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Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today the establishment of Sharp Elbit Systems Aerospace, Inc. ("SESA"), a jointly owned company in South Korea, with Sharp Aviation K Inc. ("Sharp Aviation K"), located in Seoul, South Korea. Elbit Systems will own 19% with a growth option to 50% ownership.
SESA will operate in Ansan and among other capabilities, will offer maintenance, repair and manufacture of advanced military aircraft avionics as well as research and development of systems and avionics for both existing and future projects, such as the Korean Light Attack Helicopter (LAH) and the Korean Future Fighter (KFX) development projects. Contracts currently operated by Sharp Aviation K will be transferred to SESA as part of the transaction.
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As a Korean company, SESA will also be able to offer offset solutions to foreign suppliers and OEM's selling defense goods and services in Korea.
Mr. Soon-Suk Paik, President and CEO of Sharp Aviation K commented: "Working with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of Korea and international and Korean manufacturers, SESA will offer the Korean aerospace market advanced solutions and systems, made in Korea and based on Elbit Systems' technological portfolio and Sharp Aviation K's vast experience in aviation and avionics, strong local presence and deep understanding of the Korean market".
Mr. Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, Elbit Systems' President and CEO, noted: "The establishment of this new company is a significant step for Elbit Systems in Korea, which we consider to be a very important market. We trust that establishing this jointly owned company will bring new opportunities and will be of mutual benefit for both our companies and for Korea".
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Black Rock Observatory 2015
Our Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1dzBxvP
Our Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1dzBxvP
We participated in our first Mini Maker Faire on November 16th, in our remote northern outpost of Rochester, New York. And people absolutely loved Black Rock Observatory!
We brought the 1:6 model of dome 2 to Rochester Riverside Convention Center to participate in the first ever Mini Maker Faire in Rochester on November 16 where hundreds of people oohed and ahhed over the beauty of the dome. Organizers estimated about 2,000 people in attendance and seriously, it seemed as if every one of them stopped by the booth to chat. It was non-stop smiles all day long!
Dennis Schinnell stopped by before the event opened and helped me (Pat Rapp) assemble the dome. With his sharp mind and knack for solving puzzles, he was as huge help. He ended up spending most of the day at our booth, chatting with people and sharing information about the Black Rock Observatory and the Mars Rover Art Car.
People fell completely in love with the observatory model. Small kids wanted to take it home. Adults wanted to visit the full scale dome. Everyone was in awe of Gregg Fleishman's design and were completely blown away that the full size dome fit together exactly like the small one. We had a lot of kids asking what an observatory is for, which was great. I could feel their excitement. I heard parents and kids talking about planets and stars. One child said, "Can we get a telescope?" and her father said, "Yeah! Let's do that!" It was wonderful to see the BRO be a gateway to learning. It sparked something that might otherwise not have come up for some families.
And families with little kids were not the only ones loving the BRO. We had tons of people checking it out, asking how it was built, and asking about Burning Man.
I gave a talk in the afternoon that I hope will encourage people to create their own science-based art. The gist of it was that people really want to engage with science, and building art can facilitate that connection. I also emphasized what I think is one of the great qualities of the Desert Wizards of Mars: everybody on the crew is equally valued, and that kind of leadership allows everyone to contribute their own unique skills. I also pointed out that sometimes the unexpected happens. Sometimes, in the middle of the biggest party on earth, people pull up their lawn chairs and watch Carl Sagan's Cosmos. 🙂
Our booth was a busy place at Mini Maker Faire. The day flew by and was over in what seemed like minutes. You know you've struck a chord when you've been so swamped that you only managed to take three photos at a six hour event. Here's the third one:
I can't wait to do this again. Thanks, BRO!
My wonderful supporters, we are working with the supplier to make sure you all get your rewards for pledging your support. Many have already gone out and I appreciate the patience of those who have not received their rewards. We're actually ahead of schedule on some of them, but behind on others.
We've run into a snag with the XL t-shirts and hoodies, so those are delaying some orders, but it shouldn't be long. I'm visiting with the supplier this week. Here's a break down of where we are as of 11/7/14,
We're still waiting on a quite a few survey responses, so if you requested a reward and never received a survey asking for your mailing address or clothing sizes, etc., check your spam folders or inboxes and drop us a line if you never received it. Thanks for your patience with us as we work towards fulfillment. Thank you very much for making this whole project possible.
At the moment, the domes are resting on a concrete pad in Leona Valley, Ca, stacked in semi-neat piles, dormant, awaiting orders. The crew is still recovering from all this craziness and many are working hard on real world astronomy and space flight stuff, but most of us sit and dream about it while we work at Earth jobs in the dust. The holidays are coming and it's time to reconnect with family, the fireplace, shorter days and fat bellies.
There's nothing on the radar for a few months. It feels kind of nice, actually. I've been obsessing for years now. I imagine, after fulfillment is complete, I'll sleep a little more soundly. I've already started plotting and scheming for next year and there's a ton of opportunities on the horizon.
I've been invited to speak about the Observatory by the Rose City Astronomers in Portland, OR in April. If you're in the NW on April 20th, 2015 and would like to hear me blather on about Black Rock Observatory, Burning Man and Kickstarter, please stop by and connect, I'd love to meet you and say thanks in person.
There's a science camp-out for kids in Joshua Tree in February, along with the Science Olympiad at the Antelope Valley College (the MRAC was there last year). March has BEquinox and I've been looking forward to taking the dome there since the prototype build, the dark skies there will allow our scope to really dig deep. After that, festival season is in full swing. Possible destinations for Black Rock Observatory include: Portland Regional -SOAK, Lucidity, Lightning in a Bottle, AZ Regional – Saguaro Man, CO Regional – Apogaea, Great Lakes Regional – Lakes of Fire + Electric Forest and more. We'd like to return to BRC and YouTopia obviously and we're keeping our eyes open for more opportunities to bring BRO to the people.
