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Globally, companies with multiple branches across the globe at some or other time send their employees to their branch office in the US for a certain period of time. Such transfers are called intra-company transfers, and those employees traveling to US under such transfers require a particular visa known as L1 visa. If there are frequent numbers of transfers for a particular company then it becomes necessary for the company to apply for a blanket permit or intra-company transfer visa. If you ever feel the need to know more about L-1 visa you may visit – http://www.oswaldyaplaw.com/.
L-1 visa is generally granted for a period of three years and the applicant company has the option to extend it for further two years. L-1 visa holder under no circumstances can stay beyond a period of seven years in the US. If you have consulted an immigration lawyer you would know that such applicants then will have to spend a minimum of one year in any other country other than US so as to be eligible again to apply for an L-1 visa. You may walk into the office of Oswald & Yap Immigration Attorney to learn more.
Once the L1 visa is applied for it takes about thirty to ninety days for the visa to be granted. In some cases where a request for an urgent visa is made then there is a provision that the visa is granted in within fifteen days from the date of applying and approval. Applicants who hold a managerial position in the company for a minimum of one year and are employed with the company for at least three years can only apply for the L-1 visa. All necessary documents to support the claim of the applicant and the company must be presented to the visa issuing authority. You can click on this link to learn more about intra-company transfer visa – http://www.oswaldyaplaw.com/practice-areas/immigration/employment-based-non-immigrant-visas/l-1-intra-company-transferees/ .
The L-1 visa is further categorized as L-1 A and L-1 B visas for intra-company transfers. L-1 B visa is issued to those professionals who are assigned with a task in relation with product development or to assist the professionals in the US but within the same company. L-1 B visa is issued for a stay of five years only and would need the applicant to present a labor certificate at the time of applying. Under the L1-B visa the applicant is allowed to bring his or her family to the US and the spouse during the period of stay would be eligible to take up employment. The L-1 A visa on the other hand allows the visa holder to stay up to a maximum of seven years. Click on the link to get familiar with L-1 visa and the rules governing the visa – http://www.oswaldyaplaw.com/practice-areas/immigration/employment-based-non-immigrant-visas/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge/ .
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DH just enlisted in the Army today. We are planning on telling the boys soon, but I am having a hard time thinking of how to explain things to them. Like what exactly the Army is, and why Daddy will be gone for school, and after that deployments. I am wondering if there are any childrens books you might recommend to help explain things to them. They are 3 & 6. Thanks!
Recommend a Military/Army book for kids?
Chelsea, Army wife to Shawn
Nathan 10/04, Kyle 6/07, Lindsey 7/20/10
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Hero Dad... here's a link to it on Amazon
There is a really cute book for little kids called something like "my daddy is a soldier" it is really cute and perfect for younger kids.
There is also a book called "night catch" and it is a fabulous book for younger kids whose dad will be going away for long periods of time.
DD-Alexis (9-30-1997) DD-Mattison (03-12-2004)
I am an ombudsman for my husbands command and once your husband is assigned to a command contact your ombudsman and Fleet and Family Service Center because can give you tons of free books and movies!
You can also go to Military OneSource.com can also provide you with a ton of information!
Good Luck!
Jamie ~ Proud Wife to�USN�HMC�06/29/07
Mother to DS: 14 & DS: 11/10/09��
SM to 2: SS 13 & SD 10
Thanks, I found the Hero Dad book, and have it reserved at our library.
Susan - Night Catch looks like a great book. I found 3 books called "My Daddy is a soldier" can you please tell me which one you meant? (Sorry the links are huge)
Jamie - Thanks!! Sorry if I sound stupid.. what is a ombudsman? Will DH be assigned to a command after he completes the training, and get's sationed somewhere?
Chelsea, Army wife to Shawn
Nathan 10/04, Kyle 6/07, Lindsey 7/20/10
Oh sorry ~ an Ombudsman is the person who the military family uses to get information to and from the command. Like if your hubby is deployed the Ombudsman provides the families with the info they need during that time. If the families have a problem the Ombudsman can provide them with tons of resources - financial, mental health, physical health, etc. They are the 'link' between the military and the family.
Your husband will be assigned a command 3/4 of the way through his tech training school - IF he is not going to a school after bootcamp then before he finishes bootcamp he will be assigned a command that he has to report to.
Hope that helps!
Jamie ~ Proud Wife to�USN�HMC�06/29/07
Mother to DS: 14 & DS: 11/10/09��
SM to 2: SS 13 & SD 10
Thanks, DH has 20wks of AIT after boot, followed by 3wks of airborne. We don't have a timeline for is pre-ranger & ranger school yet though.
Chelsea, Army wife to Shawn
Nathan 10/04, Kyle 6/07, Lindsey 7/20/10
Chelsea- When you find a good book, let me know. I want to get some too!
that is such a great idea! I don't kids yet that need an explanation of daddy's job, but it would be great to have these book for LO to grow up with so she has an understanding of why daddy has to leave us sometimes...
Also, there are recordable books, where your DH reads the book and your LOs can flip through it and it's like he's reading it to them.
Also, the USO has a book program for deployed soldiers, where they can sit in a room and read a book and it is recorded, then they send it home for your LOs to watch, so they can see and hear daddy!
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The Power of Independent Thinking
John C. Goodman on A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America
Recorded: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman talks about his new Independent book, "A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America," on how to replace the Affordable Care Act with market-based solutions. Hosted by Michael Cannon, the discussion was held on July 22, 2015, at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Love Gov portrays the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend Scott Gov Govinsky who foists his "good intentions" on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak (comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. Alexis's loyal friend Libby tries to help her see Gov for what he really is a menace. But will Alexis come to her senses in time? Tune in to find out!
