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Following reopening of the townsite at 8 a.m.this morning Los Alamos County officials announced the following safety and recovery measures.
Returning Residents Asked to Stay Home. As the repopulation of the townsite continues throughout the day, residents who have arrived back at their homes are asked to avoid driving for 4-8 hours. This minimizes overall traffic on main and side streets, to improve safety and efficient traffic flows for those just returning. Residents are also reminded to refrain from leaving valuables out in their driveway unattended to prevent thefts.
Shelters Open Until Last Departure. Shelters at the Santa Claran Resort Center and the Cities of Gold will remain open until the last evacuee has departed.
Fire Still Visible. The Las Conchas fire along with the preventative back burning create thick smoke visible from the Los Alamos townsite. At night, fire activity can also appear closer than it actually is. Residents are asked to call the 311 Customer Care Center at 662-8333 throughout the night if concerned about fire activity within general visibility of your home. Residents are asked to only use the 911 emergency phone numbers if fire is a clear and immediate threat to their structure.
Respect Fire & Safety Workers. Firefighters continue with containment measures to maintain and strengthen the anchor points and lines which protect the townsite from the fire. The perimeter area from Quemazon to Guaje Pines Cemetery is among the many areas being strengthened. Residents are asked to be patient, and to be aware that public safety and many other workers are still engaged in recovery efforts.
Emergency Room Open. The Los Alamos Medical Center Emergency Room is open. Curt Smith, Interim CEO, would like to remind those residents that have cardiac or respiratory conditions that they may experience some discomfort due to the continued smoke in the air particularly between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. when the smoke has a tendency to settle over the area. The Department of Health will continue to work with Los Alamos Medical Center today to re-open the Inpatient and Outpatient services as soon as the remediation of those areas areas is complete.
Where to Get Updates. The county's recovery operations are underway with nearly 100 county employees who have been called back to help. Residents are asked to call the 311 Customer Care Center (662-8333 from cell phones) or visit www.losalamosnm.usfor continuing updates. The regular 2 p.m. Town Halls in White Rock are cancelled. Los Alamos county officials will continue briefing the media each day. These updates become available via local and regional print and broadcast media.
No Hiking in Burned Areas. Residents must stay off all trails and lands in any burned area. There will be trees falling, hot spots, and other safety issues. Although not a current "burned area," Pueblo, Bayo, and all of Los Alamos Canyon are closed because of fire threat.
Mail and Deliveries. UPS and FED X indicated that deliveries to Los Alamos County residents will resume on Tuesday, July 5. The US Postal Service will no longer be delivering mail via the Pojoaque High School pick-up location. Normal postal service will resume Tuesday, July 5.
Essential Service Only Continue. Los Alamos County continues on an Essential Services only basis, with safety, fire, police, utilities, 311 Customer Care Center operating provisionally. Atomic City Transit will resume operations Tuesday July 5.
Flood Caution. Please stay out of drainage areas because any significant rain will cause flooding.
Animal Activity. Forest animals roving the townsite area have increased in number to escape the fire. Please keep domestic pets in fenced areas or indoors to prevent altercations. Please contact Fish and Game Service (www.wildlife.state.nm.us; 505-476-8000) to inquire about or report any threatening animal activity.
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Live Blog: Navy Yard Shooting
The victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting:
• 59 year-old Michael Arnold of Lorton, Virginia
• 53 year-old Sylvia Frasier of Waldorf, Maryland
• 62 year-old Kathy Gaarde of Woodbridge, Virginia
• 73 year-old John Roger Johnson of Derwood, Maryland
• 50 year-old Frank Kohler of Tall Timbers, Maryland
• 46 year-old Kenneth Bernard Proctor of Waldorf, Maryland
• 61 year-old Vishnu Shalchendia Pandit of North Potomac, Maryland
Five additional decedents have been identified as:
• 51 year-old Arthur Daniels of Southeast, Washington, DC
• 51 year-old Mary Francis Knight of Reston, Virginia
• 58 year-old Gerald L. Read of Alexandria, Virginia
• 54 year-old Martin Bodrog of Annandale, Virginia
• 52 year old Richard Michael Ridgell of Westminster, Maryland
Read more about their lives and the friends and family they leave behind.
Clinical Counselors are available for anyone who is seeking assistance. The number is 1-855-677-1755. The number is 1-855-677-1755.by NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 6:43:17 PM
LS1 LaSherry Martin prepares the food set-up at the Navy Yard for distribution to mission essential personnel. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUYsnAHCEAI5vda.jpgby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 6:47:16 PM
Navy families seeking assistance with yesterday's tragedy at the Navy Yard, please call the Warfighter and Family... fb.me/23fCZPX4Hby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 7:09:15 PM
One day after shootings at the nearby Navy Yard, Washington Nationals fans are being encouraged to sport blue and... fb.me/2z5kSruFxby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 7:23:48 PM
Weapon used by the Navy Yard shooter was legally purchased in Va. Read the full story here.
Pilot: Scene of Navy Yard shooting like 'hot zone.' Read the full story here.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their family members impacted by this tragic event.... fb.me/2X1BLKaS1by NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 7:52:41 PM
District to offer crisis counselors for Navy Yard witnesses
WASHINGTON - The District will provide crisis counselors and advocates during the next few days for Navy Yard workers who witnessed the shootings.
The Mayor's Assistance Center will operate at the King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N Street SW for anyone affected by the shootings including neighbors, workers, and witnesses. The center will be open until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Crisis counselors and other staff will be able to help with mental health assistance, compensation assistance or help returning property left in the Navy Yard buildings. Crime Victim Compensation staff will also be available.
Those seeking emergency mental health treatment can call the District's Access HelpLine at 1-888-7WE-HELP or 1-888-793-4357.
Friends, family and survivors who need follow-up or longer-term care should contact the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing at 202-624-0010 or the Network for Victim Recovery of DC at 202-727-1727.
The Warfighter & Family Support Center at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is also available for the victims, workers and families. The center can provide family services counselors, chaplain support and can be reached at 1-855-677-1755.
The Federal Occupations Health and Employee Assistance Program (FOHEAP) is also providing critical incident stress management and counseling services are available at 800-222-0364.
#USNavy will rally from #NavyYardShooting . Details on support being provided to Navy family: ow.ly/oXFYeby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/17/2013 8:51:24 PM
For detailed information on tom base status follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/NavDistWash #NavyYardBaseStatusby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 9:03:53 PM
Washington Navy Yard Access for Wednesday, September 18
WASHINGTON - The... fb.me/39Vts4LBrby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 9:12:36 PM
Starting at 9 am garages 28, 104, 386, 405 & all surface parking lots are open for vehicle retreival for immediate departure from the base.by NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 9:18:06 PM
Please be mindful that there is going to be a rush trying to retrieve vehicles tomorrow so please plan on coming at different times.by NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 9:23:37 PM
The Navy has released additional details about Wednesday's Navy Yard base closure.
The Navy Yard will remained closed expect for law enforcement and mission-essential personnel Wednesday.
Workers can enter at the O Street, 11th Street and 9th Street gates.
Workers who left their identification cards behind during the evacuation Monday must enter through the Visitor Control Center at the 0 Street and 11th Street gates, which open at 6 a.m.
The 6th Street, N Street and all River Walk turnstiles remain closed.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, parking garages 28, 104, 386, 405 and all surface parking lots will open open so workers can remove their vehicles.
All Navy Yard food service operations, the Navy Exchange, Navy Federal, and fitness center operations will remain closed Wednesday.
For Navy Yard victims, healing mental wounds will take time. Read the full story here.
