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SAVE THE DATE: 2020 SPAEN Conference
31 Jan. - 2 Feb. 2020 in Milan/Italy
The next SPAEN Annual Coference will be held from 31.1. to 2.2.2020 in Milan, again in connection with the ESMO Sarcoma and GIST Conference (3. - 5.2.2020) in the Milan Marriott Hotel.
Registration will be open from end of September 2019.
See further information on the 2020 SPAEN Annual Conference: 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2020, Milan/Italy.
Learning, teaching, sharing and a great sense of community
SPAEN Annual Conference 2019 - Video
SPAEN Annual Conference 2019 - Video
Once again, the community of patient advocates for sarcomas, GIST and desmoids have come together for another successful SPAEN Annual Conference from February 1-3, 2019. This year, Greece was the host country, currently establishing a Greek Sarcoma Group and hopefully a patient advocacy group. Dr. Vasilis Ramfidis welcomed all participants on behalf of the Greek expert community with great hospitality and warmth to Greece's capital Athens.
The three conference days were full of learning about medical topics ranging from pathology to novel therapy options in GIST, sarcomas and desmoids, bone sarcomas and novel developments in radiotherapy and proton beam therapy, among a lot of others.
But also clinical trials and understanding them as well as Quality of Life were huge and widely discussed topics. Furthermore, capacity building about "Working with pharma", "Data opportunities" or "Social Media" were important parts of the meeting. More to come in our conference report!
Also always worth to be part of such a community is the talk before and after sessions about similar or completely different problems, projects, good or bad experiences and brainstorming new ideas. 55 patient advocates, among them around 15 joining the SPAEN Conference for the first time, 20 experts as well as pharma representatives took this opportunity to talk, discuss and exchange ideas and experiences – a great way to learn from each other and to evolve the sarcoma community.
About the SPAEN Annual Conferences
Since 2010 SPAEN is holding an annual conference bringing together sarcoma groups, experts, pharma and research from all over Europe and around the globe. In the last years a growing number of participants demonstrated the increasing interest in the sarcoma field. Approx. 80 participants from over 25 countries joined the three-day meeting in Athens, Greece.
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>> See the document agenda for the SPAEN Conference 2019 (878 KB>)>
>> See the presentations folder here
>> See photos here
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Think the ultimate wine-tasting room is a musty, dank, candlelit cave piled high with oak barrels, where aged nectars of fine grapes are sipped from pure crystal? Might be if you're lucky enough to have access to the great wineries of France or California's Napa Valley.
But in New York City the place to taste one or more of a 100 cult, boutique and rare wines -- and meet other wine lovers without being intimidated by snooty oenophiles -- is the Clo Wine Bar and Shop. It has no bar, no bartender and no dark grotto atmosphere. Just the opposite.
Clo (www.cloWines.com; 212-823-9898) is a sleek, innovatively designed space on the fourth floor of the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle. Rectangular in shape, it has two long walls, 8 feet tall and made of industrial-steel walls; one end of the space is a 10-foot-wide front door. There is a sweeping view of Central Park in back, where wine lovers can mingle. Clo is true minimalist, furnished only with communal table, 30 feet long and 2 feet wide, and 32 black, Italian-designed stools.
That's a risk when your guests are essentially strangers. But before long the ice breaks and most are chatting like old friends. A solo visitor from Houston is discussing her buttery chardonnay with a gent sitting across from her who lives in Manhattan's upper west side and savoring a syrah. Another guest wonders just how sweet is the riesling.
There is no shortage of answers at the table. For an expert opinion, at least two certified sommeliers are on duty to demystify the varietals. Meantime, guests are walking around, getting acquainted and what's in their glass is the conversation starter. One tip: It's a bit gauche to network for business here.
The secret to Clo's success is its interactivity -- and I'm not just talking about the socializing and sharing wines. The communal table has six touch-screen "viewing stations" embedded in its faux marble top. An electronic wine list is displayed by overhead projector. Touch the screen for a particular wine and you can read tasting notes on the flavor, the region and the appellation written for Clo by a master sommelier, plus it quotes the price.
Make a selection, walk over to the Enomatic dispensing machine, insert your Clo card, and it pours a perfect 4 ounces into a crystal glass. Prices range from $7 for a dry white from Argentina to $100. Currently, a 2005 Colgin cabernet sauvignon for $92 a glass is near the top of the price list. Clo also has a rare bottle of 1863 Barbeito, a madeira dessert wine that commands $98 for a mere 2-ounce tasting. Another 100 wines from 18 countries are sold by the bottle.
The idea man behind is Clo is 38-year-old Andrew Bradbury, a high-energy, high-tech guy and candidate for a master sommelier designation -- like a P.T. Barnum of wine. Before moving to Manhattan, he was wine director at Charlie Parker's hip Aureole in Las Vegas, which has a stunning four-story "wine tower" with "wine angels" who ascend the heavens to select a bottle and descend to pour a glass for wide-eyed guests.
At Clo, Bradbury's design ideas have run wild -- albeit strategically. The exteriors of the steel walls are eye-catching showcases for glasses, decanters, wine buckets, accessories and viticultural memorabilia from around the globe -- all for sale. Hence you have a wine bar and a retail shop, but they don't interfere with each other. Bradbury has also eliminated a necessary annoyance -- the bill. You can buy a debit or credit version of a Clo Tasting Card, which activates the wine dispensing machine and tallies your tastings.
Wine is supposed to be enjoyed with food, so Clo sells better cheeses at $15 for a plate of three and $20 for a plate of five. The charcuterie list is small but exotic and includes a sweet-and-salty cured pork called sopressata, a mortadella with pistachios throughout and a spicy hot coppacola (think prosciutto) at $6 a piece. A mousse pate with black truffles is $9.
Bradbury purposely keeps a tight rein on his menu. "We're surrounded on this floor by some of the top restaurants in the country -- Masa's, Thomas Keller's Per Se and Porterhouse," he said. "In fact, we send them customers."
A Napa, Calif., native, Bradbury says he created Clo to show the "younger, style-conscious customer that wine is something that shouldn't be scary. After all, it's just grape juice."


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We employ a large amazing supportive staff with 4 doctors, technicians, vet assistants, receptionist, kennel staff and a groomer. Our staff is fully utilized to obtain and run diagnostics, perform treatments, and educate clients, thus giving the doctors more time to examine patients, interpret diagnostics, develop treatment plans and build a bond with clients.
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Georgia: Tee Off Like a Rockefeller
Built in the 1880s for men with silly money, The Jekyll Island Club Hotel had a woolly golf course along a wild Atlantic coast, anchored by a turreted Queen Anne clubhouse. To golf at the luxury resort today – on a barrier island six miles off the mainland – is to step onto a Victorian-era set. The grand details remain – the lofted ballroom ceilings, Ionic columns, the oak-clad lobby bar, and the deep, shady verandas on which to enjoy a plate of fried oysters or sip mint juleps. There are three 18-hole layouts of varying toughness, and the nine holes left from the original track, which looks and feels like a Scottish links, with the slower hackers lingering under moss-draped oaks in the distance. This is life as the one percent once lived it. For the rest of us, that's not half bad.
