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Nov 20, 2011
Sunday Smooch!
Today we have a smooch from The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress – from Tis the Season anthology (Christmas with the Boss in the UK) by Natalie Anderson, but first ...
the winner of last week's Sunday Smooch Giveaway is --
Congratulations, Marybelle! Can you please contact michelle @ michelle - douglas (dot) com (minus the spaces) and she'll send you a copy of The Secretary's Secret.
And now for today's Sunday Smooch from The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress by Natalie Anderson ...
Imogen's new boss, Ryan Taylor, is demanding, infuriating and utterly gorgeous. But she's been burnt by a colleague before, and she's not about to commit the same mistake twice…no matter how tempted she might be.
However, making Imogen his mistletoe mistress by Christmas is at the top of Ryan's wish list!
[Set up: Imogen has been trying to avoid her sexy new boss at the Edinburgh department store where she works in the office... But as she's trying to walk to work one morning (it's slippery on the icy paths!), she runs into him... ]
For the first time in days she stared properly into his eyes – even in the half-light of the late dawn they were that vivid blue. She was vaguely aware of her own mouth moving into a mirroring smile. Oh he had it all. One of those American great-all-round types with his blue eyes and brown hair, bronzed skin, broad shoulders and… had she dwelt on the blue eyes already?
"Do you wear contacts?"
"No. Why?" He seemed to be smiling with his whole body.
She couldn't believe she'd asked that question out loud. "Your eyes are very blue." Oh no she was whispering. Oh brain, where art thou? She jerked back. "I'm sorry."
Because that was inappropriate. But she couldn't answer. Looked away to try to clear her head from his almost hypnotic power. "It's freezing, isn't it?" Hell. Reduced to talking about the weather to distract from the fact she'd just made a colossal fool of herself. To try to ignore the way she burnt up in his presence.
"I like the cold. I like the fun of warming up."
She looked back at him then. Had he moved closer? He had, and he was taking another step closer.
"It's easier to warm up than cool down."
"I don't think so," she said, just to disagree. "It can be impossible to warm up.
The brakes on her sensibility were slipping – standing near him, with him smiling like that. He still had his hand on her arm and he was edging closer and closer.
"You can always warm up."
Awareness zinged between them.
"No." She shook her head in the tiniest movement and her last hint of caution melted. "My lips are so cold they're numb." The scare from the almost-fall must have addled her everything.
"Numb?" He was looking deep into her eyes in a way that obliterated rational brain power.
She nodded, felt that squeezing inside as his gaze dropped to her lips.
"I don't believe you." His mouth had that cheeky quirk to it.
"They are," she insisted. "I'll have to be careful with my coffee or I might burn them."
His lashes swooped up and she was pinned in place – just where she wanted to be. "Well we can't let that happen."
Bluer than the brightest summer sky, his eyes gleamed. Spellbound she watched as he came nearer and nearer.
The kiss was butterfly light. The faintest brush of his mouth on hers. Not remotely long enough or hard enough or deep enough to satisfy Imogen's burgeoning desire.
"Still numb," she spoke as his mouth lifted and hovered mere millimetres from hers.
Her challenge was unmistakable.
His smile widened and then she got to taste it as his head lowered. Her eyes closed and in her mind she was floating in those skies of blue. His lips were warm, gentle, teasing before they lifted again, still too soon.
She sighed, resigned. "I can't seem to feel a thing."
His brows shot up but there was a knowing look in his eyes. "I'll have to try harder."
This time she met his mouth with her own wide and hungry. This time he put his hands on her. This time it was longer, and harder and deeper.
Imogen moaned. He slid one hand down her back, pulling her against him while at the same time taking that last step closer. She was sandwiched firm between the bridge railing and him. Yet still she wanted closer. She hadn't lied. It was true – she couldn't feel a thing – other than pleasure radiating out within her. Emboldened by that madness, she kissed him as deeply, searching him out with her tongue, desperate to taste more of him – all of him. Her arms lifted, locking around his neck. Their bodies strained together, arousing, intoxicating, suddenly in an embrace so tight it almost hurt. Until finally he lifted his head and let them both breathe.
But it wasn't sobering oxygen that she inhaled. It was all Ryan. "Are you sure you don't wear contacts?"
Natalie is giving away a copy of The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress. To be in the draw, tell us whether you think it's easier to get warm, or warm down!
Come back next Sunday, when the winner of today's giveaway will be announced -- and a smooch from Unmanagable Isobel by Sophia James will be posted!
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I so loved that smooch I do love Chrissy stories can't wait to read it allReplyDelete
As for warming up yes I love winter and the cold weather just for that reason LOL you can always get warm but cooling down is a bit harder LOL
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Great excerpt! Can't wait to read the book!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Smooch, Natalie! This book sounds like a great addition to my Christmas stocking!ReplyDelete
Wonderful kiss Natalie! It rarely gets cold where I live, but that is certainly a good way of wanming up.ReplyDelete
Great smooch :)
Oh, oh, my! What a kiss! And this kiss was to warm up only?!ReplyDelete
Sadly I also live where it is warm all the time, so can't pretend that my lips are numb!
Can hardly wait to read The Millionaire's Mistletoe Mistress , Natalie!
Oh, my, Natalie, what a smooch! I think Ryan's right, it's always easier to warm up. I want to see Imogen try to cool down after that kiss. I think it may well keep her warm all day. :-)ReplyDelete
Terrific excerpt, Natalie. Much easier to warm up, I agree.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to reading the book, too - I just love Christmas stories.
Natalie, that was *such* a fun kiss! Now I'm thinking Imogen and Ryan's story will be fabulous. And I love a Christmas story at this time of year!ReplyDelete
THANK YOU!!!ReplyDelete
It is much easier to get warm. I can feel the temperature rising for Imogen.
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Natalie, that's a great, fun kind of kiss. And love the humour with it.ReplyDelete
Sue MacKay
What a super fun and sexy kiss! Loved it :)ReplyDelete
Natalie, It's early Sunday morning here and I really wish I had of read this last night as it's given me the warm fuzzies. What a wonderful smooch. On the other hand it's always great to wake up with a smile. Thank you. :( it doesn't look as though this story is coming to NA.ReplyDelete
Warming up is much easier than cooling down and Ryan and Imogen found the perfect way to warm up!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much everyone - so the consensus is it's easier to warm up!? Certainly it could be more fun I think ;)ReplyDelete
I should have made it clear this is from an anthology released *last* year - but it's still available at eHarlequin here:
- I just love getting into the Christmas spirit early - I got the advent calendars the other day and some new Christmas lights - such fun!!!
