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Celestron Polar Axis Finder Question
Posted 27 September 2010 - 03:01 PM
After you rotate RA to get Big Dipper or Cassiopiea near their etchings you are supposed to use the AZ and ALT knobs to move polaris "inside the small circle".
Is polaris supposed to be dead in the middle of the circle? The illustration show polaris on the edge of the circle.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 03:42 PM
Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:01 PM
Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:11 PM
Ok, i am reading the instructions on using the Celestron Polar Axis finderscope and have a question. I dont have the part in my hands yet so i am just reading the manual.
After you rotate RA to get Big Dipper or Cassiopiea near their etchings you are supposed to use the AZ and ALT knobs to move polaris "inside the small circle".
Is polaris supposed to be dead in the middle of the circle? The illustration show polaris on the edge of the circle.
After making the adjustments as detailed the way I read it is Polaris in centered in the small off center circle not the X in the center of the large circle.
I have always just used the mark in the center, seems to get things close enough for reasonably accurate gotos. If I need better I can use the "Polar Align" function available through the hand controller of my CGEM. The CG-5/ASGT also has a "Polar Align" function built in to its hand controler.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 07:10 PM
One thing to keep in mind about the PA scope, it needs to be accurately collimated before it's of any use.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 07:53 PM
So the little circle on the center circle is where i need to stick polaris? The illustration i could not tell if the little circle was representative of polaris or an etched circle.
I have the old, old version of the hand controller. It is not upgradeable. I have to three star align then polar align then three star align again.
I am hoping that getting the mount physically aligned will help me with tracking and rely less on software.
Thanks again for the replies!
Posted 27 September 2010 - 08:53 PM
The older versions of the HC firmware had the Polar Align function. The newer firmware gives the CG5 / ASGT the ASPA feature. If you have the older firmware, you should update to one of more recent versions. Also, the latest version of the CGEM HC / MC firmware gives you the option to change the slew / goto RA / DEC speeds from the default 9 setting, allowing these mounts to operate quieter.
One thing to keep in mind about the PA scope, it needs to be accurately collimated before it's of any use.
Celestron still calls the method "Polar Align" in my CGEM manual same name used in my CG-5 manual. The technique has changed in that you can now use any star, where as with the CG-5 before the latest upgrade you could only use Polaris. And yes you most definitely need to align the polar scope for it to be an accurate aid. I never did since my polar scope is not a Celestron, it came from a Chinese clone that I picked up about 6 years ago no other marking other than the center X.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 09:20 PM
I will be guiding with PHD so i want my MC to be up to date with the latest firmware. So that is one upside to the updated HC.
I really don't care how quite the motors are.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 09:57 PM
Hello. The accuracy of the polar scope with your CG5 will depend on how well it's collimated and how accurately you use it. Given those two areas, you can get a fairly good PA. The advantage of using the ASPA is that it uses your mount's alignment procedure results to compute where it thinks the star you use for the ASPA is. If your alignment is done accurately and the ASPA is done accurately, the results are considerably better then using a polar scope alone.
The slew / goto rate change I referred to only applies to the CGEM and I believe the CGE Pro. The latest I heard, it does not apply to the CG5. Hopefully, Celestron can update the motor control firmware for the CG5 to take advantage of it.
Posted 27 September 2010 - 11:34 PM
So the new HC is worth the $150? Can i not physically polar align with the Polar Axis Finder then use the older HC to three star align? I have the patience to use it and i dont see a huge advantage of ASPA when i have a perfectly good view of Polaris.
I will be guiding with PHD so i want my MC to be up to date with the latest firmware. So that is one upside to the updated HC.
I really don't care how quite the motors are.
Chad, how old is your CG-5/ASGT? Before the CGEM I had a CG-5/ASGT that I purchased new in 2006. I sold the CG-5/ASGT and before shipping the mount to the new owner I used the NexStar RS-232 cable link that came with the CGEM to upgrade the Hand controller and Motor Control to the latest versions. Here is a summary of Firmware Versions for the CG-5/ASGT link Even if your mount is older you still may have the flashable hand controller and may not need to replace your hand controller just buy or make the RS-232 cable.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 08:23 AM
I got the mount used, but i believe it is about 5 years old. If i remember right my hand controller is version 3.03. I called Celestron tech support and they said i could not update the firmware on my hand controller. I have the serial cable and that is how i am trying to auto guide with PHD.
I am also considering the NexRemote software that celestron sells that basically would give me all the new features of the new hand controller.
I am just not sure i want to control the telescope from the laptop. The hand controller seems more convenient to do the alignment procedures.
Posted 29 September 2010 - 01:43 PM
The Celestron PS has been the best purchase for me so far. It DOES take time to set up the way it should be. It is NOT a plug and play thing. You have to set it up and it does take some time to do so.
I would like to help you, but remember that I am new at this too.
The Polar Scope (PS) does have some etchings on it. It has a model of cassiopea, the dipper, Oxtans, etc. Then it has the small cross hairs (cross) right in the middle. Do not make a mistake. The cross hairs are not to be used. The cross hairs right in the middle demonstrate for you where the REAL NORTH CELESTRAL POLE is.
