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Z has a habit of looking out the window into the front yard whenever she gets up in the middle of the night to do whatever it is people do in the middle of the night.
She's been doing this going on 10 years now.
For the most part, she takes a quick look and then goes back to bed.
Until the other night….
The other night she had the pleasure of spying a young man of about 18 –or as the police described him, "male Caucasian, dark bushy hair, 18-20, navy blue T-shirt and green, possibly grey, baggy shorts heading in the direction of…" well, you get the idea.
This wayward fellow was poking around in Z's car, looking for, I guess, her stash of Brooks & Dunn CD's.
I'm sound asleep since it's about 1 AM, so when Z wakes me to inform me of the situation my first instinct is to roll over and wish the fellow good luck sorting through the collected inventory of Z's car. Perhaps he might be able to find that pair of sneakers I lost in there in 05.
Then she tells me he's heading down the driveway toward my car and I immediately jump out of bed and call 911. No one is going to mess with my collection of Snapple tops!
A man must protect his leaf blower.
"911—what's your emergency?"
"Well I'm not really sure it qualifies as an emergency, officer, but my wife just spotted a kid in my driveway, poking around in her car".
"Do you have a description of the "perp"?"
Actually I'm not sure if he said "perp" but I want to believe that he did, and it makes for a better story.
"No sir, it's kind of dark and I'm cowering in my bedroom window, so it's hard to see. But I'm concerned he's heading down the driveway and into my back yard towards the garage….where my leaf blower is."
"Gas or electric?"
"Hmmmm….I find gas gives you more power, not to mention mobility."
"Well, I find the electric is not as noisy and has plenty of power for my needs."
In the meantime, Z is standing there listening to this exchange thinking that her situation is not being taken seriously enough.
She just doesn't understand there's a process involved.
"Okay, sir; suit yourself. I'll send a car over right away to check things out".
I tell Z, not to worry; it's under control and then proceed to pick out suitable crime scene attire, in case I end up dodging bullets or in some sort of high speed pursuit.
Plus I'm stalling for time waiting for the cops to arrive before stepping foot outside.
Z looks out the window again and finds the "perp", or someone we think is the "perp" who might be just some poor innocent kid walking home from his girlfriend's house, calmly crossing the street, pass under a street light and turn the corner of the street that runs "perp"-endicular into mine.
The police car pulls up and I wait a minute or two, just in case the fellow we saw is not the 'suspect" and there is still the danger of an altercation with the real "skel" (This is so cool. I knew all those hours watching NYPD Blues would pay off someday!).
Z, still not understanding there's a process to these things yells out the window to the 12 year old police officer, who's standing around on the front lawn, scratching his head, that her husband is on the way down to fill him in…so now I have no choice but to get out there.
I rummage quickly through the hall closet but have no idea where my bullet proof vest is, so I have to go "commando"…so to speak.
I fill the young, but extremely polite and competent officer in on the situation and he tells me that he took a quick look around and didn't see anything suspicious, except for the ineffective electric leaf blower in the garage.
In the meantime, he's barking information as to the suspect's "twenty" into his walkie talk (short for walkie talkie) and 2 more police cars zip by the house and tear around the corner in hot pursuit.
I take a walk over to check out Z's car and see the glove compartment open and report this fact to the officer, who peeks into the widow.
"Wow…looks like he really ransacked the vehicle" the officer says.
I tell him, "Uhm...no…this is pretty much what the inside of the car looks like on most days"
I grab the handle and open the door and immediately start berating myself for disturbing the crime scene.
Have I learned nothing from CSI?
"Sorry," I tell the cop. "I guess now they'll have to take my prints too to exclude them."
He smiles at me politely and informs me that the crime scene boys probably won't have to come out if we don't find anything of value missing, which there doesn't appear to be.
I inform him about my missing sneakers from 05 and he says he'll make a note for the report.
Z, after finally picking out her own police activity outfit, appears on the scene and inventories the car, since she is the only one who can decipher the puzzle of shopping bags, empty water bottles, umbrellas and assorted pairs of shoes, within.
She reports that the only thing that appears missing is a small change purse that she kept for parking meters and such. She thought there was about $4.65 in it.
And now I'm really irate….a confirmed victim of a heinous crime.
Eventually, we roll up the crime scene tape, which I insisted on, and everyone gets on with their lives.
Except for me…
Now I sleep with one eye open, which is very disturbing to Z as she finds it unsightly.
Somewhere, out in the night, there's a "perp" a "skel" a bushy haired wayward young man enjoying $4.65 that does not belong to him.
|"I am the law, and the law is not mocked"
-Inspector Javert-
And to him I have one word of advice….
"If you can't do the time…don't do the crime…."
I'm expecting the DNA results back any day now….
Any day….


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My wife reminds me how much I liked "Magic Mike" and how often I had to defend that to people who made assumptions without seeing it.
Well, here we go again.
Every moment counts in the remarkable, three-hour, NC-17-rated "Blue is the Warmest Color," and that includes the sex scenes. As you may have heard, the French drama, which took the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, features extended and explicit lesbian sex scenes that are intimate and significant in ways that movie sex scenes, particularly in America, rarely are. If you assume this can only be gratuitous, and huh-huh-that's-why-this-movie-gets-four-stars, all I can say is that you're wrong and you should see the movie before judging. (And re-read my 2-star review of the naked women-filled "Don Jon.")
Those who do will see a love story that is ultimately and brilliantly about differing expectations for personal and creative fulfillment, and the tragic, sometimes-sensible resignation of second-best. The chances of 19-year-old Adele Exarchopoulos earning an Oscar nomination for a controversial foreign film are even slimmer than when Michael Fassbender was snubbed for "Shame," and what a shame: She's nothing short of extraordinary. Pressured to hook up with a guy who likes her, high school junior Adele (Exarchopoulos) confesses, "I feel like I'm faking." The desire to feel deeper and better is familiar not just to those struggling with sexual identity.
