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Did you know the United States and Russia have hundreds of nuclear missiles pointed at each other?
"No way," said a friend who lives near me in Oakton. "That's Cold War stuff. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991."
Another neighbor said she didn't realize the United States still has silos in the heartland of our Great Plains states, filled with pencil-shaped intercontinental ballistic missiles — called ICBMs — that are on "launch-ready" status.
That means they can be launched in minutes.
One missile typically is equipped with three warheads.
According to Russian government figures, the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces — an independent military service branch — have 332 ICBMs that carry a total of 1,092 nuclear warheads. According to the Congressional Research Service, U.S. Global Strike Command (a component of the Air Force) has 450 ICBMs, each deployed with between one and three warheads; the U.S. ICBMs are to be reduced to only one warhead each over the next few years. These totals do not include Russian and U.S. bombers or submarine-launched missiles.
An ICBM moves like an unguided bullet that has been shot into the air, runs out of momentum, and falls back to earth.
Once launched, it can't be called back. No nation has ever developed a defense against it.
It takes as little as 30 minutes for a nuclear-armed ICBM to reach the United States after being launched from Russia. That's why the United States has plans for a quick response and for continuity of government in an emergency.
At any given time, someone could push the button and everything would blow up 30 minutes later. If U.S. commanders knew the Russians had launched, they would have to launch our missiles to prevent them from being caught in their silos.
A typical nuclear warhead in use today can inflict about 150 times the damage of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945, which killed 66,000 initially, according to the website atomicarchive.com
The United States has traditionally relied on a triad of nuclear delivery systems to deter attack — ICBMs, bombers and submarine-launched missiles. My thoughts are focused on the ICBMs. Their big flaw always has been that they're on hairtrigger status.
The Obama administration is searching for ways to reduce nuclear arsenals. Instead of consulting cold warriors like former defense secretary James Schlesinger, who chaired a commission on nuclear issues a few years ago, the White House now is turning to former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, who has called for deep cuts in nuclear arms. Cartwright, 62, who lives in Burke, favors taking deployed weapons off high alert and eliminating all ICBMs.
Oakton resident retired Navy Vice , 93, the author of " Stockpile: The Story Behind 10,000 Strategic Nuclear Weapons " (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2010) said in a July 17 telephone interview that we no longer need the land-based ICBM force.
"The ICBMs are questionable," Miller said. "The Russians know exactly where they are and can target them very easily. I would have gotten rid of them a long time ago."
Some experts say both the United States and Russia should follow the example of China, which has fielded only a few dozen ICBMs, even though it could easily have many more. A few dozen, after all, is enough to destroy the world.
Miller believes submarine-launched missiles constitute the only strategic nuclear force we need.
The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, or NPR, a congressionally mandated study that takes place every few years, concluded that, "as long as nuclear weapons exist, the United States must maintain a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal."
Nothing in the NPR or in study groups chaired by Schlesinger, Cartwright and others would prevent us from disposing of ICBMs and lowering the alert threshold of remaining bomber and submarine forces.
About me: I'm an author on military topics. My current book is a history of U.S. bomber crews in World War II history, "Mission to Berlin." I've been writing for years about nuclear weapons and my belief that we need to de-alert the ICBM force.


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BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) -- Officials involved in a two-year joint law enforcement effort fight against southern West Virginia's illegal prescription drug trade say the initiative is making a difference.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and leadership from area law enforcement community announced additional indictments this week as part of the Bluefield Pill Initiative.
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Goodwin said that the illegal prescription drug trade represents a new challenge. He said law enforcement is constantly working to build cases against pill pushers and others involved.
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I write from D.C. about tax and retirement policy and planning.
What's rich? And at what level of rich should the top tax rate kick in? Today, the top federal tax rate of 35% begins at taxable income of just $379,150 for couples filing jointly. An ongoing attempt by Senate Democrats to impose a surtax on income over $1 million stands little chance of overcoming Republican opposition and Warren Buffett's proposal for an even higher rate on income above $10 million is, in today's Congress, just a fantasy.
The states, by contrast, have been pushing upward the definition of rich for tax purposes. Indeed, a deal announced Tuesday by Democratic New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver would lift the income level at which the state's highest tax kicks in from the current $500,000 per couple to $2 million per couple, while providing a significant rate cut to those below the $2 million level.