Episode 1: An Education in Debt
Episode 2: Protection from Jobs
Episode 3: A Remedy for Healthcare Choices
Episode 4: House Poor
Episode 5: Keeping a Close Eye on Privacy
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October 16, 2014
In this appearance on Stossel (Fox Business Network), Stephen P. Halbrook, author of "Gun Control in the Third Reich," responds to gun control advocates with historical precedent.
Halbrooks' book "Gun Control in the Third Reich:
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Michael Thomas explains markets in terms of Robinson Crusoe and Carl Menger.
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Lawrence McQuillan discusses Economic Freedom.
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could you please make this into a plugin for winamp and sell it so i can buy it like yesterday.
Or should i ask if you are going to make this into a plugin for any current media players, thank you and keep up the greatwork
Thanks for the suggestion. I know it's not as cool as GPS, but I had thought in the past a direction reader would be nice. I always pull directions online before a trip from home or work and it would be easy for me to just copy the directions to a text file. By naming the text file with a unique extension, like .dir (directions) the software could pull that from a USB sync. Commands could be something like: "Get Directions", when asked which directions, say the "<filename>". "Get Next Direction" or "Get Previous Direction" could be used for it to speak the next or previous line of the file. Don't know if this would be a simple alternative for now?Originally Posted by scott_fx
BTW, very nice install on the corvette!
could you please make this into a plugin for winamp and sell it so i can buy it like yesterday.
Or should i ask if you are going to make this into a plugin for any current media players, thank you and keep up the greatwork
Originally Posted by bhoff8023
thank you for the compliment and that is a good idea too; i agree not as convinient as gps but if you plan ahead (which u normally would do in a bike) this could be very usefull.
stop making me spend money...i'm already going broke on my suspension mods and my new install!
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I just got back from vacation, sorry for the delayed response. I hadn't thought of making it into a plugin. That would be very slick though! I would like to say that this would be something that I would work on, but to give an idea of what I'd like to work on next is to improve something that I built over 2 years ago. I started with this project when a friend had thought that satellite radio could pull up anything that you would like to listen to (on-demand radio), instead of just by genre selection. So, I built a system using streaming servers to provide just that and that's why the name was chosen as Radio On-Command. It was very slow and buggy, but worked, more of a proof of concept. Long story short, I kept the name, used small portions of the original code, redesigned the framework, and moved to having music stored and retreived locally. A bit long, but I wanted to give a general idea of future work outside of the current software project.Originally Posted by HIGHGRADE
Originally Posted by bhoff8023
winamp with the large user base would be very good for this app.
two possible features
volume down button that sets the volume down to a level once it is press the volume would gradually go down to that level and the app would say "please say command' once you say the command and it is executed the app would say "are you done" if you reply yes the volume will gradually return to the original position, if you say no it will remain the same unless you give a volume return command.
volume up by percentage the if you say volume up 10% it would increase by that much same for volume down.
keep up the good work, and i hope to see this as a plugin someday.
any updates on this...??
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It was an hour to showtime, and Austin Scarlett was busy pinning hems, instructing models on how to walk, fielding questions and posing for pictures.
At 26, the whippet-thin designer who resembles a young Yves Saint Laurent has already spent four years in the fashion industry and has an enviable job as creative director for the Kenneth Pool bridal collection.
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He unabashedly names his dresses after Hollywood glamor icons: Rita, Grace, Ginger, Lana. Or Greek goddesses: Athena, Gaia, Persephone. Creating fanciful dresses is second nature for Scarlett, whose feminine and romantic style got national exposure on the initial season of "Project Runway," Bravo TV's hit series.
There's a good chance Scarlett might not have landed his job had he not caught the eye of Amsale Aberra, owner of several top wedding-fashion labels in New York, when she was a guest judge on the show. Scarlett says he didn't do that well on the challenge but is grateful Aberra remembered him when she was looking for a designer to take over the high-end Kenneth Pool line.
Scarlett — his real name, by the way — says he has no trouble coming up with gown after gown fashioned from European fabrics and intricate beading.
Gowns start at $3,500 and fetch up to $20,000. Made from such materials as silk organza, imported satin and appliqued lace, styles feature full ballgown skirts, draped bodices, and piles of crystals and beaded appliques. Much of the beading has an antique feel.
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Scarlett says he hopes to have his own couture line one day but until then is happy to help brides fulfill their fashion fantasies. "My whole life I've loved the couture and luxury," he says. "Bridal has some of those qualities."
The designer says he's grateful that he had a chance to be on "Project Runway," and almost make it to the finals.
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Hathras Fort
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The Hathras Fort is an 18th-century fort. The fort was constructed by Jat[1] king Raja Dayaram, and is located in the town of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.
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The yacht Salacia is docked at the Cape Charles town harbor on Thursday. Eyre Baldwin announced plans to build a super yacht center, which will offer service and storage at the harbor.
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I bought this plant and left it in its original container because I wanted to plant it in my son's yard later in the year. That didn't happen right away because it was so dry and hot in NW USA this year. It did not grow any taller and did not bloom. Will tranplant it soon and see how it does when not confined.
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The neighbourhood is friendly and has all the facilities you may require.
It has great inexpensive, small and typical restaurants, cafes, grocery shops, fruit and vegetable stalls, butcher shop, bakeries, ATM, car rental and pharmacies are very close by (all within 25-50m from the apartment and most of them open 7 days a week). Within 2 minutes walking from the apartment you can also find the lovely garden Jardim do Torel, a neighbourhood belvedere whit great views over Lisbon, where you can have a drink or a snack, enjoy the perfect sunset and chill-out.
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The courtship of defensive end Audi Augustin began not much more than a year ago, when defensive line coach Todd Stroud was making the rounds in South Florida and made a stop at Northeast High in Oakland Park, Fla.