I'll keep you posted through the winter, but to keep in touch on a more personal level, join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlackRockObservatory/ We regularly post a lot of great news stories there related to Burning Man, astronomy, space flight and science in general, so follow along or join the conversation, we'd love to have you.
Thank you. You have made my dreams come true. I've said it enough myself in the last 6 months to make it a cliche all by myself, but it's true. You've made the dreams of many others come true, too. Heck, we have 644 people standing here together!! We can change the world like this. NO! We already have. Sometimes I just can not believe that the real thing is sitting in front of me, it seems so surreal. Even after all the blood, sweat and tears, it seems like a dream.
One last note: I'm not always the best at connecting and am often introverted, but I feel you out there, each and every one of you. Every single dollar. I know you work hard for those dollars and we're not as sexy as gadgets or cruises or that new Burning Man costume. Please, please understand that I feel your support. It means the world to me. I owe you one.
Reach out at any time if you'd like to connect at firstname.lastname@example.com or friend me on Facebook. I'd love the opportunity to say thank you in person, so please stop me if you see me or avoid me if you don't like hugs, 'cause I'm givin' 'em. If you've read all of this, you've likely given me the adventure of a lifetime and for that, I am eternally grateful and I can't wait to meet you. Until then,
-Major Tom, signing off….
Just before Burning Man, the folks in the San Diego Collaborative Arts Project invited us to their regional decompression event, YouTopia: Revelation Revolution and asked us to apply for a grant and we did. The observatory was running over budget, so I desperately needed the funds in order to avoid a huge personal loss that I had no idea how I was going to afford. I discovered the dome seen above would cost twice as much as the first dome and far more than we had budgeted for, because of supply issues. The wholesaler who supplies the imported Latvian Birch, the same wood used for much of Gregg's structures, had run out of stock at just the wrong time and we were forced to pay retail price for all the wood comprising the entire second dome, not to mention the cost of the rotation mechanism. An hour after I learned this and about 7,500 heart beats later, SDCAP contacted me to award us the grant. The timing was perfect. Cosmic even.
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Let me tell you, the folks that throw this event gave us the warmest welcome you could ever expect. Not only did they reach out and offer the help we needed to get to there and request our presence, but they gave us a perfect location at the top of a hill with beautiful views of the sky and an incredible perspective on the whole event. From the top of our perch in a larger valley, we could survey what seemed like the entire event, snaking down a creek in a gorgeous stretch of the La Jolla Indian Campground, just miles away from Palomar Observatory, a historic venue for astronomy. Big thanks to Meg and Paul for the best skies this project has seen so far and the chance to again do our thing.
The build went extremely smoothly this time. Largely because we had the master, Gregg Fleishman with us, who understands it all better than anyone, but also because we had learned a lot. 95% of the work was performed with 5 people, one supervising, in a leisurely pace. We completed the dome before dark. We had slept in and taken a long lunch. Granted, we weren't in the remote, dusty desert, far from civilization in constant winds and blazing Sun, that definitely helped. Considering all of this, I believe we're getting better at this. We can complete it with a smaller crew in a faster time and now's the time to look to the future and what stops we'll be making next year in this space adventure.
The people that came to see us at the observatory were blown away. I knew deep down all along that we'd connect with a certain group, but I'm astounded to see how big that group is. So many wonderful people made the trek up the hill to visit our observatory even under cloudy skies. Again, the meteorite was a huge hit. People really resonate with the age and the weight and the over all sculpture quality of the Rock. I'm contemplating another acquisition just due to the sheer impact of them, pun intended. We also brought one of Gregg's Satellite structures and that is always amazing to see come together. They pack so small and yet deliver so much visual impact, play area and intimate space, it's almost magic. And when you see one, you know Gregg is there somewhere and somehow, that just makes people feel good.
The clouds were relentless. We set up the Observatory on Thursday and never saw stars until Saturday morning just before sun rise. I stayed up all night Thursday and Friday waiting for the clouds to part. I had brought the observatory all the way out here and built it to show people the universe and I was determined but fading fast. I set my alarm to go off every hour that night to check for clear skies at about 3am. In one hour, it was clear as a bell. Only about 2 dozen folks stopped by before the Sun came up, honestly I don't think anyone barely noticed that stars were out finally, but those who did were treated to an epic view of Jupiter. The seeing was fantastic, the transparency was superb and as I've mentioned before, our telescope is a monster.
The views were phenomenal. I literally skipped around and jumped up and down like a little boy. The skies at Burning Man were fair this year and since then, Ive had some great views at home in the high desert of L.A. County, but here in the heart of the reservation in this gorgeous valley, our project, our telescope shined like a bright shining star of amazingness. Anyone with decent sight was seeing almost a dozen individual cloud belts and zones on the surface of Jupiter with blue festoons clearly visible in the Northern Equatorial Belt. The Galilean Moons were visible, too and some were even giving up colors. Io was certainly tinged with yellow.
It wasn't long before the Sun came up and put everyone to bed. I fell asleep that morning with my fingers crossed for just one clear night so we could really wow some people with great vistas. Saturday night was our last chance.
The day started out cloudy and overcast. It was a perfect time to walk around and enjoy ourselves at this amazing festival. The organizer do a great job and you'll find 3,000 plus great folks there, all with something great to offer. As the day progresses, I could tell we were going to be open for business. The skies were shaping up to be perfect and perfect they were.
The chilly air over the Observatory was still and crystal clear. The Orion Nebula is one of the most beautiful deep sky targets in the sky and our telescope seems almost perfectly configured to view it. This star birth region is just awesome to look at and it appears bluish in hue. I enjoyed some of the best views of this target of my life on Saturday night. The looks on people's faces were priceless. I heard more wow's and expletives than you'd expect to hear near powerful scientific instruments, but that's the way things should be.