Cuomo had promised to let a temporary 2009 rate hike from 6.85% to 8.97% on income over $500,000 expire, as scheduled, at the end of 2011. The new deal does allow the 2012 rate to drop all the way back to 6.85% on income below $2 million. But for income above $2 million, the rate will be shaved by just fractions, to 8.82%. The new top rate, assuming the deal goes through, would be in effect for 2012, 2013 and 2014.
The New York pact was announced just a day after California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown filed a ballot initiative (text here and a letter from Brown here) that would create new, higher income tax brackets for couples earning more than $500,000 to fund education. Currently, California's top rate of 9.3% kicks in at taxable income of just $96,058 per couple and half that for singles.
Under Brown's initiative, the income tax rate would rise by 1 percentage point on income between $500,000 and $600,000 per couple, by 1.5 percentage points on income between $600,000 and $1 million and by 2 percentage points on income above $1 million. (For singles, Brown's new rates would kick in at $250,000, $300,000 and $500,000.) Since there's also a 1% surcharge on income over $1 million—a levy that voters approved in 2004 to fund mental health care– the new top state rate on millionaires would be 12.3%. The higher rates, if approved by voters, would be in effect for 2012 through 2016, as would a temporary one half a cent increase in the sales tax rate.
The prospects for Brown's initiative are unclear. His proposal is just one of several tax initiatives being pushed for next November's ballot. The California Federation of Teachers filed an initiative the same day as Brown; the teachers' proposal would raise tax rates on income over $1 million by 3 percentage points and income over $2 million by 5 percentage points. Just yesterday, California anti-tax groups filed their own initiative to curb spending. As the Mercury News observed, all those initiatives could make for a "wild and confusing" election, but "Democrats in Sacramento believe they have the public on their side after having cut $56 billion in the past several years, and polls are showing voters may have had enough retrenchment."
One other thing national polls do show: Voters generally approve of tax hikes on the rich and are even more approving when the definition of rich is $1 million or more, rather than just $250,000. Maybe in pricey New York, $2 million is the new $1 million.
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The racket is in the brackets.
If income bracket size and tax rate increment percentages were equal from one bracket to the next, you could never collect the volume of collections needed from the middle class and still keep rates low enough for the rich (you know who you are).
As it is, you have lower brackets that have a range of $40K ($0-$40K), $110K ($40K-$150K), and $150K ($150K-$300K); then all of a sudden there's a $1.7M bracket covering everything from $300K to $2M. See anything that looks skewed? Well add in a consistent tax rate multiplier and it gets really out of whack.
Of course, this is the reason Republicans (read, the rich) are always trying to cling onto various flat rate, "fair" tax schemes – it's the easiest way known to shed the responsibility portion of society's risk-reward-responsibility social contract.
We should go back to Reagan's tax rates, at least for the majority of the time he was in office where the top 4 tiers were 50%, 49%, 45%, 42%. You want to talk about having revenue to play with holy smokes!
you are rich if you make 500,000 per year. the democrats are caving in completely to the corruption of the rich, who do not put back into the community, but put it into derivative investments based upon nothing at all for the working class. what a terrible, terrible crime.
I'm sick and tired of the wealthy thinking that they can escape making outsize contribuions to a society whose laws and regulations protect their ability to live like royalty. They complain that tax increases will punish them. Oh booF'ingHoo! you won't get to buy that 2nd home in the Hamptons! Ebvery millionair who complains about their "persecution" ought to have one eye removed with a salad fork, just to remind them what real problems lok like.
does Steve F really pay you!! do you realize
1. That most investors (not buffet) pay capital gains of 15% on LTCG, but…. they usually have already paid taxes on these investments? if i invest in AAPL, i have already paid my 35%+state taxes+local taxes+whatever other taxes these dems dream up. So when i invest in AAPL and hold it for a year and pay 15% it's really 15% plus all the other taxes already paid on it before invested. Jeeze i just don't see why that is so hard for some people to understand.
As far as someone paying more on $10M versus $500K, again, THEY DO!!! last time i did my math 35% of $10M=$3.5M, 35% of $500K=$175K. I think my 8 year old knows that $3.5> is more than $175K. Keep taxing the rich Dems, yeah that's the ticket. Our debt is $15T and we wonder why are nation is in the toilet. Thanks Obama, you have officially accumulated more debt in 3 years than all presidents combined in the past!