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The Aledo ISD Ex-Student Association Banquet will be on Oct. 13 at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center on Bailey Ranch Road. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. The meal will be served at 7 p.m. Dinner and dues ($3) will be $15 each. There will be a silent auction with proceeds to go to the scholarship fund. All ex-students are encouraged to attend. The homecoming game will be Oct. 12, against O.D. Wyatt from Fort Worth. If you have any questions or do not receive an invitation, call Lillian Haile at 817-441-8862 or 817-312-4402.
The Parker County Hospital District and Parker County Emergency Management will have three drive-thru flu clinics on Saturday, September 22 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The clinics will be at 400 Eagle Spirit Lane off of FM 1189 in Brock, the Springtown ISD Transportation Barn at 501 Pojo Drive and the Aledo ISD Maintenance Barn at 1000 Bailey Ranch Road, just east of the football stadium. Vaccinations will cost $10 for adults and will be free for children ages 9 to 18.
Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield users will need to bring their insurance cards so that they can be billed. Medicare patients will pay nothing out of pocket if they have their Medicare card. Seniors age 65 and over can choose to receive a "high dose" vaccine.
Residents must fill out a brief consent form that can be found the Parker County Hospital District's web site at www.parkercountyhd.org under the "Event Calendar" tab and clicking on the "Consent Form for Shots" link.
For more information see the attached Press Release from the Parker county Judge's Office or call the Parker County Hospital District at 817-341-2520.
Cub Scout Pack 1099, serving McCall and Coder Elementary Schools, will host a get-acquainted meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 at St. Francis Church in Willow Park. Information will be presented about scouting with an opportunity for questions and answers and to register boys in first through fifth grade. For more information, email email@example.com.
Clark Gardens will host the 2012 Chili Cook-Off on from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Clark Gardens, located at 567 Maddux Road, in Weatherford. To register for the event, visit clarkgardens.com or call Beverly at 940-682-4856. Registration is $15, and the deadline to register is Saturday, Sept. 15. Prizes include $100 for first place, $75 for second, $50 for third, and $50 for People's Choice.
The Weatherford Art Association will host Colleyville artist Paula Robinson as the scheduled guest artist for the 7 p.m. meeting on Monday, Aug. 27 at the Firehouse Gallery, located at 119 Palo Pinto Street in Weatherford. Paula is the owner of "Touching Hearts with Art" and will demonstrate using pastel pencil, graphite and watercolor to create realistic art with a touch of the abstract.
Healthy Woman will host its free Healthy Woman Lunch & Learn at 12 p.m. on Thursday, August 23. The subject of the discussion will be Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy, which involves using the hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. Through OMT, osteopathic physicians move muscles and joints using techniques such as stretching, gentle pressure and resistance. There will be live demonstrations, discussions on therapy options and how they may be used to heal the body. Reservations are required. RSVP to 817-341-PINK (7465) or online at www.WeatherfordRegional.com/healthywoman. For more information contact Emily Lewis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 817-599-1161.
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The Cross Timbers Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) will host Randy Smith, who will present a program about feral hogs at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9 at Harberger Hill Community Center, 701 Narrow Street in Weatherford. The public is invited to attend.
Smith, specializing in wildlife damage management, is a district supervisor for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Texas; which is a multi-faceted Agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. Its mission is to protect the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources, which supports the overall mission of USDA, to protect and promote food, agriculture, natural resources and related issues.
A free Managing Diabetes through Nutrition and Healthy Eating Workshop will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 13 at the Weatherford Senior Citizens Center, located at 1225 Holland Lake Drive. The program will focus on providing guidelines for good nutrition and utilizing information provided on food labels for menu planning. There will be a cooking demonstration and individual consultations will be provided after the presentation for those persons seeking additional information and resources. Each participant (one per family) will receive a copy of the American Diabetes Association book, "Month of Meals: Diabetes Meal Planner." The book contains valuable information covering 600 recipes and will be provided free of charge to eligible participants by the North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging. Pre-registration is requested by calling the Weatherford Senior Citizens Center at 817-594-7149.
The Parker County Soil and Water Conservation District #558 will meet in an open board meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 2nd in the Conference Room located in the Agricultural Services Center, 604 North Main St., Suite 100, Weatherford, Texas. The public is invited to attend.
Green River Ordinance
Green River Ordinance, featuring Aledo High School graduates Josh Wilkerson and Josh Jenkins, will perform at The Live Oak Music Hall and Lounge at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16. They will perform selections from their latest release, "Under Fire." For more information, visit www.theliveoak.com.
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- For the stick insect genus, see Oxyartes (insect).
Oxyartes (Greek: Oxyártēs, in Persian: وخشارد (Vaxš-ard), from an unattested form in an Old Iranian language: *Huxšaθra-[1]) was a Bactrian, father of Roxana, the wife of Alexander of Macedon. He is first mentioned as one of the chiefs who accompanied Bessus on his retreat across the Oxus river into Sogdiana (329 BC).[2] After the death of Bessus, Oxyartes deposited his wife and daughters for safety in a rock fortress in Sogdiana, which was deemed impregnable, but which nevertheless soon fell into the hands of Alexander, who not only treated his captives with respect and attention, but was so charmed with the beauty of Roxana as to design to make her his wife. Oxyartes, on learning these tidings, is said to have hastened to make his submission to the conqueror, by whom he was received with the utmost distinction; and celebrated by a magnificent feast the nuptials of his daughter with the king, 327 BC.[3]
Shortly after we find him successfully interposing to prevail upon Chorienes to surrender his rock fortress; and at a subsequent period he was appointed by Alexander satrap of the province of Paropamisadae, in India.[4] In this position he continued until the death of Alexander (323 BC), and was confirmed in his government, both in the first division of the provinces immediately after that event, and in the subsequent one at Triparadisus, 321 BC.[5]
At a later period we find him sending a small force to the support of Eumenes; but after the death of that general, 316 BC, he seems to have come to terms with Antigonus, who was content to assume the appearance of confirming him in an authority of which he would have found it difficult to dispossess him.[6] It seems probable that he must have died before the expedition of Seleucus against India, as we find that monarch ceding Paropamisus to Chandragupta Maurya, without any mention of Oxyartes.[7]
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Oxyartes (2)", Boston, (1867)
- ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/oxyartes
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, iii. 28
- ^ Arrian, iv. 18-20; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, viii. 4; Strabo, Geography, xi. 11; Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Alexander", 47
- ^ Arrian, iv. 21, vi. 15; Curtius, ix. 8; Plutarch, 58
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xviii. 3, 39; Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, xiii. 4; Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 82, cod. 92
- ^ Diodorus, xix. 14, 48
- ^ Strabo, xv. 2
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Nelson Even the threat of rain couldn't keep 213 runners and walkers away from the third annual Mad Cow Run on Aug. 6 in Nelson.
