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NSS Chapters Plan Regional Workshop on Space Coast (Source: NSS)
With the rebranding of the NSS Florida Space Coast chapter as Florida
Space Development Council (FSDC) and start of the Georgia Space
Society, four Southeastern U.S. NSS chapters have decided to host the
2013 NSS Southeast Regional Workshop (SERW) on October 12 in Cocoa
Beach, Florida. The 2013 NSS SERW organizing committee has agreed that
FSDC will take the leading role in this workshop, with HAL5 of Alabama,
NSS of North Texas and Georgia Space Society supporting the event.
FLDC Plans Defense Industry networking
Event in St. Petersburg (Source: FLDC)
Florida League of Defense Contractors is hosting a July 16 networking
mixer for professionals in the defense industry after a free open house
BANDIT (Bay Area National Defense & Intelligence Team) tour
(separate registration required). Attend either event, or both! Click here.
Houston Airport Plan Calls for
Spaceport at Ellington Field (Source: Houston Chronicle)
The Houston Airport System sees the potential for the city to be a
leading player in commercial spaceflight and presented plans to build a
spaceport at Ellington Field. The Director of Aviation at the Houston
Airport System presented a plan that details unique advantages Houston
has over other emerging spaceport cities and outlines which types of
spacecraft could be launched from populated areas.
Councilwoman Ellen Cohen's chief of staff Brooke Boyett said Cohen
found the presentation and prospect of a Houston spaceport "exciting."
According to the spaceport presentation, Ellington could host orbital,
sub-orbital, and point-to-point launches. There would be no vertical
launches at Ellington. They are also reportedly working on an FAA/AST
Spaceport License, collaborations with Johnson Space Center, and
partnerships with local universities are also being forged. (7/12)
NASA's OPALS to Beam Data From Space
Via Laser (Source: Space Daily)
NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new
communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft
communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen transmission
of scientific data. The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)
could improve NASA's data rates for communications with future
spacecraft by a factor of 10 to 100. OPALS has arrived at Kennedy Space
Center and is scheduled to launch to the space station later this year
aboard a SpaceX Dragon commercial resupply capsule. (7/12)
Get Ready to Rent Your Own Research
Satellite (Source: The Verge)
Space exploration and research have mostly been the domain of
nation-states and a few very well-funded companies. But the emergence
of the cube satellite — a small, standardized vessel that can be
modified with off-the-shelf parts and improved on by a community of
open source builders — has dramatically lowered the cost of putting a
research-capable craft into space.
One of the companies trying to take advantage of this new platform is
NanoSatisfi, which is launching its first cube satellite on August 4.
For $250 a week, anyone from an elementary school to a curious hobbyist
can rent time on the satellite and conduct their own experiments.
NanoSatisfi began as a Kickstarter project, raising $106,330 from
backers. That success generated enough interest for the company to
raise $1.2 million in seed funding from a group of angel investors, and
additional $300,000 from the Russian billionaire Dmitry Grishin, who
has a fund devoted to consumer robotics. (7/11)
First Antares Launch to Space Station
Set for September (Source: DelMarVaNow.com)
An Antares rocket carrying cargo to the International Space Station
will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island
in mid-September, according to the latest update from Orbital Sciences.
Orbital teams preparing the rocket and the Cygnus cargo spacecraft for
the demonstration mission to the International Space Station are "well
along in preparations," the release said. (7/11)
FAA Space Office Fares Better in
Senate, House Cut Would be "Crippling" (Source: Space Policy
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees completed action on the
FY2014 funding bill that includes the FAA. The two took opposite
approaches to funding the FAA's Office of Commercial Space
Transportation (AST). While the House's substantial budget cut would be
"crippling," the Senate committee recommended more than was requested
by the agency.
On Thursday, the full House Appropriations Committee approved its
version of the FY2014 Transportation-HUD (T-HUD) bill, making no change
to the almost 12 percent cut to AST recommended by its T-HUD
subcommittee: $14.16 million instead of the $16.01 million
requested. That is roughly 8 percent less than its current
funding level. At the same time, across Capitol Hill the Senate
Appropriations Committee was approving its version of the bill,
providing an increase above the request: $17.011 million.
Whether the House or Senate number, or a figure somewhere in between,
prevails at the end of the day remains an open question. The
House-passed budget resolution holds non-defense discretionary spending
to levels below what is required by the sequester, while the Senate's
version assumes the sequester will be replaced with a different method
of deficit reduction. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) anticipates no deals
will be made on budget matters -- or other economic issues -- until
Congress is forced to make a decision on raising the debt limit,
probably at the very end of 2013. (7/10)
Pentagon Begins Furloughs of Civilian
Employees (Source: Bloomberg)
The Pentagon started furloughs of its civilian employees this week
because of sequestration cuts. The Department of Defense said that 85%
of its civilian employees will be subject to rolling furloughs. "Make
no mistake about it: We're in a rough period," said Pentagon spokesman
George Little, who will also be furloughed once a week. (7/9)
Ad Astra Seeks Crowdfunding for VASIMR
Work (Source: HobbySpace)
The Ad Astra Rocket Company has opened a Kickstarter crowdfunding
effort to fund a high quality animation of their VASIMR plasma
propulsion system. Ad Astra Rocket was started in 2005 when a group of
NASA scientists decided to pursue the commercial development of a
revolutionary propulsion system that will dramatically change space
transportation and exploration. Using Kickstarter funding, Ad Astra
hopes to produce a documentary and distribute it through colleges and
universities around the world. Click here.
First Testing of Orion Launch Abort
System Flight Hardware (Source: Parabolic Arc)
NASA engineers and contractors have begun tests on NASA's Launch Abort
System (LAS) Fairing Assembly, flight hardware that will be used to
cover and protect the Orion crew module during Exploration Flight
Test-1 (EFT-1), scheduled for September 2014. Similar to the material
of a graphite tennis racquet, the LAS fairing is a lightweight
composite structure weighing 3,000 pounds that protects the capsule
from the environment around it, whether it's heat, wind or acoustics.
Second Generation Space Worker Helps
Lead the Way to Commercial Crew Era (Source: Parabolic Arc)
Henry May grew up on Florida's Space Coast. From his home he watched
rockets lift off from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station. At the time, his father helped launch astronauts to the
moon as part of the Apollo Program. May now is a member of NASA's
Commercial Crew Program (CCP), a team that is developing new ways for
the next generation of space explorers to travel to low-Earth orbit.
May, the Launch Vehicle Systems lead for Boeing, is working in an
effort to design transportation for astronauts to the International
Space Station. His job focuses on ensuring the partner's spacecraft
will integrate with the designated launch vehicle. "I started at
Kennedy fresh out of high school," he said. "I was 18 years old and was
hired as a tile technician working for Rockwell International. I did
that for about seven years."
When Columbia rolled out to the launch pad at the end of 1980, May was
selected for a special honor. "I bonded the last tile on Columbia
before it flew the first time," he said. In his new role, May worked
with a team that was laying the groundwork to decommission the shuttles
and transfer them to be exhibited at museums. When the CCP office was
established a few years later, May was assigned to work in their Launch
Vehicle Systems Office. Click here.
Rohrabacher Pushes Back on House Plan
to Limit Commercial Crew Contracts (Source: Parabolic Arc)
This year, Congress is working to re-authorize NASA, which includes
re-visiting the funding authorization and overall strategy. As part of
that, the House space subcommittee produced a draft bill that
authorized $700 Million for Commercial Crew. However, the
subcommittee put ISS acces in danger by requiring the program to be run
using a cost contract, rather than a commercial fixed-price contract,
or even better — a Space Act Agreement. Fortunately, Congressman Dana
Rohrabacher, who is Vice Chair of the full Science Committee, is
pushing back.
