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Seeing in the Infrared: The Seek Thermal Camera
I have neglected this blog for a while, but vow to do better! And I have a really fun entry today.
Infrared cameras have been around a long time but have always been very expensive. Even a low cost Flir camera starts at about $1000. I have had the opportunity to borrow infrared cameras for work and have always enjoyed playing with them and wanted one for myself.
Earlier this year, Seek Thermal announced a new camera that attaches to your cell phone (both Android and IOS) for $200. It looked promising and I decided to take a chance and order one from Amazon.
The first thing I will say it it took a while. They were overwhelmed with orders and it was backordered for several weeks. Part of the reason I ordered from Amazon is they won't charge you credit card until the product ships (some people complained they ordered from Seek directly and their credit cards were immediately charged even though the camera was backordered).
My camera finally arrived on Monday. I downloaded the app for my cell phone (free), plugged in the camera and it took right off giving me infrared images. As you can imagine, the first thing you do is take a selfie.
You can clearly see warmer and cooler parts of my face. It's hard to take a selfie since the camera points away from you! The resolution of the camera is pretty low…only about 32,000 pixels (compare to many megapixels for modern cameras). However, that is normal for infrared cameras to have a much lower resolution and some of the entry level Flilr cameras have resolutions of under 5,000 pixels (such as the Flir E4 which starts at $995) so I would say they are doing pretty good for the price point.
When I got home, of course the cats were instantly the subject of pics. They both have cold noses.
A picture of my television and entertainment center. I believe you can tell where the LCDs are located behind the screen from the heat signature. The big heat source beneath the television is my stereo receiver and the DVR is on the shelf below that.
I went outside. The camera works in the dark of course since it detects infrared instead of visible light. You can tell the difference between the lower level of my townhouse which is exposed brick versus the second story that has siding.
Last night I went to Jersey Mike's subs here in Tucson since I didn't have time to go home for dinner. Couldn't resist snapping a photo of the grill. I believe that is meat for cheesesteaks on the grill. Looks like the one on the left will be done first!
I have been playing with it. I have managed to see footprints in the infrared and can tell if someone has been sitting in a chair recently. You can also use the camera to measure temperatures of objects. I have used this feature but not done any testing to see how accurate the readings are.
Two minor issues with the camera. I find that if you bump the camera while it is plugged in, it is easy to jostle it enough for the software to lose contact with it. It always finds the camera again quickly so that is not a major issue. The second issue is a software nag. When you plug the camera in, a pop up window appears and asks if you want to allow the phone to access the camera. There is a little box you can check that says always allow this connection. I check that box but it always shows up again and asks the same question every time I connect the camera. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future software release.
The camera will record video as well. However, the refresh rate is only 9Hz so the video will not be very smooth. Again, I have found this true even with the $1000 (or more) IR cameras so you have to pony up a pretty penny to get around this!
Overall, my first impressions are positive andI hope to play with it for a long time! I will take it with me when observing/photographing outside so I have something to entertain myself with while my camera clicks away.
The other issues I should mention is with the iPhone version. According to Seek's facebook page, Apple has not approved it for use with the iPhone so shipments of the iPhone model are on hold currently and people waiting for that version are not happy. It looks like they are almost caught up with the backlog of orders for the Android version.
You definitely can't beat the price…this is the first time a decent IR camera has been available at this cost and I look forward to seeing what people can do with it!
Venus and Neptune
I love taking pretty astro photos as much as the next person. However, I also enjoy taking shots that may not be as visually appealing but that show an interesting phenomena.
One such opportunity arose as the planets Venus and Neptune had a close conjunction on April 12th. At closest approach, they were only 40 arc minutes (2/3 of a degree) apart. They would have been a little farther apart by the time they rose in Tucson that morning, but still pretty close. Unfortunately, the morning of the 12th was cloud so I had to wait for the clouds to break. This morning (the 13th) was nice and clear when my alarm went off. According to Stellarium, they would be about 1 degree, 32 arc minutes apart when I went out this morning.
Again, I fired up the trusty Canon 60D with the 75-300mm zoom lens at 300mm. I didn't bother with the Skytracker as I figured I should be able to get the pair with a fairly short exposure. I took quite a few shots, but my favorite ended up being a 2 second exposure at ISO5000 (which showed the mountains faintly in the foreground). I put an arrow to help you find Neptune.
The star immediately above Neptune is HIP111398 and the two brighter stars to the right are sigma Aquarius (top) and 58 Aquarius (bottom) for those trying to get oriented in the sky.
Although they appear close together in the sky, they are far apart. Venus is a mere 78 million miles away and Neptune is 2.85 billion miles away! Light takes about 7 minutes to reach us from Venus but about 4 hours and 12 minutes to arrive from Neptune! Neptune's diameter is about twice that of Venus, but is appears dim since it is so far away and receives much less sunlight than Venus.
If you have similar equipment to mine, you can go out and try to get your own photograph of a nearby planet and a distant planet in the same shot for the next few days.
A Night On Kitt Peak
Last night I was fortunate enough to accompany a U of Arizona student on a trip up Kitt Peak. He was trying to observe an exoplanet transit with the 0.9 meter telescope (he got data…has to analyze it to see if he saw the planet). We also took some pretty pictures (again, pending analysis) with the telescope.
Fortunately, there were times I could sneak outside with my camera and take some pics. The Moon was waxing gibbous so it's light would dominate until it set. Fortunately, there are still interesting things you can photograph. Mars was at opposition last night so I took a couple of pictures of Mars and Spica as they rose over the domes.
As twilight ended, I setup for a shot I have wanted to do for a long time. I walked down to the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. This famous telescope looks like the number 7 on its side. It is polar aligned which means that the tunnel points straight toward the north star (less than half the tunnel is above ground…it's really a cool scope!) I set up my camera at the base of the telescope where the tunnel went underground and set my intervalometer to take a whole bunch of 30 second exposures which I then stacked to produce the star trails shown below. The one star at the tip of the telescope that stays still is the North Star.