Imogen and Ryan's story is one of my all time favourites from your back catologue. Great smooch. I love Christmas romances.ReplyDelete


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What is the mathematical equation to convert Lab or XYZ to Density? (758)I'm sorry, there isn't a direct conversion from CIELAB or XYZ to density. CIELAB and XYZ are based on visual color responses, while densitometers are designed to measure material properties (ink or dye amounts) of various systems.
Go to Bruce Lindbloom's site http://www.brucelindbloom.com/, and choose the Companding Calculator under "Calcs."This will let you convert L into density, which will give you Dmax.Don't feel bad! If you couldn't find this info, there must be dozens of others looking for it too, and we just answered the question for them.
A quick search gave me this: from "Ask a Color Scientist!" by the "Munsell Color Science Laboratory" http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/faq/#758
Thanks Patrick. I wonder what formula is used for that. Do you happen to know?
I am now able to read cxf files generated by ColorMunki (that contains raw reflectance data for various wavelengths)...
Could I ask for a pointer to software that can do it? Is Argyll capable of that?
Why am I looking for Dmax? I was curious how my densities compare to traditional wet darkroom prints and I thought it would be easier to find Dmax numbers for those than Lab as the labs and producers used to measure it with densitometers. Now I can go to the print forum and ask about typical densities. Thanks for help everyone!
Is it possible to use ColorMunki to measure Dmax of a print? ColorMunki can read patch values in LAB. Is there any way to convert that to density?
There are a number of software products that do this from spectral data (MeasureTool, ColorAnt,BabelColor_CT&A). Not sure how Bruce came up with his method doing it from Lab. BabelColor_CT&A's Help document has a slew of information about all this: http://www.babelcolor.com/#CTandA
With argyll use spotread. Read the paper white note the Y in XYZ (Yw), then read a printed black patch and note the Y (Yb), then Dmax is -log10(Yb/Yw). Using a Colormunki my Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl sample in front of me yielded -log10(0.348/93.067) = 2.43

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All-Access at Penn State and 10-Stop Campus Bus Tour Highlight Offerings
Following the conclusion of ESPN's "Car Wash" of more than 50 college football coaches visiting ESPN's Bristol, Conn., headquarters, the season will kick into high gear across ESPN platforms in August. ESPN's comprehensive college football coverage gets an early start with a national DIRECTV Mobile Studio Tour. The tour coincides with the start of preseason camp on college campuses and culminates with several preview shows, including ESPN All-Access: Penn State Training Days. ESPN's 2013 game schedule begins with 10 games across ESPN, ESPNU and ESPN3 on Thursday, Aug. 29. Highlights below:
DIRECTV Mobile Studio Tour
ESPN DIRECTV Mobile Studio will embark on a two-week tour starting Monday, Aug. 5, and travel across the country to some of the nation's top programs. College Football Live, 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2 or ESPNU (reair at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU), will have a studio crew onsite, along with coach and player interviews from each stop. Continuous coverage will also be provided on SportsCenter and across ESPNU programs.
DIRECTV Mobile Studio Tour (schedule subject to change)
|Mon, Aug 5
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & David Pollack
|Tue, Aug 6
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & David Pollack
|Wed, Aug 7
|South Carolina
Tom Rinaldi & Todd McShay
|Thu, Aug 8
Tom Rinaldi & Todd McShay
|Fri, Aug 9
Samantha Ponder & Brock Huard
|Mon, Aug 12
Joe Tessitore & Brian Griese
|Tue, Aug 13
|Ohio State
Joe Tessitore, Brian Griese & Joey Galloway
|Wed, Aug 14
|Notre Dame
Joe Tessitore & Brian Griese
|Thu, Aug 15
Samantha Ponder & Rod Gilmore
|Fri, Aug 16
Chris Cotter & Robert Smith
ESPN All-Access: Penn State Training Days
Fans will get an inside track on the 2013 Penn State football season with second-year head coach Bill O'Brien through a series of All-Access specials across ESPN platforms beginning Friday, Aug. 16. ESPN All-Access: Penn State Training Days will showcase behind-the-scenes access to on- and off-field play, team meetings and campus facilities. The segments will introduce players and coaches as they complete grueling pre-season training.
The filming will conclude with a one-hour ESPN or ESPN2 special Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. In addition, vignettes will be shown during College Football Live, SportsCenter and multiple ESPNU shows beginning Friday, Aug. 16. A five-part series consisting of 30-minute specials on ESPNU will begin Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m.
The Herbie Awards: 2013 College Football Preview
Kirk Herbstreit, along with host Rece Davis, will pick his best-of-the-best – the elite players and coaches of college football – as they are celebrated with the annual preseason awards show Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 10 p.m. on ESPN2. The 13th edition of the awards includes preseason player of the year, ultimate "Herbie" award, most electrifying player and the all-uniform team.
College GameDay Season Preview Special Built by The Home Depot
Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard will start the season with a one-hour College GameDay Season Preview Special Built by The Home Depot on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. on ESPN. The GameDay crew will preview the upcoming season and give their conference champion, Heisman Trophy and BCS predictions.
SportsCenter Series
SportsCenter will offer a 10-part series of discussion and debate on the 10 hottest topics in college football with Kirk Herbstreit, David Pollack and Scott Van Pelt debuting on Sunday, Aug. 18 through Tuesday, Aug. 27. The segments will also be shown on College Football Live, several ESPNU shows and ESPN.com.
ESPN will celebrate the start of the college football season with several specials. Highlights:
· ESPNU Film Room: Heisman Preview – the show will break down the top Heisman contenders on film (Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 10 p.m. on ESPNU)
· Heisman Trophy Preview Show Presented by Nissan – Expert analysts examine the lead Heisman Trophy contenders for the upcoming season (Sunday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN)
· 2013 Nissan Heisman House Special – A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Heisman House commercials (Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
· ESPN The Magazine: College Football Preview Show – ESPN The Magazine will discuss the upcoming season storylines with a host of writers from around the country (Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 9 p.m. on ESPNU)
· College Football National Preview Show (Wednesday, August 21, at 8 p.m. on ESPNU)
· ESPNU College Football Kickoff Special (Thursday, August 29, at 6 p.m.)
· ESPNU College Football Conference Preview Shows – Big 12 (Monday, August 19, at 7 p.m.); SEC (Monday, August 19, at 8 p.m.); Big Ten (Tuesday, August 20, at 7 p.m.); ACC (Tuesday, August 20, at 8 p.m.) & Pac-12 (Tuesday, August 20, at 9 p.m.)