It's usually fairly easy to amaze with Saturn, even with a small telescope. It has rings and we love it. With the Orion Nebula, it's much, much harder. If you drive the average amateur telescope out to a dark sky and stare for a while, you may barely make out the brightest parts of this gas cloud. People spend hours, night after night staring and staring trying to tease out tiny details with the frigid winter air freezing their breath to their ski masks and condensing the water vapor out onto your optics. I've spent many sleepless nights straining my eyeballs and freezing my other [parts] off to see what this telescope slams into your brain like a freight train. The beauty hurts and darn it, there goes the water works just thinking of it. Damn you, updates.
Please believe me when I tell you this telescope works. It's awakened this old dusty amateur astronomer once again after years of trying to wring every photon from decades old, tiny, inadequate equipment. Sure, the views aren't like Hubble, but the fact that I can slap someone in the face with a dim nebula instead of the bright Moon or a planet makes me very happy, and powerful. We have a gun and it's loaded with galaxies and nebulae and planets and it's pointed right at the public's face. We have enough aperture (or firepower) to take people outside of the solar system and even our galaxy and that's very special. Thanks to you.
Since our last update, we've built the observatory twice. We had the honor of being chosen to represent the Los Angeles Kickstarter community among other awesome projects at the Kickstarter Film Fest in Griffith Park at the Autry on September 12th, shortly after our return to Burning Man. To demonstrate what's possible with crowdfunding, Kickstarter chose Black Rock Observatory and handful of other L.A. projects to ser up and show the community just what we do. We were proud to be set up at the Autry not far from the World's Fasterst Hot Tub, Carpool De Ville. You can learn more about the Film Fest at this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/events/filmfest2014_la?ref=filmfest. Much fun was had. Keep an eye out for the event next year.
It was a learning experience. We learned that its far easier to build on grass near food, bathrooms and civilization than in the Black Rock Desert. We may have anticipated this. We made many new friends at Burning Man and with their help, the build went pretty smoothly. It seems that the system that can be easily demonstrated properly and new crew members are quickly able to hit the ground running if properly manged. If. I was pretty tired and made some mistakes, but in the end, after a 23 hour day in which we built and disassembled the observatory, no one was hurt and everyone loved the project. We learned a lot about a safer way to construct and disassemble and that knowledge was essential for the next build in San Diego. More on that later.
People seemed to resonate with the project just as they did at Burning Man. I've underestimated the power of two elements of this project: the power of the meteorite and the appeal of rotating the dome. The views through the telescope for the first half of the night were almost embarrassing. No amount of amazing optics can peer through barbecue smoke and food truck exhaust to reveal beautiful views of Saturn. No one seemed to mind. Even with the wavy, nervous ringed planet and few other stars piercing the Great Los Angeles Skyglow, people were still enthralled by the meteorite, they loved to turn the dome together and they didn't mind underwhelming views of Saturn. They just loved the look of the whole thing and were thrilled we there.
We saw some of you awesome supporters there and even some that we had met on playa at Burning Man for a second time and we're thankful you made the trip out to see us again! We also met a lot of new friends there and had a lot of great opportunities to talk science with probably a thousand great folks. To top it all off, at the end of the night, the Moon saved us. It rose over a relatively unobscured patch of trees with no meat fumes and we were in business. Now we were cooking with gas, so to speak.
The Moon through our 20″ telescope is something you should definitely see if you get the chance. It is stunningly beautiful and has to be the most beautiful gray thing in the world, oh wait, it's not in the world. Alright then, the Moon through our telescope is the most beautiful gray object you'll ever see. Craters, volcanos, rilles, cliffs and more detail than you can take. It is amazing. We even carried the fully assembled telescope out of the observatory so the team could start disassembling it to make our deadline to get out of there. There was still a line of folks ready to view the Moon and they were not disappointed.
Thanks to Alex Hudson from Kickstarter for making this happen and staying until 2AM IN THE MORNING HELPING US LOAD UP! He was amazing, the first there and the last to leave. You are awesome, sir!
Check out this gallery of the build courtesy of Gary Spiers: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.625450067572148&type=1
And then, we had a lot of time to think about we learned from Burning Man and the Film Fest. It wasn't always easy. We managed to not hurt anybody, but we were tired and very done, but it wasn't time to rest. It was time to learn before the lessons faded away into the holidays with turkey dinners and family visits. So we thought long and hard.
Check out this article by Sue Karlin in Fast Company on our presence at Burning Man and how we're contributing to the science culture there. http://www.fastcocreate.com/3035896/bringing-space-science-education-to-burning-man-and-beyond
I was invited to give a talk on the Observatory at Mindshare in Los Angeles on September 26th. Think TED talks, but for burners and collaborative artsy types. The crowd was very receptive to hear the story about how I convinced Gregg Fleishman to join us on this journey, remind me to tell you some time. I really enjoy talking about this project with people and this night was exactly what I needed to cure my blues from missing Burning Man. I really got that great feeling talking and visiting with my favorite community, every time I drive down out of the desert to be with you all, I'm happy I did. Thanks to Tupa and Dougie. I back home to the desert refreshed and looking forward to more rest.
Then, as soon as we weren't tired any more, we did it again in San Diego.
Burning Man 2014: Caravansary was amazing. Two weeks seemed to disappear before our eyes and it's hard to believe it's all over. Crew descended from all over the world on Black Rock City to show participants the cosmos and build this observatory and it was just beautiful to see.
Our build week was difficult. We had transportation issues and weather that zapped one entire day of build before we even got started and we were playing catch up on our personal preparations all week. That leads to a tired and uncomfortable crew, so we tried to take a lot of breaks and relax when we could. The harsh conditions took their toll, but all handled it like professionals, keeping their eyes on the prize and working hard every day.
By the time we were up and running, there was a line. Actually, there was a line before we were open, while we were collimating the telescope's optics (no pressure) and if that didn't make it hard enough, we didn't get a chance to add a finder scope until mid-week making the scope very difficult to point. We still killed it.
I didn't take enough photos! We were so busy showing people the universe, we didn't get a chance to photograph the Observatory as much as we hoped, but the awesome citizens and some crew took these great images that are already making some of us homesick. Thanks everyone!
