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Lighten up! Tidy Cats Instant Action LightWeight Clumping Cat Litter is a great alternative. Available in the same scent, Purina Tidy Cat's LightWeight litter is made with guaranteed odour control, just like traditional Tidy. The only thing that's missing from Tidy's LightWeight formula is the extra weight.
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I'm really surprised by so many negative reviews. Personally I love Tidy Cats, and so do my cats. Clumps great, light scent that isn't too overpowering, and doesn't track all over. While I did love Maxx Scoop, Tidy Cats has proven to be a great replacement for us.
Buy this regularly. My cats love it and leaves no smell. Great product.
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I bought this litter and just loved it! It is super easy to pick up the clumps and there are no smells coming out of that litter box!
I usually use the off brand products but after buying this one I won't go back. Honestly!
I tried Tidy Cats Instant Action and found its formula works! My two cats Deany and Patchy love it. The clumping formula works fast! I can remove the clumps right away. The scent is nice and not too over powering that the cats won't like. I am in the third day using it and the litter is still fresh smelling. Also, there is no dust in the air or in my face when pouring the litter in litter box.For all the reasons mentioned above we will make Tidy Cats Instant Action our litter! All around Awesome kitty litter!
easier to carry container feature and just enough odor control not a perfume garden
Thanks to purina cat chow my cat stinks up the litter box but tiddy cats works so well that it doesn't stink!


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Despite working with Sitecore in depth for a couple of years I had never had the opportunity to delve into the Marketing and Analytics parts of the XP. The perfect opportunity came up recently when the client upgraded their Sitecore 6.6 installation to 8.2. The Analytics functions were not displaying data through the Apps on the Launchpad (Experience Analytics, Experience Profile etc) so I set to task.
When dealing with Sitecore in general it pays dividends to take a patient, analytical approach. Sitecore produces a lot of documentation on how your installation should be configured, however take this with a big pinch of salt; The documentation tends to fall down slightly when you move into the CM/CD arena. Setting descriptions are often brief with minimal examples so you will more than often need to turn to the community to help. Stack Overflow and Slack can be invaluable tools picking up where the Sitecore docs left off.
To briefly explain the production environment I was dealing with, the client had:
- One CM server also doing processing and reporting
- 6 load balanced CD servers
- Sitecore 8.2 Update 4 (170614)
To diagnose issues with analytics it helps to have an understanding of the fundamentals of how it works. In simple terms:
- A user browses the site
- Data about the user's habits and preferences are stored and information that might identify them is stored in session until the user has ended their browsing session
- This Analytics data is then stored in the Collection database, that is, the MongoDB database specified in your Sitecore connection strings.
- The Sitecore Processing server (the CM server in our case) uses Aggregators to then curate the Collection data and write it to the Reporting database at predefined intervals. The default interval is 15 seconds but this can be adjusted in the configuration. The sitecore_analytics_index is also updated.
- The Reporting service then queries the reporting database to display data in applets such as Experience Analytics
The first issue to investigate were the errors being reported in the Analytics interface
Problem 1: Errors in Experience Analytics interface
In our case the following files were enabled on CM which should be disabled according to the documentation from Sitecore for a CM+processing server:
|Config file name
|Search Provider Used
|Content Delivery (CD)
|Content Management (CM)
|CM + Processing
The accompanying note from the Sitecore documentation (below) took a few reads through before it was clear in my mind!
Note All Remote.Client.config files are disabled by default. You should enable these files if you have a reporting server in another location. Disable these files on a content delivery server and enable them on a content management server.Advice from Sitecore
Since our config is set via Octopus deploy, it was a case of correcting any mismatches in the config enabled/disabled states inside the package deployment steps.
Problem Solved!
Problem 2: No data was appearing at all in the Experience Analytics
There can be many reasons why no data is being displayed but there are a few common avenues you can use for investigating Analytics / Reporting issues:
Enable detailed logging and check the logs
Often the first port of call in diagnosing issues is to check the Sitecore logs. Log viewers such as the Sitecore Instance Manager (SIM) Dynamic Log Viewer or the Log Analyzer tool make light work of analysing any errors. To enable debug level logging for analytics change the configuration setting as per below:
<setting name="Analytics.LogLevel" value="Debug" />
Check the Browser Console for Errors
Check the Sitecore configuration
With so many working parts and the multiple ways in which your production system can be deployed, its important to get the Sitecore configuration correct. The official documents for configuration at the time of writing are located below:
- Configuring a CD server https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/82/setting_up_and_maintaining/xdb/configuring_servers/configure_a_content_delivery_server
- Configuring a CM server https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/82/setting_up_and_maintaining/xdb/configuring_servers/configure_a_content_management_server
Each document provides a link to a spreadsheet detailing the list of all the configuration files that should be enabled or disabled for each version of Sitecore 8.2 e.g. Update 1 – Update 6 at the time of writing. Since in our case we have one CM server doing the processing and reporting we use the CM+Processing columns and the Content Delivery columns.
This in itself is confusing as their is no mention of reporting in that column. Sitecore don't provide an explanation of exactly what each column means which is a cause for confusion so I am left to infer the following:
- Content Delivery – Each customer facing CD server
- Content Management – A Content Management server only
- Processing – A Processing server only
- CM + Processing – A combined CM, Processing AND Reporting server (Reporting is not specified in the column)
- Reporting – A Reporting server only
It is important to get this right or it can create spurious errors that are hard to track down. However as we will read later, sometimes Sitecore can get this information wrong!
Shorten the feedback loop
To aid testing and shorten the time it takes to analyse and debug Analytics issues you can create a quick and dirty aspx page that will abandon the session. Drop the following code into a new file with the aspx extension and drop it temporarily into the site. e.g.
<% Session.Abandon();%>

Session killed to death

Navigating to this page when testing should flush the data from the current session into Mongo DB. The alternative is to reduce the session timeout in Web.config to a lower value to avoid waiting around for long period of time during testing:
<sessionState mode="InProc" cookieless="false" timeout="1">
Checking the MongoDB database
Now the user's session has ended, data should be written to the Interactions collection in MongoDB. To check this we can use a tool such as RoboMongo to connect to the Mongo instance in question and browse the data.
By issuing a query we can check that site interactions are getting:
logged:db.getCollection('Interactions').find({}).sort({'StartDateTime': -1})
In our case the interactions returned confirm that data are indeed being written correctly. If there are no interactions with a datetime of around the time you killed the session, it suggests this part of the process is not working. With the collection database checked it's time to move on to the next step in the process: the SQL Server Reporting Database.
Checking the Reporting DB
By connecting to the Reporting database in SQL Server using the analytics connection string, you can check whether the data are being aggregated by runing a query:
SELECT TOP 1000 [SegmentRecordId],
ORDER BY [Date] DESC
In our case again the data itself was being aggregated correctly to the SQL database but if yours isn't try the steps detailed here.
Experience Analytics Caching
After the aggregation process completes, the data should be available in Experience Analytics. However in my experience the page is often cached which means closing the browser window and logging into Sitecore again to refresh the data. To combat this the cache can be disabled by altering the cache settings in Sitecore.ExperienceAnalytics.WebAPI.config as this Stack overflow post by Jacob Neilsen details.
Rebuild the reporting database
A final last ditch option, if you're still experiencing issues is to rebuild the Reporting database via the relevant Sitecore admin page: /sitecore/admin/RebuildReportingDB.aspx
This was enough to get our instance of Experience Analytics displaying data.
Problem 3: Experience Profile not logging contacts or Empty
This issue of no Contacts appearing in the Experience Profile is quite often accompanied by many errors in the log such as:
ERROR Error during aggregation.Exception: System.NullReferenceExceptionMessage: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
ERROR General error when submitting contact.Exception: System.NotImplementedExceptionMessage: The current data adapter provider does not support renumbering interactions.Source: Sitecore.Analytics.DataAccess at Sitecore.Analytics.DataAccess.DataAdapterProvider.RenumberInteractions(ID contactId) at Sitecore.Analytics.Data.ContactRepository.ReconcileContact(Contact contact, LeaseOwner owner, TimeSpan duration) at Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.ContactManager.SubmitContact(Contact contact, ContactSaveOptions options, Contact& realContact)
Checking the Sitecore documentation for configuration maintains that the following files should be disabled for Content Management and enabled for Content Delivery:
- Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.Aggregation.config
- Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.Database.config
- Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.RobotDetection.config
However I had proof that following this advice and disabling the above files on CM prevented Contacts being created and in fact no Experience Analytics data appeared. Enabling the files caused the contacts to start getting logged!
Kam Figy to the rescue!
An answer on Stack Exchange from the man himself indicates that the configuration documentation is, in fact incorrect, and the files need to be enabled.
Moral of the story: Don't disable these files on a CM if you're identifying contacts.Kam Figy
Happily this solved our issue and the client could start making use of Sitecore 8.2's great Analytics features.