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/nuy"truyd, -trid/, n. Chem.a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.[1840-50; NITR- + -IDE]
* * *Introductionany of a class of chemical compounds in which nitrogen is combined with an element of similar or lower electronegativity, such as boron, silicon, and most metals (metal). Nitrides contain the nitride ion (N3−), and, similar to carbides, nitrides can be classified into three general categories: ionic, interstitial, and covalent.Certain metal nitrides are unstable, and most react with water to form ammonia and the oxide or hydroxide of the metal; but the nitrides of boron, vanadium, silicon, titanium, and tantalum are very refractory, resistant to chemical attack, and hard—and thus are useful as abrasives and in making crucibles (crucible).Preparation of nitridesThere are two principal methods of preparing nitrides. One is by direct reaction of the elements (usually at elevated temperature), shown here for the synthesis of calcium nitride, Ca3N2.3Ca + N2 → Ca3N2A second method is through the loss of ammonia by thermal decomposition of a metal amide, shown here with barium amide.3Ba(NH2)2 → Ba3N2 + 4NH3Nitrides are also formed during surface hardening of steel objects when ammonia is heated to temperatures usually between 500–550 °C (950–1,050 °F) for 5 to 100 hours, depending on the depth of hardened case desired.Another method used to form nitrides is the reduction of a metal halide or oxide in the presence of nitrogen gas, as, for example, in the preparation of aluminum nitride, AlN.Al2O3 + 3C + N2 → 2AlN + 3COIonic nitrideslithium (Li) appears to be the only alkali metal able to form a nitride, although all the alkaline-earth metals (alkaline-earth metal) form nitrides with the formula M3N2. These compounds, which can be considered to consist of metal cations (cation) and N3− anions (anion), undergo hydrolysis (reaction with water) to produce ammonia and the metal hydroxide. The stability of ionic nitrides exhibits a wide range; Mg3N2 decomposes at temperatures above 270 °C (520 °F), whereas Be3N2 melts at 2,200 °C (4,000 °F) without decomposition.Interstitial nitridesThe largest group of nitrides are the interstitial nitrides that form with the transition metals (transition element). They are similar to the interstitial carbides, with nitrogen atoms occupying the interstices, or holes, in the lattice of close-packed metal atoms. The general formulas of these nitrides are MN, M2N, and M4N, although their stoichiometries (stoichiometry) may vary. These compounds have high melting points (melting point), are extremely hard, and are usually opaque materials that have metallic lustre and high conductivities. They are typically prepared by heating the metal in ammonia at roughly 1,200 °C (2,200 °F). The interstitial nitrides are chemically inert, and few reactions involving them are known. The most characteristic reaction is hydrolysis, which is usually very slow (and may require acid, as does vanadium, V, in the reaction shown below), to produce ammonia or nitrogen gas.2VN + 3H2SO4 → V2(SO4)3 + N2 + 3H2Because of their chemical inertness and ability to withstand high temperatures, interstitial nitrides are useful in several high-temperature applications, including their use as crucibles (crucible) and high-temperature reaction vessels.Covalent nitridesCovalent binary nitrides possess a wide range of properties depending on the element to which nitrogen is bonded. Some examples of covalent nitrides are boron nitride, BN, cyanogen, (CN)2, phosphorus nitride, P3N5, tetrasulfur tetranitride, S4N4, and disulfur dinitride, S2N2. The covalent nitrides of boron, carbon, and sulfur are discussed here.Because boron and nitrogen together contain the same number of valence electrons (electron) (eight) as two bonded carbon atoms, boron nitride is said to be isoelectronic with elemental carbon. Boron nitride exists in two structural forms, which are analogous to two forms of carbon— graphite and diamond. The hexagonal form, similar to graphite, has a layered structure with planar, six-membered rings of alternating boron and nitrogen atoms stacked in such a way that a boron atom in one layer is located directly over a nitrogen atom in the adjacent layer. In contrast, successive hexagonal layers of graphite are offset so that each carbon atom is directly above an interstice (hole) in an adjacent layer and directly over a carbon atom of alternate layers. Hexagonal boron nitride can be prepared by heating boron trichloride, BCl3, in an excess of ammonia at 750 °C (1,400 °F). The properties of hexagonal boron nitride are in general different from those of graphite. While both are slippery solids, boron nitride is colourless and is a good insulator (whereas graphite is black and is an electrical conductor), and boron nitride is more stable chemically than graphite. Hexagonal BN reacts with only elemental fluorine, F2 (forming the products BF3 and N2), and hydrogen fluoride, HF (producing NH4BF4). The diamond (cubic) form of BN can be prepared by heating hexagonal BN to 1,800 °C (3,300 °F) under very high pressure (85,000 atmospheres; the pressure at sea level is one atmosphere) in the presence of an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal catalyst. Like the analogous diamond form of carbon, cubic boron nitride is extremely hard.CyanogenCyanogen, (CN)2, is a toxic, colourless gas that boils at −21 °C (−6 °F). It can be prepared by oxidation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). A variety of oxidizing agents can be used, including oxygen gas, O2, chlorine gas, Cl2, and nitrogen dioxide gas, NO2. When NO2 is used, the product NO can be recycled and used again to produce the reactant NO2.2HCN + NO2 → (CN)2 + NO + H2OTrace impurities in (CN)2 appear to facilitate polymerization at high temperatures (300–500 °C [600–900 °F]) to paracyanogen, a dark solid that has a polycyclic structure of six-membered rings of alternating carbon and nitrogen atoms. The cyanogen molecule, N≡C−C≡N, is linear and flammable. It burns in oxygen to produce an extremely hot flame (about 4,775 °C [8,627 °F]).Sulfur nitridessulfur forms a variety of covalent binary nitrides, but the two most interesting ones are tetrasulfur tetranitride, S4N4, and disulfur dinitride, S2N2, because they are precursors to an unusual polymer called polythiazyl, (SN)x. This polymeric sulfur nitride is unusual because, even though it is composed solely of two nonmetals, it exhibits some properties normally associated only with metals. The best preparation of S4N4 involves bubbling NH3 into a heated (50 °C [120 °F]) solution of S2Cl2 dissolved in CCl4 or C6H6.6S2Cl2 + 16NH3 → S4N4 + S8 + 12NH4ClTetrasulfur tetranitride forms thermochromic crystals, which are crystals (crystal) that change colour with temperature. They are red at temperatures above 100 °C (210 °F), orange at 25 °C (80 °F), and colourless at −190 °C (−310 °F). The crystals are stable in air but will explode in response to shock or friction. The compound has a cage structure with a plane of four nitrogen atoms with two sulfur atoms above and below the plane. When S4N4 vapour is pumped through silver wool at 250–300 °C (480–570 °F) and low pressure (less than 1.0 mm Hg), an unstable dimer, S2N2, can be condensed. This compound has an essentially square structure with alternating sulfur and nitrogen atoms. Like S4N4, it is sensitive to shock and can explode when heated to temperatures higher than 30 °C (90 °F). At 25 °C (80 °F), S2N2 slowly polymerizes through a ring opening mechanism to polythiazyl, (SN)x. This rather amazing material has a bronze colour, a metallic lustre, and the electrical and thermal conductivity of a metal. It becomes a superconductor at 0.26 kelvin (K; see superconductivity).Steven S. Zumdahl
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Welcome to the Maltese Islands and to Captain Morgan Cruises, the Company that has been around since 1972.