The race, hosted by In Your Pace Running Club to benefit Community Action Partnership and Wanderer's Rest Humane Association, went off without a hitch, or a sprinkle, in the heart of Madison County's dairying region.
Participants and spectators alike got into the spirit with cow-print costumes, cowbells and even a cow statue placed on the 3.1 mile course by local residents coming out to cheer competitors along.
"Every year it gets better," said CAP Executive Director Julie Dale. "We'd like to thank In Your Pace Running Club and all the participants, volunteers, sponsors and spectators who made the day a fun and special event in support of our community."
Congratulations were given to male winner Mitchell Miller. Who finished with a time of 0:15:59, and female winner Michelle LaFleur who logged a time of 0:18:39. Complete race results are available at inyourpace.com.
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First Lady Michelle Obama will be making a stop at a Miami high school Tuesday for a grassroots campaign event for her husband, and a school board member running for office wants it canceled.
Miami-Dade School Board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla said in a press release that President Barack Obama's "liberal political machine" planned the event at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes even though the district has a "very specific policy banning political activity in tax funded Miami-Dade public schools."
"The use of public schools whose only focus should be to educate our children for political gain is downright wrong. Don't these liberals have boundaries? Our schools are places for learning, not places for politicking," wrote Diaz de la Portilla, who is currently running as a Republican for State House District 103 and served two terms as a state rep for District 115.
However, according to the district's "Use of District Facilities" bylaws, government groups are categorized as approved users of school property, subject to rental fees.
"The district is leasing the gymnasium to the organization. This is not a school event. Students and staff will not be participating," John Schuster, the district's chief communications officer, wrote to HuffPost Miami in an email.
School Board attorney Walter Harvey told the Miami Herald that under the School Board policy, all groups -- including political and religious -- can apply to lease schools facilities.
The First Lady will be making her speech at Goleman Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Although the event is free, guests will have to reserve a spot online. Later in the afternoon, Obama will be traveling to Orlando for a second event at the University of Central Florida.
Her husband was recently in Miami Beach, attending a $40,000-per-person fundraiser in June with entertainment by Marc Anthony.
The First Lady has been busy this year, campaigning around the country for her husband's second run at the US presidency. She has said that she actually likes campaigning, and when asked what advice she would give counterpart Ann Romney, suggested "enjoy it."
"I've learned to let go and enjoy that process," she added. "I think people are surprised when I say that I do love campaigning. Because I do. Number one, I love people and I love this country and you get to see that when you're out there in ways that you normally wouldn't."
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Hillary Rodham Clinton found herself in hot water early in her husband's first presidential bid when she declared that she chose to work when she could have "stayed home and baked cookies." Her early attempts at healthcare reform caused controversy and she and the President had to endure the very public Whitewater scandal. But it was her husband's subsequent sex scandal that threatened not only their marriage, but his presidency as well. Through it all, Hillary held her head high and emerged stronger and more determined than ever. She went on to carve out her own political career as a US Senator from New York, a presidential candidate and now Secretary of State under President Barack Obama and she is consistently listed as one of America's most admired women.
Well-known for making much needed renovations and refurbishments to the White House using private donations, First Lady Nancy Reagan is also remembered for her role as her husband's protector. After an attempted assassination on President Reagan's life, the First Lady made it her personal responsibility to be her husband's chief protector and required that she know her husband's schedule every day. Eventually, Mrs. Reagan began consulting an astrologer, who would inform the First Lady as to which days were optimal for the president's safety, advice that Mrs. Reagan was known to use in determining the President's schedule. Although the First Lady's protective practices caused serious tensions between Mrs. Reagan and the White House Chief of Staff, she claimed that it was one of the few ways she could cope with the fear she had felt after her husband's attempted assassination.
As the First Lady, Rosalynn Carter worked hand-in-hand with her husband, even sitting in on Cabinet meetings with her him as well as representing the President in meetings with foreign and domestic leaders. During her term as First Lady, Mrs. Carter served as an active honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health, and in 1980 her post led her to testify before a Senate committee on behalf of the Mental Health System Bill, making her the second First Lady to appear before Congress. Following her time in the White House, Mrs. Carter continued to her advocacy of mental health research, creating The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force, which is an advisory board of experts, consumers and advocates that works to promote positive change in the mental health field.
Known for her candor and honesty, Betty Ford was an outspoken advocate of women's rights and an influential force in the Women's Movement of the 1970s. During her time as First Lady she argued passionately for equal rights for women, and spoke openly about her thoughts on abortion and premarital sex. In 1975, "Time" magazine deemed her the "Fighting First Lady " and named her Woman of the Year, for her role in representing American women. But there was a softer side to her as well, and the Fords were known to be one of the most romantic couples to ever live in the White House. In her post-White House years, Mrs. Ford continued her practice of public openness by disclosing her addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs in 1978, making her one of the first public figures to publically disclose such a personal issue. And following her journey through rehabilitation and recovery, Mrs. Ford established the Betty Ford Center, a world-renowned live-in treatment program for alcoholics and drug abusers.