When Adele meets older, out-of-the-closet Emma (likewise terrific Lea Seydoux of "Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol"), the comfort is natural. The connection's intense. The wonder of the performances—included in the film's Palme d'Or notice for the first time in the fest's history—makes the magic of this young love astoundingly true, not just the vague imitation that undiscerning viewers hope to replicate.
And, yes, on top of the conversations and fights and shared glances, that means the sex as well, something most would agree plays a significant part in relationships. "Blue is the Warmest Color" aims not to arouse but to pull back the curtain on the full body of a couple's time together. As David Cronenberg did memorably with "A History of Violence," "Color" director Abdellatif Kechiche contrasts moments in the bedroom; sex isn't synonymous with love here, but it's one of many components of a relationship that the film separates between real and fake, selfless or somehow limited. After her orientation seemingly catches her off-guard, Adele's increased isolation from friends and family lingers in the shadows. Meanwhile, she gets closer to her own desires and to Emma, who in some ways comes along at the right time and in others epitomizes a bond with a fatal character flaw that can't be identified in advance.
While most films unconvincingly imply intimacy and look away, the epic "Color" considers the different values people attribute to sex and features a lead actress stunningly attuned to her character's shifts between possibility and discomfort, curiosity and fear. Body language plays almost as large a role as personality while a discussion of dreams blends with a layered portrait of love's intense, consuming sensations. This gripping and daring film depicts life and art as fluid, with a keen awareness of a true love's ability to etch tattoos in corners of the heart.
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One of the secrets of enhancing computer performance is to remove bottlenecks, and a few years ago the biggest (and cheapest) way to gain added performance was to add memory. Today, memory seems to be no longer an issue, so we've moved on to the venerable hard drive as the point where data flow slows down. As SSD prices drop, expect to see the hard drive start to go the way of other past drives, and be replaced all or in part by solid state drives. We already are starting to see hybrid (multi-drive) systems, where the boot (OS and programs) drive is an SSD, and day-to-day data is still stored on a spinning drive.
This review tests SATA III SSDs from Samsung, Intel, OCZ and Patriot, and they also do an interesting comparison on cost per gigabyte, ranging from $1.53 (OCZ 240GB) to $2.31 (Intel 120GB). Retail prices are expected to be lower. Their comparison hard drive was a 500GB 7,200rpm model, but at a significantly lower cost per GB. The tests are interesting, and the SSDs perform as expected, with Samsung's 830 winning the shootout (cost today $229 for 128GB and $429 for 256GB).
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This month we're putting the spook in the shoe department; the horror in homeware; the boo in beauty - it's Halloween once again! We took two unsuspecting Primark HQ employees, two versatile dancefloor-to-Dracula's-Den outfits and some DIY props - the result? A Halloween look that can be used after the pumpkins have been cleared away, on a budget that's far less scary than the costumes. Read on, if you dare...
Find yourself wasting money on fancy-pants Halloween costumes every year, only to let them fall into the abyss of your wardrobe never to be seen again? Whilst it can be an easy option to just pick up a themed costume from a fancy dress store, we're keen to create a look that you can implement into your wardrobe after you've slept off the trick'o'treating finds.
The challenge was to find pieces within the Primark store that, with the handy help of a few disposable props and accessories, could create an outfit with a longer shelf life than the zombie costume that disintegrated off you halfway through your mate's party... Double win: you can also wear this outfit at work on the day of the party - you only need to spookify your face with a new makeup look - then off to the dancefloor you go!
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara track & field teams kicked-off the season with the Gaucho Round-Up on Saturday Feb. 16th and the men's and women's teams each came home with a victory.
The women finished with 180.5 points, with Westmont in second with 124.5 and Pepperdine in third with 36 points. On the men's side, the Gauchos dominated with 187 points, with Westmont second at 132 and Pepperdine finishing with 14 points.
The Gaucho women won all but three events, and in some events they went 1-2-3.
UCSB's first win was in the 400m dash where Jennifer Carey came in first with a time of 55.93 and Camille Petty came in second with a 59.71. The Gauchos had a strong showing in the distance events where the women took first through fourth in the one-mile run. They came right back in the 3000m and took first through third. Danielle Moreno was the winner in both running 4:59.84 and 9:58.38, respectively.
The Santa Barbara women dominated both relays. Grace Esslinger, Amanda Rodriguez, Brittany Fulton and Jennifer Carey took first in the 4x100m relay and Amanda Rodriguez, Camille Petty, Jennifer Carey and Alyssa Schlom won the 4x400m relay
The Gauchos took first in all of the field events, including a sweep in the shot put. Freshman Lara Lewis won the discus with a toss of 42.18m followed by Kathleen Guzman (44.120m), Ashley Alama (40.30m) and Heather Hawes (40.27m). The Gauchos came right back and took first through fourth in the hammer throw.
On the men's side, UCSB won all but five events. The men started off strong taking the top three places in the 100m dash with Evan Walker taking first (10.89), followed by Dustan Holtz (11.30) and Nate Harvey (11.51). The Gauchos had a strong showing in the mile run. Shyan Vaziri clocked a 4:09.40 and was followed by five other Santa Barbara runners.
Identical to the women, the men also won both the relays. The 4x100 was comprised of Evan Walker, Marquis Caldwell, Michael Aiken and Nate Harvey. The team ran a fast 41.17s. The 4x400m relay clocked in at 3:19.29 with Derek Masterson, Billy Britt, Ike Okapara and Mikael Powers.
On the field, Senior Derek Masterson had a solid season-opening showing, taking first in the high jump (2.00m) and third in the discuss throw (38.15). Albert Hughes took home a double win in the discus throw (43.76m) and hammer throw (49.64m). Freshman Stephen Leach had a strong appearance in his first collegiate meet taking third in shot put (12.37m) and second in hammer throw (37.18).
Overall, it was a very successful first outdoor meet of the season. The Gauchos return to the track on March 2 to compete at the UC Irvine Invitational.


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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Jim Beam Rye
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I'm not privy to Serious Eats' demographic research, but simply poking around the user profiles and comment histories offers compelling evidence that a fair few of you are employed in the adult entertainment industry. That's to be expected, and I don't judge your career choices. Plenty of us around here freely admit to working in the legal, financial, and schnapps-reviewing industries, so who are we to throw stones at our professionally naked friends?