I love it how dems want to talk in terms of percentages in the personal tax argument but never in the corporate profit argument. They use percent to say millionaires are not paying their fair share, while when talking about Exxon or other Oil Companies they say, "They made 10B in profits" even though it's less than 6% profit margin. Which way is it!!!!! And Fair share, how about the 50% of tax payers that pay NO (yes i will repeat NO) federal income tax. How can any sane person think that is fair. Thank God this experiment with someone who knows nothing about the economy is coming to an end next Nov. Wait, i guess i'm a racist now for saying that.
agree, want to see real problems just go down to Wallstreet and see the flea-baggers who drain society. How about the 50% that don't make your so called "contributions" contributing something, hell just pay $10 bucks in federal taxes and would be happy.
500K a year, is not the same if you live in the northeast or California versus other states. It's also very arbitrary.
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What is good life? What is happiness? What is success? What is pleasure? How should I treat other people? How should I cope with unfortunate events? How can I get rid off unnecessary worry? How should I handle liberty?
The answers to all these questions are condensed in a little book, The Ten Golden Rules I co-authored with Michael Soupios:
1. Examine life, engage life with vengeance; always search for new pleasures and new destines to reach with your mind. This rule isn't new. It echoes the verses of ancient Greek philosophers and most notably those of Plato through the voice of his hero, Socrates. Living life is about examining life through reason, nature's greatest gift to humanity. The importance of reason in sensing and examining life is evident in all phases of life– from the infant who strains to explore its new surroundings to the grandparent who actively reads and assesses the headlines of the daily paper. Reason lets human beings participate in life, to be human is to think, appraise, and explore the world, discovering new sources of material and spiritual pleasure.
2. Worry only about the things that are in your control, the things that can be influenced and changed by your actions, not about the things that are beyond your capacity to direct or alter. This rule summarizes several important features of ancient Stoic wisdom — features that remain powerfully suggestive for modern times. Most notably the belief in an ultimately rational order operating in the universe reflecting a benign providence that ensures proper outcomes in life. Thinkers such as Epictetus did not simply prescribe "faith" as an abstract philosophical principle; they offered a concrete strategy based on intellectual and spiritual discipline. The key to resisting the hardship and discord that intrude upon every human life, is to cultivate a certain attitude toward adversity based on the critical distinction between those things we are able to control versus those which are beyond our capacity to manage. The misguided investor may not be able to recover his fortune but he can resist the tendency to engage in self-torment. The victims of a natural disaster, a major illness or an accident may not be able to recover and live their lives the way they used to, but they too can save themselves the self-torment. In other words, while we cannot control all of the outcomes we seek in life, we certainly can control our responses to these outcomes and herein lies our potential for a life that is both happy and fulfilled.
3. Treasure Friendship, the reciprocal attachment that fills the need for affiliation. Friendship cannot be acquired in the market place, but must be nurtured and treasured in relations imbued with trust and amity. According to Greek philosophy, one of the defining characteristics of humanity that distinguishes it from other forms of existence is a deeply engrained social instinct, the need for association and affiliation with others, a need for friendship. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle viewed the formation of society as a reflection of the profound need for human affiliation rather than simply a contractual arrangement between otherwise detached individuals. Gods and animals do not have this kind of need but for humans it is an indispensable aspect of the life worth living because one cannot speak of a completed human identity, or of true happiness, without the associative bonds called "friendship." No amount of wealth, status, or power can adequately compensate for a life devoid of genuine friends.
4. Experience True Pleasure. Avoid shallow and transient pleasures. Keep your life simple. Seek calming pleasures that contribute to peace of mind. True pleasure is disciplined and restrained. In its many shapes and forms, pleasure is what every human being is after. It is the chief good of life. Yet not all pleasures are alike. Some pleasures are kinetic—shallow, and transient, fading way as soon as the act that creates the pleasure ends. Often they are succeeded by a feeling of emptiness and psychological pain and suffering. Other pleasures are catastematic—deep, and prolonged, and continue even after the act that creates them ends; and it is these pleasures that secure the well-lived life. That's the message of the Epicurean philosophers that have been maligned and misunderstood for centuries, particularly in the modern era where their theories of the good life have been confused with doctrines advocating gross hedonism.
5. Master Yourself. Resist any external force that might delimit thought and action; stop deceiving yourself, believing only what is personally useful and convenient; complete liberty necessitates a struggle within, a battle to subdue negative psychological and spiritual forces that preclude a healthy existence; self mastery requires ruthless cador. One of the more concrete ties between ancient and modern times is the idea that personal freedom is a highly desirable state and one of life's great blessings. Today, freedom tends to be associated, above all, with political liberty. Therefore, freedom is often perceived as a reward for political struggle, measured in terms of one's ability to exercise individual "rights."