I then went back to the 0.9 meter scope and setup for a star trails shot pointing toward the 4 meter telescope. Some clouds started rolling in and I stopped after a while thinking my photo wouldn't come out. I processed it anyway and the moving clouds created an interesting image. Maybe I should have kept taking more images to make the trails longer!
Did some visual observing for a while and then after the Moon set, went for some images of the Milky Way rising.
Great night, but got very little sleep…say, that sounds like a good idea.
The Zodiacal Light and Some Other Things
Last night I was at a star party in very rural Arizona where it is very dark. I didn't have a lot of time for photography, but I had to get the Zodiacal Light after sunset.
That nice vertical pillar of white is the Zodiacal Light. The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflecting off of dust in the plane of our solar system. Since this dust is in the plane of our solar system, it shows up along the ecliptic (or Zodiac). The ecliptic is almost vertical with respect to the horizon at sunset for people in the northern hemisphere at this time of year so the light really stands out.
But there are some other interesting things in this image. The Pleaides stand out near the top and above the pole on the right you can see the faint smudge that is the Andromeda Galaxy. In the middle of the image about 2/3 of the way up is a small streak. I checked for satellites in the area and there now no bright passes (or Iridium flares) so this is probably a meteor. At the bottom you can see a curved line. That is clearly a jet (I sat it naked eye as well) probably training at the Yuma Proving Grounds.
I was just going to post this on flickr (which I did) and wasn't planning on a blog entry until I did a little closer inspection and started realizing all the other stuff that I captured.
Two Morning Comets
The comets from last fall have been fading, but they are not gone. Last week, two of them had a fairly close encounter in the morning sky. On February 6th, Comets Lovejoy and Linear (X1) were just two degrees apart. Unfortunately, cloudy mornings ruled in Tucson for a while before and after that.
I finally got my break Sunday morning. Looking outside at 4:30am, it was clear so I grabbed my camera and headed to my dark site. The comets were fainter, but easily visible in my pics.
Comet Lovejoy is the upper blue blob and LINEAR is the blue fuzzy patch near the bottom center of the screen. At the very left of the frame is the open cluster NGC6633. I used my Canon 60D with 75-300mm zoom lens at 300mm, f/5.6, 120sec exposure at ISO5000 on an iOptron Skytracker. In other words, my usual setup.
These comets are still visible but moving farther apart. Universe today has a nice article on how to find them if you want to check them out.
The Crescent Moon and Uranus
I like taking unusual pictures sometimes. They aren't always the most spectacular shots, but they show off unusual conjunctions that may happen fairly often but are rarely photographed.
Tonight's shot that falls into that category is the Moon and Uranus. I didn't think I was going to get a chance at this on as it was raining in the early part of the evening. By chance I happened to be outside around 9pm and it had cleared so I grabbed the camera and went for it. The following shot was taken with my Canon60D, EF 75-300mm lens at 220mm and f/5.6, 0.5 second exposure at ISO3200. I fired up Stellarium to verify which of the fainter objects was Uranus and put a little line pointing to it (and it took forever since my computer with Lightroom and Photoshop had a hard drive crash and I am currently waiting for replacement parts I had to use alternate photo processing programs…don't worry…a good backup exists!)
In October, we will have a totally eclipsed Moon very close to the planet Uranus. I look forward to capturing this pair at that time, clouds willing!
Supernova in M82
I have been busy and not had as much time to do any astrophotography recently. Fortunately, I had some good luck and timing yesterday.
Wednesday morning, I woke up to news of a supernova in M82. Fortunately, I saw this before I went to work. I was scheduled to work with some students at Tohono O'odham Commuity College in Sells last night and thought I might get a chance to try to catch the supernova from there. The college site is nice and dark so it was worth a shot throwing my equipment in the car. Fortune also smiled with clear skies when I got out there.
I was using my Canon 60D, EF 75-300mm zoom lens and iOptron Skytracker, my usual setup. Although there are people with larger, better setups out there that will no doubt take more spectacular pics, I can at least purse the record for the person who imaged the supernova with the smallest setup!
I took some pics of M82 and the nearby galaxy M81 a few weeks ago before the supernova. Here is one of those pics. I took this one on Christmas Eve and believe I used my 250mm lens so the scale is a little different.
Okay, now here is the one from last night. The two lines point to the new little point of light that is the supernova (I did not crop the pics the same and they were taken with slightly different lenses so the scale is different). Click the images for larger versions.
Hopefully you can see the new little dot of light. It's position matches up with the position of the supernova.
This supernova is interesting for many reasons. First, M82 is undergoing a rapid burst of star formation due to a recent pass by the nearby galaxy M81 (also seen in the pic). Increased rates of star formation lead to higher rates of supernova. Second, M82 is a relatively nearby galaxy (only 12 million light years away or so) which means we can study it in greater detail than more distant supernova.
Finally, this is a type 1a supernova. Type 1a supernova form when a white dwarf star sucks matter off a nearby companion star. White dwarfs have a maximum mass about 1.4 times the mass of our Sun. If you add more matter than that, you get a huge explosion which destroys the star. This white dwarf suffered that fate leading to the supernova we are now observing.
Since type 1a supernova always happen when the mass hits 1.4 times that of our Sun, they are always about the same brightness. If you know the brightness of an object, you can figure out its distance. Type 1a supernova are very bright and can be seen in distant galaxies and are very important for astronomers to determine the distance to other galaxies. The more we can study nearby ones, the better we understand them and the better we can measure the distances to other galaxies. Therefore, astronomers are training lots of scopes on this supernova right now!
Oh, I got so excited about the pics, I should mention that we saw it visually as well. We were using a 6″ Celestron Nexstar SE and could see a little bright spot in the galaxy right where the supernova is. I am always nervous showing objects like this to people as you sometimes get the disappointed "Is that it?" reaction. The students last night, however, were happy to be able to see it and I didn't have to deal with that common reaction. So I can tell you it is visible with a 6″ or larger scope…wouldn't surprise me if people spot it with even smaller scopes.