Polaris is about 44' from the Real Celestral north pole.
OK, so when you look thru the PS, you will see a large circle. Now you will also see a TINY circle that is ETCHED on top of the large circle. That TINY circle that is off to the side, well, that is where you STICK the star polaris in. When you get polaris in that tiny circle, then you are accurately polar aligned "MECHANICALLY".
Well, there is MORE to this. That little PS has to be mechanically aligned first before you can really get accurate. I found out the hard way that I was VERY surprised that when I rotated the Mount in RA, that the etchings inside the PS MOVED !!!!
So, with that being said, what is going to happen is that you are going to have to take an allen wrench and make adjustments to the PS to make sure that the PS is circumpolar or is in perfect agreement centered as you rotate the mount. You might have to choose an object like I did in the daytime. I set my mount up in the house and pointed the PS at some object out the window.
Except that when you are making the mechanical alignment of the PS, THEN you have to center the object on the cross hairs. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME. You can use like a telephone pole or some object that you put dead center on the cross hairs. THEN the trick now is to MOVE your mount in RA about 90 degrees to the right and THEN look thru the PS and you will probably as I did see that the object you had centered is NO LONGER centered, but has drifted off some. Now swing your mount back to home and you will probably see that the object is now back to center on the cross hairs. Now swing your mount to the left RA and you will see that it is changed position. Now that you understand what is going on, then reach for the allen wrenches and loosen-tighten all three screws and align that PS so that when you turn your mount all the way around, the object in the PS STAYS CENTERED !!!! Then you will know that your PS is accurately tuned with your mount.
Then wait until about when you see Polaris start to pop its head from the evening and first of all, try to get your mount as CLOSE as possible to true north - mag north as you can get. Loosen your azmuth screws and your altitude lock nut and make sure all of this is loose. When you look thru the PS, hopefully you will see Polaris floating in there somewhere. IF you do, good, if you do not, MOVE the entire rig around until you see polaris show up ANYWHERE in the PS. Once you have Polaris in the PS, then adjust your azmuth screws and your alitude knob until you get Polaris inside the SMALL circle (riding on top of the big circle). DO NOT put polaris on the cross hairs. The cross hairs are your NCP (North Celesrral Pole). At this point, your rig should be MECHANICALLY aligned to the NCP. Polaris is just a reference. Yes, that 44' does make a difference and leveling the scope as accurately as possible makes a difference to.
You might also have to loosen the nut underneath the mount to help make the mount a little loose so that the azmuth screws will work easier. If the bolt on the bottom of the mount is too tight, you will never get the azmuth screws to move.
After all of this is done, then it is time to do the two star alignment and then add about 2 calibration stars.
Once you get the PS mechanically aligned using the allen wrenches, then for the most part, this will not have to be done again.
I have found that my GoTo's are very accurate. I did try last night the All Star Polar Alignment, and I guess I must have goofed something up, because I had to go back and do my Polar Scope routine again.
The above is mentioned as only my own personal experience - others may differ.
Donnie D.
Posted 29 September 2010 - 01:58 PM
Looks like i wont have the sky tonight to try it, but i will at least get it mechanically aligned to the mount tonight and hope for some clear skies this weekend.
Posted 29 September 2010 - 02:46 PM
Posted 29 September 2010 - 09:36 PM
So the little circle on the center circle is where i need to stick polaris?
Posted 30 September 2010 - 10:31 AM
Thanks for all the help!
Posted 03 October 2010 - 12:29 AM
of the patterns matches its actual orientation in the sky."
How do we match orientation of Big Dipper or Cassiapeia's patterns if they are not in the PS's field of view when we point it towards Plaris?
Posted 03 October 2010 - 06:44 PM
You need to look at the sky and see where the big dipper and cassiapeias is in the sky and approximate where they are when looking through the finder.
My first use of the finder i found that as long as Polaris is on the line of the big center circle when you rotate RA, then you are polar aligned.
This is where wording comes in. When i say center circle i mean the circle surrounding the + sign witch is dead center of the finder.
Someone please correct me if i am wrong.
Posted 12 October 2010 - 08:01 PM
I had it out earlier this week and after aligning polaris as described, my goto's were spot on!
I think the firmware update changed the motor rampup speeds because it sounds different than before.
I think it was a good addition at a low cost.
Posted 12 October 2010 - 08:10 PM
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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 2009: Chief of Police Roberto Orduña Cruz stepped down after drug cartel bosses made good on a threat to kill one of his officers every 48 hours until he resigned. Cartel assassins killed six officers before Orduña relented. That brought to about 200 the number of people killed in the month of February in Juarez, just two miles south of El Paso, Texas.
Pharr, Texas, January 2009: A man lobbed a live grenade through the door of a strip club called the Booty Lounge. The grenade did not explode because the assailant failed to pull the second safety pin, and no one was injured. Using the grenade's printed lot number, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) investigators linked it to a major weapons cache seized from a drug cartel in Mexico.