The ancients argued long before Sigmund Freud and the advent of modern psychology that the acquisition of genuine freedom involved a dual battle. First, a battle without, against any external force that might delimit thought and action. Second, a battle within, a struggle to subdue psychological and spiritual forces that preclude a healthy self-reliance. The ancient wisdom clearly recognized that humankind has an infinite capacity for self-deception, to believe what is personally useful and convenient at the expense of truth and reality, all with catastrophic consequences. Individual investors often deceive themselves by holding on to shady stocks, believing what they want to believe. They often end up blaming stock analysts and stockbrokers when the truth of the matter is they are the ones who eventually made the decision to buy them in the first place. Students also deceive themselves believing that they can pass a course without studying, and end up blaming their professors for their eventual failure. Patients also deceive themselves that they can be cured with convenient "alternative medicines," which do not involve the restrictive lifestyle of conventional methods.
6. Avoid Excess. Live life in harmony and balance. Avoid excesses. Even good things, pursued or attained without moderation, can become a source of misery and suffering. This rule is echoed in the writings of ancient Greek thinkers who viewed moderation as nothing less than a solution to life's riddle. The idea of avoiding the many opportunities for excess was a prime ingredient in a life properly lived, as summarized in Solon's prescription "Nothing in Excess" (6th Century B.C.). The Greeks fully grasped the high costs of passionate excess. They correctly understood that when people violate the limits of a reasonable mean, they pay penalties ranging from countervailing frustrations to utter catastrophe. It is for this reason that they prized ideals such as measure, balance, harmony, and proportion as much as they did, the parameters within which productive living can proceed. If, however, excess is allowed to destroy harmony and balance, then the life worth living becomes impossible to obtain.
7. Be a Responsible Human Being. Approach yourself with honesty and thoroughness; maintain a kind of spiritual hygiene; stop the blame-shifting for your errors and shortcomings. Be honest with yourself and be prepared to assume responsibility and accept consequences. This rule comes from Pythagoras, the famous mathematician and mystic, and has special relevance for all of us because of the common human tendency to reject responsibility for wrongdoing. Very few individuals are willing to hold themselves accountable for the errors and mishaps that inevitably occur in life. Instead, they tend to foist these situations off on others complaining of circumstances "beyond their control." There are, of course, situations that occasionally sweep us along, against which we have little or no recourse. But the far more typical tendency is to find ourselves in dilemmas of our own creation — dilemmas for which we refuse to be held accountable. How many times does the average person say something like, "It really wasn't my fault. If only John or Mary had acted differently then I would not have responded as I did." Cop-outs like these are the standard reaction for most people. They reflect an infinite human capacity for rationalization, finger-pointing, and denial of responsibility. Unfortunately, this penchant for excuses and self-exemption has negative consequences. People who feed themselves a steady diet of exonerating fiction are in danger of living life in bad faith — more, they risk corrupting their very essence as a human being.
Great post. I preserve this.
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Nice post. Thanks for putting it out here. It seems that these tenets are all drawn or presented from a fundamentally Western perspective. Some of the tenets you suggest border on the thinking you might expect to find in a list of life rules from the major traditions of the East, but you did not call them out here. Why is that? And do you explore Eastern thought more thoroughly in your book? Thanks.
personally i found this information to be life changing, i assure you you have not cast your pears before a swine…
This would be such a boring life… really! Worse than sunday school or other morality religion fueled crappy life advice.
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Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins and is water-soluble. Our bodies do not store vitamin B12 so we must consume it daily. It is an important nutrient that helps make DNA, the genetic material in cells, and is essential for normal functioning of the brain and nervous system. Good food choices for vitamin B12 are beef liver, clams, fish, meat, poultry, eggs, and other dairy products. Read the Office of Dietary Supplement's Vitamin B12 Fact Sheet for additional information.
We know about colas, coffee, tea, and chocolate, but caffeine can also be found in some over-the-counter drugs and herbal dietary supplement products. Energy drinks contain caffeine, and some also contain guarana, a plant with high amounts of caffeine. Yerba mate, green tea extract, and kola nuts are also sources of caffeine, and can be found in weight-loss and performance-enhancing dietary supplements. Be sure to read labels for hidden sources of caffeine.
The marketing and selling of dietary supplement products has become a 20-billion-plus industry. Consumers are bombarded with ads, and some people turn to them as "healthier" choices to prescription and over-the-counter medications. Consumers should seek products that have been properly manufactured and should be aware of potential interactions with medications. For other important tips, read the article "Prepared Patient: Vitamins & Supplements, Before You Dive In".
