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- Associations between BMI and home, school and route environmental exposures estimated using GPS and GIS: do we see evidence of selective daily mobility bias in children? [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015 Feb 6; 14(1):8.
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This study examined whether objective measures of food, physical activity and built environment exposures, in home and non-home settings, contribute to children's body weight. Further, comparing GPS and GIS measures of environmental exposures along routes to and from school, we tested for evidence of selective daily mobility bias when using GPS data.This study is a cross-sectional analysis, using objective assessments of body weight in relation to multiple environmental exposures. Data presented are from a sample of 94 school-aged children, aged 5-11 years. Children's heights and weights were measured by trained researchers, and used to calculate BMI z-scores. Participants wore a GPS device for one full week. Environmental exposures were estimated within home and school neighbourhoods, and along GIS (modelled) and GPS (actual) routes from home to school. We directly compared associations between BMI and GIS-modelled versus GPS-derived environmental exposures. The study was conducted in Mebane and Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA, in 2011.In adjusted regression models, greater school walkability was associated with significantly lower mean BMI. Greater home walkability was associated with increased BMI, as was greater school access to green space. Adjusted associations between BMI and route exposure characteristics were null. The use of GPS-actual route exposure did not appear to confound associations between environmental exposures and BMI in this sample.This study found few associations between environmental exposures in home, school and commuting domains and body weight in children. However, walkability of the school neighbourhood may be important. Of the other significant associations observed, some were in unexpected directions. Importantly, we found no evidence of selective daily mobility bias in this sample, although our study design is in need of replication in a free-living adult sample.
- Daily forecast of dengue fever incidents for urban villages in a city. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015 Jan 31; 14(1):9.
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Instead of traditional statistical models for large spatial areas and weekly or monthly temporal units, what public health workers urgently need is a timely risk prediction method for small areas. This risk prediction would provide information for early warning, target surveillance and intervention.Daily dengue cases in the 457 urban villages of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan from 2009 to 2012 were used for model development and evaluation. There were in total 2,997 confirmed dengue cases during this period. A logistic regression model was fitted to the daily incidents occurring in the villages for the past 30 days. The fitted model was then used to predict the incidence probabilities of dengue outbreak for the villages the next day. A percentile of the 457*30 fitted incidence probabilities was chosen to determine a cut-point for issuing the alerts. The covariates included three different levels of spatial effect, and with four lag time periods. The population density and the meteorological conditions were also included for the prediction.The performance of the prediction models was evaluated on 122 consecutive days from September 1 to December 31, 2012. With the 80th percentile threshold, the median sensitivity was 83% and the median false positive rate was 23%. We found that most of the coefficients of the predictors of having cases at the same village in the previous 14 days were positive and significant for the 122 daily updated models. The estimated coefficients of population density were significant during the peak of the epidemic in 2012.The proposed method can provide near real-time dengue risk prediction for a small area. This can serve as a useful decision making tool for front-line public health workers to control dengue epidemics. The precision of the spatial and temporal units can be easily adjusted to different settings for different cities.
- Using geovisual analytics in Google Earth to understand disease distribution: a case study of campylobacteriosis in the Czech Republic (2008-2012). [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015 Jan 28; 14(1):7.
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Visual analytics aims to connect the processing power of information technologies and the user's ability of logical thinking and reasoning through the complex visual interaction. Moreover, the most of the data contain the spatial component. Therefore, the need for geovisual tools and methods arises. Either one can develop own system but the dissemination of findings and its usability might be problematic or the widespread and well-known platform can be utilized. The aim of this paper is to prove the applicability of Google Earth TM software as a tool for geovisual analytics that helps to understand the spatio-temporal patterns of the disease distribution.We combined the complex joint spatio-temporal analysis with comprehensive visualisation. We analysed the spatio-temporal distribution of the campylobacteriosis in the Czech Republic between 2008 and 2012. We applied three main approaches in the study: (1) the geovisual analytics of the surveillance data that were visualised in the form of bubble chart; (2) the geovisual analytics of the disease's weekly incidence surfaces computed by spatio-temporal kriging and (3) the spatio-temporal scan statistics that was employed in order to identify high or low rates clusters of affected municipalities. The final data are stored in Keyhole Markup Language files and visualised in Google Earth TM in order to apply geovisual analytics.Using geovisual analytics we were able to display and retrieve information from complex dataset efficiently. Instead of searching for patterns in a series of static maps or using numerical statistics, we created the set of interactive visualisations in order to explore and communicate results of analyses to the wider audience. The results of the geovisual analytics identified periodical patterns in the behaviour of the disease as well as fourteen spatio-temporal clusters of increased relative risk.We prove that Google Earth TM software is a usable tool for the geovisual analysis of the disease distribution. Google Earth TM has many indisputable advantages (widespread, freely available, intuitive interface, space-time visualisation capabilities and animations, communication of results), nevertheless it is still needed to combine it with pre-processing tools that prepare the data into a form suitable for the geovisual analytics itself.
- Emergency care facility access in rural areas within the golden hour?: Western Cape case study. [Journal Article]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015.:5.
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Road Safety is a major cause of death around the world and South Africa has one of the highest road fatality rates. Many measures, engineering and medical, are investigated. However, analysis of the accessibility of emergency care facilities is often overlooked. This paper aims to fill the gap between pre-crash engineering solutions and literature on trauma injuries and emergency care procedures. The focus is on the role that accessibility to emergency care facilities in rural areas plays, given that 50% of the world's population lives in rural areas, which are often omitted from international research. The Western Cape (a rural province with low population volumes and high volume roads in South Africa) is analysed as an example of access to trauma care in rural areas.It is internationally accepted that the time to emergency care facilities influences the survival chances. However, the international literature still debates the exact time period. In this paper, the 'Golden Hour' is used to analyse the accessibility of emergency care facilities in rural areas and establish a geographical analysis method which identifies risk areas. The analysis can be repeated if the international literature debates regarding the exact time period changes.A Geographical Information System (GIS) tool revealed that 53% of the fatalities in the rural parts of the Western Cape occur outside the Golden Hour. In high risk crash areas, the fatality risk is up to nine times higher than the province's rural average.People in need of trauma care after a road crash are most likely to survive if they receive definitive care timeously. At the time of the study, the rural areas in the Western Cape had 44 Emergency Medical Services stations and 29 medical facilities that can assist to provide definitive (trauma) care. Further optimisation of the facility locations is recommended and research has begun.More advanced geographical modelling is possible when improved data becomes available on the 'Golden Hour' theory, differential times for varying injury types or travel speeds of ambulances. This, more advanced, modelling can reduce the road crash burden in rural areas around the world further.