The 9th and O Streets Gates will be open all day/night tomorrow so people can come in the evening to retrieve their vehicles.by NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 9:31:37 PM
Audit critical of Navy security-review system. Read the full story here.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks to reporters about gun control as he leaves a Democratic caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Monday's shooting at the Washington Navy Yard prompted a new round of calls for action from lawmakers. Manchin said he would like to see a vote on the background checks bill, but the votes aren't there at this time. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Washington Navy Yard restricted to mission essential personnel 9/18. Latest info ow.ly/oU8Lu #NavyYardShootingby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/17/2013 9:53:25 PM
LIVE SOON: #USNavy 's @CHINFO on @CNNSitRoom with @WolfBlitzer ow.ly/oXPQe #NavyYardShootingby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/17/2013 10:07:29 PM
Starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow parking garages 28, 104, 386, 405 and all surface parking lots are open for members to... fb.me/KMvRgtTEby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/17/2013 10:10:09 PM
RT @chinfo : .@USNavy committed to supporting those who need it following #NavyYardShooting and getting answers about what happenedby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/17/2013 10:43:05 PM
See more photos in WTOP's Navy Yard Shooting Photo Gallery: www.wtop.com
MPD Releases the Names of Five Additional Decedents in the Washington Navy Yard Shooting
(Washington, DC)- On Monday, September 16, 2013, at approximately 8:23 am, members of the First District received a call for the report of the sound of gunshots in 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue, Southeast, Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard. Upon their arrival, First District and Special Operations Division members were directed to Building #197, for the report of an "Active Shooter". Active Shooter team assembled, and began a search of the building for victims and the suspect.
Investigation into this offense has revealed that 12 employees were shot to death by Mr. Aaron Alexis inside of Building #197, while in the lobby, and on third and fourth floors. The suspect in this case, Mr. Aaron Alexis, was located inside of Building #197, and after firing multiple rounds at law enforcement members, he was shot to death by officers.
This case is being handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations with assistance of the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch and the Crime Scene Investigation Division. The motive for this case at this time is unknown.
The Metropolitan Police Department has released the names of five additional decedents who were victims in the Washington Navy Yard shooting.
The decedents have been identified as:
• 59 year-old Michael Arnold of Lorton, Virginia
• 53 year-old Sylvia Frasier of Waldorf, Maryland
• 62 year-old Kathy Gaarde of Woodbridge, Virginia
• 73 year-old John Roger Johnson of Derwood, Maryland
• 50 year-old Frank Kohler of Tall Timbers, Maryland
• 46 year-old Kenneth Bernard Proctor of Waldorf, Maryland
• 61 year-old Vishnu Shalchendia Pandit of North Potomac, Maryland
Five additional decedents have been identified as:
• 51 year-old Arthur Daniels of Southeast, Washington, DC
• 51 year-old Mary Francis Knight of Reston, Virginia
• 58 year-old Gerald L. Read of Alexandria, Virginia
• 54 year-old Martin Bodrog of Annandale, Virginia
• 52 year old Richard Michael Ridgell of Westminster, Maryland
The #Nationals again holding the blue Navy hats over their hearts during the National Anthemby George Wallace via twitter 9/18/2013 12:21:51 AM
The #Nationals held another moment of silence before the start of tonights game.by George Wallace via twitter 9/18/2013 12:21:51 AM
Navy Yard encourages employees to telecommute. Read the full story here.
Family service counselors & chaplains are available for those affected by the #NavyYardShooting . Call 1-855-677-1755by U.S. Navy via twitter 9/18/2013 12:45:33 AM
If you left your CAC/ID card on the Washington Navy Yard you must go through the Visitor Center to get a pass... fb.me/2CSdTLCenby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/18/2013 12:58:34 AM
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NAVFAC Employees may retrieve their personnel belongings from their... fb.me/LzFXOQlCby NavalDistrictWash via twitter 9/18/2013 1:03:30 AM
Updated info about retrieving vehicles at Washington Navy Yard ow.ly/oU8Lu #NavyYardShootingby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/18/2013 2:12:29 AM
Wash. Navy Yard personnel without CAC: Report to visitor center with federal or state ID for pass 9/18 #NavyYardShootingby U.S. Navy via twitter 9/18/2013 2:24:53 AM
The former Navy reservist who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been hearing voices and was being treated for mental illness in the weeks before the shooting rampage, but was not stripped of his security clearance, officials said Tuesday. Read more here.


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Malkin-g A Big Impression
The NHL.com-esk headline is only deserving for the Pens as their highlights dominated the webpage this weekend. After a few back and forth games that featured tw big divisional wins and pathetic loss, the Pens put together two dominant home performances.
In two games this weekend the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to put up 12 goals and allowed just three. Evgeni Malkin, the league's leading point scorer, had 4 goals and an assist in the two games, giving him 78 points on the season. The stats, while impressive, do not tell the entire story.
Heading into Saturday's matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steven Stamkos and Malkin both had 73 points; however, Stamkos had a whopping 43 goals. Of those 43 goals, none were scored against Pittsburgh. The Penguins might be the only team in the East that has been able to hold off Stamkos in all four games. After a few lucky bounces for the Penguins, the Lightning found themselves down by a score of four to nothing, leaving in struggling goaltender Dwayne Roloson. Roloson would soon make a big mistake. The goaltender decided to leap fists first into the face of an already down Malkin. At this point, Roli the goalie poked the sleeping bear.
Malkin spent the next period and a half tormenting Roloson. His first goal was a sharp angled blast that was followed up with an icy stare and a quick shout out to where the puck went in. Then, in the third period, Geno went coast to coast for what might be the goal of the year. He would finish with a total of three goals and one assist.
Shortly after the massive win against the Lightning, it became clear that this team was ready for the playoffs, but after three emotional victories over the past few weeks, the Pens have come up short. In their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Penguins finally came through.
In his first ever NHL start, Brad Thiessen allowed 2 goals on 22 shots, one coming off the stick of Rick Nash. The Pens would rattle off a few goals before it became evident that Columbus was done. The game was surprisingly intense as the Blue Jackets fought hard up until the very end. Malkin, Letang, Vitale, and Dupuis would score for Pittsburgh.
While Malkin has easily stolen the show for the Pens this weekend, there are three guys who have held this team together over the past ten games. Jordan Staal put together a 2 goal, 2 assist weekend; meaning that Staal now has 6 goals and 4 assists since his return just 8 games ago. He has broken the 20 goal mark for the 4th time in his career, but more impressively has done it in just half a season this year. Matt Cooke now has 27 points, 12 goals and 15 assists, but to everyone shock only has 26 penalty minutes. His superb discipline this season has made him more effective and in result has seen his ice time go up as of recent. Lastly is the play of Pascal Dupuis. The penalty killer, winger/center has finally picked up the scoring. Now with 36 points, Dupuis is just two away from topping his best ever as a penguins and is just 12 points away from tying his career high. He has found himself on a line with Staal and Sullivan recently and is very likely to stay there until Sidney Crosby can return.
On Crosby – At this point in time Crosby is participating in full practices sans contact. His speed and stamina are finally back up and it looks like if cleared today, could be back within three weeks, but with no signs of a medical clearance in sight, we can only take solace in the fact that he is practicing full time.
On the Trade Deadline – With the recent mixing and matching of the defensive pairs, the Penguins have been able to showcase some great match ups. This is allowing the pens to sit idle on the deadline and will most likely only make a move for depth, if they make a move at all.
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I approve of the title, just so you know lol.
And I love how Malkin enters beast mode when Crosby's out. I sincerely think he has an off chance to catch up to Stamkos and hit 50 goals. And he's a shoe-in for the Hart.
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Ok good, I was hoping you didn't just swan dive out a window when you read that.
And Malkin just loves the spotlight. He always comes up big when someone is down and out. I think if he is within 5 or 6 goals and has more points than Stamkos the Hart is his, but there is still 20 games left. As for the 50 goals, I think the 7 games he missed early are going to be the only reason he doesn't hit the 50 mark.
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I think the Hart is his no matter what, unless Lundqvist goes on a 15 game win streak to close out the season lol. Nominees should be Geno, Hank, and either Stamkos, H.Sedin or Spezza.