Over the past year, more than 6,000 people have perished in the bloody narco-war that has swept through Mexico like a plague. Four cartels-Gulf, Tijuana, Juarez, and Sinaloa-are locked in a hot conflict over control of the lucrative narcotics- and human-smuggling routes that connect Mexico with El Norte, the United States. In the battle for territory, cartel soldiers have rained down mayhem, from drive-by shootings and gruesome "message" killings like those in Tijuana, to slick assassinations and military-scale firefights.
Much of the murder is occurring within sight of the U.S. border. About half the 2008 killings occurred in and around Juarez, many literally steps from El Paso. Now, analysts and government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security say the carnage and related crime is spreading north.
Scott Stewart, vice president for tactical intelligence at STRATFOR, a global intelligence firm, points to the Pharr grenade attack as the most recent "direct link." The lot number on the grenade "matched that of grenades used in successful cartel attacks on a Monterrey, Mexico, television station in January, and the U.S. consulate in Monterrey in October," Stewart said.
But the Pharr link is neither the only one, nor the worst. On Nov. 3, 2008, 10 alleged members of the El Paso--based prison gang Barrio Azteca (BA) were arrested in Juarez in connection with a dozen murders. According to a STRATFOR report, the suspects were armed with four AK-47s, pistols, and radio communication equipment-all hallmarks of an assassination team.
That same month, an El Paso district court began hearings in the racketeering case of six other BA members on trial for drug trafficking and distribution, extortion, money laundering, and murder. Several witnesses on both sides of the case testified that BA functions as both a drug distributor and enforcement arm for the Juarez cartel, headed by Vicente Carrillo-Fuentes.
FBI informant Josue Aguirre, a former BA member, told the court that BA collects "taxes"-a kind of combination "franchise" fee and protection money-from 47 different street-level narcotics operations in El Paso alone. Those who don't pay die, as did an El Paso dealer whose murder is at issue in the trial.
Barrio Azteca operates in West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. But because its members are American citizens, they are also able to move freely north and south across the Mexican border, making BA just one example of what law enforcement officials refer to as "transnational gangs."
Other such groups include the Mexican Mafia, the Pistoleros, Tango Blast, the Latin Kings, and the famously ruthless Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Such gangs account for as much as 60 percent of all crime committed in some southwestern communities, according to a 2009 National Gang Intelligence Center report. Often, crimes that may not appear cartel-related, such as car theft, actually are, as gang members boost vehicles for use in human- and drug-smuggling operations.
In this way, cartel crime touches ordinary citizens in both the United States and Mexico. Local newspapers are reporting an unprecedented influx of immigrants fleeing the chaos in Juarez to seek asylum in the United States. The exodus began in May 2008, and as many as 3,000 families have moved from Juarez to El Paso within the past year. Some bring more than relatives with them; they also bring bodyguards.
El Paso resident Sterling Bassett said he called the cops after months of watching a man sitting in a parked truck across the street from his upscale home. "I called the police after our property manager told me about the bodyguards," Bassett told the El Paso Times. "If he was guarding someone who felt they needed protection, I was concerned someone might come here and shoot up the place."
Someone did shoot up a neighborhood in Phoenix last year. On the night of June 22, a heavily armed tactical unit surrounded a house in a residential area of the city. Each member of the eight-man team wore black battle-dress uniform pants, Kevlar helmets, and body armor, and carried AR-15 assault rifles, along with pistols in thigh holsters. Raid shirts identified the men as Phoenix Police Department (PPD).
When the assault began, one element of the team fired into the residence windows while another breached the door and quickly killed a man inside. But no arrests were made. That's because the assault team was not PPD, but a group of paramilitary enforcers from a Mexican cartel carrying out a hit on Andrew Williams, a Jamaican drug dealer. The assassins fled the scene in a sedan and an SUV as the real Phoenix PPD tactical team, drawn to the scene by the sound of heavy gunfire, gave chase. PPD officers apprehended three men in the SUV. Those in the Honda got away, but the car was recovered in a church parking lot.
Phoenix police were not surprised to find sophisticated cartel enforcers operating in American territory. Paramilitary groups like Los Zetas, La Gente Nueva, and the Kaibiles train in military weapons and tactics on remote Mexican ranches and have carried out stateside hits since at least 2003. For example, Los Zetas, first formed by ex-members of the Mexican army who defected to work for the Gulf Cartel, are suspected of three drug-related killings in Dallas in 2005. That December, a gunman stepped from a red sports car and opened fire on three other men with a semi-automatic weapon. One victim, Christian Alejandro Meza, 26, a Wichita, Kan., parolee wanted on a weapons charge, died at the scene. Law enforcement officials said the hit was a message to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman, a leader in the rival Juarez Cartel.