- Testing for clustering at many ranges inflates family-wise error rate (FWE). [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015.:4.
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Testing for clustering at multiple ranges within a single dataset is a common practice in spatial epidemiology. It is not documented whether this approach has an impact on the type 1 error rate.We estimated the family-wise error rate (FWE) for the difference in Ripley's K functions test, when testing at an increasing number of ranges at an alpha-level of 0.05. Case and control locations were generated from a Cox process on a square area the size of the continental US (≈3,000,000 mi2). Two thousand Monte Carlo replicates were used to estimate the FWE with 95% confidence intervals when testing for clustering at one range, as well as 10, 50, and 100 equidistant ranges.The estimated FWE and 95% confidence intervals when testing 10, 50, and 100 ranges were 0.22 (0.20 - 0.24), 0.34 (0.31 - 0.36), and 0.36 (0.34 - 0.38), respectively.Testing for clustering at multiple ranges within a single dataset inflated the FWE above the nominal level of 0.05. Investigators should construct simultaneous critical envelopes (available in spatstat package in R), or use a test statistic that integrates the test statistics from each range, as suggested by the creators of the difference in Ripley's K functions test.
- 'Social, innovative and smart cities are happy and resilient': insights from the WHO EURO 2014 International Healthy Cities Conference. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015 Jan 14; 14(1):3.
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This paper provides a brief overview of, and elaborates on, some of the presentations, discussions and conclusions from Day 4 of the 'WHO EURO 2014 International Healthy Cities Conference: Health and the City - Urban Living in the 21st Century', held in Athens, Greece on 25 October 2014. The Internet of Things (IoT) is made of sensors and other components that connect our version of the world made of atoms, i.e., humans/our bodies, our devices, vehicles, roads, buildings, plants, animals, etc., with a mirror digital version made of bits. This enables cities and regions to be self-aware and dynamically reconfigurable in real- or near-real-time, based on changes that are continuously monitored and captured by sensors, similar to the way the internal biological systems of a living being operate and respond to their environment (homeostasis). Data collected by various IoT sensors and processed via appropriate analytics can also help predict the immediate future with reasonable accuracy, which enables better planned responses and mitigation actions. Cities and regions can thus become more adaptable and resilient in face of adversity. Furthermore, IoT can link atoms (humans) to other atoms (humans) (again via bits), resulting in the formation of 'smart(er) communities' that are socially connected in new ways and potentially happier. Cities, but also less urbanised regions and the countryside, could all benefit from, and harness the power of, IoT to improve the health, well-being and overall quality of life of the local populations, actively engage citizens in a smarter governance of their region, empower them to better care for one another, promote stronger social inclusion, and ensure a greener, sustainable and more enjoyable environment for all. Technology can also help reverse the 'brain drain' from the countryside and smaller towns to larger metropolises by making the former more attractive and connected, with better services akin to those found in larger cities. The article also discusses some ways of measuring and benchmarking the performance of smart cities and their impact on well-being. However, it should be emphasised that technology is not a panacea and that other factors are equally important in creating happier and healthier cities and regions.
- Real-time GIS data model and sensor web service platform for environmental data management. [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015.:2.
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Effective environmental data management is meaningful for human health. In the past, environmental data management involved developing a specific environmental data management system, but this method often lacks real-time data retrieving and sharing/interoperating capability. With the development of information technology, a Geospatial Service Web method is proposed that can be employed for environmental data management. The purpose of this study is to determine a method to realize environmental data management under the Geospatial Service Web framework.A real-time GIS (Geographic Information System) data model and a Sensor Web service platform to realize environmental data management under the Geospatial Service Web framework are proposed in this study. The real-time GIS data model manages real-time data. The Sensor Web service platform is applied to support the realization of the real-time GIS data model based on the Sensor Web technologies.To support the realization of the proposed real-time GIS data model, a Sensor Web service platform is implemented. Real-time environmental data, such as meteorological data, air quality data, soil moisture data, soil temperature data, and landslide data, are managed in the Sensor Web service platform. In addition, two use cases of real-time air quality monitoring and real-time soil moisture monitoring based on the real-time GIS data model in the Sensor Web service platform are realized and demonstrated. The total time efficiency of the two experiments is 3.7 s and 9.2 s.The experimental results show that the method integrating real-time GIS data model and Sensor Web Service Platform is an effective way to manage environmental data under the Geospatial Service Web framework.
- Estimating range of influence in case of missing spatial data: a simulation study on binary data. [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
- Int J Health Geogr 2015.:1.
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The range of influence refers to the average distance between locations at which the observed outcome is no longer correlated. In many studies, missing data occur and a popular tool for handling missing data is multiple imputation. The objective of this study was to investigate how the estimated range of influence is affected when 1) the outcome is only observed at some of a given set of locations, and 2) multiple imputation is used to impute the outcome at the non-observed locations.The study was based on the simulation of missing outcomes in a complete data set. The range of influence was estimated from a logistic regression model with a spatially structured random effect, modelled by a Gaussian field. Results were evaluated by comparing estimates obtained from complete, missing, and imputed data.In most simulation scenarios, the range estimates were consistent with ≤25% missing data. In some scenarios, however, the range estimate was affected by even a moderate number of missing observations. Multiple imputation provided a potential improvement in the range estimate with ≥50% missing data, but also increased the uncertainty of the estimate.The effect of missing observations on the estimated range of influence depended to some extent on the missing data mechanism. In general, the overall effect of missing observations was small compared to the uncertainty of the range estimate.
