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Posted 31 December 2012 - 07:42 AM
Well my parents just purchased a second home on st joesph's island in northern ontario. About 100km away from sault ste marie, which itself only has a population of 75k. There are 2k on the island and 4k during the summer. According to the light pollution map the house is actually in the GREY zone! bordered by blue. I just came from visiting the island today and while it was clear during the day 100% cloud cover at night but it was the first time in forever I've seen dark clouds not orange ones like here. Getting back to the observatory there is a workshop on the property which is quite big and already has electricity. It's 2 stories tall which helps with tall trees, but it's also near a lot of trees. They have no intention of using it and have granted me permission to do what I want with it. It's probably not in the ideal location but the extra height might help. They are also not opposed to a small pod type observatory on the property if that works better.
I'm looking at either constructing it this summer or next summer depending on cost. I'm actually thinking I will take a second job as I'm currently working afternoons since I'm sure this is going to cost more then I think. 2 jobs one of which happens at night so I can image at night, I must be crazy..
Now the problems. This is a 7.5hr drive from my home. Only 1hr flight + 1hr drive which I can certainly do several times a year. My Dad will be basically going there every weekend so he can check on things and bring back any data. The only internet options are satellite internet which is a 1 megabit download and 128kbps up. Basically a little better then dial up. Would this work for automation? I'd have to have the sky cam send a picture every minute or so to minimize bandwidth. The alternative would be an AT&T 4g data stick. I'm not sure if they will sell to me in Canada but MI is just across the water and in the house we roam to AT&T. 2-3 bars so a data stick certainly would work it's just a matter of if they allow it to be used in Canada via US tower.
Alternatively faster internet by a Canadian ISP is tentatively available in august 2014. They are supposed to build another tower then. If remote is impossible before better internet I could just get everything ready for then and save up the funds.
Here is the "workshop" North is the direction of the trees behind it. The house itself faces south.
Somewhere in front of the house is where I could put a small pod. Facing the house from where the picture is taken is north. Where I'm standing when I took this pic is a cove that leads to lake huron. The house is on 3 acres! No street lights, no industry on the island nothing. Venus is probably the second greatest source of light pollution! From my current observatory I can read a newspaper without light.
So what do the experts think? I should be going back there in a month or 2 and hope to bring with me a mount to do some trial imaging. Earliest I expect to start on this is in the summer maybe june or july, I won't be digging my own pier again it was **** here, I can only imagine there where the houses don't even have basement because of the rocky ground. thanks and happy new year!
Posted 31 December 2012 - 09:51 AM
You don't specifically say, but with your talk of internet access, is your goal to have a remote controlled observatory so you don't have to travel there to do your observing and AP?
Also, you mention putting a pod in front of the house. Have you considered putting it on top of the workshop? You could build a small deck on the roof and put the pod on that. That would get you higher in relation to the tree-tops.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 10:57 AM
I'd vote for a pod-type obs......with that open view, you've got plenty of sky available, and the logistics of putting in a pier, and keeping gear nearer the ground, are much simpler than building a 2-story pier in the workshop - though there is an old thread about a fella who did just that, and has a quite-nice opening roof in the top of his garage, and a concrete-block pier that holds his scope.
As far as internet access, if you can use a phone without a problem, then you might as well try data....if the powers that be don't like it, they'll let you know, but if you ask first, they might say no to start with. as long as you're paying for access, what side of the pond you're on shouldn't matter......
Posted 31 December 2012 - 11:02 AM
I'd vote for a pod-type obs......with that open view, you've got plenty of sky available, and the logistics of putting in a pier, and keeping gear nearer the ground, are much simpler than building a 2-story pier in the workshop
+1. Hard to say what problems one would run into trying to renovate an old building into an observatory. Problems = money.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 11:18 AM
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 05:43 PM
The workshop is near some tall trees and they may or may not obscure polaris. Hopefully not and it will remain an option. Further down the property there is plenty of open space for a mostly open sky.
If there was so much as a cashier job I'd move there myself. There really is no industry at all. Some seasonal maple syrup collection a few mom and pop restaurants and a general store. It's very scenic with wild turkeys and deer. Apparently there are bears but the real estate agent who lives on the island has seen 4 in 6 years and they were all from a distance.
He told me he just sold one house but it's conditional on the buyer getting to try the "high speed" internet for a day first. I do want to be able to do remote operation but in person use will be fine at first as long as it's easily upgradable in the future. I currently own a CGEM and a CGE. I know neither are exactly a high end robotic mount but I will bring one of them up there on my next trip, likely the CGEM since I don't have a tripod for my CGE. Eventually I can just do planetary imaging from here and everything else from there. I may even get into observing. I bust out my plossols for a view of Jupiter and Saturn about twice a year and maybe Uranus once. There really isn't much point observing here.
Another interesting fact is the war of 1812 started just a few km from the house! It's also the second largest freshwater island in the world.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 07:41 PM
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 08:33 PM
You're at the dream/imagine phase so enjoy exploring all of your options. That workshop looks like it's handled the climate well for a number of years, if it has power it may just be a good place to start.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:20 AM
This past weekend was 1st quarter moon and even with the moon it was darker then it ever gets here. M42 in binoculars was great. Did some imaging got alright pictures. It was -25c so didn't do too much adjusting as far as gain / offset and I think I had the offset too high. Still happy with results as it is a learning experience.
Anyway I have been setting up near the workshop for the simple reason there is about 2 feet of snow everywhere that wasn't plowed. There were some obstructions but overall it's a pretty good spot. Getting up to the second floor and then some in the workshop would eliminate a lot of those obstructions. I wouldn't have to drill into the ground for the pier too. Just make a large base on the concrete floor. It would be a super tall pier but I have seen others do them here.
A pod type building on the other side of the property may still be an option but just thinking about how hard it will be to get to in winter has me thinking this is the way to go. I probably will wait 1 year to begin construction but I want to plan this perfectly. Who knows maybe in the fall or summer I will end up starting.
Here are some pics of the building in it's current state. It needs some work obviously but anyone care to guestimate how much it would cost to cut a hole in the roof and put an exploradome type dome on top (excluding dome cost). I would like to try and figure out a ballpark number before I get contractors involved to avoid sticker shock. I'm thinking with the roof being triangular I'd have to build it up a few feet, which would then increase the height above the trees then place the dome on top.
The upstairs in it's current condition
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The stairs are very scary and likely need to be replaced going up and down is tricky...
I could also setup my refractor and take telephoto pics of these guys
Sorry about the fish eye pics, I did not have a wide enough lens to take pictures of the inside other then the fish eye.
Here is one of the house with M42, Jupiter, M45, the 1st quarter moon among others over top
So what do you think it would cost to cut a hole in the roof and do something like this
Once the observatory is complete I could continue to renovate the building.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 02:38 PM
Is the electricity run to the workshop rated to handle the new load?
Posted 19 February 2013 - 03:34 PM
BTW; that night photo would make a fantastic Christmas card!
Posted 19 February 2013 - 04:07 PM
The point of building onto this building is its higher then a new building. I have a 6x8 at home and it was **** to build but functional.