The Andrew Williams hit wasn't Phoenix's only cartel-related problem. Once known mainly as a desert paradise for retirees, the city has become the kidnapping capital of the United States, second only to Mexico City in the number of annual kidnapping incidents in the world. With nearly 370 cases in 2008 alone, the majority of victims are either illegal immigrants or are connected to the narcotics trade. In a cartel-related snatch, kidnappers usually trade the life of the victim for drug money owed. To battle the trend, Phoenix police have pulled more than a dozen officers from other divisions to form the Home Invasion Task Force.
Mexico-related drug trafficking and its associated violence are not confined to big cities like El Paso, Dallas, and Phoenix. Last month, officials in San Angelo, Texas, arrested the final six of 15 defendants indicted in December on charges of conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine. Most were Mexican Mafia members or associates, and the arrests capped a two-year Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation. But Texas officials agree such stings address only part of the problem.
"What I think is lost on a lot of people is that this is big business," said Republican Texas state Sen. Tommy Williams. "The cartels are using American street gangs as their U.S. affiliates and the cartels have nearly limitless resources. Just arresting people is never going to shut the cartels down."
To combat the problem at the state level, Williams and bipartisan co-sponsors last month introduced SB 1065, the Texas Racketeering and Conspiracy Act. Modeled on a similar Arizona statute, the measure would provide district attorneys and the state attorney general with a new civil enforcement option, enabling them to go after money and property held by criminal organizations based on a "preponderance of evidence" rather than the proof "beyond a reasonable doubt" necessary in a criminal case.
South of the border, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has also taken extraordinary measures to crack down on the cartels. Last month, he dispatched 5,000 military troops to quell the violence in Juarez with promising results: Only three murders occurred in the first week of March, compared with 28 in the first seven days of February.
Still, Calderón cannot place every city under martial law. And Mexican law enforcement is largely impotent against the cartels for three reasons. First, the police are notoriously corrupt. Second, honest officers often face a choice first made famous by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar: Plata o plomo. Translation: Silver or lead. Accept a bribe or expect a bullet.
Finally, when stacked against the cartels, Mexican law enforcement is seriously outgunned. In recent street battles up and down Mexico, the police fought with rifles and pistols while cartel soldiers fought with light anti-tank weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. Given the Pharr, Texas, grenade attack, some analysts have speculated that cartel operatives might bring their heavy firepower north.
But STRATFOR's Scott Stewart notes that even paramilitary groups like the Zetas find it difficult to attain the standard of training maintained by U.S. law enforcement groups. He notes a recent drug bust in Austin that culminated in a police shootout: "When the cops rolled up, a gang member opened up with an AK-47 and the cop dropped him with a handgun."
And while the northern spread of cartel violence remains a serious threat, Stewart said, stateside traffickers are not likely to be as audacious in dealing with American law enforcement as they are with their Mexican counterparts. "These guys really don't want to ratchet up attention on themselves any more than they have to here because if the U.S. drops the hammer on them it's going to be really bad for business," Stewart said. "It would also be bad for their health."


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Dear Editor:
After reading (Nov. 20) about Guy Wensley, who shot and killed his hunting partner, it makes me wonder how many times over the past 50 years of deer hunting that I may have had crosshairs on me.
At 5-feet-9 inches tall with glasses, I guess I could resemble a deer.
Wensley should be put in jail for manslaughter.
There is no excuse to misjudge a human for a deer.
Editor's note: Wensley has not been charged, but police said the investigation is continuing.


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Is there a method to see a listing of which users are currently connected to the system? It would be nice if there was a display in the administration interface that either flagged the users as active, or just listed the accounts that were currently connected (and to which services (SMTP, IMAP, WebMail, etc), would be nice feature).
If this type of function already exists, and I'm missing it, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Video: Gambling for HOPE
ATHENS, Ga. -- Student leaders at the University of Georgia may vote as soon as Tuesday night on a bold and controversial plan of their own to save the lottery-funded HOPE scholarships, a plan that may include support for Video Lottery Terminals to raise more money for HOPE.
The students are being proactive, taking the lead, reaching out to students at all of the state's other colleges and universities, considering any and all options to save HOPE -- hoping they can convince the legislature to be bold and act.
Over the past year students have watched as legislators have done little to help HOPE.
Lottery revenues are failing to keep up with the rising costs of higher education in Georgia.
And within two to three years, HOPE scholarships will pay for less than than half of tuition.
"And that's really frightening to a lot of students," said Sarah Beck, a UGA third-year student and the Director of External Affairs for the Student Government Association. "This is really an issue that can affect students for generations to come."
Tuesday night the UGA Student Senate will hear from a Gwinnett County developer, Dan O'Leary, who is planning a $1 Billion entertainment complex in Norcross that he hopes will include thousands of Video Lottery Terminals, which are similar in appearance to slot machines.
O'Leary projects the Video Lottery Terminals would raise $350 Million a year for HOPE scholarships.
Students will also hear from opponents of Video Lottery Terminals.
And then they may vote on a list of several HOPE recommendations -- including, possibly, calling on the state to allow merchants to install Video Lottery Terminals for the public's use. Students will then bring their proposals to the legislature for action.
