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Whether you are buying your first home, or your fifth, the process of buying a home is a detailed, time-consuming venture. At the same time, it's an emotional period laden with difficult choices. You want to ensure that the home you purchase meets your family's needs now, and in the future.
Each of these decisions often involves money. When you consider all that money represents, you'll want to ensure that you don't pay too much. This article helps you become a savvy buyer, by pointing out some of the pitfalls inherent in the home-buying process. These include such things as knowing what you want before you begin shopping, taking your time to shop, choosing the right realtor, and remaining objective while viewing potential homes. With this information, you'll be closer to finding your ideal home.
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Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity
Reviewed in conjunction with No Other God: A Response to Open Theism (Frame) and Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity (Piper, Taylor, Helseth).
The ongoing controversy over open theism (also known as free-will theism) has resulted in the publication of numerous books and articles on the subject (see Robert A. Pyne and Stephen R. Spencer, "A Critique of Free-Will Theism, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra 158 [July–September 2001]: 259–86; and idem, "A Critique of Free-Will Theism, Part 2" Bibliotheca Sacra 158 [October–December 2001]: 387–405). This review evaluates three recent books by classical theists who have responded to open theism.
Frame's No Other God is a winsome, yet thorough reply to John Sanders, Greg Boyd, Clark Pinnock, and other open theists. Frame, professor of systematic theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary, begins with a description of open theism's essential beliefs and theological heritage. He sees precursors to this movement in some Greek philosophers and in Socinianism, which emphasized libertarian free will. He also identifies many influences among modern theologians, arguing that open theism is distinctive not because of its ideas, but for its introduction of those ideas within evangelicalism.
In the remainder of the book Frame responds to open theism by discussing a series of questions. Is love God's most important attribute? Is God's will the ultimate explanation of everything? Is God's will irresistible? Do we have genuine freedom? Is God in time? Does God change? Does God suffer? Does God know everything in advance? Throughout the book Frame demonstrates the emotional appeal of the traditional view, which does not present an ugly, autocratic God, but a loving and powerful God, who is worthy of trust when all else is tenuous. Frame is at his best when defending the doctrines of providence and spontaneous (as opposed to libertarian) freedom. His presentation is clear, nontechnical, and biblically grounded. He also offers helpful and balanced discussions of divine immutability and impassibility.
Geisler and House adopt a sharper tone in The Battle for God, evidenced by renaming their opponents "neotheists." Rather than focusing on what might be the linchpin of open theism—its view of human freedom, for example—Geisler and House address a variety of issues that may or may not be of concern to the open theists themselves. With chapters on God's omniscience, eternality, immutability, simplicity, impassibility, sovereignty, and relationship to the world, Geisler and House demonstrate that open theism is distinct from classical theism. That conclusion is not new—open theists themselves have acknowledged that fact—and the separate treatment of these topics tends to reduce the overall coherence of the book's argument. However, this presentation remains helpful in that it highlights some of the major differences between the two camps and offers clear responses from a traditional perspective.
In Beyond the Bounds Piper, Taylor, and Helseth have assembled excellent essays in response to open theism. Many are revised editions of articles that first appeared in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and these tend to be somewhat cumbersome, though helpful with regard to specific points of disagreement. For example A. B. Canaday offers approximately fifty pages on the anthropomorphic character of God's revelation. However, some of the best chapters are new to this work. One of these, by Wheaton College professor Mark Talbot, represents a personal testimony of theological development in the midst of suffering. Talbot's conclusion—that compatibilist freedom (rather than the libertarian freedom assumed by open theists) is both biblically defensible and existentially satisfying—demonstrates the pastoral significance of traditional theism with its high view of divine providence. Piper reinforces the point, expressing "pastoral dismay" at the counsel and comfort offered by open theists. He concludes, "As a pastor who longs to be biblical and God-centered and Christ-exalting and eternally helpful to my people, I see open theism as theologically ruinous, dishonoring to God, belittling to Christ, and pastorally hurtful" (p. 384).
Many of the articles in Beyond the Bounds are directed toward recent institutional debates about open theism, particularly within the Evangelical Theological Society. Now that those debates have at least temporarily abated, the book's pastoral exhortations remain especially vital. The article by Notre Dame University's William C. Davis, "Why Open Theism Is Flourishing Now," is worth highlighting. Davis describes several factors in the cultural climate of American evangelicalism that makes open theism attractive. These include a distrust of institutional authority, "infatuation" with personal freedom, and impatience with mystery. Davis rightly calls for a stronger relationship between academic theology and the local church within evangelicalism.
Those who are looking for a simple, direct response to open theism will probably find Frame's book the most helpful of these three. However, readers will find the most thorough treatment in Beyond the Bounds, which advances the debate and deserves the careful attention of evangelical leaders.

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In 2013, the STAC approved a remote eavesdropping observing mode. This document lists the main features of the mode as implemented since tests carried out in 2012B. PI Procedures are detailed at the end of this page.
Eavesdropping IS:
- Added value only. All observations must be executable without eavesdropping, no observation should rely on it.
- Initiated by the observatory (advance warning of probability in the queue case, or definite date in the classical case, plus on-the-night notification by some method which would convey a password, probably one changed on an hourly basis).
- Ability to see, and comment on, target acquisitions.
- Ability to assess data quality quickly enough to allow useful changes to be made in the observing.
- Ability to understand what is happening in the observing at any given time.
- Ability to see: sequence executor.
- Ability to see: data reduction pipeline products.
- Ability to see: acquisition.
- Ability to request modifications to observation (change exposure time, re-arrange steps, change wavelength, add a filter, skip a previously included filter, etc). Must not significantly change the nightly queue plan in a way that the observer would not have done and must not redefine the observation in a way which might duplicate some other observation in the database. (Guidelines will be needed for the observer in these cases.)
- Ability to communicate: with observer (by phone, Skype to a single observer account, or Polycom from a defined remote ops center).
- Ability to see: TSD and/or ISD (this is non-essential).
- Ability to interact with raw data for their project (and associated calibrations) stored at the observator.
Eavesdropping IS NOT:
- Ability to override: queue decisions taken by the summit staff and/or QC. All queue choices will be made in the same way as normal. This includes rapid Targets of Opportunity, which will continue to interrupt the current observation even if that observation is being eavesdropped upon. In a marginal case, e.g. very thin cirrus, and where there is no direct impact on higher-priority programs, the PI may be asked if they wish to continue. If they say yes, despite the weather conditions being outside their formal requirements, a "PASS" flag will be placed on the data in the GSA.
- Ability to directly execute (start, stop etc.) the sequence.
- Ability to directly control the instrument.
- Ability to see the summit OT (because of confidentiality of other programs).
- Ability of PI to communicate with QC (the observer will do this in case of need).
- Allowed to result in additional staff hours at the observatory. In practice this means that it will not be used in classical runs unless the classical programme has already sent the PI or a Co-I to the summit.
- Allowed to result in reduced efficiency – emphasis remains on pre-preparation of observations. No preparation is done on the fly at night, and all time spent inspecting acquisition images etc. is charged to the PI's programme.
- Allowed to produce additional work on QCs or staff queue observers.
- Applied to short observations (this is to avoid the overhead of contacting the PI, getting the eavesdropping session established etc. for an observation that may only take 15 minutes).
The Mode
All Band 1 and 2 PIs are invited to eavesdropping if they wish, via the PI email announcing that they have been granted time. If a PI chooses to eavesdrop, they enter their range of dates for multiple contact numbers in a google spreadsheet. Observers at the summit check this spreadsheet to see if a PI has an available contact for the current night.
On a given night, should the program come to the top of the queue and be identified in the plan as an eavesdropping program for the night, the PI or designated contact receives a phone call stating that observations are about to begin. They open Skype on a browser, connect to the summit and to a FITS storage server, and take part in the observation, including watching and commenting on acquisitions, inspecting data frames and commenting on whether to continue or terminate an observation. Note that the QCs will not always schedule a program for eavesdropping on a given night, even though it has that "status". For example, they may be guided by the weather forecast and we will also attempt to avoid scheduling sessions back to back to give the observer a breather. So data may be taken on an eavesdropping program without a call being made (this is also consistent with observers having discretion over calling, and with the first point in "IS", above).
To avoid confidentiality issues and debates between PIs In the course of any given night, only one program will be invited to eavesdrop at a time. To ensure quick decision making and as easy as possible a technical interface, only one eavesdropping channel will be open on a given programme at a time.