The workshop has its own circuit it should be more then fine for a camera mount and computer plus a few other minor things. After Allan's power tools plus a large stereo were previously used. Even if it has to be upgraded that's cheaper then starting from scratch.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:33 PM
There is no one in the area I think there are one or 2 contractors on the island for example. The plumber we hired is also the electrican on the island and the fire chief!
The point of building onto this building is its higher then a new building. I have a 6x8 at home and it was **** to build but functional.
The workshop has its own circuit it should be more then fine for a camera mount and computer plus a few other minor things. After Allan's power tools plus a large stereo were previously used. Even if it has to be upgraded that's cheaper then starting from scratch.
I would guess that marrying new construction to old (and fixing the old construction) would take more skill (and more thought) than building a rectangular ROR building (I've done the latter). Also, a much shorter pier would be more stable.
Finally, if your folks ever sold the place, it'd likely be easier to do so with a simple outbuilding that could be construed as a shed, instead of a dome atop a workshop.
Just my 2 cents.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:39 PM
So what do you think it would cost to cut a hole in the roof and do something like this
Problem is, there's no way of knowing what a contractor would charge you, until they see the building, so it's almost impossible to even give a ballpark figure. Materials, etc., varies in pricing from location to location, also.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 12:07 AM
Not even a ballpark figure? $500? $5000? more? I do know labor there is cheap the plumber charged just $40 an hour for labor you'd never find one anywhere near that cheap here. I can do a lot of the other fixing up. I just want a professional to cut the roof and build the little add on. I probably will have to wait until spring / summer to get a quote. Most people there don't even use the internet so it's not like I can email them pics..
As far as worrying about resale factor that's not even a consideration. They will never sell the place and even if they did I would be first in line to make an offer. It also would not put a serious dent in the resale value. The waterfront property on 3 acres with a nice 3 bedroom house that needs relatively little work cost less then a 1 bedroom condo that you'd be lucky to get a 4x6 balcony of outdoor space would cost here.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 12:58 AM
You can use your SkyShed ROR plans to generate a bill of materials and then figure out prices as far as lumber etc. The pier will be the number of 4 block courses you'll need to reach the finished floor height plus the cost of cement and the steel pier at the top. The cost of the dome and ring vary by size and mfg.
Contact BYO, they can steer you to what you need to do this properly. I'm pretty sure Scott has, or can modify, plans that will accomplish your goal.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 05:22 AM
I have built the skyshed. I have a 6x8 roll off now. I found it very difficult as I had no experience. I certainly would do a better job the next time, but the building at ground level would face a lot more obstructions and the cost of building a comfortably sized one say 10x10 or even bigger would likely be more then cutting a hole in the roof and adding that small addition. When factoring in the dome I think that would be the only thing that could push it over.
Not even a ballpark figure? $500? $5000? more? I do know labor there is cheap the plumber charged just $40 an hour for labor you'd never find one anywhere near that cheap here. I can do a lot of the other fixing up. I just want a professional to cut the roof and build the little add on. I probably will have to wait until spring / summer to get a quote. Most people there don't even use the internet so it's not like I can email them pics..
As far as worrying about resale factor that's not even a consideration. They will never sell the place and even if they did I would be first in line to make an offer. It also would not put a serious dent in the resale value. The waterfront property on 3 acres with a nice 3 bedroom house that needs relatively little work cost less then a 1 bedroom condo that you'd be lucky to get a 4x6 balcony of outdoor space would cost here.
Given that you don't have sufficient design and carpentry skills to either build a new ROR observatory from scratch you likely aren't up to designing and constructing a modification to the existing workshop at your parents' place. Thus, you'll need to hire a professional for the job. As there are very few professional contractors in that part of the world, will they accept such a small job? Since we don't know the real cost of labor there, the cost of materials there, and the true scope of the work (fixing an old building takes longer than one imagines), it's hard to guess what the project would cost.
However, some of the real cost drivers include: the kind of pier you will use (can you get away with a tripod on the second level floor, do you need a 2-story concrete pier and if so, do you need a 4'+ deep foundation for it), how large an opening you need, whether a ROR or Dome will be added (a commercially made dome would likely be more expensive), whether the roof trusses can take the extra load of a dome, whether the opening provides the views you want (determined by the pitch of the existing roof; the height of the walls and the distance between them and the telescope/mount center), etc.
Part of the problem with putting the observatory in the workshop's 2nd floor is marrying new construction to old. That kind of carpentry takes time, which generally translates into money (at least near Washington, DC).
Without going too far out on a limb, I would guess that $500 would be insufficient. However, if you really want a quick and dirty solution, and can live with a very low tech modification to the existing structure that would be relatively inconvenient to use (and that might not be weathertight), you might get by with that cost. After having skimped on building a ROR observatory, I wouldn't recommend doing that.
If it were my project, I'd want make the entire second floor span the width and length of the building (it looks like that's currently not the case). I'd also refurbish part of the workshop to function as a warm room. Those would add to the cost of the project.
If you want it done right, it might take half a day to reframe/brace the roof trusses near where the cuts are to be made, a day to cut the metal roof, a day to frame/trim the opening, and several days to a week to make the ROR structure. Then there's the time to make a concrete block pier (about a week). Thus, my guesstimate for labor would be 2 to 3 weeks (80 to 120 hours). At $10/hour that's $800 to $1200. At $20/hour, well, you get the idea. Also, do the local contractors charge for the time they spend getting materials to the job site? Getting material up two flights adds time to the job.
Assuming no disasters are lurking in the workshop's attic (i.e., the existing construction is sound), the cost of lumber might be under $500, roof sheet metal might be a few hundred dollars. Miscellaneous screws and other hardware latches), perhaps $50. You can look up the cost of concrete in that area.
If I was up there, I'd help you. Please keep us informed of the cost estimates and the progress of the job!
Posted 20 February 2013 - 09:52 AM
I can't imagine concrete being much more there then here. There is actually about 4 or 5 bags left behind by the previous owners in the workshop already not that that would even make a dent in making a 2 story pier. The city of sault ste marie is about an hour to an hour and a half away and they have home depot and all the other hardware stores there. There is one lumber store on the island.
As far as a contractor not wanting to take on this job, I don't think it's that small also with a population of around 2,000 their job options are quite limited. Again the only example I have thus far is the work we had with plumber but he did quite a bit and only charged 4hrs labor and his parts charges were cheaper then when we priced out buying the items ourselves. It's well water there and we were having a problem with sulfur smell coming from the water..
Personally I really like the exploradome option. I know the dome and future automation will add several thousand dollars to the cost but imo this is nicer and perhaps more practical then roll off. It's too bad I can't find the build thread for the observatory pictured in the link above. Automation would likely be at least 2 years away due to the fact the only internet option right now is a signal booster to get 3g from nearby michigan. Eventually there will be a Canadian cell tower there but it's current estimated completion is august 2014. It's funny if I want to send a text in the house I type it first on airplane mode turn on the service and I get my carrier and 0 bars for about 10 seconds then it roams to AT&T at 3-4 bars.