- The SPOTLIGHT virtual audit tool: a valid and reliable tool to assess obesogenic characteristics of the built environment. [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
- Int J Health Geogr 2014.:52.
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A lack of physical activity and overconsumption of energy dense food is associated with overweight and obesity. The neighbourhood environment may stimulate or hinder the development and/or maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. To improve research on the obesogenicity of neighbourhood environments, reliable, valid and convenient assessment methods of potential obesogenic characteristics of neighbourhood environments are needed. This study examines the reliability and validity of the SPOTLIGHT-Virtual Audit Tool (S-VAT), which uses remote sensing techniques (Street View feature in Google Earth) for desk-based assessment of environmental obesogenicity.A total of 128 street segments in four Dutch urban neighbourhoods - heterogeneous in socio-economic status and residential density - were assessed using the S-VAT. Environmental characteristics were categorised as walking related items, cycling related items, public transport, aesthetics, land use-mix, grocery stores, food outlets and physical activity facilities. To assess concordance of inter- and intra-observer reliability of the Street View feature in Google Earth, and validity scores with real life audits, percentage agreement and Cohen's Kappa (k) were calculated.Intra-observer reliability was high and ranged from 91.7% agreement (k = 0.654) to 100% agreement (k = 1.000) with an overall agreement of 96.4% (k = 0.848). Inter-observer reliability results ranged from substantial agreement 78.6% (k = 0.440) to high agreement, 99.2% (k = 0.579), with an overall agreement of 91.5% (k = 0.595). Criterion validity was substantial to high for most of the categories ranging from 87.3% agreement (k = 0.539) to 99.9% agreement (k = 0.887) with an overall score of 95.6% agreement (k = 0.747).These study results suggest that the S-VAT is a highly reliable and valid remote sensing tool to assess potential obesogenic environmental characteristics.
- Generating GPS activity spaces that shed light upon the mobility habits of older adults: a descriptive analysis. [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
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Measuring mobility is critical for understanding neighborhood influences on older adults' health and functioning. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) may represent an important opportunity to measure, describe, and compare mobility patterns in older adults.We generated three types of activity spaces (Standard Deviation Ellipse, Minimum Convex Polygon, Daily Path Area) using GPS data from 95 older adults in Vancouver, Canada. Calculated activity space areas and compactness were compared across sociodemographic and resource characteristics.Area measures derived from the three different approaches to developing activity spaces were highly correlated. Participants who were younger, lived in less walkable neighborhoods, had a valid driver's license, had access to a vehicle, or had physical support to go outside of their homes had larger activity spaces. Mobility space compactness measures also differed by sociodemographic and resource characteristics.This research extends the literature by demonstrating that GPS tracking can be used as a valuable tool to better understand the geographic mobility patterns of older adults. This study informs potential ways to maintain older adult independence by identifying factors that influence geographic mobility.


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Are there any other alternatives other than TurboTax or hiring an account?
DH and I have 3 out of state forms to submit - and this is where TT hits hard with fees. Our accounted wants $250.
Any advice appreciated.
A bunch -- depending on your situation. If all you have to file is the equivalent of 1040A or 1040EZ, there are a few Web sites which allow you to fill out forms and submit them electronically. It probably would cost a few bucks to submit out-of-state forms (or you could choose to do them on paper; the Minnesota short form is ridiculously simple), but it shouldn't cost $250. Do a Web search for on line tax filing and you should find them. This is not a good option, IMHO, though, if you have a complicated return.
There also are alternatives to TurboTax for on-your-own-computer tax software. I've used TaxCut (I think they call it H&R Block at Home now) without problems and may still buy it for doing my parent's taxes (ours are complicated enough that we're using an accountant).
I have used TaxAct for several years and like it a lot. Very easy to use, and our returns are complicated. I used it for our 1120S also.
Agree with steve_o on the state returns. Maryland has a simple form that you just plug in your numbers from your W-2 and 1040. I use that for my son. I would check the states websites where you want to file.
I'd go with a qualified tax accountant. In your case, you want to make SURE he/she is certified in the states where you need to file.
$250 for what you describe is actually a very good price. My accountant charges us that just for filing our federal and state tax forms (and DH and I really do all the work usually--he just has to plug in the numbers on the right forms). And it's well worth it, at that--my accountant's expertise is tax accounting, and we've never had a problem with our return--even the few years we've had tricky situations.
While you're in his office? Take the time to ask him how you can legally reduce your tax liability. It's too late for most of the things you can do to lower your 2010 taxes, but get the advice for what you should be doing for 2011--there are a LOT of things you can do that are legal that lower your income or the tax you pay on it. Take advantage of his expertise and make those loopholes work for you.