Captain Morgan Cruises has come a long way since its beginning when one small passenger vessel was chartered to take holiday visitors on a sightseeing cruise to Comino. Today the Company owns and operates different vessels that provide a wide choice of cruises and excursions. Captain Morgan Cruises also operates Jeep Safaris and Underwater Safaris. When planning your excursions with us, please take some time to carefully choose the excursions that are most suited to your individual requirements. Should you require any assistance please do not hesitate to contact us.Please book as early as possible during your holiday to avoid disappointment. Captain Morgan Cruises is your guarantee for a safe and exciting experience. On behalf of everyone at Captain Morgan Cruises we wish you a memorable holiday on the Maltese Islands. Enjoy,The Management
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The TransferJet Consortium will show devices at the Computex trade show in Taiwan next week that wirelessly charge and transfer data simultaneously.
The prototype devices are intended to demonstrate new uses for TransferJet technology, which was developed by Sony for wireless data transfers and initially shown in 2008.
The consortium aims to provide a glimpse at devices that integrate TransferJet, wireless charging and NFC (near-field communication), a wireless data transfer technology already found on some mobile devices and used mostly for mobile payments. Further details about the device types were not provided by the consortium and the organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
TransferJet can transmit data at a maximum theoretical rate of 560Mbps (bits per second) over a few centimeters. TransferJet is intended for use in tablets, smartphones, digital cameras and home entertainment systems. The consortium's long-term goal is to unite TransferJet, NFC and wireless charging.
The demonstration next week will not be the first in which data transmission technology device and wireless charging are doubled up. Duracell Powermat in February announced a product called the Wireless Charging Card, which is a wireless charging add-on card for smartphones that doubles as an NFC antenna.
Sony earlier this year developed TransferJet chip for use in smartphones, but the company has not said when the chip would be implemented in its devices. Toshiba showed a tablet with TransferJet data transmission technology at the Mobile World Congress in February.
Early iterations of TransferJet were used in devices like digital cameras, but the technology is still trying to find solid ground.
Wireless charging has appeared in a few devices, but companies have been slow to adopt the technology, partly because it is expensive. Wireless charging was available with Hewlett-Packard's Palm smartphones, which are now off the market. Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S III smartphone will have a wireless charging accessory.
Companies are also working together to establish standards around wireless charging. The Wireless Power Consortium has developed the Qi low-power specification, while Samsung and Qualcomm earlier this month formed the Alliance for Wireless Power to develop new technology for contactless charging of mobile devices. The Power Matters Alliance, which has Vint Cerf as its honorary chairman, is working on a wireless power specification called Power 2.0 for mobile and stationary devices.
In addition to Sony, TransferJet Consortium members include Canon, Casio Computer, Hitachi, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Toshiba.
The Computex trade show will be held in Taipei June 5-9.
Agam Shah covers PCs, tablets, servers, chips and semiconductors for IDG News Service. Follow Agam on Twitter at @agamsh. Agam's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mountain pine beetle marching east from Alberta
(Edmonton) A University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could stretch across the Prairies and keep moving east towards the Atlantic. . A group of U of A tree biologists and geneticists discovered that, as the mountain pine beetle spread eastward from central British Columbia, it successfully jumped species from its main host, the lodgepole pine, to the jack pine. Jack pine is the dominant pine species in Canada's boreal forest, which stretches east from Alberta all the way to the Maritime provinces. The beetle first crossed a wide swath of forest where lodgepole pine and jack pine interbreed to create hybrids trees. Telling pure jack pine trees apart from hybrid trees is tricky, but the U of A researchers used molecular markers to conclusively show that the attacked trees are indeed jack pine.
U of A researchers teamed up with Alberta Sustainable Resources Development to track the progress of the mountain pine beetle infestation across the province. The insects have been found in jack pines as far east in Alberta as Slave Lake, which is 200 kilometres north of Edmonton.
Mountain pine beetles are about the size of a grain of rice. The hard-shelled insects spread by flying and with the aid of wind currents. Researchers currently have no estimate for the speed at which the insect might continue to spread eastward.
The research will be published April 4 in the journal, Molecular Ecology. This research was conducted by the Tria project (www.thetriaproject.ca), and is funded by the Government of Alberta through Genome Alberta and through Genome British Columbia and Genome Canada.
Source: University of Alberta
Other sources
- Pine pest jumps tree species in Canadafrom UPIMon, 4 Apr 2011, 20:32:34 UTC
- Pine beetle finds new home: Alta. researchersfrom CBC: Technology & ScienceMon, 4 Apr 2011, 20:00:26 UTC
- Mountain pine beetle marching east from Albertafrom PhysorgMon, 4 Apr 2011, 18:30:59 UTC
- Mountain pine beetle marching east from Albertafrom Science DailyMon, 4 Apr 2011, 17:31:29 UTC


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Sorry, there are no The Meter Men dates.
It's no stretch to say that The Meters single handedly definedNew Orleansfunk. Performing and recording their own music throughout the latter half of the '60s and into the '70s, this seminal group laid the foundation for what is now a ubiquitous genre, influencing countless funk musicians with their earthy, down-home style. Tracks like "Cissy Strut," "Look-Ka Py Py," "Sophisticated Sissy," and "Chicken Strut" are staples of the funk genre, and the band's work backing artists like Dr. John, Robert Palmer, Lee Dorsey, and even Paul McCartney is instantly recognizable. The Meters' sound also provided a jumping off point for much of the hip-hop of the '80s and '90s, with rap luminaries like LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Run DMC, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, and more sampling the band's tracks.
Formed in 1965, the original Meters lineup featured keyboardist and vocalist Art Neville, drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, and bassist George Porter Jr. After a few months playing under the name Art Neville & The Sounds, the band was hired by famed producers Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn as the house band for their Sansu Enterprises label. The Meters did most of their backing work for this label. They also performed and recorded on their own, releasing Top 40 instrumental hits on both Josie Records and Reprise Records well into the '70s. Although they never truly broke into the mainstream, by the middle of the decade, The Meters were a huge hit among the music intelligentsia.