Tainted dietary supplements most often occur among products typically marketed for weight loss, sexual enhancement, and bodybuilding. They can have deceptive labeling as well as undeclared, harmful ingredients. The question is: How can consumers protect themselves from these products?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently taken some steps to help consumers look out for potentially harmful dietary supplement products. Consumers and healthcare professionals can receive notifications from the FDA by subscribing to the RSS feed. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs also sent a letter to the dietary supplement industry reminding them of their responsibility to prevent the sale of tainted products in the United States. The FDA has also made it easier to report to the FDA about tainted products.
Some of these tainted dietary supplement products contain active ingredients of FDA-approved drugs or other compounds that are not classified as dietary ingredients. These products can have serious side effects, including death. The FDA has identified roughly 300 tainted products that are not legal dietary supplements and are warning consumers about the serious side effects of these products. Consumers should be cautious of:
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CNN.com is reporting on a new government study which reports more than half of American adults take at least one dietary supplement. But despite their popularity, many experts remain skeptical of their effects.The study, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, found that more than 40 percent of Americans used supplements from 1988 to 1994, but by 2006 more than half were doing so. Multivitamins were found to be the most commonly used supplement.
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BRIDGEPORT – Anyone looking for a leg up in business should look no further than Housatonic Community College's business programs, especially the banking program.
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Originally Posted by RearNakedStroke
How is it that Jones was disqualified for illegal strikes yet when someone pokes someone in the eye and it ends the fight not only are the not dqed, but they win.
I was surprised too. I thought Bisping would get disqualified or at the least a no contest would be called?
Originally Posted by mmawolverine
freakn Bisping had to open his mouth again, i was starting to like guy but how about a genuine apology without the backtrailing. first he says hes sorry then he sas belcher was looking for a way out. was he also the one who complained about the ankle wraps?
Hell yeah. Everytime I wonder why I dislike Bisping I'm reminded everytime he speaks.
After the Sonnen fight I gained a lot of respect for him considering how he handled, IMO, a bad decision. After reading The Counts remarks I've gone back to not liking him.
Originally Posted by GL Jeff
Didnt Belcher do the same thing to Bisping in the first round?
Except it didn't stop the fight and Belcher didn't get the win for it...
Remember that title eliminator won?
Me neither.
Eh, this is Bisping being Bisping....classless.
But I will say this fight showed Bisping is a game fighter that knows how to fight smart. He broke down Belcher pre-fight and during the fight. He exposed Belcher as nothing more than a wannabe contender, shutting him down in the striking department, whereas Okami shut him down in the grappling department the fight before.
And speaking of Okami, with him being the #3 ranked MW and Bisping being #4, these 2 should be paired up next. Silva/Weidman, Vitor/Rockhold, Phillipou/Jacare, Munoz/Boetch, all being paired up, that just leaves Bisping to fight Okami.
I think with Bisping lacking any KO power, it will allow Okami to really pressure and bring the fight to Bisping. Okami's jab and solid combos to close the distance will allow him to clinch and test Bisping's grappling.
I wonder if they'll use the strike mike used to finish the fight in his highlight reel?
Ah, the Bisping hate here is in top form as usual.
Good win for Mike.
Didnt Belcher do the same thing to Bisping in the first round?
Concidered accidental but I see your point and somewhat agree, but I might change my mind if it was a different fighter.lol.
How is it that Jones was disqualified for illegal strikes yet when someone pokes someone in the eye and it ends the fight not only are the not dqed, but they win.
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---- — SALEM — Only a year after laying off a dozen workers, Town Manager Keith Hickey said last night no jobs will be eliminated in his proposed $39.2 million budget for 2014.
But residents can expect a 2.14 percent tax rate increase if selectmen approve the plan, up from $36.8 million for 2013, Hickey said. The town portion of the tax rate would rise from $7.02 to $7.17 per $1,000. The total tax rate is $20.58.
Hickey outlined his budget plan for selectmen, including 11 warrant articles that would go before voters in March. They include spending $1.6 million to reconstruct two bridges and a culvert and $1.9 million for two Fire Department vehicles.