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Simon Associates Founder Certified as Blue Ocean Strategist Culmination of Five Years of Teaching Companies How to Create New Markets for Themselves New York, NY, February 13, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Andrea Simon, Ph.D., founder and President of Simon Associates Management Consultants (SAMC), has just received her official practitioner certification as a Blue Ocean Strategist following a three-day, action-learning course last week from the Blue Ocean Strategy Network. This certification comes after more than five years of Simon's client work on Blue Ocean Strategy and over 140 workshops conducted for business leaders entitled, "Change Matters: How to Find New Market Space," weaving Blue Ocean Strategic thinking into her own ChangeMap™ process. Blue Ocean tools and strategic thinking have become important elements in Simon's ChangeMap process, because they help companies: · re-invent their products and services · re-imagine new approaches to deliver value in innovative ways, creating new markets (Blue Oceans), instead of just competing within existing ones (Red Oceans) · re-think their business models and brand positioning. "My ChangeMap™ process emerged as it became apparent to me that new ideas needed a mapping system that enabled a company's employees to better 'see, feel and think' about where they were going," said Simon. "The process often involves 'backward planning' in order to find a fresh starting point and then you need to stay on course with a new plan, as old plans interfere with new solutions." During last week's certification course, Simon learned more tips about how to apply Blue Ocean Strategy/Value Innovation tools, methodologies, and frameworks to help private and public sector clients thrive through creative innovation. "Despite all of my previous work in the Blue Ocean space, I felt it was important to put the icing on the cake and become certified, especially since requests from clients for Blue Ocean sessions have gone up by 30 percent since last year," added Simon. "Often clients come to us, knowing that they've stalled and can't stimulate new ideas. Now, we can combine our expertise as corporate anthropologists, and our work from the past with some new tools from this course. Then we can help our clients even more effectively implement strategies to discover successful innovations." Any business leaders that are finding themselves stalled should visit the Simon Associates website, read Simon's blog, or contact her to discuss Blue Ocean strategies. Page 1/2 PR.com Press Release Distribution Terms of Use Contact Information: Simon Associates Management Consultants Andrea Simon 914-261-1631 Contact via Email www.simonassociates.net Online Version of Press Release: You can read the online version of this press release at: http://www.pr.com/press-release/472385 Page 2/2 PR.com Press Release Distribution Terms of Use
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Huell Howser, the gregarious TV host who shared his love of the Golden State with the series "California Gold" has passed away at the age of 68. His staff said that Howser had decided to retire six weeks ago, and he had been in hospice care prior to his passing.
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Howser moved to Los Angeles in 1981 from his native Tennessee to become a reporter for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. It was there he developed his longstanding love affair with the Golden State. Working with a very simple premise, he traveled California with an open heart and an open mind, a microphone and a camera and uncovered a treasure of California stories.
"We operate on the premise that TV isn't brain surgery. People's stories are what it's all about," Howser said. "If you have a good story, it doesn't have to be overproduced. I want our stories to reveal the wonders of the human spirit and the richness of life in California, including its history, people, culture and natural wonders."
Beginning his television career at WSM-TV in Nashville after receiving his B.A. degree from the University of Tennessee, he served on the staff of a United States Senator and had a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Huell joined public television station KCET/Los Angeles in 1987 to produce "Videolog," a series of short programs featuring the stories of people from all walks of life. This series directly led to "California Gold," with Howser recording the treasures and travails of California life.
"California's Gold" after 19 years is one of the longest running and most beloved series about California ever produced. The program helped to launch six additional series about life in California, "Visiting with Huell Howser," "Road Trip with Huell Howser," "California's Golden Parks," "California's Green," "California's Water" and his newest series, "Downtown."
He said historical re-enactments were his favorite kind of program because you can re-connect with history.
Howser's work in television has also taken him on travels worldwide, including Egypt, Israel, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, Australia, Europe and twice to the former Soviet Union.
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My trip to Nicaragua last week was short and sweet. I was there for the Nicaraguan Cigar Festival and file a story for Cigar Aficionado (you'll read...more
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As part of a rebranding effort that will differentiate its premium "gold" fleet from its standard "silver" category coaches, Honolulu-based Royal Star Hawaii has taken delivery of the first two of six 2014 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) J4500 coaches meant to represent the company's top-of-the-line offerings.
When complete, the company's gold fleet will reach 22 coaches, all 2009-or-newer MCI J4500s. The new gold- and silver-level designations will replace the company's previous "Royal Star" and "Super Star" designations. "The new design update achieves several major goals," said Marc Rubenstein, VP and GM. "It updates our 102 Series coaches with a modern look, clarifies the difference between brands with either a gold or silver choice, and unifies both gold and silver coaches under the same Royal Star brand. It's part of an ongoing plan to keep the fleet always looking fresh." The two new J4500s, which feature wheelchair lifts, lavatories, and A/V systems will be used primarily for island tours and transfers. The rest of the six-coach J4500 order will arrive later this year. The J4500 underwent a redesign last year, gaining new LED headlamps, a slightly taller look and other improvements. The 2014 model arrives with the latest clean-diesel engine technology for lower emissions and better fuel economy, along with MCI's MDSS suspension system for greater maneuverability and a smoother ride. Standard safety features include three-point passenger seat belts, electronic stability control, tire pressure monitoring and a fire-suppression system.
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INSTRUCTIONAL SKY SCANNER Filed Jan. 28, 1959 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 HUCHBAH 2,994,971 INSTRUC'HGNAL SKY SCANNER Daniel T. Meisenheimer, Milford, and Louis W. Syarto,
Fairiield, Conn., assignors to The A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Conn., a corporation of Maryland Filed dan. 2S, 1959, Ser. No. '789,680 17 Ciairns. (Cl. S15- 44) This invention relates to an instructional sky scanner for viewing constellations of stars and planets at night in a manner to orient and identify the names of the natural celestial bodies while looking at them, as well as the position and courses or" travel of various artificial satellites relative thereto.
An object of the invention is to provide means to this end which avoid the necessity of diverting ones gaze from the sky region that is under observation in order to consult opaque charts, diagrams, or the like, located apart from the line of vision when viewing the sky.
An important purpose of the invention is to scan the night sky through, and in comparison with, a transparent viewing plate or plates carrying diagram characters depicting the relationship of the observable celestial bodies by markings that are faintly visible on the plate.
A further object is to illuminate only the markings on the viewing plate by means of a source of light obscured from the eyes of the observer, thus leaving visible through the plate and unobscured by vagrant light the actual planets and stars in the sky which therefore may be viewed in concordance with the plate markings.
Another object of the invention is to construct a sky scanner of the aforesaid kind in small `and lightweight portable form suitable for being carried about outdoors in the manner of a camera or binoculars, and maneuverable for viewing the sky while held in the hand.
Another object is to equip the scanner with an independent source of artificial illumination.
Another object is to provide a holder for interchangeable or stacked transparent viewing plates enabling the use of selected dilering charts or diagrams representing different specific constellations or groupings of the celestial bodies.
Another object is to incorporate with such holder of ,a stack of plates means for illuminating the markings on only -a selected one of the stacked plates at a time.