I would imagine making the entire top floor a roll off which be a much larger expense and a much larger project. I don't have the exact floor size but it's larger then a standard 2 car garage. As nice as something of that size would be I'm not sure I require that. 1 Pier, computer and a few misc equipment. Of course with a larger roll off I could add more mounts even if they were on tripods but I can always bring out another mount if I am imaging on more then one setup anyway.
As far as the warm room and other things I am confident I can do at least some of that work myself even if I have to invite people up there and surprise them with a labor camp when they arrive Right now still planning but leaning very heavily to the dome in the roof just want to figure out what it's going to cost in the ballpark.
I will be going back for the march new moon and will hopefully pick up a shopvac and get rid of those yellow jacket nests before they come out of hibernation and clean up the misc junk up there. There is no garbage pickup at the house but instead you have to bring the garbage yourself to the dump. It's a completely different world. A perfect world for observing / imaging less the cold cold winters.
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 11:21 AM
My note about expanding the attic was a concern that the scope might not be usable from certain angles.
A small addition to raise the dome would take care of that, see :
Something like this would offer 360 degree rotation.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 01:31 PM
Again, I think 5-10k is probably what you're going to spend to make this project happen and that's just a wag on my part. By the time you get a dome, get the materials, include the labor (since you've stated you're not able to do it).. It's gonna be pricey. Throw on automation on top of it... I think you'll probably have 3G from that Canadian cell tower .
I think a 10x10 ROR is probably going to be easier to put together and even automate than modifying this structure. Perhaps you can convince your parents to put it in a clearing or clear an area for it too. If it's going to be robotic, you can make it small too.
Anyways, there was a thread from a guy who was trying to make this happen on his house a year or two ago. I'd suggest checking it out before you proceed.
Good luck, you've got some good advice from people who've 'been there, done that'.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 01:46 PM
And once the concrete work is done, the amount of work to add a small dome on top of an existing building is significantly less than building an entire ROR building. Plus you've got the advantages of height compared to the surrounding trees, and space for a warm room.
The picture you show of the interior shows the frame, and especially the roof structure, to be in good condition. You will want to put a few posts under the square dome-support "room" to transfer the weight down to the second floor, and possibly down to the first floor. You would not want that resting on just the roof rafters alone.
If you build a warm room on the second floor underneath the dome, be sure to insulate it very thoroughly. You don't want the heat from the room rising into the air near the dome and disturbing the local seeing. Keeping the roofing material light-colored will also be a good idea for the same reason. It will reflect heat instead of heating up and causing seeing problems.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 06:43 PM
My note about expanding the attic was a concern that the scope might not be usable from certain angles.
A small addition to raise the dome would take care of that, see :
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Something like this would offer 360 degree rotation.
That might not solve the issue I raised. If the wall that splits the attic is close to where you'd need to be, it'll be there even if you raise the floor a bit. I can't tell from your photos if it'll be an issue, but take careful measurements before you cut one piece of wood.
Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:35 AM
My note about expanding the attic was a concern that the scope might not be usable from certain angles.
A small addition to raise the dome would take care of that, see :
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Something like this would offer 360 degree rotation.
That might not solve the issue I raised. If the wall that splits the attic is close to where you'd need to be, it'll be there even if you raise the floor a bit. I can't tell from your photos if it'll be an issue, but take careful measurements before you cut one piece of wood.
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but if this is an issue wouldn't going higher solve the problem?
Here is a high res pic
The weird shape is because of the outside upstairs which apparently is only accessible from outside unless there is some secret trap door I didn't see
It looks really cramped but that's partly due to the fish eye lens, I can stand no problem and the dome would be even higher.
Obviously this is the route I want to go, but I didn't post this just to hear what I want to hear. I respect everyone's opinions and want to make the most informed decision possible.
It may end up being expensive to do this. If it is 10k or more which is probably realistic maybe I save for 1 year, maybe 2. I want it now, but I want the best possible solution. I can always lug the tripod and polar align each night I'm there for now. I do have my 6x8 roll off here although I think I will mostly be using that for planetary and solar at this point.
To clarify I could build another roll off. I did mine with virtually no help outside of the parts that needed physical help. It's not great quality wise but it functions and I'd do better the next time. Stuff like working on a warm room and other minor to moderate things I can do. I would just want a professional to cut the roof and make sure it is reinforced properly.
So far these factors lead me to the roof top :
Height. Will have little to know obstructions.
Lots of room, a nice "professional" feel.
Do not need to add another building to the property. This is not going to be used so it would just sit empty and be a place to store junk most likely. While the building does need work, I have seen quite a few decaying workshops and other structures on people's property and this could end up becoming one.
The only con I can see is this will take more time and cost more money. There may be the issue JJK is speaking of as far as full 360 rotation.
As far as a roll off. I could do it myself, I could start that when the snow melts.
It would have moderate obstructions with trees depending on where it was placed. I would likely need an electrician to wire it for me. That's not a major issue but it would involve digging up the property.
If it snows 2 feet and the building is 300 feet from the house that is a lot of snow to shovel to get there. I'd need snowshoes! While it may not dump 2 feet in one shot, if I'm not there for a month or longer it certainly could.
I would just have a tiny warm room if at all in a roll off building. Sure I could make it 12x14 or whatever. There are no size restrictions on buildings there but with increased size comes increased cost and the closer it runs to renovating the existing building the less practical it becomes.
So to sum up I have not entirely closed the door on the roll off. I have not even had a chance to observe from the snow covered lot but I am leaning very heavily towards using the workshop. I just think it will suit all my needs better. It can be a long term project with long term rewards.