Brief records are kept (in the night log) of the key points of the dialogue between the observer and the PI.
PI Procedures
Initial contact
PIs will be invited to participate in eavesdropping in the initial PI email announcing they have been allocated observing time. The deadline for signing up for eavesdropping is the Phase II submission deadline. If you wish to take part, you will be asked to send the contact details for up to three eavesdroppers:
- Name
- email address
- telephone number
Note that you can designate up to three sets of details; these may be used to give three different contact numbers for yourself, to be used at different times in the semester, three different co-Is to cover different ranges of nights,or some combination of these. We use these to set up our dial-up calls that will be used to make initial contact on any given night. The three contacts are labelled "a", "b" and "c" respectively; please refer to them as such in your emailed response.
Specifying contact availability
You will receive a link to a google spreadsheet in the initial email. This is where you tell us who is available and when. The data entry sheet looks like the following:
All you need to do is locate the "Availability" tab (bottom of the browser window) for the telescope you wish to eavesdrop at, and enter "a", "b" or "c" into each date on which your contacts are available (only one contact per night). Please be sure to consider the target observability and enter contacts, if possible, at the earliest possible date - your program may well be observed as soon as the targets become available.


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One thing is certain: None of the key players in the federal spending impasse is very happy right now.
President Obama is expected to meet with House Democrats on Wednesday and other caucuses in the coming days, The Associated Press reports, amid hope that a deal can be made soon.
Here's a rundown of Wednesday's Morning Edition coverage on the partial government shutdown, which is bumping up against the debate over raising the debt ceiling.
-- Correspondent Ari Shapiro logs Tuesday's tit-for-tat between the president and House Speaker John Boehner:
"The day began with a phone call between House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama," Shapiro says. "Each side put out a statement describing the conversation. And for once the parties agreed — the call changed no one's mind. A few hours later, Obama took to the White House briefing room and urged Republicans to end these crises."
-- Correspondent Scott Horsley says that while Washington bickers over the shutdown and a possible default, the rest of the world is just as nervous as we are — maybe more so.
Economic historian and author Daniel Yergin tells Horsley: "The whole global economy, the whole system of payments and trade and investment — it all rests upon confidence. And at the center of that confidence is the United States. The very big rock of Gibraltar. And if it can't play that role, everybody's worse off, including the United States."
-- Host Renee Montagne speaks with Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador, a member of the Tea Party caucus who outlines the conservative wing's thinking. Labrador says he personally "would be willing to give the president a one-year [continuing resolution] and a lot of conservatives are there with me — which would be good for the president — in exchange for a one-year delay in the implementation of Obamacare."
"We're not the ones who wanted to shut down the government; we need to remember that," he says. "When the shutdown occurred a week ago, it was the Democrats that said the Republicans wanted to shut down the government. There wasn't a single Republican in the House [who] wanted to shut down the government. We wanted to keep the government open."
-- Finally, host David Green spoke with Phil Glover, a corrections officer at the Johnstown Federal Prison in southwestern Pennsylvania and regional vice president for the Council of Prison Locals union, who says he and his colleagues are considered essential, but that as of Oct. 1, they won't be getting a paycheck.
"The next paycheck they get will be next week, and they will get a six-day paycheck for working two full weeks," Glover says.
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China on Tuesday detailed the structure of its military force in a special national defense report that also took a swipe at the United States for what it described as stoking tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
In what state media in China said was a first, Beijing outlined in broad strokes its People's Liberation Army, which includes ground, air and naval forces. The defense white paper said the PLA had 850,000 troops in its ground mobile operational units, 398,000 in the air force, and 235,000 naval personnel manning three fleets.
China's defense budget rose by 11.2 percent in 2012, exceeding $100 billion, about one-seventh what the U.S. spent in the same year.
"The U.S. is adjusting its Asia-Pacific security strategy," the paper said, alluding to the White House policy of shifting its strategic focus to Asia. Later, it refers to "some country" as having "strengthened its Asia-Pacific military alliances, expanded its military presence in the region [which] ... frequently makes the situation tenser."
It cited "multiple and complicated security threats" facing China as well as its "unshakeable national commitment ... to take the road of peaceful development."
The paper also mentioned Beijing's tussles with its maritime neighbors over territorial claims in the South China Sea and East China Sea, including Japan's "making trouble over the issue of the Diaoyu Islands," which Tokyo calls the Senkaku islands. Japan, Taiwan and China all claim the small chain.
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The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in your home. It's a place where your entire family - no matter how big or small - gathers to cook, eat, catch-up and relax. We thought we'd share one of our favorite kitchens from the National Home Show in Toronto. At every angle, this home provides inspiration for your own space. From the beautiful hardwood floors to the sleek but still natural cabinets and the cozy central fireplace, enjoy this inspiration. There are so many ideas in this one space that there is bound to be one that you can incorporate in your own space. Or maybe you just want to take some notes for your future dream kitchen.
The fireplace in this space is beautiful and imagine how it could warm the whole space. It's also nice that it does not obstruct the view of the rest of the space so you get the cozy warmth of the fireplace without the wall that blocks your view. It's also great to have one fireplace that you can enjoy from several rooms in your home.
The cabinets in this kitchen are sleek and modern but the wood grain texture gives them a warm and almost rustic feel. Large drawers provide plenty of storage and the double oven and over-sized cook top make this a dream for any chef.
A cozy sitting area next to the kitchen is great for guests or even taking a break between batches of cookies. It's also another great space to enjoy the beautiful fireplace. The beautiful hardwood floors flow from space to space but a simple change in direction of the planks and a subtle border create distinction between the spaces. For more beautiful flooring ideas, visit CarpetOne.com.
A smooth top cooking surface makes clean up easy and compliments the sleek modern lines of this kitchen. Keeping all the appliances in the same color family - in this case stainless steel - will help your counter feel less cluttered whiles still keeping the tools you use everyday at reach.
It's always great to have a couple stools at your counter. Great for eating quick meals or for family members and guests to keep you company while you cook.
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Just beneath the surface of traditional media attention, something vital has been gathering force and is about to explode into public consciousness. The "New Economy Movement" is a far-ranging coming together of organizations, projects, activists, theorists and ordinary citizens committed to rebuilding the American political-economic system from the ground up.
The broad goal is democratized ownership of the economy for the "99 percent" in an ecologically sustainable and participatory community-building fashion. The name of the game is practical work in the here and now—and a hands-on process that is also informed by big picture theory and in-depth knowledge.
Thousands of real world projects -- from solar-powered businesses to worker-owned cooperatives and state-owned banks -- are underway across the country. Many are self-consciously understood as attempts to develop working prototypes in state and local "laboratories of democracy" that may be applied at regional and national scale when the right political moment occurs.
The movement includes young and old, "Occupy" people, student activists, and what one older participant describes as thousands of "people in their 60s from the '60s" rolling up their sleeves to apply some of the lessons of an earlier movement.
Explosion of Energy
A powerful trend of hands-on activity includes a range of economic models that change both ownership and ecological outcomes. Co-ops, for instance, are very much on target—especially those which emphasize participation and green concerns. The Evergreen Cooperatives in a desperately poor, predominantly black neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio are a leading example. They include a worker-owned solar installation and weatherization co-op; a state-of-the-art, industrial-scale commercial laundry in a LEED-Gold certified building that uses—and therefore has to heat—only around a third of the water of other laundries; and a soon-to-open large scale hydroponic greenhouse capable of producing three million head of lettuce and 300,000 pounds of herbs a year. Hospitals and universities in the area have agreed to use the co-ops' services, and several cities—including Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Washington, DC and Amarillo, Texas are now exploring similar efforts.
Other models fit into what author Marjorie Kelly calls the "generative economy"--efforts that inherently nurture the community and respect the natural environment. Organic Valley is a cooperative dairy producer in based in Wisconsin with more than $700 million in revenue and nearly 1,700 farmer-owners. Upstream 21 Corporation is a "socially responsible" holding company that purchases and expands sustainable small businesses. Greyston Bakery is a Yonkers, New York "B-Corporation" (a new type of corporation designed to benefit the public) that was initially founded to provide jobs for neighborhood residents. Today, Greystone generates around $6.5 million in annual sales.