Getting there: From Jacksonville, Florida, drive an hour to Jekyll Island. The Jekyll Island Club Hotel offers a room, green fees, and an electric cart for $175 per night.
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While Pope Benedict XVI is not changing Rome's general view on evolution, he hs raised some questions.
Scientists worldwide have begun work on an online catalog of the world's 1.8 million known species, known as the "Encyclopedia of Life."
The cavemen seen in car insurance commercials have now transitioned to become the stars of their own TV sitcom.
In his May speech, Brody's subject of choice was scientific ignorance, which he associated with creationism.
After a movie-theater run, the light-hearted documentary "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution–Intelligent Design Circus" is now in stores for purchase.
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Equity futures are slip sliding this morning, not receiving any help from a downwardly revised Q2 GDP. The dollar is lower, bonds are higher, oil is lower, gold is higher, silver is losing a tad of shine, and food commodities are just a little more palatable.
Second Quarter GDP was revised downward from 1.3% to 1.0%, below the consensus of the economic guessers, aka. "clowns." Here's Econocircus calling the action in the ring:
The economy got a downgrade for the second quarter but it was in line with expectations. The Commerce Department's second estimate for second quarter GDP growth was nudged down to a modest gain of 1.0 percent annualized, compared to the initial estimate of 1.3 percent and to first quarter growth of 0.4 percent. Analysts had projected a revision to 1.1 percent annualized.
Final sales of domestic product were revised to an annualized 1.2 percent from the initial estimate of 1.1 percent. Final sales to domestic purchasers were revised up to 1.1 percent from the original estimate of 0.5 percent annualized.
Economy-wide inflation was revised up marginally to 2.4 percent annualized, compared to the original estimate of 2.3 percent and the first quarter rise of 2.5 percent. The consensus forecast was for 2.3 percent.
While GDP growth was revised down, the more important measure of momentum---final sales-were revised up slightly. But today's numbers do not say much for the current status of the economy. Equity futures were little changed on the news as traders await Fed Chairman Bernanke's speech at Jackson Hole at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Hmmm… a miss is suddenly "in line," and it's amazing how all of the sudden final sales became more important than total GDP or inflation. Here's a hint – that's because total sales are not REAL. Inflation is vastly under reported and thus GDP and sales are both over reported. Again, the disconnect between reality and economic reports is a big part of losing confidence.
Nowhere is the disconnect greater than in the reporting of Corporate Profits. Year over year figures have been huge, but I've contended all along that they are FALSE. The vast majority of corporate profits come from the energy companies and the banks. With money printing out of control, rising energy prices create apparent energy company profits, but the truth is those profits are offset by destruction of the value of money. The major banks are using fraudulent accounting via Mark-to-Model accounting, along with a myriad of other accounting tricks and the offloading of junk onto the government via Freddie and Fannie. Remove the false accounting which is rampant throughout all of corporate America, and real corporate profits would have stayed very negative the past couple of years.
Now this morning, despite the fraudulent accounting, Q2 "profits" that were originally reported as being up 7.8% year over year were revised down to 0.0%! My, that's quite the revision and shows just how fast the situation is changing. And if Q2 is flat year over year, then Q3 is very likely to wind up negative, again despite the false accounting.
All the fraud and overstatements mean that equities are very mispriced – have been for quite some time. Supposed Price to Earnings are just that, supposed. This is just one of the reasons why I claim that the markets are currently not real, and I would advise people not to participate in them or to contribute to the criminal misconduct.
"Consumer" Sentiment will be released at 9:55 Eastern this morning, it will be reported inside of today's Daily Thread.
Of course we are all hanging on the Bernank's every word – ugh. Could care less, really. The only word properly associated with that man is "guilty!" His actions have damaged this nation severely, but it's not just him, it's the entire notion of a private "Fed" controlling the production of money – that is a no win proposition for citizens who have become nothing but "consumers" in the narcissist's lexicon.
What I now see in the equity markets is a larger sideways triangle that appears bearish – of course manipulation just is, so take that triangle within the framework of corruption that we have. Below is a daily chart of the SPX:
And below is a 1 hour chart of the futures with the DOW on the left and S&P on the right, you can clearly see the same triangle forming but in more detail:
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When HealthCare.gov got off to an embarrassingly poor start, plenty of people took blame but no one took the fall—at least not until the Obama administration decided a couple of weeks ago to replace the lead contractor, CGI Federal, with Accenture. At several state-run exchanges, though, it's been a different story. Four of the 17 states running their own insurance marketplaces saw their health exchange directors resign in the last couple of months.
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The executive director of the Hawaii Health Connector, Coral Andrews, left Dec. 6, after the website launched two weeks late, drew complaints for being too slow and difficult to navigate, and had reportedly enrolled fewer than 500 of the 170,000 people eligible for coverage. "The Hawaii Health Connector has been my baby," she told Hawaii News Now. "I now need to let go and let someone else take charge."
Maryland's Health Exchange Director Rebecca Pearce also resigned Dec. 6, after technical issues with the website were coupled with a controversy that erupted over her Thanksgiving vacation to the Cayman Islands where she was reportedly unreachable.
Taking time off also contributed to the departure of Minnesota's Health Exchange Director April Todd-Malmlov who resigned in mid-December after the public learned of her nearly two-week vacation with the state's Medicaid director in November.
And in Oregon, where the online marketplace still has yet to fully launch, Executive Director Rocky King resigned his leadership of Cover Oregon earlier this month, citing personal health reasons.
We asked all four states to fill us in on how these abrupt changes have affected their organizations. Hawaii and Maryland failed to respond, but Minnesota and Oregon's new directors took some time to share how they're cleaning up their respective messes. Their separate, condensed interviews follow.
In Minnesota, Scott Leitz took a leave from his job as assistant commissioner of health care to become interim CEO of MNsure, while it searches for a permanent chief executive.
Has the change and uncertainty in leadership impacted morale or workflow in any way?
Scott Leitz (SL): Change in leadership is always disorienting for employees, but the staff has been enormously patient, committed and welcoming. We've worked hard to maintain morale and workflow during the change.
Have all of the employees been willing to work with you or is there some resistance?
What has been your biggest issue?
SL: Our website works reasonably well for most people, but not well for too many people. The biggest challenge is getting the technology working the way people expect from website functionality. As a result of these malfunctions, we have had quite extensive wait times at call centers, sometimes over 90 minutes.
What went wrong with the technology?
SL: The site we built is modular, and we had four different vendors working on the front end. They were all off-the-shelf systems that had to be modified, and there were problems with the connections between modules as they passed applicants from one area to another. About 30 percent of people coming in were not cleanly passing through eligibility determination. That's significant.
What are you doing to fix the problems?