Known for her lifelong commitment to beautifying the nation, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson became the first president's wife to advocate actively for legislation when she spoke out about creating the Highway Beautification Act, which sought to beautify the nation's highways. During her term as the First Lady, Mrs. Johnson also broke new ground in establishing the First Lady's office as a modern and independent role, as she was the first to have her own press secretary and chief of staff of her own, as well as her own liaison with Congress. In fact, Mrs. Johnson's term as First Lady marked the beginning of the hiring of employees specifically for the First Lady's projects.
Jacqueline Bouvier worked as an "Inquiring Photographer" at the Washington Times-Herald before meeting and marrying the future President John F. Kennedy in 1953. Her first major project as First Lady was the restoration of the White House, which was in a state of deterioration. And in the two short years she lived there, she brought elegance, style and culture to the White House - our finest poets and musicians performed for her guests. She also quickly became an international fashion icon with women around the world emulating her style. Her greatest test occurred in 1963, when just hours after the President was assassinated, Jackie Kennedy stood by as Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One. She would later set a national example of grace and strength when she attended his funeral with her two small children. Her composure and dignity throughout the terrible ordeal inspired the nation.
One of the most influential First Ladies of all time, Eleanor Roosevelt was well known as a tireless campaigner for civil rights. But one of her finest moments occurred during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the "Tuskegee Experiment" to determine whether an all African-American flying unit could be developed to aid in the war effort. Southern legislators argued that the program was a waste of funds because "Negroes" did not have the intelligence to learn to fly. That's when Eleanor paid a visit to the squadron to praise their efforts, and despite protests from Secret Service agents, she asked one of the pilots, Charles "Chief" Anderson, to take her for a flight around the area. The next day, photos of the First Lady squeezed into the backseat with a smiling black pilot at the controls appeared in newspapers across the nation. The program was saved and the Tuskegee Airmen succeeded beyond all expectations.
Edith Bolling Galt was a widow when she was invited to a tea where she met the recently widowed President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Within three months, she became his wife and First Lady. Edith was always very close with her husband and after the U.S. entered World War I in 1917 she was given access to classified information. She also took an active role in fundraising by selling the wool of sheep shorn on the White House lawn, she volunteered with the Red Cross and she made public service statements warning soldiers about venereal diseases. But it was in 1919, when the President suffered a debilitating stroke, that Edith began what she would eventually call her "stewardship" of the United States. Edith decided to keep the Administration going by misleading both the Congress and the public into believing that her husband was merely suffering from temporary exhaustion. She became the sole conduit between the President and his cabinet by requiring that all correspondence, requests and questions be sent directly to her. She maintained the business of the presidency until Wilson's term ended and she continued to screen his visitors and guard his privacy until his death in 1924.
Although she admittedly resented and avoided the typical social duties of a First Lady, Abigail Fillmore remained an advisor to her husband, President Millard Fillmore. Often persuading her husband to endorse certain political agendas and becoming his political confidant, Mrs. Fillmore was instrumental in shaping the man in office. Although she is often cited for creating the White House library, little factual evidence exists to prove this. However, given her love for books, art, music and all things educational it can be assumed she was a huge factor in the development, which came during her term in office.
Known for her intellect and charm, First Lady Sarah Polk took an active role in her husband's political life during her husband's presidential term. She was cited as having helped President James K. Polk with his speeches and even gave him advice on policy matters. At a time when women were expected to remain silent on political issues, First Lady Sarah Polk was ultimately remembered for her ability to blend her political interest with her well-defined domestic skills.
Often referred to as "Queen Dolley" for her extravagant dress and love of entertaining, Dolley Madison was the wife of President James Madison, and she presided over the White house for the eight years he was in office. But during the War of 1812, her strength of character and determination was revealed. The British were advancing on Washington, and the President ordered that the Capitol be abandoned and the city evacuated. After he left the White House to join his generals, Dolley stepped into action. Convinced that the British would burn the White House to the ground, she asserted her authority and organized the removal and preservation of many early treasures of the U.S. before she herself fled to meet her husband at a prearranged location. If it weren't for her cool head in a time of great crisis, the famed portrait of George Washington and many other treasures would have been engulfed in flames and lost forever.
Our second first lady, Abigail Adams, was the wife of President John Adams, but she also became the First Mother when her son John Quincy Adams took office. Abigail was a very forward-thinking woman and was seen as somewhat revolutionary for her intelligence and business savvy in an age when women had little to no control of household finances. She was also an outspoken advocate of equal public education for women and the emancipation of African-American slaves.


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Google announced that they have launched Google News for Israel last night. Google News Israel syndicates many Israeli news sources in Israel's native language, Hebrew. My Hebrew isn't that great, but if you want more information about Google News Israel and you can read Hebrew, visit the About Google News Israel page. Search Engine Journal notes that many publishers were "caught off guard" by this launch and they feel there are "copyright infringement" legal issues with Google News. SEJ also notes that Google did have an opt out policy in place prior to launching Google News Israel.
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If your tourist visa is about to expire and you're in Northern Thailand, the quickest and easiest solution to staying longer is to cross into Burma for a couple of hours and receive a 15-day or 30-day visa-free stay (depending on nationality) upon your return back into Thailand.
The closest, most accessible border crossing from Chiang Mai is at Mae Sai/Tachilek, around three hours north of Chiang Rai. While there are countless tour companies ready to pack farangs into minivans that will make the trip there and back in a day — some offering to stop at the white temple in Chiang Rai – we'd recommend taking the Green Bus to Mae Sai.
A one-way trip to Mae Sai takes about five hours, and the minibuses tend to crowd passengers inside like they're sardines in a can. Add to this the infamous, reckless minibus drivers, and you're pretty much set for 12 hours in hell, if you ask us. Meanwhile, a VIP ticket on one of the local buses leaves you comfortably stretching out on a seat with a couple snacks and some sweet soymilk brought to you periodically by the bus attendant. What's more, if you time your trip correctly — say, leaving at 7:00 or 8:00, and returning on the 15:30 bus — you'll have a couple of hours to peruse the market on the Burmese side, as well as eat some delicious Indian food in Tachilek.