Recently, the United Steelworkers union broke modern labor movement tradition and entered into a historic agreement with the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center to help build worker-owned cooperatives in the United States along the lines of a new "union-co-op" model.
The movement is also serious about building on earlier models. More than 130 million Americans, in fact, already belong to one or another form of cooperative—and especially the most widely known form: the credit union. Similarly, there are some 2,000 municipally owned utilities, a number of which are ecological leaders. (Twenty-five percent of American electricity is provided by co-ops and public utilities.) Upwards of 10 million Americans now also work at some 11,000 employee-owned firms (ESOP companies).
More than 200 communities also operate or are establishing community land trusts that take land and housing out of the market and preserve it for the community. And hundreds of "social enterprises" use profits for social or community serving goals. Beyond these efforts, roughly 4,500 Community Development Corporations and 1.5 million non-profit organizations currently operate in every state in the nation.
The movement is also represented by the "Move Your Money" and "bank transfer day" campaigns, widespread efforts to shift millions of dollars from corporate giants like Bank of America to one or another form of democratic or community-benefiting institution. Related to this are other "new banking" strategies. Since 2010, 17 states, for instance, have considered legislation to set up public banks along the lines of the long-standing Bank of North Dakota.
Several cities—including Los Angeles and Kansas City— have passed "responsible banking" ordinances that require banks to reveal their impact on the community and/or require city officials to only do business with banks that are responsive to community needs. Other cities, like San Jose and Portland, are developing efforts to move their money out of Wall Street banks and into other commercial banks, community banks or credit unions. Politicians and activists in San Francisco have taken this a step further and proposed the creation of a publicly owned municipal bank.
There are also a number of innovative non-public, non-co-op banks—including the New Resource Bank in San Francisco, founded in 2006 "with a vision of bringing new resources to sustainable businesses and ultimately creating more sustainable communities." Similarly, One PacificCoast Bank, an Oakland-based certified community development financial institution, grew out of the desire to "create a sustainable, meaningful community development bank and a supporting nonprofit organization." And One United Bank—the largest black-owned bank in the country with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and Miami—has financed more than $1 billion in loans, most in low-income neighborhoods.
Ex-JP Morgan managing director John Fullerton has added legitimacy and force to the debate about new directions in finance at the ecologically oriented Capital Institute. And in several parts of the country, alternative currencies have long been used to help local community building—notably "BerkShares" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and "Ithaca Hours" in Ithaca, New York.
Active protest efforts are also underway. The Occupy movement, along with many others, has increasingly used direct action in support of new banking directions—and in clear opposition to old. On April 24, 2012 over 1,000 people protested bank practices at the Wells Fargo shareholder meeting in San Francisco. Similar actions, some involving physical "occupations" of bank branches, have been occurring in many parts of the country since the Occupy movement started in 2011. Large-scale demonstrations occurred at the Bank of America's annual shareholder meeting in May 2012.
What to do about large-scale enterprise in a "new economy" is also on the agenda. A number of advocates, like Boston College professor Charles Derber, contemplate putting worker, consumer, environmental, or community representatives of "stakeholder" groups on corporate boards. Others point to the Alaska Permanent Fund which invests a significant portion of the state's mineral revenues and returns dividends to citizens as a matter of right. Still others, like David Schweickart and Richard Wolff, propose system-wide change that emphasizes one or another form of worker ownership and management. (In the Schweickart version, smaller firms would be essentially directly managed by workers; large-scale national firms would be nationalized but also managed by workers.) A broad and fast-growing group seeks to end "corporate personhood," and still others urge a reinvigoration of anti-trust efforts to reduce corporate power. (Breaking up banks deemed too big to fail is one element of this.)
In March 2012, the Left Forum held in New York also heard many calls for a return to nationalization. And even among "Small is Beautiful" followers of the late E. F. Schumacher, a number recall this historic build-from-the-bottom-up advocate's argument that "[w]hen we come to large-scale enterprises, the idea of private ownership becomes an absurdity." (Schumacher continuously searched for national models that were as supportive of community values as local forms.)
Theory and Action
A range of new theorists have also increasingly given intellectual muscle to the movement. Some, like Richard Heinberg, stress the radical implications of ending economic growth. Former presidential adviser James Gustav Speth calls for restructuring the entire system as the only way to deal with ecological problems in general and growth in particular. David Korten has offered an agenda for a new economy which stresses small Main Street business and building from the bottom up. (Korten also co-chairs a "New Economy Working Group" with John Cavanagh at the Institute of Policy Studies.) Juliet Schor has proposed a vision of "Plentitude" oriented in significant part around medium-scale high tech industry. My own work on a Pluralist Commonwealth emphasizes a community-building system characterized by a mix of democratized forms of ownership ranging from small co-ops all the way up to public/worker-owned firms where large scale cannot be avoided.
Writers like Herman Daly and David Bollier have also helped establish theoretical foundations for fundamental challenges to endless economic growth, on the one hand, and the need to transcend privatized economics in favor of a "commons" understanding, on the other. The awarding in 2009 of the Nobel Prize to Elinor Ostrom for work on commons-based development underlined recognition at still another level of some of the critical themes of the movement.
Around the country, thinkers are clamoring to meet and discuss new ideas. The New Economy Institute, led primarily by ecologists and ecological economists, hoped to attract a few hundred participants to a gathering to be held at Bard College in June 2012. The event sold out almost two months in advance! An apologetic email went out turning away hundreds who could not be accommodated with the promise of much bigger venue the next year.
And that's just one example. From April to May 2012, the Social Venture Network held its annual gathering in Stevenson, Washington. The Public Banking Institute gathered in Philadelphia. The National Center for Employee Ownership met in Minneapolis—also to record-breaking attendance. And the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) held a major conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other events planned for 2012 include the Consumer Cooperative Management Association's meeting in Philadelphia; the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives' gathering in Boston; a Farmer Cooperatives conference organized by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives; and meetings of the National Community Land Trust Network and the Bioneers. The American Sustainable Business Council, a network of 100,000 businesses and 300,000 individuals, has been holding ongoing events and activities throughout 2012.
Daunting Challenges
The New Economy Movement is already energetically involved in an extraordinary range of activities, but it faces large-scale, daunting challenges. The first of these derives from the task it has set for itself—nothing less than changing and democratizing the very essence of the American economic system's institutional structure.
Even viewed as a long-range goal, the movement obviously confronts the enormous entrenched power of an American political economic system dominated by very large banking and corporate interests—and bolstered by a politics heavily dependent on the financial muscle of elites at the top. (One recent calculation is that
400 individuals at the top now own more wealth than the bottom 160 million.)
A second fundamental challenge derives from the increasingly widespread new economy judgment that economic growth must ultimately be reduced, indeed, even possibly ended if the dangers presented by climate change are to be avoided—and if resource and other environmental limits are to be responsibly dealt with.
Complicating all this is the fact that most labor unions—the core institution of the traditional progressive alliance—are committed to growth as absolutely essential (as the economy is now organized) to maintaining jobs.
History dramatizes the implacable power of the existing institutions—until, somehow, that power gives way to the force of social movements. Most of those in the New Economy movement understand the challenge as both immediate and long-term: how to put an end to the most egregious social and economically destructive practices in the near term; how to lay foundations for a possible transformation in the longer term.
And driving the movement's steady build up, day by day, year by year, is the growing economic and social pain millions of Americans now experience in their own lives—and a sense that something fundamental is wrong. The New Economy Movement speaks to this reality, and just possibly, despite all the obstacles—as with the civil rights, feminist, environmental and so many other earlier historic movements—it, too, will overcome. If so, the integrity of its goals and the practicality of its developmental work may allow it to help establish foundations for the next great progressive era of American history. It is already adding positive vision and practical change to everyday life.


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Accurate mass measurements of galaxy clusters are a vital tool in modern cosmology, providing a unique insight into the nonlinear regime. There has been a wealth of work characterising the bias in X-ray and weak lensing mass measurements using numerical simulations, however these have been restricted to clusters with masses less than 10^15 solar masses or dark matter only simulations. The MACSIS project is a set of hydrodynamical simulations of massive galaxy clusters which extends the BAHAMAS sample of galaxy groups and clusters to higher masses. These simulations use the sub-grid physics models developed in the BAHAMAS project, which includes feedback from supernovae and active galactic nuclei. Taken with the BAHAMAS sample, the simulations form a cluster population which covers almost two orders of magnitude in mass, with more than 250 clusters with masses greater than 10ˆ15 solar masses at z=0. Since these simulations consist of both dark matter only and hydrodynamic simulations, they are ideal for investigating the impact of baryons on cluster weak lensing. Together with the calculated X-ray observables of MACSIS clusters, these are used to infer the hydrostatic mass bias for massive galaxy clusters and its dependence on cluster properties. In this talk I will begin by discussing how baryons affect the weak lensing shear profiles of massive galaxy clusters and the implications of this for cluster mass measurements. I will conclude by presenting the hydrostatic mass bias as found in the MACSIS simulations in the context of recent observations.