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Almost 400 British jihadis free to roam UK after return from fighting with ISIS in Syria as just ONE IN TEN prosecuted
Ministers have now been told to 'urgently toughen our terror laws' by Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock, who revealed the shocking figures
ALMOST 400 Brit jihadis who fought for bloodthirsty ISIS in Syria are now back in the UK - but just one in ten have been prosecuted.
Ministers have now been told to "urgently toughen our terror laws" after the explosive figures were revealed in Parliament.
There are currently around 400 Brits who have returned to the UK from the Middle East where they fled to fight for ISIS.
But just 40 of these have been prosecuted for "direct action they've carried out in Syria".
Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock, who had pressed for the figures, told the Commons: "So, only one tenth of people have been successfully prosecuted.
"That does not mean the others are innocent of terrorism charges, if they have been over to Iraq and Syria, if they have been aiding Daesh in whatever form and they are British citizens, they have been aiding enemies of the British state."
He urged the Government to adopt a similar system to Australia, who have made certain areas illegal to travel to.
The new Home Secretary Sajid David told the debate on counter-terrorism and security proposals he was "looking at just that".
But he added: "There's a bit more work to do on it, it's not as straightforward as it might sound."
There are fears the 400 ISIS fighters who have returned home could slip through the net - with little evidence to convict those who are caught.
Around 15 per cent of the 850 Brits believed to have travelled to Syria or Iraq have died.
Others have been captured - including two members of murderous ISIS group The Beatles.
But now the caliphate has been destroyed, security chiefs are worried the rest could return to the UK.
Last year, plans were said to be underway between the Home Office, police and local authorities on how to turn the estimated 360 ISIS fighters returning to the UK from Syria away from terrorism.
Terror breeding grounds in Britain - such as Birmingham, Manchester and London - are a focus of the scheme and police in those areas will be handed details of potential suspects by counter-terror officers and MI5.
But a Mail on Sunday investigation found terror suspects will be offered taxpayer-funded council homes to "bribe" them not to attack the UK.
The plans, codenamed Operation Constrain, could even see jihadis jumping to the top of council house waiting lists.
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George Osborne's spending review has been front page news for the past few days and its effects will linger significantly longer, we asked one of our key fund management partners, Seven Investment Management (7IM) to give us their thoughts. This is what Peter Sleep, Senior Investment Analyst at 7IM had to say:
Journalists up and down the nation will be reaching for their copy of Roget's Thesaurus to find new descriptions for the reductions contained in George Osborne's Spending Review. More slashes than Bates' Motel; more cuts than Wilkinson Sword; more red ink than my GCSE French paper…
The fun will be endless for the headline writers, but ultimately all are agreed that the present financial hole the government is unsustainable. The government spends seven Pounds for every five Pounds it raises in tax. Simply put, we spend too much on ourselves, which you may be able to see in the table below; the white block labelled "Public sector net borrowing" is the forecast deficit this year.
As an investor, you have a vested interest in seeing the budget balanced. If it is not, you may ultimately have to pay by suffering inflation and seeing the real value of your investments in gilts, bonds and cash wither away. Those on fixed incomes and pensions and those that have saved will pay for all the rest of the population.
The mild market reaction to the Spending Review, with Sterling and gilts flat and the stock market up in line with the international averages suggest that there were no real surprises in the spending review. (Something you may have gathered from the news headlines or the empty benches around George Osborne as he finished his speech.) If the markets had sniffed that the Coalition government were not trying to balance the budget, Sterling and gilts could have been down significantly.
Three levels of debate
The debate leading up to the Spending Review was at three levels. The first level was a debate conducted mainly among economists, about how quickly the cuts should be made. The second level was about the combination of tax rises and spending cuts. Finally the third, and most contentious level, is where the cuts should fall. Where the cuts should fall was the purpose of the Spending Review.
Let's quickly deal with the first two levels of the debate: there is a school of thought that cutting government expenditure may undermine the fragile economic recovery. There is some reason for significant concern here, but the decision was made in the Coalition government's first budget to cut sooner rather than later to prevent a Greek/Irish-type situation happening. As soon as the Conservative party was elected as the largest party in Parliament, we also had a pretty good idea that the deficit would be closed more by spending cuts rather than tax increases.
The most controversial cuts to spending were largely as trailed during the party conference season or leaked in the press. Overall government spending will be reduced by 19% in real terms by 2014-2015. It is estimated that this will reduce public sector employment by about 500,000 over the course of the next 4 to 5 years. Within this the government had previously promised to grow real growth in Health spending, International Development and the state basic pension.
Where will the spending cuts fall?
The spending cuts can be broken into three main parts – spending on day to day government (courts, defence, health, etc.), capital spending and "annual managed expenditure (AME)" or welfare-type cuts.
Firstly, spending on "departmental program and administration budgets", that is the day to day spending of government, falls by 8.3% in real terms by 2014-15. Health has a small increase of 1.3% (in reality this is unlikely to be enough as we are all getting older and need more health care). Defence spending is cut by only 7.5% whereas most of the other great departments of state take cuts of around 25%.
The cuts fall disproportionately on the second area of spending, namely capital spending, that is on construction type work like the renovation of our schools. This is possibly why the impact on jobs is relatively large as it will fall on the labour intensive construction sector. Capital spending is forecast to fall by 29% cumulatively through to 2014-2015.
Finally, the "AME" measures are forecast to save about £11Bn by 2014/15. The biggest of these measures is the cut to child benefit for higher rate tax payers, saving £2.5Bn, not too closely followed by increased public sector employee pension contributions bringing in £1.8Bn.
The Coalition government hopes that by 2015-16 the huge deficit will be reduced by a combination of
spending cuts, tax increases (like the VAT increase next year we are all looking forward to) and private sector GDP growth as shown below in the chart. The chart is based on 5 year forecasts for growth and tax. Clearly if the economy does not grow we will remain in the same mess and we really will be looking down the barrel of a gun.
In terms of impact on your household it seems that those that are in the wealthier decile will bear the largest burden as they will pay more tax and receive less child benefit. Unfortunately, due to the regressive nature of some taxes like VAT, the poorest decile will also take a large hit from reduced benefits and higher tax.
Time to revisit your retirement plan?
In summary it does not seem that there were any real surprises in the Spending Review. Your cash savings are as safe, maybe safer, than they were this time last year, although the change in the retirement age may prompt you to review your saving plans with your Financial Adviser. It is possible that there will be French style riots in the streets, but this seems unlikely at present. More than probably we will have to listen to disaffected public sector workers complaining about "poor morale"; a very British way of protest.
The real crunch will come if the economy does not grow. Much of the fall in the deficit is forecast to come from higher tax revenues and lower benefits on the back of economic growth and higher employment. If the growth does not come through, the deficit reduction will not happen to the desired extent and then it will be a time to make some really hard choices along the lines of more cuts or higher inflation. That may be the time to plan in earnest for a retirement abroad.
Peter Sleep
Senior Investment Analyst
21 October 2010