This supernova looks like it was discovered before peak brightness. It will probably get brighter for another week or two before starting to fade. How much brighter is an open question and hard to predict. We don't know how long it took after the explosion for us to discover the supernova (several pre-discovery images have already turned up) and there may be intervening dust that dims the supernova. Worst case scenario, it will not get worse for a week or two. Best case scenario, it brightens another couple of magnitudes.
My sympathies to the northerners who have to brave the cold to see it…I was out in just a sweatshirt last night!
Saguaro Star Trails
Just a quick star trails shot I did last night…well, if you can call 43 minutes quick. This is 103 exposures of 25 seconds each put together with StarStax to create this image from Saguaro National Park east in Tucson. I used my Canon 60D and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens at 11mm and f/2.8. I wanted the saguaros in the foreground. I didn't center on polaris since the farther west I pointed, the more the lights of Tucson interfered. Hope you like it.
Hunting the Horsehead
When I was in grade school and first getting into astronomy, the Horsehead Nebula was one of the most intriguing objects in the sky. It was on the top of the list of things I wanted to see. When I got my first little 60mm refracting telescope, I spend hours scanning Orion looking for it, never finding it…and of course never listening to people who told me (correctly) that it was WAY beyond the reach of a 60mm telescope!
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of going out on a shoot with an excellent astrophotographer, Sean Parker (if you don't know his stuff, go look now!) He wanted to try out the iOptron Skytracker I had and he had borrowed a Canon 5D Mk III and a 70-200 f/2.8 lens so we had some great equipment to play with.
He took several shots of Orion using different exposures and got the Horsehead! I was thrilled to see this, but since this is a lifelong obsession of mine, I wasn't quite satisfied. I wanted to get a pic of it with my camera and my lens (even though neither my camera or lens are as good as what he was using). So Christmas Eve, I went out with my Canon 60D and EF-s 55-250mm zoom lens. Since my lens can't operate at f/2.8, I had to use longer exposure and higher ISO, but am pleased to report that yes, I got everything (although I didn't take and blend multiple exposures…I have a way to go before I get as good as Sean!)
The Orion Nebula is at the bottom right with the Running Man just to its upper left. In the far upper left of the image is the Flame Nebula. Now look closely in the pinkish haze to the lower right of the Flame and you will see a VERY small dark horsehead shape. I got the nebula! Yes, I nerd out over that.
Although this is the shot I really wanted, I of course took some others as well. I will start off with the Andromeda Galaxy.Next I will go for the Pleiades. Notice the gas around it. We used to think (and some astronomers still mistakenly will say) that this is the cloud of gas and dust in which these young stars were born. However, the IRAS (Infrared Astronomy Satellite) mission showed that the stars were plowing through this gas at a high rate of speed. IRAS showed the shockwaves as the stars interact with the gas. Given the very different velocities of the stars and gas, this is almost certainly not where they were born.
The constellation of Auriga has a wealth of star clusters as it is in the heart of the winter Milky Way. A wide shot can capture three of them at once. M37 is the bottom of the three, M36 is the middle and M38 is at the top. The Messier objects aren't really in any particular order around the sky! These are all open clusters. The stars were born at the same time from the same cloud of gas and dust, but they are not gravitationally bound to each other so the stars will scatter around the galaxy as time goes on. They are not quite close enough together to get all three in the field of view of my 8×42 binoculars at one time…I can get either the two and the third will be just outside the field of view!
I will make one more stop here. This pari of galaxies is M81 and M82 about 10 million light years away in Ursa Major. M81 (on the right) is a spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way. M82 on the left is an irregular galaxy (sometimes nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy) that recently passed nearby M81. The gravitational interaction between the galaxies led to a burst of star formation in M82. M82 is called (appropriately) a starburst galaxy.
Winter in Tucson is a great time to observe. The nights have not been too cold and the skies have been clear. I hope to get out and do some very wide field stuff in the next few days and hope that it is clear this weekend as we have our great ISS passes coming up.
Comet Lovejoy and the Hercules Cluster
I got behind posting here, but last Sunday morning I went out to get Comet Lovejoy as it was passing a little over 5 degrees from the Hercules Globular cluster, also known as M13. It would have been better Saturday morning, but I got back from a trip late Friday night and getting up early Saturday just didn't happen.
The problem Sunday morning was the Moon. The Moon was approaching full and lit up the sky when I got to Saguaro National Park east. I couldn't see Lovejoy with the naked eye, but found it with binoculars. I took a few pics while waiting for the Moon to set. Once the Moon set, there was a very brief window before morning twilight started brightening the sky. Fortunately, I was ready to make the most of the 20 minutes or so I had.
Here is Comet Lovejoy in the lower right of the image and the fuzzy blob of M13 in the upper left.
Next I zoomed in for a closer view of Lovejoy.
Lovejoy still has a very nice tail. I could see the comet as a fuzzy blob naked eye once the Moon set, but it is not quite as bright as it was a couple of weeks ago. Finally, as the sky began to gradually brighten, I found a nice saguaro and did a much wider shot with the comet.
The Moon is entering the morning sky and will make Comet Lovejoy much less impressive, but it should still be in reach of binoculars. The comet if forecast to slowly fade to a magnitude of about 6.0 by the end of the month when the Moon will finally get out of the way. You would need really dark skies to catch it with the naked eye although it should still be all right in binoculars. Due to the Moon, I probably won't try for it again for a couple of weeks. However, I hope to use some of the slower time around the holidays next week to try some photography in the evening!