Another object is to incorporate in a holder for a single transparent viewing plate means for tilting it so that its broadside face is met by the rays of articial light which thereby can shine through the plate and cause to be projected on a display screen or the like a magnified image of the plate markings.
Another object is to accomplish the aforesaid faint illumination of the characters on the transparent viewing plates by edge lighting the plates land where there is employed a plurality of such plates, stacked as in a tile, by the edge lighting of only one of the stacked plates at a time while the other plates in the stack remain unlighted and fully transparent to be looked through simultaneously in scanning the sky.
Another object is to provide selectively operable light directing means for determining by choice which one of the stacked viewing plates shall alone be edge lighted.
Another object is to provide changeably settable means, preferably dimly illuminated, y'associated with the aforesaid light directing means so as to signal the identity of the diagram or chart on whatever viewing plate is being illuminated at a given time.
Another object to render free from prelmitation the sequence or order in which the different chart plates shall selectively be illuminated.
A portable sky scanning device for the `foregoing purposes can assume many alternative forms, four of which Patented Aug. 8, 1961 `fice 2 forms :are disclosed in the following description, having reference to the appended drawings wherein:
FIG. '1 illustrates the intended use of an instructional sky scannen incorporating the invention wherein an observer holds it at approximately arms length between his eyes` and the night sky.
FIG. 2 is an elevation of a simple form of the scanner in suitable actual size.
FIG. 3 is a plan view looking at that portion of the scanner which interchangeably Iholds various viewing plates carrying different charts or diagram markings.
FIG. 4 shows in exploded relation, and with parts o-f their structure broken away on the plane 4 4 in FIG. 3, the sections of the scanner that are shown assembled .in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a view on an enlarged scale taken insection on the plane 5-5 in FIG. 3 showing the transparent viewing plate mounted inthe holding rack.
FIG. 6 is a still further enlarged fragmentary view of the viewing plate taken in section on the plane 6 6 in FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing a modified construction in which the transparent viewing plate is so mounted in its holder that it can be tilted in relation to the rays of artificial light.
FIG. 8 is a View on a reduced scale showing the transparent viewing plate tilted to a position for projecting an image of its diagram markings on a distant screen or display surface.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of the modified construction of FIG. 6.
FIG. 10 shows in exploded relation a plate holding frame, a viewing plate partially inserted therein and a pivot aording fork by which the plate and its frame are supported on the head of the ashlight.
FIG. ll shows a diiierent modification of the scanner in which plural transparent chart plates are stacked serially in file relationship for selective edge lighting, whereby to render the chart markings on a single one of different viewing plates visible at respectively different times.
FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view looking upward at FIG. 1l.
FIG. 13 is a View taken in section on the plane 13-13, in FIG. 11 looking in the direction of the arrows.
FIG. 13a is a fragmentary View on a larger scale of parts in FIG. 13.
FIG. 14 is a view looking at the base end of the iiashlight casing showing the directional compass thereat.
FIG. 15 is a view taken in section on the plane 155-15 in FIG. 1l looking in the direction of the arrows.
FIG. 16 is an elevation of a further modified form of the scanner in which the transparent viewing plates are illuminated at the center of their horizontal length, the scanner being equipped with straps by which to suspend it from the neck of a user like a camera.
FIG. l7 is a plan view of the scanner shown in FIG. 16 with its structure partially broken away on the plane 17-17 in FIG. 16 with the viewing slides omitted.
FIG. 18 is a view taken in section on the plane 18-#18 in FIG. 16 looking in the direction of the arrows.
FIG. 19 is a vfragmentary view looking from the left at the compass displaying end of the light chamber.
FIG. 2O is a view taken in section on the plane 2li- 20 in FIG. 16 showing the light control switch.
FIG. l shows an observer looking at the night sky through the improved sky scanner held at approximately arrns length. This is a simple form of the scanner comprising a transparent viewing plate 1.2 which may be molded of Lucite, a trademark designating a methyl methacrylate molding compound, and supported removably at its margins in a holding framework comprising a grooved U-shaped rack v13 that includes a hollow hub 14 by means of which the pack is ttingly and removably mounted on the head 15 of a flashlight 16. Handle 17 of the flashlight forms the handle of the scanner 4and its head 15 is screw-mounted on the handle 17 and retains as a source of light la battery powered liashlight lamp bul-b 18 with its hollow reector 19 in conventional manner. Thus the plate holding framework forms a shroud shielding the light of lamp bulb 18 from the eyes of the user. United with the reiiector 19 there is an auxiliary chamber 20 carrying the Yglass cover or crystal 21 which protects a directional compass 22 confined within chamber 20 so that the compass needle 23 is silhouetted and thereby visible against the light that is emitted by bulb 18 and its reflector 19 when the rack 13 is removed from the head of the ilashlight which otherwise shrouds the light.
The rack 13 is channeled at 26 to slidably receive and resilient'ly press sidewise inward against the margins of transparent p11-ate 12 thereby to hold the latter firmly yet removably in the rack. To provide lan outlet for light rays the opaque cross wall 28 of the hollow hub 14 of the rack contains a light directing aperture or port in the opacity of the cross wall comprising a `narrow slot 27 no wider than the thickness of the viewing plate 12, and in strict register with said plate edge, this slot extending crosswise the end lof hollow handle 17 and being. the only opening in the cross wall 28 which elsewhere opaquely roofs over the hollow of the hub.
In conventional manner the hollow casing handle 17 of the flashlight is 1an elongate tubular structure containing one or more dry cells or batteries 29 electrically connected to energize the light bulb 18 when the sliding switch handle 3G is shifted electrically to connect or disconnect the light bulb from the battery. It is unnecessary to show the switch contacts which control the lamp circuit because they are well-known in a variety of forms in the art and are not of consequence to the form of the invention shown in FIGS. 1-10.
On the surface of the tnansparent viewing plate there are embossed or line printed, or molded from the substance of the plate certain markings 32, 33 of which an example appears in FIG. 4. The purpose of the invention would be served if such markings were etched or depressed in intaglio style, in the surface of plate 12 instead of made in bas-relief, their function being to intercept and deflect otherwise invisible iight rays that are transmitted through the transparent material of the plate in directions paralleling the broad suraces thereof. Material maybe glass or methyl methaorylate or other suitable tnanspa-rent plastic.