Although I'm not morally opposed to the institution, I've never actively explored the small but lucrative market for crazy-eyed, jerky-eating, fully clothed bystanders in pornographic films, because I'm convinced that if you turn a hobby into a job it reduces rather than compounds your daily pleasure total. A career in adult cinema sounds like fun, but wouldn't it eventually numb you to the subtler joys of real-world encounters with sexy plumbers, librarians, and strangers?
That's why I don't write about high-end liquor or work in a grocery store. Man, do I enjoy grocery shopping. I like all kinds of food stores, from the regular ones with rock-hard avocados to the cruddy ones with accidentally ripe avocados to the hippie ones with three kinds of avocados. And I say this as a man who doesn't particularly enjoy avocados. Imagine how happy the mustard shelves and apple pyramids make me! Wicked happy.
We've already discussed why I can't work at a grocery store. Once the initial thrill of insider access to fresh-from-the-truck pretzels wore off, it'd be a long spiral of diminishing returns that eventually left me unable to get excited over even the most special of civilian grocery events, like $2.99 12-pack of Coke Zero Week or Free Hummus Sample Day. But at least the proliferation of self-scan checkout aisles gives me regular opportunities to indulge in a little bit of fantasy grocery clerk role-playing.
The self-checkout aisle was somewhat troublesome when it was introduced back in whatever year it was introduced, because no one knew how to use the damn things. Then they enjoyed a brief and glorious heyday in the late summer and early fall of 2009, when competent shoppers had figured out how to whiz right through them while the cowards and slowpokes stuck with the traditional humanned lines. Now it's basically a wash, time-wise, because nearly everyone (in my neighborhood at least) has cottoned to the fact that looking up your own banana code is infinitely preferable to making eye contact with a stranger.
Another advantage of the self-scan lane is the regular reminder to pat myself on the back for being an upstanding member of society. When it comes time to weigh the non-barcode-bearing produce, I always think, "Hey, what's to stop me from saving upwards of 80 cents by entering these organic black grapes as regular green grapes? Or even potatoes!" And then I remember, "Oh, right. I can't do that because I don't defraud grocery stores via phony fruit accounting practices." Then I smugly pay full price for my deluxe grapes—minus the fistful I ate in the produce section because what am I supposed to do, weigh myself upon entering and leaving the store and then mail them a check for the difference?—and take my satisfied leave.
The only drawback to this grocery approach is that, as a self-employed one-man editorial gang who refuses to make or receive phone calls, retail clerks provide my only opportunity to speak during business hours, since I don't have any pets or demons. This is no big deal except that it leads to embarrassing voice-cracking when the sun finally fades and I dust off the pipes to order a drink. Ever go mum for 12 hours and then try to jump right back into it with, "Tequila and pineapple with a warm McGillicuddy's back, large onion rings, hold the ketchup, phone calls, and judgment?"
So until I finally hire an intern or a cat to yell at throughout the day, I think it's best to find a simpler way to order the evening's first lube. I need to come up with an easily barkable whiskey, so the other day I settled into a bottle of Jim Beam Rye to see if it's any better than ho-hum Beam bourbon.
It is! Much better, in fact. It's not as good as Old Overholt rye for roughly the same price (around $14 a bottle), but it's much easier to say three times fast with a rusty larynx. Beam Rye is very rye-like in its spicy pepper nose, and while it's not much more complex than its name, it does open with a faint orange note before the spice reasserts itself for the follow-through.
Jim Beam Rye is easy on the wallet, the voice, and the tongue, and it will suit me fine as I transition from the day's toils to the night's dreams of a world with self-checkout liquor stores.
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|Pack Trainer
The Pack Trainer conducts, or facilitates, the training of leaders and parents in the pack. Pack Trainer is a registered pack position and is a voting member of the pack Committee. Under the direction of the Pack Committee Chairperson, the pack trainer helps leaders and parents understand purposes, policies, and procedures of the Cub Scouting program. The pack trainer orients parents and leaders and guides pack leaders in carrying out their specific position responsibilities. The pack trainer promotes training to help leaders learn to plan and conduct pack and den meetings and activities. Regardless of the size of the pack committee, every pack should have one of its committee members registered as a pack trainer.
The goal of the pack trainer is to have 100 percent of the pack leaders trained in their position responsibilities. New leaders and adult family members should receive orientation within one week of joining the pack, and leaders should receive position-specific training within 30 days.
|The Building Blocks of New Leader Training
| Youth Protection Training
Prior to submitting Application
|Capstone for Pack Trainers, Scoutmasters, and Chartered Org Reps
After completion a leader is Trained
|Before the First Meeting Taken Immediately
|First 30 Days Completed as soon as possible
|Position Trained Taken when familiar with position
The pack trainer is responsible for:
- Conducting orientation of new families and pack leaders.
- Encouraging pack leaders to attend Cub Scout Leader Basic Training, and Cub Scout Leader Specific Training. (Although no longer required to be basic trained - leaders are also encouraged to attend This Is Scouting formerly New Leader Essentials)
- Helping with Unit Leadership Enhancements during pack leaders' meetings.
- Conducting other training as designated by the district and/or council.
- Encouraging pack leaders to attend ongoing training such as Youth Protection training, roundtable, Pow Wow, BALOO, Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders, and Wood Badge.
- Remaining current with training material and program updates.
- Keeping track of pack training records.
- Encouraging Den Chiefs to attend Den Chief Training.
Adult leaders must possess the moral, educational, and emotional qualities that the Boy Scouts of America deems necessary for positive leadership to youth. They must also:
- Abide by the Scout Oath, Scout Law, and Scouter Code of Conduct.
- Subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle.
- Reside within the USA or a U.S. territory, or be a U.S. citizen residing outside the USA.
- Respect and obey the laws of the United States of America.
- Be 21 years of age or older for primary leadership positions.
- Be 18 years of age or older for assistant leadership positions.
- Complete Youth Protection training (YPT) before application is processed and renew training as required.