The Meters broke up in 1977, and all of their members went on to find significant success elsewhere in the music business. Neville gained fame as part of The Neville Brothers, Modeliste toured with Ron Wood and Keith Richards, and both Nocentelli and Porter started new bands and became in-demand session players. In recent years, various iterations of the original Meters lineup have reconvened for numerous one-off shows, including full reunion performances in 2005 and 2011.


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www.unclutterer.com. A great resource for space-saving ideas, which also featured the stair design a while back.
Ok, recycling is as eco-friendly as I get so far, and I'm even too lazy for that sometimes. So I really have to applaud these people who have dedicated their best brains to creating some of the most ingenious inventions I've seen, all for the sake of a more sustainable future.
I recently stumbled upon this site, Inhabitat.com, which is worth looking at not only for the fabulous design but also some damn good ideas.
For instance, I work at an architectural firm and wondered the same thing this guy did: why don't we ever do anything with all those samples of tiles, glass, rubber, etc. that potential suppliers inundate us with daily? I figured decorating my bathroom with all the spare tiles would be pretty clever, but that's not nearly as fun as what these people came up with.
But the strangest and most intriguing to me has to be this:
No, that's not just a building. See the green inside? That is one of the designs associated with the vertical farm project, the brainchild of Dr. Dickson Despommier, a Columbia University professor of environmental sciences and microbiology. The idea behind the project is that in 50 years, most of the human population will live in urban centers. Their solution to overcrowding and its environmental consequences: start building farms into skyscrapers!
Some of the purpoted benefits of such a scheme:
-Organically grown food, sans pesticides
-No weather related crop failures
-Year-round crop production
-Animals can be raised in them as well **small ones, such as chicken and fish**
-No tractors, plows or shipping, thus less use of fossil fuels
-And the best benefit: we can't go to the moon or Mars until we try skscraper farming! Woo hoo! No creepy Total Recall moments.
The farm has yet to be built, and I just hope I'm around long enough to see it. In the meantime I guess I can enjoy the staircase drawers.
Staircase by Unicraft Joinery. Photo courtesy of blogger Emily on Inhabitat.
Read more about the two-in-one staircase here .
Vertical farm picture: design by Chris Jacobs.
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www.unclutterer.com. A great resource for space-saving ideas, which also featured the stair design a while back.
It's my understanding that animals raised in close quarters have to be treated with antibiotics to keep them from falling ill (especially if they never get any time out of doors). I wonder how an "organic" tower could prevent such a thing?
Hey Andrea
From the articles I've read on the subject, unfortunately not much has been uncovered about exactly how the animals will survive. This is all still theoretical, so it may well be that they will be infected in such conditions. From what I've read so far, from the report on the website, is that fish and poultry can be raised inside, and water and air filters would be installed in building to 'remove foreign pathogens and toxins.'
Joann Hong
"and you can raise animals in it."
good lord. for that "look at the cool factory farm high-rise replacement" comment alone you deserve a big thumbs-down.
vegetables grown indoors in buildings. hurray. instead of using sun and natural irrigation--let's do more artificial farming.
hey, maybe GMOs aren't so bad after all, either?
and so on. c'mon, man. this is awful. adjust your perception. see it for what it is--more technology where less technology is needed. artificiality and artificial complexity where more authenticity is needed.
I don't say you have to agree. And please note I said 'purpoted benefits', which means none of this is yet proven!! It is an idea, that's all. Nothing to be scared of, but rather examined for what it is. I'd suggest just taking a look through their website and reading through the proposals. They would in fact use natural sunlight (the building would be solar and wind powered). The purpose of the building is to be self sustaining.
I don't deny there would be ethical issues involved, but I don't see what's wrong with thinking it's fascinating.
Joann Hong
much of it IS proven--to be bad. that's the point. animals raised in such a building would suffer the same ethical and physical problems as a factory farm--because it's a factory farm.
food can be grown outdoors, enough for all--without a single bit of the technology described. it's PROVEN.
and--NO BUILDING IS SELF SUSTAINING. the materials required to build it require fossil fuels to manufacture. the replacement parts require fossil fuels to produce. and so on.
do you not get it? do you not understand that what we need isn't "more technology", but less of it? treating nature as a "design problem" is one of the greatest fallacies we have.
and please, if you would, tell me--how can a thing have clear ethical problems...yet be "fascinating"?
do you read?
Oh no! I just finished writing a blog post for tomorrow about that exact same staircase! What are the odds?
On the other hand, it does mean that I picked the right space-saver to write about as a good idea on my creativity and innovation blog! Everyone seems to be slapping their heads and going "Of course! That's a great way to get our shoes out of the way and to utilize a usually-forgotten space in a small house!"
Thanks for the tip about the other idea site. I'm looking forward to checking it out.
I'm kicking myself over the fact that my stairs weren't built like that. I'm about to redo one staircase, and I wonder if I should consider this - it's already going to cost a pretty penny as it is.
Thanks, Joann, for addressing the animal aspect. I'm pretty animals can't, and shouldn't, be raised in such quarters, but I don't see a problem growing vegetables that way. As it is, much of what we eat is grown in hot houses anyway.
I mean, for people who live in moderate climates, who can get farm-fresh produce year round, these might not be so enticing, but maybe if you live in, say, Minneapolis? And you can get fresher produce by growing it in towers (rather than, say, shipping it in from Peru?) - sounds like a possibility.
I don't necessarily think that people will all live in urban centers in 50 years but...there is momentum building toward getting agriculture closer to people. I keep reading about it anyway so I am thinking this is a developing change -- instead of using tons of fossil fuel to move strawberries or broccoli or asparagus or grapes cross country or overseas, farmers are trying to sell the value of locally grown produce. Although North Carolina has lots of strawberry farms (and I can pick them on the farms or have them picked for me), the grocery store carries strawberries from California (the sign says USA but the fine print says CA), which means quite a haul from farm to store to table. So we may start using indoor facilities (I buy hothouse lettuce and tomatoes often) and/or eat seasonally (that is don't expect strawberries year-round) -- it's a trade off perhaps from using fresh air but we will have more fresh air if the food that we eat is produced closer to home.
I really don't think it's as threatening as you make it out to be. This is NOT on the same level as GMOs. These people have taken into consideration some of the problems with current farming, such as deforestation and pollution. They do address that the best solution for over-farming is to let the land rest for a while, and leave it to cure itself. This is one of their stated reasons for vertical farming. As for the animal bit, let me get one thing clear - I don't commend factory farming. And, while the farm is indoors, there are supposed to be fields inside to accomodate SMALL livestock. Is this a good idea? I don't know! But that's why I emphasize that this is all theoretical.
