against our local values," he said.
Members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front — some wearing masks, white robes and turbans — chanted anti-gay slogans and said the movies were blasphemous.So the Ulema Council is as "hardline" (in this matter at least) as the Islamic Defender Front.


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Spectral properties of Burgers and KPZ turbulence
Anh, Vo V., Leonenko, Nikolai N., & Sakhno, Ludmila M. (2006) Spectral properties of Burgers and KPZ turbulence. Journal of Statistical Physics, 122(5), pp. 949-974.
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This paper presents the higher-order spectral densities of non-Gaussian random fields arising as scaling limits in the Burgers and KPZ turbulence problems with strongly dependent non-Gaussian initial conditions.
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|Burgers' equation, the KPZ equation, scaling laws, higher, order spectral densities, long, range dependence
|Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (010000) > STATISTICS (010400) > Stochastic Analysis and Modelling (010406)
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