- Seeing in the Infrared: The Seek Thermal Camera
- Venus and Neptune
- A Night On Kitt Peak
- The Zodiacal Light and Some Other Things
- Two Morning Comets
- The Crescent Moon and Uranus
- Supernova in M82
- Saguaro Star Trails
- Hunting the Horsehead
- Comet Lovejoy and the Hercules Cluster
- Lovejoy Rising
- Star Trails Over Kitt Peak


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Date: November 24, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
Town officials told the Town Commission Thursday, Nov. 19 at its regular workshop that they are working feverishly to perform an emergency beach project that will place 600 cubic yards of sand at the North Shore Road beach access, which has been closed since earlier this year.
But because that sand will vanish unless something is done to stop the currents from picking up the sand and throwing it into Longboat Pass, the town and Manatee County have agreed to work together to use staff and funding reserves to develop an inlet management plan for Longboat Pass and area beaches.
The plan, county and town officials hope, will give some insight into what needs to be done to stop the majority of Longboat's sand from being washed into the pass.
The county has the same issue with a fast-eroding beach at Coquina Beach, on Anna Maria Island. That beach is also swept into Longboat Pass, which continually shifts south and disrupts the beach on both sides of the inlet.
"We placed 130,000 cubic yards of sand on the north end during the last beach project," Public Works Director Juan Florensa said. "Today, there is no sand there at all."
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis said it's possible the town and the county can get grant money for the pass study.
And St. Denis said the town's plan to place four breakwaters acting as rock islands 220 feet from shore to counteract the beach erosion could start construction as soon as November 2010.
"We will continue on the path for a beach permit, an emergency sand source and the breakwater project," said St. Denis, who referred to the emergency sand source as protection for the road until the breakwaters can be built. "We need to protect our road and our utilities."
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Seabrook police report paints man in video as aggressive, uncooperative; man's lawyer plans to seek justice
YouTube video in Seabrook station
The report details accounts by different officers who were either directly involved in trying to control then-19-year-old Michael Bergeron Jr. or observed what was happening inside the booking room and cell hallway.
The report was obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader after Bergeron posted a video on YouTube Monday that shows an officer slamming him into the wall while being escorted down a hall even though he didn't appear to be combative at that point and another other officer pepper spraying him while he was on the floor.
However, the officers' statements make no mention of Bergeron being slammed into the wall, but one of the officers stated that another officer had "performed an arm bar" on Bergeron to control him.
Selectmen held an emergency closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the video and later released the names of three officers who were shown in the video and are now on paid administrative leave.
The officers were identified as Mark Richardson, Adam Laurent, and Keith Dietenhofer.
A fourth officer who is seen entering the hallway after the incident was David Hersey, but he was not put on administrative leave.
The investigation into the four-year-old incident was launched only after Bergeron posted the video on YouTube Monday.
The incident happened after Bergeron's arrest on Nov. 11, 2009, on charges of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. He was found guilty on both charges in June 2010 and was fined and had his license suspended for 18 months.
Police Chief Lee Bitomski, who wasn't chief at the time, said he and Deputy Chief Mike Gallagher were unaware of the incident or the video, taken from police security cameras, until it appeared on YouTube.
Bitomski said the video was released as part of the discovery process following his 2009 arrest and were provided to Bergeron, although Bergeron has claimed that his attorney disappeared with the tape for two years and that he just got it back.
"Why they're surfacing now, I cannot answer that," Bitomski said.
The name of Bergeron's first attorney isn't known, but he is now being represented by Scott Gleason of Gleason Law Offices in Haverhill, Mass.
Gleason called the video "disgusting" and "sad" and said he plans to seek justice for Bergeron while cooperating with the agencies investigating the case.
"It's obviously over the top. It's brutal," he said of the video.
Gleason also called the police report on the incident "inaccurate."
"In my 34 years I don't ever recall seeing a video of behavior and right next to it seeing a police report that is 180 degrees opposite of what transpired," Gleason said, adding that there are "significant questions relative to civil rights violations."
Gleason said he couldn't comment on why the video is coming to light now.
In his written statement, Officer Hersey said he stopped Bergeron's 1996 Jeep Cherokee on Kimberly Lane after he failed to stop at a stop sign and was seen traveling over the speed limit.
Hersey said he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle and that Bergeron's eyes "were glassy and his speech was slow and slurred," the report said.
He said Bergeron began swearing at officers and after being placed in the back of the cruiser, he continued to yell and swear and at one point kicked the backplate of his cruiser.
After arriving at the station, Hersey said Bergeron was still being uncooperative and "lunged out of the vehicle at me." The report said he continued to make threats and swear at officers.
Officer Laurent described how Officer Richardson escorted Bergeron out of the booking room and "soon after Officer Richardson appeared to perform an arm bar on Bergeron."
Bergeron fell to the floor and then stood up with Richardson's help.
"Bergeron fell to the floor again and crawled on all fours, not responding to Officer Richardson's orders. Due to Bergeron's prior spitting and failure to comply to anyone's order as he was on an emotional rollercoaster I pepper sprayed him as he looked back at us in the hallway," wrote Laurent, who is the husband of Greenland Police Chief Tara Laurent.
Bergeron was eventually escorted to the sally port where he was decontaminated and then placed back in the cell.
After he was bailed, Laurent said Bergeron "was apologetic" while leaving the station.
In a separate written statement, Officer Dietenhofer explained what he observed that night. He said that Richardson was escorting Bergeron back to the cell and that he appeared to shift his weight onto Richardson.
"While in the hallway I observed Bergeron turn his head around toward Ofc. Richardson and it appeared as though he was attempting to turn his body so as to face Ofc. Richardson," Dietenhofer said.
Richardson was then heard telling Bergeron to "cut the s—t" as he "gained control" of him, Dietenhofer said.
Dietenhofer said Bergeron fell to the floor and refused to stand up. He also witnessed Laurent pepper spraying Bergeron in the face.
The report provided to the New Hampshire Union Leader by police did not contain a written statement from Richardson.
On Wednesday, Chief Bitomski met with members of the state Attorney General's Office, which is taking the lead role in the investigation of the incident on the video.