The spot lights and lasers over Black Rock City did cause more trouble than we anticipated, but that was remedied by simply choosing alternate targets that weren't obscured by a sound camp's beams from miles away. We were convinced camps in the city were aiming directly at us on purpose for a few minutes, but we were probably just imagining things. We stuck mostly to the bright and easy to locate targets like the Andromeda Galaxy, Saturn, Jupiter, m13, the Ring Nebula, Orion Nebula, etc. People were thrilled and the reception to our experiment was very warm. We were almost a mile beyond the Man, but people showed up in droves. There were lines that were 50+ people long most nights for hours at a time, but they didnt seem to mind. We wanted to alleviate the wait times with other scopes, but many vital parts and screws vibrated out on gate road on the way in making secondary scope use very difficult at best. Lesson learned. People were thrilled anyway.
The meteorite served as a great lesson for the queue and next year, we'll steer the line through more interesting exhibits so we can make the line experience more rewarding. Many said the line and the distance to the Observatory didn't bother them, they got a chance to "discover" it and talk with other burners about their experiences. All in all, I was blown away by the attendance and the effect we had on participants.
I was expecting to reach few, but it seems like we touched many. More than a few people told me that we changed their lives. There was a gentleman studying propellant chemistry who told me that we "connected the dots" for him and gave him a greater context for his work that he had never felt before. Parents of children who visited us during the Kidsville event on Wednesday night approached me all week telling me how their kids couldn't stop talking about seeing the rings of Saturn or touching the meteorite. We gave out 36 meteorite sample as gifts to kids and they were all amazed, blown away and grateful.
All the hard work pays off when you see that spark in someone's eyes. Everyone is beautiful when they're amazed. I'm tearing up a little right now just thinking about what you've allowed us to do here. What an honor you've given us! But then, as you know, I get a little misty every time I'm writing updates for you, don't I? Thank you. You, who has given us the opportunity to turn a tiny light on in people's lives and reassure them that the world is INDEED just as amazing as all the magic in their science books. YOU! who made my dreams and the dreams of many others come true by supporting this project. YOU who dared to expand people's minds to include the universe with in it. YOU! who took a chance on us and believed in us! YOU who made this world a more beautiful place. Thank you. Thank you very VERY much.
From all the crew at Black Rock Observatory, thank you. Hopefully, we can meet you in person and offer face to face gratitude for this amazing privilege. If we were lucky enough to meet you at Burning Man, I hope we can thank you again some day. Should we never cross paths, know that you've changed the direction of lives forever and that we're eternally grateful for that.
See you soon, – Major Tom
BRO is on it's way! We're going to Burning Man!
The trucks are loaded. Everything's ready to roll. The crew will work in the night time, sleep in the day time, and we are definitely on our way home!
Visit the Black Rock Observatory at Burning Man 2014, at 12:00 and 5000′, beyond the Temple. And see the Mars Rover Art Car! We will be in deep playa. Head out from the back of the Temple and you'll see our domes in the distance. The view of the heavens will be magnificent from there!
Fantasy writer and uber-podcaster Steven R. Boyett did these two commercial spots in the style of 50s instructional films for the Black Rock Observatory at this year's Burning Man. Give 'em a listen, and visit the BRO on the Playa this year!
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We're building an astronomical observatory for Burning Man 2014 and beyond, complete with giant telescope and science exhibits! The Black Rock Observatory will be a mobile observatory dedicated to the celebration of art and science and built to show the public the joy, immediacy and beauty of our solar system and universe.
The observatory consists of two 21' domes designed by 2013 temple architect Gregg Fleishman and built by the Desert Wizards of Mars. At night, participants will be invited from miles away by high powered lasers pointing out planets and distant targets from an open sky planetarium. Our 20″ telescope will resolve the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and five of its moons, Martian polar ice caps, outer planets, and distant galaxies and nebulae! We also have an extensive daytime program in store including meteorites, white light and h-alpha solar telescopes, pinhole viewers and a radio telescope.
Our planetarium will be a place where travelers can rest their weary feet and dazzle the brain. An outpost for the curious and intrepid, we want to give the sky back to those who have forgotten it belongs to them. We want to give them views of the night sky they can explore again after Exodus by simply looking up and connecting.
Please check out and share our Kickstarter – funding ends July 17th!
We have new content for your brains! From renderings of the dome to telescope news and fundraising, things are starting to get really exciting. As we approach our launch date and the Burning Man gate, our focus has shifted a little from planning to fundraising. We've had hundreds of hours of meetings and thousands of hours at personal computers. We've contemplated and surmised, dreamed and wished; its time now to start making this thing real. There's still much virtual and desk work to be done, many legal and economic loopholes and regulations to follow and fondle, but here comes the fun part. We're lucky to have convinced Kerry Harwood of Harwood Visuals to work on some 3D renderings of Gregg's design to include in our Kickstarter video. He's taken some time to give us some still images that provide a sneak peak of what the video might look like and for me, they are just amazing to look at. This thing feels real already and we're just really getting started. Kerry's talent is evident and we're fortunate to have him on our team. The people that have volunteered their time on this project are a constant source of inspiration for me and I'm lucky to work on a crew with so many amazing talented people, but then I guess that's what Burning Man always feels like.
I'd like to also take a minute to welcome the TinMan to our team. He's working on making our beloved orb rotate so as to provide an unobstructed view of the heavens. He's also going to be bringing his iconic dome structures to join us at the Observatory. He uses the same geometry as our architect, but he uses metal instead of wood, so we're going to be the Small Rhombicuboctahedron center of the universe for 8 days. Archimedes would be proud. A very special thanks to the TinMan for driving all the way from Sacramento to L.A. to help Gregg Fleishman move his studio.
A few weeks ago, I kidnapped our dome model and drove North away from the city lights to escape the light pollution. I wanted to experience stargazing through the dome and I couldn't wait until August to do it, so I set up my camera inside the dome and took a series of 30 second exposures and processed them into a video and then still images. It was an amazing night of silence and contemplation among the stars that I won't likely forget anytime soon.