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Introducing OMEGA, an Emission Line Galaxy Survey in A901/902
Magnetic flux ropes in the Martian ionosphere observed by MAVEN
Measuring the masses of distant galaxies
Measuring the masses of distant galaxies
Plasma wave electric fields driven by solar energetic particles in the solar wind
Probing the transformation of galaxies in clusters at high-redshift using dynamical analyses
Superfluid effects in the inner crust of neutron stars
2D MHD studies of forced reconnection & particle acceleration in solar flares
3D Topology of the Magnetic Field in the Solar Corona
A Bayesian's perspective of quenching via bulge evolution
A Catalogue of Geometrically-Modelled Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by the STEREO Heliospheric Imagers
A Lightcone Catalogue from MXXL
A Lorenz/Boer energy budget for the atmosphere of Mars from a reanalysis of spacecraft observations
A machine learning framework for Astronomical Light Curve Analysis and Classification applied to the STILT database
A Model for Coronal Heating with a Photospheric Driver
A Multiwavelength Photometric Census of "Activity" in Brighest Cluster Galaxies
A New Catalogue of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
A new measurement of the mass-temperature relation for clusters
A new source for Saturn's electron radiation belt inside Enceladus?
A Novel Approach to Chromospheric Evaporation and Coronal Heating
A novel prescription of the CO-to-H2 conversion factor with applications to star formation efficiency.
A parameter study of slowly rotating planets with diurnal cycle using a simple GCM
A physically motivated dust model across cosmic time: Initial results
A physically motivated dust model across cosmic time: Initial results
A physically motivated dust model across cosmic time: Initial results
A Possible Titan Ground Fog Detection from Huygens SLI Imagery
A theoretical prespective on quenching
A unique probe of the dark matter distribution in a halo at z=1: A strong lens with a bright central image
Accrete, accrete, accrete.....Bang! (and repeat): The remarkable recurrent novae
Accuracy of Molecular Cross-Sections for Exoplanetary Spectroscopy
Accurate weak lensing shear measurements for Euclid
Adaptive spatial binning of integral-field data using galaxy morphology
AGN with the LSST
AIA-EIS-XRT observation of a Recurring Active Region Jet
Alfvén Wave Amplification in an Intergranular Downflow
ALMA finds dew drops in the dusty spider's web
An atmosphere around the super-Earth 55 Cancri e
An Estimate of the K-ratio in a sample of 27 Galaxy Clusters.
An introduction to the Turbulence Heating ObserveR-THOR mission
Analysing environmental quenching in distant galaxy clusters
Analysing environmental quenching in distant galaxy clusters
Analysing environmental quenching in distant galaxy clusters
Anomalous Motions in the Local Group: Evidence of a Past Milky Way–Andromeda Flyby?
Approximation of the potential in scalar field models
Archaeoastronomy and the new GCSE Astronomy
Are Mergers the Principle Trigger for the E+A phase?
Are solar flares more likely to occur near the Hale Sector Boundaries?
Are the brightest star-forming galaxies driven by merger events?
Arising and Laying Hidden Stars: their celestial dynamics and role in Neolithic Iberian Cosmology
Asteroseismology of Exoplanet-Host Stars in the TESS Era
Astronomy at the Airport: Supernova Science in the Departure Lounge
Astrophysics of Binary Systems in the Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Atmospheres of magnetized neutron stars under particle bombardment
Automated All Sky Light Pollution Monitoring – A basic but versatile SQM device
Bald EAGLE: Simulating the high redshift universe
Binary stars in the Galactic thick disc
BINGO: A Novel Experiment for HI Intensity Mapping at z = 0.1-0.5
Black hole observations from Advanced LIGO
Braided coronal loops: equilibria, relaxation, and heating
Bridging the Gap: From Galactic Chemodynamics to Cosmological Simulations
British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad
Bumps in superluminous supernova light curves
Carbon 12 production and the rotational excitation of the Hoyle state
Carbon-Containing Molecules Probed by Broadband Microwave Spectroscopy
CARLA: the largest survey of distant clusters and protoclusters
Ceres in the lab
Charged particles in solar wind turbulence: transition from field line meandering dominated propagation to diffusion
Chemical Evolution of Dust in Local Herschel Galaxies
Clusters in the era of eROSITA: The SPIDERS BCG Sample
Comparative exoplanetology with consistent retrieval methods
Comparing Comet Wild2 to Carbonaceous Chondrite Groups
Comparing galaxy mass functions from SAMs to those from near infrared surveys
Comparing mass and size of haloes across halo finders in Aquarius simulation
Comparing mass and size of haloes across halo finders in Aquarius simulation
Comparison of the High Latitude Thermospheric Winds and Plasma Drifts using SCANDI and SuperDARN data Climatologies
Confronting Chemodynamical Simulations with Synthetic Observations
Connections between Jupiter's X-ray Aurora and the Solar Wind
Constraining Dark Matter's Self-Interaction Cross-Section with Colliding Clusters
Constraining models from gravitational wave observations
Constraining tidal decay of sub-stellar objects through precise transit timing
Contaminating Weak Lensing Cosmology with Active Galactic Nuclei
Contribution of coupling of Alfvén and kink modes to coronal heating
Coronal heating due to an avalanche of nanoflares.
Coronal loop seismology using damping of standing kink oscillations by mode coupling
Cosmic velocity fields as probes of the nature of gravity
Cosmology from DES Clusters: towards mass calibration via optical to X-ray scaling relations
Covariant Galileonic Higgs Cosmology
Creativity and Curiosity: Conversations Between Artists and Astronomers
Current status of UK transient work for LSST
Decadal trends in the diurnal variation of galactic cosmic rays from neutron monitor data.
Decay-less kink oscillations as a signature of resonantly driven Alfvénic turbulence
Delivery of water to asteroidal regolith revealed by meteoritic opal
Density diagnostics derived from the O iv and S iv intercombination lines observed by IRIS
Density diagnostics derived from the O iv and S iv intercombination lines observed by IRIS
DES and Gravitational Waves: results of first year campaign
DES/SPT - Cross-correlation results and future potential
Detailed mapping of morphology of small lunar fresh crater using very high resolution datasets
Detecting Waves and Turbulence in Electric and Magnetic Field Data
Detection of H3+ auroral emission in Jupiter's 5-micron window
Detection of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with DES Year 1 and SPT
Detection of weak seismic responses and acoustic emission statistics.
Diagnostics of the solar coronal hole plasma during the 2015 total solar eclipse observation: Temperature, electron density, and solar wind acceleration
Diagnostics of the solar coronal hole plasma during the 2015 total solar eclipse observation: Temperature, electron density, and solar wind acceleration
Disc fragmentation rarely forms planetary-mass objects
Disc Instability is Dead, Long Live Disc Instability
Discovery in a week: Engaging students with astronomical discoveries
Distinguishing false positives in transiting exoplanet surveys
Do high redshift protocluster Lyman Break Galaxies differ from those in the field?
Do mergers matter? The morphologies of AGN host galaxies
Dreaming of Atmosphere
Dust in the brightest star-forming galaxies in the Universe
Dust in the Metal-Poor Regions of the Milky Way
Dynamical behavior of thin chromospheric magnetic flux tube structures
e-MERGE Galaxy Evolution Survey
Eccentricity Excitation of Giant Planets in Protoplanetary Disks: Shedding Light on the Eccentricity Valley
Elucidating the Mysteries of the Universe through Gardening
Energetic particles in solar flares: from models to observables
Engaging with the community: Outreach at UCLO
Entropy: Astronomy staged as a live immersive performance
Environmental effects on galaxys in the Spiderweb protocluster
Euclid for cosmologists
Euclid Galaxy Clustering End-to-end Simulations
Euclid overview and how to get involved
Euclid: The Era of One-Hundred Thousand Strong Lenses
Examining Particle Acceleration in an Analytical Model for Collapsing Magnetic Traps
ExoMars Landing Site Characterisation and Selection
Exoplanet weather through changing phase curves
Experiments for nuclear astrophysics with neutron beams
Exploring the Lambda-Ellipticity Diagram for All Galaxy Morphologies with the MaNGA Survey
Exploring the merger-starburst connection
Exploring the progenitors of Brightest Cluster Galaxies at z~2 by CANDELS UDS
Exploring the transient sky with Liverpool Telescope and Liverpool Telescope 2
False Alarms in the Forecasting of Solar Energetic Particle Events
Faster simulations of modified gravity
Finally feeling gravitational waves and the detectors that made this dream come true.