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Tough to say, but I think he is the leading candidate. Lundqvist is really deserving of a nomination and given the recent events I would say Stamkos. Sedin and Spezza are possibilities as well, but so is Giroux if he can make quick push.
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I dunno, I may sound like a snob and obviously scoring 50 goals is no easy feat but I think it should take more than scoring a lot of goals to be your team's MVP. And you're right about Giroux, don't know why i forgot about him.
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Disaster averted at IGI airport
In what could have been a major disaster at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday evening, four aircrafts approached an active runway together.delhi Updated: Nov 07, 2012 01:24 IST
In what could have been a major disaster at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday evening, four aircrafts approached an active runway together.
Lack of co-ordination and misunderstanding led to the situation but a possible collision was averted after timely rectification of the error. There were passengers on two of the four planes, out of which one was an international flight to Dubai.
According to sources, around 7pm on Monday, a Jet Airways Boeing 737 coming from Chennai was approaching to land on the active runway at the Delhi airport. At the same time, another flight of the same airline was allegedly given the signal to approach the runway and take off. Sources said two non-scheduled flights were also going from one runway to the other at the same time.
Sources in the air traffic control (ATC) said one of the two non-scheduled flights, having call sign VT-LTA, entered the runway 28 misreading an ATC instruction sent to another plane with VT- CLA call-sign to cross the runway, as its own.
When VT-CLA, a Cessna-560 of A R Airways, was asked to vacate runway on landing, the pilot of VT-LTA (a Hawker- Beechcraft 900XP of L&T Aviation Services), which was crossing over to Terminal 1-D from Terminal-3, misread the instruction and got on to the runway.
The ATC immediately asked the pilot of the other Jet flight to abort the take-off and the commander of the descending aircraft to make a go-around as the runway was occupied, said a source.
The director general of civil aviation, Arun Mishra, told PTI that "It was not a serious incident".
A civil aviation ministry official said the mistake was immediately noticed and the situation was managed.
According to the official, a small plane belonging to a non-scheduled operator came on the active runway at 7pm mistaking instructions that were passed on to another aircraft of a non-scheduled operator. "But everything was under control," the official said.
When asked about the Jet Airways flight, he said it was instructed to hover in the air, which is a normal protocol.
The director-general of civil aviation has ordered a probe.


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Heidi Montag, known from "The Hills", is going to take part in a new reality TV series called "Famous Food".
Other famous participants are Danielle Staub, Jake Pavelka, Vincent Pastore, Ashley Dupre and DJ Paul and Juicy "J" from "Three 6 Mafia".
The candidates will be tested in various challenges each week. The show can be seen from fall onwards.


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Well, we moved into our new home and in the front garden there is a fab tree! Its a cherry which must be grafted as its half white and half pink when its in blossom!!
However its a bit enthusiastic to say the least and although I don't know whether is a sweet or acid cherry I do know it needs a hair cut!
Can anyone advise me please?
I've read to do it in the summer and its forming cherries now!!
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by Mickey Smith
The Town of Johnson has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for $309,000 to be loaned to a new grocery store planned for the former Grand Union location.
The CDBG Disaster Recovery Awards were made by the Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development and totaled $1,509,000 statewide.
The grants are awarded to municipal or non-profit organizations, but can be disbursed to for profit businesses. Johnson has stated the money for the grocery store will be given in the form of a loan to Mike Comeau's Village Market of Johnson. The money will be used primarily for the purchasing of equipment for the store. According to the grant award information, $802,670 in other resources will be used in the project.
The Village Market will be located in the same location as the former Grand Union, which closed in May of 2011 due largely to spring flooding that year that dumped about a foot of water into the store. Pomerleau Real Estate, the Burlington-based owners of the building, plan to modernize the building and make it harder for water to get into the space during flooding.


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Toyota announced it is recalling 430,500 vehicles in the U.S. and a total of 516,000 worldwide for three different safety concerns.
450,000 Toyota Sienna minivans were recalled because the spare tire could corrode and fall off. This recall focuses generally in cold-market areas where road salt is common in the winter and can cause the corrosion. The recall affects Toyota Siennas from the 2004-2010 model years.
According to this article at ABC.com, "Also recalled Thursday were:
"— 16,000 Lexus GS 250 and 350 sedans from the 2013 model year because a manufacturing defect can cause the brakes to activate without warning, and without turning on the brake lights. Most of the vehicles — 10,500 — were sold in the U.S. Also included are left-hand-drive sedans sold in Canada, China and Europe.
"— 50,000 Highlander and Highlander hybrid SUVs from the 2014 model year. Toyota says a software glitch may prevent the vehicle from properly calculating the size of the front passenger when determining whether to fire the air bags. The affected vehicles assume the passenger is smaller, so the bags may not fire or they may fire at a lower speed than necessary for a larger passenger. Toyota says most of the affected vehicles — 45,287 — were sold in the U.S. Around 3,400 were sold in Canada and the rest were sold in Mexico and Europe."


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The Biggest Mistake We've Ever Made
For the first time ever, my Lenten observance has not centered on food. I did not focus on language or snacking or chocolate or screen time. My Lenten observance has been marked by the process of selling our house.
We accepted an offer on our house on Mardis Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday. We officially closed on the house on Holy Thursday. It is remarkable how that period of time precisely spanned the six weeks of Lent.
I wrote on these pages about burying an image of St. Joseph on the day we put the house on the market. Sure enough, on the feast of St. Joseph, we reached final agreement on a sales contract. We broke out the champagne.
We were celebrating the simple fact that we were free and clear of the house. Our final agreement had us leaving the house with nothing—not making anything, but not having to bring any money to the table to complete the transaction. We wanted to make a full transition to our new lives in Indiana and decided not to keep the house to try to rent it.
We celebrated too soon.
Later that week, we got the final report on our sale, which showed two 0% interest loans that we qualified for as first-time homebuyers when we bought the house. We simply forgot about them and completely missed the fact that they needed to be figured in to the sale.
So, what was to be a break-even deal for us suddenly became a deal that put us in the hole. The situation raised some troubling issues for us.
On the one hand, if we can't sell the house, would we try to rent it from 2,000 miles away? Who would we rent to? Who could we find to manage it? Also, there was very little evidence that we would be able to put it back on the market in a few years and do any better.
On the other hand, we had already negotiated a final sales agreement with a buyer, and if we pulled out now, he might have a legitimate claim on the house. It was possible that he could sue us.
I told Stacey that I felt like the Israelites crowded on the shore of the Red Sea, with raging water on one side and a hostile army approaching on the other. It seemed like there was no way through.
What felt worst was the idea that we had made a mistake that put our family's security at risk. The risk of being sued might have been slim, but it had entered the realm of possibility. Our fundamental task as parents is to take care of our family, and we had put that at risk.
I felt irresponsible, regretful and full of fear. There was lots of fear.
It was just about then that I started to wonder where God was in all of this. Through all of our negotiations with the sale of the house, we had the feeling that God was leading us. Now that the whole thing was falling apart, where was all that trust I had placed in God over the past two months?
I found an answer to that question in a prayer we use at the veneration of the cross service on Good Friday.
The prayer begins like this: "Remember your mercies, O Lord, and with your eternal protection sanctify your servants…"
A bit ironic, isn't it? Good Friday is the day we recall Jesus' suffering, abandonment, humiliation, death and entombment. And we begin our prayer with "remember your mercies" and "eternal protection?" Really?
It got me to wondering if our notion of protection differs from God's notion of protection. When I think of protection, I tend to think of comfort and security in circumstances around us.
Perhaps God's notion of protection has more to do with circumstances within us. Perhaps, for God, protection is about faithfulness—about remaining united to us, and us remaining united to God, regardless of what is going on around us. Perhaps God's protection does not provide comfort, but provides faithfulness that gives us a way through.