I couldn't help but wish that it was the full size dome out there, but that time will come. I've seen many astronomical domes over the past 20 years, but none have had the style and the stunning beauty of this dome Gregg has designed for us. Just more proof that just about any project can use good art. There's still a badass quality I'm struggling to describe about it. Driving home that morning, I couldn't help but think that we're on to something special here.
The Kickstarter campaign is almost upon us, where we ask the world to vote us into existence with their money. We've finished gathering assets for the video and are preparing the rewards we'll send our supporters when they for out hard-earned dough. The Big Ask. I'm confident we can successfully fund this project, but I need your help to do it. We need to get the word out as a team and together we can do this. We're going to prepare a press release, many blog and social media posts and we'll be sending emails as well in campaign to get this thing into the real world where it can do some good. There's a ton of people out there to inspire and we can't do it unless YOU help spread the word. So, here's a sneak peak at some of those rewards. I've designed a graphic and simple logo that includes the Moon, it's phases and our Black Rock City streets and our guest of honor, the Man. We'll be offering t-shirts, hoodies and bandanas with this logo and perhaps a tank top if there's enough interest.
There are some pretty awesome rewards in store for the campaign. We'll be creating a pendant with Gregg's dome design to announce your B.R.O. support to the world, we've got midnight tours of the American Museum of Natural History, customized astrolabe star charts, private star parties, 3D plans for the dome, meteorites and a special private observing session at Mt. Wilson Observatory plus many other great rewards to say thanks to those who help make this project a reality. As a reward for a donation of any size, donors can download a high resolution copy of one of my images of Laura Kimpton's "BELIEVE" or Gregg Fleishman's Temple of Whollyness or Charles White's Mars Rover Art Car from Burning Man 2013: Cargo Cult.
In other news, we held our first fundraiser at Mt. Wilson Observatory and we all had a blast. We rented out the 60″ telescope and used the behemoth to view planetary nebula, planets and even one of my favorite distant galaxies. It was a great opportunity to get together with some L.A. burners (and some not) to discuss astronomy, history and Burning Man. Our project is starting to get a lot of attention and the Mt. Wilson group was buzzing with possibility and the excitement of a great night of observing. In all the years Ive been going up the mountain, I've never seen the marine layer come in and block out the city lights. Although the atmosphere was scintillating like crazy, the added contrast because of the darkness was a thing to behold. The dust lane in the Sombrero Galaxy jumped out at me and hints of dust and cloud detail teased itself out of the dark. It's like getting to see an old friend but never this close or this clearly.
That about wraps it up. Our Kickstarter should begin within a few weeks, so keep an eye out for it. We have the chance to do something truly special here. I know that if we pull this off, aside from my family, this will be my greatest accomplishment. I've dreamt of running an observatory in a great city since I was a kid. Distractions and real life get in way. I abandoned this dream long ago on the side of the road. My math skills, my economics and my self confidence were broken and Im still working on it, but when I saw Black Rock City for the first time, I knew this was kind of place that wants you to live your dream. It dares you to live your dream. F#*k that. It demands that you live your dreams. So, here's mine. Wanna help me build it?
Gregg surprised us last week by having a 1:6 scale model cut and inviting us to his place for a build. We all knew we we'd be building a model eventually, but this was a fantastic surprise and my anticipation grew all week. When I arrived at his place, it was a feast for the eyes. Amazing wooden structures and geometric models surround you. Gregg Fleishman's signature style was everywhere I looked. Having admired his stunning work on the Otic Oasis, the Pistil and the Temple of Whollyness, not to mention his furniture, I was thrilled to be standing there examining what looked to me like decades of work. There were a thousand shapes that wood never had a dream of becoming. It was like the Kama Sutra for Birch trees.
Before I knew it, the crew had arrived and we were punching pieces out of plywood sheets and removing the masking tape backing that holds all the pieces together to sand the rough edges. The model was cut with a MotionMaster 4×4 table with a 2mm bit from ultrathin 3 ply Finland Birch. The model is 1:6 scale so 2 inches = a foot. It looks like the full size dome will be about 21 feet across and measure over 15 feet tall. It wasn't long before we all had our heads down sanding and the sounds of the friction rang about like so many DJ's scratching on. That Burning Man feeling started to coarse. That familiar collaboration feeling started to creep on me. There's a Burning Man feeling that involves collaboration, work, community and release that hits me every time I'm near people like this. My brain and veins come alive and I'm drunk with possibility.
Our project went from vaporware to hardware in just a couple of hours. Seeing a real dome in front of you that looks like it Tronned out of Autodesk and into the real physical world is exciting. I felt a little like Neo after swallowing the interlocking plywood pill. When I sat in front of the Temple of Whollyness, it looked precisely and exactly like the 3D rendering. That feels like a incredible triumph of math to me, one that's way over my head, I'll admit, but inspiring to an almost painful degree. There are realities; we can understand the mysteries of the univers. Standing in front of this 1:6 model of the observatory gave me that same feeling, but I feel connected to it in a more important way. Executing math sculptures with software and trees is the same magic early astronomers wielded when they predicted eclipses and equinoxes. I don't know if the Aztecs had a profound sense of meaning, philosophy, time and space intertwined when they built their pyramids, but that's what I'm feeling now. We may not have the longevity of some of those stone structures, but in the impermanent impression we leave, there is an unbreakable thread of truth and numbers. I'm not even sure what it is or even what it looks like, but I know it's real.
We finished up the model while we all discussed and commented and we took a short time to enjoy the sight and exchange some "holy shit that's cool"s before we sauntered off down a Culver City street to some great margaritas.