Finding strong gravitational lenses using support vector machines
First results from the LISA Pathfinder mission
Formation of Mg II h & k lines during solar flares with different heating mechanisms
From Life to Death are Post-Starburst Galaxies the Link
From the LHC to space – using Timepix detectors for the space environment
Fuelling a Radio Source or Just in the Way? Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Redshifted HI Absorptio
Fully-Consistent Chemical Kinetics Modeling and its Impact on the Emission Spectra of Hot Jupiters
Gaia's Guide to the Galaxy
Galactic conformity and central / satellite quenching at redshifts 0.4 to 1.9 in the UKIDSS UDS
Galaxy evolution in the first billion years: plans for JWST/NIRSpec from the Instrument Science Team
Galaxy Interactions as a Nuclear Fuelling Trigger: Evidence in Favour of AGN Unification
Galaxy structure, star formation history and environment at intermediate redshifts
Galaxy structure, star formation history and environment at intermediate redshifts
Galaxy Zoo: Linking spiral arm structure with star-formation properties of galaxies
Galaxy Zoo: The Quenching Histories of Group and Field Environment Populations
Geometric Shielding of Surface Rocks on Mars
Getting involved with LSST cosmology with the Dark Energy Science Collaboration
Getting your Paper Published: A Workshop for Authors
Global conditions in the solar corona from 2010-2016
Global mapping of hydrocarbons in the stratosphere of Jupiter
Gravitational Wave Backgrounds
HD 212771-Retired A star or just overweight?
Heating in active region cores
High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP)
Highly energetic superluminous supernovae in central regions of galaxies
How do the most massive galaxies evolve? Setting constraints on early vs late assembly.
How do you stop star formation? Observing galaxy quenching in action
How well can we measure the masses of galaxy clusters using galaxies as tracers?
Hydrostatic and Caustic Mass Profiles of Galaxy Clusters.
Hyper Velocity Stellar Collisions and Mergers during Binary Tidal Disruption events
Imaging for DESI
IMF variation in early-type galaxies as probed by molecular gas kinematics
Impact of rotation and convective boundary mixing in low mass AGB stars
In Search of Molecular Specificity in the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) IR emission features: Periphery and The Realm of Anharmonicity
Inference of magnetic field strength from transverse oscillations in solar atmospheric waveguides
Insights from Local Analogues to z~5 Lyman Break Galaxies
Intensity and Doppler-shift signatures of a kink-unstable coronal loop with thermal conduction
Interpreting High Ionising Fluxes using State-of-the-Art Stellar Population Modelling
Investigating blended FIR sources in the COSMOS field
Ion Acceleration at Collisionless Shocks: Decoding the Signature of Injection
Is the CMB Cold Spot Evidence of Modified Gravity?
It's not easy being green: The build up of colour bimodality in the EAGLE simulations
Jupiter's Atmosphere on the Eve of Juno's Arrival
K2 Presents: Starspot Gallery of WASP-85 and Qatar-2
Laboratory investigations of benzene on surfaces of astrophysical relevance
Laboratory Studies of Clathrate Hydrates with Relevance to Icy Solar System Bodies
Laboratory Studies of Epsomite and Meridianiite at Temperatures Relevant to Planetary Bodies
Laboratory Surface Science and Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules
Large coronal loops and solar radio J-bursts imaged using LOFAR
LEGA-C: Spectra of Interest
Legacy Science in the Euclid Survey
Linking assembly history and stellar populations: chemical abundance and IMF gradients in massive elliptical galaxies
Links between binary central stars and extreme abundance discrepancies in planetary nebulae
Local Universe Supernova Rates from the Palomar Transient Factory
LoCuSS: Testing hydrostatic equilibrium in galaxy clusters
LOFAR and the evolution of Radio-Loud AGN
Looking at Galaxy Clusters Without Dark Matter
Low Lorentz Factor Jets from Compact Stellar Mergers - Candidate Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources
Low-amplitude decayless kink oscillations of coronal loops
Low-Coronal Sources of Stealth CMEs
Low-redshift strong-lensing galaxies and the stellar Initial Mass Function
LSST Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration
LSST's View of the Outer Solar System
Luminous Classical Novae in M31
Magnetic field extrapolation with solar data
Magnetic Flux Rope Identification and Characterization from Observationally-Driven Solar Coronal Models
Magneto-acoustic gravity waves in a vertical field
Magnetogenesis and turbulent amplification of laser-produced plasmas on the National Ignition Facility
Magnetosphere dynamics of radio pulsars
Magnetospheres of hot Jupiters: hydrodynamic models and UV absorption
Major mergers are not significant drivers of star formation or morphological transformation around the epoch of peak cosmic star formation
Major mergers, minor players: New method finds no merger-AGN connection
Major mergers, minor players: New method finds no merger-AGN connection
Making Radio Galaxies Useful with Redshifts from Sub-Threshold HI 21cm Line Information.
Mars ionospheric response to two ICME events during low and high solar activity
Massive molecular gas flows and AGN feedback in galaxy clusters
Massive stars formed in atomic hydrogen reservoirs
Measurements of flare plasma flows with EIS and EVE
Measuring eBOSS Completeness using Clustering Redshifts
Measuring kink waves in the internetwork chromosphere
Measuring kink waves in the internetwork chromosphere
Measuring the masses of massive galaxy clusters
Merger-driven starbursts - the `not so fast' channel of star formation quenching?
MHD waves in asymmetric slab waveguides
Minor mergers: fundamental but poorly-understand drivers of galaxy evolution
Mock lensing and dark matter profiles form simulated rich clusters
Mock lensing and dark matter profiles form simulated rich clusters
Modeling the Intrinsic Dispersion of Metals in Various Galactic Environments
Modeling the Surprising Evolution of Radio Novae Observed with e-MERLIN
Modelling of non-thermal spectral line broadening in multi-thermal flare plasma
Modulation of the Martian Bow Shock by the Ionosphere
Morphological Classification of local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Mullard Space Science Laboratory's Work Experience Programme
Multi-instrument observation of a failed flare-eruption and associated MHD waves in active region coronal loops
Multifluid description of driven magnetosonic waves in the solar chromosphere
Multiwavelength study of 20 jets that emanate from the periphery of active regions
Music from the heavens - Gravitational waves from supermassive black hole mergers in the EAGLE simulations
National Schools' Observatory: Bringing astronomy into the classroom
New solar flare observations in the mid-infrared range: filling the wavelength gap between DKIST and ALMA
Non-ideal plasma effects and their observational signatures in the solar chromosphere
Nonlinear waves and shocks in non-Maxwellian Space plasmas: existence and propagation characteristics from first principles
Observational signatures of energy release in braided coronal loops
Observations of PAHs in the interstellar medium
Onset of 2D reconnection in the solar chromosphere
Optimal Electron Energies for Driving Chromospheric Evaporation in Solar Flares
Optimising spectral analysis with XMM: Lessons from XCS
Organic Circumstellar Studies with the James Webb Space Telescope
Out of this world: exploring the Universe with the largest emission-line surveys
Overcoming stellar activity radial-velocity noise through solar investigations at HARPS-N
Overview: Cosmology with DESI
Pale Red Dot : An optimized Earth-hunting experiment around Proxima Centauri
Parameter estimation with pulsar timing array observations
Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares
Particle dynamics due to separator reconnection
Particle dynamics in a non-flaring solar active region
Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection with a Non-Uniform Guide Field
Patterns of Activity Revealed by a Time Lag Analysis of a Model Active Region
Photometric Science Alerts from Gaia
Pitch Angle Scattering of Solar Flare Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere
Planetary Composition from Disintegrating Exoplanets.