All too often I look for a way around or over or under. God's protection offers a way through. And this is why we venerate the cross on Good Friday. It is a symbol of God's protection. A symbol that God leads us through, just as God led Jesus through death to new life.
Back to selling the house. I was feeling like the Israelites gathered on the shore of the Red Sea. I was praying for a way through, and a way through appeared. We were given a loan, which allows us to meet all of our responsibilities and avoid all of the troubling scenarios we had been facing. We were able to close on our house last week, and we've made a full transition to our new lives here in Indiana.
Was it God protecting us? It depends on how you look at it. God gave us a way through.
And just as we prayed on Good Friday—"with your eternal protection sanctify us"—we have been made more holy by this faithfulness.
We've found a good measure of humility here—we will have to work hard in the coming year, but we're not afraid of work. It is a chance to mature and grow. We certainly feel more grounded, and reoriented around what is important in our life, and it is not money


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The Galway stars who were left behind
Their record of underage success is second over the same period of time only to Kilkenny.
Since Galway's last All-Ireland senior title in 1988, their eight triumphs have surpassed the number of All-Ireland minor titles won by Kilkenny and they have also been beaten in a further seven finals, three more than Kilkenny. They have also kept step impressively at U-21 level, winning six to Kilkenny's seven.
But they don't need any reminding that over the last 24 barren years, Kilkenny have realigned the hurling world with 10 All-Ireland titles.
Many great Galway players, laden with All Stars and underage awards, have concluded their careers without that ultimate success. We look at the options for potentially the best team in those 24 years for whom time has passed by.
Richie Burke -- An All-Ireland U-21 winner in 1991, Burke enjoyed greater longevity than any of the eight subsequent Galway goalkeepers. He held on to the No 1 spot from 1991 to 1995 and was recalled for the 1998 championship. Liam Donoghue and Michael Crimmins, goalkeepers for the two most recent All-Ireland finals, also have strong claims.
Tom Helebert -- The current Galway selector won a league medal and an All Star in 1996 before retiring after a relatively short career that began late.
Shane Kavanagh -- Of all the players who went in last November's squad makeover, Kavanagh was one of the most surprising omissions. It is thought that the current management discussed a possible return for Kavanagh during the year.
Ollie Canning -- One of the greatest defenders from any county and any generation never to win an All-Ireland senior title. Canning began life as a Galway hurler in 1996, essentially as a forward, but his reputation as a wonderful corner-back is embellished by the four All Stars he won in 2001, '03, '05 and '09 before retiring at the end of 2010.
Padraig Kelly -- Considered worthy of Man of the Match in the All-Ireland final in 1993 despite being on the losing team. It took some performance to earn an accolade that has traditionally gone to a member of the winning side. That year was Kelly's second successive All Star and while his time with Galway was relatively short he made quite an impact nonetheless. Derek Hardiman is another option here.
Liam Hodgins -- A stalwart of various Galway defences through the 1990s, he was a versatile presence who eventually anchored the defence in the 2001 All-Ireland final.
Cathal Moore -- Brother of current captain Fergal, his versatility took him to the half-forward line at one stage but he was perhaps most at home at half-back. Michael Donoghue is another to consider.
Ger Farragher -- Another surprise omission at the beginning of this season, Farragher was an All Star forward in 2005 and is such a silky left-handed striker of the ball.
Fergal Healy -- Like Moore he was versatile, playing an All-Ireland final in 2001 at corner-forward before switching to midfield for 2005.
Kevin Broderick -- There have been few more talented players to play for Galway during the 24-year period in question. Broderick's point against Kilkenny in the 2001 All-Ireland semi-final will forever be remembered. Picked up two All Stars.
Joe Rabbitte -- A giant of a man who would later make his mark with Athenry, Rabbitte was a revelation for Galway in 1993, picking off four points against Kilkenny from full-forward. His size made him one of the best receivers of a puck-out in the game. Finished in 2002 with three All Stars. Mark Kerins also deserves consideration.
Alan Kerins -- A long career as a Galway senior concluded after last year's championship and he wasn't recalled by Anthony Cunningham. Also an accomplished footballer, he almost completed an All-Ireland double in 2001 and was a driving force behind the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final win over Kilkenny.
Ollie Fahy -- Another prodigious talent from the 1990s, Fahy has a couple of league medals to show for a decade of service to Galway.
Eugene Cloonan -- Casual in appearance but deadly in his accuracy from frees and play, Cloonan won an All-Ireland U-21 title as a goalkeeper but lost three subsequent finals.
Liam Burke -- Captained a Galway U-21 team to an All-Ireland title in 1993 and was always considered one of Galway's most talented underage players. Featured against Kilkenny in the 1993 All-Ireland final at corner-forward but had to be satisfied with just a league medal in 1996.
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Jolly Rogers Ultimates Headphones Reviews, Price and Specifications
Headphones for Metal Detecting
Retail Price: $110.00
Number of Reviews: 2
Avg. Rating (1.0 Stars)
Email to a friend.
- Dual-rotary volume control with "stay put" segmented "click" positioning
- Limiter Switch for reduction of excessively loud target signals
- Selector switch for metal detector compatibility with all single-output metal detectors without adapters
- Heavy-duty earmuff-to-earmuff connection cable
- Heavy-duty coil cable with special 1/4", 90 degree angle stereo connector
- Compact carry and storage foldable design
- Heavy-duty polymer muffs with full-ear surround, soft comfortable cushions
- Warranty: Lifetime
No Instructions - No Markings - No Good
Bill in Columbia, TN, USA -
The Ultimates do not live up to their hype. Neither the volume knobs nor toggle switches are marked. Trial and error will get sound but it is best controlled by the metal detector's volume control.
Feb 14, 2012
Not worth your money
Muleskinner in Montana, USA -
I bought these from Kellyco and am unhappy. They say they are sound limiting to protect your ears but you don't have to worry about it because the maximum volume is not high enough. I run them FULL volume on my new Minelab, and I don't even use the dual volume controls because they are useless.
The two toggles are not even labeled.
I really got shafted. Save your money and get something worth around $35 because such headphones would work just as good!
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Caring: The Essence of the Health-Care Professions
Hawthorne, Denise Lillian, Yurkovich, Nancy Jane, Humane Health Care International
The assumption is widely held that members of the health-care professions care. Indeed, many, who have sought help from such professionals, report that they have felt nurtured and understood. However, professionals, clients, and others are also expressing a growing concern over a decreased level of caring in the professions.
As is widely recognized, members of the professions have used their positions of authority to take advantage of vulnerable persons who seek their help, and many appear to be serving their own needs instead of those of their clients. Both the professional and lay press describe the delivery of unsuitable or unnecessary services, the withholding or withdrawal of needed services, and the financial, physical, emotional and sexual exploitation of dependent persons. (1) Thus, as a society, we have substantial cause for concern.
To understand this concern and to find ways to enhance caring in the professions, we need first to examine the concept of caring. Scholars such as Leininger, Bevis, and Watson have given clear and meaningful definitions of caring, but their definitions are technical and explain what caring achieves rather than what it is. (2), (3), (4) Roach explains caring by saying that "caring is the human mode of being," (5) that caring is an expression of our humanity. She describes six attributes of professional caring but, because they describe caring as a set of behaviors and skills, they, too, fall short of illuminating the core of this concept. Adding to the definition, Mayeroff describes the interaction between two individuals in a professional relationship. (6) However, deeper thought is needed to capture the meaning of caring; we need a definition that acknowledges the spiritual nature of human beings, because caring is what helps us make sense of life's experiences and to find purpose in life. It is a connection between two human beings that involves a sense of oneness, fulfillment, and growth, and assists each on his/her human journey. According to Hawthorne and Yurkovich, "caring is an act of accepting, enabling and encouraging an individual by honoring his uniqueness, his complexity, his feelings and needs; by believing that each person's life makes a difference; and by helping a person find his voice and be heard."