SL: IBM has been on the ground with 12 to 15 folks to get the pieces to work together. We also brought Optum in to do a holistic end-to-end review. We needed an overall view of where the system is working well and where the challenges are. Their recommendations will come to us later this week. I also spend a lot of time communicating with stakeholders, which hasn't been as solid as needed, to develop trust and transparency. And we are trying to be fairly open in the media in acknowledging that a lot of folks have had challenges.
Have you seen any improvements yet?
SL: We've gotten [eligibility determination problems] down to about 2 percent. Call center wait times are down but still high—about an hour wait. We are putting in place some contingency plans, depending on the functionality of the site, to process people by paper to meet the March 31 open enrollment deadline.
Cover Oregon's interim Executive Director Bruce Goldberg, M.D., took a leave from his job as director of the Oregon Health Authority, while they also look for a permanent replacement.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Bruce Goldberg (BG): Today, we don't have a fully functioning website that can enroll people end to end. We have put in place a hybrid process where people can apply, but they have a number of manual steps. It's running reasonably well now—at this point about 65,000 have enrolled; 23,000 in commercial insurance and 42,000 in Medicaid—but it's not were we want it to be.
What are you doing to fix the problems?
BG: I've only been here six weeks, just a short period, but my focus is threefold: getting the website up and operational, getting people enrolled and improving customer service. We have hired about 400 additional people to process the apps through manual steps. We brought in some outside expertise to look at code and functionality. We are testing it now and we'll know in the next few weeks whether it works. We are also developing contingency plans and looking at what pieces of the technology we can leverage and use perhaps with other existing technology, such as the enrollment infrastructure from another state or with the federal marketplace.
What might other states learn from your experience?
BG: This is a really busy time for all the states. The Affordable Care Act is one of the biggest changes in health care our nation has seen in 50 years. My advice for people is perspective; we are really in the beginnings of big change. This is not just about health insurance coverage, it's also how people get the care they need and how the system focuses on improving people's health.


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Kate Upton scores first Vogue cover on June issue
Don't worry, fellas — Kate Upton isn't giving up her swimsuits anytime soon. But the blonde bombshell is switching it up, trading in skimpy Sports Illustrated bikinis for retro glam beach couture on her first ever cover of American Vogue.
Upton talks to Vogue about her career aspirations, from becoming the face of fashion campaigns to launching her own lingerie line and continuing to pursue acting. Her next silver screen performance will be in "The Other Woman," a movie starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann that also includes an appearance by Nicki Minaj.
Inside the June issue, Upton shows off her famous curves while playing soccer in a black and white Chanel one-piece swimsuit and covers up in a Stella McCartney button-down and white Hermes breeches while riding a horse. She also sports some great striped pieces by Dolce & Gabbana and a pair of thick-framed Tom Ford glasses. The spread, by Mario Testino, has a Marilyn Monroe meets Jackie O. vibe, fitting for the model's All-American appeal.
Upton admits she struggled with her full figure at first among rail thin models, but she tells Vogue she is confident in her body (and so she should be).
"It was hard at first," she tells Vogue. "The things that they're rejecting are things that I can't change. I can't change my bra size. They're natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great."
Vogue's June issue will hit stands May 21, but you can view the photos now at Vogue.com.


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Peyton Manning ranks third all-time in passes completed, passing touchdowns, and passing yards, with Brett Favre ranking first in all three, and Dan Marino second. Favre and Marino also rank first and second, respectively, in passes attempted, with John Elway third and Manning fourth.
I'm going to take a look at each of these four statistical categories and see what exactly it will take for Manning to catch Favre and Marino. I'm going to ignore Elway's passing attempts, because he's only 40 ahead of Manning, which could easily be accomplished in the first game of the 2012 season, and would be surprising if it didn't happen during the second game. Continue reading
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ADT adding monitoring jobs in Texas
ADT's split from Tyco isn't taking any steam out of the monitoring giant's sails. In addition to becoming an independent publicly traded entity Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, it plans to add 150 jobs at its facility in Irving, Texas by the end of November.
"I think we've added 200 jobs in the last several months and we're looking at another 150 as we continue to expand," Shawn Lucht, senior vice president of operations at ADT, told NBCDFW.com on Sept. 27.
The additional jobs will be spread across many departments at the company's Irving campus, one of the largest ADT facilities in North America. Among the departments standing to gain will be the monitoring center, one of six that the company operates.
Dinesh Chand, one of the newer employees hired at the monitoring center, told NBCDFW.com that the department has almost doubled in size during his tenure there.
"When I got here about a year or so ago, we had a little over 200 people," he said. "Today, we have close to 400 folks here."
The company is aiming to expand further through a pilot program with Best Buy. The consumer electronics retailer is selling ADT security systems at three of its stores, ADT CEO Naren Gursahaney recently told SSN's Tess Nacelewicz.
Part of the approach is "to generate leads and create appointments," he said, because the company still believes that security "is an over-the-kitchen-table type of sale."
For anyone looking for company on the NYSE, it's easy to find: the ticker symbol is ADT. Company officials will ring the opening bell there on Oct. 8.


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Sugar Rush: Olive Oil Loaf at Abraço
No stranger to desserts, olive oil is almost a mainstay in sweets throughout New York—be it the famed Olive Oil Gelato of Otto, the Olive Oil Cake with Riesling Poached Peaches from Terrior, or the Chocolate-Ricotta Tortino with Pistachios and Olive Oil at Del Posto.
But sometimes an olive oil treat takes you by surprise and reminds you once again just how lovely it shines in sweets. Simple is best, and a sunny, golden slice of Abraço's Olive Oil Loaf is just that. Pleasing to the eye, a single $3-slice is far from the typical "light" and "fluffy" adjectives we associate with cakes. Abraço's slice conjures up descriptors like moist and luxuriously dense. The loaf is only a touch sweet, with the ever-present taste of olive oil—ideal for when you crave baked goods but not sugar. The loaf satisfies in a way a triple-frosted cake cannot.
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Demi Lovato vs. Britney Spears! Already Feuding on X-Factor Set?
Competition between 'X Factor' judges is all part of the show, and although a new report claims Demi & Britney's fighting is for real — Demi's rep tells HollywoodLife.com that the story is made up!
Are Demi Lovato and Britney Spears going head-to-head on The X Factor — even when the cameras aren't rolling? Star magazine reports that jealousy and bitter resentment are at the root of the conflict between the brand-new judges.
But a rep for Demi tells HollywoodLife.com that this is totally false: "It's total fiction, they're both having fun on set and are looking forward to Kansas City this weekend. Demi's not even vegan, has never used the word twit! It took 4 'writers' for Star to make this up."
Demi reportedly feels that Britney — whose dressing room demands include a full-sized massage chair and a personal manicurist — is being "coddled by producers," a show insider reveals. Britney, on the other hand, seems to be envious of Demi's beauty — as well as her popularity.
According to another source, "Demi thinks Britney is a twit, and Britney thinks Demi is beneath her."