As for the ethical issues, with any radical idea such as this there is bound to be uproar and aversion. As I said before since it hasn't been tested, there may be issues that can arise that weren't thought of before, as Andrea mentioned, some animals MAY be infected. But as a whole, I think it's fascinating because it is an idea that incorporates social consciousness with design. They go through this quite well in their two essays. Is it perfect? No. It is a good point you make about the materials that will potentially be involved. But wouldn't the same crticism also be applied to Hollywood celebrities who want to install solar panels in their homes to be more 'eco-friendly'?
As for the proof, I welcome you to send those readings over.
the amount of resources (water, fossil fuels, rainforests, land) and damage (pollution, cruelty, infections/bacteria, super bugs resistant to pesticides, world hunger) that current factory farming does to our environment is what we all should be outraged at. if these people think that vertical farming can alleviate and do less damage, then why trash them while they're the ones at least trying to do something better. why is it that the popular answer that no one is opposed to is simply stronger pesticides and more antibiotics, when it has been proven these things are harmful to us? technology CAN be used for good. we really don't have to go back to hunting and gathering, even though that might be the most moral route to go.
the most important aspect to this is only breifly mentioned above. to produce food on the moon/mars/elsewhere we will have to have practical experiance producing food in enclosed, artificial enviroments. These buildings would be a good starting point/proof of concept for that activity.
Its good to see important technology like this being worked on at a civilian (non-NASA) level.
I'm confused. When is raising animals indoors ever a good thing for the animals?
One of the posters hit the nail on the head: your post lacks much in the way of empathy or understanding of the original prolblem. More technology has not solved a single meaningful problem in agriculture, but has instead created most of the current problems *and* empowered monolithic factory farming.
The technology you're describing serves to make monolithic factory farming even more pervasive, driving down crop diversity, crop resistance, and the worst part--making it nearly impossible for small farms and organic crops to exist (if you don't understand what that means, or why it's true, you should learn more about your subject.)
In other words: the issue isn't just a problem of "how to grow more food more consistently." In fact, that is not a genuine problem at all--it is one propogated by large corporate machines like Monsanto. And Monsanto, by the way, is one of the corporations funding this research.
Standing at arm's length and calling it fascinating is disingenuous, and possibly dishonest. Take a stand. It really *is* sad to see you try to both defend the idea and simultaneously absolve yourself of any committment to what you wrote (you in fact said clearly you hoped it would happen in your lifetime.)
Dave P. has a good point re: having practice producing food in enclosed, artificial environments and long term thinking.
In regards to Smithsone's post, I find the point that "food can be grown outdoors, enough for all--without a single bit of the technology described. it's PROVEN." to be morally idealistic but simplistic. The world population is at 6.6 billion and exponentially growing by the minute. Land is at a premium and, guess what, not controlled by the majority of the 6.6 billion people on earth. Eventually we were going to have to innovate when it comes to producing our food by dint of neccessity. The aggregation of land in the hands of the rich and corporations worldwide means that land isn't being parceled out to each and every human being equally to raise his/her own livestock and produce. And land sure isn't being held so that food can be grown on it in a conscienable way for the masses. Gee, who needs that when we can pull up high rises, condos and resorts there instead?? And call me a cynic but how are we going to wrest back power over our food supply, short of a bloody revolution to reclaim the land? Anyway, don't hate on the messenger. If you don't like the idea of high-rise industrial farms, do something to empower small and organic farmers.
It is a huge step forward, socially, that we all are even discussing the condition of how our livestock is raised and whether or not our veggies are GMO. A hundred years ago, Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" to raise mainstream America's awareness about the immigrant struggle .. . .and instead people got incensed over severed hands and rats in the meatpacking factories. These days, we're still pissed about the severed hands/rats (I'm still sure they're there!) and some of us are angry about the GMOs.
Btw, this is pretty bourgeois that we're having this discussion about how our food is raised when much of the world goes their daily life without a decent amount of food. Isn't fighting about bland carrots and terrorized chicken so much more soothing to our conscience (woo hoo! we get to be on our moral high gorund then!) than really facing the fact that much of the world doesn't even have access to our bland carrots and chicken?
I once did see something like this that was actually useful. One year, California had a serious drought, and alfalfa for horses was hard to get. So one company sold a hydroponic grass factory. This was a shipping container with a stack of trays and grow lights. Each day you removed and "mowed" one tray, did some maintenance on it, and put it back in the stack to grow new grass. The grow cycle was about three weeks. Not very energy efficient, but needed little water, which was what mattered that year.
You see smaller trays like that full of alfalfa sprouts at Jamba Juice outlets. Same concept, smaller scale.
There are some huge indoor farms in Saudi Arabia, where they have sun, space, energy, and money, but limited water and poor soil.
There's some grumbling in the "eco" community about the "3000 mile salad", and how much energy is used shipping produce around. But in fact, the biggest transportation fuel cost is the SUV trip to the grocery store. If the customer drives further, to the farmer's market, it's even worse. What's actually happening in transportation is that railroads are making a comeback, simply because their energy costs are lower.
seems to me that these things are a good idea all the way around, what happens in 10 to 30 years when climate change swings in high gear and we really NEED to be able to grow food in unhospitible areas? what about a nuclear catastrophe? Should we ignore the basic fact that if we dont activly pursue things like this wont have them when we need them? vertical farms like this will give humanity a leg-up the next time it shoots itself in the foot. call me doom and gloom, but I'm always suprised when people deride an idea that could very well save our collective butts at some point. All becuase its not the MOST healthy way to grow food? Becuase its not the MOST humane way to raise animals? well it sure nice to have the luxary to worry about whats the most in these situations, but it's likley that wont always be the case, and being prepared for that possibility is never a bad idea.
-Dave P.
i don't think technology is the problem of agriculture. i think it's over-consumption. consider the over-fishing problem, then consider if we'll need to rely on indoor farming at one point to let certain ecosystems recover, if it's not too late
I thought of a building with crops like vertical farm project. The staircase storage is a great idea!
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The nurse notified the city Health Department that day. On Friday, more students were getting sick, and the department dispatched a team to the school at about 1:30 p.m. But they got caught in traffic and didn't arrive until 3:30 p.m, just as classes were letting out for the weekend, said Brother Leonard Conway, the school's principal.
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Why I'm a Seagate Bull -- and Why You Should Be, Too
On the day that Seagate Technology released its earnings, the stock ticked up on a surprising earnings beat. The good times did not last, though, as the next day brought a precipitous drop based on weak guidance apparently not digested the prior day. As we've all known for the last few years, PC demand is shrinking -- this is not a new trend. Naturally, Seagate's PC hard drive business faces continued adversity moving forward. But taking the entire company into account, did Seagate deserve its double-digit drop this week? Let's take a closer look at the company's fiscal second quarter results to determine whether you should buy, hold, or sell shares.