He provided information to the Associate Attorney General Jane Young and said he would cooperate fully with the office and expected others within the department to do the same.
Bitomski said Deputy Chief Gallagher will conduct an internal investigation of the incident following the attorney general's investigation.
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI have also joined the probe, U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said.
Bitomski insisted that the department would "get to the bottom of this" and hopes the case is resolved sooner rather than later.
"Obviously it's a major setback for us. It's a dark cloud. But I can assure the people of Seabrook that we do have professional officers, men and women, in the department," he said.
When asked if officers are mandated to report conduct of other officers that may be viewed as an excessive use of force, Bitomski said, "We would hope that they would report it to administration. Obviously this just came to light to the deputy chief and I as well as the board of selectmen and the town manager. This is us seeing this video for the first time."
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Zia-ur Rahman passed away December 16, 2010 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, at the age of 48. A Williamsburg resident, Zia was originally from Pakistan. He was awarded a Bachelors Degree from Ripon College, Wisconsin and an MS and PhD from the University of Virginia. A research scientist with NASA Langley Research Center, he was a talented and award-winning inventor. Zia was previously an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University and at the College of William & Mary.
He and Katherine, his wife, met while they were both students at Ripon College. Married for 22 years, he is survived by Katherine, his sons Haroun, Kamran and Noor, brothers Masud and Anis, parents Abdul Rahman and Arifa Siddiqi and numerous other family members.
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McDonnell's office issued a news release Tuesday claiming the support of six additional organizations: the Fairfax Chamber, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Virginia Railroad Association, Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Transportation Inc. On Wednesday, another two joined the list — the Home Builders Association of Virginia and Virginia Regional Transit.
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Of course, McDonnell's plan to raise $3.1 billion over five years for roads and transit still needs the support of a majority of the Virginia House and Senate, and his proposal to eliminate the state gas tax in favor of a higher sales tax, or to dip into the general fund for more transportation dollars, hasn't garnered a great deal of love from Northern Virginia leaders.
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I love Albondigas soup. In fact I love soup! Especially when its cold, like NOW! I have recently had a craving for some, and I have a couple places I can find it everyday, and it is good but not really special. I like it the way my grandmother from Chihuahua used to make it. Not spicy. Any suggestions. Preferably near Pasadena. YUM! BTW you chowhounders are *COOL*.
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Try Los Gueros and if you go, be sure that you get the guacamole, prepared tabelside.
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Cool. My aubuela taught me how to make chiles rellenos, fideo and other things, but not albondigas. I wish....
Mi India Bonita on Olympic in ELA has good albondigas. Their soups remind me a lot of my grandma's cooking.
if you're ever in la habra, Ricardo's El Ranchito off beach blvd has fantastic abondiga soup.
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read Diana Kennedy's book with albondigas recipes if you think it is not supposed to be spicy! It's is like meatloaf in this country, how many people still think it's not meatloaf w/o ketchup. One of Diana's recipes includes fresh mint in the mix, a trick I love to use still. But I dont go for her chiplotle hot version, what can I say I grew up with El Cholo's version! Sort of American coffee shop version of that.
After all your recommendations:
I have tried this wonderful comfort food at almost every Mexican restaurant I go to. So far I have tired Max's in Azusa, Caberra's in Duarte, Peppers in Arcadia, La Nueva Posada in Pasadena, Mijares in Pasadena, Los Gueros in Monrovia and Sergios in Azusa, and probably more. That is not counting mi abuelas.
So is there a clear winner? Not really. I liked the meatballs at Caberra's but the broth had no flavor, the broth at La Nueva Posada was fantastic but the meatballs were a little dense and there were no potatoes. Sergios vegetables were way to mushy, Max's had a good average on everything, but probably the best was Los Gueros, everything was good but there were no potatoes. Obviously I have my perfect soup all picked out. I will order one of my favorite comfort foods again at Los Gueros, Max's and La Nueva Posada, but after that the search is still on. Got a picture here too!
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Glad you enjoyed Los Gueros.
Did you get the guac?
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Nope. Next time. Ordered the soup To Go! Wish they had potatos in it, it would be perfect! Thanks for the tip, any other suggestions from their menu?
re: rantsnravesnreviews
Most things are pretty good.
The best part of Los Gueros, in my opinion, are their chips and salsas (free) paired with the gauc prepared tableside (not free).
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Although it's not the most authentic place (more in the vein of old school California-Mexican), the albondigas soup at La Cabana, on Rose in Venice, is great.
We had a very nice Albondigas at Pepe's in La Canada/Crescenta. They are affiliated with Margarita's on Rosemead so maybe they have it there. I believe I recall their being potatoes in it. We were fighting over the meatballs - very tender.
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Had coffee one day and breakfast the next. They can do Vegan, Gluten-free, whatever. They aim to please. Very friendly but not intrusive wait staff. Our breakfast (veggie omelet and Waffles with fresh fruit) was very tasty. Will be back the next time we visit Zion.
The omelets and crepes were to die for. Would recommend to everyone as a great starter in Springdale.
We went two days in a row, and both times I had the Checkerboard Mesa panini - a delicious chicken salad sandwich. Others in my group had wraps and eggs, and everyone enjoyed their meals. They also make outstanding macaroons!
MeMe's Cafe has the best food....especially crepes...in town. The staff are all great and make you feel right at home. Springdale is the little town at the gate of Zion National Park and has a nice mix of restaurants that cater to the casual crowd the visits here. Once we found it, we returned every day until we had to...
Stopped by here while visiting Zion National Park and hit the jackpot! I ordered a Brisket Sandwich on grilled Ciabatta topped with a vinegar based coleslaw. It was so delicious that I begged my husband to go back the next day so I could order it again! The coffee was also excellent as was the apple waffle crepe we had...
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We were campground hosts at Zion National Park for three months this fall, and last summer. We ate at MeMe's as often as possible. The food is excellent, especially the Caprese crepe, rice bowl, and veggie dishes. The owner and servers are super friendly, and the views of the red rocks are stunning. Springdale has many very good restaurants, but...