Gregg's making some changes to the dome and we're starting to raise some money. Work on our Kickstarter campaign has begun, so look out for that soon and we've arranged a night with a historic telescope at the Mt. Wilson Observatory. It filled up so fast, we'll likely reserve another night. We'll be using the 60" telescope that Edwin Hubble used to discover redshift and the Big Bang to view whatever we like. You can stand in the same place as Einstein and used the same equipment as Stephen Hawking did. If you're interested in joining us next time at Mt. Wilson, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or join our Facebook group and you can donate to the project anytime by clicking the Support Our Work link or send your donation via payPal to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Prizes and Awards
- Révélation Lyrique des Victoires de la Musique 2010
- 2ème prix du Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique 2008
- Révélation classique de l'Adami 2007
- Diplômée du CNSMDP
« Une Duchesse bidonnante [...] cette "Grande Duduche" a l'humour inoxydable. Il faut dire que la mezzo Isabelle Druet dans le rôle-titre, du côté du chant comme de la comédie, sait jongler avec les mots et enchaîner les pirouettes sur une scène si réduite. » Classica
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« Elle a cette capacité à transcender les langues. Même si vous ne comprenez pas les mots, elle fait apparaître tellement de couleurs et de parfums. [...] Dès la première fois que j'ai travaillé avec Isabelle, j'ai trouvé que c'était une personne extraordinaire, une chanteuse extraordinaire, et une musicienne extraordinaire. » Leonard Slatkin - Chef d'orchestre
After a season 2014/2015 marked in particular by her debuts in the USA with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and in the prestigious setting of the Festspielhaus de Baden-Baden with Berliner Barocksolisten, mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet, prize-winner of the competition Queen Elisabeth of Belgium 2008, "revelation" of the Victoires de la Musique 2010 and the program Rising Stars led by the Cité de la Musique in 2013, appears this season still with an equal happiness both on the operas stages and in concert, the exercise which she likes particularly.
On 2015-2016 will find her on returning to the Opéra national de Paris for Rigoletto, as well that in recital with the Orchestre National de Lorraine, for the cycle Shéhérazade de Ravel, in the Opéra de Limoges for a recital Offenbach and together with the choir Accentus and Insula Orchestra for a new Petite Messe solennelle of Rossini. Isabelle Druet also appears with smaller ensemble, with partners such as the pianists Anne le Bozec and Georges Pludermacher and will pursue her collaboration favored with the Le Poème Harmonique in the directory of early music.
It is in the role of Salomé's Page that she made her debuts for the Opera de Paris in 2011. Among her many more roles embodied on stage, let us quote Carmen (Opéra National de Lorraine, Opera of Düsseldorf / Duisburg), Orlovsky in Fledermaus in the Opera du Rhin; the title role of the Italiana in Algeri in Opéra-Théâtre de Metz; The Wisdom, Sidonie and Balm in Armide de Lully to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées conducted by William Christie;
Didon in Dido and Aeneas, on french tour and in Brussels; Arcabonne in Amadis of Lully (Avignon and Massy), the 3rd Lady in Zauberflöte (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, salle Pleyel, Philharmonic society of Berlin and on a European tour - dir. René Jacobs) or still the title role of the Périchole d' Offenbach, Conception( L'Heure espagnole) in the Auditorium de Lyon and in the salle Pleyel, Orpheus in Orphée et Eurydice de Gluck in the Opera de Limoges and in the Théâtre de Besançon and Nerissa in Le Marchand de Venise, of Hahn. Within the festival Berlioz, she interpreted Béatrice and Bénédict.
She lent her voice to Charity and Balm in Cadmus et Hermione and to Climène in Egisto with the Poème Harmonique(Opéra comique de Paris, Opera de Rouen, Grand théâtre du Luxembourg); to Ruggiero in Alcina de Haendel; to Angelina, the title role of an adaptation of the Cenerentola of Rossini , in Paris. She sang in Xerse de Cavalli to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; in Sancho Panza with Simphonie odu Marais; in Acis and Galatée and Alcione with Les Folies Françoise and more recently in the Opéra National du Rhin in Platée, in Tancrède in the Opera d'Avignon.
Musician with an atypical course, Isabelle Druet began to explore the voice through the traditional and current musics; at the same time as her studies in the CNSM of Paris she formed in comedienne's job and so likes getting off the beaten track: traditional musics and current musics, operas of streets, equestrian recital... It means a lot to her to share her vocal art with the largest number. In this spirit we were able to hear her on tour in the title role of La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein with the company Les Brigands. She besides created in 2009 together with Benoît Humbert, Marc Mauillon and the duet Double piano La Valse perdue , by Offenbach, a recital for family audience; she participates finally in movies-concerts, dedicated to L'Aurore de Murnau.
In recital, it is accompanied with the pianists Anne Le Bozec, Johanne Ralambondrainy, Wanessa Wagner, Stéphane Jamin and of the quartet Giardini that she gives numerous concerts on stages so varied and prestigious as those of Het Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Philharmonic society of the Luxembourg, the Symphony hall of Birmingham, the Palace of the Arts of Budapest, theOpéra comique de Paris and the Philharmonie de Paris, Palazetto Bru Zane in Venice or still the Palais des beaux-arts in Brussels.... We were able to notice her in the Music lessons in the Théâtre du Châtelet and to the classic Cabaret on France Musique with Jean-François Zygel.
Requested by numerous orchestras and sensembles she sang Das Lied von der Erde, of Mahler in France and in Japan conducted by F.X. Roth, then with the Orchestre d' Avignon; Maeterlinck Lieder of Zemlinsky with the Orchestra of Liège. With BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Isabelle Druet interpreted the Nelson Mass de Haydn. She was also invited by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Wallonia, the Orchestra of the Opera of Flanders and the Philharmonic orchestra of the Luxembourg as well as for Elias, of Mendelssohn with the Belgian National Orchestra to the Palais des beaux-arts in Brussels.
She sings moreover regularly in programs of sacred music: Carpenter's Anthems and Lully's with the Arts Florissants in Carnegie Hall of New York, Stabat Mater de Pergolese to Girona with René Jacobs, the Requiem of Mozart in Troyes, Pau and in Normandy. Recently, we were able to hear her in Versailles (Miserere and Leçons de ténèbres), in Compiègne, Besançon and in the Chorégies d'Orange (Petite messe solennelle), as well as in concert in Baden-Baden, in the Cité de la Musique de Paris and in the Auditorium de Lyon.