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text: USA Softball Ziegenhirt Homers in 8-5 Win Over Canada Lindsey Ziegenhirt Hit Her First Home Run as a Member of Team USA By Cal Athletics on Sat, July 20, 2013 Related Links Canadian Open Fast Pitch Schedule USA vs. Canada Box Score Follow @CalSoftball SURREY, B.C., Canada – The USA remained perfect at the Canadian Open, thanks in part to former Cal catcher Lindsey Ziegenhirt's first home run for the Red, White and Blue. Ziegenhirt sent a ball over the fence in Friday's 8-5 victory over Canada for a 5-0 Team USA record and the No. 1 overall seed entering bracket play. With one out at the bottom of the fifth and a 2-1 count, Ziegenhirt launched her solo homer for the final score of the game. She finished 1-for-3, while Golden Bear teammate Valerie Arioto also registered a hit to go 1-for-4. Arioto used a single at the bottom of the third, driving in Tennessee's Raven Chavanne to add to her RBI count. She briefly entered the game to pitch, giving up two hits in .2 innings. Team USA begins the playoff portion of the tournament at 8:30 p.m. PT vs. the winner of Canada vs. Venezuela. Canada and Venezuela will square off beginning at 3:30 p.m. PT. Full recap below courtesy of USA Softball: With an 8-5 win over Canada, the USA Softball Women's National Team locked up the No. 1 overall seed in the playoff portion of the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship on Friday the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA softball announced today. Sara Nevins (Pinellas Park, Fla.) threw five innings, giving up seven hits and striking out three to get the win for Team USA. The Americans will now wait to find out who they'll play in tomorrow's playoff portion of the tournament. USA jumped to an early lead in the first inning when Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) both singled to start the at-bat. Two batters later, Moultrie scored when Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich.) hit into a fielder's choice. Later in the inning, Nicole Hudson (Webb City, Mo.) singled to score both Chavanne and Chidester to make it USA 3, Canada 0 after one. Both teams were held scoreless in the second but Team USA picked up the pace in the third. Taking advantage of a walk and a hit-by-pitch, USA scored its fourth run of the game on a Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.) single that scored Chavanne for the second time on the night. Not to be outdone, Hudson followed Arioto's efforts with a double that scored Chidester from second. After three innings, USA led 5-0. Determined to avoid being victims of Team USA's third run rule of the tournament, Canada managed two runs on two hits and a walk in the top of the fourth. Yee led off with a single and later came around to score on a Lever base hit. Two batters later, a wild pitch from Nevins scored Gilbert from third to make it USA 5, Canada 2. The Americans got a run back in the bottom of the fourth when Chavanne came around to score for the third time in the game, this time off of a Chidester single. The Canadian bats came out hot in the fifth as they recorded three singles but could only manage one run in the inning. In the bottom half, Lindsey Ziegenhirt (Elk Grove, Calif.) matched the run with one swing. The Cal alum sent a 2-1 pitch sailing over the fence to push the score to USA 7, Canada 3. Canada added two more runs in the sixth off of three hits and a USA error but still found themselves trailing 7-5 in the game. Team USA added an insurance run in the bottom half of the sixth by way of a Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md.) solo home run to push the score to USA 8, Canada 5. Down to their last at-bat, Canada needed three runs to extend the game in the seventh.. Arioto entered the circle to start the inning for Team USA and recorded two outs but a couple of Canada base hits prompted another pitching change as Eriksen opted for Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif.) who closed out the game and locked up the USA win. Team USA moves to 5-0 in the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship and will be the No. 1 overall seed entering tomorrows playoff portion of the tournament.. They now have to await the winner of late Friday night and early Saturday games to see who they will play tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. CT. Regardless of who their opponent is, you can follow all of the action live by visiting www.USASoftball.com. RECOMMENDED STORIES < Register Now For Cal Softball Summer Camps Bears Close Season On Final Day Of Regional Bears Dig Deep To Keep Season Alive > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo SHOP NOW > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks


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Hiding bias. Chelsea Clinton has been an outspoken supporter of gay "marriage." In fact, she cut a video supporting the Washington state fight for same-sex "marriage" that she apparently planned to air on the internet. But Clinton is also a correspondent for NBC News, and when the network found out about the video, it squashed it. My question is, why? Is NBC afraid of being branded the "gay network"? Is it trying to maintain a thin façade of objectivity? That's hard to know, since NBC is not talking about the incident. My recommendation to the major networks is that their correspondents should be able to have whatever political views they want, but they should disclose their party registrations and who they voted for in the most recent elections—in the same way that candidates have to disclose their finances. Somehow, though, I don't think the networks will implement my recommendation any time soon.
Hoosier refunds. The federal government is dealing with record deficits. Most states are constitutionally required to have a balanced budget, but states such as California are struggling to get there. That's why a press release hitting my desk from Indiana is so interesting. Gov. Mitch Daniels said last week that Hoosiers who file individual returns next year will receive a credit of $111 and joint filers will receive a credit of $222 because of the state's automatic taxpayer refund (ATR). Indiana is running a budget surplus and closed the year with cash reserves of more than $2 billion, or about 15 percent of the state's budget. Last year, the Indiana General Assembly approved a plan to pay out an automatic taxpayer refund if the state's reserves exceeded 10 percent at the end of the budget year on June 30. In future years, the reserve threshold will be 12.5 percent. About $360 million will be used to strengthen state-controlled pension funds for judges, teachers, police officers, and others.
Chinese Calvinists. Andrew Brown, a blogger for the British newspaper The Guardian, had a fascinating post last week about Calvinism in China. Brown wrote, "The churches that follow Calvin are the third largest Christian grouping in the world. In China they hope to become the religion of the elite." According to Brown, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches now claims at least 75 million members. He observed, "Although, Calvinism is shrinking in Western Europe and North America, it is experiencing an extraordinary success in China." The post, as most mainstream media articles do, is fuzzy on theological subtlety. For example, it doesn't differentiate between Reformed theology, which emphasizes God's sovereignty and grace, from strict "Five Point" Calvinism. In saying that Calvinism is in decline in the United States, the article also ignores the many Southern Baptists and non-denominational Christians who profess Reformed theology, even if they're not part of Reformed denominations. Despite these limitations, it's a fascinating post, and I commend it to you.
No women bishops—for now. Because of a few courageous lay people who stood against both their clergy and their bishops, the Church of England will hold to biblical standards of leadership—at least for a while. For the church to have women bishops, three groups had to approve the decision with a supermajority vote. Clergy and bishops had done so, but enough laypeople said no to turn back the decision. The global Anglican Church, of which the Church of England is a part, claims 75 million members, though at least 25 million of them are nominal Brits and Americans. The real vibrancy in the church is in Africa and Asia, where the prospect of women bishops is unwelcome. In fact, everywhere women bishops now serve—the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Canada—the Anglican Church has gone into steep decline. It will be at least five years before the Church of England will be able to vote on this issue again.


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Koffee with Karan 3 had the cute couple Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in conversation with the uber cool Karan Johar this Sunday, making the show quite a treat for the viewers.
The most amazing questions were asked by Karan by the deadly duo kept dodging them with ease and smartly avoiding any kind of extra information about their relationship status to get leaked out through their answers. Thus the two were successful in keeping the guessing game intact.
At every round KJO tried his best to get the secret out of them but the couple very cleverly avoided any sort of controversial answers, thereby making the host a confused onlooker who was trying his level best to figure out what exactly was brewing between the two.
Of course the first answer that Piggy Chops gave about getting her accent from the same place that Kareena's boyfriend had got his from is stale news, but apart from that her other very interesting answer about she being very important in Kareena's life as Kareena kept saying something or the other about her from time to time was quite amusing.
Shahid Kapoor was more balanced with his very well balanced answers and he certainly was a far more matured Shahid than what one had seen in the earlier episodes of the show's former seasons.
The rapid fir round had Shahid Kapoor answering all the questions pretty wittily which again was something which Priyanka stumbled at ,only to lose out on winning the hamper.
Thus, as Shahid was handed over the hamper by Karan, there was quite a baby tug of war between the couple. After Priyanka was caught taking a peek at the goodies in the hamper, she did admit that anyway she would ultimately get the hamper as the goodies were of no use to Shahid. Now as KJO pointed it out this was some indication that there was something brewing between the two- or was it? We wonder!
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MAGracing is a new and patented system of scale model car racing using radio controlled cars racing on small indoor tracks suitable for home, garage, basement, etc.
The system was developed by Wes Raynor after a lifetime of slot racing and r/c car design and manufacture, because existing systems of small scale indoor racing have shortcomings. Slot racing has unrealistic tracks with slots and pick up tapes, speeds are excessive and driving skills are limited to speed control or pressing a button to change lanes. Free running radio controlled cars, in small scales such as 1/32, cannot be controlled accurately enough to enable cars to follow the racing line through corners or to overtake without serious risk of hitting the other car or leaving the track. Videos on you- tube such as 'Mini z outdoor oval' will show what we mean.