Producers and insiders are also worried about Britney's mental stability, but Demi apparently thrives off Britney's drama, as it's "distracting [Demi] from her own issues."
The craziest confrontation allegedly occurred when an unlucky contestant performed a terrible version of Britney's song, "Hold It Against Me." Though reps for Britney claim she was "just taking a break" when she walked off set, Star's source say "Demi thought it was the funniest thing she'd ever seen, the horrified look on Britney's face when she heard her song being turned into a mess."
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A great way to use beans and corn from your own garden or the farmer's market, this is the perfect dish for a warm summer's evening. Gently poached salmon, its flakes swollen and pillowy, is paired with a lightly glazed combination of fresh shell beans and corn. The poaching liquid is perked up with lemon juice, reduced, enriched with butter, and spooned over the fish to unite the salmon and the vegetables.
This dish is especially lovely with green and purple basil, another summer staple.
- Yield
- Serves 4
- Kosher salt to taste
- 1 cup mixed shell beans, such as cranberry, fava, lima, flageolets, and/or butter beans
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- 1 cup fresh corn kernels (from about 1 large ear of corn)
- 1 cup Chicken Stock, high-quality low-sodium store-bought chicken stock, or water
- Black pepper from a mill
- 1 large shallot, finely diced
- Four 6-ounce wild salmon fillets, skin and any pin bones removed
- 1/2 cup Fish Stock
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 3 tablespoons fresh basil (preferably a mix of green and purple basil) cut into chiffonade
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and fill a large bowl halfway with ice water. Add the beans to the boiling water and blanch for 2 to 3 minutes, then drain, transfer to the ice water to stop the cooking and set the color, drain again, and set aside.
- Heat a wide, deep, heavy-bottomed sauté pan over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the softened butter and, when it has melted but not browned, add the onion. Cook until soft and translucent but not browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the corn and blanched beans and stir to heat through. Pour in the stock and raise the heat to high. Continue to cook until the liquid has almost completely reduced but enough remains to lightly coat the vegetables, about 5 minutes total. Be careful not to overcook the sauce, as the vegetables may discolor. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside, covered, to keep warm.
- Rub the remaining 1 tablespoon softened butter over the bottom of a deep, heavy-bottomed 10-or 12-inch sauté pan. Sprinkle the shallot over the bottom of the pan and set the salmon fillets on top without crowding them. Gently pour the stock and wine over and around the fish to come about two-thirds up their sides. Cover the pain tightly with a lid or aluminum foil, set over medium-high heat, and bring the liquid to a rolling boil, about 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the fish for another minute. Remove the cover and use a fish spatula or regular spatula to carefully remove the fillets from the sauté pan and transfer them to a large plate or platter. (They will be slightly undercooked, but will continue to cook via carryover heat.) Cover loosely with foil. (If you used foil to cover the pan, you can use that to tent the fish.)
- Drain and discard all abut 1/3 cup of the poaching liquid from the pan. Add the lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Place over high heat, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir in the cream, bring back to a boil, and continue to boil for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium and whisk in the cold butter, a few pieces at a time, incorporating each addition entirely before adding more. Season to taste with salt and pepper and keep warm. Stir in the basil just before serving.
- To serve, drain the succotash in a strainer and divide it evenly among 4 dinner plates. Place the salmon on top and generously spoon over the sauce. Serve immediately.
Excerpted From Chanterelle: The Story and Recipes of a Restaurant Classic
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Olympic Equestrian Rider And Coach Jane Savoie Wants To Dance On Dancing With The Stars
Normally, we don't really post a lot on celebrity campaigns, but, this lady sounds different and kind of interesting. According to the Equestrian Chronicle, Olympic equestrian rider and coach Jane Savoie wants to dance on Dancing With The Stars. Be sure to read how she came up with the idea to dance and why at Equestrian Chronicle. Below is a take for her message….
Savoie said she thinks it's important for people to see that just because they've received their Medicare cards doesn't mean that there's not room for plenty more adventure in their lives, especially adventures as physically demanding as dancing.
She said that ballroom dancing isn't all glittery sequins.
"There are hours and hours of sweaty practice behind the scenes," she said.
"I started at 63. I'm 65 now," she said. "I think it's encouraging for people that are in my age group who maybe have stopped dreaming to realize that there's no expiration date on having a dream and going for it and staying fit and staying vibrant. I personally think it's very encouraging when I see middle-aged and senior athletes just doing their things."
Now that Savoie has sweated, practiced and competed, it's time to impress the producers of "Dancing With the Stars."
"They need to know that there is enough of a fan base within the horse industry because they're not going to put someone on the show who doesn't have a good following," Savoie said. "I need people to like my Jane Savoie Dancing With the Stars Facebook page and share it with everyone."
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Rep. Don Young of Alaska certainly has problems, but wolves aren't one of them.
At a House Natural Resources Committee hearing this week, Young was complaining about how members of Congress were rallying together to help protect the gray wolf, when they don't have to deal with them on a regular basis like he does.
"How many of you have got wolves in your district?" he asked. "None. None. Not one."
And then, likely due to a full moon, he offered up this completely insane proposal.
"I'd like to introduce them to your district," he said. "You wouldn't have a homeless problem anymore."
A spokesperson for Young later clarified to the Washington Post that the "analogy was purposely hyperbolic to stress the point that these predators pose serious threats to wildlife management and their listing has damaging impacts to local communities."
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He didn't lie. He experienced discomfort with the lying nature of others and his own implication in it. Consider the possibility that he didn't get caught telling the truth: He felt a drive to tell the truth and he is immensely, awesomely satisfied that his truth-telling has burst out and is dominating the American consciousness.
This is just a theory. I don't know how the man really feels, and I acknowledge that my theory may conflict with what I presume is his policy preference — the success of Obamacare. This is simply a line of thought that occurred to me the moment I said: "I wonder how Jonathan Gruber feels."
Sudden fame is an interesting phenomenon. I was just reading this NYT article "Alex From Target: The Other Side of Fame," about a 16-year-old boy who got famous suddenly one day when a picture of him that had been taken without his notice got tweeted by a girl with the one word caption "YOOOOOOOOOOO." It can be surreal and upsetting to get a fame surprise.
But Gruber is not a teenager. And he wasn't just minding his own business. He's a professor who thrust himself into the political policy sphere. He got his work — Architect of Obamacare! — and he had his effect, but he had his outsider observations too, and he felt distanced and above it all, and he wanted to disclose his perspective to others. He spoke openly, in an academic setting, to others who feel distanced and above it all.* And now the whole world is listening in. Gruber didn't say it directly to us, which would have been rude. He confided to like-minded confidantes, and we overheard. The American people are the distanced observers of his sphere of activity — the professors. And I want to suggest that he's energized and alive and joyous to get his message across to the vast classroom that is all of America.