- Review the disclosure information related to the BSA's background check process and complete and sign a Background Check Authorization form.
- Take leader position-specific training.
- Hold only one position within the same unit. The chartered organization representative may multiple as the committee chair or a committee member.
The adult leader application process will not be complete until Youth Protection training has been completed and a criminal background check has been obtained. It is recommended that the pack trainer have at least one year of experience in a leadership position in Cub Scouting, preferably as a Cub Scout or Webelos den leader. Pack trainers should be trained at a district or council Trainer's EDGE (Formerly Trainer Development Conference). The Pack Trainer is a member of the Pack Committee. For new packs and those lacking experienced leaders, an experienced leader from the district training team or another pack may be appointed as pack trainer until the new leaders gain experience.
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In one weekend of Popcorn sales or other Fundraising, a Cub Scout can earn enough in his Individual Account for a year of adventures!
- $23 National registration, Boys' Life magazine, and Accident Insurance.
- $20 Program Materials: Tiger, Wolf, Bear, or Webelos book, rank patch, neckerchief, and slide.
- ____ Pack Expenses: Each Scout's fair share of Pack recharter, training, fees, equipment, etc.
- ____ Advancement: Awards, Belt Loops, patches, and more.
- ____ Activities: Pinewood Derby, trips, ball games, camping, and much more.
- ____ Camping: Day Camp, Resident Camp and Family Camping.
- ____ Equipment includes Uniforms, sleeping bags, tents, etc.
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- Den Meeting Plans: Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos Program: Webelos I, Webelos II
- Leader Awards: Cub Scout Den Leader Award (Tiger/Wolf/Bear/Webelos), Scouter's Training Award (basically all adult leaders but Den Leaders), Scouter's Key (Cubmaster), Den Chief Service Award (Den Chief)
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Infinite Dungeon Corridor
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After days of searching through woods and ruins, through caverns and canyons, you've finally found it. You stand in front of the stone steps leading into the dungeon and pause. Glancing into the gloom, you notice the corridor ahead is lined with flickering torches. But it doesn't seem to turn. It just goes on and on and on. Do you dare enter? This is what you think when you stare into the Infinite Dungeon Corridor.
Taking the classic infinity mirror to a new (but old-looking) place, the Infinite Dungeon Corridor is a great additional to your home, office, gaming room, or anywhere you need a little wonder. It looks like the opening to a dungeon, complete with little flickering torches (with 3 levels of brightness), but the hallway never ends due to mirrors, science, magic, and the recursive nature of blending all three. Place it on a table or mount it on a wall, and the Infinite Dungeon Corridor will always lead you into the depths of your imagination.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 9, 2013
District: 9 – Inyo, Mono & Eastern Kern Counties
Contact: Florene Trainor
Phone: 760-872-0603
Bay Area gets $140 million from high-speed rail bond
BISHOP – On Tuesday, October 8th, 2013, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $359 million to 36 projects, an investment that will create jobs bolstering the state's economy, reduce traffic congestion, repair highways and bridges, and improve rail service.
"These projects allow millions of dollars to flow into construction and produce enormous economic benefits for California," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) received $140 million from Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, to purchase 46 new rail cars that will provide new service from the BART/Caltrain Millbrae Station directly to San Francisco International Airport.
The Millbrae facility is one of several key regional connectivity points California's High-Speed Rail Authority has identified that will link BART and high-speed rail, creating a "blended" rail system. To handle additional transferring of passengers at Millbrae from the blended system longer trains will be needed. The $140 million will help pay to lengthen all three rail storage tracks at the south end of the station, enabling the facility to handle BART's maximum train length of 10 cars and make it possible to run longer trains from the East Bay to the airport.
These allocations also included $44 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, nearly $17 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide for transportation purposes. The remaining $175 million in allocations today came from various state and federal transportation accounts.
Other highlights of the CTC funding allocations include:
- $6,200,000 was allocated for the west Ridgecrest Boulevard four-lane project. The location is in Ridgecrest, on West Ridgecrest Boulevard, from Mahan Street to China Lake Boulevard. The project will rehabilitate 5,400 feet of roadway, realign the roadway to correct geometric deficiencies and provide 7,200 feet of shoulder widening to enhance pedestrian and vehicular safety.
- $1,500,000 was allocated for the Challenger Drive Extension Project. In Tehachapi, on Challenger Drive from its current eastern edge to Dennison Road. The project will improve local traffic circulation and provide direct access to medical facilities from the northern portion of the city.
- $200,000 was allocated to Inyo County Local Transportation Commission for Planning, Programming and Monitoring.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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The Dakota Zoo is home to over 600 animals representing more than 125 species, each with its own unique set of care requirements. Many of the animals in our collection are endangered or threatened species that are involved in collaborative efforts with other zoos and wildlife agencies in programs called species survival plans. These plans help to ensure genetic diversity, oversee proper breeding programs and work to reintroduce animals back into the wild if secure environments are present.
Our animals receive the finest veterinary care possible, thanks to the vision and generosity of some long-time Zoo supporters.
The Dr. James & Edna Moses Animal Care Facility is a fully equipped veterinary hospital located on the zoo grounds which is staffed by two local Veterinarians who volunteer their time; Dr. Jim Wheeler and Dr. Kelly Thorsness. In addition to their work with the Zoo's animals, Dr. Jim and Dr. Kelly also conduct a variety of educational presentations in the Animal Care Facility, including hands-on demonstrations during our Junior Zookeeper camps, and seminars for animal care professionals.
Complementing the work of our Zoo Vets, close observation by our Zoo staff is essential to the well being of our animal residents. Our keepers' detailed knowledge of the habits of the animals under their care, combined with daily interaction, allows any potential health issues to be quickly identified and remedied.


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Katy Perry + Miley Cyrus Dazzle in White + Black at Clive Davis Pre-2013 Grammys Party
Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus dazzled in white and black ensembles, respectively, at the 2013 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy party last night (Feb. 9). The pop divas sparkled in two totally different ways, and each looked gorgeous in her own unique and stylish ensemble.