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Gene patent controversy winding down
No matter which way the Supreme Court rules on the Myriad Genetics BRCA breast cancer gene test patenting case, the importance of such patents is diminishing over time. Biotechnology is moving beyond patents derived from naturally occurring gene sequences. The most important biotech patents nowadays are becoming synthetic gene and RNA sequences, proteins and other indisputable contrivances of human ingenuity.
Three intellectual property experts and a San Diego biotech entrepreneur I talked with on Friday made these points. They contrast with the unsupported claims by some that the case involves ownership of the human body and control over the laws of nature.
And while the case is certainly important, it's over a much narrower issue than sensationalist headlines imply. Medicinal chemist and über blogger Derek Lowe explains some of the intricacies of the case, and why it's far from biotech Armageddon.
Here are some facts:
- Patents grant a temporary legal monopoly over the use of an invention.
- Patents cannot cover anything as it exists in nature. Your genes, in your body, cannot be patented.
- Gene patents require isolating the gene sequence and putting it to work in some invention.
- Once patents expire, the invention moves into the public domain
Most of the controversial gene patents, such as Myriad Genetics' for its breast cancer tests, are getting close to expiration. So in a few years, the issue will have evaporated. Biotech's frontiers have moved on to the field of synthetic biology, the creation of genes, proteins and even life forms that never existed in nature.
Much of the credit for that advancement goes to scientists in San Diego. J. Craig Venter is leading an effort to create synthetic life. In 2010, a team led by J. Craig Venter Institute successfully constructed a bacterial genome including unmistakably artificial sequences, such as a quote from James Joyce and names of the researchers.
Much of the human genome was placed into the public domain by the Human Genome Project, which competed with the privately run project by Celera, headed by Venter. The two groups eventually reached a truce and together announced completion of the rough draft of the human genome in 2000.
Venter was portrayed by some as the Sauron of the genetic world, seeking to bring all information about the human genome under his control. But the Lord of the Genes proved less scary in reality. Celera never made the piles of cash it envisioned from selling genomic information, because much of the information was freely available from the Human Genome Project.
Of course, genes aren't the only part of biotech. Some newer fields, such as microRNAs, are still yielding recent patents. The example I just linked to is about a test for blood cancers using certain microRNA sequences. That patent expires in 2031.
So as these fields produce more patentable inventions, they will be followed by more waves of temporary legal monopolies, which all that patents are. The end result will be more information in the public domain, not less. (As long as Congress doesn't give patents the seemingly perpetual status of Disney copyrights. But that's another story.)
Indeed, it's easy to imagine inventions from new technologies actually competing with older ones. For example, a microRNA-based breast cancer test could possibly be designed without using any technology infringing on the Myriad Genetics BRCA gene patents. The lawyers, of course, will have their say in any specific application.
Below are some quotes from the legal experts and the biotech entrepreneur I interviewed:
Algenetix, a San Diego-based biofuels company, won't be hurt if Myriad loses the case, said CEO Han Chen. The company is developing a technology to increase production of biofuel oils in single-celled organisms.


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UPDATE – We received a most interesting recording earlier today of A35V on 20m SSB. Suggests multipath propagation.
January 15, 2014 – Chris GM3WOJ (A35V) and Keith GM4YXI (A35X) will be active from Tonga between April 4-18, 2014.
QRV on 160-10m, CW/SSB and RTTY.
Hope to work you on 12 and 10m SSB – please try for openings around 1800Z.
73 and gud trip
Ditto with ssb on 12 and 10m. Have a great time & lots of qso's.
Need Tonga on 160M – will look for you right after Visalia!
Yes,good signals,I called almost 2 HOURS on 24MHz,no QSO, Keith tells me once YO6 please stand by,don't call…so..wordless he just wants enybody from UK…
Question:How many hours I have to call till UK stations are filled out?
Well,no more call now,will expect an other expedition,with NO discrimination.
73′s Val
Val YO6DDF
You comments are quite unnecessary and totally uncalled for.
1. He was actually working EU for at least 4 hours, from around 0730 to at least 1200Z.
2. Only for quite short periods during that time was he calling for "UK only" most of the time he was working anyone – you had plenty of chance!
3. Please remember that for this path over the North pole Eastern EU has a BIG ADVANTAGE – he was not even audible here in central UK for the first 2 hours – even when his signal did come up a bit it was still only S2-3 – if he hadn't taken standby's for the UK few, if any UK stations would have got through!
If you want to sulk and "expect an other expedition" then that's entirely up to you but as far as I am aware this was the first day and they are there for about 2 weeks SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CHANCE!
It seems to me that some of the attitudes indicated in this posting, and the corresponding behaviour on the air, are what is doing so much damage to our hobby.
73 and gl Chris
Need you on 160 meters, but we have a 10 minutes window at your sunrise. Ready for the lottery? :-)
Paolo I4EWH
Thanks for 2 new band slots, 10m and 12m SSB, in the first couple of days of your operation, guys! Superb propagation and superb operators!
73 Chris
They said they have little room for low band antenna but they are trying
Awesome operations and great operator, thanks to them. Remember A35YZ how hard it was to work them due to a really bad propagation.
Hearing A35B And A35X with such skilled operators and so nice propagation is a real pleasure.
Unbelieveble conditions last night on 10m and 12m. @22:30z 10m station was 599+20! and 12m real 599!
Great job guys, have fun
Mike, CT1IUA
Hi Thanks for wonderful QSO's with you guys on 15-17-20 meters.
Hope to work you guys on 10 and 12 but I'm a working man , so little chance to be on for hours.
I have one realy complaint: when the expedition are calling some-one there still are a lot of stations who stay on endless calling and calling. Why don't you guys just shut up and listen till the QSO is ended.
One problem is that some operators say 59 , don't make an end on a QSO but immediatly take a next station …. this should not be done and has the result that people stay calling endlesly. One good tip : work a gy , change RST and than say 73′s , QRZ …. and give your call , ! But never take a next staion if you actually never finished the previous QSO !


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posted at 1/25/2010 9:21 PM ESTFavre was brutalized yesterday; Saints players did not care if they got called for penalties; they just wanted to abuse a 40 yr old man, and felt the occasional call was worth the risk (like a white collar criminal would pull) . Here's how to fix it; after first roughing the passer call in a game on a team, players committing subsequent infractions gets 30 yarder PLUS automatic ejection.
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posted at 1/25/2010 9:24 PM ESTRoughing the passer calls have already gotten out of hand and are called WAY too much around the league. Yesterday they kept the flags in their pockets, which can be construed as incorrect given the inconsistency from calls during most of the year. However, too many ticky-tack calls are made, and its ridiculously unfair for the defense to give away 15 free yards all the time.Sorry but making it 30 yards and an ejection just makes the game a complete joke.
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posted at 1/25/2010 9:50 PM ESTI would think a Ref already has the ability to eject a player.