Quoting the Congressman, "Forcing Commercial Crew into a 'cost-type'
contract, as Section 215 would do, would undermine all of the benefits
the program is designed to bring. That would result in rising prices,
delayed availability, and subjecting the systems to potentially
unending 'requirements creep' which is something that we all want to
avoid." The Space Frontier Foundation wants to give a big "Huzzah!" to
Congressman Rohrabacher, for helping to ensure that Commercial Crew can
be successful. (7/10)
Palazzo Vision: House Eviscerates NASA
Space Act Agreements (Source: Parabolic Arc)
The House Subcommittee on Space met under Chairman Steven Palazzo
(R-MS) to mark up NASA's budget for FY 2014 and 2015. The $16.6 billion
measure not only cuts the Obama Administration's request by $1.1
billion, it includes a number of provisions designed to tie the hands
of the NASA Administrator, protect key projects favored by Congress,
and shift power away from the Administration.
In this edition of "Palazzo Vision: The Road to Pork," we take a closer
look at what the chairman and his merry band of government hating, pork
loving comrades want to do to NASA's Space Act Agreements. The budget
markup requires that future rounds of NASA commercial crew program be
conducted under "cost-type" contracts, which are much more burdensome
and costly than the Space Act Agreements that the program has been
operating under to date. Although this was approved by the
subcommittee, not all of Palazzo's Republican colleagues agree with
this approach.
The committee wasn't satisfied, however, with just preventing the
Commercial Crew Program from using Space Act Agreements. Instead, the
funding measure puts a whole range of restrictions on the future use of
these agreements. This would significantly reign in NASA's use of Space
Act Agreements by narrowing the scope of what could be done under them,
and by requiring public comment for smaller agreements and
Congressional approval for ones over $50 million. NASA would lose a
fair amount of its flexibility in contracting, and its ability to
pursue innovative partnerships would be crimped. (7/10)
Air Force Plans Discussion on Transition of Cape Canaveral AFS (Source:
Air Force Space Command will hold a public forum to discuss a potential
future concept to convert the Eastern Range (in part or whole) and Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station from an Air Force managed range to an
FAA-licensed commercial launch site (i.e., a spaceport). The concept
explores an approach where launch programs (U.S, commercial, civil, and
national security space sector launch and test and evaluation (T&E)
programs) contract for support services as needed for their missions
from an FAA-licensed commercial launch site operator that manages the
transportation and utility infrastructure, support services, and range
capabilities as a business.
This effort is directed by AFSPC Commander as part of a larger Range
Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA). This
concept paper provides a brief summary of the key assumptions,
functions, and responsibilities of the spaceport. HQ AFSPC/A5R will
request feedback from commercial industry on their thoughts/opinions on
this concept NLT 15 Aug 2013. The Colorado Springs meetings will be
held on July 18-19. Click here.
50th Space Wing Changes Command
(Source: AFSPC)
The 50th Space Wing welcomed new leadership during a change-of-command
ceremony on July 11. Col. William J. Liquori took over the wing's
reigns from previous commander, Col. James P. Ross. (7/12)
Johnson's Deputy Director Leaves NASA
for New SGT Subsidiary (Source: Space News)
Steve Altemus left his position as deputy director of the Johnson Space
Center (JSC) and will be replaced by Kirk Shireman, who had been deputy
manager for the international space station program. Altemus, who had
been with the agency since 2006, will head up a new Houston-based
subsidiary of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc. called
Intuitive Machines. (7/12)
What Treaty? Politicians Want Apollo
National Parks (Source: Discovery)
What do you get when you have a group of well-meaning House Democrats
(with a little too much time on their hands) who want to protect the
historic Apollo landing sites? A National Park on the moon! Sadly, this
"National Park" could neither be "National" or a "Park," at least in
the traditional sense. In fact, even in a non-traditional sense, this
"Park" cannot be fully ratified, at least in the near future.
In a "perfect" universe, where NASA had a blank check and had the
international authority to extend American law into outer space, this
bill would make a lot of sense. Sadly, as pointed out by Mark
Whittington, this bill flies in the face of a pretty huge treaty that
the U.S. is bound to obey. "Since the U.S. has foresworn any sovereign
claims on the moon, thanks to having signed and ratified the Outer
Space Treaty, there does not seem to be any legal basis to declare any
part of the lunar surface a national park, not to mention attempting to
enforce such a declaration," writes Whittington.
Editor's Note:
I like the fact that this bill will at least move the Federal
Government's discussion of the need for space treaty adjustments
somewhere closer to the front burner. Treaty changes will be necessary
not only to address the protection of Apollo artifacts, but also to
enable the kind of achievable commercial space development activities
now being pursued by U.S. companies. (7/12)
No Contest for Pad 39A? SpaceX Appears
To Be Only Bidder (Source: Space News)
SpaceX appears to be the only company that put in a proposal to NASA to
take over one of the space shuttle's mothballed launch pads at the Cape
Canaveral Spaceport. NASA declined to comment on how many bids it
received in response to a solicitation that closed on July 5, but a
survey of U.S. launch companies shows only SpaceX saying it put in a
proposal to take over Launch Complex 39A.
United Launch Alliance, which flies the Delta and Atlas rockets, and
ATK, which has been developing a shuttle-derived launcher called
Liberty, said they passed on the Pad 39A solicitation. Orbital Sciences
Corp., which this year completed the first test flight of its new
Antares rocket to fly cargo to the international space station,
launches from Virginia. Company spokesman Barry Beneski said he did not
know of any plans to expand to Florida.
Likewise passing is Space Florida, the state-backed economic
development agency that has been selected to take over operations and
develop the shuttle's runway for commercial operations. NASA is looking
for a commercial partner to lease Pad 39A, and intends to keep the
second shuttle launch pad, 39B, for its heavy-lift Space Launch System.
The design for 39B also would accommodate commercial users. (7/12)
Rogozin Denies Human Factor is Behind
the Proton Crash (Source: Itar-Tass)
Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin has denied that human factor was
behind the Proton carrier rocket's crash at Baikonur space launch site.
According to one version, a technical worker had allegedly connected
wrong wires (mixed up "minus" with the "plus"). "A version that someone
has mixed up the "plus" with "minus" is annoying and makes experts
shrug their shoulders," the vice-premier told journalists.
He explained that the technology of making such systems is "meant for
fools". "First, one has to be color-blind to make a mistake in
connecting the wires because the wires which need to be connected have
one color," Rogozin said. "Second, one of the wires is short in
order to have access to a connection. The second wire is long in order
to have access to another tab," Rogozin said. He added that the
technology had been tested for decades. (7/12)
Garneau Says We Need Risk-Ready Deep
Pockets To Fund Space Innovation (Source: Tech Crunch)
Space: The final frontier for startups. Or if not final, at least a
huge one that's ripe for exploration. Canadian astronaut and politician
Marc Garneau took the stage at Startup Festival to talk about
innovation, Canada, space and startups. Canada has been at the
forefront of some key innovations in the space industry, but we need to
do more, Garneau says, and we need to find people with deep pockets who
aren't afraid of risk to make that happen.
Garneau gave credit to the few brave individuals who are funnelling
money into space innovation without necessarily seeing the possibility
of immediate reward. Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are all
examples of people helping push this market forward, Garneau said, but
they don't have Canadian equivalents, and there aren't enough people
contributing to these efforts around the world in general. Click here.
MapBox Plans to Bring You Super-Fresh
Satellite Imagery (Source: WIRED)
I really love both maps and images of Earth from space, so when I
learned this week of MapBox's plan to deliver satellite imagery that is
just hours old from all over the planet, I thought they must have done
this just for me. They didn't, but I am really excited about this.
Here's why: A major barrier between the average person and satellite
data is the ability to process that data and turn it into a usable
image. MapBox intends to remove that barrier. Yesterday I talked to two
of the folks behind what they are calling MapBox Satellite Live. Click here.
Development of U.S. Closed-loop
Kerolox Engine Stuck in 2nd Gear (Source: Space News)
In the past decade and a half, every U.S. agency that operates
spacecraft has come to depend on one particular style of
Russian-designed, kerosene-fueled rocket engine, made by former Soviet
design bureaus and sold to U.S. companies for use on American rockets.