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Genres: RPG (1 players)
US release date: Dec 13th, 2012 | EU release date: Dec 13th, 2012
Prices: $7.99 (US) | £7.19 (UK) | €7.99 (EUR)
A traditionalist's pen and paper campaign.
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Countless RPGs take inspiration from classic pen and paper role-playing games, but Level 5's Crimson Shroud truly pays homage to classic dungeon mastering in almost every aspect. The game developed by Yatsumi Matsuno combines the hallmarks of a turn based JRPG with the aesthetics of a table top experience. This combination makes for an appealing but limited game that is a solid addition to the Nintendo 3DS eShop, but may not be for everyone.
The main draw to Crimson Shroud is its presentation. The entire game is played out with a narrator acting as a dungeon master in the sense that chunks of text will be describing the overall tone and all of the storytelling in the second person. Players are given some branching choices to make but there doesn't seem to be much difference in what happens based on your decisions.
You control a team of 'Chasers' who are the usual bounty hunter/outlaws you would expect in this kind of genre game. You've got the main attacker, Giauque, his faithful guide and ranger Lippi and a magical outcast girl Frea. It's fun to see their personalities clash as you explore dungeons in the form of a top down map that you'd expect to see drawn out on graph paper.
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Sadly, but not surprisingly, Crimson Shroud is a single player game. If this were any other JRPG that would be the standard affair but the disappointing bit comes with the whole Dungeons and Dragons look. If the whole point of the game is to replicate the very social game night ritual many table top groups enjoy, why not make it so that you could play Crimson Shroud with a friend? The final product is in a sense very lonely.
The gameplay is all done through menus, with no literal running around 'as' any character and this gives the game a somewhat tactical feel, but it is easy to get the feeling that graphically speaking Crimson Shroud must have been very cost effective to produce. You won't find a typical 40 hour quest here but there is a New Game + option that does add somewhat to the replay value of the game.
Combat is fairly solid and tries to mix it up often from the standard JRPG frame, there aren't any character levels and all stat growth and some spells are fixed to armor and weapons that you pick up after every battle. While fighting it is possible to perform both supportive and active moves such as using a skill and attacking, or buffing your MP then casting magic. It is different enough that it is worth exploring.
Crimson Shroud is a strange one. It only appeals to a very specific audience and even they may not be completely satisfied with the limited experience and presentation offered by the game. Is it worth playing? Yes. Is it for everyone? No. Basically you've got to roll the dice and see for yourself if Crimson Shroud's spell is effective on you.
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Would you ever put up one of these signs on a business - for instance a convenience store or a bank? Would you ever put up one of these signs on your home?
Then, why the hell does anyone think it's a good idea to put one up at a school?
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but this level of stupidity befuddles me.
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On the eve of the release of ENVE's groundbreaking 6.7 Smart System rims, I was allowed the privilege to tour ENVE's main office and the attached production facility. Jake Pantone, ENVE's Marketing Director, was kind enough to spend almost two hours guiding me through the development and production processes behind some of the most cutting … Read More
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From March 2004 Dirt Cheap EatsNo jukeboxes here. This 24-hour diner fits right in with its Adams Morgan neighbors. The booths and bar stools have red vinyl seats. There's a high, ornamental-tin ceiling. The servers can't be much over 30. Jazz plays in the background, even on weekday mornings.
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Will You Exercise on Christmas Day?
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I like to keep up with my regular exercise routine, especially when I'm traveling, but sometimes during the holidays, I have so much going on that I don't have time to fit in my usual sweat session. Most of Christmas Day is spent as it should be — relaxing and spending time with the family I don't see very often — but after all the festivities are over, I try to get a few family members to go for a snowy hike in the woods. One year, we went nighttime skiing. This year I'm going to suggest ice skating. What about you?
Zulkey 4 years
I did Jillian Michaels shred on Christmas day. That night I got a horrible case of stomach flu though then and I haven't exercised since. I plan to get back in the gym tonight though.
LittleMzFit 4 years
I usually do, but I have a respiratory infection in my chest & figured it wouldn't be wise. I'll definitely make up for it!
PinkNC 4 years
I didn't do any exercising at all on Friday. Actually, I still haven't done any workouts.
itsthatgaljay 4 years
I took the dog for a walk / run at 6.30 in the morning.But that is only because I couldn't sleep (I never sleep well Christmas Eve).I confess, I exercise much, much less than I should. But if I'm in the mood and I can, I do. So if I feel in the mood on Christmas day and I can...
itsthatgaljay 4 years
I took the dog for a walk / run at 6.30 in the morning. But that is only because I couldn't sleep (I never sleep well Christmas Eve). I confess, I exercise much, much less than I should. But if I'm in the mood and I can, I do. So if I feel in the mood on Christmas day and I can...
NurseKimberly 4 years
Yes, I did...
runningesq 4 years
quickie 4 miler before presents :)
kia 4 years
I usually do but not this year. I did workout the day after though.
mek123 4 years
Since my gym was closed Xmas day I went for a walk on the beach.
poizenisxkandee 4 years
i was going to get on the elliptical after watching a movie with my family, but a friend called and invited me over to decorate christmas cookies, so that won :-x double the work out today though
poizenisxkandee 4 years
i was going to get on the elliptical after watching a movie with my family, but a friend called and invited me over to decorate christmas cookies, so that won :-x double the work out today though
cg130 4 years
Was planning on doing JM's 30 Day Shred after everyone left, but I was too tired :(...oh well, it's one day a year!
Autumns_Elegy 4 years
I had to work, so I suppose that was exercise. I'm kinda bitter about having to miss out on christmas lunch so I can serve others christmas lunch. :(
arcticpuppet 4 years
i did an extra hard + long run yesterday so i could sleep extra hard last night. and so i could just lounge around today :D
addywisbef 4 years
I would have, but I left my workout clothes at home. I grabbed a few pieces, but I was in such a rush I forgot to pack important gear. Oh well. I'll be back on the horse Sunday when I get home. Not to mention, lounging around for a couple of days isn't so bad.
juliarose23 4 years
I'm glad I'm not the only one, I think that Christmas is for relaxing with family and eating chocolate. And that is just what I did.