Green Bus is the easiest of the bus companies to find and the only one with English signs. Purchase your Green Bus tickets at the Arcade Bus Station on Kaew Narawat Road. The Green Bus counter is inside Terminal 2, and we'd suggest buying your tickets a couple of days in advance as buses do fill up. For timetables, check the Green Bus website (link below).
A cluster of songthaews will be waiting at the Mae Sai bus station to drive you to the border for 15 baht, where you can fill out your exit form, get stamped out of Thailand, and cross the bridge into Burma, where you'll have the option of simply receiving a Burma stamp and returning to Thailand, or staying for a couple hours on the Burmese side. In either case, hand the Burmese officers 500 baht and wait for the officers to review your information, scan your passport, and take your picture. If you're intending to stay in Burma, you'll be handed a cardboard voucher in lieu of your passport. Be sure to keep this safe.
Touts abound as soon as you enter Burma, offering anything from cigarettes to tours of nearby Tachilek. You'll also have the option of perusing the large market immediately to the right once you cross into Burma, though aside from cheap pirated DVDs, there's little of real interest here.
We advise that you save your baht, which you can easily use in Burma, for some roasted chestnuts, a local specialty, and bypass the market for one of the Indian restaurants located about four blocks east of the market once you hit the main road. Alcohol is much cheaper on the Burmese side, though plenty of it is also fake, so do try to purchase any at some of the more formal stores directly across from the border on the main road.
When you're ready to return to Thailand, simply pick up your passport, walk back along the bridge, fill out another entry form, and wait for that glorious stamp on your passport that buys you another 15 or 30 days in the kingdom.
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Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Claudia went to New York in search of a life purpose then fled the winters and moved to Chiang Mai where she's happy to announce that she's found the love of her life: mangosteens.
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Best Death Songs
The Top TenXW
Best death metal song ever made and solo part yeahh ıt s amazing
This song completely defines my music taste! I love every phase of this song, nice composition, its vibrancy, consistency and versatility is the very reason for liking this track.
Crystal Mountain is amazing but I gotta say my favorite song off of Symbolic is Zero Tolerance, it's like Chuck Schuldiner's warning for all of us, there will be ZERO tolerance.
Overall though, my favorite Death song is probably Within the Mind, so badass.
Crystal mountain is one of the best but where is mentally blind?V12 Comments
The best Death line up ever has shown in this song! a acoustic intro followed by killer riffs, melodic solos, and rhythmic drums. Of course this procedure seems to be the formula for good death songs, but Lack Of Comprehension created this formula! - nausea_87
This song is everything a death metal song should be. Absolute perfection, that riff, that solo everything.
This is a must study song for anyone willing to make a good death metal song
It's been said before: absolute perfectionV8 Comments
Don't know how come there is no 'without judgement' on this list
This is surely 2nd best after that
Good song need's to be at first
Absolute progressive/technical death metal masterpiece. Insane riff variety and a killer solo to boot.
This is the song that hot me into them. It has it allV6 Comments
The most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard in my life. Chuck Schuldiner was a genius.
It's funny that I would vote for a soft instrumental as the best song by a death metal band, and believe me, I love their entire discography. But it's as simple as this: There is no piece of music that I've heard that surpasses Voice of the Soul.
I usually don't enjoy instrumentals too much, but this one is epicly good.
I didn't know Death were so deep. The instrumentals truly are beautiful and sad.V18 Comments
Why this song is not in the top 5?!
This song is simply the best song ever made by a death metal band in my opinion. Epic intro, epic solo, chuck's voice, everything is perfect!
Make me head bang so much!
This and Zombie Inc by In Flames are the two best death metal songs ever!V6 Comments
What?! Come on, Spirit crusher should be the second one!
Super song... But in this list I not see my lovely song Story to Tell...
Don't LET IT INSIDE
Love this songs this is chucks finest guitar playing
In my opinion the best death metal song, the part after Chuck screams "Now you're in HELL" is a complete hell!
This the best death metal song ever should be on top cleared by miles!
Great progression and scale!V4 Comments
One of their more brutal songs
"End it now it is the only way. " [Cue epic drumming and riffing]
Once I Had Full Control... The Most Brutal Riff
There is no hope, why don't you! --V9 Comments
This song surely deserve top 10! And it is in 23! Chuck would be wondered by seeing this! This song has everything! Story! The guitar is superb! The voice is superb! The music compose is just extra ordinary! I love this song m/
This song is very emotional from the begining to end
I think this song deserves to be in top 5.
It should be on top at lest on 05V4 Comments
Perfect in every way. When I listen to it, my mind travels to a deep and far away place where no earthly problems matter. At 1:10 Chuck growls "when pain is acknowledged! " and what follows is the best riff/drumming I've heard. EVER - BronzeWolf96
One of the top 3 songs of their classic album Symbolic, dominates death metal!
Without judgement what would we do?!
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you know so much about nothing at all
I can never seem to get over the killer bass in this song. Besides that, it has amazing lyrics and (as usual) great riffs. The music video for this was pretty good to.
Ever song Death has made is fantastic, but The Philsopher wins for me. Great Lyrics, a fantastic solo and Steve is just killing that bass line.
SEE WHAT I SEEV5 Comments
This is my favorite song of my favorite album
This should be in the top 5 AT LEAST - has a sick drum intro from Hoglan as well as the main guitar riff! - petrucci75hammet
My favorite death song on my favorite death album
Zero should be first...V5 Comments
The 'Practice what you preach' section: completely mind-blowing!