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posted at 1/25/2010 10:35 PM ESTPI calls are not reviewable becauseIt is purely a judgement call. It is committed on almost every play - like holding , and would be challenged on every play if it was reviewable. Games would be 5 hrs long.
Re: Sanchez knock down. He wasn't hit hard; he was merely pushed to the ground. Farve, on the other hand, was intentionally fouled. The Saints admitted it. In baseball, when the umpires get wind of the 'payback' intention to hit a batter, they warn the managers before the game even starts that they will eject quickly. I think the threat of ejection will protect against the intention to incur roughing the passer for intimidation or injury purposes. The refs in football need the flexibility to warn the coaches that ejections will follow. I bet Polian is already serving notice to the refs in the Superbowl that cheap shots will not be tolerated without retribution on Brees. It's every easy to just slam a QB after the ball has been released, or hit him low/high as happened to Farve without even a flag.
Yes, 30 yds and an ejection is a complete joke to Pats fans - unless its Brady who gets hit.
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posted at 1/25/2010 10:55 PM EST
The lower leg tackle on Favre accomplished what was set out to do; injure him? I lost a lot of respect for the Saints defense with thier dirty play.
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posted at 1/26/2010 6:24 AM EST
Have posted my thoughts on this under pass interference thread.
Absolute joke the comparison on penalties for PI and blatant late hits on QB's
Offenders should be automatically dismissed for part of the game eg time or downs. Ask Sanchez and Favre.
Could be a Super Bowl bloodbath on QB's. Why not take the QB out, virtually win the game and what's my penalty??? 15 yards. Seriously thought the NFL after Brady's hit last year were supposed to be aware of this.
Totally disgusted with some of those late hits in play off games.
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posted at 1/26/2010 6:36 AM ESTWhat makes the officials look worse is that in previous games there have been many soft calls on QB hits when it was nothing like late.
Why the change last weekend? Smells fishy to me........
They obviously think fans are watching a different game or officials need to go to opticians to have their eyes checked.
Consistency is the key for officials and something smells when it isn't.
Stand up Mr Goodell and tell coaches what will happen in Super Bowl.....Eject.
Otherwise the game in front of so many viewers around the world will lose enormous credibility.
Cheap shots are never OK. Brett Favre won a lot of admiration from me for his courage in accepting that punishment. Saints lost any that I had for them.
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posted at 1/26/2010 10:42 AM ESTIs it a war or isn't it...oops...wrong thread. Is it football or isn't it? Give me a helmet and a few million dollars and I'll go out there and get brutalized ( and yes, I'm perfectly aware that we also have a human QB ).
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posted at 1/26/2010 11:07 AM ESTI was against the calls when they were against Brady, and those Patriots haters or otherwise ignorant board members who say that Pats fans view roughing the passer unfairly should remember that the Patriots were one of the most penalized teams for roughing. The Pats were called for roughing the passer or unnecessary roughness even when the ball was still in their hand (Trent Edwards and Joe Flacco were the QBs).I do think the Saints went out of their way to beat up Favre, and I think the nature of the act was dirty. You don't try to injure other players. I think if they had called 15 yard personal fouls more consistently, that would be more than enough of a deterrent without having to increase the penalty to 30yds+ejection. The refs, though, seemed intimidated by the home crowd.
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posted at 1/26/2010 11:16 AM ESTIt's enough already.
Just let the quarterbacks wear those red practice jerseys all the time and anyone who so much as breathes in their general direction shall be summarily executed.
In fact, why stop there? Wide receivers are often in defenseless positions when going for the ball, so you better make it illegal to hit them, too.
How about running backs? Making those cuts can be pretty dangerous. We wouldn't want anybody trying to tackle a guy when he was a little off balance.
Kickers go without saying.
An as an added bonus . . . just think how much money teams would save, considereing that no defenders would ever tackle anybody, so how much could they really be worth?
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posted at 1/26/2010 11:51 AM EST"The Pats were called for roughing the passer or unnecessary roughness even when the ball was still in their hand (Trent Edwards and Joe Flacco were the QBs)."Lately, my historical recollections have been suspect, but the call against Wilfork ( I think ) for roughing Edwards was baloney.


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I am not really sure whether to post this here or on SO. I think this has more to do with server administration so i am posting it here. I have apache 2.2 installed on my ubuntu 10.10 system with libapache2-mod-python. However when i put a .cgi file with python in it in my apache root (/var/www) it doesn't get executed and all i see is the script i have written. For example this should show the text "Test":
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At 10.30 am, a palpable excitement hung like mist in the December air. A crowd of around 100 sat in the middle of the road outside the AAP office in Kaushambi. Several stood up at regular intervals, only to be shouted down by those behind them. They all wore Aam Aadmi topis. All of them looked expectantly at a makeshift stage. A small group sang in the background.
Finally, at 11.15 am, Arvind Kejriwal came on stage and announced that he would be the next Chief Minister of Delhi.
The crowd broke into a frenzy, driving Kejriwal and other AAP leaders inside the party headquarters. They were followed by men who wanted to garland them. Others held balloons in their hand and popped them one by one.
Other parties have lots of money to buy crackers to celebrate. We bought balloons and burst them. This is the Aam Aadmi Party way, Ravinder Singh, an AAP supporter, said.
In five minutes, Kejriwal and the other leaders came out again. An appointment with the Lt-Governor had to be kept. This time, they were escorted to their cars amid a tight cordon. As a group of volunteers ran behind Kejriwals trademark blue Maruti Wagon R, mediapersons too followed. A Tata Aria, in which Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh were travelling, too was mobbed by supporters.
At one point, at the Surya Nagar crossing, a cameraman drew up alongside their vehicle and started filming them.
As curious onlookers realised that those who will govern them sat inside, they broke into smiles. One man fed Sisodia and Vishwas sweets. The signal turned green and they moved on. Only to be mobbed by another group of supporters at the next signal.
Five minutes before he reached the Lt-Governors residence, Kejriwals car came to a halt. Traffic constables seemed to be clearing the road. When one of them was asked what had happened, he said, VIP movement hai.
After the blue Wagon R had passed, a volunteer told the constable, Woh Arvind Kejriwal ki gaadi thi. As he passed by smiling, the policeman stood and watched, bewildered. How was I to know? It looked like any other car.
The group drove straight to the Lt-Governors residence. People milled around outside, speaking to each other mostly about Delhis future.
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The only thing that I can say for sure is buy a bear tag
Drew Unit 45 for mule deer. Would be hunting Sept 1st through the 8th or so. Had a guy on another forum kinda burst my bubble on the realistic oppurtunity of shooting a legal buck in this unit. Just wanted to hear anyones thought on this unit. I know they kill deer there from the harvest reports but just wanted some others opinions on the unit. I would be happy with any legal buck. I am from Mississippi so I am not in it for a the rack just looking for a good experience.
The only thing that I can say for sure is buy a bear tag
There are plenty of legal forkers if your hunting just for meat and the experience. It's a large hunting unit. I saw two nice bucks on Sunday night after fishing the Pecos River. Hopefully some idiot doesn't poach em this summer. Send me a message. Bear tag would be advisable as mentioned above.