* I think Barack Obama himself is that sort of person, but he's taken that manner and repurposed it for general consumption. The manner often works for him, perhaps because it plays against a racial stereotype that Americans don't like to believe they harbor. But it doesn't always work, and it must be a very strange experience for Obama, if he has the time and disposition to notice his feelings and reflect upon them. And I think he does. That's the Obama memoir I want to read. And I bet he's writing it, and we will read it some day.
ADDED: And then there's Rich Weinstein, the "nobody... the guy who lives in his mom's basement wearing a tinfoil hat." How does he feel?
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(MAP) 246 East Caracas Avenue, Hershey Pa. 17033
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Receiving the Derry Township Historical Society's Annual Preservation Award (September 1998), this elegant stucco home at 246 E. Caracas Avenue, has a facinating history.
Born in 1854(6), Frank Snavely was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Barr Snavely. Benjamin was Fanny Snavely Hershey's brother. Frank had a long career, working for his cousin, Milton Hershey. His working association with Milton Hershey began in 1891, when Frank came to work for the Lancaster Caramel Company. In 1892, he moved to Chicago to help establish, and then serve as general manager of the Western Branch of the Lancaster Caramel Company.
In 1905, Frank Snavely moved to the new town of Hershey and was put in charge of the Hershey farms and herds. He had the house at 246 East Caracas Avenue built for him in 1914. He and his family lived there until he retired in 1927 and moved to Hummelstown. The house became an asset of the Hershey Trust Company, Trustee for the Hershey Industrial School (Milton Hershey School).
In 1930, Milton Hershey provided a part of his home, High Point, to serve as the clubhouse for the new Hershey Country Club. To make space for the Country Club, a number of High Point's furnishings were moved into storage at 246 East Caracas Avenue. They continued to be stored there even after Allen Hammond (HIS high school principal) and his family moved into the house. When Milton Hershey died in 1945, an inventory of his estate documented these items in storage. This inventory can be found in the Hershey Trust Company collection.
Several families have lived in the 25-room home over years, enjoying the stained and leaded glass windows, broad staircase, imposing chandeliers, elaborate sunken tub many other details, all of the finest quality.
Current owners, Dr. Kym & Linda Salness, along m their four daughters, cherish this wonderful home. Salnesses have returned the house to it's original pale green color and have landscaped the exterior with many shrubs and flowers. The vision and legacy of Milton Hershey Iives on for all to see in this splendid home.


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Over the past three years the parents of 6-year-old Isaak Lasson have been taking their son to the doctor trying to figure out why their son struggles breathing. At night in bed the boy from Salt Lake City often gasped for air.
Pediatricians repeatedly prescribed antibiotics to Isaak, and then one wise doctor figured out that something was stuck in the boy's nose.
Lasson visited a specialist who pulled a Lego wheel from Isaak's nostril. The large plastic piece was encased in fungus, according to KSL.com.
"We think he bent it in half — it's pretty flexible — and that it opened up once it got into his sinuses," Isaak's father, Craig Lasson, told KSL.com.
Now, Isaak is a new kid. He's breathing easier and sleeping more hours. He's bounding with energy and has a ravenous appetite.
"You ask yourself, 'Am I a bad parent because I didn't catch it sooner?' But the doctors just kept prescribing antibiotics," Craig said to KSL.com. "We just didn't know."
Stuffy nose: Isaak isn't the only kid to ever stick something up a nostril. Children do this all the time and San Francisco pediatrician and BabyCenter blogger Dr. Lisa Dana frequently sees these sorts of cases in her office. Dr. Dana offered up a rundown of the things kids most often stick up their noses and you'll find them in the slide show below. Has anything ever gotten stuck in your kid's nose?


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The spotlight was on Greenland and Iceland at Ciné ONU - UNRIC´s monthly film screenings – for "Last Days of the Arctic" in Brussels on 15 January. The film tells the story of Icelandic photographer RAX (Ragnar Axelsson) who has covered the changes that climate change has brought to the inhabitants of these two islands.
After the film Ragnar Axelsson participated in a debate in front of a full house at the Goethe Institut in Brussels with researcher Dr. Damien Degeorges of the Arctic Policy and Economic Forum and Lida Skifte Lennert, the Head of the delegation of Greenland to the EU.
The debate, which was moderated by UNRIC´s Arni Snævarr, focused on the retreat of the Greenlandic glaciers and the melting of the ice in the Arctic Sea which will, at the same time, challenge the century-old traditions of the Greenlanders and open new opportunities in mining and extraction of oil and gas.
Link to the trailer of the Last Days of the Arctic
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark and is four times the size of France but has a population of only 58,000. Greenland has already secured control of its natural resources in a new treaty with Denmark and could become an independent nation if benefits from potential mining and oil and gas extraction secure financial independence from Denmark.
Greenland is believed to have a wealth of minerals as well as off shore oil and gas reserves. The European Union and China have shown interest in "rare earths" which are important for new "green" technologies.
Up to 3,000 Chinese workers are expected to be allowed to work at a new Aluminum Plant in Greenland.
Minister Counsellor Lennert says that Greenlanders are not afraid of the interest of the 1.3 billlion strong Chinese. "We want to lead sustainable development and we have been out marketing our resources internationally," she says. "Now that our possible international partners have reached out to take part in our development, what is important here is that they want to take part in our development on our terms. We set the conditions and they apply the conditions.".
The photographer Ragnar Axelsson, says that while understanding Greenland´s interest in seizing their opportunities he shares the worries of the traditional hunters of seeing their many thousand year-old traditions disappear. "The hunters of the North are a dying breed. This is the twilight of their society," Axelsson says.
Dr. Damien Degeorges points out that there is considerable geopolitical interest for Greenland which is demonstrated in the fact that in the last few months Greenland´s Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist has met such luminaries as the President of South-Korea , the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Last, but not least, the Arctic and Greenland are understood to have been high on the agenda in the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Denmark in 2012.
"As Greenland moves towards possible independence and is located at the centre of this new frontier of international relations, it is not a surprise that major powers look at this territory with so many strategic assets," says Dr. Degeorges.
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"The logical end of defensive war is surrender..."
Christians must take the intellectual, moral, & spiritual offensive...
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reconversion of the West (see
the Great Commission")
means the resolution of the following 6 hard issues --
in each of which secularized Western Civ. has collapsed into mindless (and inevitable) post-modernism
-- with no reasonable answers to the following.
1. E-pi-ste-mo-lo-gy - (do they make words with 6 syllables...???)
How do we know what we know?
2. Metaphysics -- Is there anything substantial behind the booming, buzzing "phenomena" of life....?
3. Worldview -- What does the cosmos look like?
a. the Biblical picture -- an open system created by
the most complete, particular, and personal being,
b. the secular/pagan picture -- a closed system evolving out of
the least complete, least particular, & least personal substance?
c. ...and what difference does it make?
4. Morality -- Is there a reason for our existence?
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6. The Public Arena - How do we apply the results of the above to politics, education,
raising families, sexuality, commerce, personal health, and other areas of our
common life -- where "the rubber hits the road"?