The ladies posed together, and even puckered up for a little faux smooch! Quick, somebody call John Mayer and Liam Hemsworth, their respective beaus. And wow, does Miss Miley have a long tongue -- that thing looks like a snake! Yes, we see her side boobage, too.
Perry wore a bone-colored -- it wasn't snow white by any stretch -- gown with long sleeves by Rafael Cennamo. The dress had a pearl bodice, lending an Old Hollywood air to the dress and overall styling. Perry paired the dress with Charlotte Olympia heels, which always add an edge, while her hair was fashioned in a side part, with her thick waves falling on her shoulders.
Her girls, as always, looked incredibly perky. Check out the side view.
You can really appreciate the color and the bodice detail in this lighting. Mr. Mayer must be happy as a clam when he sees her all dressed up in a gown like this. Sorry, we had to!
Cyrus wore black Emilio Pucci dress which had a halter neck and a hint of boho chic energy in its styling. The short hair-loving diva paired it with sexy leather Versace boots and a bouffant hairstyle. The jewelry and tattoos, as well as the hair, of course, also upped the rock n' roll ante.
In this lighting and view, you can see the peek-a-boo construction. Cyrus was having fun at this fete while her pal Justin Bieber was riffing on her on 'SNL.'


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NEW YORK (AP) — A Republican-leaning independent group supporting Mitt Romney's presidential bid is spending $11.1 million on new television ads aimed at women.
The ad campaign, set to begin Tuesday and run for a week in eight closely contested states, is part of a big push before the Nov. 6 election.
Polls have shown President Barack Obama with a wide lead over Romney among women, but some surveys suggest that gap has narrowed recently.
The ad, "Sack It," shows a woman watching one of Obama's campaign commercials. "Mr. President, here's what I want to know," she says, asking about the jobs he has promised to create and wondering what the federal spending he has pushed for has produced.
She ends by saying: "My family can't afford another four years like this." The line echoes a theme Romney has repeated several times on the campaign trail in recent weeks — "We can't afford four more years like the last for years."
Steven Law, president of American Crossroads, the group behind the ad, said in statement that Obama's "weak leadership has created a weak economy and a weaker America, and it's time to turn this ship around."
The group planned to air the new ad on national and local cable stations, and in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.
American Crossroads was co-founded by Karl Rove, the longtime political counselor to former President George W. Bush. The group and its affiliated nonprofit, Crossroads GPS, plan to spend $300 million to influence elections this year. The groups have spent $135 million on ads so far to back Romney.
The Crossroads groups are some of the biggest players in a constellation of independent organizations and political committees that are playing a large role in the presidential campaign. The groups can raise and spend unlimited sums to run ads on behalf of candidates as long as they do not directly coordinate with the candidates they support.
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March 30, 2008
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - For the second straight day, the Yale softball team showed great resiliency. On Saturday, the Bulldogs overcame a heartbreaking loss in the first game of a doubleheader to win the second game. On Sunday, Yale earned a split after a disappointing first-game performance. Kayla Kuretich pitched a four-hit shutout, and Megan Enyeart had three hits and three RBI as the Bulldogs blanked Columbia 5-0. The Lions won the first game 11-0.
Yale (12-10, 2-2 Ivy) quickly put the first game behind by scoring twice in the first inning of game two. Mariclaire Rebman singled with two out and scored on Enyeart's double to right. Aracelis Torres followed with an RBI single.
That was more than enough for Kuretich, who shutdown the Lions. She allowed only one hit and two baserunners through the first five innings.
In the sixth, the Bulldogs added another run. Enyeart singled, advanced to third on Megan Boon's single and scored on Holly Gutterud's fielder's choice.
Enyeart's single plated Katie Yanagisawa and Nicole Wolfe in the seventh inning to cap the scoring.
Kuretich finished with six strikeouts, including the final two outs of the game with two Columbia runners on base.
In the first game, Maggie Johnson pitched a five-hit shutout for the Lions (12-14, 3-1 Ivy). Anne Marie Skylis hit a three-run home run, and Leanne Penna and Dani Pineda both knocked in two runs.
Courtney Blachford, Wolfe, Enyeart, Gutterud and Rebman all singled for Yale.
The Bulldogs' best scoring chance came in the first inning when they had the bases loaded but were unable to capitalize.
Yale was forced to play the games shorthanded as three players were out sick. The Bulldogs also were without the services of Ashley Sloan, who suffered a minor injury on Saturday.
Yale is back in action on Wednesday for a non-league doubleheader with Fairfield beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Thursday evening, I attended a lecture in the Johnson Memorial Building at Middlebury College by landscape architect Susannah Drake. A graduate of Dartmouth and the Harvard School of Design, Drake has since moved on to even more impressive venues. From March 24 to October 11, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) featured the work of Drake and her studio, dlandstudio, in an incredible exhibition called "Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront."
I was not fortunate enough to see the actual exhibition, but just based on the various slides that Drake clicked her way through on Thursday, I was impressed. Drake outlined the types of problems that the New York waterfront will face in upcoming years, and it wasn't pretty. What with ice caps melting and water rising, a category two storm could inundate 61 percent of lower Manhattan.
I am not even sure what a "category two" storm is — but yikes.
And when Drake began to show absolutely gorgeous renderings of their urban design concepts that were dreamed up to work with and respond to the environment, I was as blown away as if I'd experienced one of those C-2 storms, myself — half by their incredibly crafty designs, and also completely mesmerized by the work of whatever brilliant graphic designer they make the beautiful flow charts, maps, and life-like renderings that stood illuminated on the gigantic screen in front of me.
I mean it — never before have I been so in love with a flow chart.
The projects themselves, though, were gorgeous in both concept and presentation. I was particularly taken with the Brooklyn neighborhood revampings that featured street trees, open green spaces, added walkways and hidden highways and new community centers. Drake and her colleagues are taking these urban centers that have been right where they are for hundreds of years, and completely restructuring their flow, function and aesthetic — and all in a very positive way.