This international supply chain, forged in the late 1990s to bring NPO
Energomash's RD-180 to U.S. shores for Lockheed Martin's Atlas 3, has
bridged gaps between former Cold War rivals and produced rockets so
reliable that the U.S. military buys them in bulk.
The buy-international model works so well that even an executive with
the company working on an American alternative to the RD-180 does not
see much urgency on anyone's part to bring such an engine to market.
"We don't see a good business case for a pure commercial development of
one of these engines," an Aerojet Rocketdyne official said. "Not today."
Nor is the government in a hurry to put up the funds, Van Kleeck said.
But it was, once. In 2010, the Obama administration said it wanted to
make development of a 1 million pound-thrust, closed-loop
kerosene-fueled engine a national priority. However, Congress preferred
a new rocket based on shuttle-derived systems, and the White House had
to compromise. Editor's
Note: As I understand it, Aerojet Rocketdyne owns enough RD-180
IP to manufacture identical engines in the U.S., but the cost would be
too high as long as Russian supplied versions are available. (7/12)
NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test 3D
Printed Rocket Engine Component (Source: America Space)
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have recently completed a series of
"hot-fire" tests on a rocket engine that utilized additive
manufacturing or "3D printing" parts. The component in question,
a liquid-oxygen, gaseous hydrogen rocket injector assembly was carried
out at NASA's Glenn Research Center (NASA-GRC). It is hoped that with
the successful completion of these tests that this emerging technology
can seize a more pivotal role in space flight.
The tests were conducted under a Space Act Agreement designed to
develop and validate the various elements and procedures required to
begin use of what is known as Selective Laser Melting or "SLM." As this
process could lead to the production of crucial engine components, the
requirements are stringent. Those working on the project feel that the
technology could prove vital for space exploration efforts. (7/12)
NASA, National Space Grant Foundation
Tap Six for 2014 X-Hab Challenge (Source: America Space)
NASA, in collaboration with the National Space Grant Foundation, has
revealed the six universities selected for the 2014 Exploration Habitat
(X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. For the upcoming school year,
teams from University of Colorado at Boulder; Rice University; Oklahoma
State University, Stillwater; University of South Alabama, Mobile;
University of Wisconsin, Madison; and University of Maryland, College
Park will meet challenges in design, manufacturing, and assembly, and
will test their systems and concepts for future deep-space habitats.
The History of Urinating in Space
(Source: ABC News)
"Do it in the suit." According to Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff,"
that's what mission control said to Alan Shepard during
Mercury-Redstone 3, when the astronaut said he needed to urinate.
Shepard did as he was told. The first American to reach the stars did
so in a soggy space suit. Hunter Hollins, a historian at the National
Air and Space Museum, was rereading Wolfe's book and was especially
stunned by this incident. "I was really amazed and kind of incredulous
that they let him urinate in his space suit," he told ABC News.
His bewilderment led him to search the NASA archives, looking for any
mention of astronauts needing to relieve themselves. The results of his
search are published in the current issue of Advances in Physiology
Education. "It's this fascinating little window of history," said
A couple of months before Shepard's 1961 journey to outer space, a
student named Brenda Kemmerer wrote to NASA, asking where the first man
in space would use the toilet. Freeman H. Quimby, from the Office of
Life Science Programs at NASA, wrote back. "The first space man is not
expected to have 'to go,'" he replied. (7/12)
Ecologist: Booting Russia from
Baikonur Would Be Unwise (Source: Tingri Bews)
Head of Kazakhstan's Tabigat ecological union Mels Yeleussizov is
against closure of Baikonur cosmodrome, Tengrinews.kz reports. However,
the ecologist believes that scientists should resume the work on
development of environmentally-friendly hydrogen fuel for rockets.
Rockets using different types of fuel are launched from Baikonur, he
said. Heptyl-containing fuel is the most toxic of all the rocket fuels.
This is the fuel used in Proton-M carrier rocket that crashed right
after the take off at Kazakhstan-based Baikonur cosmodrome on July 2.
The ecologist confirmed that heptyl is an extremely toxic substance:
one gram can pollute 1 cubic kilometer of air and soil. (7/12)
Colorado's Golden Spike Being Courted
by Florida, Texas (Source: Denver Post)
The small but ambitious Golden Spike Co. may not have a space vehicle,
manufacturing plant or large payroll yet, but both Texas and Florida
are courting the Boulder-based startup with the aim of stealing its
headquarters away from Colorado. The company stands as a stark example
of how aerospace-reliant states are beginning to focus on startup space
companies at a time when budget constraints have made large government
contracts less reliable. It also highlights what some say is a weakness
on Colorado's part when it comes to "new space" business.
Golden Spike, which hopes to send privately funded human expeditions to
the moon by 2020, has created a high level of buzz that seems
disproportionate to its size. But both Texas and Florida — two of
Colorado's primary aerospace competitors — see long-term potential and
are actively pursuing the company. "I would say (Texas and Florida) are
night and day aggressive, in a positive sense, in the way they are
courting us," said Alan Stern. "Whereas, I don't know anyone in
Colorado who has contacted anyone on our board. It is as if we don't
exist in Colorado."
According to Stern, Florida began supporting Golden Spike in several
ways late last year, including monetary investment, and Texas has
invited the company into relocation talks. "Golden Spike is not going
to be generating a lot of jobs this year or next year, but it is more
of the long-term investment," said Dale Ketcham, chief of strategic
alliances at Space Florida. "They may or may not succeed, but there is
a certain level of risk capital involved in the process and much of
that is based upon the concepts and Alan Stern, who has a high level of
credibility." (7/12)
Intelsat's DalBello In Line for White
House Job (Source: Space News)
Richard DalBello, vice president of legal and government affairs for
Intelsat General Corp., is under consideration to fill a vacancy in the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), according
to government and industry sources.
DalBello, an attorney who joined the government services subsidiary of
satellite fleet operator Intelsat in 2005, has worked for OSTP before.
From 1993 to 1997, he was OSTP's assistant director for aeronautics and
space. Multiple sources familiar with the matter said it is that
position — vacant since NASA's John Olson left government June 7 to
join Sierra Nevada Corp. — that DalBello would hold again if he returns
to the White House. Reached by phone, however, DalBello said he has "no
plans to go anywhere." (7/12)
SNC's Dream Chaser Prepared For Testing
(Source: SpaceRef)
This time-lapse
video shows Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) team attaching the
wings and tail of the company's Dream Chaser flight vehicle May 18. The
crew prepared the vehicle for ground and free-flight tests, which are
scheduled throughout 2013. SNC is one of only three companies working
with NASA to develop space transportation systems capable of flying
astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space
Station later this decade.
The work completed at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center will
demonstrate the winged vehicle's ability to safely land an astronaut
crew on a runway. Editor's
Note: Sierra Nevada presumably will be one of Space Florida's
clients operating at the Shuttle Landing Facility, now that the state
agency is supposed to take-on responsibilities as a spaceport authority
for the runway. (7/12)
Astronomers Make Landmark Planet Color
Discovery (Source: AP)
Astronomers have for the first time managed to determine the color of a
planet outside the solar system, a blue gas giant around 63 light years
away. An international team of astronomers working with the Hubble
Telescope made the discovery observing HD 189733B, one of Earth's
nearest planets outside the solar system. "Measuring the planet's color
is a real first — we have never managed it before with a planet outside
our own solar system."
While Earth looks blue from space because of its oceans, the
astronomers claim the gas giants' color was created by a hazy turbulent
atmosphere of silicate particles that scatter blue light. To ascertain
the planet's color, the astronomers measured the amount of light
reflected off its surface as it eclipsed its host star. The planet has
an atmosphere temperature of around 1,000 C (1,832 F), causing rocks to
evaporate and glass to rain sideways in howling 4,500 mph (about 7,250
kph) winds. (7/12)
House Committee Approves Smallest NASA
Budget Since 1986 (Source: Planetary Society)
The House Appropriations committee, apparently feeling nostalgic for
the Karate Kid and warm leggings, just approved the smallest NASA
budget (in terms of purchasing power) since 1986. The subcommittee
responsible for NASA's budget approved $16.6 billion for the space
agency in 2014. While Space News reported this as the smallest budget
since 2007, it's actually much worse if you correct for inflation.