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Quote:Hi Kevin, That great news on the bearings. You would think Meade would stop leaving out the grease where its not seen by now. Having grease sure makes a difference. I hope it works out now. The weather finally cleared. I had noticed my CGEM DX wasn't as easy to balance as I would like, so I tore the whole thing down (you knew I would anyways). I put super lube on the huge tapered roller bearings and the sealed bearings spun ease except 2 of them. I noticed the seals on one side of each were dented so I popped them out and they spun real easy now. They went next to each other so I just made the open sides face each other so in effect they were sealed again. I polished the big brass clutches with emery cloth as well as the aluminum housings. I greased them and the ring and worm gears with super lube also. Now the RA and DEC spin with ease and smooth. Both my worms spun real easy and smooth so I didn't touch them. I adjusted the worm and ring to have almost unnoticeable play (they are not spring loaded). I had noticed a slight ticking in the RA. The motor gear to worm drive gear doesn't line up perfect. I shimmed it slightly and removed backlash and its smooth and quiet now. After all this I happened to find instructions on how to Hypertune this mount. Looks like thats what I just did. I am very pleased with it. I took it out Tuesday night and tried the all star polar alignment. Then I took a 1 minute image, 2 minute, then 3 minute unguided image and they all had round stars. So I tried a 4 minute unguided image (all at f/10). The stars were almost perfect. I almost fell over. All these were at first try. Last night I tried Guiding with PHD. I left everything set at default, centered the star and started guiding. The star stayed centered, perfectly. Every once in a while I saw a slight movement about half the width of the star and it would quickly go back. But it always stayed in contact with the cross hairs. I have never had a mount do this great before. during the hour it never strayed out of contact of the cross hairs or lost lock. I tried to do a PEC recording. I am going to adjust PHD to get it as smooth as possible tonight and re record Pec several times. I downloaded Pempro this morning and I will read and learn how to use it today. I plan to get my Pec smooth so I can get consistent long unguided images. Then I should get really great long guided images.Below is a single 250 second unguided image (no PEC) of Andromeda at f/10, 9.25 ota, ISO 1600 with a Canon T1i taken Tuesday night. I did adjust contrast a little with Picasa. (4min 10sec) The stars aren't perfectly round neilson
Quote:I have to comment here. This thread is 60 pages long. Typically, a thread this long goes off the rails for a myriad reasons. However, you guys have kept it going and kept it fresh. I just want you to know that I really appreciate your work.David
Quote:Mike Don't look at The set up and drift as a whole if you do it seem to be Mt. Everest and very overwhelming. But if you look at one step at a time the next thing you know you are on top of the Mountain. And you might want to use the hand controller HCX the first few times you drift align its a little faster and you don't have to disconnect from Autostar suite and connect to PHD every time you change the program.


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Recently the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its ban on homosexuals and non-religious folks that want to be involved with their organization. That's within their rights. Recently, the Plymouth School Committee voted to allow the scouts to use the schools without a fee. I can't help but wonder if this violates the anti-discrimination policy of the Plymouth Public Schools. Would we tolerate another group to use our facilities for free if they discriminated against color or religion?
Many will argue that the scouts teach community and other skills that are good and necessary; that they make a difference in the lives of the boys who commit to scouting. I'm sure that's true. But it's also true that by choosing to enroll and stay in scouting, they are teaching their children that it's ok to tolerate hate and bigotry if it benefits you in some way.
Also in the news is Boston's Mayor Menino's stance against Chick-Fil-A and his vow not to let them open a restaurant within the city limits due, in part, to their stance on marriage equality.
I don't agree with the mayor. I believe that the best way to handle a business that wants to discriminate is to make sure that you do not frequent it. If the establishment or organization operates in a way that you find morally reprehensible and you continue to support them with your money, that's on you and it makes you a part of the discrimination, part of the problem. Understand where your money goes. If you eat at Chick-Fil-A, a portion of your money will be actively used to discriminate. It will be used to spread hate, fear and intolerance.
I'm not arguing that the scouts and Chick-Fil-A should not exist nor am I arguing that they shouldn't be allowed to make their own rules regarding membership or how they want to spend their profits. What I'm saying is that in order to affect change in organizations in a real and meaningful way is to hit them where it hurts: the pocketbook. Every dollar that you give to the scouts and Chick-Fil-A allows them to continue to spread hate and discrimination.
Talking with my daughter about this the other day I asked her if the mayor of Boston should be able to bar a business from opening if he doesn't agree with how they spend their profits. I explained about Chick-Fil-A and how they actively seek to prevent marriage equality. She thought they should be allowed to open since she loves their chicken sandwiches. I then explained to her that by purchasing their delicious chicken sandwiches a portion of her money would go to fund activities that discriminate.