III. Theology in the Trenches....
Given the domination in the West by the secular/pagan worldview, the task of upholding a Judeo-Christian view looks daunting, but cheer up, things are not so bad as they might seem. There are solid Biblical answers in all of the above areas.
Strange though it may seem to our secularized ears, the Biblical doctrine of creation has never been developed in a systematic manner, pulling out its full implications. Had Christians done this, the theory of evolution would have had serious competition. The theory of evolution cannot hold a candle to a developed doctrine of creation. Not logically, not empirically. (See Personality, Empiricism, & God.)
So, on the Road==>>, we will be asking, among other things:
What would happen if we took God's invitation seriously to "Come, let us reason together..."? What if we accepted His invitation to meet Him and each other in a level playing field, putting truth ahead of everything else, including our own agendas, especially our religious agendas?
And what would happen if we took the doctrine of creation seriously, following out its logical implications? What if we followed out the logic of God being Creator ex-nihilo and therefore sovereign over all things -- meaning all things?
What if we took seriously the notion of a cosmos which is essentially personal, in which the basic entities are persons, not things (such as atoms), not Ideas (as with Plato), not a Nothing (Nirvana, as with Buddhism), but persons, and that the whole of the cosmos of space/time is created and designed for the building of a personal relation with God and each other?
That is the logical implication of the two Great Commandments -- to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. It might just turn out to be the logical implication also of the Intelligent Design notion which is giving fits to supporters of evolution.
Can such a view stand with intellectual credibility? For starters, see Personality, Empiricism, & God, a rewriting of the cosmological argument for the existence of God -- and its implications.
The results are nothing less than astonishing. Recovery of an intellectually credible doctrine of creation would transform our views of theology, philosophy, science, evolution, sex and gender, politics, economics, education.... just for starters.
Jesus said that the gate and the road to life was narrow, and few there be that find it. He said that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father but through Himself.
How can one reconcile such radically exclusive claims with intellectual freedom and personal integrity -- ?
Science, political freedom, (such as a democratic republic), and freemarket capitalism came out of Biblical, not secular or pagan, roots. Science is the Way of the Cross for the intellect -- giving up our right to be right, and letting the truth and the Lord of truth speak for themselves. They speak through the observable, historical, and logical evidence -- if we will let them.
So, if, as Jesus said (John 8:31 ff.), keeping His commandments would lead to the truth which would set us free, then following Jesus is a journey into open, candid truth-seeking -- as in, "Come, let us reason together...." -- meaning, "Let's have a reality-check!" (Isaiah 1:18)
God and common sense both tell us that a false god cannot do what it says it will do (see Isaiah 43-44). A Biblical test for the true God is whether he (or it) can keep his (it's) promises. If Jesus is the narrow road to the Father, and if the cross is the narrow gate, we can rightly ask Jesus to prove His own case. Can Jesus, as He promises, really lead to the Father, set us free, and get us going on that Narrow Road?
God holds the intellectual high ground, not the
philosophers, not the scientists, not the academicians. And He wants
to teach all those folks (and all the rest of us) how to stand with Him on that ground. The
Kingdom of God is built on truth -- or it is not built at all.
Why a Judeo-Christian website? Because everything Christians believe rests on the prior foundation of our Hebrew spiritual ancestors. Without the Biblical doctrine of creation, there could be no Christianity. The Biblical cosmology is unique among world religions. There is nothing like it anywhere else. Most of the key passages in both the Old and New Testaments have no parallel in pagan or secular literature.
Christians and Jews do have significant differences, primarily over the Messiah. But the Old Testament is "old" for Christians, not in the sense of "outdated", but in the sense of "ancient wisdom", of "foundational". We Christians are cutting our own throats when we make enemies of our Jewish spiritual ancestors. We must hold each other accountable to the common rules of truth, righteousness, and love -- while we share our differences and celebrate our unity.
Evangelism, as honest, respectful, and graceful (public or private) sharing of what we believe, is part of what life is about -- and then let truth and the Lord of truth win by their own persuasive power (as with Elijah, I Kings 18, on Mount Carmel). We have been cowardly about letting go and letting God....
In almost all the major contentious issues abroad today (including the six listed above), Jews and Christians share a common interest because we share a basic common worldview. We must make common cause, even as we speak to each other about our differences, because the worldview of the Fall is the enemy of both Judaism and Christianity.
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How to Choose Your Chandelier
Chandeliers aren't just for the dining room any more! Accentuate your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, foyer or any room with a wide assortment of chandeliers to add a sense of style and design to your home.
Where can you put a chandelier?
Chandeliers come in a wide variety of styles, colors, sizes, energy star compliancy and price.
Mini Chandeliers (20" in diameter and under) - Use over kitchen islands, in a bathroom, bedroom, dressing room or create a special corner.
Mid-Sized Chandeliers (Up to 36" in diameter) - Use over your dining room table, bedroom, or in a small foyer.
Foyer Chandeliers (36" in diameter and over) - Use in a large foyers and great rooms.
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* When choosing a chandelier for your dining room
The chandelier should be about 12" narrower (smaller in diameter) than the width of the table over which it hangs.
When hung, the bottom of the chandelier should be approximately 30 inches above the surface of the dining table to ensure no bumped heads and good illumination.
Pay attention to scale. Bigger is usually better; too often a chandelier can look tiny and be overlooked.
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One of the few Chinese deities known only to Hong Kong, Tam Kung is also a patron of fishermen. He was native of Huizhou in China's Guangdong province during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). According to popular belief, when he was just 12 years old, he already possessed enough supernatural powers to be able to command the wind and rain, cure the sick, and forecast the weather, which made him a huge hit with fishermen. His image as a youthful deity has since stuck.
This temple is over 100 years old and was renovated in 2002, with its original design carefully preserved. In addition to a statue of Tam Kung, the temple also houses a small wooden junk and a dragon boat; while the iron bell, altar and stone tablet all date back to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). The boulder in front of the temple is believed to be the seal of Tam Kung, and was laid there over 90 years ago.
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Welcome! It is 12:02:50 PM on Friday, November 27, 2020. This page has served 410914 lunatics and was last updated on Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
The Earth-Moon system was recorded by NASA's NearEarth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft on1/29/98. From Astronomy Picture of the Day
Portions of this work are from the article: Cummins, R.H., Ritger, S.D., and C.A. Myers. 1992. Using the moon as a tool for discovery-oriented learning. Journal of Geological Education. 40(2):142-146.
To excite students about the scientific approach to viewing the natural world, we use laboratory exercises that rely on personal observation, data collection, interpretation, and model development. In this laboratory exercise, which is suitable for introductory earth science courses, students are asked to (1) test the hypothesis that the moon revolves east to west around the earth, (2) determine, by lunar observation, approximately how many degrees the moon revolves per night, and (3) develop a scale model of the earth-sun-moon system with which students demonstrate the phases of the moon. Although this exercise can be frustrating for students at first, we have found that, given time, carefully managed discussion, and the opportunity to interact with others in the laboratory group, most students develop a good understanding of the earth-sun-moon system and, more importantly, benefit by arriving at the knowledge through self-directed and group-assisted observation and reasoning. We believe self-discovery is the most important component of this process. Advantages to using the moon include its familiarity (which makes it easier to generate student interest), its accessibility (assuming cooperative weather), and the relative ease with which required astronomical measurements can be made.