Russian Entrepreneur Bets on US
Rent-a-Satellite Company (Source: RIA Novosti)
Russian investor and Internet entrepreneur Dmitry Grishin has invested
$300,000 in a new company manufacturing innovative research satellites
for use by private individuals, the technology news website The Verge
said. California-based NanoSatisfi will launch its first "cube
satellite," described as "a small, standardized vessel that can be
modified with off-the-shelf parts and improved on by a community of
open source builders" August 4. The satellite will be available to rent
for personal research for $250 a week. (7/12)
Missile Defense Needs Re-Test,
Investment, Lawmakers Say (Source: Reuters)
Following a failed test last week of the U.S. missile intercept system,
several lawmakers say they want a re-test and are urging investment in
a new system, as well. Republican members of the House and Senate Armed
Services Committees sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
saying that threats from Iran and North Korea demand that the U.S.
bolster its missile defense and add an East Coast intercept system.
Editor's Note:
Amid all the other budget problems we face, Congress chooses to spend
billions and billions to develop missile defense systems that are
unlikely to work against an unlikely threat. This is an imperfect
solution in search of a real problem, and an excuse for pouring money
into an already bloated defense budget. (7/11)
NASA Spacecraft Photographs Pluto's
Largest Moon Charon (Source: Space.com)
A NASA spacecraft bound for Pluto has captured its first photo of the
dwarf planet's largest moon Charon, a cosmic snapshot snapped from
nearly 550 million miles away. The new Charon photo was taken by NASA's
New Horizons spacecraft, which is closing in on Pluto and due to fly by
the icy world in July 2015. The black-and-white image shows Charon as a
dim object that is near, but clearly separate from, the brighter object
that is Pluto. Click here.
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"I'm a Godmother. That's a great thing to be. He calls me God for short. I thought him that!"
Yesterday my Godson turned 8, or is it 9?
I'm not quite sure. But I know he was really happy about some toycar he got.
Boys and toys you know...
On my way to the doctors, I really hope things are well with me.
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Jaiya Ma, the center of the clan, is a 34-year-old with dark, wavy hair and caramel skin. Her life is wide open; she falls in love easily, suffers willingly. Next to her is Ian Ferguson, a thin 44-year-old with a shaved head and a goatee, feeding bits of eggs Benedict to their energetic 2-year-old son, Eamon. Ian and Jaiya have been lovers for four years. Sitting across from Jaiya is Jon Hanauer, an extremely fit 48-year-old wearing wire-rimmed glasses, who serves as Eamon's primary caretaker. He and Jaiya have been in a committed relationship for almost a decade.
Neither Jon nor Ian is legally married to Jaiya. Both are allowed to see other women. But the three of them live a lifestyle that—much of the time—isn't that different from a conventional marriage. They're one of an estimated 500,000 polyamorous families in the United States.
That would mean at least one and a half million people at the bare minimum.
Jaiya, who founded a successful sex-education company, is typical of the women in polyandrous triads: intelligent, self-possessed, professionally accomplished.
Certainly, we're not talking about uneducated, oppressed women.
"We're going through right now what homosexuals went through 30 or 40 years ago," says Matt Bullen, a 42-year-old writer and married dad in Seattle who is part of a polyamorist cluster that encompasses five people and two legal marriages. "We need to start putting photos on the desk of ourselves and our partners together. When I'm out in public with my wife and my girlfriend, I need to say, 'These are my partners.'"
That will help bring about full marriage equality sooner rather than later.
Mary, a 26-year-old Ph.D. candidate in economics at Boston University (who asked that her real name not be used), says she's known since she was 14 that monogamy was anathema to her. "That's when I realized that maybe it didn't make sense for me to suppress these feelings just because of a societal norm," she says. Hardly an insatiable minx, Mary claims she's "not a sexual person at all" and still lives—in a polyandrous triad—with her first boyfriend.
Again, there's a word or two that the FCC would have some problems with, so if you are actually someone who likes reading about polyamory but can't handle reading the "f" word, be warned. Go read all of it.


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Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy 2010!
My bf and I decided we were going to have a quiet New Years Eve so we could have an early start to the first day of 2010. We made our way to Milestones which we always unanimously order their delectable corn beef hash. Yumm!
As you can see in the pic, I ended up picking up the blazer jacket from Zara. Regular price - $89, and I purchased it on sale for just $59!!! I thought it was rather serendipitous considering I got such a steal and it was the last size small too :)
I hope everyone had a great New Years Eve and a great start to 2010!
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
A Saturday Story
50 comments:
It looks like great kitty fun!ReplyDelete
Nubbin wiggles,
Now that looks like fun--for Ichiro. Can I send him to you?ReplyDelete
It was the eye thing tha got it all started.ReplyDelete
My my!ReplyDelete
You know goats read your blog too!
Binga has crazy eyes so often, that I'm not sure what her normal eyes look like!ReplyDelete
Let the games begin...ReplyDelete
Always amazes me how one or two cats can sound like hundreds when running around. LOLReplyDelete
Looks like you are having fun. :)ReplyDelete
Hahaha, the first picture is too funny and then ...typical tortie behavior, lol !ReplyDelete
I just love the first photo there you put your lasers on :)ReplyDelete
My mommie laughd about the comment = and the Thundering Herd og Elephants.
I wonder if you really can make that mouch noice ??!!
Happy CATurday !!!
Hear ye! Hear ye!ReplyDelete
Hear the Thundering Herd of Elephants!
But wait a minute
These elephants have claws and fangs
Instead of trunks and tusks
Evolution of the weirdest kind!
har har har *evil laughs*
You friends, have so much fun in your place!ReplyDelete
Wonderful day and I love May Ling tummy, it's charming!
Play nice, Kitties!ReplyDelete
Awwwwww sweet May Ling and lovely Rupert!!! Me and Charlie think the The Cube had something to do with such fun craziness!! Yay!! Take careReplyDelete
Thwack swat thump thunder - these are the sounds of a happy household!ReplyDelete
That is a great breakdown to how THoE usually gets started!ReplyDelete
A scene that is played out all too often at Templemoyle!ReplyDelete
MOL..Miss May Ling, I think I have the same style as you : ) Bares the tummy and then Swatting ..But I do to my mom..heh..hehReplyDelete
Happy Caturday to you too
Rupert, u look like u r beaming up messages to your space craft!:)ReplyDelete
Happy Caturday all of you kitties that mommy loves. I saw Rupert look like that a few days ago when he transported over for some time UTB. Yes, um...he had a good time after our hamsand servings of Temptations..wink wink nod nod...ReplyDelete
Who won the tussle? What cuties they are.ReplyDelete
Looks like you've got the weekend off to a fur-flying start!ReplyDelete
I can play Thundering Herd of Elephants all by myself! It would be more fun with CC though.ReplyDelete
Cute post!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh yeah, that's how it's done!!!!ReplyDelete
What a great story! Action, adventure, and drama! Mebbe you two kittehz should think about a career change!ReplyDelete
Never a dull moment there!ReplyDelete
Wow. And it all started with a pair of crazy eyes.ReplyDelete
Get him, May Ling!ReplyDelete
Drama... ohhhhhh.... they are trying out for the movies for sure.ReplyDelete
pawhugs, Max
Those lasers get things started every time!...Love beautiful May Ling's tummy shot!...Happy weekend, sweet friends...kisses...Calle, Halle, SukkiReplyDelete
Thundering herds! That's music to our ears. Thanks for stopping by.ReplyDelete
OMC Rupert sometimes you just have to flex your biceps to let the girls know you are in charge.ReplyDelete
hugs Madi
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM
She just ran you right of your cube...we hopes you got to go back and get it and snooze. Hugs and nose kissesReplyDelete
We love it ... great fun by both of you!