Caring, then, is a relationship that transcends all other human relationships, and reflects the fact that we share a greater purpose than just serving ourselves in a material universe. Through this relationship, the experiences and lives of both giver and receiver are enriched, and the more caring is expressed, the richer and deeper it becomes.
Caring can be expressed in many different ways. One way is in the professional relationship. One may recall that the first professions -- theology, law, medicine, and nursing -- were described as "person professions," and centered on a counselor/client relationship. Their goal was to help individuals in life crisis, not to produce goods, or gain status and power. (7) However, in a technical society, professions have become depersonalized, and people often are labeled as numbers or codes or diseases. Professional work has become an expression of technology rather than an expression of our humanity.
It is no wonder then that today there is confusion about the true meaning and purpose of "profession." Gone are the days -- so it appears -- when entering a profession was seen as a vocation or calling, in which the primary focus is the relationship between the counselor and client. Today, in order to separate themselves from occupations, the professions define themselves by what they do rather than what they are. They appear to function in systems where the focus is no longer on the client as person but on the outcome to be achieved, problem to be solved, case to be won, or number of hospital beds to be used. As Ashley and O'Rourke point out, professional work is no longer focused on interpersonal communication but on a more efficient use of power. …


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20-21 Visual Arts Centre
20-21 is a contemporary visual arts centre located in the centre of Scunthorpe.
The arts centre has a regularly changing programme of contemporary art and craft exhibitions. There are five exhibition spaces, including the impressive Nave gallery inside the former St. John's church and an outdoor sculpture courtyard.
Venue Type:
Tue-Sat 1000-1600
Cafe open 1000-1500 (until 1600 weekends)
Closed: Bank Holiday Mondays
Seasons: A Get Crafty Showcase
- 21 October 2017 — 24 March 2018 *on now
Get Crafty, our popular weekly session, offers creative crafts and artist-run activities for adults with additional needs. Throughout summer 2017, the group has been working with regionally based artists Dominic Heffer, Nicky Dillerstone and Les Monaghan to create a new installation in for our gallery showcase. This bright and vibrant exhibition promises to take visitors on a journey through all four seasons, with artworks from Get Crafty members that include painting, photography and sculpture.
Suitable for
- Any age
Hotel Drawings
- 13 January — 24 March 2018 *on now
Inspired by the nomadic German artist Martin Kippenberger's well known Hotel Drawings, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre put out an open invitation for artists to send artworks on branded hotel note paper, or small works on paper that use Kippenberger's transient drawings as inspiration.
It's not uncommon for hotels to provide a notepad and stationary in each room for guests to use. For artist's travelling for work or pleasure, often the lure of such readily available materials is irresistible and they can't help but be creative. Kippenberger, who stayed in hotels for weeks or months at a time, used these ready made materials to create hundreds of drawings and form one of his most significant bodies of work.
The invitation to artists received a phenomenal response from across the globe, with artists from as far away as Japan, USA and Australia sending works to be included. The result is an exhibition of over 100 artworks that are intriguing, humorous, bizarre and beautiful, exhibited in showcases throughout the gallery.
Sent by mail to Scunthorpe, from all four corners of the world, these small works on paper give an insight into the artist's mind, and how artists use the often mundane time spent during travel, as inspiration, and opportunity to let the mind wander.
Suitable for
- Any age
Jane Walker: Lines
- 20 January — 24 March 2018 *on now
The paintings of Sheffield-based artist Jane Walker explore the pictorial image and how we represent three dimensional objects in two dimensional form.
In her work she aims to flatten the world around her, creating new surfaces and items that are specific to their medium. Recently her works have depicted dense urban environments, cities from which she creates a network of lines. Walker also incorporates writing and gestures that are personal, looking at tensions and influences on the urban scene and reasons that cause city-dwellers to stress. For this show, Walker has used her unique style to capture the life and soul of Scunthorpe.
Suitable for
- Any age
General Practice: YellowBelly
- 27 January — 3 March 2018 *on now
YellowBelly is a group exhibition of contemporary artists, curated by Lincoln-based arts collective General Practice.
For their commission at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, the group has invited artists from around the UK with ties to Lincolnshire to reflect on the term Yellowbelly – a slang word used to describe locals from the county.
Simultaneously a term of endearment for those who live in Lincolnshire and the Fens, and a derogatory term to describe people as cowards, Yellowbelly it is name full of contradictions. The origins of this term are unclear and there are many narratives and histories surrounding it.
Artists have explored the term and its connotations for the making of this exhibition. The results include storytelling, geography and location, identity and symbolism.
YellowBelly is a platform for emerging artists to engage with these ideas and each other through the making and installation of their work.
General Practice operates with an ethos of allowing individual artists to explore their practice within collective exhibitions, artworks and events, encouraging collaboration and conversation between artists. In this way the YellowBelly becomes one large installation with artworks constantly relating and responding to each other.
Suitable for
- Any age
Naseem Darbey: We Are Saved by Loss
- 2 March — 21 April 2018
The universal human concepts of life, loss, and hope are explored in Naseem Darbey's exhibition, We Are Saved By Loss.
Darbey engages with challenging topics through references to science, art and philosophy, and highlights the profound connection between the cosmos and the human body and the body's ability to undergo constant change. The exhibition offers the viewer the opportunity to consider what it means to be human in the wider context of the universe through Darbey's signature "hollow drawings," that combine traditional textile techniques with lighting technology to interpret physical morphology and pathology. Although the exhibition explores serious, sometimes sombre themes, it also ponders and expands on the wonder of life and what is gained and created through loss.
Naseem Darbey: We Are Saved By Loss features the artist's trademark 3D textile hollow drawing sculptural 'specimens' created by 'drawing' freehand on a sewing machine. Darbey focuses on the universal truth of pathological change and morphology in the human body. The concepts she explores provoke a conversation around disease and renewal as inescapable functions of the human form. These concepts in turn inspire audiences to think about biological processes and how each human is part of and in scale with the cosmic universe.
Suitable for
- Any age
BBC Civilisations Festival
- 10 March 2018 10am-4pm
As part of the BBC Civilisations Festival, North Lincolnshire Cultural Services and North Lincolnshire Libraries present Treasured Belongings, a two day 'pop-up' exhibition and event at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe.
Through a series of encounters with objects, precious and personal, on loan from the collections of North Lincolnshire Museum and North Lincolnshire Libraries, Treasured Belongings explores questions of identity, the origins of our culture in North Lincolnshire, and the 'civilisations' that have travelled here, past and present.
Alongside the exhibited objects, we will be hosting a special film screening event curated by Lincolnshire Film Archive, as well showing films from the North Lincolnshire Council collection throughout the day.
Be part of Treasured belongings!
This is an exhibition of 'treasured belongings' from North Lincolnshire residents past and present (that means you!) and we are asking visitors to be part of the exhibition.
On a series of empty plinths in the exhibition visitors will be able to bring along their own 'treasured belongings' and present them alongside the precious items from North Lincolnshire's historic collections.
Simply bring a Treasured Belonging with you on the day and we'll book in a slot on one of our plinths for visitors to see. We'd also love you to stay with your objects and tell other visitors what it means to you!
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
Hollow Drawing Masterclass with Naseem Darbey
- 3 March 2018 10am-4pm
Discover some of artist Naseem Darbey's techniques in this one-day workshop, where attendees will use drawing and machine embroidery to create and build a portfolio of experimental textile-based works. Participants must bring their own sewing machine and embroidery foot. Basic materials provided.
16+. £30 per person. Booking essential – please call 01724 297070 or visit the gallery reception to book.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
£30 per person.
BBC Civilisations Festival: Treasured Belongings
- 9 — 10 March 2018 10am-4pm
Through a series of encounters with objects, precious and personal, on loan from the collections of North Lincolnshire Museum and North Lincolnshire Libraries, Treasured Belongings explores questions of identity, the origins of our culture in North Lincolnshire, and the civilisations that have travelled here, past and present.