That led us to discuss what's more important: her lunch or marriage equality. Thankfully, she decided that marriage equality is more important in the long run than her lunch. She's a smart one, she is. We talked a little about being aware of where your money ends up.
I explained how important it is to understand how money travels and that it is up to us to research how and where we spend our money. If a business or organization doesn't align with our beliefs, we try not to give them our business.
Live your conscience. If you can't stand up for your beliefs who will?
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Just wanted to drop a few lines on the ongoing craziness that is the cardinal grand square or cross. As I write this the Moon in Aries is getting ready to join the fray and stir up trouble. You may notice that suddenly everyone has an incredibly short temper and a very demanding energy (read: emotional tantrums).
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Working on the balance in our relationships; asserting our needs without resorting to passive-aggressive measures.
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Honoring the power of time and integrity in revamping our power structures both within and without.
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"The Tainted Spiral" is a short adventure for five 1st-level characters that takes place in the Chaos Scar. The adventure is set in a spiraling network of tunnels carved a by a piece of the great meteor, called a Chaos Shard, that broke away when the comet crashed to the earth. Like the meteorite itself, the Chaos Shard is a malevolent force of chaos and evil that draws other evil creatures to it. The presence of the Chaos Shard has weakened the barrier between the world and the Far Realm, creating rifts in reality that have allowed a number of fell taints and other terrible aberrations to heed the shard's call…
A bright bluish light emanates from two clusters of jagged crystals in this wide cavern. A small, murky pool sits in one corner, and a narrow tunnel runs away into darkness at the northern end of the cavern. The bright illumination allows you to plainly see a ghoulish sight: six humanoid corpses lay in a tangled heap in the center of the cavern. Even from this distance you can tell that the corpses have been partially devoured.
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By Steven Fletcher Staff Writer
Gloucester Daily Times
---- — Statistics from the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development show Gloucester's economy is gaining jobs, but the same figures also show the rebound is creating far more lower-paying jobs than anything else.
The numbers from the department and the North Shore Workforce Investment Board (WIB) show that the city's economy has reached employment levels of where it was in 2007, before the worst of the recession. In the years following, Gloucester shed higher-paying manufacturing jobs and lower-paying retail and food service work filled the gap.
While wages and employment are higher than they were in the last few years, Gloucester's unemployment rate hit 6.5 percent in September. While the rate rose from the August figure of 6.1, it's still lower than the unemployment rate in September 2011. And Chamber of Commerce President Robert Heidt said the increase was largely caused by a loss of seasonal jobs.
In 2007, manufacturing companies — identified in the state statistics as durable goods manufacturing companies —employed the largest segment of Gloucester's workforce. They still do, just by a much smaller margin.
An average 2,800 people worked in Gloucester manufacturing companies, according to an average monthly employment spreadsheet from the WIB. But in 2011, according to year-long tracking data, that average had fallen to 2,350, meaning that, over five years, Gloucester lost 420 manufacturing jobs, a 15 percent decrease.
Over those five years, meanwhile, retail jobs have grown in the city by almost 30 percent — or 365 jobs — according to the WIB. An average of 1,592 people worked in Gloucester retail stores in 2011, while accommodations and food service jobs rose by 20 percent over the last five years, adding 214 jobs.
"We've almost reached the 2007 (employment) levels," said Peter Webber, senior vice president at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, "but within that, the numbers have shifted. There's been a shift from manufacturing into retail and accommodations, or broadly defined, the tourism sector."
The overall growth in retail and accommodations companies, said Webber, matches what the Chamber of Commerce has seen on the ground. Webber said that, while the jump includes the stores in Gloucester Crossing, which opened in 2009, the chamber has see new stores open in Gloucester's downtown this year. Between 2010 and 2011, retail growth slowed to roughly 3 percent.
In the same time period, the WIB data also shows local manufacturing jobs growing by 10 percent, adding 208 positions. Webber noted that those gains have come as two of the city's largest manufacturing companies — the Varian Semiconductor Division of Applied Materials, and Gloucester Engineering — landed large-scale contracts.
"They were able to do some hiring because they build their business back up with significant contracts," Webber said.
Bomco, a metal forming company, has also added jobs over the last year, and significantly expanded its plant along Gloucester Avenue.
But retail and other tourism related growth, said Webber, has overtaken gains in manufacturing. While growth in those areas is good to see, Webber said, the jobs retail creates don't match the pay of the manufacturing jobs they replaced.
Of Gloucester's four largest industry sectors — manufacturing, health services, retail and accommodations — manufacturing jobs, like ones in Bomco, Varian and Gloucester Engineering pay the highest wages.