The absolutely greatest death album
I love this song one of deaths best intros if not the best this song should be in the top 5
Best Of The AlbumV4 Comments
This song from beginning to end is the definition of badass. One of my personal favorites off of "Scream Bloody Gore", my favorite death album
How can be this song out of top ten? It's the best song by Death! Heavy, great riffs, brutal vocals and drums! Better than Crystal Mountain 100times!
What? This is the heaviest Metal song ever, this was #10, how it's 13 now? This song is so much better than symbolic (song). - GREYBOYY
Agree, it's a badass song and also my favorite from my favorite album :DV4 Comments
one of the highlights of their sophomore album
First Death song I ever heard and it's amazing! The blast beats are insane
Not enough Leprosy on this list.
Life Will Never LastV4 Comments
Fast, heavy andabsolutely great song. Can't belive it's so low on the list.
Most brutal moshpit song I've ever been in.
The song that got me into Death. Will always remain my favourite!
Simply one of the best songs of Death!
The first Death song I heard. - IronSabbathPriest
This deserves the top 10. Seriously
I am addicted to this song it has 2 of deaths best solos from both Andy and Chuck, this is such an underrated song
Best song ever, ridiculously underrated. The bass is awesome and the solos are amazing.
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DANVILLE — A Danville consignment shop is looking for donations following a fire downtown. The blaze that heavily damaged BJ's Steak & Rib House on Mill Street also caused severe smoke damage to Abigail's Attic next door. The shop is run by the Auxiliary at Geisinger Medical Center and officials there say most of their items had to be thrown away due to smoke damage. Anyone interested in donating gently worn clothing and accessories is asked to bring them today (Tuesday) from 7:30a.m.-1:30p.m. in the Abigail Lobby at Geisinger. Abigail's Attic has a new location, which is at 322-324 Mill Street. New hours of operation will be announced soon. (Sara Bartlett) Follow
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I have to imagine making a story mode for this game is actually harder than it was for MORTAL KOMBAT. In MK, there were already set factions who were working together. Trying to make a story with all these insane villains working together in a story must be a challenge.
This is cool, but I'm just not really into fighting games. Judging by MK, there will be DLC costumes as well as added characters at some point. Why would they not prime DLC for people to buy later?


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Titan Novels
I have read a number of the TNG and VOY books and enjoyed them. I particularly liked the 'Slings and Arrows' series of TNG books and the VOY books set after the return to earth (I don't recall the names).
As I enjoyed those I looking forward to reading the Titan books but was disappionted. I don't know if it was just me but they just seemed to confusing.
What did everyone think of them. I thought there where way to many type of aliens. It just seemed to be trying too hard to introduce as many aliens as posible. Am I the only one to think this?
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I think Titan is the single weakest line in Treklit. There are one or two decent titles (Christopher's Over A Torrent Sea springs to mind), but the series isn't exactly great...
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Besides Vanguard, Titan was my first serious foray into ST novels, back in December 2008. I, too, had trouble picturing all of the aliens but I was instantly delighted by the concept of species diversity cutting down on the Human infestation of Starfleet.
So, I went to Memory Beta, checked all of the aliens and printed a paper with pictures of each new alien and the name of associated crewmembers. Voilá. :bolian:
I love the renewed theme of exploration (beginning with a journey to another galaxy!) and the Titan's astrometric lab is impressive and easy to picture (mentally). I loved to move further from Nemesis and to see the Star Trek universe didn't end in 2379.
The characters were likeable as well, there's nobody among the crew I didn't like, among them the reinvigorated Trois, the snarky Vale, the Casanovan genius Xin, the emerging Melora Pazlar, the calm Jazem, the awesome dinosaur Ree, and more. Besides the Voyager relaunch, it is my favourite Lit series at the moment.
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I've found all the Titan novels quite enjoyable and very easy to follow. Just don't put so much though into it. Concentrate on what is really important; the story.
That's what works for me and that's my two cents.
- Byron
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I've only read Taking Wing and Orion's Hounds. I thought Taking Wing was enjoyable enough. I really liked the idea of the more diverse alien crew, it seemed like to me this was the way starfleet vessels should always have been portrayed but obviously things like TV budgets got in the way. The situation with the Romulans was interesting and i don't think there were to many new aliens introduced or that the book was in anyway confusing it seemed like a natural continuation of the events of Nemesis. I do think the book suffered from to many characters, I had trouble keeping track of them all at times.
Orion's Hounds was fantastic. Interesting Aliens and an epic scope. I think the book hit exactly the right balance between returning elements and concepts and new ones. it was great to see the Jellyfish aliens again and the way the author tied them and the other space life forms together was great. All the new aliens in the book were very well developed and played an important role in the plot so didn't seem to have been introduced to add more aliens to the book in my opion. i really cant say enough good things about Orion's Hound's.
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^Yup, Orion's Hounds is overall my favorite Titan novel, although I've still got a couple to read (Over a Torrent Sea, Synthesis and Fallen Gods).
The series is, for me, one of the best things about the modern era of Trek lit. The focus on exploration, discovery and first contact harkens back to the core of Star Trek in ways that no other contemporary novels really do.
As a long-time fan of Diane Duane's depictions of TOS-era multiracial crews, the uber-diversity of Titan is a non-issue to me. I just wish it was a non-issue to the characters, but I understand why it sometimes is, because as much as it's the way Starfleet should have been portrayed all these years, it definitely hasn't been. I'd just rather go with Duane's route of "showing us an integrated crew as if it's perfectly normal" instead of shouting "Hey, look, it's an experiment in interspecies diversity!"
Still, it doesn't detract from my enjoyment of Titan at all. I find the alienness of it all to be one of the most engaging parts of the series, and can't help but feel that the OP and first responder are kind of missing the boat...
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Besides, I felt it was worth pointing out that inclusion is something you have to work at, that it's easy for even well-intentioned people to fall back into the habit of sticking with "their own kind" if they aren't careful. I tend to like the approach of stories like "The Drumhead" or much of DS9 which remind us that the Federation's utopia is not an easy thing to achieve or maintain, that it takes hard work and self-discipline to live up to such lofty ideals and it isn't always easy to avoid backsliding.