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Sunset Concerts at the Gallery: "Blessings, Bernstein, and the Beatles!"
Pianist Marie Jureit-Beamish, Professor Emerita of Music at Principia College and former Charles Stewart Harding Mott Distinguished Professor of Music, presents a concert highlighting spirited and uplifting music celebrating two of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century—American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-2018) and the revolutionary Beatles from England. You will recognize favorites from Bernstein's West Side Story, On the Town, and Wonderful Town, as well as classic tunes from the Beatles, including: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Eleanor Rigby," "Yesterday," and "All You Need is Love," to name but a few. Also on the program are inspired arrangements by Mark Hayes of three tunes glorifying God— "Come Christians, Join to Sing," "All Creatures of Our God and King," and concluding with a rousing version of "How Great Thou Art." This is a concert of pure joy!
Debuting in the of Fall 2015, with support from Marie Jureit-Beamish, Sunset Concerts at the Gallery features Martin County's most talented musicians in a unique and intimate setting that combines the fine and performing arts in one space. We are excited to announce that our Sunset Concert at the Gallery series will resume October 2018 through June 2019, FREE and open to the public.


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No Rangers-Islanders matchup in first round of playoffs is a loss for all
The hot topic among New York-area hock ey mavens Thursday night was whether the winner of the Islanders- Rangers game might actually be the loser, and vice versa.
This was because of the strategic calculus of playoff pairings, one theory being that it might be better to be the top wild card than to finish third in the Metropolitan Division, thus avoiding the Penguins and Capitals in the first two rounds.
Crossing over to the Atlantic Division, starting with the Panthers, looked more manageable on paper. But who knows, real ly? That assumption has "be careful what you wish for" written all over it.
We shall see. For now, all we know is that the Islanders' 4-1 victory at Madison Square Garden gave them a 4-0 record in the season series and left the teams tied with 99 points, with two games left for the Islanders and one for the Rangers.
But alas, all that discussion of playoff pairings and Thursday night's game itself was a reminder of what might have been: a matchup every hockey fan in New York would have embraced. Most of the players, too.
For much of the season, it appeared the best intra-region rivalry in New York sports might well visit the postseason for the first time since 1994, and in the first year the teams shared a city.
Then . . . poof.
The Penguins blew past both teams on the leaderboard and secured second place with a victory over the Capitals on Thursday night. So here we are, with no hope of Rangers-Islanders before the conference finals.
That would be awesome but is a long way off, especially given both New York teams' injury issues. And it's a pity.
The Rangers and Islanders came within a Game 7 Isles loss to the Capitals of a second-round series last year that would have had Nassau Coliseum rocking in its final spring. But no.
Not that hockey fans have much to complain about around here. This is the third time in four years that both the Rangers and Islanders are in the playoffs. Gotham's basketball fans would sign up for that in a New York minute.
So for now, all we have is another regular-season series in the books, one the Islanders dominated.
Asked after the game how it felt to sweep the Rangers, Islanders captain John Tavares confirmed that it "feels great," as if we didn't know. "Our fans take a lot of pride in these games, and so do we," he said. "It's a good feeling."
The teams gave fans a sense of what they will be missing come playoff time with a spirited first period that gave both goalies plenty of practice.
But the Islanders scored thrice in the second, even with eight players scratched and with Anders Lee having left the game with an apparent fractured leg.
The best news for the Islanders was the excellent play of goalie Thomas Greiss, whose sharpness will be a must against the Penguins or Panthers. Henrik Lundqvist got yanked after two, saved to fight another day.
"I thought we played a pretty good game, but for some reason this year they definitely had our number," Lundqvist said.
On to the weekend, with the Islanders in position to finish in third place, something they plan to try their best to do, matchups be darned. "We want to win every game," Casey Cizikas said.
Perhaps some a bit more than others.
Shane Prince, who had a goal and an assist, said of playing at the Garden, "It's pretty crazy."
Winning makes it better. "It's pretty hyped up and real fun to be a part of," he said. "Since I've been here, we're 2-0 in this rink, so it's awesome."