In the particular viewing plate shown in FIG. 4 the markings 32, 33 form `a. diagram depicting the relative positions of the celestial bodies in the constellation, Ursa Major, popularly known 4as the Big Dipper, and are arranged in suitable size and proportional spacing to be concordant with the relative positions of the depicted stars as actually appearing i-n the sky. The scale of the markings on the viewing plate is such that the diagram of the constellation formed thereby will approximately match in size and position the actual appearance of the stars so as to be identified therewith Without removing ones gaze from the constellation in the sky that is being observed. In other words, each individual star falling within the scope of the viewingplate can be identiiied readily with a 'corresponding mark 32 on the plate. rPhe diagrammatic markings on theplate are supplemented by instructional characters and indicia which may display facts about the celestial bodies under observation such as their names, magnitudes, and direction indicating characteristics, the later being represented in the illust-arted diagram by an Varrow 33 extending through two of the stars included in the portrayal of the Big Dipper known 'as the Pointers pointing to the North Star. Dotted lines 34 connecting the various stars are markings which correspond withY imaginary lines used 4 t graphically yfor grouping the stars that are regarded as belonging to la given constellation.
FIGS. 7-10 show a modified construction of the scanner wherein the viewing plate 12, instead of being seated directly in a stationary rack such as 13, is inserted edgewise into its margin receiving lgrooves 35 in a tiltable trame 36 which has a widened span 37 containing a slot 38 slidably tted and lled by a margin of the viewing plate which is receivable by frame 36 through said slot. In FIG. l0 the vviewing plate is shown as being removably inserted edgewise in the tiltable frame.
Frame 36 contains coaxial pivot bearing holes 39 engaged by retractable pivot studs 4G carried respectively in the opstanding arms of a yoke 41 whose hollow hub 42 mounts removably on the head 15 of a llashlight 16 as does the hub 14 of rack 13 in FIGS. 1 6. However, the cross wall 43 of hub 42 contains a spacious aperture 44 for passing substantially all the light from the bulb 18 outward of the flashlight although such aperture is fully covered and shrouded 'by the widened span 37 of tiltable fname 36 when swung to the position shown in FIG. 7 for edge 'lighting the viewing plate 12. To insure against leakage of light the bottom surface of frame 36 is convexly crowned and the top surface of the crotch of yoke 41 that borders aperture 44 is ittingly concave as shown in FIG. 7.
The Aform of the scanner shown in FIGS. 7-10 is used and operated like that of FIGS. 1 6 except that for indoor group study of constellations the viewing plate may be swung from the sky viewing position shown in FIG. 7 towthe image projecting position shown in FIG. 8, whereby the unrestricted rays of light from the lamp in the ashlight are vfree to shine through aperture 44 and the broadside surfaces of the viewing plate and can thereby be cast upon a display screen whereupon the diagram marks 32, 33 and 34 appear as shadows in sharp contrast against an illuminated ield thus enabling. the plate diagram and all its markings to be observed and lectured upon for class purposes or for group study and discussion.
The surface of the viewing plate carrying the permanent diagram is such that temporary pencil or crayon lines may additionally beV marked thereon and easily erased from the permanent diagram, whereby to indicate the charted course or position of some artificial satellite as aid to locating the same in the sky. Such additional markings be in a medium which makes them, like the permanent' diagram, illuminatable by edge lighting of the viewing plate and capable of casting a shadow in a shaft of light projected broadside through the plate onto the display screen. g
The -mod-ied construction of sky scanner illustrated in FIGS ll-lS makes use of a ashlight type of hollow casing 50 having cylindrical walls 51 of insulative material enclosing a chamber Vfor the storage of two batteries or d-ry cells 52 stacked in electrical series, as usual. The batteries are supported in an electrically conductive metallic holder 53 that is restrained from turning relatively to ythe casing wall 51 but is free to slide longitudinally of the casing. Battery holder 53 is provided at one end with a screw socket 5'4 receptive to a lamp bulb 55 whose center contact encounters the center terminal of the nearest battery.V The opposite end of holder 53 is a llexible conductive spring leaf S6 that is capable of flexing into and out of circuit making contact with the base terminal of the nearest battery. Thus circuit Ithrough the 'lam-p S5 can b e' made by screwing inward the insulative base cap 57 ofthe casing 50 which has threaded engagement therewith, this forcing the spring leaf S6 into circuit closing engagement with the base terminal of the battery lfrom whichthe spring leaf is permitted to separate and break the lamp circuit when the base cap S7 is oppositely turned or unscrewed. IFor convenience of personal orientation carried adirectional compass 59.,
At the opposite end of the flashlight casing 50 there is carried in swiveling and slidable relation thereto a rotatable ring comprising a conically shaped reector member 63 having an inner barrel portion 64 at times surrounding the lamp bulb 55 inside of casing 50 and containing a narrow slot or light directing aperture 65 in the otherwise opaque barrel portion 64.
As shown in FIG. 13 slot 65 forms an -aperture no wider than the thickness of a single one of the group of eight viewing plates 66 which individually may be similar to plate 12 in FIGS. 1 6. Aperture 65 is swingable into alignment with the bottom edges respectively of a series of light relaying elements each comprising a lamella 62 of transparent material whose bottom edge is stationed close to the periphery of the .tubular casing structure and barrel 64 and whose top edge adjoins the bottom edge of a viewing plate 66 with which it accords in thickness. One of the plates 66 is shown to be marked in the manner of plate 12 with a diagram 61 representing the different constellation, Cygnus Others of the plates 66 may be marked with differing constellations.
Plates 66 are spaced from one another as shown in FIG. 13 and are held in parallel relation at their top and side margins by grooves in a bordering framework 67 that is fixed to the flashlight casing 50 and whose cover por-tion 68 bridges and is liftable from the upstanding sides of the framework to permit selective removal and replacement of any viewing plate or plates carrying diagrams of particular constellations or star arrangements.