Picture taken by Nancy Teague and Jodi Forester, Junior Seminar, Interdisciplinary Studies
The Moon lab is used in Geol 499/599: Tropical Marine Ecology of San Salvador, Bahamas & Florida Keys and WCP 121: From the Universe to the Duck Pond: Exploring Patterns & Processes in Natural Systems to illustrate the importance of careful observation, the use of models to understand the natural world & the testing of a variety of hypotheses.
A Common Experience
Several years ago, I (Cummins) taught introductory geology to a class of about 50 students in a traditional geology department. Most were fulfilling a science requirement. As in many introductory science courses, I lectured three times each week and taught a two-hour laboratory. I did not go out of my way, other than an occasional query to the class, to raise questions in students' minds because I was intent on covering the material, which seemed indisputable anyway.
As in most introductory physical geology courses, we spent class time discussing origins of the universe and our solar system. Besides discussing the Big Bang theory, we covered the geologic characteristics of the inner and outer planets as well as earth-moon geometry as it relates to the phases of the moon. I used an illuminated orbiter planetarium (sun, earth, and moon) to demonstrate the phases of the moon, the proper earth- moon alignment for lunar and solar eclipses, and changes in seasons over the course of a year. Without doubt, many students easily followed my explanations while watching the demonstration. I was satisfied with this effort at first. However, I later regretted missing a golden opportunity to have had the students become active participants in the scientific method rather than passive listeners and observers of my demonstration.
Although I lectured with care and received good evaluations, my students were treated as if they were "empty vessels" waiting to be filled with the knowledge of a resident expert. Uncertainty and skepticism were not part of much of the course because it was "top-heavy" with facts. I covered necessary information. I wonder, though, what value those students place on this earth science course three years after they took it. Because I was so content-driven, students did not learn much about the scientific process. I know my experience is not atypical; is it so amazing that many students are bored and uninterested in science?
From these initial experiences, three of us teaching in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University developed a lab exercise that (1) directly involves students in better understanding the phases of the moon--a phenomenon that many people assume they understand, and more importantly, (2) emphasizes the importance of active participation and the use of careful observation in the scientific method, so that students can practice science rather than just hear about it.
A fantastic GOES 10 satellite loop (animated gif) of the Feb. 26, 1998 Solar Eclipse! (From GOES Hot Stuff.)
The Moon Discovery Laboratory
The moon is an excellent object of study for a process-oriented, earth science lab (Johnston, 1967; Dexter, 1968). It is a celestial object with which we are all familiar. Countless legends are associated with its phases, including, but not restricted to, werewolves, romance, and (if you stretch it) bizarre behavior such as adolescent "mooning" activities. Calendars in many cultures are based upon its cycles. The ancient Babylonians based their calendar on the cycles of the moon. The Jewish and Moslem religions currently use a lunar calendar to measure the passage of months and years. Each lunar month begins with the appearance of a new moon. Ever wonder why the date of the Christian Easter holiday varies from year to year? Interestingly, the Easter holiday is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or after March 21.
Most people have heard the terms harvest moon, new moon, and blue moon, yet few have an understanding of what these terms mean. The movie A Private Universe, [Schneps, M. H. and P. M. Sadler (1987) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Science Education Department, Science Media Group, A Private Universe. Video. Washington, DC: Annenberg/CPB] which we often show in conjunction with this lab, shows recent Ivy League graduates unable to explain the basis of seasons or why there are phases of the moon.
The moon is of great scientific importance. Oceanographers model earth- moon-sun gravitational interactions to predict tides. Jastrow (1990) referred to the moon as a "Roseta Stone" because the moon provides us a glimpse of the history of our solar system. It is instructive to contrast the geology of our dynamic, rapidly weathering, plate tectonic driven earth with that of our comparatively static, unweathered, solid to the core companion. The moon has also often been cited as an example of the importance of extraterrestrial impact in our solar system's history (Marvin, 1986). Craters over 100 km in diameter on the moon attest to the numerous catastrophic collisions in the past. These can be compared with the hypothesized extraterrestrial impact on earth that may have caused the end Cretaceous mass extinction.
Because the moon is so familiar to us, it can be extremely useful in emphasizing the importance of careful observation--even the most familiar phenomena may require investigation to yield better understanding. Its use as a teaching tool in the earth sciences is very effective, in part, because the lessons learned by students (hypothesis testing or the power of observation, for example) are much more powerful when familiar objects are examined with new attention.
The Lab Project
To begin, we engage the class in a discussion of important lunar terms and concepts. These include synodic month, sidereal period, conjunction, opposition, earth-moon system, common center of mass, perigee, apogee, lunar and solar eclipses, orbital plane, occulation, declination, maria, highlands, and lunar phases (new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter).
From Prof. Arnold V. Lesikar, Physics Dept., St. Cloud State University. This is an AMAZING Astronomy website!
Some Important Lunar Terms
Sidereal Month-The time it takes for the moon to complete one full orbit of the earth, measured with respect to the stars. This interval is the moon's true orbital period, ~ 27.3 days.
Synodic Month-The time it takes for the moon to complete one cycle of phases, i.e. new moon to new moon, or full moon to full moon ~ 29.5 days.
Why is the synodic month about 2 days longer than the sidereal month?
-As the moon is revolving around the earth, the earth is also revolving around the sun. The earth has completed about 1/12 of it's orbit around the sun in one lunar month.Therefore, the moon must travel slightly further than 360 degrees to get from one full moon to the next.
Opposition- That time during the moon's orbit when the earth is located between the moon on one side and the sun's rays on the other.
Conjunction- That time during the moon's orbit when the moon is located between the earth and sun. Sun-Moon-Earth line up.
Quadratures- That time during the moon's orbit when the sun, earth, and moon are positioned such that the moon, earth, and sun form a 90angle with one another.
Apogee- The moon's orbit around the earth is an ellipse. During apogee,
the moon is at it's greatest distance (about 405,800 km) from
the earth.
Perigee- During perigee, the moon is at it's closest distance to the earth (about 375,200 km). Check out this amazing comparison of apparent size differences of the moon at perigee and apogee. The full moon on Dec. 22, 1999 , was "a full-perigee-solstice moon, reaching its full phase and perigee (the closest point in its orbit) on the solstice, the first day of northern hemisphere winter." From Astronomy Picture of the Day
Spring Tide- A tide which results in the greatest range between high and low tide. How frequently do spring tides occur each month?During which phase(s) does/do spring tides occur? Why?
Neap Tide- A tide which results in the least tidal range between high and low tide. How frequently do neap tides occur each month? During which phase (s) does/do neap tides occur? Why?