Alongside the exhibited objects, we will be hosting a special film screening event curated by Lincolnshire Film Archive, as well showing films from the North Lincolnshire Council collection throughout the day.
Friday 9 March 10am to 4pm – Treasured Belongings will be open for Schools workshops.
(Please contact email@example.com for details and to book a visit.)
Saturday 10 March 10am to 4pm – Open to the public.
Saturday 10 March – Lincolnshire Archives Film Screening (times and details tbc).
About BBC Civilisations Festival
BBC Civilisations Festival is an exciting partnership between museums, galleries, libraries and archives and the BBC to coincide with the broadcast of BBC Arts' Civilisations series in Spring 2018. The Festival – at venues across the country from Friday 2 March to Sunday 11 March – will be a showcase of ideas and events designed to engage a culturally curious audience.
Suitable for
- Any age
Forced Perspective Photography Workshop with Naseem Darbey
- 3 April 2018 10am
Learn how to create forced perspective photographic images to share on social media. Bring your own camera-equipped mobile or digital camera and try some of the techniques the artist used in Naseem Darbey: We Are Saved By Loss.
Suitable for all ages. FREE to take part in this drop-in session – no need to book!
Suitable for
- Any age
FREE to take part in this drop-in session – no need to book!
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The day after I got off the plane from my appearance at the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival (Nov. 6), my wife and I got on a plane for Paris (France, not Texas), an extension of our 25th anniversary celebration. We did the usual touristy things, but I also had the opportunity to visit the Fédération Française de Baseball et Softball, aka, the French Baseball Federation, a small office located in the 12th "arrondisement," (as the districts in Paris are called). According to Francois Collet, the gentleman who runs the bureau (as offices in France are called), there are about 10,000 people who play baseball and softball in France, as opposed to two million who play soccer. Obviously, there's a lot of catch-up to do.
I gave Collet a copy of my 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die (I was disappointed to hear that there are no French language baseball books in France). Who knows, maybe this will be the catalyst that creates a more general interest in the game. In return, Collet gave me a jersey from the national team. Tres jolie.
But that's not the only place to find baseball. I picked these up in a gift shop in the Eiffel Tower.


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The only spec listed is the native storage which weighs in at 8GB. Rumored specs include a 5-inch or 5.2-inch display carrying a 1080 x 1920 resolution. The 64-bit Snapdragon 610 SoC is rumored to be under the hood, and it includes a quad-core 1.7GHz CPU and the Adreno 405 GPU. 2GB of RAM is said to be inside and there should be support for 4G LTE connectivity.
Unfortunately, we don't have any leaks about the other specs like the cameras and battery. We also don't have a clue about when the third-gen Moto G will be officially introduced. As far as the page is concerned, it could just be a test by Flipkart in anticipation of the third-gen Moto G's eventual launch. Why test it now unless it will soon be used? Good question and one that might be hinting at the introduction of the phone much sooner than later.
Third-generation Motorola Moto G is listed on Flipkart
Third-generation Motorola Moto G is listed on Flipkart
1. Full listing as it appears on Flipkart
Thanks for the tip!
source: Flipkart via gadgetraid


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In Punjab, you face jail time if you block rail, roads
Putting people to inconvenience and even causing suffering by blocking rail tracks and roads in Punjab could now have a legal complication for protesters
Chandigarh: Putting people to inconvenience and even causing suffering by blocking rail tracks and roads in Punjab could now have a legal complication for protesters. The state government has approved a bill under which blockade of rail and road traffic would attract punishment of up to one year in jail and even a penalty of Rs.100,000.
While the Parkash Singh Badal government may be trying to contain growing incidents of lawlessness in the state in recent times, the opposition Congress is aghast at the "draconian and anti-people legislation" to put curbs on protests and demonstrations.
Be it farmers, government employees, traders, members of various sects and others - Punjab has, in recent years, faced the fury of protesters.
This has forced the government to approve the new bill which will be tabled in the assembly session next week.
The cabinet has given approval to include the words "Blockade of Rail or Road Traffic" in The Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Bill-2014 defining "damaging act".
If the damage is done using explosives, the punishment would be up to two years and a fine of Rs.1 lakh. The offences will be non-bailable.
"This amendment would not only act as a deterrent for miscreants to participate in such agitations and demonstrations and cause damage to public and private property but will also help recover from them the damages on this count," the bill proposal says.
Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa has strongly opposed the move to put curbs on protests and demonstrations.
He said the Badal government had tried to push similar legislation in October 2010.
"However, following strong opposition from the people, it was withdrawn," Bajwa said.
The Congress, which has been at the forefront of criticising the Badal government for not containing lawlessness, now finds the proposed bill "a direct attack on the fundamental rights of the people and against all democratic norms".
For the Congress, the new bill is a "black law", "reminiscent of the days of slavery during the British era and the effort was to scuttle voices of dissent and freedom of expression and protest which was fundamental to any democratic system".
In recent years, there have been instances when the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have let protests on the streets and rail tracks to have a free run. At times, this has resulted in heavy damage to public and private property.
As both sides indulge in posturing over the issue, it is the common people who have to suffer. After all, one man's right to protest can be another man's agony.


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What the heck is "mdc_service.log"???
So I was experimenting with network topologies and I disabled "NetworkManager" with this command:Code:
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager
Now I need SE Linux so I am not disabling it. But it keeps reporting a file access violation, that /usr/sbin/ifconfig is trying to write to a file called mdc_service.log and that this action has been restricted by the "catch all" SE Linux policy. This exception occurs about once every 24 hours. I'm thinking it might be a bug.
Unfortunately, when I searched Google for "mdc_service.log" (in quotes), I get zero results. I've never had that happen before, and I can't believe that someone wrote a script or something into Fedora that tries to write to a log file, but that this log file hasn't been document anywhere at all, not even in any of the mailing lists.
So does anyone here know what mdc_service.log is, and why is ifconfig is trying to write to it?
There is probably a script somewhere that is using ifconfig to do something but I will have trouble tracking down this script without more information. Any takers?
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Never mind. The error occurs more than once every 24 hours, and the exception occurred again. I used the "SE Linux Alert Browser" and clicked on the "details" button.
Turns out this is caused a third party application trying to do something that would otherwise break the rules dictated by SE Linux.


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- Brand: SBIG
- Product Code: STXL-6303E
- Availability: Ships directly from manufacturer
- $7,495.00
The new STXL cameras are the latest versions of the flagship STX series. The STXL is essentially the same camera design as the STX with three exceptions: First, the self-guiding CCD is moved from the main camera body to the new STXL filter wheel for guiding in front of filters; second, a rotating disk even-illumination shutter provides a shorter backfocus distance allowing the use of camera lenses; and third, the STXL uses the new STT remote guide head.
Two new STXL filter wheel options accompany the release of the STXL series camera. The Standard and Self-Guiding 8-position STXL filter wheels are of a similar design as the STT filter wheels They use the same precise positioning mechanism, but accommodate 50mm round unmounted filters. In the Self-Guiding model, the guiding CCD is incorporated into the filter wheel in front of the filters.