Besides, with the concert of sacred music, she performed in the Carnaval de Venise, of Campra (Festival of Utrecht, Théâtre des Champs Elysées); with Pygmalion, she sang the Hohe Mass, in the Opera de Bordeaux, in Beaune and in la Chaise-Dieu; with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, we were able to hear her in A Midsummer Night's Dream of Mendelssohn in the Théâtre des Champs Elysées; with the Orchestre d'Avignon Provence in Docteur Miracle, of Bizet and La Société Anonyme des Messieurs Prudents , of Guitry and Beydts, on stage and in recording...
Isabelle Druet recorded in 2011 to Aparté her first disk in recital with the pianist Johanne Ralambondrainy, dedicated to the French melody, Jardin nocturne, critically acclaimed (FFFF Télérama). Several of the productions in which she participated with the Poème Harmonique gave rise to recordings: El Fenix de Paris around the composer Luis de Briceno, Combatimenti respectively in 2011 and 2010 to Alpha, Firenze on 1616 in 2007, Plaisir d'amour in 2004; in 2008, the DVD Cadmus and Hermione receives a Diapason d'Or, the FFFF Télérama, 4 stars ofLe Monde de la Musique the R10 of Classica and is one music choice " BBC ". She also recorded at Mirare a disk dedicated to Sébastien de Brossard with the ensemble La Rêveuse and Dr Miracle de Bizet with the Orchestrae d'Avignon at Timpani (Choc Classica). Her last opus in date went out to spring, 2015 for the label Alpha: Tancrède, of Campra, with the Centre de Musique baroque de Versailles.


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The Cincinnati Bengals have the most remaining unsigned draft picks in the division, but they became the first AFC North team to sign its first-round pick.
The Bengals announced they have reached a deal with cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, the 17th overall pick in the draft. He agreed to a four-year deal worth $8.6 million with $7.84 million of that fully guaranteed, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kirkpatrick's signing is the earliest by a top Bengals draft pick since 2003, when Cincinnati sealed a deal on April 24 with quarterback Carson Palmer, the top overall selection in that draft.
"It's great for the club and great for Dre to have him signed this early," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. "Contracts can be a distraction for young guys drafted high, but now he can put all that behind him and focus on making himself better and making us a better team."
Kirkpatrick could make an immediate impact this season for the Bengals. He could fill in for Leon Hall, who is still recovering from an Achilles injury, or he could beat out veteran Nate Clements.
"Dre was the tallest (6 feet 2) of the top corners in the draft, and with all the big receivers in the league right now, we see that as an extra advantage for us," Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer said. "He does a great job at the line of scrimmage. He's been coached hard with a national championship team, so we really like his pedigree."
The Bengals have four draft picks who remain unsigned: guard Kevin Zeitler (first round), wide receiver Mohamed Sanu (third round), defensive tackle Brandon Thompson (third round) and running back Dan "Boom" Herron (sixth round).
"Like Coach [Lewis] says, it's just great to have this part done," Kirkpatrick said. "I'm happy to officially be a Bengal, and I'm going to be the best player I can be for the team and our fans."
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No, not Shadowfax; the white Elven horse he has in The Hobbit.
Gingerbread cookie leftover shape, chocolate icing.
Gingerbread cookie leftover shape, chocolate icing.
Very nice! You even managed to make the pattern of Gandalf's wand! Now it looks as if the leftover was meant to have Gandalf painted on it - there was space for horse head and for his hat even
Spot on. As soon as I saw those two jut-outs (horse head, hat tip), I knew what was meant to be drawn there.
Thank you for the fave also!
Thank you for the fave also!
That's great! Do you have an image planned from the get-go, or do you make the cookie, and then try to think of an image that would fit in it?
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Inspired by the sumptuous history of Maharajas' hunting parties, Aman-i-Khás hotel is made up of 10 luxurious tents on the edge of tiger-spotting territory in Rajasthan's Ranthambore National Park. Butler service, afternoon G&Ts and marble tubs add to the regal feel of what might be the world's chicest safari.
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Released: Oct 15th, 2007
Running Time: 125 Min.
Director: Brad Armstrong
Company: Wicked Pictures
Cast: Jada Fire, Jenaveve Jolie, Eric Masterson, Mia Smiles, Angel Cassidy, Tommy Gunn, Brad Armstrong, Herschel Savage, Cherokee (III), Marco Banderas, Brian Pumper, Randy Spears, Jasmine Byrne, Chris Cannon, Ginger Rocs, Jessica Drake, Carmen Hart
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Hey, what's sexier than a beautiful blonde dressed in a suit and slouch hat, holding a machine gun? That's got to be the basis of this array of scenes all set in a '30s milieu, courtesy of top art director (and action director) Brad Armstrong, who also manages to star in the feature's best scene.
That'd be the one where he and Carmen Hart play a pair of backwoods moonshiners who, after sampling some of their home brew, start kissing and fondling each other before the reverse cowgirl, mish' and two anal positions.
Carmen's other scene is also excellent, where she and Jenaveve Jolie have their way with bank teller hostage Tommy Gunn, loosening his ropes only so he can satisfy their carnal desires, mostly in mish' and horsie.
Pre-nom Armstrong for Best Art Direction — Video.
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a fire at a fuel transfer station in Russellville that took firefighters from five departments about 45 minutes to contain.
Russellville Fire Chief Joe Mansell said firefighters used foam Thursday to keep other large aboveground fuel tanks from igniting.
Authorities said the fire started around 11:30 a.m., minutes after a fuel truck filled up and left the facility.
Webb Oil Co. owns the station, which is behind a Parade Convenience store.
Firefighters said a spark or exhaust could have ignited the fuel fumes.