In the past
Seagate, along with its competitor Western Digital , has a rather predictable cycle when it comes to earnings season. The company typically shows great free cash flow, strong growth in its cloud business, an aware and cautious management discussion, and tepid guidance due to PC demand. The stock takes a dive as analysts and investors decry the PC business, and then the stock later rebounds because, at its core, it's a beautiful, cash-generating business that consistently trades at bottom-level multiples.
Was this quarter any different? Well, yes and no.
The numbers
For the December quarter, the company hauled in about $3. 7 billion in revenue. That's a 14.7% climb over last year's same-quarter revenue of $3.2 billion. Not bad considering the company is facing "a challenging demand environment." Moving down the income statement, the company achieved net income of $492 million. So how did the boom in top-line revenue lead to lower profits? It looks like it was a combination of higher expenses and weakened margins. Costs and expenses were roughly 20 % higher than last year's, and gross margins look pressed at 27% versus 31 .6% the year before.
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All in all, the numbers look... fine. They aren't thrilling, yet it is nice to see the company able to boost sales in this environment. If they can get some of the costs under control, I believe Seagate can clearly establish itself as the market leader.
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On the investor end of Seagate, the company couldn't be more shareholder-friendly. Through the first half of its fiscal 2013, Seagate returned 95% of its operating cash flow and over 100% of its free cash flow to shareholders in the form of dividends (which seem to never stop rising) and share buybacks. In the December quarter, the dividend bumped up an enormous 19%. For income-seeking investors, this a great pick with the possibility of added capital appreciation.
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The company has also taken steps to remain relevant on the storage application front. Seagate recently announced a deal with flash-storage company Virident where it will jointly create solid-state storage solutions.
CEO Steve Luczo did forecast weak demand looking forward, but this was to be expected. The company is still within its gross margin targets, its revenue targets, and its pledge to return 100% of free cash flow to shareholders for all of fiscal 2013. In the meantime, it is keeping capital expenditures to a minimum in order to cautiously navigate the post-PC world. Sure, it's not thrilling news, but I like a CEO who isn't blindly optimistic.
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Seagate it still a great business with plenty of opportunity looking forward. With the increased global data consumption and connectivity, storage solutions will only continue to increase at rates faster than ever before. There needs to be infrastructure for this. There also needs to be infrastructure for cloud applications and mobile platforms. This is the future of Seagate's business.
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Larry Lee Wood
Larry Lee Wood age 72, of Baraboo, Wisconsin entered into eternal rest on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at his home after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer.
Memorial Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the La Farge United Methodist Church in LaFarge, Wisconsin with Pastor Mark Phillips officiating. Friends may call at the church beginning at 12:00 noon on Saturday.
Larry was born Dec 27, 1940 at home on Plum Run Road in Vernon County, to Buford and Golda (Tate) Wood. He attended La Farge schools and later spent the majority of his time doing what he enjoyed, working and spending time with family. He was a truck driver for many years with Roehl Transport and earned the Driver of the Year Award and the One Million Mile Safe Driver Award and many other achievements. Larry had a strong work ethic and he excelled in all of his work experiences.
Larry was a man of very few words with a heart of gold. His heart was full of pride for his children: Sherri (John) Morris, and Tim (Rebel) Wood, of Gillette Wyo.; and Troy (Kathie) Wood, and LeAnne (Nick) Mlsna, of Cashton; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Larry is also survived by six sisters, Emma McDonald of Westby, Beatrice Wolfe of Hub City, Beverly Herrling of Baraboo, Marie (Clifford) Turner of La Farge, Mary (Don) Potter of Hillsboro, and Cindy Dunn of Hub City. He also will be sadly missed by several nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Bethel Pendley, Ethel Wilson and Joyce Coppernoll; a brother, Buford Wood. Jr. and a son, Mark.


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IYA2009 Updates
FETTU Update
29 April 2009
By the beginning of May 2009, two major installations of "From Earth to the Universe" (FETTU) will be open in the United States in two of the countries largest airports. On May 4th, FETTU will be unveiled at the Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta. Around the same time, FETTU will premier at Chicago's O'Hare airport. Each of these FETTUs will contain over 50 astronomical images prominently displayed throughout the airports. These latest installations join the some 250 locations of FETTU in over 50 countries around the world. For a full calendar of FETTUs, see http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/table_events.php. An ever-growing collection of photos from present and past FETTUs can be found at http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/event_photos.php
Astronomical Chocolate
29 April 2009
Coinciding with the International Year of Astronomy 2009, the ninth edition of the International Contest of Chocolate Figures has chosen astronomy as its theme. The fourteen figures presented have proven that astronomy allows for multiple and creative representations. On the 7th of May, the Museo de Chocolate (Chocolate Museum) of Barcelona will reveal its new temporary exhibition, "Los Mundos Celestes-400 años del descubrimiento del sistema solar" (Celestial Worlds - 400 years since the discovery of the Solar System) in collaboration with CosmoCaixa. This exhibition will combine real objects with the astronomy-themed artistic chocolate figures.
More information (in Spanish): http://www.pasteleria.com/noticias/view/chocolate-astronomico/01777
UK Minister for Science, Lord Drayson: Why is Astronomy important?
28 April 2009
The UK Minister for Science, Lord Drayson, gave an opening address at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science meeting held last week at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. The Minister spoke to Astronomy Now, an IYA2009 Media Partner, about why he thinks astronomy is important.
EAAE Course on Astronomy Education
27 April 2009
The course will take place on November 26th - December 1st and will be held in the CSIC Headquarters in Madrid. At this event several different kinds of activities will be presented by astronomers and university professors and secondary school teachers members of EAAE-WGSS. The course is for school teachers interested in astronomy even if they only have limited knowledge in this field. The course is not aimed at experts. The preliminary theme of this course is "Adventure in teaching Astronomy". The aim of the organisers is to promote very active participation and the exchange of ideas. General information will be available through the web of EAAE site
Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future
27 April 2009
Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future
The 120th Anniversary Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
September 12 - 16, 2009
Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, Millbrae, California
Registration is now open and abstracts are being accepted! You can submit abstracts for 90-minute sessions, 10-minute oral papers, or poster papers on a wide range of topics in space-science and earth-science education and outreach. A proceedings volume will be published as part of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference series.
The meeting symposium begins on Sunday evening, September 13, with the annual members' meeting and the opening reception. Meeting sessions begin on Monday, September 14, with the annual awards banquet held on Tuesday evening, September 15. The meeting will conclude the early evening of Wednesday, September 16.