"We will have a really, frank discussion about what everyone's viewpoint is on how we're going to move forward with the HOPE issue," said UGA Senior Helen Kalla, the Assistant Director of External Affairs for the Student Government Association. "The HOPE scholarship program is so unique to the state of Georgia, and it is something that we pride ourselves on, and we want to make sure that future students can enjoy HOPE just like we have."
"This is, clearly, something that's important to many students in the state of Georgia," said Austin Laufersweiler, a UGA third-year student and Chief of Staff for the Student Government Association. "We're hoping that the legislators are willing to listen to us. We are going to do our best to work with them, show them that this is something that's very important to students, and that we are going to do our best to fight for the students' best interests.... We want to make sure, in our attempt to be as informed as possible, to hear straight from the people who are doing this advocacy work" for and against VIdeo Lottery Terminals. "So we want to have a balanced approach in this, we want to hear from both sides of the Video Lottery Terminals debate. So we're excited to hear from him [O'Leary], and then we'll hear from opposition, as well."
"Students are really passionate about this issue," said Sarah Beck. "We're wanting to work with legislators, and perhaps find a compromise, to make HOPE scholarships work for all students."
Beck described the three resolutions that will be debated and, possibly, voted on, Tuesday night:
"The first one is whether to support Video Lottery Terminals to fund the HOPE scholarships. The second is one advocating for the current requirements for HOPE scholarships not to change. So we don't want to change the GPA requirement, we don't want to change the SAT requirement. And the last one is a new idea that we've had with other students from across the state. Basically, it's a HOPE reimbursement plan. So your first year, you won't receive the HOPE scholarship. What will happen is, after your first year, if you have that GPA requirement, then you'll be reimbursed that first year's tuition. Because based on research, we've found so many students lose their HOPE scholarships within their first year." As it is, the state pays the first-year's tuition of those students who end up failing to meet the requirements of the HOPE program.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has repeatedly said Video Lottery Terminals are too much like Las Vegas slot machines. As recently as last Thursday he said, again, "I do not support the casino-type concept. I don't think that is good for our state."
Student leaders at state campuses across Georgia have already met on conference call. They want to present a united front when they go to the State Capitol with a plan to save HOPE.
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Finally, we will host an Interview Intensive Dinner on Thursday, March 13th that will focus on business etiquette as well as insight from seasoned corporate recruiters including alumnus Mac Stroud who has led recruitment and HR for such companies as Alltel, Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods and Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and Angela Scott, recruiter for Tyson Foods. This event will have limited seating with preference given to seniors and juniors. Please email Hannah Pilcher at email@example.com to reserve your spot!
Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will host Meredith Martin and Carli Sasser in their senior voice recital Friday, March 14. The recital will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center's McBeth Recital Hall at 11 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
"I am really excited about this performance that I've been working toward for four years," Sasser said. "It's involved lots of hours of practice and hard work and I am so ready for it to be here."
"Carli and I have been really good friends since we came to OBU," Martin explained. "Our moms knew each other and even sang together, so this is a special experience for the two of us."
Martin is a senior choral music education major from Garland, Texas. She won 3rd place in the 2014 Shambarger Competition, is a National Association of Teachers of Singing finalist, serves as vice president of Ouachita Singers and also is in the Ouachita Concert Choir. Martin is a student of Dr. Margaret Garrett, assistant professor of music.
Martin's solo performances will include "Alleluia" from Antonio Vivaldi's O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, "Ah! non credea mirarti" from Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula, "Verschwiegene Liebe" and "Elfenlied" by Hugo Wolf, "Cacile" by Richard Strauss, "The Year's at the Spring" and "Ah! Love But a Day" by H.H.A. Beach and "I Shall Not Live in Vain" by Jake Heggie.
Sasser is a senior choral music education from Hamburg, Ark. She was a 2013 Tiger Tunes hostess, first runner-up on the 2013 Ouachita Homecoming Court, served on the Miss OBU court of honor in 2013 and 2014 and is currently the president of Ouachita Singers. Sasser is also a student of Dr. Margaret Garrett.
Sasser's solo performances will include "If Music Be the Food of Love" by Henry Purcell, "Suleika I" by Franz Schubert, "Ruhe, meine Seele!" by Richard Strauss, "Donde Lieta" from Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, "By the River" from Maury Yeston's December Songs and "Late Last Night" and "Heart, We Will Forget Him" by Ricky Ian Gordon.
Martin and Sasser will end the recital together with the duets "Puisqu'ici-bas Toute Ame" and "Tarentelle" by Gabriel Fauré. Phyllis Walker will be the accompanist for the recital.
For more information, contact OBU's School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
Ouachita Baptist University's School of Fine Arts will present the OBU Percussion Ensemble in concert featuring a special guest appearance by acclaimed percussionist Dr. Scott Herring on March 18. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.
Herring serves as professor of percussion at the University of South Carolina as well as director of the USC Percussion Ensemble and Palmetto Pans Steel Band. Herring earned a Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University and a master's degree and Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University. He has performed all around the world in places such as China England, France, Germany and Spain and is often featured as a guest artist with other university percussion ensembles across the U.S. Herring currently performs with the RoseWind Duo and the Shiraz Percussion Trio.