Don't make me come over there and sing "Kumbaya"...ReplyDelete
I love laser eyes!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh noes!! To quote Rodney King, Why can't we all get along?ReplyDelete
Crazy eyes always lead to Thundering Herd of Elephants!ReplyDelete
We love doing the Thundering Herd of Elephant thing around here. You guys are right! That's fun! We especially like doing it upstairs when our Mumsy and Da are downstairs. Second favorite is up and down the stairs, it echos.ReplyDelete
All you guys enjoy your weekend!
Ah yes, the crazy eyes. Melly gets those too - when we see them, we know it's time to hide!ReplyDelete
You two are so cute!! Looks like you had fun, active Caturday :-)ReplyDelete
I love May Ling's fluffy tummy!
looks like they had a lot of fun! What a blast!ReplyDelete
Crazy eyes always lead to more action!ReplyDelete
Oh yeah...that's how it all begins!!ReplyDelete
So much fun! That happens at our house, too. :)ReplyDelete
Some of the very best days start with the Crazy Eyes.ReplyDelete
May Ling, I'f I'd been there when you bared that tum, I would **not** have swatted! I would've buried my little nosie in your fur and snorgled!ReplyDelete
That looks like so much fun! Thundering herd of elephants indeed. MOL!ReplyDelete
It just takes a little while to wind up on a Saturday -- that's all! It's great to see such happy kitties playing. It's one of the things we cat people live for!ReplyDelete


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Intended as an expose of the abuse of children by Venezuela's ruthless drug and gang culture and corrupt cops, "Glue Sniffer" ends up being just another project that confuses delivering a social message and exploiting a subject. Choppy editing, confusing narrative jumps and subpar production values plague helmer Elia Schneider's urban actioner. Just as desperate kid hero Oliver (Jose G. Rivas) is lost in the shuffle of grown-ups carrying on a drug war, so is his character lost in a messy plot. Commercial outlook beyond Latin American markets is gloomy.
Eleven-year-old Oliver finds himself tossed out onto the harsh Caracas streets by his mom's abusive b.f., and describes in brief chunks of narration his misery and need to survive. Disjointed drug battle between crippled Mocho (Alfredo Medina) and ambitious wannabes Pelao (Laureano Olivarez) and Cesar (Adolfo Cubas) racks up little more than a mounting body count and seems tangential to Oliver's downhill slide.


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Covered bridge in Corvallis: a view of the coast: sunset at Beachside State Park: the tribe venturing into new territory!
Better late than never? That's how it will have to be! Every time I thought of finishing the Oregon trip's blog life got in the way! And now we are ready to start the Wine and Harvest tour! My how time flies!
Oregon WAS a great trip. Some challenges that last few days with the traffic on highway 101: many times there is not much shoulder and you get a bunch of rent-a-rv'ers on the road and it's a bit dicey. But, the scenery is stellar!
From Devil's Lake the tribe headed south to a night at Beachside State Park where they played in the sand and watched a spectacular sunset. From there they continued down the coast to the town of Florence for two nights in Honeyman State Park. Here the tribe explored the sand dunes, kayaked the river, headed out on optional rides, explored the town of Florence and ate clam chowder and crab, built campfires and shared smores and stories of the trip.
Some of the highlights of the coast were: the Sea Lion Caves; optional rides up the Yachats River and to the top of a ridge for a view of the coast on one side and hills to Portland on the other; the coffee shop in Yachats; trying to pronounce Yachats; the old log church and State Park in Yachats; (they liked Yachats); riding through Waldport, the smallest harbor in the world; the stunning views along the coast.
I know I did not do this trip justice on my blog, but it was a great trip with great people and many new friends for rides to come.


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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Happy Halloween!
7 comments:
- dutchgirl said...
Oh how cute those children are! Makes up for their shenanigans, I hope ;)
- November 2, 2008 at 2:01 PM
- Uncle Dan said...
Love those kids.
- November 2, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Spanish Princess said...
They are so adorable! I'm sure they had tons of fun! I sent my absentee vote off already, but since George is in Houston, he was going to vote in person. But had previously voted absentee, so they said they couldn't find his paperwork/records. He called the main office and they told him he could re-register and vote in four years. The someone said he didn't qualify to vote ... Boy was he peeved. He said he'd found in two wars for this country, got shot at for this country, watched his friends die for this country and as an American Soldier EARNED the right to vote for who would lead this country. Boy, was I glad not to be the person on the other end of the phone!
- November 2, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- Marilyn Sue said...
This reminds me of a story in my family of when my father was a little pitcher with big ears, sitting by the fireplace, and he piped up to inject in an adult conversation that not all Democrats were bad; and gave his Sunday School teacher as an example. It was a story that was told in my family because he found another Democrat that wasn't bad and he married her. My parents cancelled each other out on election day for over 50 years.
It is sad that the electioneering is on such a level that children would be fearful of Republicans or Democrats. It is families like yours that make it possible for all of us in America to live free from the fear of election results. You can't say that in a lot of places where it is dangerous to vote or to vote the wrong way.
We know that our military will always support and obey whoever is in office because personal and political feelings are set aside when you are in service to your country. That is why I honor and respect our military and their families.
We cannot always be seen as we would wish to be seen, so I have to cringe a little at your "defense" of Democrats. But at least you told them I am not a poisoner! :) If there is an opportunity, please also tell your children that some of us, however misguided in our political choices, have kind hearts.
- November 2, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- The Mrs. said...
I love the obama story! Adorable pictures as always!
- November 3, 2008 at 7:04 AM
Well I also didn't get to early vote............So I will be standing w/ 3 yr old in a probably long line. Maybe I'll give ya a call.
Lance after hearing Obama's neam on the radio yells "Obamma's the bomb!"......Huh? Where did that come from?
- November 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Your kids always have the cutest costumes for Halloween!
- November 5, 2008 at 6:38 PM


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Romans 3:3 "For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?"It says "faith of God", but yet it seems that I want to change this to "faith in God"! How can God have faith in himself? Because he is truth and there is not one iota of doubt. He is sure of his existence and authority. Our doubt, or unbelief, can never change reality. Hence, pure faith is God's own knowledge of himself. He doubts not! For the rest of us, there is always some degree of doubt. Why? Because anything short of pure faith is unbelief and those without absolute certainty have doubts.
Matthew 8:10 "When Jesus heard it (the faith of the centurion), he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."The centurion who had faith that Jesus could heal his servant of the palsy is the only example of great faith in the New Testament. As such the centurion had little doubt! The doubt arises because his faith could never be as great as the faith of God... pure faith.
Romans 4:16 refers to "the faith of Abraham". His willingness to sacrifice his son because God asked him to, was an example of the greatest faith of which mankind is possible. As Abraham was about to make the sacrifice, there was little doubt of the reality of God in his mind. Has faith was measured by his obedience. He was demonstrating his real love to his real God!
John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.""By keeping his commandments" are how we show our love to God. Keeping commandments is obedience. Therefore, failing to obey raises doubt.
Having little doubt is having much assurance that we are truly born-again:
Hebrews 10:22 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."Hence, we are assured of salvation when it's not in our heart to do evil. Without evil inside, obedience is easier. Therefore, when we obey God, we are assured of our salvation, and there is little doubt that we "shall be saved".
Those who profess, "I am saved" and obey because they love God, have strong assurance of their salvation because they are less inclined to sin. The desire is not there because Jesus' blood sprinkled it out.
Paul uses the expression "hope of salvation". Hope is measured by how much faith Christians have, or conversely, how little doubt is within. However, even those of "little faith" still have the "hope of salvation", they just have more doubt and are less assured.
My own faith is not beyond a shadow of a doubt! Why? Because at times I'm not obedient. When I sin, I know that I don't deserve salvation. Scripture reminds me that it is by grace that I'm saved, but Satan's emissaries respond, "But you know that you're just a sinner and don't deserve reprieve."