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I'm hoping there's a sense of that in the newer Voyager novels, too, but I haven't read any since Spirit Walk turned me off of the series entirely. Even though the "second relaunch" has a different, I've been afraid to go back and try again.
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I read somewhere on the internet that there is an effort to get a pilot episode of a Titian show made? I think it would be very expensive to produce a show with the exotic crew they have now. One would think a TV production of Titian would have a more human crew to keep production cost down. Though I am a fan of characters like Dr. Shenti Yisec Eres Ree, he would sadly be difficult to render on a TV show every week.
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That was just some fanboys' dream. It will never actually happen.
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Orion's Hounds and Synthesis are my favorite installments in the Titan series. Taking Wing was ok, The Red King had some moments but was mostly just a sequel to TLE's The Sundered. The other Titan novels really didn't do it for me, and I was about to completely quit reading new novels if them came out, untill I heard James Swallow will do a Titan novel for 'The Fall'. To me, that's a good thing. Since Michael Martin wrote the last two Titan novels which sucked quite a lot if you ask me, Titan just became boring.
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I'm with many others here that the amount of aliens in the Titan series is kind of the whole point. If you don't like it then you don't like it, and that's fair enough, but then the series might not be for you. But it's certainly not a mistake - it's what the whole thing is built on.
And it was one of my favourite series because of the return to exploration - both external and internal. Besides DS9 it was the only series I consistently followed. The Titan sections were my favourite parts of Destiny, and in general I just thoroughly enjoyed the characters and their interactions, which wouldn't have been as interesting if they weren't all different kinds of aliens.
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I think the Titan series has a lot of potential to tell really different kinds of Trek stories. At the moment, the 24th century seems largely focused on the Typhon Pact. VOY is off doing its own thing, of course, but the TNG/DS9 stories seem very much geared towards pushing the conflict with the TP. Titan's most recent entries have also dealt with the TP but the premise of the series should allow it to go off and explore strange new worlds (as the earlier novels did).
I like the Titan's crew. Clearly the most diverse, as it was intended to be. I think the reason I keep reading the series is that I enjoy the characters. The actual novels, themselves, have been of a mixed quality. My favorites are Taking Wing and Sword of Damocles (I also really enjoyed the Titan's participation from the Destiny trilogy). The last several Titan novels (Over a Torrent Sea, Synthesis, Seize the Fire and Fallen Gods) have been less enjoyable.
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On a sidenote, I love how many different people name different Titan novels as their favorites. That does show how diverse the novels are, as are the people who read them. I find that very nice.
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Thanks for the link to the 2009 post Ivsxy808:bolian: Cool to see the authors visualisation of the characters.
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The chart shows the sky at midnight at the start of January. The positions of the stars on other nights can be found from previous charts (our last appeared on December 2), for they rise two hours earlier each month. Thus, the appearance of the sky at 10pm at the beginning of January (except for the Moon and planets) is identical to that a month ago at midnight. The Moon, full on the 16th, is new on both the 1st and the 30th. It is shown in its various phases. The hazy area represents the billions of stars of the Milky Way. Constellations are in white, and the brighter stars are ringed and yellow. The larger the ring, the brighter the star.
This Hubble picture, at http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131119.html, is of M15, the great globular cluster of stars in the constellation of Pegasus the Winged Horse, now visible through binoculars as a fuzzy patch. Only 170 light-years across, it contains no less than 100,000 stars packed closely together.
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What would the night sky look like to creatures living on a planet circling one of these stars in M15—a most relevant question with today's search for alien planets? The obvious answer is that nights would be ablaze with starlight. But this could often be wrong. Because the stars are so tightly packed together, most of them would be multiple systems.
Planets might therefore enjoy continuous daytime, their nights blocked by the light of many suns, their inhabitants unaware that the outside universe existed. Only rarely would distant stars appear, causing strange psychological effects.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it: "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God?" But on the contrary their reactions to the sudden horror of darkness might prove to be hysterical and violent, as Isaac Asimov suggested in his short story "Nightfall."
The journal Nature called this "the greatest science fiction story ever written." In 1990 Asimov expanded it into a novel with Robert Silverberg. The novel's first sentence is most illuminating: "It was a dazzling four-sun afternoon."
Another target for science fiction has been the star Tau Ceti, in the constellation of Cetus the Sea Monster, now prominent in the south. Tau Ceti is just under 12 light-years away, which makes any planet circling it a good candidate for colonisation if we develop interstellar travel.
This star is stable, much like the Sun although slightly dimmer. Five planets have so far been detected around it, although little is yet known about them. This has nevertheless prompted the astronomer Margaret Turnbull to conclude: "These are places I'd want to live if God were to put our planet around another star."
Tau Ceti and its imagined habitable worlds have long been dreamed about. They have so far inspired, according to my calculations, 26 futuristic novels or short stories, three episodes of Star Trek, five films and 15 computer games. (This is fewer that Alpha Centauri, the Sun's closest neighbour, but then Tau Ceti is three times further away.)
A star in Cetus that is most unlikely to have a habitable world is Omicron Ceti, or Mira "the Amazing One." Luckily for us a good 300 light-years away, it is a giant with the strange habit of increasing its brightness three or four times and then dimming unpredictably. No one knows why.
Cetus is far from the heart of the Milky Way, and so is a good region in which to hunt for galaxies. The finest of these is M77, 46 million light-years away, a spiral-structured riot of colour. Streaks of red and blue show bursts of star formation. More papers have been written about the M77 galaxy than about any other.
Of local events, the most important is surely the recent Chinese landing on the Moon, bound to influence other nations and private space companies. Jupiter is prominent in Gemini, and Mars can be seen near the southern horizon.
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