Ensemble director Dr. Ryan Lewis, OBU assistant professor of music, noted that each of the pieces in the concert "has a place in my heart and an important purpose for my students."
The concert will begin with Baljinder Sekhon's "We Are the Weapons," which Lewis describes as a piece that "juxtaposes both militaristic music portraying the sound of guns and violence and peaceful music performed on keyboard percussion instruments."
Three of Elliot Cole's "Postludes for Bowed Vibraphone" will be performed throughout the concert, which is considered one of the new classics of percussion chamber music. The vibraphone creates "a haunting, beautiful sound similar to a glass harmonica," Lewis noted.
The concert will continue with sophomore music education major Aaron Breeding performing George Hamilton Green's "Log Cabin Blues" with a marimba quartet.
The Percussion Ensemble's final selection will be Ney Rosauro's "Brazilian Myths" for percussion quartet. The piece "portrays five Brazilian mythological personalities" and is a "colorful, entertaining, beautiful, scary wonderful piece to rehearse and perform," Lewis said.
Lewis and Herring then will perform a new marimba duet titled "All Systems Go" by Jeffery Dennis Smith. Herring will then conclude the program with a solo, "Tiger Dance."
Members of the Ouachita Percussion ensemble include: Aaron Breeding, a sophomore instrumental music education major from Springdale, Ark.; Robert Desoto, a freshman mass communications major from Sheridan, Ark.; Drew Ervin, a senior music major from Springdale, Ark.; Carter Harlan, a junior instrumental music education major from Arkadelphia, Ark.; Chris Hogan, a senior instrumental music education major from Bartlesville, Okla.; Van O'Rorke, a freshman instrumental music education major from Hot Springs, Ark.; Elva Rosas, a junior business administration and finance major from Arkadelphia, Ark.; Abby Tipps, a freshman instrumental music education major from Sulphur Springs, Texas; Zack Willis, a freshman performance major from Redfield, Ark.; and Weston Wills, a freshman instrumental music education major from Norphlet, Ark.
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Lyndon Richards
14 April - 24 May 2012
Work inspired by the colours of the seasons, landscapes and seascapes of southern Britain and northern France.
Peter Wiltshire
25 February - 11 April
Exhibition evoking a sense of the inherent mystery, timelessness and surreal elements of the ancient landscape of the Marlborough Downs.
Beautiful World: The Work of Peter Reddick
Exhibition: 10 March - 22 April 2012
Over 50 years of artistic practice is represented in this exhibition, including colour woodcuts, lithographs and previously unseen watercolours from the founder of Spike Print Design and co-founder of Spike Island.
Penguin Parade: Celebrating the Penguin Books Archive
Exhibition: 10 March - 22 April 2012
Founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, a Bristolian, Penguin publishing is an enduring and iconic brand. Find out how Penguin began, and how the design of the books and the range of titles continue to appeal.
Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography
Exhibition: 9 March - 29 April 2012
An exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, featuring the best historic and contemporary fashion images of the 20th Century.
Jo Bannon: Artist Residency
16 - 21 April 2012
Live art and performance artist Jo Bannon will be undertaking a week long residency at the RWA to develop Exposure, her current project.
Eric Ravilious: Going Modern / Being British
Exhibition: 10 March - 29 April 2012
The life and work of Eric Ravilious: war artist, modernist, and devout chronicler of British life. A new exhibition of work from public and private collections, following Ravilious's relationship with the social, cultural and geographical landscape of Britain throughout the 20s and 30s.
Martyn Colbeck: Wildlife Photography
8 January - Extended until 31 April
Black and white images of African elephants from an award-winning wildlife cinematographer and film-maker.
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Until May 2012
A twenty-two foot high painted bronze statue stands on the RWA's balcony as a monumental and epic comment on social injustice.


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A Bit Of Florida, A Whole Lotta NOLA
03/07/2010 14:27 by Amsterdamize
Alright, time to catch up, shall we? In May I flew to Florida to spend quality time with Lauren & her family and attend a friend's wedding in New Orleans. Obviously,
was hot and humid, a matter of moving slowly, balance your air conditioning, so to speak. I had the opportunity to bike around, be it in a resort-like beach area, very private, so nothing eventful to report, when you consider the short routes to the beach.
Leaving this area meant switching to a car. Urban sprawl, huge sprawl of course. On the move, I did spot a few locals going about on two wheels. Emphasis on 'few'. I didn't envy them, but as it goes with locals, I'm glad it made sense to them. Little glitters of gold in an ocean of metal boxes.
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New Orleans
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Laid-back, colorful, entertaining, never a dull moment, I'm sure you've heard it all. Well, as with many other cities, there's more to it than meets the eye, a vibe you can't entirely put your finger on. I sure couldn't, being there for just a few days (not counting that one day in 1992), but I felt it going round every corner. Little & longer encounters, the details of local customs, the friendliness, the smells and more, much more. I'll let the pictures serve as what they are, mere glimpses into a rich urban culture that I can't wait to return to.