Let's not give Satan any undue credit. It's not him who speaks; it's our own conscious. It's our nature to deceive ourselves because we are born with original sin. What greater sin is there than doubt God's existence? None. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is denial of Jesus (Matthew 12:31). Having not enough faith in God to obey him is doubting his existence. Inside we all are born with that doubt and we fear it. Atheists embrace the fear. They have no faith, but entire doubt, and live without hope. How they cope with doubt is unbelievable! In fact can it even be called doubt because they are of exceeding faith.
Atheists are so confident that there is no God, that they have no fear and hence make no attempt to obey. In actuality theirs is a hope for nothingness following death. In fact they gamble their eternal life that there is no heaven nor hell. Their faith in nothingness is as strong as the faith in God of Abraham! Their faith is great faith which approaches the faith of God in himself. They are as certain that God is NOT compared to God's knowledge that he IS!
I feel insecure at times because my faith is not beyond a shadow of a doubt when atheists have such strong faith that God does not exist. It's the flesh which makes me doubt because my spirit is willing (Matthew 26:41). Inside I want there to be God, but knowing of my own impure heart because my desire is pleasure, doubt is sometimes a welcome as relief for my own disobedience. To be more precise, if I live in sin, then if there is no God, I can never be punished. Therefore, the flesh, or our desires, suggests to us that to avoid punishment, God is not real.
We only fool ourselves. God is real and there is salvation. Hope turns to action when death arrives at the doorstep. When we play games with our destiny, our unbelief doesn't change things! (Romans 3:3 above). Because atheists do not have faith in God, it doesn't change the existence of God! Because we sometimes have doubts, it doesn't change God's existence.
Doubt is caused by living for ourselves rather than God. We in effect try to serve two masters (Matthew 6:24). We must either choose our own flesh or choose God to eliminate doubt. Fence straddling is the source of doubt. We all have one leg on the wrong side of the fence, but it's the side our hearts are on which is the master we serve. Sure, we have doubts and our hand stretches out over the fence, but there is enough faith that out heart remains on the God side of the fence.
Rather than praying for salvation again, because we "shall be saved" only one time, we should pray that our faith be increased enough that our sacrifice to God is greater. The sacrifice we must continually make, to be assured of our salvation, is our flesh. We must be obedient to erase doubt, although because of original sin, some doubt will always be there.
We can never "believe beyond a shadow of doubt that we are saved" for we are not yet saved. However, we can have the strong hope of salvation if we obey God because that's how we show our love for him!
Those with strong hope of salvation have little doubt that they "shall be saved" and with that much assurance, indeed, they are secure in the belief that they are saved because they know that God is protecting them from destruction even before the catastrophe occurs!
Real faith is obedience. We have doubts because we are disobedient. "The Lord's Prayer" is that we do his will. That's obedience and if we obey, our assurance increases as doubt decreases. Obedience then is real faith. The attribute of a real Christian can be measured by obedience. If a Christian sins without remorse and never worships God, they are likely to doubt the existence of God because they know that he is a fearsome God. Doubt is an escape from punishment because doubt erases self-responsibility for sin.
If we love God, we ae to do his will, and that is our assurance of salvation, and doubt is smothered in hope! If there is any doubt within your heart right now, the thing to do is pray that you change; that the old person will die and the new person will reign with God. Then your living flesh will truly be sacrificed.


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Rin gets to dress Yagami up for her PR photoshoot and she gets first dibs on the preciousness.
The game company has a big presentation for their new game at the trade show, which the trade partners get to go to before the weekend. Yes, you should see where that working QR code takes you!
Nene as a part-timer can't go to the show. Besides, her QA department is in total crunch time before the game's release.
Hifumi is a popular cosplayer at these events, even before it's open to the general public.
Aoba forgot to pick up her winter suit from the dry cleaner's, so she had to pick out a business casual ensemble. It's harder than it sounds!
Yagami congratulated Aoba on having her first bit of character artwork published in a magazine.
Yagami really hates dressing up the for the photoshoots when a new game is about to be published.
Rin makes Yagami a live dress-up doll for these things. This the reason why Aoba didn't recognize her when she first came to the office because she didn't look like her cutesy pictures.
Yagami is kawaii! Rin and Aoba say so!
Crunch time means prioritizing game stopping bugs. Nene was good at finding those.
Umiko lives on energy drinks, but she had never tried the super duper one. Apparently, it works!


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Friday, October 31, 2008
Old School Fridays: Fight Song For My Candidate
This meme was developed by Marvalus View and Ms. Grapevine. The rules are simple:
1. Anyone can participate; any music genre
2. Old School is defined as music created before 1999
3. No offensive words allowed, please use edited radio version
4. Post a video of your favorite Old School song to take us back down memory lane
5. Add your name to the meme list so that others can check you out
6. Have fun & don't forget to leave comments for other participants
If you want to join in on the fun, click here.
As a side note, please be respectful of other OSFers (no matter who they are supporting) and their selections…continue to have fun.
9 comments:
- Vivrant Thang said...
That's right! And the people have spoken. Betta not be no mess!
Happy OSF!
- October 31, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- JohnH985 said...
That's a really good choice.
- October 31, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Revvy Rev said...
Prophetic! Nice choice. Happy OSF.
- October 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Pop Art Diva! said...
I loved the Power to the People and think it's perfect for this post!
I think I'm going to get a lot of backlash this week because I got all Halloween and a-political and instead of posting Fight song posted FRIGHT songs for our candidates
- October 31, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Regina said...
Great choice! I have never heard this song before!
- October 31, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Hey Shae! said...
Nice choice. I felt like chanting this as I cast my vote today. :-)
- October 31, 2008 at 8:42 PM
- MsMarvalus said...
I'm digging it...I think I may have to add this to my mp3 player!
- October 31, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- MrsGrapevine said...
We were thinking a like, I chose the Beatles, between them and John there are too many fight or change the world songs.
- October 31, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- Believer 1964 said...
The Beatles were certainly talented. As a bonus, most of their hits had a message.
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One area of business that the federal government has stayed out of is lunch and other breaks.
Companies are left to make their own policies in this area – unless a state or municipal law applies.
So it is critical that companies know the local laws and follow them. You can find a state law by visiting the Department of Labor webpage for your state under "Wage & Hour Law."
Since salaried and exempt employees do not have a timekeeping requirement, this discussion applies only to hourly and nonexempt employees.
Duration As a general rule, in lieu of more generous state laws, breaks are defined as a period of less than 20 minutes. Lunch/meal breaks are a period of 30 minutes or longer.
BreaksCompanies do not have to provide a break. But if they do, it must be paid as work time even though the employee is not working. Time spent on activities such as restroom visits, getting coffee or smoking a cigarette must be paid. Do not have your employees "clock out" or dock them for these breaks. Taking excessive smoking breaks is a common problem. This is to be handled with corrective action, not by docking the employee's pay.
LunchLunch periods are handled very differently than breaks. Companies may choose to designate a lunch period as "paid" or "unpaid" time.
Wage and hour violations, including those for breaks or lunch, are extremely problematic and can often result in huge fines and back-wage payments to both current and ex-employees.
These payments must be made quickly after the complaint is finalized – often within a few weeks. It is easy for either current or ex-employees to file a complaint with the Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division claiming not to have been paid for the time they worked during lunch.
Employees cannot sign away their right to be paid for time worked with an agreement. And if an employee works during an unpaid lunch without authorization, the company must still pay the employee. Corrective action is the only recourse available.
Running a tight ship is an HR "best practice" for breaks and lunch.


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14th July, 2016.
We are gradually getting closer to our planned stay at Karijini National Park but, as it is still school holidays, we are taking our time in the hope it will not be too crowded when we arrive. The Albert Tognolini Rest Area is located off the Great Northern Highway not too far north of the turn to Karijini so we deemed it a good stopover for a night.
What a gem it turned out to be. No facilities apart from a few picnic tables and bins but it is a huge area well away from the highway and the views are spectacular. There were only a few vans there when we arrived and we found ourselves a nice quiet spot for the night.