The wage, said Will Sinatra, the WIB's data analyst, is an average. It takes into account everyone from line workers to the executives. And on average, workers in Gloucester's manufacturing companies made $3,513 a week in 2011. That's up from $1,700 in 2008, a 64 percent increase.
But the average for retail workers was roughly $490 a week in 2011, down from $548 in 2007 and an 11 percent decrease.
"What you get back in retail aren't necessarily the same paying jobs," said Sinatra.
Wages in the health care field also rose from a 2007 weekly average of $769 to a 2011 weekly average of $888. Health care and social assistance industries employed an average 1,236 workers in 2011, down from 1,381 in 2007.
Wages in accommodations and food services fell from an average weekly wage of $332 in 2007 to an average wage of $327 in 2011.
The city's fishing industry saw a continued decline in average monthly employment, falling to a yearly average of 133 people in 2011 from 151 in 2007. Yet, wages in the industry rose from an average weekly wage of $884 in 2007 to an average of $1,189 in 2011, the statistics show.
On the whole, Sinatra said, the average wage in Gloucester has gone up between 2007 and 2011, from $996 to $1,189.
The jobs in demand aren't manufacturing jobs, either, labor statistics show.
The Department of Workforce and Labor Development lists the top five occupational vacancies as retail salespeople, cashiers, waiters and waitresses, registered nurses and food preparation workers, as of May 201. But, aside from registered nurses, none of those positions saw a median salary beyond $23,000.
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January 25, 2012
William Monroe stayed near the top of the Bull Run District with a big 74-59 win over backyard rival Madison County. The Mountaineers were looking to avenge an earlier loss to the Green Dragons in a game that saw Madison lead by double-digits, only to have Monroe force overtime and win in the extra frame.
Monroe led by as many as 15 in the first half and took a nin-point lead into halftime. Madison cut the lead to five early in the third but the Green Dragons pulled away and led by 20 after three. Lamar Nelson paced Monroe with 16 and Patrick Roebuck had 23 for Madison.
Western Albemarle also held steady in the Jefferson District with an 82-48 win over Louisa County to stay on the heels of district-leading Fluvanna County.
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By Michael Regan
The Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — An actor in the iconic holiday film "A Christmas Story" will be coming to the Riviera Theatre this weekend.
Ian Petrella is best known from the film as the main character Ralphie's snowsuit-clad little brother, Randy Parker. Petrella has spent the last three decades since the 1983 movie was first produced taking small parts in shows like "Who's the Boss" and "Beverly Hills 90210," and has been involved with post-production work and animation.
Petrella's agent, Tim Bendig, said "A Christmas Story" wasn't initially that popular and was only presented in movie theaters for approximately two weeks, before it eventually crept into the cultural mainstream and became a fixture, with 24-hour marathons viewed by the masses around the holidays.
But it was the long-time fascination with the movie by North Tonawanda firefighter Joe Lavey that is bringing Petrella to the Lumber City Sunday.
Lavey, who is president of the Sweeney Hose Fire Company, said he had been watching "A Christmas Story" since it first came out and met Petrella once before. When he saw a Facebook posting in the spring that the actor was looking to show the movie in small local theaters, he thought immediately of the Riviera and shot out a quick e-mail.
"A week later his agent called," Lavey said, of Bendig. "He said 'the Riviera is exactly the type of place that we're looking for' and he asked me to be the promoter for the event, so we decided to make this a fundraiser for the Riv and the fire company."
But Lavey took it a step further, tracking down the fire truck used in the scene where Ralphie's friend Flick gets his tongue stuck to a flag pole. It was easier than Lavey expected, with the vehicle now owned by another fire company in Ontario, Canada.
Now both Petrella and the 1930s fire truck will be on hand.
While Petrella will donate two Red Ryder BB guns to raffled off and give an insider's presentation of the film at 2 p.m., the fire truck will be available earlier in the day for photo opportunities and rides around downtown.
Lavey said the proceeds will benefit his outfit and the Riviera Theatre.
Pre-sale tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. The fire truck rides will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sunday while Petrella's presentation will start at 2 p.m. inside the Riviera.IF YOU GO • WHAT: A screening of "A Christmas Story" with actor Ian Petrella, who played Ralphie's little brother Randy • WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday at the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda • COST: $10 for adults, $5 for children at the theater box office, 692-2113 Contact reporter Michael Regan at 693-1000, ext. 4115.