The light relaying transparent lamellae 63 whose top edges adjoin and align with the bottom edges of the plates 66 are separated by opaque partitions 69 to prevent leakage of light from the aperture 65 to more than one of the viewing plates at a time. Lamellae 62 may be integral with the plate proper.
Reector member 63 also has an outer ferrule portion 70 which has both rotary and a slide bearing on the adjacent cylindrical end of the ashlight casing and .its periphery may be marked as shown at 71 in FIG. l2 with the names of the constellations that are carried respectively by each viewing plate. Its markings 71 are turned into register with an index mark 72 on the flashlight casing to indicate the name of the constellation on the viewing plate 66 with which the light aperture 65 aligns. If the reflector member 63 be made of translucent plastic the markings on ferrule 7 (t will be visible because of glowing in the dark as is likewise true of the index mark 72 if it constitutes an aperture or window -in the casing wall 51. Markings 71 may be carried by a translucent removable shell which caps removably over the ferrule portion 70 and can be exposed to light from lamp 55' by respectively underlying slots in the rim of the ferrule portion.
In use of the device merely as a flashlight, as for finding ones way in the dark or for reading instruction-al matter, the reeetor member 63 `in unison with its ferrule portion 70 and barrel portion 64 can be slid toward the right in FIG. ll to place the conical light reilecting surface of member 63 in surrounding relation to the lamp bulb 55 whereupon the reector will perform its usual light beaming function as in an ordinary flashlight.
The flashlight casing 50 may be equipped with a loop handle 73 by which the sky scanner of FIGS. 11415 can be lcarried and Awielded for its several purposes of projecting a light beam, telling direction by compass or locating and identifying stars and other celestial bodies in the night sky. The sky can be clearly viewed through the entire stack of transparent viewing plates shown in FIG. 13 as readily as through the single viewing plate of FIG. lbecause only the diagram markings, and not the at background surface of any viewing plate, emits light.
I'In FIG. 16 a similar group of transparent viewing plates 80 is shown wherein the plates are held in spaced relationship by a common upstanding framework 31 which seatsV firmly 4and removably in clips 82 on the outer Surface of a modified form of flashlight casing S3. Midway its length, light shrouding casing 83 has a window opening or light releasing aperture 84 as wide in circumferential extent as the overall thickness of the whole group of viewing plates 80. This window opening and the margins of the casing Walls which border it are encompassed by a ring or blind comprising an opaque shell that swivels thereabout like Ia ferrule, said ring having an opaque segment thinned in its portion 86 which contains a very narrow light directing aperture '87 comparable to the slotlike aperture 65 in FIG. 11 and likewise no wider than the thickness of an individual one of the viewing plates 80. Elsewhere ring 85 may be translucent so that the names of constellations marked on its periphery or on a transparent label or replaceable covering shell that clings thereto will be visible in the dark.
In diametrical alignment with window 84 and aperture 87, ring 85 carries internally thereof and surrounds a socket 88 receptive lto a bayonet-base type of miniature lamp bulb 89 which thereby swings in unison with the turning movement of ring 85. Space is provided for the lamp socket I8S to thus swing by a segmental cutout 90 in .the wall of ashlight casing 83 enabling the socket to be mounted removably on an insulative insert 91 lodged removably in the wall of ring 85 so that burned-out lamps may be replaced.
Lamp socket 88 is in permanent electrical contact with the positive pole 99 of a battery or dry cell 92 whose opposite or base pole end is in permanent electrical contact with a bus bar 93 that is constrained against turning but is freely slidable lengthwise of casing 83. The battery and its bus bar are constantly urged toward the left in FIG. 16 by the usual resilient coil spring 9'7. Bus bar 93 terminates in an arcuately curved stationary segmental conductive switch track 94 which is wiped by a conductive brush 95 xed mechanically on socket 38 in insulated relation thereto but so as to travel in unison therewith. Brush 95 is constantly in contact with the center terminal of the lamp base as shown in FIG. 18 so that current is constantly supplied to the lamp while the ring 85 is turned relative to casing 83 for placing light aperture 87 in illuminating register with the edge of any selected viewing plate 80. The lamp can be extinguished by turning ring 85 to a position wherein brush 95 departs from track 94.
In FIG. 16 it is observed that the whole of the interior of the Yilashlight casing 83 is illuminated so that a directional compass 96 carried in the left end of the casing will be visible and readable at night if the compass pointer is encasedby transparent material.
The sky scanner of FIG. 16 may conveniently be equipped with carrying straps 98 by which it can be slung from the shoulder or neck of the user in the usual manner of portable instruments for use in the eld.
In the illuminating feature of all forms of the invention herein pictured and described it may be found useful to color therays of light that are directed against the edges of the viewing plates in order to dull their brightness while leaving the source of light at full brilliancy for use as a flash-light. This can be done by interposing a color filter such as red, blue, green, etc. between the lamp and any of the light emitting apertures 27, 38, 65 or 87 through which the viewing plates are edge lighted. If desired such filter may be attached to the inner surface of the structure which borders the light aperture in a manner to bridge the aperture.
Various other modifications of the particular embodiment of the invention disclosed herein may be introduced rwithin the scope of the invention and all such are intended to be covered by the language of one or more of the following claims.
What is claimed is:
1. An instructional sky scanner for aid in locating and identifying celestial bodies by viewing them in the night sky through a transparent diagram, said scanner comprising at least one transparent viewing plate adapted to be held before the night sky within arms length of the eyes of the observer, markings on said plate forming a .diagram depicting the relative positions of natural celestial bodies in suitable size and proportional relationship to appear approximately concordant with said relative positions of said bodies when viewed through said plate, said markings displaying information about said bodies and being disposed on said plate to intercept and retract rays of light conducted through the transparent material of said plate parallelly with the broadside surfaces thereof whereby said markings are caused to glow in the dark; manually graspable plate holding framework constructed supportingly to engage at least one margin of the plate, a source of artificial light rays carried by said framework. an opaque shroud carried by said framework disposed to cut off said rays from the sight of the observer, and a light transmitting port in the opacity of said shroud located between said light source and the edge portion of said plate, said port being of a shape and size to contine said rays of light to said edge portion.
2. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim l in which the said shroud includes a hollow casing enclosing the said source of light, and the said light transmitting port comprises a light directing aperture in said shroud interposed between said source of light and the said edge portion of the said transparent viewing plate.
3. An instructional sky scaner as delined in claim 2, in which the said source of light includes an electric lamp bulb, together with an electric storage battery within said casing connected to energize said lamp bulb.
4. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim 2, in which the said casing is an elongate tubular structure, and the said light directing aperture and the said edge portion of the viewing plate are closely adjacent and elongated crosswise one end of said structure.- k
5. An instructional sky scanner as defined 'in claim 4, in which the said plate holding framework is removably mounted on and adjacent to the said end of the said elongate casing structure.
6. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim 2, in which the said casing yis an elongate structure having a tubular wall, and the said light transmitting aperture and the said edge portion of the saidV viewing plate are closely adjacent and elongated lengthwise said tubular wall of said structure;
7. An instructional sky scanner as dened in claim 6, in which the said plate holding framework is removably mounted on and adjacent'to the said tubular wall of the said elongate structure. f'
8. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim 6, together with a ring rotatable about the axis' of the said elongate structure and about the said source a light and containing the said light directing aperture in position to be shifted crosswise the said edge portion of the said viewing plate by rotation of said ring and in a path intervening V between said edge portion and said source of light.
' 9. An instructional sky scanner `as deiined in claim S, in which the said ring has a portion of translucent materail carrying indicia illu-minable through said material by light from the said source and informative of the plate lighting position of the said light directing aperture.
10. An instruction sky scanner as defined in claim 1 `in which the said framework includes a member in which the said viewing plate is fixedly and removably held, and a yoke in which said member is pivotally mounted to tilt upon an axis adapted to shift the said plate margin toward and away from the said source of light, whereby the said rays of light can project an image of the said diagram through a broadside surface of said plate.
11. An instructional sky scanner as deiined in claim l0, in which the said pivotally mounted member contains the said light transmitting port positioned to expose only an edge portion of the said plate to rays of light from the said source.
12. An instructional sky scanner as deiined in claim ll, in which the said light transmitting port comprises a light directing slot in the said tiltable member fitted and filled by a margin of the said viewing plate.
13. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim l2 in which the said light directing slot is large enough to permit the said viewing plate to enter and be withdrawn from the said tiltable member edgewise therethrough.
14. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim l together with additional sky viewing plates mounted in face-to-face spaced apart relation in the said framework.
15. An instructional sky scanner asdelined in claim 14, in which the said shroud comprises a movable blind containing a light directing aperture shiftable with movement of said blind from the edge of one of the said viewing plates to the edge of a diierentfone of said plates.
16. An instructional sky scanner as defined in claim 115, iu which the said source of light comprises an electric lamp bulb, and the said blind comprises an opaque shell surrounding said lamp bulb.
17. An instructional sky scanner as deiined in claim l5, in which the said source of light comprises an electric lamp bulb, and the said blind comprises a mainly opaque shell carrying and surrounding said lamp bulb.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,032,829 Bartky Mar. 3, 1936 2,297,851 Wyss Oct 6, 1942 2,333,492 Ridge Nov. 2, 1943 2,460,346 Hagner Feb. l, 1949 2,527,189 Kittelson a Oct. 24, 1950 2,760,185 Held Le Aug. 2l, 1956 2,810,821 l Cohn Oct. 22, 1957 f FOREIGN PATENTS Y 203,478 Great Britain Sept. 13, 1923
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If you have not taste Emerald Beaut plum and want to try. Sam's is selling them right now. They are so sweet and juicy. Hopefully, my tree will fruit next year.
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I think I will give that one a try out here in the Northeast. Sounds like a total winner for the home orchard as DW claims it holds on the tree for 2 months from first becoming palatable only to keep getting sweeter and sweeter.
It will probably crack in the rain here but I have to try it. Problem is that once it cracks the ants will move in so you have to pick. It also may ripen too late to reach high quality here.
Strangely, they don't mention that it can turn golden when fully ripe and describe it instead as a green plum.
Emerald Beaut rots badly in humid climate. This was also ace of spades description of it. I dug my tree out this summer after two years in the ground. I tasted one ripe fruit from the tree last year and the color was green, not yellow. I doubt that the picture above is for a real Emeral Beaut plum.
Emerald Beaut is probably too late for the NE. And the holding ability won't be an asset when it is marginal on getting ripe in the first place. I'd suspect in MO it was green rather than turning yellow because it wasn't ripe there either. It would certainly be rot prone holding on the tree for two months.
If it is firm it is probably not particularly rot prone and I'm not scared of rot- I grow late nectarines, after all. If it ripens in Aug in CA it may ripen here in Oct but I think the only way to find out is try if no one else has.
I doubt it would have ripened this year as I still have two Elephant heart plums on one tree in my nursery. Never had them much past Aug before.
I was at Sam's today and the box description said Emerald Beaut Pluot. They looked very similar in shape to Emerald Beaut plums but more yellow. I wonder if it is indeed Emerald Beaut plum or if there is a pluot with the same name. Or, may be they used the word pluot instead of plum for commercial purpuses.
BTW, the green Emerald Beaut Plum that I tried last year also tasted great. So I do not think that they need to hold long on the tree to taste good. Still, I had to dig the tree out because of disease isssues very early in the season. I am sure thate there are others in humid climates who have tried growing Emerald Beaut recently and would love to hear their experience.
I checked out the ripening chart of DW nursery and I don't see how lateness should be too much an issue as they actually start ripening before Elephant Heart but have a longer picking season than any other plum. I figure here that would mean into mid-Oct. The fruit itself wouldn't be damaged by hard frost most years until sometime in Nov.
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