The meeting will be preceded by hands-on workshops for K-14 and informal science educators scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, September 12-13, together with a Sunday afternoon series of nontechnical talks on the search for life beyond Earth presented by leading scientists from the SETI Institute.
Go to: http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html
to find information and details on hotel reservations, meeting registration, exhibiting, submitting poster and presentation abstracts, and submitting proceedings write-ups. Be sure to sign up to receive more information and meeting alerts, and check back frequently as new information is added.
Thanks to the generosity of the Spitzer Science Center, a limited number of $300 stipends will be available to K-12 educators who need additional support to attend the weekend and/or the meeting. Specific instructions will be posted soon on the above web site.
Please join us in September in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area, during the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of Science, and the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, as we look forward and consider how, working together, we can advance a future of science literacy.
Galilean Nights: New IYA2009 Cornerstone Project
27 April 2009
Following the unprecedented success of IYA2009's 100 Hours of Astronomy, which featured hugely popular projects such as a Global Star Party, the live 24-hour webcast "Around the World in 80 Telescopes", a Science Centre webcast, and Sun Day, another weekend of astronomy events has been highlighted for 23-24 October 2009. This new IYA2009 Cornerstone Project is called Galilean Nights and will see amateur and professional astronomers around the globe taking to the streets, pointing their telescopes to the wonders that Galileo observed 400 years ago.
The project's focus is sidewalk observations of gas giant Jupiter and its moons and members of the public will as also be able to observe the Sun, our own Moon and many more celestial marvels with the own eyes, much like Galileo did 400 years ago.
In the following weeks we will provide more information regarding this exciting project, please stay tuned. Meanwhile, be sure to save the date and plan to be a part of this unique event!
IYA2009 Update
26 April 2009
Portal to the Universe goes live!
Keeping up-to-date with cutting-edge astronomy and space science breakthroughs has just become that much easier, thanks to the Portal To The Universe, the latest Cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Explore the initiative here: http://www.portaltotheuniverse.org/
She Is An Astronomer has been launched
The She Is An Astronomer project seeks to break down misconceptions and gender issues in astronomy and science. The official site can be viewed here: http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/
Immersive Film Festival
Navegar Foundation would like to invite all to participate and attend the Immersive Film Festival, to be held at Centro Multimeios Espinho, Portugal, 24-26 April 2009. This festival is an event that will gather international productions in the Immersive Cinema field. It is an open invitation to all, including producers, animators, filmmakers, artists, students, teachers and planetarium professionals, in order to participate in this unique event. To participate, simply submit a work following the guidelines of the memorandum of understanding. For more details, please visit: http://iff.multimeios.pt/
Galileoscope is now in full production!
The Galileoscope Task Group is delighted to inform that the Galileoscope is now in full production and deliveries are expected to begin in June. In two months, more than 60,000 Galileoscopes have been sold, including around 10,000 that will be donated to underserved children and their schools. And this is just the beginning! For order and more information, please visit the official site: https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Highlights and Achievements: Press Conference
An IYA2009 press conference has been held during the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (JENAM 2009) taking place at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. For more, please visit http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/246/
IYA2009 news round-up, 24 April
24 April 2009
IYA2009 news round-up, 24 April
Question: what is the best thing about Fridays?
Answer: the IYA2009 news round-ups, of course!
We'll begin our journey in the UK, as Somerset Stargazer (and top bloke) Ben Wilkes has been flying the flag for IYA2009, says the Weston and Somerset Mercury. Ben is working to get a 19-inch telescope plonked atop the Mendip hills up and running, and is also hosting astronomy events for beginners. Ben, the IYA2009 team salutes you!
More public events are being organised by the University of New Hampshire's Physics Department, according to ECEBlogger. Lectures from staff and students will be taking place once a month, with the next one being on 16 May. Clear your diary, ok?
Den News was present for a University of Wisconsin-Madison public lecture which, by their account, was very successful. The enthusiasm of the presentation comes across in the write-up, and it also contains a memorable quote from an art professor: "Anyone who can explain astrophysics to an art major isn't too bad."
Another noteworthy article about an outreach event comes courtesy of the Iosco County News Herald (United States). Plans were to observe the cosmos using a 25-inch Dobsonian telescope nicknamed "DobZilla", but cloud defeated this beast. Instead, a lecture, meteorite collection, and discussions on varied topics from life in the Universe to light pollution kept people entertained. The event was hosted by the Iosco-Arenac District Library, Great Lakes Star Gaze, and Sunset Astronomical Society (SAS) who should not be confused with Britain's elite counter-terrorism force the Special Air Service, with whom they share the acronym.
The Portal To The Universe has been released! This IYA2009 Cornerstone Project acts as a one-stop-shop for astronomy news and content. Space Ref and YubaNet.com have posted the press release as way of a synopsis and Cosmic Diary blogger Sotira was there for the launch. YubaNet.com get another mention this week, as they've also posted the She Is An Astronomer release. Thanks, YubaNet.com. redOrbit have performed a similar service.
Next, Press TV reports that Iranian astronomers are planning on holding a public star party near the Iran-Pakistan border, as part of the StarPeace project. The article says astronomers will set up in Goatr village in Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman on 1May, 2009. A group of amateurs will also hold a star party in Pakistan's Gwadar Port.
Are you poor? If so, no need to fret. The Daily Record has suggestions for free family fun activities, with astronomy coming in at number two, being beaten only by "Hike, bike or picnic". I would choose "picnic".
That's all for now, which means you can start looking forward to next week's news round-up!
Lee Pullen
IYA2009 Staff Writer
Galileoscope is now in full production!
23 April 2009
The Galileoscope Task Group is delighted to inform that the Galileoscope is now in full production and deliveries are expected to begin in June. In two months, more than 60,000 Galileoscopes have been sold, including around 10,000 that will be donated to underserved children and their schools. And this is just the beginning!
For order and more information, please visit the official website
Dr. Richard Tresch Fienberg
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Highlights and Achievements: Press Conference
22 April 2009
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Highlights and Achievements: Press
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 will host a press conference during the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (JENAM 2009) taking place at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. The press conference is scheduled for the morning of Thursday 23 April 2009 at 11:00 BST/12:00 CEST, in the Press Office.
This press conference will highlight the principal achievements of the celebration and the upcoming events and activities.
The topics and panellists are:
* IYA2009: Global Project, achievements and upcoming events: Pedro Russo
* IYA2009 in the UK: Ian Robson
* She is an Astronomer: IYA2009 Cornerstone Project: Helen Walker
* Portal to the Universe: IYA2009 Cornerstone Project: Lars Lindberg Christensen
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