Part way through the presentation, I was, oddly enough, reminded of the Bristol Planning Commission meeting that I attended on Tuesday. And partway through a discussion of the maintenance and upkeep of street trees, it struck me — in the same way that Drake and her team were attempting to rework an urban landscape in order to prepare it for the next however many decades or even centuries, so were the members of the Bristol Planning Commission taking on a task that inherently entails paying attention to every last detail and also, an element of legacy.
Though the members of the planning commission may not be professional landscape architects like Drake and her colleagues, their task is equally as crucial and, in a way, terrifying.
What if once one of Drake's renderings became a reality, something didn't pan out — what if the concept of a "sponge park," though supported by a great deal of pre-planning and research, turned out to be a complete flop? On a conceptual or theoretical level, taking risks and adding touches of creativity is all well and good, but once something enters the real world, there is a real-world level of responsibility attached to each and every decision that an urban planner makes.
So I do not, at all, blame the members of the planning commission for feeling a need to debate and discuss every single, nitty gritty detail on Tuesday night — a two-and-a –half hour-long meeting is nothing in comparison with the tens, or hundreds of years that the new town plan and zoning regulations will be in place.
And what if they were to get something wrong?
A too-lax maximum for building footprints could mean giant supermarkets, apartment buildings or hotels popping up in historic downtown Bristol several years down the road. Mess up a road setback requirement and you could be left with a jagged Main Street with buildings jutting out into the sidewalk, or set back at an awkward distance.
Dozens of scenarios, hypothetical situations and what-ifs filled the room as the group continued to work every nook and cranny of the dimensional and use standards for the "Village Business" core.
"What if one entire side of the downtown were to burn down one day?" proposed Willow Wheelock at one point. A developer could easily buy up all of the fire-sale land, they surmised together. They quickly realized that special provisions would have to be included in order to protect downtown Bristol from the whims of fate — and of future residents.
Large-scale planning projects like those of dlandstudio and the Bristol Planning Commission simply leave me in awe. I'm utterly fascinated by them, but boy — though I've often found New York City slightly scary and intimidating (being the Kansas girl that I am), it's nothing compared to extraordinary task being taken on by John, Bill, Ken, Stan, Willow, Sue and Kris in the next couple of months.
And I, for one, can't wait to see how it all turns out when those carefully planned and drawn renderings finally become reality.


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Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet? That may have been the automaker's mantra in the 1950s and '60s, but with six of every 10 Chevys now being sold in markets as far afield as Berlin and Beijing more and more of the maker's marketing effort is focused overseas.
The latest move links Chevrolet with what is generally considered the world's most popular soccer team – football to most of the world – Manchester United. The five-year partnership comes only weeks after Chevy's parent General Motors confirmed it is pulling its ads off the 2013 Super Bowl.
Calling the tie-up with the British team a "natural synergy," GM's global marketing czar Joel Ewanick stressed that "Where they're strong we want to grow. Where we're strong they want to grow."


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A 1120.3 A278c 2011 c.1 lJ~VA ~ USDA-NASS OKL A HELDOFHCE A(~RIClIL~rURAL CHEMICAL USE REVIEW DR •••• '•••��•••••••••••••• alia ••• ,--------------------------------------., II M • :·WELCOME to the first :. : issue or the Al1ricultural: ft ~-. :·Chemical Use Renew. First, I :. . ::·:·ftthohaernkt:haegirarilcluchpou'nMranJtnicu.:eiwdpmanmtssul.p1fpIrrnoirtmyt ::~:~ •: an«J ITJoper:ation - espe- ": :~ ciallJ tIle producers who :. :·proyjde data for the AgricuJ- =. :=·tSuilrlla'Cl]' B~emsoMurcSe> aMs o.owoegnemenat s ::~ =·the elevators that _p.rovi(k{l : : '<lat.;) for the Post Harvest: : fi • . : Chemical Use SUlTey: ~* (PHCUS). Without thdr w" = commitment and partidpa- ; tion, this report would not : be possible. ··~·.. JI·*·"w·«··· "···· ······ "·..· ·· ······· ·· »a This publication JS a compi-lation of related reports rssued by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Ser-vice (NASS) in an drort to provide a complete source of statistics relevant to agl'i-cultural chemical use. The statistics in this publi-cation, as well as other chemical usage data, can be accessed on our website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ iLtati~tics by Subject/ Enviro.flmental / index .asp Please Ieel free to contact our ofl1ce with any com-ments or questions you may have. I hope you find this information useful! Wilbert Hundl, Jr., Director USDA-NASS Oklahoma Field Office ••••...........••••••......• MARCH 2011 TARGET COMMODITY: WHEAT Wheat was the target commodrty for the latest round of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Chemical Use Program. This program targets different crops each year and serves as the USDA's official source of statistics about on-farm and post harvest chemical use and pest management practices. Wheat was last targeted in 2001 (for the 2000 crop marketing year). In the faU of 2009,NASS collected on farm pesticide and fertilizer use and pest man-agement practices through the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) Phase II. The 16 pro~,'ram states included Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-souri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. In Oklahoma, 168 respondents were included in the sample. In late summer and early faIl of 2010, NASS collected off-farm post harvest pesticide ap-plications and pest management practices through the Wheat Post Harvest Chemical Use Survey. For this survey, there were 14 program states. In Oklahoma, 149grain elevators were included in the sample. Agricultural Chemicall Use Wheat Program States 2009-2010 - On-Farm and Post Harvest CJ On-Farm Only PAGE 2 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE REVIEW WHEAT PRODUCTION Wheat planted for the 2009 crop year was the target crop of the chemical use and pest management data collected as part' of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey for the program states (see map on pase 1). The program states accounted for 86 percent of the winter wheat acres planted nationwide in 2009. Wheat