The wedding party was equally fun & interesting :).
PS: can someone please finally fix this water management problem in NOLA? Just one night of heavy rain blanketed the entire city. Thanks a bunch. NOLA people deserve much better than this. (And let's not even get into the whole BP debacle..)
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Lamar Rallies to Defeat Iowa State, 3-2
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lamar was able to score two runs in the top of the seventh inning, allowing the Cardinals to prevail over Iowa State 3-2 Friday morning in the first game of the Purple & Gold Challenge at Tiger Park. The loss dropped Iowa State to 12-3 on the season.
Story of the Game
Iowa State fell behind in the first, but made quick work in the second inning to take the lead. Aly Cappaert, Lexi Slater and Rachel Hartman all started out the bottom of the second with singles, Cappaert to center, Slater and Hartman both to left. With the bases loaded and no outs, Jorden Spendlove looked ready to clear the bases, but her blooper to right fell about six inches foul. The next pitch she chopped back to the pitcher to start a 1-2-3 double play.
The Cyclones were now under pressure, going from bases loaded and no outs to runners on second and third with two outs. However, ISU's leader in RBIs, Sara Rice stepped up and made the big hit with a single through the right side that scored Slater and a charging Hartman to put the Cyclones ahead 2-1.
Both pitchers began to settle into the game and neither team could get much offense going. With two outs in the seventh, Lamar started a rally with Jenna Holland recording a single. Casey Cromwell tied the game on the next pitch with a big shot-double to left-center field off the wall. ISU's throw home was late to tie the game. The next batter, Julianne Viator brought home the winning run on the next at-bat with a single to left field, making it 3-2 Cardinals.
Player of the Game
Sara Rice. The Cyclone third baseman had the biggest hit of the game in the bottom of the second inning, with her two-RBI single giving Iowa State an early 2-1 lead. The two runs batted in gave her 17 RBIs on the season. Coming into her senior year, Rice only had 16 RBIs in her Iowa State career in her first three seasons.
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Melees with Muses (Hardcover, color printing)
"With 'I'd rather face the wrath of Hell,' John Kagebein begins Melees with Muses, a chronologically arranged selection of his poetry. The young boy who wrote those words became the mature poet who continues to live and write with boldness and ardor. His poems spin with the playfulness of Rain Dance, weep with the painful honesty of Hello…Goodbye, and inflame with the seduction of The Dance, all illustrating ingenious ways of shifting rhythm and lyric expression. Throughout, there is an imbued sense of gallantry. We are reminded that sincerity and allegiance to our values are hallmarks of the noble soul. These carefully crafted poems range from the cool, sparkling clarity of thought to the fiery heat of passion, dual edges of the rapier Kagebein brandishes with both precision and zeal. Melees with Muses is his scabbard and his poems have been unsheathed. Touché" ~ Grace DeCicco
by John Kagebein
37 original poems, written between the ages of 13 and 39, ordered chronologically. Includes a 15 page essay by the author, intended to serve as a basic primer to understanding, appreciating and enjoying poetry.
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Maui, HI (Sports Network) - Brandon Paul scored 20 points to lead the Illinois
Fighting Illini to the Maui Invitational title with a 78-61 win over the
Butler Bulldogs at the Lahaina Civic Center.
Tracy Abrams totaled 17 points and D.J. Richardson and Tyler Griffey each
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Rotnei Clarke was the only player in double figures for Butler (3-2) with 27
After shooting an even 50.0 percent from the floor, including 7-of-17 from
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Paul was named tournament MVP after averaging 19.7 points per game during
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Blacksburg, VA (Sports Network) - Shane Larkin scored 25 points and Kenny Kadji added 18, as No. 14 Miami-Florida rallied past Virginia Tech, 73-64, at Cassell Coliseum.
Virginia Tech gave Miami its best shot for 30-plus minutes before succumbing to the Hurricanes' balance. Trey McKinney Jones added 12 points, Julian Gamble grabbed seven rebounds and Reggie Johnson pulled down 10 for the Hurricanes (16-3, 7-0 ACC), who have won eight straight.
Scoring machine Erick Green scored 30 points and Jarell Eddie added 14 for the Hokies (11-9, 2-5), who have dropped three straight after a two-game winning streak.
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A âmodestâ Champagne worker who chanced upon a US$1m collection of gold coins stands to pocket half the proceeds when the treasure is auctioned later this year.
A 400-year-old Bordeaux property has applied for the creation of a single-vineyard appellation â" the first of its kind in Bordeaux.
UK retailer Majestic Wine could be set to abandon its foray into television advertising, focusing instead on new store openings and forging closer relationships with its customers.
Burgundy 2011 is seductive, the best whites âpure and willowyâ, the reds lively and charming, Jeannie Cho Lee MW says in her summing up of the vintage for Decanter.