We had no idea who Albert Tognolini was but information in the picnic shelter told us all about him.
The next group of photos were taken by me from the car on our way to the rest area. Not great shots but they show the rugged terrain that we were now entering which was a nice change from the flat areas on the western coast.
The following photos were taken from various parts of the rest area.
The road that we travelled up on can be seen in the middle of this picture.
A closer shot of the Great Northern Highway.
It was a clear, starry night but very windy.
And a very cold and clear morning had us searching for our warmer clothes.
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Experian said that the number of bust privileged City workers living in the exclusive postcodes of London such as Kensington, Chelsea, Regent's Park and Hampstead has now risen to 202.
There was also a 36 per cent increase in the number of financially successful directors of companies, so-called 'Serious Money' types, becoming insolvent during 2009.
While the number of County Court Judgments (CCJs) was down across the majority of consumer groups in 2009, the biggest increase was in the 'Serious Money' consumer type, which saw its count of CCJs increase by 12 per cent.
Highly educated, high-earning middle-aged professionals saw CCJs increase by six per cent and well- off individuals (typically lawyers, board directors, accountants and tax consultants) living in picturesque rural locations such as South Woodham Ferrers in Essex, Pulborough in West Sussex and Nailsworth in Gloucestershire, saw a five per cent increase.
Phil Cotter, managing director for credit services at Experian, UK & Ireland, said: "Predicting risk in consumer lending has become more complex, with accounts once correctly considered medium to low risk and profitable increasingly entering collections due to the changing economic climate."
However, the older generation of people living on limited incomes in council estates of Northern and Midland industrial towns faced the highest number of insolvencies. Those living in the so-called" legacy of labour" consumer bracket witnessed a 10 per cent rise to 10,751 insolvencies.
The highest number of personal insolvencies occurred in Torquay, where 10 in every 1,000 adult residents became insolvent during 2009. Llandudno, Irvine, Falkirk and Skegness also saw high concentrations of insolvency, with around eight in every 1,000 residents becoming insolvent.
Hamilton saw the biggest rise in insolvencies, from four to seven in every 1,000 residents between 2008 and 2009, an increase of 57 per cent.


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To give a quick overview. We have a client who wants a 3D Bar creating for their website, the 3D bar will be duplicated for each individual company who wants to advertise on the bar so some parts of the 3D bar need to be editable.
The 3D model can be static but it will need certain elements such as room for up to 2 videos, and also 2 advertisement boxes and a cocktail menu (which can be displayed via CSS, as not everyone advertising on it will have all these elements its important that these are separate elements that can be placed on the 3D design). To give an idea of what we are after, this website has similar functionality but is in Flash and using a 'stand' not a bar: [url removed, login to view]
we want this done in HTML as the 3D part will be an image and the aspects such as the videos and adverts can be positioned / displayed via CSS. So we just need the 3D bar creating, along with the elements which can be displayed on the 3D bar.
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It is not an unusual scene, Dan Girardi sitting there under the Broadway Hat, his face a stitched and bruised roadmap of sacrifice, his tone quick to turn away praise.
"I think that's why we play the way we do all year, to get us ready for situations like this," the Rangers defenseman said last night after he scored the first goal in a 3-0 win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Devils at Madison Square Garden.
"We play hard from the start of the season, through training camp and the whole year," Girardi said. "That's exactly why we do it, so we're not tired going into these games and we're mentally tough. And no matter how we feel with bumps or bruises, we're still going to come out and play the same game."
Girardi has been emblematic of the Rangers' success this season, their hard-nosed style earning them a conference-best 109 points in the regular season and continuing to carry them now through the first 15 games of the playoffs. With two grueling seven-game series to open the postseason, Girardi and the Rangers now have a 1-0 series lead on the Devils heading into tomorrow night's Game 2 at the Garden.
"That's just who he is, that's what he does," veteran Mike Rupp said of Girardi. "You have those warrior-type guys who do all the difficult things out there. Blocking shots, just taking hits to make plays, and he did that all. And he scored a big goal, too."
After two scoreless periods where the Devils had distinctly tilted the ice in their favor, the Rangers came out in the third with a new energy, a new focus.
"It wasn't our best two periods," Girardi said. "We had to just go hard, play our style of game, and work hard on the forecheck and it worked out for us."
It worked out mostly because less than a minute into the period, as Girardi was hustling down the ice to join the play, rookie Chris Kreider corralled the puck along the halfboards, turned, and slipped it to the rushing defenseman once inside the blueline.
Girardi then unleashed a slap shot that raised up over Martin Brodeur's blocker and opened the scoring — and almost blew the (new) roof off the Garden.
"I saw [Kreider] coming up the wall there and I was delaying to see what he was going to do," Girardi said. "I saw no one go to the point and I kind of stepped into it and got it through."
With the lead in hand, Girardi did not stop plugging away, finishing the game with three hits, five blocked shots and a game-high 25:11.
"This is the best time of year, man," Girardi said, finally smiling. "I feel great out there. You want to be on the ice, you want to be a difference- maker. This is the time of year you want to be out there."


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Gemstones & Pearls/Gemology
Chiquita Banana Pearl
It started out well enough, then donned a permanent hat
The face of this South Sea cultured pearl has a blemish-free complexion worthy of a Lancôme model. The whole pearl was meant to be this way, of course, but it emerged from the oyster with a Jekyll and Hyde personality thanks to a baroque growth on top.
The oyster pulled some sort of a trick, creating a whole new appendage says Betty Sue King of Kings Ransom, Sausalito, CA, who owns the pearl. We call her the Chiquita Banana Lady. The allusion is not without justification. The current Miss Chiquita logo features quite a big hat, just like the pearl.
What causes a pearl to go awry like this? Antoinette Matlins, author of The Pearl Book (Gemstone Press, Woodstock, VT), says that in baroque pearls, pools of nacre collect and compound, growing into irregular and unusual shapes.
Such pearls offer great design potential. Paired up with a tapered banana-cut citrine, for example, this lady might be on her way to win a beauty contest.
by Robert Weldon, G.G.
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|The Road to Munich Continues...
Barcelona proved why they are the defending champions as they faced off against Milan in Spain. After a scoreless first leg and a temporarily dangerous 1-1 score line the Spanish side put three past AC Milan and will face off against London side Chelsea in the semi finals. Chelsea had an unconvincing performance against a weakened Benfica side at Stamford Bridge and despite going through 3-1 on aggregate, they will need to step it up if they want to make it to the final in Munich. Real Madrid put a harsh end to the APOEL fairy tale, but the Cyprus side managed two goals against the Spanish giants and could surely go home with their heads held high. Bayern Munich continued to dominate in the competition with a 4-0 aggregate win against Marseille, not letting anyone get in their way of a spot in the final in their home stadium this May.
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012
Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan (301 agg): After a tight first leg that resulted in a 0-0 draw at the San Siro, Barcelona were looking for the goals in front of their home fans as they played AC Milan for the fourth time in the UEFA Champions League this season after meeting them in the group stage.
For the opening minutes, it looked as though the home side were going to be the first to concede. Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol at the back were forced to make some desperate tackles and even then Victor Valdes made his fair share of saves in the opening ten minutes. Barca's first goal of the match was off of a penalty kick in the 9th minute after the Spanish side toyed with the Italian defense in their own box. Antonini came in too hard, catching Lionel Messi on the ankle and sending the Argentina striker to the ground. Messi finished the penalty kick with calmness and composure, kicking the ball right into the side netting and celebrating his fiftieth UEFA Champions League goal. AC Milan got level off of their first on target shot coming from Nocerino, who waited onside to make the perfect run onto a ball from Ibrahimovic and slide the ball into the far corner past Valdes. Barcelona were able to win another penalty kick after Busquets and Puyol appealed for the call due to pushing and shoving in the box on a corner kick. Lionel Messi converted yet again, sending Abiati the wrong way and slotting the ball into the side netting. Barcelona were back in front and were no longer facing the threat of losing out on a semi final spot on away goals.