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I will when the fam leaves -- I'm thinking a quick 30 min workout dvd, which I normally hate, but the gym is closed today so I'm SOL.
AZDaisy 4 years
I was going to...but I'm sick :( I've been sick the past couple of days and I tried to work out through it...but I think it made me worse so I'm taking today off :)
Mila_83 4 years
Already did!My gym is closed today so I bundled up and went for a run outside.Now I feel AWESOME!Took a hot shower,had a cup of hot tea with lemon and about to head out to see It's Complicated:)
Alyssa9986 4 years
I usually workout 6 or 7 days a week, so today I'm ALL about lounging around with the fam, enjoying my new presents, drinking some champagne, and eating a great dinner later. Back to the gym grind tomorrow, though!
lydialee_home 4 years
Just came back from a 13 mile run. My running buddy and I started a little bit later than usual though. Instead of running at 5:30, we change to 7:00.
DivaDivine 4 years
Actually Fridays are my rest day so I have the day off :)
katieb82981 4 years
My gym is closed, otherwise I totally would. :(
4 years
Just about to head out for an 8 mile run with a friend! Mostly it's because it's going to rain all weekend which would um... really puts a damper on our regularly scheduled run.
esratastic 4 years
i also already did some pilates in the morning, because the thought, that ill be eating so much today made me feel so guilty. so i decided to do my body a favour and grabbed my pilates dvd. i felt so good after the workout and could enjoy the huge breakfast with my family much more. wish you a merry chrismas guys!
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What do you think of when you picture Orlando? Mickey Mouse? Rollercoasters? Well, you'd be right to. There are lots of both here. But last Monday I spoke to Amy Voss of the Orlando Tourism Bureau to find out what else this city has to offer for my podcast from Orlando.Read full entry »
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Last Sunday I attended the first ever Travel Bloggers Show in Orlando. Part of The Trade Show which takes place over the same few days, it was both an introduction to blogging along with tips for those who may already be established in the blogging world.Read full entry »
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Are you aware of what a tweetup is? Probably not, although you don't need to Einstein to figure out what it is. It's when a bunch of people who know each other or are familiar with each other through Twitter ie lots of travel bloggers, meet up in person. Last Saturday I went to the second one I've been to since touching down in America.Read full entry »
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A number of months back, the opening of the 'Harry Potter Theme Park' generated an awful lot of media coverage. I saw it briefly in the news myself, but I remember others telling me that it was a park where you could buy wands, visit Hogwarts School and more in the presence of thousands of other muggles. Yesterday I got to see what all the fuss is about.Read full entry »
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Today I made it to one of the most popular theme parks in Orlando – Universal Studios Florida. It's actually divided into two theme parks now (it was only one when I was here last). There's Universal Studios of course, but now there's a second one also – Islands of Adventure.Read full entry »
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When I was fifteen I travelled to Orlando with my parents on a family holiday. We stayed in a hotel along a road (more of a motorway really) called International Drive. I remembered that there was a bit of life to be found along it, so last night I returned to see if my memory was serving me correctly.Read full entry »
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I am now in the fourth city of this three week adventure to the USA – Orlando. This entire trip is pretty much planned around my visit to this city. I'm in town for the first Travel Blogger Show which is taking place on Sunday as part of the Travel Trade Show.Read full entry »
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Kind of like a Chromebook, but with Windows 8.1, this is perhaps the best laptop deal I've seen all year.
Hardware, software and funding limits mean it's not easy to make the fastest computers even faster. That's too bad for the industries that rely on them.
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As Lewis Carroll's Alice might have said, the relationship between Argentina and Iran just keeps getting "curiouser and curiouser."
When Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahhar threw his support behind the Ground Zero mosque, it became clear that what started as a political controversy is also a national security issue.
"Strong Russian Remarks on Iran Please Washington" is the headline of a Reuters report on Russian President Dmitry Medevev's latest assessment of Iran's nuclear program.
Charles Robb and Charles Wald discuss U.S.-Iran policy in the Washington Post:
Since taking office in 1999, Venezuelan ruler Hugo Chávez has embraced just about every anti-American dictator and strongman on the planet. So it was no surprise last weekend when Syrian boss Bashar Assad made his first trip to Latin America and met with Chávez in Caracas.
The State Department was reportedly supportive of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's visit to Tehran last weekend. An unnamed State Department official was quoted as saying the trip represented "perhaps the last big shot at engagement" in the conflict over the Iranian nuclear program. But one can well wonder whose side Lula is on.
According to Radio Farda's Golnaz Esfandiari, "Iranian state television has produced a documentary suggesting the shooting death of a young woman whose final moments were captured on video during postelection protests was a fake." What's more, Neda Agha Soltan is accused of spying on behalf of the United States and Great Britain.
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Drawn on the iPad with procreate, based on a Facebook picture of my friend's head and the body/chip shape of a random poker shot I found.
Canadian Olympic Hockey
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The shape of the player/puck was based on an illustration by Seon Winn. I redrew it, added the leaf, olympic rings, and texture. Canada won gold for both the men and women!
Skytalks 2013 Full Set
By Dan on July 16, 2013 9:32 AM
A few months ago I did an art pice on my iPad for this year's SkyTalks track at DefCon. I was pleased enough with it. That was originally going to be the end of my involvement with the project since I wasn't going to ba able to make it this year and I didn't have a ton of time. BK asked me for some assistance with the the badges and it caught me at a moment where I actually had a moment so I obliged.