All of the other features of the STXL are the same as the STX series: Two-stage cooling to -60°C, water cooling ready, ethernet and USB 2.0 computer interfaces, Several new innovations for serious imagers have been designed into this professional camera. To name a few:
- USB 2.0 and Ethernet in each camera
- Web browser control ready
- Two-Stage TE Cooling
- Minimum Cooling Delta -60°C with Air Only
- 12VDC operation (9-14VDC)
- Self-guiding in front of filters
- Full frame image buffer
- Continue guiding while downloading
- Internal and External Self-Guiding
- Optional Remote Guide Head
- Separate focus adjustment for built-in guider
- New photometric shutter for large arrays
- Variable speed fan
- Quick Disconnect Water Cooling Ready
- User Rechargeable Desiccant Plug
- Opto-isolated Relays for Telescope Control
- Tracking Relay LED Indicators
- Power Management LED Indicators
Self-Guiding in Front of Filters
It is well known that the advantage of easier guiding through a separate guide scopes is often limited by differential deflection of the guide scope relative to the main optical axis due to mechanical flexure or shifting of the mirror in the main OTA. It was this difficulty that SBIG addressed with our patented self-guiding design, and that we and others have addressed with an Off-Axis Guiding solution. Self-guiding is more convenient and more accurate, but can prove more difficult when narrowband filters are used. Previously, by piecing together an off-axis guiding system with parts from different manufacturers, users could place a guider in front of the filters, but this was generally more expensive, required additional equipment and did not always integrate well. Also, controlling two cameras might require one computer to run run two instances of camera control software. The ideal solution was therefore to design a self-guiding system that placed the guiding CCD in front of the filters using an integrated design that is easy to control. That is the new filter wheel / guider design of the STT and STXL cameras. The guiding CCD is built into the filter wheel and connects directly to the main cameras as an "external" tracking CCD. The optical design is optimized for guiding and all the commands and control of the guider are identical to those of our traditional self-guiding design. The guider does not require any power or control cables routed back to a computer and the system can be operated by a single software package as one camera.
Micron-Precision Filter Wheel
In addition, the STXL filter wheels are designed with the same precise positioning mechanism used in the STT design. With precise positioning, a filter is returned and held in precisely the same position every time it is rotated into the optical path, even after a loss of power and no matter how many times the filter wheel has moved. Our initial tests using the STT filter wheel measured this accuracy at better than 5 microns (less than one pixel).
USB 2.0 and Ethernet Interface
The STXL series, like the STX and STT series cameras, has both USB 2.0 and Ethernet interface capability for the greatest versatility with a variety of computer systems. Users do not have to choose between the two. The Ethernet interface makes control of the camera over a network easy and less expensive than requiring a local computer to be controlled remotely. Moreover, the camera has a built-in web server. Also, with Ethernet, no camera drivers need to be installed. The STXL camera has a built-in web server that can be accessed from any browser. This also allows the use of a wireless network to be established for wireless control using an iPad or iPhone.
Superior Cooling
The STXL uses an innovative pin fin heat sink. This design is the most efficient for dissipating heat per given volume, and while it is more expensive than typical parallel fin heat sinks commonly round elsewhere, it provides superior performance and minimizes size and weight at the same time. This is one of the reasons the STXL camera weighs less than competing cameras with similar cooling performance. The new heat sink is an optimized design for this camera using a large custom pin fin heat sink mated directly to the hot side of the 2 stage TE cooler to achieve maximum heat dissipation with a single large fan. In less than 5 minutes the STXL-11000 achieves a delta of -60C using air cooling only.
Water Circulation Ready
While the design is aimed at sufficient cooling without water assist, it is possible to use water instead of air or in addition to air for optimum cooling. Using water instead of air will not require the use of a fan. Chilled water may also be used alone or with the fan for even greater cooling.
Even-illumination Shutter
Since the early days of the original ST-7 camera, SBIG has been providing even-illumination shutters in our cameras, something not found in the majority of other cameras made for astrophotography. "Even-illumination" means that the shutter mechanism is designed to open and close in such a manner that it does not change the proportion of light falling on the sensor due to the shape or motion of the shutter itself. This is what one finds for instance with an iris type of shutter that opens-up starting at the center and closes over the center last.
User rechargeable desiccant
In order to allow the user the greatest flexibility in the field, and to avoid having to return the camera to the factory in order to purge the CCD chamber, we have designed the chamber to accept a rechargeable desiccant plug similar to our current ST and STL cameras.
Full Frame Image Buffer
The STXL series cameras have a full frame image buffer for storing image data during download. The STX will take an image during download process. We are exploring the possibility of using this buffer for pre-processing pixel defects based on a defect map provided by the CCD manufacturer, at the user's direction.
Variable Speed Fan
If the user desires air cooling only, the fan speed is controllable through software. Variable speed control allows the user to "tune" to fan to eliminate any resonance with the user's telescope thus suppressing harmonic vibrations.
I2C AUX Port
The STXL cameras has the same convenient I2C AUX port that we use on the STF and STT cameras for power and control of accessories such as filter wheels and Adaptive Optics.
Tracking Relay LED indicators
This handy set of 4 LEDs will tell you at a glance if the camera is issuing corrections to the mount in +X, -X, +Y or -Y directions during an imaging session.
12VDC Operation
The STXL will internally regulate a 12VDC supply so that the camera can be connected directly to any unregulated source such as a car battery. Four power LEDs indicate if the supply voltage drops to 11, 10 or 9 volts and when it is "good." Operation of the camera is possible with a supply voltage of 9.1 to 14 volts DC. Other LEDs indicate camera status and operation of the relays during guiding.
Remote guide Head
The STXL cameras supports a new remote guide head. This guide head plugs directly into the main camera and operates as an "external" tracking CCD. No additional connections to a computer are required.
All STXL cameras include a Pelican Storm Case.
|Camera Specifications
|Imaging CCD
|Kodak KAF-6303E
|Imaging/Pixel Array
|3072 x 2048 pixels @ 9u
|CCD Size
|27.65 x 18.48 mm
|Total Pixels
|6.3 Million
|Pixel Size
|9 x 9 microns
|Full Well Capacity
|100,000 e-
|Dark Current e/p/s at 0 C
|0.3e-/pixel/sec at 0°C
|Peak QE
|Mechanical, Even-illumination
|0.12 to 3600 seconds, 10ms
|Correlated Double Sampling
|A/D Converter
|16 bit
|A/D Gain
|Read Noise
|11e- rms
|Binning Modes
|1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 9x9, x n
|Pixel Digitization Rate
|1.8 Megapixels / Second
|Full Frame Download
|4 Seconds
|Focus Mode
|~1 second
|Cooling Delta
|-60°C with air only
|Temperature Regulation
|12VDC at 6 amps max
|Computer Interface
|USB 2.0 and Ethernet
|Computer Compatibility
|Windows 32 / 64 bit
|6 x 6 x 3.5 in. Excluding fan 152 x 152 x 76mm
|3" Threaded Accessory Plate
|4.5 pounds / 2kg
|0.98 inches / 24.8 mm
|Filter Wheel Option
|Self-Guiding Filter Wheel
|Filter Size
|50mm round
|Adaptive Optics Option
|Remote Guide Head
|Lens Adapter
|Nikon or Canon EOS
|OAG Option


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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) Researchers from the University of South Florida have positively identified remains of a teenager found at the Dozier School for Boys.
Owen Smith was 14-years old in 1940 when the school told his family that he ran away and was found dead under a house. The grave they were shown was unmarked, and his death was never registered.
Smith's remains were found in a hastily-buried grave, USF says, was positively identified by DNA match from his sister, Ovell Krell.
"I was totally dumbstruck," Krell said after learning her brother's remains had been identified after waiting for over 73 years to find him.
Researchers from the USF have been working to identify remains found at the schoolwhere former students and families have made allegations of abuse over the years.
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It's that time of year when fundamentalist Christians exercise their stupid muscles by declaring there's a War on Christmas, Commanding Generalissimo Bill O'Reilly presiding.
For a group of people who regularly brag about their strength and moral superiority, these people are some of the most self-righteous, creme brulee-spined I've ever seen. In their headlong rush to see imagined slights behind every scotch pine, they – as they quite often do – forget several pertinent facts.
Christians make up 70-80% of the American population, yet they are so offended by people saying Happy Holidays they boycott any business bold enough to challenge their God's alleged right to drive everyone else from the manger on the public square.
This seems a bit odd since their claim to rightness rests on their Big Kahuna, a force so powerful He can smite those who quibble with him like squashing a bug or a Muslim underfoot. If He's so offended, why don't Christians celebrate the annual cleansing of heathens by hell-fire, brimstone, and 50% off sales at Macy's instead of Christmas? Where the hell is the perpetual lightning storm they keep predicting will come?