The second half started off much like the first with Barcelona being the first team to defend a threat on their goal. The two sides were fairly even in their attempts on goal by the time Barcelona's third came in the 53rd minute from Andres Iniesta. The Spaniards strike was the last one of the game to find the back of the net. Ibrahimovic, Boateng and the rest of the AC Milan attack played hard to try and score the vital goal, but they were unsuccessful in breaking past the strong Barca defense. On the other end, Milan were able to hold off the Barcelona attack and the match ended 3-1.
Bayern Munich 2-0 Olimpique Marseille (4-0 agg) After a 7-0 smashing of Swiss side Basel in the round of sixteen and a strong showing against Marseille against Marseille on their home turf in Germany, Bayern Munich look to be the team to beat as they fight for their spot in the UEFA Champions League final in their own stadium, the Allianz Arena, this May.
Bayern were on the attack early on, not taking any comfort in their 2-0 away goal advantage. Thanks to some wonderful individual brilliance from Franck Ribery and a great finish from Olic, Bayern Munich were in front by the 13th minute. Ribery was able to break through the scattered Marseille defense and Olic made a brilliantly timed run onto the ball. Bayern were ahead and Marseille faced a daunting task of needing to score at least three goals against the solid German defense if they wished to go through to the semi finals. In the 36th minute, the young Austrian David Alaba and Olic would find the back of the net again for Bayern. The play started with a beautiful overlapping run from left back Alaba as he and Ribery rushed down the field at the French defense. Olic got on the end of the cross as Bayern went in for the kill, taking the 4-0 aggregate lead over Marseille. In the 38th minute, Muller was subbed off for Rafinha after he appeared to pull up lame, complaining of a hamstring injury. He was rested, but Bayern didn't need any more attacking power as they went into the half with the 4-0 aggregate lead.
Bayern were able to relax in the second half, holding a deep back line and letting the French side press them a little more, forcing a save or two from Neuer, but the German keeper had a relatively quiet remainder of the evening. Despite the 50/50 possession, Bayern looked to be the better side, building the attack and capitalizing on the chances that they made for themselves in the first half and sitting back with all hands on deck to defend in the second. Marseille pressed the goal and managed to push up without getting caught on a quick counter attack by the German side, but they were unable to find the back of the net and get themselves on the 4-0 aggregate scoreline. Bayern were the clear victors at the end of the day and continued their quest for a spot in the Champions League final in their home stadium.
Wednesday April 4th, 2012
Chelsea 2-1 Benfica (3-1 agg): Chelsea barely earned themselves a spot in the quarter finals after a dramatic overtime goal from Ivanovic, but their victory against Group C winners Benfica was more convincing. The London side went through after a slightly nervy second leg at Stamford Bridge when Benfica got level on away goals. Chelsea needed to produce the goals on their home turf and they did just that as the Di Matteo transformation continued and the English club marched on to the semi finals.
Benfica were on the attack quickly in the first half, but David Luiz was quick to help break it up but only temporarily. Benfica were in possession for the first part of the half, winning a corner kick by the third minute. Chelsea were the first to get on the score line again despite the possessive play of the Portuguese side. In the 21st minute, Ashley Cole was brought down inside the box and Chelsea were awarded a penalty kick. Veteran Frank Lampard took the kick, putting barely enough pace on the ball to send it under the body of Artur. From that point on, Chelsea were the possessive and dominant team. Benfica had their fair share of possession, but the London side were confident in their lead and broke up the Benfica play calmly. Chelsea had the 2-0 aggregate lead at the half.
The second half saw split possession and nearly identical attacks from both sides. Chelsea and Benfica had their fair share of chances on goal as well as some good pieces of defending, but it would take forty minutes and numerous attacks on the goal for one of the teams to find the back of the net in the second half. In the 85th minute, Javi Garcia grabbed a valuable away goal with a brilliant header from a corner kick, beating Petr Cech and the sloppy Chelsea defense. The visiting side needed just one more goal and they would go through on away goals. The goal was bound to come after back to back attempts from the Portuguese side. Chelsea's attacking force had been dominant for most of the second half, and they were not about to give up their spot in the semi finals due to conceding away goals. In stoppage time, Portuguese player and former Porto midfielder Raul Meireles cemented his sides semi final spot and settled the nerves with a fantastic strike past Artur, giving Chelsea the final 3-1 aggregate lead.
Real Madrid 5-2 APOEL (8-2 agg): Despite two dream goals for APOEL at the Santiago Bernabeu in Soccer City Madrid, the fairytale came to a close for the small club from Nicosia, Cyprus. The home side were the obvious victors and dominated the small side from the Mediterranean island but APOEL had their moments of brilliance, including two smart goals against one of the best sides in Europe.
Real Madrid established their dominance on their home turf early on in the first half of the match. Ronaldo came close to scoring the opener at the Bernabeu after a defensive blunder from APOEL but his effort was stopped by Pardo in the visitor's goal. Real Madrid's first goal of the match game from some lovely play from the attacking portion of the Madrid starting eleven before Cristiano Ronaldo put it in the back of the net from short range. The second goal from Madrid came from some individual brilliance by Brazilian striker Ricardo Kaka, who sent his shot from just outside the box curling around the keepers hands and into the top corner of the far post. At half time, Real Madrid were comfortably ahead and didn't look to be in any position to give away the match to the underdogs as they were applauded off by the happy home fans.
The Cyprus side showed a little more in the second half but it was still very much the home side's game. APOEL 's miracle came in the 68th minute when Gustavo Manduca found the back of the net for the visiting team. Without a doubt, it was too little too late and Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed Real Madrid's superiority with his first free kick goal of the season, sending a world class, curling shot past the arms of Pardo in the 75th minute. In the 80th minute, Jose Callejon scored another for Madrid and the Spanish side knew that they were marching on to the semi finals. APOEL's second goal was a cooly finished penalty kick from Solari after the kick was won by Adorno after he was taken down, but questionably fouled, inside the box by the Real Madrid defense. Angel Di Maria topped off Madrid's victory with a cheeky little flick over the top of the APOEL keeper's head. The young winger received the ball at the top of the box, looked up to see Pardo off of his line and chipped him neatly to make the final score 8-2.


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The workshop will be held at the Brown-Lupton University Union on the TCU campus.
We anticipate that most attendees will be driving in on Friday, so we are not working with a Fort Worth hotel on accommodations for those who attend. If you need to stay overnight on Thursday, however, here's an Expedia link to hotels near TCU: http://admissions.tcu.edu/visit/planning-your-visit/ (Go to that page, then click on "Where to Stay" near the bottom). Of course, you can always go to Priceline, Hotels.com, or any one of the online reservation sites and find hotels near the university.
This is a free one-day workshop. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4, and the workshop itself starts at 9. We will provide lunch for you in a cafeteria in the building where the workshop is held. The workshop will be over by 4 p.m.
Here's a Google Maps directions page that'll take you right to the University Union. Or program your GPS for 2901 Stadium Drive, Fort Worth.
Visitor parking is available across the street from the University Union in Lot 6 (right in front of the football stadium). That whole lot, except for handicapped parking and a few reserved spaces, is available. All spaces are numbered, but that's for football parking, so don't be concerned about parking in one of those. But if that lot is full when you get here, don't sweat it – there is additional parking at the nearby Frog Alley Parking Garage. See this map for the location – it's right behind the Ranch Management building.
If the parking lot across the street from the University Union is full (and it typically won't be unless you arrive late), head north on Stadium Drive — start by exiting the lot and turning to the left back onto Stadium Drive. You will stop at a stop sign, and then take the next left, which is West Cantey. You'll see the parking garage on your left. Drive through the big iron gates and turn in where it says Visitor Parking. After you park, you have about a three-block walk back to the University Union.
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Wireless internet access will be available at the workshop. You will be given a logon to access the system once you get to the workshop location.
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