planted in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas accounted for 55 percent of the nation's planted winter " wheat acres. ./ Wheat: Acreage, Yield, Production, Market Year Average Price, and Value of Production, Selected States, 2009 Crop Year State Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Market Year Value of Averaoe Price Production 1,000 Acres 1,000Acres Bushels 1,000 Bushels Dollars per Bushel 1,000 Dollars Colorado 2,600 2,450 40 98,000 4.58 488,840 Kansas 9,300 8,800 42 369,600 4.79 1,770,384 Oklahoma 5,700 3,500 22 77,000 4.89 376,530 Texas 6,400 2,450 25 61,250 5.27 322,788 ON-FARM FIELD PESTICIDE AND FERTILIZER ApPLICATIONS In the 16 states surveyed, a total of 80 separate pes- Fertilizers: Percent of Wheat Acres Treated, ticide active ingredients were used Herbicides were the most widely uonsewdinotferthewhtheraete. Program States and Oklahoma, 2009 Crop Year pesticide classes; applied to 60 percent of the wheat acres Tvoe of Fertilizer Procram States Oklahoma planted in the 16 program states, and 53 percent of the Percent Percent wheat planted in Oklahoma. The use of fungicides and Nitrogen 83 95 insecticides was far less common. Phosphate 54 55 Potash 16 13 Sulfur 16 (1) Pesticides: Percent of Wheat Acres Treated, 1 Insufficient reports to publish. Program States and Oklahoma, 2009 Crop Year Tvpe of Pesticide Proqram States Oklahoma Percent Percent Nitrogen, still the most widely used fertilizer ingredient, Herbicide 60 53 was applied to 95 percent of the wheat in Oklahoma. Fungicide 7 (1) Phosphate was applied to over half of the acres while pot- Insecticide 6 12 ash and sulfur were used far less extensively. 1 Insufficient reports to publish. ON-FARM FIELD PEST MANAGEMENT Top Pest Management Practices: by Percent of Wheat Acres, Program States and Oklahoma, 2009 Crop Year Wheat growers reported Program using several management Strategy Practices States Oklahoma practices to aid in the de- Percent Percent terrence of pests through Equipment & implements cleaned after fieldwork 47 49 prevention, avoidance, Prevention Plowed down crop residue usinQ conventional fillaoe 36 48 monitoring, and suppres- No-till or minimum till used 55 44 sion strategies. In many Plantlnc or harvestinq dates adjusted 27 25 cases, the top practices Avoidance Crop or plant variety chosen for specific pest resistance 34 22 used by Oklahoma produc- Rotated crops durinq past 3 years 36 11 ers differed from the top Scouted for insects and mites 65 78 practices of the 16 program Monitoring Scouted for weeds 84 76 states. Scouted for diseases 61 59 Suppression Ground covers, mulches, or other physical barriers maintained 39 33 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 OFF-FARM WHEAT STOCKS PAGE 3 Wheat: Off-Farm Stocks, Selected States, 2009 Marketing Year 350,000 300,000 .!!! 250,000 .c'": J3 200,000 § 150,000 -r-- 100,000 50,000 o Wheat handled at off-farm storage facilities between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010 was the target of the chemical use data col-lected from the Post Harvest Chemical Use Survey in the program states (see map on pa8e 1). The program states handled 3.24 billion bushels of wheat during the 2009 marketing year. Wheat handled at off-farm storage facilities in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas accounted for 43 percent of the wheat handled in the program states. Colorado Kansas .Jun-09 7,040,000 76,541,000 -Sep-09 44,936,000 318,952,000 • Dec-09 31,047,000 261,850,000 .Mar-10 23,600,000 201,064,000 Oklahoma Texas 47,692,000 26,235,000 112,850,000 72,070,000 105,181,000 70,652,000 85,250,000 57,621,000 OFF-FARM POST HARVEST CHEMICAL ApPLICATIONS Wheat: Post Harvest Chemical Applications, Percent Treated and Total Applied, Selected States, 2000 and 2009 Marketing Years 2000 Marketin Year 2009 Marketin Year Volume Handled Volume Handled Insecticide Insecticide Million Bushels Percent Treated PoundsApplied Million Bushels Percent Treated PoundsApplied Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Texas 10,700 108,400 33,400 16,600 75.8 343.4 214.4 426.6 18.5 35.2 48.9 44.8 10,300 24,300 29,800 43,400 78.3 758.4 167.0 373.3 20.3 37.3 63.4 10.0 Applications When Applied Application Methods • Direct Powdering • Re-circulation • Direct Spray • Seed Treatment • Mixing PelietsfTablets • Top Dress .In Bound - During Binning - While Stored -Out Bound OFF-FARM POST HARVEST PEST MANAGEMENT In the states surveyed, a total of 24 separate pesticide active ingredients were used on wheat handled by off-farm storage facilities during the 2009 marketing year. Insecticide active ingredi-ents were the most widely used pesticide class, applied to 18 percent of the wheat han-dled in all program states and 63 percent of the wheat han-dled in Oklahoma. Post-harvest chemical ap-plications occur during dif-ferent times during the storage process and are applied using a variety of methods. Off-farm grain storage facilities used several different mechanical devices and cleaning practices to deter pests. For all grains han-dled, the most commonly used mechanical device was the aeration controller. The two most com-mon cleaning practices were controlling vegetation around the bins and picking up spilled grain. Post Harvest Pest Management: Most Common Mechanical Device and Cleaning Activities, Selected States, 2009 Crop Year Mechanical Device: Aeration Controller Cleanin Activi : Control Vegetation Around Bins Percent of Operations 40 45 56 43 Percent of Operations 82 98 98 97 Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Texas Pick Up Spilled Grain Percent of Operations 84 98 98 98 INFORMATION This report contains results coEl.ected from the IJigiJcultural Resource lItJJmagement Sutvey (ARMS) and Post Harvest ChemIcal Use Survey (PHCUS). Your operation, large or sma", repr.esents Oklahoma agriculture. We appreciate your assistance in providing tlmlely and accurate data. Thank you for '1oorsupport. -Wilbert C HUlIdl, Jr., Director USDA-NASS OWaboma Field Office USDA iiiiiii USDA-NASS OKLAHOMA FiElD OFFICE ~·~~~'~~~~~.~~~~e~~~~'~~¥~~~.~~8.*~~.~~~~~ •••• ~~.G~*O.'~ •••Dg••$ •••••• , : All 'reports ,referr.edtein tMs :s;pecia:lcbemicaJ U'Se issue can be: E-MAIL: ~toDnil:al: ll1e ll'SDA NASS website,. 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Seasonal Relief: Tablet Apps for Allergy Sufferers
As my runny nose, sneezes, and red eyes can attest, spring has sprung and seasonal allergies have arrived in force (check to see whether you live in one of these top ten worst allergy cities). While there isn't yet an app that cures allergies at a touch and a swipe, there are several apps that will help you track your symptoms, check the pollen count, and provide tips for better managing your allergies...Here are a few picks for the iPad, Windows 8 tablets, and Android phones (sadly no Android tablet apps could be found).