Their position on this is that Christmas is their holiday and that since they are the predominate religion – let's call this the "American is a Christian Nation" gambit – no one has the right to say Happy Holidays, even if by 'holidays' they mean multiple Christian holidays.
More Christian Holidays Than You Can Swing Incense At
But here's the thing. The American calendar allocates more days to Christians than any other religion. Of course, you have the Big 3 religious holidays – Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. You also have – depending on the year – roughly 52 Sundays a year, and if you're Catholic a similar number of Long John Silver's Fridays. When you throw in minor Christiancentric days, like Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday, Palm Sunday, and all the lesser Saint, crab feed, and spaghetti dinner days , most of the days already belong to Christians. They get 364 days a year to hog all the food and fellowship and have crab boils, spaghetti dinners, bean dinners, and bingo.
If they had their way, Jews, Muslims, Wiccans and all the other religious and irreligious would get bupkis, including having Christmas and Thanksgiving as a plain old day off , "NO TIME OFF FOR YOU! Make a hole, manger coming through! Stop stealing my tax money you heathen!"
I guess someone has to work the Black Friday, 3 am doorbuster shift at Walmart, because Christian Conspicuous Consumption day seems to be popular – some might even say holy – with the Jesus sect.
Commandment 11 – thou shalt buy a 51-inch plasma HD-TV marked down 50%.
Even if the common fundamentalist complaint that there is unwarranted government interference in their lives, the rest of us could make the same argument.
Christians are free to pray, celebrate, sing hymns, and have as many cheesy midnight Christmas Eve pageants as they like. Besides, BONUS, it keeps the little Christian whelps off the street where they may run across a stray socialist bully who will beat them like a rug.
Christians Already Rule the Roost
Christians already rule the roost. They are the predominate faith of the country, as they point out with the frequency of parrots on truth serum. All the rest of use ask is that we can call a holiday a holiday.
Look my fine biblical friends, if being able to squat on the taxpayer-funded public square is so evil, why don't the majority Christian legislators rise up against the Goliath atheists and Ramadan-celebrating Muslims and smite the Constitutional law – that document to which these Americans pledge fealty only second than they do to the Bible.
Even as an atheist I could care less whether Christians return an innocent pleasantry like "Happy Holidays" with a rude punch in the pickle and a reminder that, "It's Christmas dammit you scummy heathen" – so long as the pickle they're punching isn't mine.
I don't begrudge them "In God we Trust", because a buck is a buck…and when you throw into the collection plate it's prelabeled so God can tell it's his.
I don't even care if you pray in school. All I ask is that you do it quietly on your own time because tuition is getting too damned expensive and, as you like to remind me, it's time to root out fraud and inefficiency from America's educational system – sort of a no deity left behind thing.
So go ahead and grumble about your persecution. Say Merry Christmas, even on Independence Day if you want. Truthfully, I don't care. I'm more secure in my atheism than you appear to be in your Christianity. I love you as I would my brother, even though I don't subscribe to the book advising so therein. But sometimes brothers need a little cuff behind the ear and some tough love. So here it is:
For Christ's sake, er, goodness sake, stop you incessant whining about an imagined etymological affront. It's peanuts beside a guy dragging a cross around, wearing rose bush thorns on his head, and telling the nitwits pounding 10-pennies into his palms, "Here, let me help you with that."
Merry Christmas!
- War on Christmas (psychologytoday.com)
- Who's Winning The War On Christmas? (firedoglake.com)
- a new not-Christmas song by Paul Simon (from his forthcoming album "So Beautiful Or So What") (MP3) (brooklynvegan.com)
- C*****mas! (dickiebo.wordpress.com)
- Chilliwack trustees ice 'winter vacation,' opt for Christmas holidays (globaltvbc.com)
- How long have you really got to create a memorable Christmas this year? [Richard Mr Productivity Maybury] (ecademy.com)
- Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol is Coming! (blogcritics.org)
- No truce in 'war on Christmas' (dispatch.com)


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Literacy group executive director Williams to retire in February
Nancy Williams, the face of area literacy efforts for more than a decade, announced her retirement as executive director of Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry, effective Feb. 1.
Williams' involvement with literacy began long before her current appointment, however — longer even than the 21 years that she has spent at LVL.
Her spark for working in the field was lit in Simsbury, Conn., when someone in her church there spoke about volunteering to tutor Cambodian immigrants in Hartford's adult literacy program. After she moved to Hilton Head Island, she read about the need here for basic literacy skills and signed on as a volunteer in 1991. It became the perfect fit for the former English teacher and human resources professional.
She later was trained by Literacy Volunteers of America (today ProLiteracy) to conduct Conversational English programs — now called English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) — for immigrants and became a part-time ESOL instructor and volunteer ESOL and basic literacy trainer at LVL.
In 1996, she was named the group's director of ESOL programs. In that post she was instrumental in responding to the language needs of a burgeoning Spanish-speaking immigrant population. She helped enlarge LVL's network of satellites, launched three family literacy programs, and secured grant funding for computerized English language instruction and an open broadcast of Crossroads Café, a situational television "dramedy" that teaches English in 26 entertaining episodes.
She was named LVL's executive director in 2002. Today the group serves about 700 adult learners annually at 8 locations in Beaufort and Jasper counties and has 14 paid staff members and 200 volunteers. LVL students currently represent 41 different countries and 16 different languages. Before the economic recession the high point in enrollment was 850 with a half-million-dollar budget. Williams reports, though, that enrollment now is heading upward again with a 41 percent increase in demand just since the fall session.
Under her leadership, LVL has increased linkages with workforce development, entered into a collaborative relationship with Jasper-Hampton Adult Education, strengthened its 26-year partnership with Beaufort County Adult Education, enhanced technology, and increased fund raising. During her tenure, LVL's development staff and Friends of Literacy launched Cooks & Books, LVL's signature fund raising event.
In response to changing demographic and community needs, LVL moved its headquarters and opened a learning center in Bluffton in 2008 and co-located its Beaufort learning center with SC Works in 2012.
The organization has twice earned accreditation by ProLiteracy, the only literacy program in the state to have done so. It has also won four awards in recent years: The 2011 South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) Erin Hardwick Award for Nonprofit Excellence, the 2003 Organization of the Year Award from the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and two Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Civitas awards to an outstanding non-profit in 2004 and 2010.
In addition to her LVL duties, Williams served as a member of the Lowcountry Workforce Investment Board, the SC Connect Adults Committee, and the Greater Island Council of Hilton Head Island and Bluffton and its Workforce, Education, and Community Outreach Committee. She was selected as a workshop presenter at three national ProLiteracy conferences and has lobbied elected officials in Washington D.C., urging them to become advocates for adult education and adult literacy funding.
"I retire knowing that thousands of lives have been changed as a result of LVL's efforts to increase the skills of area adults," Williams said. "We equip adults with the reading, writing, speaking and math skills they need to succeed in their families, their workplaces and the community. But there are still as many as 10,000 Beaufort County adults who lack basic literacy skills and many more with the most basic of skills. Although we've come a long way, there is still much work to be done."
As LVL gets ready to observe its 40th anniversary in 2013, Williams says she may return in retirement as a volunteer—perhaps again as an ESOL tutor or to help with the anniversary celebration. But travel, golf with her recently retired husband, public policy and community life are in her plans, too.
The board of directors has appointed a search committee, which is currently seeking Williams' successor. Plans are also under way for a gala send-off. Watch for the date and make plans to celebrate Williams' years of community service.


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Coca-Cola Celebrates the Joy of Parenting
This new commercial for Argentina's Coca-Cola Life, titled "Ser Padres" (To Be Parents), shows a funny and heartwarming story about the ups and downs of parenthood. While many may say that they don't care for kids, everything changes when they become parents. After all, isn't that how we all started? What do you think? ~Sonny […]Read More
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