Bump for an update. Son drew a youth deer tag in 45. We will be staying with my folks over in unit 46 and hunting the eastern side of 45. Son is 11. Any pointers / locations? Thanks-


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I Do Not Like It, Sam-I-Am
In the less-than-illustrious history of big-screen Dr. Seuss adaptations, Fox's 2007 animation "Horton Hears A Who" stands head and shoulders above its competitors. Admittedly, in going up against Ron Howard's "The Grinch" and the Mike Myers vehicle "The Cat In The Hat," the latter proving so bad that Seuss' widow swore she'd never again allow another live-action film of her late husband's work, it doesn't have a great deal of competition. But having said that, and taking into consideration that the film was souffle-light and immediately forgettable, it did have a big heart, some visual imagination and charming lead vocal work from Jim Carrey.
It also made a ton of money, and unsurprisingly, Chris Meledandri, who served as executive producer on "Horton" before setting up Illumination Entertainment at Universal and scoring another monster hit with "Despicable Me," has been working away at his new home on another Seuss adaptation.
"The Lorax," based on Seuss' 1971 book, is another CGI animation and this morning USA Today had a first look at the central character, a walrus-like creature who defends nature against the industrialization led by the evil Once-ler. Danny DeVito will voice the title role, with Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle and Betty White also among the cast.
Efron will pay a boy who befriends The Lorax (named Ted, Seuss' real name), with White, who gains another 18 months of life with every project she signs on to, as his grandmother. Helms will voice the villainous Once-ler,and Riggle will play O'Hare, another industrialist who tries to market cans of fresh air.
The original text is actually a rather grim environmental parable, which we imagine will be brightened up a little for the kids, but DeVito assures the paper that it won't pull too many punches when it comes to the message: "Look, I don't want to be gruff about it, but we've got to wake up and smell the oil burning. I'm hoping that the squeakiest wheel gets the least grease. I feel sometimes the only way to get things done is shake people up a little bit, and the Lorax is not a guy who pussyfoots around. He's not a guy who uses kid gloves. No, no, the Lorax means business."
The film, being directed by Chris Renaud ("Despicable Me"), Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio (the latter pair also being responsible for the scripts for both this and "Horton Hears A Who"), hits theaters, in 3D, in March 2012.


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We pushed other samples of Kind's new nuts and spices line on Fuller, and he was polite enough to make "Mmm" sounds into our tape recorder. But when he ate the one crisscrossed with stripes of bitter chocolate, he was knocked out. "Oh, that's good," he said. "With the salt going on. Wow. By far the favorite, a no-brainer."
On the nutrition side, the bar has less sugar than most energy bars in the category and low sodium for a product with "salt" in the title. The proportions of protein and low sugar made for a bar that didn't give us the harsh rush we got from other products.
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37 days untill NEAIC 2009
Posted 09 March 2009 - 12:30 PM
We are getting down to the wire with only 38 days to go before the North East Astro Imaging Conference kicks off again, Get your NEAIC registration forms in before all the seats are gone. The North East Astro Imaging Conference is April 16 – 17 and is the world's premier astro imaging conference. Every one is sure to enjoy this year's conference with more the 20 Exhibitors and great lectures by Tony Hallas, Jerry Lodriguss, Mike Unsold, J.P. Metsavainio, and others. NEAIC is only 38 days away and SPACE IS LIMITED so get your registrations in now to reserve your slot. Registration forms can be found at http://www.rocklanda...omy.com/NEAIC/. See you in April!
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I'm doing my best to sort out work commitments to be able to come again this year; I really don't want to miss it.
Posted 13 March 2009 - 12:23 PM
To help the cause of ASTRONOMY. Please do whatever you can do to help promote it to our youth. Get out there, go out one evening and put your scope on a busy street corner and show people our heavens. If is not about seeing deep sky objects ,but our closest neighbors /The Moon/Venus/Saturn/Jupiter . All of these will blow away most youngsters as well as adults.
Just do it ! Or all of this will go away.
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The last two years I have attended were brilliant Bob.
I'm doing my best to sort out work commitments to be able to come again this year; I really don't want to miss it.
Maybe I could speak to your boss???
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Here's who's going to be giving talks this year
Peter Ceravolo, Sheldon Faworski, Tony Hallas, Gary Honis, Imelda Joson, Warren Keller, Jerry Lodriguss, Steven Mazlin J. P. Metsävainio, Olivier Thizy, Dave Snay, & Mike Unsold
This year we will also be holding a Thursday Evening Progam Steve Mazlin will run a remote imaging session from SSRO at New Mexico Skies and/or CTIO in Chile
Our vendor list includes:
Adirondack Astronomy, Apogee Instruments, Astronomics, Canon USA, CCDWare, Ceravolo Optical Systems, Diffraction Limited, Finger Lakes Instrumentation, Fishcamp Engineering, Images Plus, The Imaging Source, IP4AP, OPT, Optec, Quantum Scientific, Santa Barbara Instrument Group, Software Bisque, Starlight Xpress, Tele Vue Optics, Vixen Optics, Willmann-Bell, See all the new products being introduced at NEAIC 2009!
Our door prizes include:
Grand Prize: Astro-Tech AT8RC 8" Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph - donated by Astronomics
First Prize: Meade: DSI Pro III - donated by Meade Instruments
2nd Prize: Canon XSi DSLR - donated by Canon USA
3rd Prize: QSI $500.00 Gift Cert - donated by Quantum Scientific Imaging
4th Prize: CCDSoft - donated by Software Bisque
5th Prize: Starry Night Pro Plus - donated by Orion Telescopes
6th Prize: ProOptic 500mm f/6.3 Mirror Lens - donated by Adorama
7th Prize: The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing - donated by Willmann-Bell
8th Prize: Celestron NexImage Solar System Imager - donated by Celestron
Now here is the catch We only have 6 spots left and the only way to get in on this great conference is to fax your registration Form to me before Wednesday 4/15 10:00am
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For me.
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Bob, I may sneak in the back. If Markus asks tell him you haven't seen me
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As you know ,I always ask her first....
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Apple introduced its new iOS 5 operating system on Monday.
The OS, which powers Apple's iPad and iPhone devices, will be available in the fall and will include more than 200 new features. A number of the features are very similar to ones used in Android and Windows Phone 7. Apple's iOS 5 improvements didn't go un-noticed at Redmond. Microsoft's Joe Belfiore, Director of the Windows Phone program, tweeted his feelings on Monday afternoon. "Feeling flattered today," said Belfiore after referencing a number of iOS 5 features. Belfiore also reached out to one poster who was impressed with Apple's new camera hardware button implementation. "With a wp7 you get a dedicated camera button that wakes the phone from sleep and jumps u to camera," he said. "Been shipping for 8 months! :)"
Here's a list of some of the similarities:
Improved notifications
Apple has built a notification center into iOS 5 that's very similar to Google's Android operating system. The notifications are now displayed at the top of iOS and can easily be dismissed in a similar way to how Windows Phone 7 operates.
Ergonomic keyboard
Apple has now built a split ergonomic keyboard into iOS 5. The feature is eerily similar to an identical keyboard that Microsoft revealed in Windows 8 recently. Microsoft also had a similar split keyboard in its Ultra Mobile PC (Origami) product.