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The Horsehead , The Flame and Alnitak - HaO3RGB JanFeb2020
MarsG76 posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Deep Sky ImagingI managed to get some time to process another of my images exposed in January/February 2020. This was the last image when my USB port on my Astro40D failed. This happened while imaging this scene but it happened toward the end of the imaging plan so I got almost the subs that I wanted. The total exposure time was 16 hours and 16 minutes in ISO1600 for all of the subs, RGB, (OSC through the UV/IR Cut filter), HAlpha and OIII. Imaged through my 8" SCT at f6.3, 1280mm FL.
© Mariusz Goralski
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MarsG76 posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Deep Sky ImagingHorsehead and Flame nebulae around the star "Alnitak" in "Orion's Belt" in the constellation of Orion. The nebulae are located approximately 1350LY for Flame nebula and 1500LY for the Horsehead curtain glow nebula. Alnitak is a bit closer at about 1250LY and is the source of light for the glow of the nebulae. The Horsehead nebula is a cold dark nebula silhouetted against the pink hydrogen alpha emission nebula IC434. The Horsehead shape is just the shape of the nebula that blocks that part hydrogen emission of IC434. This image was taken using a full spectrum modded Canon 40D. Image consists of Hbeta, HAlpha and OIII data as well as RGB taken through IR cut and neodymium filters across multiple nights in November and December 2015.
© Mariusz Goralski
Horsehead and flame, Christmas night and 30th Dec
knobby posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyHi all, my second attempt at imaging over multiple nights, captured 60 mins Ha and a couple of 5 mins on Oiii and Sii on Christmas evening, then added more Oii and Sii on the 30th Total of 60 mins Ha 25 mins Sii and 30 mins Oiii Hubble mapped - SII,Ha,OIII = R,G,B. The Oiii data was very noisy but I'm fairly happy overall, also the ZWO Oiii filter caused a massive ring around Alnitak when stretched ! Comments welcome, I know it needs more data and I will need to learn to be more patient but the year is running out Thanks for looking and have a good 2020.
Jannis posted a gallery image in Member's Album
Horsehead Nebula (short stacked but what the heck)
Xiga posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyBetween the clouds, moon, neighbour's roof, nearby floodlights, and all the usual general life stuff, i've simply not been able to get any meaningful data on the HH (or Orion for that matter either) for the last 2 years! To say it's been my nemesis would be an understatement. At this rate i'll be glad to have that box ticked proper before i hit 50 ? So when we had a few hrs of clear sky (and no moon) a couple of weeks back i knew i had to give it a go. I luckily managed 9 x 7mins before it disappeared behind the neighbour's roof. I also have 5 subs of Ha (90 mins in total) from last March, although it wasn't of great quality (there was a nearly full moon right beside it, plus the neighbour's fire smoke was billowing up through the Fov ? ). I've been waiting patiently for more clear skies to add to this, but that 's not working out too well, lol. I really shouldn't be processing this, but all work and no imaging makes Ciaran a dull boy, so here goes nothin... 9 x 7mins with an IDAS-D1 4 x 1200s and 1 x 900s of Ha ~2.7 hrs in Total Stacked in APP and processed in PS. Lots of heavy lifting needed in PS, and i've reduced it to 50% in size as well. For now, at least, this will have to do. There's a lot of good HH's about so hopefully this one's not too hideous! ? I'll post what the 2 raw stacks looked like below as well, just for kicks. Here's the 9 x 7 mins raw stack (with DDP stretch): And here's the ~90min Ha raw stack:
Alnitak and friends - modded DSLR
glowingturnip posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyHere's my latest, taken back at New Years, and I've been working through the Pixinsight Book processing it, hope you enjoy: 19 x 180s lights, flats darks and bias, equipment as per kit, Pixinsight processed. I didn't get as much data as I would like as dew eventually stopped the session (my guidescope fogged up and the laptop was dripping wet), so noise was a bit of an issue if I'm honest. Here's some blurb stolen from Wikipedia: Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), the bright star in the picture, which is the leftmost star in Orion's belt, is a multiple star. The primary star is a hot blue supergiant with an absolute magnitude of -6.0 and is the brightest class O star in the night sky with a visual magnitude of +2.0. It has two bluish 4th magnitude companions. The Horsehead Nebula (top right of pic) is a dark nebula. The nebula is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. The red or pinkish glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. Magnetic fields channel the gases leaving the nebula into streams, showing as streaks in the background glow. A glowing strip of hydrogen gas marks the edge of the massive cloud, and the densities of nearby stars are noticeably different on either side. The heavy concentrations of dust in the Horsehead Nebula region and neighbouring Orion Nebula are localized, resulting in alternating sections of nearly complete opacity and transparency. The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust blocking the light of stars behind it. The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024, just below Alnitak in the pic), is an emission nebula. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away. Alnitak shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this knocks electrons away from the great clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there. Much of the glow results when the electrons and ionized hydrogen recombine. Additional dark gas and dust lies in front of the bright part of the nebula and this is what causes the dark network that appears in the center of the glowing gas. At the center of the Flame Nebula is a cluster of newly formed stars, an estimated population of 800 stars. Several of the other stars in the pic show reflection nebulae where starlight is reflected off inert dust and gas, illuminating it. Cheers, Stuart
Horsehead and flame revisited
GlassWalker posted a topic in Imaging - Deep Sky53 x 2m subs Canon 450D all filters removed, Sigma 120-300m f/2.8 OS + 1.4 teleconverter for 420mm f/4. Astronomik CLS-CCD filter. Processed in PixInsight with darks. Finish off in PS Elements. This is the longest focal length I've seriously used for deep sky imaging yet. Was hoping to pick up the texture behind the horsehead but looking at other photos I think I need more resolution to really pick it up than this widefield attempt. Might try the ST120 on this next time (600mm f/5).
Horsehead and Flame revisited
GlassWalker posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Widefield DSO53 x 2m subs Canon 450D all filters removed, Sigma 120-300m f/2.8 OS + 1.4 teleconverter for 420mm f/4. Astronomik CLS-CCD filter. Processed in PixInsight with darks. Finish off in PS Elements.
Old Data - "What to do about Alnitak..."
coatesg posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyI've been sitting on this data for quite a while (it's from Jan 2017). I've had a few goes at trying to process it, but always junked the results - mostly because of Alnitak! I've bitten the bullet and just posting it here to try and draw a line under this lot (and I've not done much else recently - illness and summer light nights...). Flare and scattered light in the field hasn't helped me and there's a bit of fringing with the brightness of the star. I have since cleaned the objective on the FLT110 as it was filthy, and I may have struggled with transparency, but I'm not sure what else I could do here to bring out more detail or contrast into the image with Alnitak sitting in the field - it just feels a little "soft" ?. It also throws the colour balance off a bit - I think this is an Ok version, but the Flame is perhaps a little on the red side. Details are: ST2000XM + FLT110 (with FR at f5.6). LRGB : 29x5m, 25x5m, 17x5min, 15x5min (RGB 2x bin) Captured Jan 2017 C&C welcome...
I debated posting this in the deep sky section but figured I'd go for widefield as it is indeed rather widefield... Only a limited number of subs captured during a clear spell at the recent Kielder Star Party - here's a chunk of Auriga with the Flame Nebula at the top and M38 at the bottom left with a variety of other objects in between. It's a work in progress in that as soon as I can get a lot more subs I'll do so to really try and pull out the nebulosity in it...it'll take a while for me to identify all the objects (there's something at the top left that I'm curious about). Captured using a modified Canon 650D through a Borg 55 f/3.6 scope (focal length 200mm). I used one of their new QRO filters, the HEUIBII version, an upgrade to the 'standard' IDAS which has a filter cell designed to minimise reflections which I'd had on some of my earlier images - I think it's worked well!! I'm desperate to capture more subs for this one as I think there's promise in there, there's a considerable amount of nebulosity across a big part of the field of view but there's only seven subs in there, 5 from Kielder and 2 from home, 200 seconds each. I've used Pixinsight to process and have very slightly clipped the black end during processing to try and control the noise that more subs will deal with... James
Monochrome Widefield Orion
abodee2 posted a topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and CometsNow i dont know if i'd call this cheating - but i did a monochrome version of this because it just feels so much easier to bring out the little detail in this image without creating too much background noise in the colour version . I think i like this more than the colour version edited with PI LE, CS5 Unmodified Canon 50D, Sigma 50-500mm APO F/4.5-6.3, SW EQ5, 30 x 120s ISO 800 Sorry but cant remember what focal length this was taken at! taken in a very light polluted aberdeen
Alnitak and Horsehead nebula in Orion (re-processed)
MikeODay posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyRe-processed to try to bring increase the brightness of the various nebulae and increase the contrast a little without futher blowing out the stars and adding too much noise ... orignial: Orion's Belt - centred on "Alnitak", is a 1.7 magnitude triple star 740 light years from Earth and appears at one end of the belt. The Flame nebula ( cat: NGC 2024 or Sharpless 2-277 ) ( lower centre left of the image) glows yellow-pink due to the ionising radiation that comes from Alnitak. Seen from Earth, the Flame nebula is behind Alnitak and around 80 light years further away from Earth. The Horsehead nebula ( cat: Barnard 33 ) ( centre right of the image ) is a dark dust and gas cloud that is only visible from Earth due to the backlight illumination and silhouetting caused by the bright pink glow from the ionised hydrogen gas in the emission nebula IC 434. The bright blue reflection nebula below and to the left of the Horsehead is NGC 2023. Details: Combination of two sessions over a year apart. Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, no filter. Nikon D5300 (unmodified). 14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 18 Dec 2015. 21 x 20 sec ISO 800. 165 x 30 sec ISO 800. 13 x 60 sec ISO 800 . Baader UHC-S , 12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 5 Oct 2014. 19 x 2min ISO400 Pixinsight Links:. https://500px.com/mikeoday http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay
Orion's Belt - centered on "Alnitak", a 1.7 magnitute triple star at one end of the belt. Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula. Links: 500px.com/mikeoday photo.net/photos/MikeODay Details: Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter. Nikon D5300 (unmodified). Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90. UHC-S - 19 x 2min ISO400 (12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on). taken 5 October 14 reprocessed with Pixinsight and Photoshop 6 Sept 15
Alnitak and the Flame and Horsehead Nebulae
MikeODay posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyI struggled to try to significantly reduce the quite apparent noise without losing too much detail in the clouds. In the end I decided to keep the detail ( and the noise ). Details: Orion's Belt - centred on "Alnitak". A 1.7 magnitute tripple star at one end of the belt. Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula. RA 16h 41m 42s, Dec -48deg 48' 46". Approx. 3800 light years away. Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount (on concrete pier). Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, no filter. Nikon D5300 (unmodified). Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90. 300 subs in total. 63 x 10 sec ISO100. 38 x 20 sec ISO200 . 21 X 20 sec ISO800. 165 x 30 sec ISO800. 13 x 60 sec ISO800. (14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on). Pixinsight and photoshop. 18th December 2015. source: http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay https://500px.com/mikeoday
Widefield Alnitak
gustavo_sanchez posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyHello to all, this is my first color image using my STF-8300M and Baader LRGB filters. In addition, this is my first image processed in PixInsight. Please provide feedback on it; I don't mind constructive and respectful critique. Astrobin:
Alnitak on Orion's Belt with the Flame and Horsehead nebulae
MikeODay posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Mike's ImagesOrion's Belt - centered on "Alnitak", a 1.7 magnitute tripple star at one end of the belt. Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula. Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter. Nikon D5300 (unmodified). Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90. UHC-S - 19 x 2min ISO400 (12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on). Raw conversion, initial colour balance and shadow and hightlight recover in DXO Optics Pro, aligned and stacked in Nebulosity, processed in Photoshop 5 October 14
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Some Dragon's play in last night's sky
Leveye posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyAn unseasonally warm winter's night with dead calm air and excellent seeing here on the west coast gave me this.. 10 400 second exposures @ ISO 800 10 Darks and 10 bias stacked in DSS and tweeked in Photoshop and Lightroom. My first real attempt using my newly aquired custom modified 6' f5.6 Newt i was given by a neighbor. Let me know what you think of the processing. Look up! -Lev-
Horsehead and flame
GlassWalker posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyAfter an epic battle with dew, I think dew won and gave me those interesting diffraction spikes, presumably due to the way I was trying to wipe it off... 11x2m subs, modified 450D, CLS filter, ISO1600, 300mm f/2.8. Just a quick edit... needs more data to reduce noise.
2017-01-21 alnitak try2
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From the album: Alt-Az / NoEQ DSO challengeTry 2 at all nebulas around alnitak, from heavy light-polluted skies oh home around Paris but with UHC filter. Much better than try 1, thanks to number of subs, but still difficult to come, I suppose because of limited sensor depth. (or is it LP?). However some color is missing, had to use manual BV calibration in Regim to get something barely acceptable. Capture: 101 good of 123 lights x 25s x 2500iso, 30 NG darks, Olympus E-PM1 with Skywatcher 130PDS on Celestron Nexstar SLT, Skywatcher ComaCorr and TS-UHC filter. Processing: Regim, Fotoxx Date: 2017-01-21 Place: suburbs 10km from Paris, France.
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Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead nebula
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Some firsts for me - NGC 2024
ngwillym posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyA few 'firsts' for me here:- First ever RGB image First ever image processed in Pixinsight - all thanks to HarrysAstroShed tutorials First 'proper' use of ASI 1600MM-C with Mini EFW First image through the OpticStar 127mm Apo R,G and B - 30 subs each @8 seconds with ASI1600MM-C set to unit gain, offset 21 and @-20C I have a lot to learn (many more tutorials on Harry's site, the LightVortex site and also Warren Keller's book) - but its a start. Now - How do I get my luminance image (60 subs - other settings as above) incorporated Next time I'll get the framing correct to get the Horsehead too Neil
Barnard 33 final version for 2015
MarsG76 posted a topic in Imaging - Deep SkyHi all, This image is the complete version of the Barnard 33 system HAlpha image I posted about 3 weeks ago. The Horsehead nebula intrigued me as a kid and this image and framing was something I wanted to photograph (or fantasized about photographing) in 1991 when I was a kid using a Tasco 60mmx900 refractor on a alt-az mount. So I guess I can say that this image is nearly 25 years in the making. I did image the horsehead in the past but not framed like this with the flame nebula. Just thinking back about pestering my parent to buy be a t-adapter/ring kit and a SLR "because I was going to photograph the sky like the pros..." Ha, lucky it was too expensive for them to splash out on, knowing what I know now, no pictures would have been taken, potentially a small fortune would have been wasted on film and developing, and even fast forwarding to the time when I restarted the hobby, digital was well in the main arena, so even the SLR, unless used for normal photography, would have been gathering dust... But of course as kids we knew everything, we knew it best.... where in reality we KNEW NOTHING AT ALL. How history keeps repeating... :-/ This image consists of RGB, HAlpha and Hbeta, as well as OIII subs taken across November and December last year. The Hbeta and OIII only had a bit of data of the flame nebula and only Hbeta showed a bit of the horsehead nebula. Looking at the subs I do say that imaging Barnard 33 through Hbeta or OIII filters is not necessary and I think the image would look no different without spending the nights capturing those subs. Hope you all like it, I'm happy how it turned out by using a modded, uncooled DSLR. Clear skies, MG


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In a blog which has become predominantly about Religion and Spirit I am straying over into the Politics pasture in this post. Has anyone noticed the elephant flying under the radar these days? COVID THIS AND COVID THAT AND COVID BLAH BLAH BLAH endlessly.
The invisible elephant is the rapidly disappearing civil liberties and freedoms which we have taken for granted all our lives and are just being chucked out the window in a blizzard of fear. Even without the physical threat of force folks everywhere are moving right along and doing whatever they are told. Maybe this is just in Canada, because we are so afraid of what is reported to be happening elsewhere on the planet.
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Canada's Clown Prince Justin just failed narrowly in a bid to suspend parliament for the next couple of years on the pretext that the government needed this power to deal with the COVID-19 emergency.
The governments of the world are supposed to get on board to control the new and deadly virus? Maybe we need a One World government to deal with a One World virus threat? But this is all just overreaction and hysteria, right. On the other hand …
History has not been kind to any nation that voted to suspend their elected representative governments. Most often the elected government never returns and we observe an ever extending state of emergency where elections, if they are even held, involve 1 approved "candidate" and the government "gets it's majority" no matter what the voter turnout.
The herd turned everything over to the "experts", and millions died …
Just about every totalitarian regime in recent history has had elections of a sort and called themselves the "Democratic Republic of Blah Blah Blah" but the entire planet understands that they are "democratic" in name only.
What makes people think that we here are somehow immune to natural human desires for power and control and will act in a "Christian" manner naturally. 1000,000 years of human history give that the big lie.
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I know there are some of you who are anxious for another chapter of my North & South fanfic. I'm working on it, promise! However, I saw something recently that inspired me to try and make another wallpaper. I'm still learning to use Photoshop, so there are some things I would do differently if I had a better grasp of the software. Anyway, here is my most recent attempt at a Hobbit wallpaper, with Thorin of course. 😉
I've been playing…
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Richard Armitage, Smaug, The Hobbit, The Lonely Mountain, Thorin, Wallpaper
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Ooh, lots of exciting elements! Well done. Love the choice of colors and of course your composition. 😀
Well done, Jas!
Well done, Jas,very creative.Thorin and the dragon! I Just like LOTR, that I still do not get tired of watching, I'm sure that Thorin scenes in the cave of the dragon will be breathtaking.
Fantastic, Jas! I love it!
What a wonderful wallpaper Jasrangoon, bravo ! 🙂
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I like your use of colors and Thorin. Please share more of your work. Have fun learning Photoshop.


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The Esch's Spur Bridge (called Kirk Bridge on the plaque) is a well-known triple-arch bridge outside Dexter, Cowley, Kansas, that is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
Built in 1913 by Walter Sharp, this bridge has spanned Grouse Creek for over a century. Arguably the most renowned of the Cowley bridges, it is certainly a must-see for any stone arch bridge enthusiast. It is a very long bridge, and, though perhaps a little difficult to capture in a photograph, the sheer massiveness of this stone structure is awe-inspiring.
The Esch's Spur Bridge is unique among Cowley County bridges. Whereas Walter Sharp typically favored starting the arches at or near the stream bed, the three arches of the Esch's Spur Bridge are "sprung" off of high up on piers to increase the waterway. As such, the arches are relatively flat, giving the bridge a unique appearance. For Walter Sharp this was an experiment that nearly failed, as during construction an arch collapsed shortly after completion due to overturning of the pier caused by the horizontal thrust inherent in a flat arch.
When all of the arches are in place, the bridge is stable (the horizontal thrusts tend to cancel out on the piers, as two arches are "pushing" in opposite directions on top of the pier), however, this typically requires the arches to be built up simultaneously rather than individually, increasing complexity of design and cost. Of course, as mentioned before, Walter Sharp was experimenting with ways to increase waterway and, apparently, did not realize how much horizontal thrust he had to reckon with.
Unfortunately, the Esch's Spur Bridge was damaged in the same flood that took down the Fox stone arch bridge upstream.
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The Esch's Spur Bridge is a large bridge, featuring an innovative way to increase the waterway, and is a style rather uncommon to Kansas, although, incidentally, Cowley's Neer Bridge (another Walter Sharp bridge built a couple of years after Esch's Spur) features a similier design principle.
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By Julita SOCCOM Tawau
Tawau : In launching the Diocesan level 'Year of Faith' on 7th November 2012 at St Mary's Cathedral Sandakan, Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom specifically reminded the faithful that 'faith must be shown in works of charity' aligning itself to James 2 : 17, 'In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.' In conjunction with the Season of Lent, parishioners of Holy Trinity Parish Tawau responded to the first Blood Donation Campaign for 2013.
This quarterly campaign is the joint effort of the Red Crescent Tawau Chapter and Holy Trinity Church which was held on Sunday, 17th March 2013 at the Parish Hall from 8.00 am till 12.30 noon. The campaign is also to raise awareness among parishioners the importance of blood donation, give blood and save life.
Members of the various groups, ministries and individual parishioners came forward to donate their blood joyfully. Out of the 84 registered, 70 donors were eligible to donate, whereas the others were rejected due to some health problem such as high or low blood pressure, low haemoglobin count and those on certain medication.
Most donors were regular though some of them were first timer. Below are some testimonies from donors :
- Donating blood is one way to help our brothers and sisters in need regardless of race or religion
- Blood is life and it is a precious donation as it can save lives
- It allows replenishment of blood donated and helps my body stay healthy
- It is a blessing to donate blood during this season of Lent as it is an act of charity and love
- Giving blood and saving life is an act of sharing ~ in fact giving and sharing lives.
As an appreciation from the organizer, a Certificate of Recognition and a record book were presented to the donor. A little token as well as light food was served to donors right after donating their blood.
The campaign ended at 12.30 noon. Mario received the certificate of appreciation on behalf of the Parish.


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Syfy Renews 'Z Nation' For A Fourth Season
The gang from Z Nation will be back to fight zombies for another season.
The gang from Z Nation will be back to fight zombies for another season.
This Friday, September 16th at 8/7c, Roberta, Murphy, Addy and the rest of the gang are back for the Season 3 premiere of the hit Syfy series ZNation.
It looks like Roberta Warren and the gang will live to fight the zombies for at least another season.
Syfy and The Asylum today announced that scripted drama series Z Nation will be back to Z-Whack its way through a third season of zombie road trippin' action.
Many of you may know actress Kellita Smith from her five years as Wanda McCullough on the hit Fox series The Bernie Mac Show. What some of you may not know is that there is more to Kellita then just that series.
She began her career in theater and was twice nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award and won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the production Feelings in 1996.
Syfy's new zombie series Z Nation bit 1.6 million total viewers during its Friday, September 12 premiere at 10PM (ET/PT), becoming the channel's highest rated acquired scripted series premiere since Dr. Who in 2006.
The dynamic action-drama from The Asylum (producers of the Sharknado franchise) also chomped on 695K Adults 18-49 and 853K Adults 25-54.
Z Nation was #1 in the 10PM time period among total viewers, Adults 25-54, Men 25-54, Women 25-54 as well as #2 among Adults 18-49.
In the past week, more L+SD total viewers fell victim to Z Nation than the most recent telecasts of The Leftovers on HBO, Teen Wolf on MTV and Doctor Who on BBCA.
Well it looks like the apocalypse is here once again. Syfy has just released the first official trailer for its apocalyptic zombie television series Z Nation.
The series follows a group who must transport the last known survivor to a lab in order to use the antibodies in his blood to create a vaccine that can save the planet, but everything is not what it seems.
Z Nation stars Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls and Michael Welch. The first season will consist of thirteen episodes and will debut this September.
Take a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Syfy today announced Z Nation, a 13-episode zombie series set to debut in the fall. From production company The Asylum (Sharknado), the action-horror series depicts the epic struggle to save humanity after a zombie apocalypse. The series, which will air on Syfy, will be produced by The Asylum and sold internationally by Dynamic Television.
Karl Schaefer (Eerie Indiana, Eureka, The Dead Zone) will serve as executive producer and showrunner. "Z Nation will take viewers where no zombie has gone before," says Schaefer. The show, he continues, adds "a sense of hope to the horror of the apocalypse – our everyday heroes take the fight to the zombies. It'll be an epic journey unlike anything you've seen before."


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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI)- At least 17 people were killed when police say Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The shooting left an impact on the nation and a painful conversation about how to prevent children from losing their lives.
The Sheriff leading the investigation says Cruz fired into five classrooms on two floors before dropping the weapon and taking off.
It led to the question of where the school resource officer was at the time of the shooting. The Sheriff confirmed the school resource officer was at the school during the shooting, but he never came across Cruz.
But, it does leaves concerns about safety in schools even when there is protection.
Brenda Simmons has been school resource officer for West Vigo Middle School for about one year.
"I go home at night and I'm smiling... I'm happy," Simmons said.
She says she does it all for the kids.
"I've always loved working with kids," she said.
She spend two days at Honey Creek Middle School and three days with the kids at West Vigo.
"We are not just here to scare the kids," she said. "We are here to help."
Simmons says she serves as a mentor and someone to talk to.
"You have that one-on-one and they get to know you," she said.
The students are her kids she never had. Simmons was devastated when she heard about the mass shooting at a Florida high school. "It broke my heart, Simmons said. "Yet, another school shooting."
The shooting killed nearly 17 students and left several injured.
"God-forbid it ever happens here," Simmons said. "We just try to do the best we can."
Simmons says she checks nearly 15 doors numerous times in a day. And, she keeps a close eye on more than 30 security cameras inside and around the building.
"A lot of these kids just want to be heard," she said.
Simmons will tell you it's not about the security measures. "People give warnings and we have to take heed to those warnings," she said.
She says it all comes down to listening to the children. It is all about having a healthy relationship.
"Let's keep that open communication with us and the kids and the family," Simmons said.
There is one resource officer for each of the West Vigo schools. Simmons says the officers are there to listen. But, police ask if you do ever see or hear of any unusual activity to call them immediately.


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It is illegal for pedestrians to walk on the freeway for a very good reason. The speeds involved in freeway travel make it almost impossible for a driver to notice a pedestrian in the lane and stop in time unless they're noticed at a very far distance. Instead, they have to swerve into another lane. But even then, it is still possible for a pedestrian to get hit.
A pedestrian freeway accident has led to a fatal accident on the North Freeway in the early morning. The driver of a vehicle got out of his car to check on another driver that he crashed into. When he stepped out, he must have not seen the Prius driving in the next lane over. The Prius slammed on its brakes.
That caused a BMW that was following the Prius to swerve into another lane to avoid an accident. Unfortunately, the lane that drive chose put him in the path of the driver that got out. He died at the hospital. The driver of the BMW was not intoxicated according to police.
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Why Paul Heyman Deserves Blame For WWE's 'Fake' Razor Ramon
Wrestling fans in 1996 watched with baited breath as Jim Ross promised to bring back Razor Ramon and Diesel to the WWF. He did, but it was bogus versions played by Rick Bognar and Glenn Jacobs, not Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
They were over in WCW making serious cash.
On 'Something To Wrestle With', Bruce Prichard revealed who first launched the 'Fake' Razor idea into Vince McMahon's mind. Amazingly, it was none other than then-ECW boss Paul Heyman. Yes, this writer is every bit as disappointed as you probably are.
Tut tut, Paul E.
According to Prichard, Heyman phoned him up and said he had to hear the perfect Ramon impression Bognar could do. That caught Vince's attention, and the thought of repackaging someone under the Razor gimmick became a genuine prospect.
Paul claimed that Bognar could do a better Ramon than Scott Hall, which would obviously prove to be totally untrue. The Razor 2.0 (0.5?) character tanked, was dead on arrival and the WWF moved on quickly upon realising that fans weren't buying some Halloween knock off.
Thank God Rick didn't do a solid Hulk Hogan or Randy Savage impersonation in ECW locker rooms.


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broball is a game of agility and skill. It can be played with 2-6 people. Players hit the ball 3 times then pass to their buddy. If the buddy misses the pass, then they are issued a strike. Three strikes and you're out. Last man standing wins!
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I suggest you change "last man standing wins" to last person standing wins, we wouldn't want to exclude anyone from bro ball due to sexist white mail privileged language.
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SONORA — Two suspects who broke into a Sonora-area business were caught on hidden cameras and the footage quickly aided in their arrest.
Richard Babb, the owner of R and J Hobbies, is no stranger to gadgets. His hobby shop specializes in radio-controlled cars, planes and boats. Models at his store can cost north of $1,500.
It's no wonder he responded to a phone alert by his camera security system early Saturday morning.
"They told me that there was somebody out in front of my store. So I instantly started looking at it," Babb told FOX40.
Babb was actually 30 miles away when he witnessed a possible break-in in progress and called the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office right away. His instincts were right.
"(The suspects) went around for a little bit," Babb said. "They drove the car around for a little bit. They also went around and picked up some rocks."
They used the rocks to break a front window and one of the suspects began rummaging through Babb's inventory, picking out various items.
The whole time Babb was able to relay everything that was happening as deputies were dispatched.
"I'm telling them what was going on live as it's happening," he said. "I was giving them play-by-play, it was kind of nice."
Babb had one of his cameras strategically placed in the window overlooking a nearby parking lot. That camera provided crucial information that he was able to pass to sheriff's deputies.
The two suspects loaded up a red Honda Accord and took off just as deputies arrived. A long car chase involving the CHP ended in a wreck and a foot pursuit before the suspects were caught.
Babb chuckles about it now but the thieves passed up the most expensive models and ignored a $2,000 Gibson guitar.
"On its side, it said Gibson across the front of the case. They stepped over that to steal a $300 car," Babb said.
Deputies recovered several thousand dollars in merchandise but his store was trashed in the robbery, causing around $5,000 in additional damage.
Still, he's glad he installed the security system.
"I'm used to dealing with cameras and GPSs and everything like that," he said. "Technology is really far advanced, so why not?"


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With just two weeks to go until the U.S. election – when nine states will vote on marijuana legalization measures – new data from the Marijuana Business Daily shows that funds raised for pro-legalization campaigns have far surpassed those raised for anti-legalization groups.
Collectively, pro-legalization ballot committees have raised $3.25 for every $1 given to anti-legalization ballot committees, according to an analysis of donations made to both camps.
In total, pro-legalization ballot committees have raised $38.7-million compared to the opposition's $11.9-million (these figures include funds raised in Montana, which has already legalized medical marijuana and is voting on allowing commercial production and sales.)
This new data should have legalization supporters feeling optimistic, as a financial advantage so significant at this stage in the game will allow for further advertising, marketing, education and voter turnout campaigns ahead of the November 8 election.
Ballot committees (or political action committees, depending on the state) are registered organizations that gather campaign contributions from individuals, businesses and organizations in support of or against certain ballot initiatives. Major advocacy groups like the Drug Policy Alliance or the Marijuana Policy Project are typically the big donors to pro-legalization committees.
Committees in every state with a ballot measure to actually legalize recreational or medical marijuana have raised more than their opponents. The greatest disparity in funds raised between camps is in Maine, where pro-legalization groups have so far outraised the opposition almost 29 to one. Only Montana's pro-legalization committees have been outraised by anti-legalization groups.
California's eight pro-legalization ballot committees have raised more dough than any other state – nearly $20 million dollars versus the $2.4-million raised by the measures' opponents.
Despite still being outraised by pro-legalization groups, anti-legalization ballot committees in Florida have raised $3.4-million – more than any other opposition campaign across the country.
Where the money is actually coming from changes dramatically between camps. For many anti-legalization ballot committees, large donations typically come from a small group of wealthy donors. For example, Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson gave $2-million to anti-legalization committees in Nevada and $1-million each to opposition committees in Florida and Massachusetts.
For pro-legalization committees, the money tends to come from a more diverse range of sources, including individuals, advocacy groups and business interests.
Banner image: Mark Dion, who has spent 32 years in law enforcement, took part in a video ad campaign in support of Maine's legalization ballot initiative, Question 1.