Planetary period oscillations in Saturn's magnetosphere: Coalescence and reversal of northern and southern system period.
Planetesimal Evolution Revealed by the I-Xe Chronometer.
Planning the target list of a space mission
Plasma diagnostic of prominence fine structure at ALMA wavelengths
Popular Science Writing
Post-common-envelope binary stars in Planetary Nebulae: Supernova Ia progenitors?
Post-starburst galaxies in the early Universe: their importance in determining routes for galaxy quenching
Post-starburst galaxies in the early Universe: their importance in determining routes for galaxy quenching
Poster presentations
Power spectral anisotropy in wave-vector space of solar wind turbulence at ion kinetic scales determined by phase-differencing technique
Power spectrum implementation
Powering AGN in Early-Type, Low-Powered Radio Galaxies
Precision cosmology using strong gravitational lensing
Predictions for deep surveys with JWST from a new model of galaxy formation
Primary Instabiliies of Polar-cap Plasma Patches Re-appraised
Principal Component Analysis of Birkeland currents measured by AMPERE
Probing galaxy population mix as a function of environmental scale
Probing the mass, structural, statistical, and environmental evolution of massive galaxies.
Probing the nature of small-scale structure towards ρ Oph stars: A new avenue in diffuse interstellar band research
Probing the Radio Continuum- Far IR relationship in the low mass regime
Quasi-Periodic Pulsations in Stellar Flares
Radial gradients in initial mass function sensitive absorption features in Coma brightest cluster galaxies
Radiation transport of Type Ia supernovae
Radiative Transfer meets Bayesian statistics: where does your Galaxy's [CII] come from?
Radio Continuum Surveys: Present and Future
Radio interferometry for high resolution astronomy and astrochemistry
Radio structure of radio-quiet quasars using gravitational lensing
Radio – Far Infrared Correlation and Galaxy Morphology at z = 0 – 3.5
Radio-Optical Shape Correlations in the COSMOS Field
Re-evaluating Galileo Energetic Particle Detector data by correction with comparison to semiconductor detector dead-layer sensitivity drops using SRIM.
Recent developments in supernovae
Recent results from the DES Cluster Working Group
Reconstructing the history of the Galaxy through the study of lunar samples
Reduced kinetic approach for modelling energetic particles in the solar corona
Relating Lyman alpha emission line properties to rest UV morphology
Relationship between magnetic field and Mg II line profiles in a tornado-like prominence
Relaxation models of energy release in merging twisted solar coronal loops and spherical tokamaks
Repetitive magnetic reconnections at a light bridge of two merging sunspot umbrae
Resolving the Milky Way with Gaia
Revealing new structure in galaxy clusters using edge detection techniques
Robotic Telescopes and Their Use in Education
Robust IMF measurements in Early Type Galaxies
Sacred Spaces and Skyscape Experiences - Contemporary Artistic Exploration of Astronomy within Stellarium
Searches for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-ray Bursts with Advanced LIGO
Searches for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-ray Bursts with Advanced LIGO
Searching for signatures of magnetic re-structuring in sunquakes
Searching the Gaps of Circumstellar Disks for On-Going
See Change: The Supernova Cosmology Project High Redshift Supernova Survey
Seismic response of the September 6th 2011 X2.1 flare – new results.
Selection bias in dynamically-measured super-massive black hole samples: Evidence for quasar feedback
Sequential eruptions triggered during the early phase of flux emergence under a circular filament - observations and modelling
Shear peak measurements from the DES SV data
Simulating the evolution of the most massive galaxy clusters since redshift 1
Simulations and Observations of Balmer and Paschen Emission in Flare Onset using Radiative-Hydrodynamic Simulations and data from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope
Single Transits in the era of high-precision Transit Surveys
Skyscape Archaeology: "Pushing back the frontiers"?
Slimplectic Integrators: Variational Integrators for Nonconservative systems
Slipping magnetic reconnection, chromospheric evaporation, and loop dynamics in an X-class flare
SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer): X-ray imaging of the Sun-Earth connection
Smooth, long-term AGN transients: micro-needles in the haystack?
SN2015H and a look at explosion models for SNe Iax
Solar Energetic Particle transport within and near a heliospheric current sheet
Some cluster physics with the Hubble Frontier Fields
Spacelink Google Hangouts
Spectropolarimetry of the broad line Type Ic SN 2014ad
Spectroscopic analysis of the pre-flare period leading up to the X-class flare on the 29th March 2014
Star phases and the naked-eye astronomy of the Pyramid Texts
Statistical analysis of vortex formation in 2D zonal flows
Stellar Cartography: Mapping the Magellanic Clouds with Variable Stars
Stellar Visibility Against Limited Background Illuminations – Watching Stars in Passage Graves
Stellar wind-magnetosphere interaction at exoplanets: computations of auroral radio powers
Stochastic transients as a source of quasi-periodic processes in the solar atmosphere
Storm clouds in the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune observed with VLT/SINFONI
Studying stellar populations in local barred galaxies using structural decomposition of multiband galaxy images
Sun|trek: Resources for Schools
Super-Chadrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae
Super-resolving massive compact galaxies using EELs
Supernova Spectroscopy and Cosmology from the Dark Energy Survey
Superpressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope
Suppression of parallel transport in turbulent magnetized plasmas and its impact on non-thermal and thermal aspects of solar flares
Taking advantage of gravitational lensing to unveil the properties of the reionizing sources.
Test-particle studies of electron and ion acceleration in driven reconnection at 3d magnetic null points in solar flares
Testing chameleon gravity models using DES weak lensing and XCS X-ray profiles.
The 'Dark Sky' character of archaeologically important landscapes—cultural meaning and conservation strategies.
The Accelerating Expansion of the Zooniverse
The ACTPol Sunyaev-Zel'dovich selected galaxy cluster sample
The Application of Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy to the Study of Surface Astrochemistry
The BAHAMAS project
The bolometric light curves and physical parameters of stripped-envelope supernovae
The clustering of star-forming galaxies across cosmic time with HiZELS
The clustering of star-forming galaxies across cosmic time with HiZELS
The clustering of sub-millimetre galaxies: are they the progenitors of local massive ellipticals?
The composition of the Eureka family of Martian Trojan asteroids
The connection between radio galaxy gas belts and the IGM in clusters and groups
The cosmic abundance of molecular gas in the local universe
The Cosmic History of Star Formation and the Synergy of Deep Optical to Sub-millimetre Surveys
The Dark and Luminous Structure of NGC 3998
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: The First Three Years
The detection of solar flare non-thermal ions using extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy
The discovery of multiple Earth-sized worlds transiting M dwarfs
The dust attenuation law of star-forming galaxies at z>1.5
The Dynamical Structure of z~3.5 Star-forming Galaxies with KMOS
The Dynamical Structure of z~3.5 Star-forming Galaxies with KMOS
The dynamics of the coronal magnetic field
The EAGLE simulations: How are the growth of galaxies and black holes linked?
The Educational Potential of Archaeoastronomy – From Observing to Watching
The effects of cluster environments on the stellar mass-size relation
The fate of HI gas and the quenching of galaxies in evolving environments
The Faulkes Telescope Project
The final galaxy clustering results from BOSS
The First Galaxies in the Hubble Frontier Fields
The First Galaxies in the Hubble Frontier Fields
The First Galaxies: A View from HST and Spitzer
The first observations of a microflaring Active Region with SDO/AIA, Hinode/XRT, and NuSTAR
The formation history of massive cluster galaxies
The Formation of Bulges, Discs and Two Component Galaxies in the CANDELS Survey at high redshift.
The Formation of Galaxy Clusters and the Evolution of Their Galaxies at 0
The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA (GLEAM) Survey
The gas distribution in the high-redshift cluster MS 1054−0321
The growth of typical star-forming galaxies and their super massive black holes across cosmic time since z~2
The Herschel Bright Sources catalogue: Finding lenses in a shallow and wide Herschel survey
The Herschel Bright Sources catalogue: Finding lenses in the H-ATLAS survey.
The impact of complex baryonic processes on simulated galaxy clusters.