Mansell said one of the six large aboveground tanks was damaged by the fire's heat, but did not rupture.
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RaceDriver: GRID
Grid was tested at 1920×1200 and 2560×1600 with 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. Detail levels within the game were all set to their maximum level.
When playing Grid we find that this is the first game in our test where there is a significant advantage for ATI cards. Starting with the 4870 which competes with the 280/285 there is a small benefit to using the Radeon but as we add GPUs it is clear that ATI has their scaling working exceptionally well. The end result being an average FPS advantage of 33 for the CrossFireX configuration over Quad SLI.


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I installed CLisp today on my Win7 PC. Please don't criticize my environment choices, but if this particular setup has flaws relating to Quicklisp and Hunchentoot feel free to point them out. I downloaded and installed Quicklisp and tried to use it to get Hunchentoot - however, it appears I have errors.
I type in (ql:quickload "hunchentoot") and all seems to be well, but for one thing - CL+SSL? For whatever reason that particular component won't install. Anyways, here's the output:
*** - Unable to load foreign library (LIBSSL).
FFI:OPEN-FOREIGN-LIBRARY: Cannot open library "libssl32.dll"
Does anyone know what this means, or how I can install this elusive library? I tried to install CL+SSL via Quicklisp, and I got the same error. "Cannot open library "libssl32.dll"
EDIT: I tried installing Hunchentoot with LispBox and got the exact same error.


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BORN IN THE CITY OF ANGELS to a first generation Chicano from El Paso, and a 'white' Jewish girl from NYC) and am proud to be such a Xicano. I'm descended from Indians and Romanians and there's a splash of Killer Robot blended in and it all makes for a delicious family crest.
Sometimes I look like this.
This blog began with very specific purpose. It was about Brown Pride, self-love, Xicano Power!
Because in too many places in this land—the USA—in which I've grown, it is understood if not spoken that All Things Mexican are inferior in some special way. I have lived in many of these places, and that's too many places in the country as far as I've seen.
This is not one of those places. This is a place that does not subscribe to the anti-indigenous spin too often produced or propped up by USA media outlets and politicians who want to obscure the hand of the USA in both the world's history as well as related to Mexico's current conditions. This is a place where we take care to outline the interconnected roles and systems that wed colonizer and colonized; conqueror and oppressed; dominant and not-dominant, empire and those in the shadow of the empire; elites and peasants, and our own participation in the entire carnival.
I do want to make it clear that I am not here to pretend to be a voice for those who now live in Mexico or for those who come here (to the USA) directly from Mexico. Theirs is a different culture and framework and experience. I am an American citizen, and pretty damn Americanized, I must admit. So I can't speak for them, but I will stand by and with them, given the chance, or where an opportunity might present itself. I chose the name "Mexican" very purposely to push back on the U.S. culture's continuous hissing in my ear that it is something I want to shun. It is not. I will not.
Words are dangerous, especially so many. We hear different things, see different things. You attempt to define too long and you rule out any sense of breath and sway and shift, all those things that everything is made of. Yet some words are too broad. The word "liberal" or the word "left" or the word "progressive." I'm afraid I don't know what they mean in too many cases.
What I write about here is simpler. And aside from my thoughts, and even then, it is about my life. What life is like in this society for someone who identifies as I do, what my life has been like here, what it has meant to me, how it has affected me, and how that inspires me to act now. I don't always write about politics. Sometimes it's just a bit of prose, or poem, or musing on tech, or art.
I do what anyone out here writing does, I hope. I try to be honest about what I'm saying, keeping in mind that we change all the time, and at times, even a day old post can be about as right as an outright lie, or as honest as a photo.
Sometimes you look liks this:
And sometimes you look like that:
If you have any need, you can contact me here.
Thanks for reading and for all you contribute to the joint.


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China Stocks: Anhui Conch, Sany, Sinovel, Dongfang Electric
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the 3 p.m. close.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks the bigger of China's stock exchanges, added 38.93 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,688.25. The CSI 300 Index gained 1.7 percent to 2,957.63.
Cement makers: Anhui Conch Cement Co. (600585 CH) climbed 4.6 percent to 27.59 yuan. Huaxin Cement Co. (600801 CH) jumped 5.7 percent to 25.57 yuan.
The Beijing government will support the sale of 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) of corporate bonds by property developers to fund the construction of affordable housing, the Securities Times reported yesterday, citing Zhang Guilin, president of Beijing Zhuzong Group Co.
Machinery makers: Sany Heavy Industry Co. (600031 CH) added 3.3 percent to 17.67 yuan, the highest since May 11. Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Development Co. (000157 CH) gained 3.3 percent to 15.25 yuan.
China may release a development plan for the construction machinery industry in July, China Business News reported, citing Su Zimeng, secretary general for the China Construction Machinery Association. Su said he expects the industry's sales to grow an average 17 percent a year in the five years through 2015, the report said.
Wind-power companies: Sinovel Wind Group Co. (601558 CH), China's largest wind-turbine maker, increased 6.3 percent to 29.26 yuan, the biggest gain since May 31. Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., (002202 CH), the second-biggest wind-turbine maker, climbed 2 percent to 14.72 yuan.
China will increase offshore wind-power installed capacity to five gigawatts by 2015 and 30 gigawatts by 2020, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the National Energy Administration. A public tender for the second round of offshore wind-power concession projects, with a total installed capacity of up to 2 gigawatts, will be completed during the first half of 2012, according to the report.
Dongfang Electric Corp. (600875 CH) advanced 4.4 percent to 24.73 yuan, the biggest gain since May 3. The power-equipment producer said its controlling shareholder bought 5.6 million shares between Dec. 1 and June 22, increasing its stake to more than 50 percent, according to a Hong Kong stock-exchange filing.
Sichuan Minjiang Hydropower Co. (600131 CH) surged by the 10 percent daily limit to 7.87 yuan after saying a power plant resumed production. The plant, which was damaged in an earthquake in May 2008, has restarted, according to a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday.