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Aerospace-related stocks have enjoyed investors' favor so far this year. iShares DJ Transportation Average ETF (NYSEARCA:IYT) has rallied 13%, while the S&P 500 has rallied only 9%. However, the ETF has declined by 6% in the last two days due to a worse-than-expected performance in March from Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL). The traffic report has dragged other major and regional airlines. For example, the price-per-share of United Continental Airlines (NYSE:UAL) declined by 10%, Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) declined by 8%, and Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK) declined by 11%, Figure 1. However, Alaska Airlines, a regional airline that has received little attention, released its March traffic report two days after Delta's. A comparison between the reports should provide an overall picture on the performance of the airlines for the first quarter of 2013.
Figure 1. Performance of UAL (green), LUV (yellow), ALK, (red), DAL (blue).
According to Delta Air Lines March traffic report, the company oversaw a decline in "traffic results" for the first quarter on a year-over-year basis. Its Revenue Passenger Mile (RPM) decreased by 0.6% from $43.3 billion in 2012 to $43.0 billion in 2013 on a year-over-year basis for the first quarter. The largest decline in RPM came from regional flights, which decreased by 10% from $5.6 billion to $5.0 billion. On a monthly-traffic basis, the RPM increased by a modest 0.1% for March. However, in the same month, the regional flights' RPM decreased by 10.4%. Yet, the company increased its load factor from 79.7% in the first quarter of 2012 to 81.2% in 2013 for the same period.
On the other hand, Alaska Airlines increased its revenue passenger mile. According to its March traffic report, the company increased its 1st Quarter RPM from $5.6 billion in 2012 to $6.2 billion in 2013, for a 9.5% increase. In addition, the passenger load did not change from 2012 to 2013 on a quarter-over-quarter basis. Further, the company increased its RPM for the March period, from $2.06 billion in 2012 to 2.27 billion in 2013, representing a 10.1% increase.
Overall, Alaska Airlines reported an increase of 10% in its RPM on a quarter-over-quarter basis, while Delta Air Lines suffered a decline in its RPM by 0.6%. The improvement in Alaska's RPM reflects a strong business model. For this reason, and others described here, Alaska Airlines would be a top choice for the long markets. Further, the recent pullback of Alaska Airlines' price-per-share may prove an excellent buying opportunity.


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A perfect lens does not have infinite resolution - read about Abbe's law - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction-limited_system. The wave nature of light dictates that resolution is limited by the size of the Airey disk - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_disk. Infinite resolution would require that the f number is 0 - ie the lens has an infinite diameter.
I never said that a perfect lens exists. A perfect lens is an abstraction.
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Albany - Albany State's Early Learning center is working hard to prepare dozens of children for successful futures. They dedicated a new childcare center Wednesday.
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Sense of Space – A multi-sensory performance by deafblind artists
Sense of Space, a multi-sensory performance by deafblind artists and their support staff, took place in a new theatre in Archway.
Never Never Never Never Give Up: LOW PROFILE, making the most of doing your best
Witty, exciting, thoughtful and engaging, there's a steely core to LOW PROFILE – and there's a clue in the title of their latest show Against All Odds, which continues until July 6, 2013 at the Exeter Phoenix.
New twist to Old Curiosity Shop from Theatre Alibi
Theatre Alibi premiere a contemporary version of Charles Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop premiering at Exeter Northcott Theatre on March 8 prior to a national tour. Curiosity Shop is a co-production with Exeter Northcott and Oxford Playhouse.
Only for brave children. Terrible Tales at The Bike Shed theatre
The prospect of exciting theatre for young people is always worth a tingle or two to the spine, and that is apparently what Scruffy Mutt Theatre provide.
Richard III returns to Bosworth
Outdoor theatre company The Festival Players are in the midst of a 45-date all-male tour of Richard III across the UK the highlight of which will be a performance on the historic Bosworth Battlefield, where the last Plantagenet king lost his life.
Born on a Dartmoor morning, Wild Nights Young Company is still going strong
On a wild night in 2004, far from civilization in a remote valley on Dartmoor, a group of creative teenagers were camping out with with their drama group run by MED Theatre.
A summer of Shakespearean history with The Elysium Theatre Company
Get set for a whirlwind journey through history this summer courtesy of Shakespeare and The Elysium Theatre Company.
Clowning in a war scenario
Comedy can often be uncomfortable, and clowns give you the heebie-jeebies, not least with the territory they explore.
After Dark, a new play by South West playwright at The Bike Shed Theatre
South West playwright Hugh Janes premieres his gripping new play After Dark at The Bike Shed Theatre.
Step into the intimate world of global connections with make-shift
make-shift is a string of performances which re-imagine 'the private actions of our domestic lives as multiple, interconnected and with global consequences' – there was almost an air of prescience when Paula Crutchlow talked about the launch of the interactive online performance make-shift way back in November 2010.
Simultaneous Shakespeare in Exeter and Cambridge
A performance of Two Gentlemen of Verona could easily become a tale of Two Cities, as University of Exeter Drama Department joins up the Cambridge performers to present the play in Exeter and Cambridge at the same time.
Bunnies and Bike Shed win Empty Space Mark Marvin Ren Subsidy Award
The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter, has won the Empty Space, Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award 2011 for its in-house production of Bunnies.
SCRATCH provides platform for emerging artists In Devon
Feedback is one of the most important things for an artist to receive, now SCRATCH at Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre is offering a work-in-progress event where the audience is invited to be a part of the action by providing feedback to every piece they see. From praise to criticism it doesn't matter, as long as it is useful.
What holds you back? Inclusive theatre group calls for input on the topic of Restraint?
Strictly Collaborative, the inclusive theatre company for disabled and non-disabled people aged between 13 and 25, is launching its next project, Restraints, on September 12 and is calling for input.
Grants for Arts cash for Wide Awake Devon
New organisation Wide Awake Devon won Grants for the Arts cash to help it broker relationships between the artistic communities of Devon, including live performance makers, companies, arts organisations and venues.
New Devon Opera's Carmen to tour Devon
New Devon Opera is gearing up for its seventh season of bringing top class opera to the people of Devon. This year Bizet's smouldering Carmen will be doing the rounds.
EXETER FRINGE: improvised theatre and comedy with The Improsarios
Improvised theatre and comedy – all created on the fly, inspired by the audience's suggestions – is on at the Black Box at the Exeter Phoenix with The Improsarios for the Exeter Fringe Festival.
EXETER FRINGE: 78 companies; six venues; 11 days – a live performances extravaganza (here's a quick overview)
Exeter Fringe Festival is an 11-day celebration of live performance with 78 companies (31 of them from Devon) playing six venues during the 11 days from June 22 to July 2.
History retold: Foster&Déchery's Epic at Dartington
Foster&Déchery's Epic pops into Dartington as its national tour starts coming to an end.
Blown by Two Hoots a dark and touching comedy that looks at attraction of the sexes, at The Bike Shed theatre
Gloucester-based Two Hoots will the at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter with their show Blown on from May 17 to May 21.
Freeway Poets in Bournemouth galvanises the creative community
Poetry, spoken word, street poetry, live illustrators and art are being pulled together for a vibrant monthly event in Bournemouth called Freeway Poets.


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Orange County Deputies confirm a West Orange Stark quarterback is dead Friday night, after being transported to a local hospital from suffering a seizure on the field.
Reggie Garrett, a senior at WO-S High School, was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital Orange just after 9:30 p.m.
Garrett jogged to the sideline after throwing a touchdown pass with nine minutes left in the second quarter, and passed out on the sidelines where paramedics suspect he had a seizure.
He was transported to the hospital where he became non-responsive. His death is now under investigation, and an autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.
According to family members of Garrett, he had a history of seizures.
Emotions ran high during a post game meeting as coaches, players, parents, administrators and teachers all huddled up at the 50 yard line.
Coaches said this is a time in life for a lot more important things than football.
WO-S Players were on their knees crying and consoling each other alongside their parents.
Defensive coordinator Cornel Thompson said he saw Garrett collapse after the special teams huddled on the sideline. Thompson said he knew Garrett had a history of seizures, but did not know to what extent, or how serious they were.
Paramedics rushed to give him medical care, and as they loaded Garrett onto the stretcher, his eyes were still open.
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Bill would ban e-smoking in Md. bars, restaurants
One Maryland lawmaker wants to expand bans on smoking in bars and restaurants to electronic cigarettes, commonly referred to as "e-cigarettes."
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It's a win for the citizens. A week ago, News 3 reported concern over the parking situation at the new Services Center. Originally, the parking deck of the $32 million facility had the best parking spaces reserved for city employees. The 146 reserved spots were on the first level and the second level closest to the entrance, meaning if you're a citizen going to the services center, you would have had to park on the far end of the second level or on the third level.
On Tuesday, Columbus Council ruled to change the layout to provide all first level parking spots to citizens, except for 10 spaces reserved for department heads. The third level spots will be reserved for employees.
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Study: Earth can sustain more terrestrial plant growth than previously thoughtAugust 27, 2014 8:00 am | by Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Comments
A new analysis suggests the planet can produce much more land-plant biomass than previously thought. The study, reported in Environmental Science and Technology, recalculates the theoretical limit of terrestrial plant productivity, and finds that it is much higher than many current estimates allow.
Pacific plate shrinking as it coolsAugust 27, 2014 7:47 am | by Mike Williams, Rice Univ. | Comments
The tectonic plate that dominates the Pacific "Ring of Fire" is not as rigid as many scientists assume, according to researchers at Rice Univ. and the Univ. of Nevada. The researchers have determined that cooling of the lithosphere makes some sections of the Pacific plate contract horizontally at faster rates than others and cause the plate to deform.
Japan lab unable to replicate stem cell resultsAugust 27, 2014 6:26 am | by Elaine Kurtenbach - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | Comments
The Japanese laboratory that retracted a paper reporting a potentially major breakthrough in stem cell research said Wednesday its researchers have not managed to replicate the results. Scientists at the government-affiliated RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology said they are still trying to match results reported in two papers published by Nature in January and then retracted in July.
Study: Existing power plants will spew 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide during useAugust 26, 2014 4:33 pm | Comments
According to Univ. of California Irvine and Princeton Univ. scientists, existing power plants around the world will pump out more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide over their expected lifetimes, significantly adding to atmospheric levels of the climate-warming gas. The findings are the first to quantify how quickly these "committed" emissions are growing.
Breakthrough antibacterial approach could resolve serious skin infectionsAugust 26, 2014 4:30 pm | by Nancy Ambrosiano, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Comments
Like a protective tent over a colony of harmful bacteria, biofilms make the treatment of skin infections especially difficult. Microorganisms protected in a biofilm pose a significant health risk due to their antibiotic resistance and recalcitrance to treatment, and biofilm-protected bacteria account for 80% of total bacterial infections in humans and are 50 to 1,000 times more resistant to antibiotics than simpler bacterial infections.
Do-it-yourself blood pressure care can beat MDsAugust 26, 2014 4:26 pm | by Lindsey Tanner - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | Comments
"Do-it-yourself" blood pressure measurements and medicine changes work better than usual doctor-office care in some patients, a study of older adults in England found. Those who did their own readings at home and adjusted their medicine as needed had healthier blood pressure levels after a year than those who got standard doctors' care.
Copper shines as flexible conductorAugust 26, 2014 4:20 pm | Comments
Sensors made with copper could be cheap, light, flexible and highly conductive. Making such concepts affordable enough for general use remains a challenge but a new way of working with copper nanowires and a PVA "nano glue" could be a game-changer. Engineers in Australia have found a way of making flexible copper conductors cost-effective enough for commercial applications.
Introducing the multi-tasking nanoparticleAugust 26, 2014 4:14 pm | Comments
Scientists have recently created dynamic nanoparticles (NPs) that could provide an arsenal of applications to diagnose and treat cancer. Built on an easy-to-make polymer, these particles can be used as contrast agents to light up tumors for MRI and PET scans or deliver chemo and other therapies to destroy tumors. In addition, the particles are biocompatible and have shown no toxicity.
Scientists craft atomically seamless, thinnest-possible semiconductor junctionsAugust 26, 2014 4:13 pm | by Michelle Ma, Univ. of Washington | Comments
Univ. of Washington researchers have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick. They have demonstrated that two of these single-layer semiconductor materials can be connected in an atomically seamless fashion known as a heterojunction. This result could be the basis for next-generation flexible and transparent computing.
Nanocosmos of cells under the magnifying glassAugust 26, 2014 3:56 pm | by Gunnar Bartsch, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg | Comments
Scientists in Germany have managed to take a unique look at the membranes of human cells using a new technique called dSTORM: direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy. This is a specific form of high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, and it makes individual saccharified proteins and lipids visible at the molecular level.
UN panel: Global warming human-caused, dangerousAugust 26, 2014 3:25 pm | by Seth Borenstein - AP Science Writer - Associated Press | Comments
Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous—and it's increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report says. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday sent governments a final draft of its synthesis report, which combines three earlier, gigantic documents by the Nobel Prize-winning group.
Competition for grapheneAugust 26, 2014 1:56 pm | by Lynn Yarris, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Comments
A new argument has just been added to the growing case for graphene being bumped off its pedestal as the next big thing in the high-tech world by the 2-D semiconductors known as MX2 materials. An international collaboration of researchers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has reported the first experimental observation of ultrafast charge transfer in photo-excited MX2 materials.
Do we live in a 2-D hologram?August 26, 2014 1:16 pm | by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Comments
A unique experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer has started collecting data that will answer some mind-bending questions about our universe—including whether we live in a hologram. Much like characters on a television show would not know that their seemingly 3-D world exists only on a 2-D screen, we could be clueless that our 3-D space is just an illusion.
Vision problems for older adults can dim life expectancyAugust 26, 2014 11:28 am | by Amy Patterson Neubert, Purdue Univ. | Comments
Older adults losing vision as they age are more likely to face an increased mortality risk, according to new research from Purdue Univ. The researchers analyzed data from the Salisbury Eye Evaluation study that tracked the vision health of 2,520 older adults, ages 65 to 84. The research was funded by the National Eye Institute.
Symphony of nanoplasmonic and optical resonators leads to laser-like light emissionAugust 26, 2014 11:20 am | by Rick Kubetz, Engineering Communications Office | Comments
By combining plasmonics and optical microresonators, researchers at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new optical amplifier (or laser) design, paving the way for power-on-a-chip applications. The speed of currently available semiconductor electronics is limited to about 10 GHz due to heat generation and interconnects delay time issues.


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Rachael Palinkas
I didn't watch the Video Music Awards this year, and I can't remember the last time I did. Regardless, I heard all about the scandal of the Jonas Brothers and their promise rings.
I thought it was ridiculous when the host, Russell Brand, was criticized for making jokes about the fact that the group wears promise rings, promising to abstain from sex until marriage.
More bizarre was that others who were given awards or presented them, such as Jordin Sparks, spoke out on behalf of the Jonas Brothers and others who wear promise rings,
including herself.
I think they must have forgotten that Brand is a comedian and it is his job to make people laugh, and I am sure that plenty of people were laughing. You see the same thing on any awards show: People are made fun of for their differences and unique quirks and that is just the way it goes.
I couldn't believe that Brand had to give a public apology for the things he said about the Jonas Brothers and their rings. For example, he held up a similar ring and remarked about how he had stolen their virginities. Perhaps people are so upset about this because they think it is admirable that these young kids decided to make this promise.
Let's face it, the idea of waiting to have sex until you're married is pretty outdated. Look at the new ABC Family hit show, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," where a young girl has sex for the first time and ends up pregnant. It just goes to show that sex is a part of life for many teenagers, and we shouldn't go on pretending that it's not.
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After studying about 900 kids under age five in the U.K., researchers have determined that the children in daycare were more than 30% percent less likely to develop asthma than those who were not in day care.
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As my friend's offspring stumbles and waddles his way from infancy to full-blown, upwardly mobile toddlerhood, I'm discovering that it's never too early to steer him toward healthy, eco-conscious choices. Though I don't doubt that he is smart and capable, it's clear that he's not going to magically morph into a responsible citizen without some coaching and encouragement. He are a few tips that I've found from Eco-Mommies and have come up with on my own.
Be the kind of person you want your child to be.
The quickest way to teach your kid to recycle or to conserve energy is to do those things yourself. Monkey see monkey do, and guess what? YOU are the monkey.
Introduce your child to the source of the food he or she eats.
Tending a garden or visiting a farmers market can help your little one understand that vegetables don't grow on supermarket shelves. From here you can begin to emphasize the importance of choosing organic foods.
Choose better goodies for your child.
You don't have to deny them everything that's good, just set limits on it. When I was a kid WAY before anyone was environmentally conscious, my parents let us drink milk, juice or water. ONLY soda on a very special occassion. Candy was for Halloween and Christmas. McDonalds was VERY limited. Today, it's a lot easier to feed your kids healthy foods. You need to start early or the next thing you know, you'll have a kid who only eats chicken fingers.
Don't take your toilet paper for granted.
My Dad used to tell us "only 3 squares" when we were kids. He was trying to keep us from clogging up the toilet, but more importantly, toilet paper is PAPER and that means it comes from killing trees. I don't know if explaining that every tree that is cut down contributes to carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, which is simply not good at all with actually penetrate a small child's brain. But if you choose paper products made from recycled paper — available in most grocery stores today — that will help save trees. In fact, the Natural Resources Defense Council has found that if every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of virgin-fiber toilet paper with the recycled variety, more than 400,000 trees would be saved.
BYOB: Bring your own bag.
Before setting out on a grocery expedition, I always grab a couple of canvas bags so I can avoid adding more plastic to the world. I personally have about 12 bags in my trunk. If you can use the bags everytime you shop, you will be setting a clear eco-aware example for your child.
Clean green.
When your kid is finally ready to pitch in with the house work, he'll find that Mom and Pops only use nontoxic cleaning products. If he asks why (and even if he doesn't), I'd break it down like this: Using cleaning supplies — laundry detergent, dishwashing soap, toilet bowl cleaner and the like — made from natural ingredients ensures that no harmful chemicals end up in the earth, our water supply and ultimately, our bodies. Don't scare the child, but let him know that natural is the way to go whenever possible.
Reuse regularly.
Each of the 3 R's — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — plays an essential role in living a greener life, but acquiring a child, and the piles and piles of stuff that has accompanied said child, makes people especially fond of reusing. When it comes to kids — especially babies — most gear can be reused. Everything from clothes, toys and books to furniture, bath gear and even the giant hunks of plastic that form Exersaucers and swing sets can have a second life. Resist the urge to buy something new or to dump something you own by using sources like Craigslist.org, Freecycle.com and Freepeats.org to find gently used items and to pass on your goods to those in need.
Throw a smart party.
Entertaining is often where eco-values get compromised. What's a handful of plastic cups, plates and utensils for a good time? What's a bunch of plastic balloons (AKA sea-turtle killers)? But before you succumb to the single-use temptation, think about the many birthday parties you'll be hosting and then think about all that cake-coated plastic and all those popped balloons sitting in a landfill for decades. A better option is to use reusable dishes and skip the balloons for multiuse alternatives like paper Chinese lanterns or biodegradable streamers (check out greenpartygoods.com for more ideas). And if you use canned or bottled beverages, make sure you provide clearly marked recycling bins. Be sure to involve your child in the planning process so he begins to understand how a party comes to be and what happens when it's over.


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This was a popular alpine jaunt in the 70's for aspiring alpinists . The climbing is quite moderate, and if you're confident you won't need to rope up much. If you climb this in the dead of winter, plan on a FULL DAY, because of deep snow in places. If you can time it during a cold spell in early Spring, you'll be front-pointing up the frozen snow, then you could summit before noon...these are ideal conditions and the climbing is CLASSIC!
Ascends mostly steep snow couloirs left of the prominent right facing corner high on the face. Begin by hiking up Stairs Gulch. Follow gullies and the face near the top to the summit. Descend from the top by hiking South East a bit and then down a steep gully into Stairs Gulch.
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Michael Bok set the pulsing chromatophores (the pigment-producing cells of squid) of the Longfin Inshore squid to classical music. Don't get hypnotized:
Michael Bok set the pulsing chromatophores (the pigment-producing cells of squid) of the Longfin Inshore squid to classical music. Don't get hypnotized:
Every morning, for 17 years, Val and Pete go for a swim. And once a year they have a race: who is the fastest swimmer?
Sterling Johnson makes blowing bubbles into an art form. As his event planner says: He pleases 100% of the people 100% of the time
The outview from some of Tom Scotts videos is a bit gloomy, but I praise his creativity.
Here is his science fiction story about what you see in the future when you die:
Tom has a keen eye for possible developments around the web, and the accelerating pace of (its) change: "A talk about a flashmob gone very wrong":
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"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a troupe of human and wooden actors.
Puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones tell the story of the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse:
"The greatest strength of the internet is that it gives everyone a voice, and the greatest weakness of the internet is that it gives everyone a voice".
So how do you know that some claim (and any claim will have its supporters) is true?
At Lifehacker, Alan Henry wrote a very clear article about all this:
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Jose Gomez-Marquez & his group Little Devices at MIT use toys to make portable medical devices for developing countries:
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Background info about CDZA in this article.
Here is their 'Pianists in Paris' Opus 4:
And 'Zuckerberg, the musical':
The Cassini spacecraft has been dancing her ballet around Saturn for almost 8 years now, far longer than originally planned.
Nahum Mendez Chazarra made this beautiful movie from images from the Nasa JPL Space science institute (I suggest you click the movie and play it full-screen):
1.5 billion miles away from us, in big dark void, a 7 by 4 meter spacecraft is still taking photos and sending them home. That is 10 times the distance from the sun and the signals take 70-80 minutes to arrive here.
Here are two more (one, two) of these beautiful composite videos.
Cassini was launched in October 1997, and arrived at Saturn in July 2004 after traveling 3.5 billion km.


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The discovery of Pluto – on February 18, 1930 – is a fascinating story," said astronomer and author Ken Croswell. He told the story to EarthSky:
"Actually, the search for Pluto began a year before Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer, was even born. It began with the work of Percival Lowell, who during his lifetime, was best known for another planet, not Pluto, but the planet Mars.
"Lowell thought that Mars had intelligent life. He thought that there were canals on Mars that the Martians had built. And he, as a result, suffered a lot of ridicule from other astronomers. (I should say that Lowell in the 1890s had actually founded an entire observatory, which still exists to this day in Arizona, to study Mars and the other planets.)
"In order to get even with these other astronomers who were ridiculing him for his Mars work, he wanted to discover a new planet in the solar system. He thought that would be the perfect revenge. He thought that if he could predict the location of another planet, and then find that planet, he would attain the prestige that had eluded him in all his work on Mars.
"And so he began his calculations, using observations of the motion of planet Uranus. He was hoping to see deviations in that planet's motion around the sun that would signal the gravitational effect of a more distant planet beyond the planet Neptune. Unfortunately, Lowell died in 1916, before Pluto was ever found.
"But then in 1929, Lowell Observatory hired a young man from Kansas, by the name of Clyde Tombaugh. And he implemented a search for Pluto. Tombaugh was using a telescope that took photographic plates of the sky. During the day, he would examine those photographic plates for a moving object. The word 'planet' actually means 'wanderer,' something that moves night-to-night in the way that stars don't.
"On February 18, 1930, a little after 4 p.m. Mountain Time. He saw Pluto for the very first time. And his first words to himself were, 'That's it!'
"The discovery of Pluto was inspired by Percival Lowell, and is a testimony to the hard work that Clyde Tombaugh put into searching millions of stars to find this tiny, faint object in space."


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|Bass fishing: It's never too late to learn
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IT?WAS a perfect evening for my 3-year-old grandson to catch some really big fish — a couple of little bluegills, that is — for the sport we call fishing was once again proving to be a great way to get some quality time together.
There's nothing like time in a boat to provide a sense of unity and camaraderie that is hard to mimic elsewhere. Part of it might be that there's no escape for an hour or two once you leave the landing.But giving credit where it's due, fishing is great for a sense of team adventure. For a kid, the excitement starts with hauling a small rod and tackle box to the boat, and doesn't end until the last story is told before bedtime.
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What is space? It can be the intimate space between two people, the public space of BART, the vast space of the landscape. How can we document, idealize, modify, and conceptualize space using the photograph? Photography is an ideal medium to explore space because the camera's lens has the ability to both represent and enhance space simultaneously. In this course, students will examine a variety of ideas about space through weekly shooting assignments. Topics may include personal space, intimate space, political space, gendered space, institutional space, and so forth. As a group, we will do night photography one evening on the SFAI campus to explore space, and one Sunday off-site field trip, in addition to each class being framed within contemporary and historical examples.
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Guide to Crop Pictures in Round Circular Shape with Adobe Photoshop
Cropping photos or pictures' outline in round circle shape gives attractive look to image files and possible with Adobe Photoshop photo editing software. Sometimes you often see pictures in circular shape for example logos, sites icons and people photos. In fact most of people don't know how to shape their photos circularly with Adobe Photoshop. It can be performed using different photoshop tools and cutting images in round shape with Ellipse Tool is one of them.
Primary Steps
- First import your picture into your Adobe Photoshop software. You can import picture from image file location and also directly from Adobe Photoshop. Now, you will see your picture file in your software in a window.
- Take Rulers in all four directions with 1 to 2 pixels outer parts equally.
- Go to Photoshop Toolbox to see different editing options in which you have to select Ellipse Tool. Hold Shift button in your keyboard which instructs Ellipse Tool to give circular shape. Move your mouse pointer over interaction of rules and drag towards its opposite intersection point of rules to see circular shape on picture as show in below screenshot.
Adjusting to Transparent View
In fact, you initially see a circle over your picture in default background color. Hence, you need to set it to transparent in order to see the picture through a circle transparently.
In Layers section, you will see Layer Thumbnail along with vector mask thumbnail. Give right click on layer thumbnail to see different options in which you have to select Blending Option as shown in right screenshot. Once you select Blending Options link, your Adobe Photoshop software shows Layer style window where you have to set Fill Opacity to zero i.e 0 in Advanced Blending section as shown in below screenshot.
Process of Applying Circular Path
Now your Adobe Photoshop photo editing software shows your picture with a circle on it transparently as shown in below screenshot.
Go to Paths section within the layer properties window. You will see shape 1 vector mask of your circle layer and give right click on your mouse to see different options and select Make selection.
Now you see Make Selection window. In Make Selection window, Set Feather Radius at Rendering Section to 0 pixels. In fact by default it is set to zero. If not setting to zero, you just have to chance it to zero and make sure Anti-aliased option is selected. Then click ok. This process selects the image inside the circular path. Now, it allows us to separate picture from the outer part.
Now, it is time to copy the selected path. Go to Edit option at Horizontal section menu at left side top area. Select Copy Merged option which makes your Adobe Photoshop to copy the selected path. Copy Merged can be performed with keyboard shortcut method by using Shift+Ctrl+C.
Your Adobe Photoshop software successfully copied the round circular image file. It has to be moved, selected path to new window. Use Ctrl+N keyboard shortcut process that opens a new window in Photoshop with selected image file's dimension. Paste selected image on new window with Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut to see transformation of original picture into a circular picture.
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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD from Church has been selected to stand on stage with athletes at the opening of the Paralympic Games.
Jack Eckersall, a former pupil at Altham St James' Primary School, will be in London for the opening ceremony on August 29 as the Olympic torch is welcomed to the Olympic Park.
His mum Michelle, 40, was asked soon after giving birth if she would be interested in putting her son forward for the special ceremony because of his significant birthday — December 20, or 20/12.
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May 24, 2013 7:35 PM
I used to be a competitive swimmer when I was in middle/high school and recently got back in the pool for a variety of reasons. For one thing, it's my one true love in terms of exercise, and a great stress reliever. I work full time, am finishing up Grad school and getting ready to start my Doctoral program. I decided this semester to just make time for exercise, and have been swimming for 45 minutes-1 hour (between 1-2 miles) 5 nights/week. I have read quite a bit online about the benefits of swimming vs. running. I have successfully lost weight running before, but I just hate it and have a hard time motivating myself to go after work, etc. But I genuinely look forward to hitting the pool. I know some studies indicate that swimmers burn fat more slowly than runners (we run through glycogen more quickly, thought), but I am hopeful that with enough time, I will lose weight and tone up. Would love to hear from some others who have had success in this way.
Also, I am having a hard time with my calories. I keep coming up under my 1,200 calorie mark every day and I haven't eaten back any of my swimming calories yet. I am a little fearful of eating more than that, but I have plateaued since I started swimming again and I am wondering if that is just because I am not eating enough? I have a pretty huge deficit after a work-out. Is this "starvation mode" thing legit? I haven't felt crappy yet, so I have been trying to just listen to my body. But I would listen to you as well. ;-)
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May 24, 2013 7:43 PM
1200 is the bare minimum a healthy person should eat to lose weight, and honestly it's too few for most to stay on for long. Eating less than that doesn't mean starvation mode, but it does mean that your body is probably burning off some muscle and starting to realize you're not going to give it what it needs, so it will hang on to whatever it can. If you can, try slowly increasing your calories so you can build some of that muscle, which will only help you lose fat. And you're not feel crappy now, but don't let yourself get to that place like I did!
Don't know much about swimming unfortunately but good luck to you!
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May 24, 2013 7:52 PM
I swim an hour a day. I do 20 min. Freestyle, 20 min breast, 10-15 butterfly and then finish with freestyle again.
I have some pics on my blog about how my body has been changing since I started two months ago.
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May 24, 2013 7:56 PM
first off...eat more!!!
those of us who have had success in losing weight and keeping it off have a few things in common, one being that we eat a lot more than 1200 calories per day....try increasing your intake slowly by adding in some high calorie foods like nuts, yogurt or even drinking milk of your choice (I love dark chocolate almond milk)...
second, as for the swimming...like you I was a competitive swimmer as a kid and also did surf lifesaving. I recently had to get back in the pool and swim laps to get in my cardio as tore up the ligaments in my ankle and have had to change up my workout routine while I get my injury sorted out...
wearing my HRM I burn a lot more calories than I ever anticipated...about 400 in 40 minutes, swimming a combination of freestyle and breast stroke at a moderate pace...this is why you have to eat more...
im not sure if I have lost anymore weight as I have given up on the scale...but I have noticed changes in my shoulders, back and core muscles so yes, I would say that swimming is a great way to change up your workout. im not a runner either, though I have completed a few 5Ks for fun. I would much rather swim anyways...I don't sweat and I find it relaxing.
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May 24, 2013 7:57 PM
I've found swimming as part of an overall program really good as it tones a lot.
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May 24, 2013 7:58 PM
I will be starting to swim again in a few weeks...it is only seasonal where I live....I can't wait to see the changes once I start swimming again!
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May 24, 2013 8:13 PM
Swimming is great exercise! Easy on the joints as well.
I feel like everyone is always arguing about whether "starvation mode" is real or not. I think that everyone is different. I'm technically on a "starvation diet" and I'm not hungry and losing weight quickly! But what works for me may not work for you. Try bumping up your caloric intake to 1200 with proteins and see if you lose weight. Just remember bodies change and sometimes we have to switch up our game plan. : )
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May 24, 2013 8:22 PM
I love to swim too! It's a great way to cross train, since my knees have been getting more sore after running and spinning. For my swim workout, I like to mix up timed intervals (50 meter sprints) with 500 free, 500 with kickboard, 500 with paddles/buoy. Swimming especially strengthens my shoulders, back, and core.
I will say that swimming makes me more hungry afterwards than when I run or spin. Weird! Any which way, it's a great form of exercise and if you love it, that's the most important thing!
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May 24, 2013 8:23 PM
YES! I was successful with swimming! I started swimming in the early summer last year, and it really kicked my weight loss into gear. At the time, I was just walking, and doing an aerobics class 2-3 times a week. When i added swimming in the other 2-3 days a week, the pounds starting coming off! I swam straight thru the year-- only took about 3 weeks off in April to get ready for a 5K (went for runs instead of swimming). But I was back in the pool this week and it felt great!
I say YES! to swimming- it's a great exercise because it's the best of both worlds-- cardio AND strength (the resistance in the water is awesome!) Here is a link to my 'success' story that I posted a couple of weeks ago on my 1 year anniversary... you can see that swimming was part of it for me!
Good luck with it- and if you can find a pool that is open (and heated) year round-- keep it up! It really is one of the best exercises a person can do!!
Joined Feb 2012
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May 24, 2013 8:36 PM
Thank you all so much for the feedback, Dogo do you eat back all your exercise calories? Think I should try to maintain at 1,200 first? Thanks for reminding me about the chocolate milk- I remember reading in a Women's Health magazine that it's a great post-workout drink.
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May 24, 2013 8:38 PM
YES! I was successful with swimming! I started swimming in the early summer last year, and it really kicked my weight loss into gear. At the time, I was just walking, and doing an aerobics class 2-3 times a week. When i added swimming in the other 2-3 days a week, the pounds starting coming off! I swam straight thru the year-- only took about 3 weeks off in April to get ready for a 5K (went for runs instead of swimming). But I was back in the pool this week and it felt great!
I say YES! to swimming- it's a great exercise because it's the best of both worlds-- cardio AND strength (the resistance in the water is awesome!) Here is a link to my 'success' story that I posted a couple of weeks ago on my 1 year anniversary... you can see that swimming was part of it for me!
Good luck with it- and if you can find a pool that is open (and heated) year round-- keep it up! It really is one of the best exercises a person can do!!
You look incredible! What an amazing achievement! Thank you for sharing!
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May 24, 2013 8:47 PM
I swim 2-5 days a week for 30 to 45 minutes, about 25-35 laps (25 meters). It is my secondary cardio, in that I always do it after Spinning for 45-50 minutes or after my strength training. I love swimming. It was really hard to start because I was so out of shape and weak, but now I am glad I got back into it. I swam as kid for years and was also a swim instructor through college so I really was happy to get back into.
As stated by another it gives a really good burn according to the HRM, especially using proper form and technique. I have found that even if I just move at a light steady pace I burn a pretty substantial amount of calories, better than going home and sitting in front of the tv after my work out I figure!
But if you are exercising daily you should be eating more than 1200 calories.
I think the term starvation mode needs to be tossed, and we should refer to it what it is, metabolic resistance.
The problem with any low calorie, extreme calorie deficit (especially one without exercise) is that it REDUCES YOUR METABOLISM. It is not that it starves you, it is just that your body learns to function on less and STAYS that way, it other words it "resets" your BMR so you will gain weight on LESS food in the future. Your body thinks it is doing you a favor.
That is the whole trouble with calorie deficit, TDEE and BMR. You really never know what is standard for YOU, until you begin to count your calories and activity. For me I have a "sweet spot" of about 1800-2000 calories, but I work out 5 days a week, and I shoot for 90 minutes a day. I cross train doing spinning/swimming one day and lifting/swimming/water aerobics another day. I rest Sat and Sun (well at least Sunday, I am swimming tomorrow ;)
The key to keeping your metabolism functioning is MOVING and EATING. If you stop those two things your body compensates and reduces your calorie need.
For me when I was a lard butt couch potato I could gain on 1400 calories, though every calculator out there told me that I needed 1600 just to function in coma state...When I got back into exercise I only lost 4 lbs the first month because I only ate 1200-1400 cals a day and was Spinning every day.
I got better results upping my calories, strength training and moving a lot more in a variety of ways, not just one type of cardio. (cardio 90 mins 2-3x a week, heaving strength training 3x)
My metabolism is now burning fat at a steady 4 to 8 lbs a month.
Edited by SarahSmilesCA On May 24, 2013 9:00 PM
Joined Feb 2013
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May 24, 2013 8:50 PM
I would definitely start by eating your swimming calories, and maybe tweaking your macros a bit (less carbs, more good fats and protein). In an hour of swimming you probably burn close to 500 calories, so you're essentially living on 700 calories net, which is extremely low, and quite unhealthy long term, frankly.
Also, are you good Mon-Thurs but go buck wild on Friday? I know I was super strict Mon-Thurs, and then Fri-Sun I would have relatively small surpluses in calories, which basically erased all my efforts during the week.
A lot of people get frustrated because there are a lot of misconceptions out there, and most people think that if you were good 4 days in a row, sure an extra drink and or dessert on Friday won't hurt, but the reality proves to be different.
Joined May 2013
Posts: 14
May 24, 2013 9:02 PM
I swim at least an hour a day in the summer and remain (a bit) overweight. Actual heart-pumping swimming. On top of biking, walking, yoga, etc. multiple days a week. I wish it had a bigger effect on my weight, but I love swimming anyway! :-)
Joined Apr 2013
Posts: 12
May 25, 2013 10:47 PM
Swimming's pretty much the only exercise other then walking to the dog I really really enjoy.. As it's near winter here I have to travel to another town to use the indoor pool so I only get down there once sometimes twice a week (1hr sessions)... Ive been doing this for 5 months now and not sure if its helping with my weight loss but it's defiantly helping to tone my arms up! I can see muscle now instead of just fat lol :D
Joined May 2012
Posts: 2
May 25, 2013 11:07 PM
Swimming combined with running produced results for me as far as excercise. It's not just plain swimming that has worked for me. I would do other resistance exercises in the water. I love being in the water so much that it is not really excercise to me. It's fun instead!!!! You can work so many muscles in just about every possible direction in the water. It's easy on the joints. The water is great!!!!!
Joined Jan 2011
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May 26, 2013 7:09 AM
I, like you, swam in high school too. I just got back into swimming recently because I always felt my body responded well to it. I am 5' 4 and have been eating around 1340 calories per day and have seen weight loss results. I believe it is a result of two things. 1. I agree with the other responses to eat more. 2. I recently read eat right for your blood type and started avoiding the foods it asked to avoid and focused on eating the foods recommended for my blood type. Before I started swimming I dropped 6 pounds in 2 months.
The foods I have been eating sustain my hunger and I don't feel like I'm starving, even after swimming. Best to you!!!
Joined Nov 2011
Posts: 233
May 26, 2013 9:37 AM
I haven't been a regular swimmer in a few years, but I know that I never saw any fat-loss results with it (and when I did swim, it was always seriously, continuously, goal-in-mind kind of swimming). I love swimming, because it makes me feel good, and it's meditative.....but I've never seen any kind of measurable change in my body. I imagine my strength has improved somewhat, though not drastically, and my endurance always improves, which includes cardio health and breathing, but.....I don't think I even see *measurable* toning.
Just one of the unlucky ones, I guess! It's a good thing that body-change isn't the reason I swim, or it would be horribly disappointing. I suppose it's possible that it increases my hunger enough that I eat back too many calories - I've never tracked my food when I've swum regularly before.
Joined May 2012
Posts: 147
May 26, 2013 10:03 AM
I also swam competitively in middle & high school. I fell away from it for years mostly due to lack of access. Recently a new gym franchise moved into my area with a 25 yard 3 lane lap pool. I switched gyms for that alone and I'm very happy with the decision. Swimming is not my only exercise now but it is tossed into my overall mixture as another source of muscular challenge. At my age, I can't swim hard enough or long enough for it to be the primary source of exercise or weight loss. It's fantastic for supplemental benefits though. I swim about 30 minutes 2 times per week in rotation with other exercises like weightlifting, crossfit with a trainer and other sources of cardio.
I agree with others who have said you are not eating enough. It happened to me early on too. You think, "Less calories are good so even lesser calories are better". WRONG! There is a caloric "sweet spot" for weight loss that you have to find. Too few calories can be just as bad for you in different ways as too many. My sweet spot is to eat back about 2/3 of my exercise burn. You have to fuel your activity. Your spot may be different and you just have to tinker with it to find it. Good luck!
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