Built-in Twitter
Apple has integrated Twitter straight into iOS 5. You can tweet directly from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube or Maps. Microsoft is also building in Twitter integration deep into Windows Phone Mango, the company has yet to demonstrate exactly how this will work however.
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Apple revealed its own background download service for Newsstand. The new feature lets magazines and newspaper app subscriptions download automatically. Windows Phone Mango also includes a similar service that application developers can build into their apps.
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Apple introduced iMessage on Monday. You can send unlimited text messages via Wi-Fi or 3G from the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to anyone who has an iDevice. Windows Phone Mango has also introduced deeper integration of messaging services directly into the operating system.
iCloud auto photo uploads
Jobs also unveiled the ability for iOS to automatically upload pictures take from iOS devices. The pictures go into Apple's iCloud system and are available for viewing online or on other devices. Windows Phone 7 also has an identical feature and uploads the pictures to Windows Live SkyDrive
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Apple has also changed the way the camera works. The volume + button now works as a hardware camera button and there's even a lock screen shortcut to quickly allow iPhone users to take pictures. Both are identical features of Windows Phone 7.


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The benchmark Dow Jones industrial average reached an all-time high Tuesday on news that China was pledging to plow more money into its economy, returning the markets to highs not seen since before the 2008 financial crisis.
At closing, the Dow was up more than 125 points, or 0.9 percent, to 14,253.77, blowing past both an intraday record and a closing record that were both set in October 2007, during a time when the economy was just peaking and headed toward disaster. The previous intraday trading high was 14,198.10; the closing record was 14,164.53.
A little more than five years later, the crisis seems a distant memory for a number of big U.S. companies that are reporting record profits, even though many Americans remain jobless and wages have stagnated.
The country's most famous index tracks the stock prices of 30 companies, including such iconic firms as IBM, General Electric and JPMorgan, and is weighted by price.
IBM, which carries the most weight in the Dow Jones index, has seen its stock price rise more than 80 percent in the past five years.
Even a company like Hewlett-Packard, which also is on the index and has struggled to find its footing in recent years, has seen its shares jump more than 40 percent so far this year.
S&P approaches record, too
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, another oft-cited measure for the market, also headed toward its record high Tuesday, jumping about 14 points to 1,539.79.
Tuesday's market gains came as the Chinese government announced overnight it was maintaining a growth target of 7.5 percent for this year. The government said it plans to increase spending to support the country's economy after a slip in growth last year.
The Dow's record high confirmed that the ongoing political paralysis in Washington has failed to spook the markets much in the past year. As lawmakers and President Barack Obama lurch from one fiscal deadline to the next — from the debt-ceiling crisis in 2011 to the fiscal cliff to the steep budget cuts triggered last week — the markets have soldiered on with hardly a bump.
"The stock market and the American public are looking at the political theater with a jaundiced eye," said Ted Weisberg from the New York Stock Exchange, where he has been a trader on the floor for more than four decades.
The markets hardly reacted on March 1, when severe domestic and defense cuts went into effect.
The Dow even rose 0.25 percent that day. A popular index for gauging fear in the markets called the CBOE Volatility Index, or the VIX, dropped nearly one percent.
Wall Street's reactions have developed into a pattern of near-indifference followed by optimism when a political resolution is found.
In the days building up to the fiscal cliff at the end of last year, the markets were sanguine. But when a compromise was reached on New Year's Day, the Dow surged more than 308 points, or 2.35 percent. The S&P 500 jumped 36.25 points, or 2.54 percent.
Political warnings dismissed
Many on Wall Street feel they've seen this movie before, even dismissing the dire warnings of politicians as all theater.
"My sense is that our president and the White House are crying wolf," Weisberg said of President Obama's warnings about the sequester last week.
Yu-Dee Chang, chief trader at Ace Investment Strategists in Vienna, Va., said the impact of the sequester is being felt more strongly in Washington than on Wall Street. Investors have been less worried about the cuts themselves, which may be dramatic but still represent a tiny sliver of the national deficit.
Chang also noted that stock prices have been boosted by the Federal Reserve's massive stimulus program that has pushed down both long- and short-term interest rates. The low rates have encouraged investors to seek out higher returns in the stock market.
"The market has the Fed behind its back," Chang said. "Everyone is still looking for that yield. ... That's why the Fed strategy is working."
Adjusted for inflation, the Dow is still about 10 percent off the 2007 high. Nevertheless, the market still has shown a remarkable turnaround since the crisis, at least compared to other measures like the country's economic growth and joblessness figures.
People eyeing their retirement portfolios may be cheering the market's return to pre-recession levels. But how much longer can the good times last?
Ed Easterling, founder and president of investment firm Crestmont Holdings, says that stocks are at a point that's "about as good as they can get, absent a bubble."
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NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's Jake Gautreau was named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week after putting on an offensive display against Cincinnati this past weekend, the league office announced Monday.
Gautreau hit .438 (7-for-16) in four games on the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .571 on-base percentage. He hit safely in all four games, scoring five runs and notching three doubles. Gautreau hit two home runs on the week and drove in eight runs, while walking three times. He posted two multiple hit games and two multiple RBI games in the Green Wave's weekend sweep at Cincinnati.
On the season, Gautreau has a .379 batting average, a team high eight home runs and 36 RBI.
Up next for Tulane is a Tuesday night meeting with Nicholls State at Turchin Stadium. First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. The Green Wave travels to Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday for a 7:00 p.m., game against the nationally ranked Ragin Cajuns. The games are scheduled to be broadcast locally on 88.3 FM WRBH and nationally on the interent via www.broadcast.com.


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The Game of Thrones Season 2 trailer is now out, and it looks amazing!
People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive list arrived today and Jason Momoa made the list!
In my own opinion he should have been Sexiest Man Alive though!
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Ron Perlman has his hands busy with the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy," but he wouldn't mind reuniting with an old Hollywood colleague – George R. R. Martin – and nabbing a role in HBO's "Game of Thrones."
"I'd love to be in 'Game of Thrones,'" Ron told Access Hollywood on Thursday night in Los Angeles at the premiere of his newest film, "Conan the Barbarian," which stars "GOT" Season 1 veteran Jason Momoa.
Perlman actually has a major connection with the man behind "Game of Thrones" – author Martin – who in addition to writing the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, wrote for one of Perlman's early dramas.
"George R. R. Martin, who wrote all the ['Song of Ice and Fire'] books… wrote for 'Beauty and the Beast,'" Perman said, referring to his former …Read more >
Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) has posted his favorite top 5 movies on www.Rottentomatoes.com
I was highly impressed with his choices!
Do you enjoy the picks he selected?
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See the full article here: Jason Momoa Fave Films
The character of Stannis Baratheon has a face!
Actor Stephen Dillane will be taking the reigns as the younger brother to former king Robert Baratheon.
Where have you see him? Dillane has been on HBO before with the historical miniseries John Adams, in which he played founding father Thomas Jefferson. He played the mysterious Merlin in the 2004 adaptation of the King Arthur legend. Most recently he appeared in the Ewan McGregor and Eva Green-starring film Perfect Sense.
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