Gibbous- Designating the moon when it is in a phase between half moon
and full moon and the curves forming its outline are convex.
"Also known as the Moon's "ashen glow" or "the old Moon in the new Moon's arms", Earthshine is Earthlight reflected from the Moon's night side. A description of Earthshine, in terms of sunlight reflected by Earth's oceans in turn illuminating the Moon's dark surface, was written 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci." Photo By Laurent Laveder. From Astronomy Picture of the Day
The lab should be scheduled to coincide with phases of the moon convenient for viewing; first quarter thru full moon works well. To whet appetites, we have a night of telescopic observation of the moon. Even small aperture telescopes do a wonderful job of interesting students in lunar features. We usually scan the lunar highlands and search out prominent craters such as Copernicus and Kepler. We discuss lunar geology and examine impact features in detail. Students work in groups of four.
Hypothesis Test-Exercise 1
In the first experiment, which requires a protractor, straw, and tape (to make an astrolabe), students test a hypothesis by observing the earth-sun-moon system and collecting the appropriate data.
We ask the following question: Given that the earth-moon system orbits a common center of mass resulting in a new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter in the course of one lunar month, test the following hypothesis: "As viewed from a pre-defined location of your choice, the moon, during the course of your observations, revolves east to west around the earth." You are asked to observe the moon on consecutive nights and (a) derive a test for the hypothesis of lunar motion and (b) derive a method of determining the number of degrees the moon revolves around the earth in one day. Hint: This is not as simple as it may seem!
Earth-Sun-Moon Model-Exercise 2
The earth-sun-moon model. A map & a flag are used as frames of reference on a rotating earth. The student-generated vision of the world has Oxford, Ohio as its center.
The second exercise requires a flashlight, a pumpkin (or equivalent), and a squash (or approximate equivalents), which students use to develop a model that demonstrates the phases of the moon. Models are used to better understand the world around us. Models of atoms, our solar system, and chemical compounds, for instance, help us to see and imagine possibilities that would otherwise be inacessible. To gain a more profound impact using this earth-sun-moon model, it is important to generate a model to scale, at least at first. If your model were to scale, would you be able to continue with your understanding of the earth-moon system? Or, might you have to make some compromises to continue?
Some beginning questions: In your Earth-Sun-Moon system(using your model earth as your beginning frame of reference), if it were true to scale, what would be (1) the model flashlight diameter of the sun; (2) the diameter of the model moon? (3) What would be the distance between the model earth and sun? The model earth and moon? Ask students to make predictions before doing their calculations.
Actual diameter of the earth~12,756 km
Actual diameter of the moon: ~3476 km
Actual diameter of the sun~ 1,390,000 km
Average distance between the earth & moon~384,000 km
Average distance between the earth/sun~150,000,000 km
Go HERE: To pinpoint the exact time of: MOONRISE/MOONSET/PHASE for your location!
Phases of the Moon
A Waxing Moon! 1/9/98
When attempting to understand why there are phases of the moon, always think in terms of the angular relationships between the arrangement of the earth, moon, and sun in space. As these angular relationships change, so do the phases.
The flag marks the observer's location on earth. As the earth rotates, the field of view of an observer changes. During first-quarter, moonrise on the ?????? horizon takes place at about ??????? and moonset occurs on the ?????? horizon at ???????.
Several Hours Later on 1/9/98
Another Waxing Moon at Sunset, 2/8/98
Use your earth-sun-moon model to address these remaining questions:
Remember, a frame of reference on your "earth" model is very important!
Use the earth-sun-moon model to determine the direction that the earth rotates on its axis, approximate local times (sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight) of moonrise, high moon, moonset, and times of visibility of the moon.
|High Moon
|Times of Visibility
|New Moon
|First Quarter
|Full Moon
|Third Quarter
Now, using your model to guide you, can you explain why there are phases of the moon? If it all is just too much, visit the Astronomy Site of the Day for a wonderful diversion. The Phases of the Moon Site provides dates and phases of the moon for any month or year!
Ever think about what a Full Moon Looks like from Beyond Planet Earth? Check out this satellite perspective of a full moon over N America and Asia! (From GOES Hot Stuff.)
A brand new "new" moon, one day old, March 9, 1997. Cleveland National Forest, southern California. Photo by Emily Harrison and her buddy Sarah Bernhardt.
Many stargazers in the U. S. were able to watch a lovely lunar occultation early last Thursday morning (9/24/97) as a bright Moon passed in front of Saturn. Using a 1.2 meter reflector, astronomer Kris Stanek had an excellent view of this dream-like event from the Whipple Observatory atop Arizona's Mount Hopkins.This animated gif image was constructed by Wes Colley from 4 frames taken by Stanek at 35 second intervals as the ringed planet emerged from behind the Moon's dark limb. From Astronomy Site of the Day. Go here for more info on Ocullation Events.
Some Wonderful Moon Links
As viewed from your location on earth, are the shadows moving in the right direction as the moon changes phase?
Some Additional Questions:
1-Using your model, explain why LUNAR ECLIPSES occur only during full moon. If a full moon occurs every month, why don't we see lunar eclipses every month?
Bonus:I thought you might like to see a quicktime slideshow of the spectacular Lunar Eclipse on Saturday, Nov 8, 2003 as seen in Oxford, Ohio. It was very cold--temperatures were below freezing by 8:00pm! Totality was reached at 8:06 pm EST. The colors of the moon were fantastic, an impossible palette much too difficult to duplicate. The photos do not come close to reflecting reality! It was the most fantastic lunar eclipse of my life!
The Anatomy of a Lunar Eclipse, from the BBC's Skywatchers await lunar eclipse.
2- Using your model, explain why SOLAR ECLIPSES occur only during new moon. If a new moon occurs every month, why don't we see solar eclipses every month?
3- How would the relationships between the period of rotation
and revolution of the moon affect whether or not we see the "far
side" from the earth's surface? Since we don't see the other side,
what is your explanation? Use your model to generate an explanation.
4- What tests would you use to determine whether the moon formed
from the same dust cloud as the earth, was fragmented from the
proto-earth at some later date, was formed from a collision with
an extraterrestrail object, or was an alien body captured by the
earth as the satellite moved within the grasp of the earth's gravitational
field? Can you find the most recent literature references on this
5- A laser beam fired to the moon from the earth's surface strikes a mirror (left by the Apollo astronauts for the purpose of studying changes in distance between the earth and moon) and is reflected back to the earth. Travel time is 2.562 seconds. How many kilometers away is the moon from the earth?
Tides & Other Moon Links
And of course, there is the major discussion on Ocean Tides (This really cool site will present tidal predictions and graphs for many coastal locations in the US.) Go HERE for a question-answer WWW page on tides. I plan on adding more info about the tides on this web page, but that is for another day!
US Naval Observatory- Astronomical Applications computes, from fundamental astronomical reference data, the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances of astronomical phenomena.
For the latest NASA News on the moon, visit The Lunar Prospector site.
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