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The Red Boat Hotel was a very unique hotel/hostel, actually located on a boat in the river. It had pretty views while you were outside the boat. However, this is almost where the good things about the hotel ended. The rooms were very small and cramped, in addition to being noisy at night. Our neighbors in the hostel were partying until about 6 AM on the second night of our trip.
Nick and I would not stay at the Red Boat Hotel again. While the price was very low, and the location good, it is not the environment we are looking for. It was interesting to try, and sleep on a boat for the evening, but we would probably not go back or recommend it unless someone is simply looking for a very cheap hostel in a good location.


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Be Fruitful and Multiply By Jmmody
Many times we hear the Christians and Jews defending the Lord's
instruction to "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis, from the Old
Testament). We are puzzled by this. Is it not true that the Lord
gave those instructions at the beginning of that segment of this
civilization when it was in its early stage of development? Could it
be that the reason the Lord gave this instruction was because the
people at that time were very primitive in their behavior, and it was
clear to the Lord the direction that these humans were choosing?
Even in the beginning, Adam's loneliness showed he was not
satisfied with looking only to the Lord. Adam had been an androgynous
virgin, but when the Lord realized he was lonely, He separated Adam
into two individuals. The Lord then made it clear He was warning Adam
and Eve about partaking of the forbidden fruit (Genesis 2:17), which
led to their union. By this action, they made it clear that they
wanted more than what a relationship with only the Lord could offer.
Is it possible that from the beginning the Lord had something
more significant than multiplying in mind for Adam, something that
would set him apart from other mammals and mammalian behavior? Is it
not true that even then the Lord gave Adam the opportunity of seeing
up front that he could make the Lord happy by resisting mammalian
behavior and desiring to look only to Him? Although the Lord knew
that Lucifer was going to come into the garden and use the forbidden
fruit game to tempt Adam and Eve's resistance, didn't Adam have the
opportunity to actually listen to the Lord as He gave those
instructions, and not listen to other influences that came along
Could it be that what the Lord had in mind from the beginning was
to see if Adam was strong enough to follow only His instructions and
not be tempted by others? Is it possible that the Lord suspected that
the creature He created called Adam was not strong enough to make the
right decisions?
Would it not be correct to assume that when the Lord created
Adam, He gave him free will and the choice to listen to only Him as
well as the option to drift away from Him? If this is so, could the
Lord then have seen to it that the human kingdom would serve as a
catalyst for humans to get out of what they shouldn't have gotten into
in the first place? Wouldn't this be especially true for those in
whom the Lord takes an interest?
Is it possible, at this point in time, that the Lord is offering
us the opportunity to regain our "virginity," to become what the Lord
had originally intended for Adam? Adam may have fallen short of some
of the Lord's expectations, but didn't the Lord also see to it that He
gave humans step-by-step instructions on how to become new creatures
that could reside in the Literal Heavens – and be a part of advanced
activities that could never exist in this "temporary classroom"
(Earth's civilization)? If one continues to read in a chronological
progression the scriptures in the Bible, is there not evidence that
would show this? When the Lord took an interest in someone, He would
let them know that what He required of them was a puritanical life
(for example, priests in the temple were not to have families). He
let them know that they didn't have to drop to participating in
mammalian behavior, if only they had put more effort into adhering to
the more significant instructions the Lord gave.
What did the Lord give Jesus to pass on to those who were ready
for their "next instructions"? Was it to be fruitful and multiply –
raise a family? Or, was it the following instructions (and these
quotes were taken from the same Bible that "Be fruitful and multiply"
was taken):
* Luke 14:26-27 – "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his
father and mother and his wife and children and brothers and
sisters and even his own life also – he cannot be My disciple.
Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come
after (follow) Me cannot be my disciple."
Didn't Jesus mean by this that those who follow Him would have to
suffer and bear the pangs of separating from the world and live as He
did – looking to Him and learning from Him if they would expect to get
into His Father's house?
* Luke 17:26-30 – "And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it
be in the time of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they
married, they were given in marriage, right up to the day when
Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them
all. So also as it was in the days of Lot. They ate, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; But on
the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone
from heaven and destroyed them all. That is the way it will be
on the day that the Son of Man is revealed."
Is Jesus not implying that there comes a time when all these human
ways have to be dropped when a Son is present?
* Matthew 19:11-12 – "But he said to them, Not all men can accept
this saying, but it is for those to whom it has been given: For
there are eunuchs who have been born incapable of marriage; and
there are eunuchs who have been made so by men; and there are
eunuchs who have made themselves incapable of marriage for the
sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him who is able to accept
this accept it."
* Luke 20:34-35 – "And Jesus said to them, the people of this
world and present age marry and are given in marriage; But those
who are considered worthy to gain that other world and that
future age and to attain to the resurrection from the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage."
* Matthew 19:29 – "And anyone and everyone who has left houses or
brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for
My name's sake will receive many times more and will inherit
eternal life."
* Luke 9:59-62 – "And He said to another, become my disciple, side
with My party, and accompany me! But he replied, Lord, permit
me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father. But
Jesus said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as
for you, go and publish abroad throughout all regions the
Kingdom of God. Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and
become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first
say good-bye to those at my home. Jesus said to him, No one who
puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom
of God."
* John 14:23-24 – "Jesus answered, If a person loves Me, he will
keep My word and My Father will love him, and We will come to
him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.
Anyone who does not love Me does not observe and obey My
teachings. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not
Mine, but from the Father Who sent Me."
If these were the instructions spoken by Jesus approximately 2000
years ago, do you understand why we are so puzzled by the Christians
and Jews who still quote instructions that were applicable to "diaper
lessons"? Why do they still think they have instructions to not take
their "diapers" off even when they are past the diaper age? The ones
defending their position by using those quotes are not primitives. Is
it in order to justify their preoccupation with reproduction (human/
mammalian behavior)? Hasn't it been generations since the Lord gave
this instruction, and hasn't He even given instructions that updated
and replaced it?
In Jesus' teachings we can see a whole new set of instructions
spelling out the formula for what it takes to get out of the human
kingdom – to connect with somebody who comes from that Kingdom and who
can show us how to get out of the human kingdom and become students of
getting into the Next Kingdom Level.
Anytime the Kingdom of Heaven relates to a civilization to offer
stages of that process of overcoming humanism and entering that
Kingdom Level, the theme is renunciation of all human ways, growing to
despise the world and human/mammalian behavior. This includes
If God is the Creator, did He really need and want Adam and Eve
to populate this planet? Were Adam and Eve the only creation in His
bag of creations, and therefore did He need them to create for Him?
If Adam had looked only to his Creator for all his nourishment as the
Lord originally intended, would Adam have felt the need for another
companion? Could it be that because Adam and Eve chose to look to
each other and away from their Creator for their needs that they both
found that the Lord gave them what they desired instead of what the
Lord would have chosen for them? We thought that the Lord was angry
with Adam and Eve for engaging in fornication:
* Genesis 3:16-17 – "To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply
your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of
childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth
children. And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and
given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the
ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall
you eat of it all the days of your life. So God drove out the
man; and He placed at the East of the Garden of Eden the
cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and
guard the way to the tree of life."
For us it seems that the evidence is undeniable that "Be fruitful
and multiply" was an instruction that the Lord gave regretfully and
only for a specific time in our civilization. Are the Christians and
Jews who still practice and defend the instruction of "Be fruitful and
multiply" doing so because it requires less of them and it gives them
an excuse to participate in sensual gratification? Why are they still
choosing to wear the "diapers" that they should have long outgrown?
April 16, 1996
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