1. Pollen.com's Allergy Alert (Android Phones & iPhone), Free.
2. Sinus Allergy Pro (iPad), Free.
3. Allergy ID (iOS), Free.
4. Family Med Track (iOS), $2.99.
5. GenieMD (iOS), Free.
6. Zyrtec AllergyCast (Android Phones & iPhone), Free.
7. Allergy Tracker (Android Phones), Free.
8. Personal Health Record (Windows 8), $4.99.
9. The Weather Network (Windows 8), Free.
10. Our Health (Windows 8), $1.49.
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NM Tech's Eye on the Universe: Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Oct. 26, 2006
[Right: People gather for the opening of Magdalena Ridge Observatory.]
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 26, 2006 – A new state-of-the-art optical observatory located atop New Mexico's Magdalena Mountains will soon be used to produce some of the most detailed data ever obtained of nearby asteroids, as well as of the far reaches of the Universe.
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), a $50 million federally funded astronomical research facility, is now ready to receive "first light" through its 2.4-meter telescope, located near the summit of the 10,800-foot mountain range in south-central New Mexico, about 30 miles west of the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro.
"The opening of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory is the first step in the completion of a research facility project which started 11 years ago, when the U.S. Army contacted New Mexico Tech, looking for a high-altitude site for a telescope," says Van Romero, New Mexico Tech's vice president for research and economic development.
The MRO is primarily intended for astronomical research and includes two distinct facilities—a single 2.4-meter-diameter telescope and a moveable array of up to ten 1.4-meter-diameter telescopes linked together to form a single optical interferometer.
Initial research projects being planned for the MRO 2.4-meter telescope will be more along the lines of "classical astronomy," MRO scientists say, starting with a study of small bodies in our own Solar System, primarily near-Earth objects such as asteroids.
During the day, which is usually down time for optical telescopes such as MRO's 2.4-meter, the big telescope is available to be used by the U.S. Department of Defense to "fast-track" and characterize missile tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range. At night, the facility will obtain non-resolved images of satellites and other resident space objects to contribute to the space situational awareness program.
Now, with MRO's infrastructure in place — including telecommunications, electricity, and septic systems — a late-October ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by the 2.4-meter telescope's hemispherical enclosure heralds the research facility's official opening.
"The MRO operates one of the largest telescopes in the world that will undertake as a primary mission the observation and physical characterization of near-Earth objects," says MRO 2.4-meter telescope's project scientist Eileen Ryan.
Ryan points out that in addition to its cutting-edge research and military capabilities, the MRO will be used on a daily basis as an educational facility that will be made available not only to New Mexico Tech students, but to students throughout New Mexico who wish to study the cosmos.
"There's also a strong national security component to MRO's operation, especially since one of the first research projects I'll be working on there is a defense initiative in which I'm trying to add to the collective physical understanding of objects in space that are in close proximity to the Earth, such as asteroids," Ryan says.
"We are very grateful to our Congressional delegation from New Mexico for supporting and obtaining funding for this instrument," Ryan adds. "We now look forward to reciprocating by returning great results with the MRO to both to our scientific and military partners."
Plans call for computers to drive some of the optical components at the MRO facility to constantly compensate and correct for optical disturbances caused by atmospheric turbulence — a burgeoning technology known as adaptive optics, which is being refined and fine-tuned specifically for MRO.
The other facility being built on Magdalena Ridge, the optical interferometer will have the potential to place its various smaller telescopes in a precise baseline arrangement that accurately simulates the magnifying and resolving power of a single 400-meter telescope, an area larger than a football stadium.
After the first phase of construction of the interferometer is completed in Fall 2007, images of faraway planets, stars, and galaxies will be obtained by each of MRO's 1.4-meter optical/ infrared telescopes and processed in high-speed computers to form larger, more detailed single images of faint and complex objects in the infinite darkness of space many times faster than other existing or planned telescope arrays.
With MRO's extensive and unprecedented capabilities, astrophysicists will be able to better study and understand the processes of star and planet formation, stellar accretion and mass loss, and active galactic nuclei.
By developing and combining these new technologies, astrophysicists and other researchers using the MRO will be provided with unprecedented clarity and resolution in the images they attain of distant stars and other celestial objects.
"We'll probably begin interferometry research work with the MRO by looking for stars that are not round — stars with disks around them," says Dave Westpfahl, astrophysics professor at New Mexico Tech and MRO's deputy principal investigator. "The disks around the stars are of great interest to us because they might actually be debris which makes up the initial stages of formations of solar systems.
"With a facility like MRO, we'll eventually be able to distinguish planets alongside other stars," says Westpfahl, "but there's still a lot of technical development to do along these lines before we accomplish that feat."
"Since MRO also has a strong component in its mission to support and enhance education and public outreach in New Mexico, the research facility is destined to become a tremendous resource, not only for astrophysicists, but for all New Mexico students as well — from kindergarten to post-docs," Romero says.
"With MRO's official opening, now the students will also have the opportunity to actually use the facility," he adds, "which is a longstanding culture at New Mexico Tech. . . . Not only Tech graduate students, but undergraduates as well, will get to actively participate in the university's research process."
New Mexico Tech is the lead institute of a research-university consortium that was formed to design, develop, construct, test, and operate the MRO. Additional members of the international consortium include the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in England, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University, University of Puerto Rico, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
For more information about New Mexico Tech's MRO project, log onto the research facility's website at www.mro.nmt.edu.