The ISM in high-redshift Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies as probed by mid-IR spectroscopy
The KMOS cluster program: absorption line spectroscopy of cluster galaxies at z~1.5
The late time light curve evolution of SN2011fe
The LSST Science Collaborations
The magnetic fields of external galaxies observed with LOFAR
The Magnetic Structure of NGC 628: New radio polarimetric observations from the JVLA
The magnetospheric dynamics of Earth and Mercury
The Many Assembly Histories of Massive Void Galaxies
The mechanisms for quiescent galaxy formation in the local Universe
The Merger Histories of Massive Galaxies at z
The merger history of massive galaxies in the early Universe
The Milky Way Galaxy as seen by LSST
The Missing Satellite Problem – where are all the galaxies?
The Nature of Hbeta+[OIII] and [OII] emitters to z ~ 5 with HiZELS: stellar mass functions and the evolution of EWs
The need for (Cosmological) Simulation in the era of large galaxy surveys
The new class of FR0 radio galaxies
The Next Generation Transit Survey - Current Status
The Next Generation Transit Survey: Planets, False Positives and Red Noise
The Population of galaxy-galaxy strong lenses in current and upcoming optical surveys
The Role of Mergers in Driving Galaxy Evolution
The science of ARIEL
The search for radio-loud AGN in the epoch of reionization with LOFAR
The Spatially Resolved Dynamics of Dusty Starburst Galaxies in a z ~ 0.4 Cluster: The Beginning of the End?
The starburst-merger connection: insights from mass-weighted morphologies
The Stripe 82X Multiwavelength Survey of Supermassive Black Hole Growth in Powerful AGN
The structural correlation between bulges and discs since z ~ 3
The structure of global solar magnetic fields
The Structure of Halo Gas around M33
The synergy of DES and CMB observations
The tidal filament of NGC 4660
The Universality Of The Far-infrared Radio Correlation
The XMM Cluster Survey: Catalogue status and review of recent results
The XMM Cluster Survey: Its not just clusters! (X-ray flashes, dark matter lines, black hole masses)
The z=9-10 galaxy population in the Hubble Frontier Fields and CLASH surveys
There's no such thing as a stupid question
Thermal History of the IGM through broadening of the Lyman-a forest.
Three-Dimensional Analytical Magnetohydrostatic Equilibria of Rigidly Rotating Magnetospheres
Time dependence of heavy ion ratios in SEP events
Time Series Decomposition of Quasar Spectra
Tokamaks as laboratories for the study of particle acceleration in solar flares
Towards combined analysis of the most distant massive galaxy clusters with XMM and Chandra
Triggering of recurrent flares observed by Hinode/EIS
Turbulence and shocks in the solar atmosphere
Twinkle: a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
UK dark energy strategy 2020
UK participation in LSST
UK participation in LSST Galaxy Science
UK Solar Physics Meeting
UltraVISTA: surveying the distant Universe with VISTA
Understanding planet host stars: testing the limits of stellar spectroscopy
Understanding the physical nature of coronal "EIT waves"
Unravelling the origin of the counter-rotating core in IC 1459 with KMOS
Untangling galaxy components: full spectral bulge-disk decomposition
Unusual Planets observed with LT/RISE
Unveiling the nature of bright z ~ 7 galaxies with HST
Updated analytical solutions of continuity equation for electron beams precipitation in mixed energy losses
Using C-EAGLE to determine the velocity bias of galaxies in clusters
Using Jupiter's gravitational field to probe the Jovian convective dynamo
Virtual reality in education and outreach
Visual astronomy and space science education for all: Report on activities from Japan, Cambodia, and South Africa
Water and the evolution of NWA 8114 Martian Regolith
Water Production Rates of the Oort Cloud and Jupiter Family Comets Observed by Herschel/SPIRE
Weak Lensing with Magnification: What, Why, and How
Weak-lensing mass calibration of galaxy clusters
What are Protoclusters?
What can we learn from a space weather monitor at L5?
What eigen functions of the solar dynamo magnetic waves teach us about solar activity in the past millennia
What we are learning about clusters from XXL
Why are flare ribbons generically elongated in configurations with magnetic null points?
Why are some early type galaxies boxy and some disky?
Witnessing galaxy transformation with the Ultra-Deep Survey
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Though it's only a small percentage, some people prefer to use Enclosed Car Transport Services. This choice means you won't even see the vehicle on the road as it is hidden away safely within a protected carrier. There are several reasons why this option might be chosen, such as if someone has an expensive car they want to protect, like a classic or sports car.
Door-to-Door Auto Shipping Service to/from Beaumont, CA
Door-to-Door Auto Shipping Service is the favorite method of vehicle shipping for most people due to its convenience. It is much more preferable than other options as the customer has use of their vehicle right up until the time the auto transporter picks it up.
Non-Operational Condition Vehicle Transport Service
Only about 1% of people require Non-Operational Vehicle Transport Service. Finding a willing transport carrier with a wench can be difficult since not all possess one. Shipping non-running cars usually adds an expense between $150-$250. Although large vehicles may exceed this range.
Cross Country Car Shipping Service to/from Beaumont, CA
Our auto shipping service mainly covers interstate transport of vehicles, between different states. We specialize in regional areas including the Midwest, Atlantic Seaboard, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, South, Southwest, Rockies, Plains, Upper Midwest, West Coast and New England. In addition to this, we can also organize for in-state car shipments.
Direct Express Auto Transport understands that shipping a car across country can be stressful and expensive. We specialize in cross country car shipping, from the East coast to the West Coast and vice versa. We are dedicated to providing a fast, safe and budget friendly auto transport service to/from Beaumont, CA.
Standard Tier Auto Transport Service
Expedited Tier Vehicle Transport Service
For those looking for a faster vehicle transport service, the Expedited Tier is the perfect choice. Not only does it come with great customer satisfaction, but for just a bit more money you can move your order ahead of other competing orders. This will ensure that you get picked up sooner and delivered to your destination on time.
Rush Tier Automobile Shipping Service
For those looking for a still faster solution, we offer the Rush Tier – a quicker option than our Expedited Tier. Despite its higher auto transport cost, it is ideal for customers in a tight spot who need their car shipped as soon as possible. We have designed this rate to appeal to transport carriers and prioritize car shipments that come with a heftier payment and, so far, it has been successful in doing just that.
Snowbird Car Shipping Service to/from Beaumont, CA
Every December and January, thousands of Snowbirds utilize car shipping companies to ship their vehicles from the freezing north to sunnier climates in the south. Once spring comes around, normally April and May, they reverse their journey back again. The most popular destination for the Snowbirds is Florida, with Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern regions of California, Alabama, and Louisiana not far behind.
College Student Auto Transport Service to/from Beaumont, CA
Each year around August and September, thousands of college students across the USA decide to ship their vehicle rather than drive it to college. Most of them fly, then in May and June they repeat the process but this time shipping their car home.
Military Personnel Vehicle Transport Service to/from Beaumont, CA
The brave men and women in our armed forces are honored all across America. Their presence on hundreds of military bases is a true testament to their commitment to serve the country. At Direct Express Auto Transport, we would like to express our sincere gratitude by offering vehicle transport services specifically for military personnel.
How Beaumont, CA Car Shipping Works
Get Your Auto Transport Cost
We are the auto transport company that originated the auto transport cost calculator. Start by getting your car shipping quote by entering into the cost calculator the zip codes of your origination and destination cities. After that, fill in the year, make and model of the vehicle(s). Then, indicate whether it is running or not and choose if you prefer using an Open-Air Carrier or an Enclosed Carrier for transport. We discuss how auto transport works in depth.
Well, there you have it! Beaumont, CA car shipping costs can be calculated in a matter of mere seconds – without having to provide any personal information. All you need to do is enter the relevant details and let us take care of the rest!
Select From Three Car Transport Tiers
Enter Your Beaumont, CA Vehicle Shipping Order
Finishing up the vehicle shipping process is a breeze.
In order for successful vehicle transport, it is important to provide the car transport carrier Bill of Lading (BOL) with essential details. This includes the origination and destination locations, relevant contacts, as well as the initial date that your vehicle can be transported. All this information must be on the BOL for a secure transfer experience.
At this time, please provide your billing information. Payment will not be taken immediately – only when a carrier has been successfully assigned will a partial payment be made.
Vehicle Assignment To A Car Shipping Carrier
Direct Express Auto Transport will keep you in the know. You'll receive an email notification that reveals details about your driver assignment – including their name, contact number, and estimated dates for pickup and delivery. All of this info allows you to stay informed about your vehicle's journey.