After reducing my work to black/white/single color I was struck with the contrast of this piece versus my orignal piece. BK asked me to do the DefCon program page for SkyTalks as well and I had to make a decision. I agreed to do the page but I also made the decision to completely retool the main design, using the badges as an inspiration. Here is the result in wallpaper form:
Here is a link to the full 1920x1080 resolution version.
Finally, here is the page that will be appearing in the DefCon program:
In short, there are some fun talks lined up and some great people involved. If you can make it to Vegas for DefCon 21 drop by SkyTalks and tell them you like the art!
Slutwalk Denver 2013
By Dan on July 07, 2013 12:33 PM
Yesterday I had the honor of attending Slutwalk Denver 2013. It's an event that started after a police officer in Toronto made a comment that a rape victim wouldn't have been raped if she hadn't been dressing like a slut. As you might imagine there was a lot of reaction to this statement. Wearing sexy attire is NOT an invitation to touch. You know what causes rape? Rapists. No victim blaming, no "you should have worn something else". More educating perpetrators about what is right and what isn't. Let's do our part to change rape culture even as we partake in the sexy side of life.
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Skytalks 2013 Artwork
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I've been involved in doing the artwork for Skytalks (Defcon offshoot, run by 303) for four of the past five years. In years past I have taken the reference photography so I've had a hand in creating lighting and composition for these pieces. My photos have been used as reference for original art pieces by Mar with (Dwight Bennett assisting on a couple) and they have created some fabulous designs.
This year the task fell fully on my own shoulders. This piece is the result of a reference shoot at Sobo 151 with Tashaya and Acr0nym. The original photo was subsquently used as reference for an original design on my iPad using Adobe Ideas. Once the original design was complete a lot of texture and color tweaking was done using varoius other iOS programs.
Thoughts on Sexual Assault
By Dan on June 15, 2013 12:45 PM
Possible trigger topic ahead, also long brain dump. Link to FB original post.
Disclaimer and intent: I don't know the accused in the following situation (who has confessed to the behavior so I will proceed without ambiguous language that allows for innocent-until-proven-guilty) nor any of the people whose boundaries he crossed. I was not there and didn't witness anything myself. This is a comment on the reactions of the crowd around those involved after the fact. Some of my reactions are not related-to and extend beyond the situation at hand. This is an emotional topic for me.
There is a thread that just took place on the Apogea group on Facebook about a guy who did a lot of stuff that would have resulted in charges had it occurred back in the real world. "Playful fun" he initially said in his own defense, "I didn't realize that people's boundaries were different than other festivals I'd been to". Bullshit on that.


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Britain's long history of spying on visiting dignitariestags: United Kingdom, Great Britain, espionage, Nikita Khrushchev, MI5
Spying on visiting foreign dignitaries is a longstanding habit not only of the British, but of many other countries as well. Most embassies in foreign capitals are designed with windowless safe rooms, on the assumption that their host country will be doing its best to monitor all their communications.
In 1985, the British government obtained injunctions attempting to gag the Guardian and Observer after they published disclosures by the renegade MI5 officer Peter Wright of wholesale British bugging. He and his colleagues had "bugged and burgled their way across London", during the cold war, he said.
He disclosed that MI5 bugged all diplomatic conferences at Lancaster House in London throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the Zimbabwe independence negotiations in 1979....
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Audi ownership has brought the baby Lambo into the realms of a usable, reliable supercar. Styling that still snaps necks, performance enough for any human from that 520bhp V10. The only fly in the ointment? The new 540bhp, re-styled version is just about to arrive.
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Latest Box Office Collection Of Himmatwala
Himmatwala will be the next Block Bluster of Bollywood. Himmatwala is a Hindi romantic movie which has shown fantastic performance in the Indian Cinemas. All the movie lovers are waiting for this movie since a very long time. Producers of the movie Himmatwala has taken good measures for its promotional activities as a result it can be assumed that the movie will earn around 80-100 crore Indian Rupees from its domestic collection.
We have collected various collection reports of the movie Himmatwala from various websites and television channels, from which we can say that the first day collection of Himmatwala will be around 5 crore rupees (minimum) from the domestic collection. Some says that the first day collection of Himmatwala will be around 8-10 crore rupees.
The seat occupancy rates of the movie Himmatwala is great throughout the day. Also the movie is running in 3000 cinemas all over India and as per report that we have gathered, almost 30% to 35% of the seats are booked in most of the cinema halls. Himmatwala will surely break the records of Special 26 but may not break the records of Race 2.
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Black Sabbath to Play U.S. Show in August
Even though many of Black Sabbath 's reunion plans have fallen by the wayside in the wake of Tony Iommi's Lymphoma diagnosis and Bill Ward's contract dispute, singer Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon says that Sabbath will perform one show on U.S. soil this year.
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"No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne" will be the name of the the album will some heavy hitters starring on the album.
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Ozzy is currently signing copies of his new book "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy."
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"Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy" is the new book by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres is on sale today.
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The legendary axeman sat down for an interview and discussed his sobriety and how he is "eternally grateful" to Ozzy.
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Corey Taylor reflects on how Ozzy wants to be Slipknot's tenth member.
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Metallica's Robert Trujillo, Zakk Wylde, Nikki Sixx and Rudy Sarzo were among the legendary musicians who attended the premiere of the new documentary film 'God Bless Ozzy Osbourne' last night in Hollywood, California.
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This week on The Cockfight I thought we would have a battle on our hands by putting Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" taking on Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train". My vote went to "Paranoid" by the simple fact without that song or band music would have never been the same
The Wrecking Yard Presents "The Cockfight" Paranoid VS. Crazy Train
You already know that "The Cockfight" tugs at your rock and roll heart strings and we put two bands that you absolutely love and let you vote on who you think deserves to be the winner of "The Cockfight"
Ozzy Osbourne-Two Classics ReReleased [VIDEO]
Ozzy's two classic solo releases with Randy Rhodes are being rereleased with the original players on them. If you weren't aware, most copies that exist today are rerecordings that Sharon had done because of a fight over royalties. Check out the trailer after the jump.