You will receive a Carrier Vehicle Assignment email. It could arrive a few days before your first available date, but it is also possible that the vehicle assignment may take several days after the initial date. Central Dispatch is the leading car shipping load board and access can only be gained by approved brokers, dealers and carriers.
Your Contact Representative Is Notified
The details for pickup and delivery, including contact info, are relayed to your designated carrier.
It is important that all contacts are prepared to speak with the carrier. Please tell them to answer strange number phone calls. The delivery driver will not simply arrive without warning. They will always call in advance to arrange a meeting time and place, as well as verify any details necessary.
For door-to-door delivery, it is typical for the carrier to meet you in a nearby area that they can access with their large truck. All that's required is for you to fill out a vehicle condition report and provide your keys. After completing these two simple steps, there won't be any further paperwork needed. It really could not get much simpler!
The Car Mover Service Drops Off Your Vehicle
The car mover service will give a heads up before arriving at the destination location. The car delivery driver will call the destination contact one day, or sometimes several hours, before arrival to coordinate schedules. This allows them to make suitable arrangements for delivering the vehicle.
When your car finally arrives, it is important to check for any scratches or dings. Be sure to make a note of any damage and take pictures if possible. Doing so will allow you to address the situation later on. It is auto transport industry protocol to pay the vehicle delivery service before taking possession of your automobile, regardless of its condition.
It's a piece of cake! Direct Express Auto Transport has perfected this six-step guide to ensure that your car is shipped without hassle and you can be on your way.
How Much Does It Cost To Ship My Car To/From Beaumont, CA?
It all began in 2004, when we introduced the revolutionary car shipping quote calculator. With no need for personal information, customers instantly received an auto transport quote.
When calculating your Beaumont, CA car shipping cost, numerous components must be taken into account. These include the length of the journey, size of the auto being shipped, population density of both origin and destination cities, as well as the time of year that it is being transported.
Beaumont, CA Car Shipping Price Examples
350 mi | $400 | $450 | $550 |
700 mi | $600 | $650 | $775 |
1000 mi | $700 | $775 | $900 |
2000 mi | $1000 | $1100 | $1300 |
3000 mi | $1300 | $1400 | $1600 |
* The auto transport cost calculator changes throughout the year with the seasons. Always double check pricing when ready to ship your car.
Calculating Beaumont, CA Car Shipping Cost
Auto Transport Quote Distance
Vehicle Length
Vehicle Height
Vehicle Ground Clearance
Vehicle Curb Weight
Vehicle Condition
Wait Time To Ship A Car In Beaumont, CA
In-Transit Time To Deliver A Vehicle To Beaumont, CA
When it's time to get your car delivered to Beaumont, CA, the best part of the whole process is that it's easy. Once your vehicle has been scheduled to be taken away, not a great deal can go wrong. As far as transit times are concerned, you should expect about one day for each 500 miles traveled. It will also take an extra day or two for loading and dropping off cars.
Carrier Transit Schedule For Car Delivery To/From Beaumont, CA
The car delivery service is eager to get your vehicle to its destination as quickly as possible.
100-500 miles takes 1 or 2 days
500-1000 miles takes 2 or 3 days
1000-1500 miles takes 3 or 4 days
1500-2000 miles takes 4 or 5 days
2000-2500 miles takes 5 or 6 days
2500-3000 miles takes 6 or 7 days
Preparation Steps for Beaumont, CA Auto Transport Service
Before you hand your vehicle over to a car shipping service, there are certain steps you should take for proper preparation. Primarily, it's important to make sure that your car is ready and safe for the car transportation process.
Wash Your Vehicle
Give your vehicle a wash, and clean the interior as well. Doing this will make it easier to detect any existing damage.
Take Personal Items Out
Before you have your vehicle transported, it is best to take your personal items out. While some drivers may accept up to 100 pounds of items in the trunk, some auto transport companies will reject any personal items inside the car in order to avoid excess weight. Talk to your car transport carrier ahead of time about extra items.
Disable Alarms
The auto transport driver will appreciate the removal of anti-theft devices and car alarms.
Remove Toll Transponders
When your vehicle is being shipped along a highway or crossing a bridge, it is important to remember that your toll transponder could get triggered and result in charges to your account.
Document Your Vehicle Condition – Take Pictures
It is important to take photos of your vehicle before giving it to the delivery driver, as this will make any incidents much simpler to deal with later. After all, an image can provide a lot more information than simply words alone.
Limit Gas Tank to 1/4 Full
Be sure to leave no more than a half tank of gas in your car, but preferably a quarter tank, for when the delivery driver arrives. Keeping the weight down is very important and it is beneficial to remove excess gallons of gas from the vehicle.
Tipping The Car Delivery Driver
Driving a a big truck can be hard work. Long days on the road for extended periods of time, and away from home can be lonely. Should you find yourself in Beaumont, CA awaiting your automobile transporter, it is important to show your respect and hospitality – it will be reciprocated in kind! Most customers show their gratitude by offering a gratuity of between $50 to $100 for services rendered. You don't have to tip, but it sure is deserved.
Beaumont, CA Cheap Car Shipping – How to Save Money
Ship A Car During Off-Peak Seasons
The four slowest months of the auto transport industry offer the best vehicle shipping rates. In February and March, and then again in October and November, it is possible to find cheap car shipping prices. An effective way to save money on this type of service is by scheduling a car shipment during these four months.
Meet An Auto Transport Service In A Nearby Bigger City
For those living in rural communities, transporting vehicles with a car shipping carrier can be more costly due to the additional distance. However, if you are willing to take a short trip to a nearby bigger city, it's possible to save on vehicle shipping rates. Carriers often pick up multiple cars from larger metropolitan areas. Making it easy for the driver helps you too.
Ship A Car Open Transport Instead Of Enclosed Transport
A car shipping estimate utilizing Open-Air carrier service will be substantially less expensive. To make the most out of your budget, it would be wise to opt for the more economical option available.
Seasonal Fluctuations – Ship The Reverse Direction
If you're looking to save money on vehicle shipping, the snowbird season is the ideal time. This is mainly due to the reverse routes that are available. To give an example of how much you might save:
33% Savings From Florida In The Winter
33% Savings To Florida In The Spring
25% Savings From Texas In The Winter
25% Savings To Texas In The Spring
20% Savings From Arizona In The Winter
20% Savings To Arizona In The Spring
We Provide Top Rated Car Shipping Service To These Beaumont, CA Zip Codes
92223 / 92583
Beaumont, CA Service Area Map
More About Beaumont California
Beaumont, CA is located in Riverside County, with the telephone area code(s) 909 / 951. The most recent Beaumont, CA population census is 51,063, with 13,227 households and a median income of $71,664.
Beaumont, CA Auto Transport Company FAQ's
About 97% of all vehicle shipments are shipped on an Open Trailer. It's proven to be a very safe method with statistically very few problems. You may notice new cars being delivered to dealerships in an open trailer, and that's because it's safe.
If you have a collector car or really expensive automobile, say around $100,000 or more, and want to be extra safe, then we recommend shipping in an Enclosed Trailer. Direct Express Auto Transport is an industry authority and can guide you on that decision.
The easy answer is yes, it is better to pay an auto transport deposit on your order. Carriers prefer getting paid with Cash or Money Order upon delivery for services rendered, and who wouldn't? A partial credit card payment and cash balance due upon delivery accomplishes that.
All auto transport carriers are required by the US Department of Transportation to have a current and valid insurance policy on file. Direct Express Auto Transport double checks the insurance policy prior to assigning the customer vehicle to any carrier.
We recommend that a customer not depend entirely on the car shipping carrier's insurance policy because sometimes acts of God, such as hail, sleet, snowstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes and more, might damage your vehicle. Those things are not covered by the carrier's policy, but they would be by your personal policy. Remember, car shipping drivers are only responsible for their negligence.
The strict D.O.T. decision is no, you cannot ship personal items inside your vehicle. The reality, however, is that most vehicle transport drivers will allow about 100 pounds or less. We recommend placing any additional items in the trunk and out of sight. The U.S. Department of Transportation law states that a carrier can be fined $10,000 for hauling household items in the vehicle. But it's rarely enforced.
Some Beaumont, CA car delivery carrier drivers will accept a tip ($50-$300) for hauling extra stuff, but some won't, or simply can't, due to the overall weight. Rule of thumb, don't take advantage. The driver is there to ship your car, not move your personal belongings.