Ornellaia, Dom Perignon and Chateau dâYquem, direct from their cellars, are the highlights of Sothebyâs first New York auction of 2013.
Michael Symington CBE, who led his familyâs Port business after the Second World War and helped lay the foundations for its future expansion and success, has died aged 87.
Dom Perignon has launched its 2002 Rosé â" a wine produced in conditions described by chef de cave Richard Geoffroy this week as âunexpectedly perfect.â
New Zealand is 'firing the first shots' in a push to boost wine sales in China in a collaboration between government and New Zealand Winegrowers.
UK market conditions continue to be tough as consumers 'tighten their belts and shop around for value', the Wine and Spirits Trade Association has warned as it releases its latest market report.
The city of Libourne in Bordeaux, and Pu'er, a tea producing region of China, have signed a trade agreement to promote each other's products.
Police are hunting a gang of intruders after a multi-millionaire former California winery owner was found dead in his luxury mansion in Silicon Valley.
The client database of Vinance plc, which went into administration last month, has been bought by Albany Vintners.
Vandals have destroyed thousands of litres of ageing Brunello in the cellars of cult producer Gianfranco Soldera.
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2008 OUTDOOR: Placed eighth in the 400 hurdles (58.87) at the Horizon League Invitational...finished seventh i the 400 hurdles (57.52) at the Butler Twilight Meet...came in eighth in the 400 hurdles (57.34) at the Stan Lyons Invitational...was sixth in the 400 (53.20) at the Gerald England Invitational...named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. 2008 INDOOR: Helped Butler to a first place finish in the distance medley relay (10:05.88) at the Horizon League Championship...placed 11th in the 400 (52.52) at the EIU Early Bird Meet. 2007 OUTDOOR: Placed fourth in the 400 hurdles (57.43) and fifth in the 110 hurdles (16.33) at the Horizon League Championship...finished fifth in the 400 hurdles (58.11) at the Butler Twilight Meet...came in 17th in the 110 hurdles (16.31) at the Stan Lyons Invitational. 2007 INDOOR: Came in seventh in the 60 hurdles (8.92) at the Horizon League Championship. 2006 OUTDOOR: Opened season with a mark of 16.53 to finish 3rd in the 110m hurdles, and a first place finish in the 400m hurdles (1:01.58) at the DePauw Quad...Split 59.87 over the 400m hurdles at the Indy Relays. 2006 INDOOR: Set season bests at the Horizon League Conference meet, finishing 9th in the 60m hurdles (9.08), and 11th in the triple jump (12.12).


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World Protected Areas Leadership Forum
The World Protected Area Leadership Forum was established during the preparations for the IUCN 5th World Parks Congress in 2003. It is a forum for the leaders of protected areas agencies to discuss the most important issues facing their agencies and to contribute towards the global dialogue on future directions for protected areas. In addition to having an important role to play in advising on programmatic direction for the next IUCN World Parks Congress to be convened in 2014, the objectives of the forum are:
- Provide opportunities for heads of park and protected area agencies to discuss items of mutual interest and share information;
- Identify emerging issues and trends in park and protected area management;
- Discuss the forward agenda for parks and protected area agencies to contribute to the global conservation agenda; and
- Enhance and expand personal networks
The WPALF is usually hosted in a protected area in the country of one of the WPALF leaders, and involves several days of discussion and a field visit. Participation in the WPALF is by invitation, with the criterion being that the leaders are willing and able to participate in addressing the above objectives in a peer group. From time to time, the WPALF invites extra participants from agencies and organisations in the region where they are meeting, either to play a role in the particular meeting or to maintain an ongoing involvement in the WPALF. Although participants are drawn from agencies, they are not officially representing their agencies in the deliberations of the forum. They engage as peers involved in similar work and who face similar challenges that would benefit from dialogue and exchange. Participation is self-funded, and the host agency usually makes provision for the on-site facilities. IUCN's Global Protected Areas Programme acts as the Secretariat.
Currently the WPALF involves leadership from Finland, England, Scotland, Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Kenya, South Africa, Republic of Korea and Australia, as well as from IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas and IUCN's Global Protected Areas Programme.
As an example of the topics covered, the 2011 WPALF meeting hosted in the Tayrona National Natural Park by the National Parks Agency of Colombia discussed:
- Enhancing the relevance of PAs in a changing society
- Protected Areas and Climate Change
- Challenges and innovation in protected areas
- IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012 and World Parks Congress 2014
- Implementation of the CBD's Programme of Work on Protected Areas


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The Proud Family
Home > Television > P > Proud Family, The
Summary:An animated series about Penny Proud, a 14-year-old African-American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the mysteries, mishaps and merriment that come with those difficult years of teen-dom. Penny's best friends include: sassy and scheming Dijonay; the naively optimistic Zoey; and Sticky, a techno-wiz with attitude. Penny's family includes: irreverent, groovy grandma Sugar Mama and her funky poodle, Puff; Penny's trouble-making toddler siblings Bebe and Cece; and, of course, her parents, Oscar and Trudy, who don't seem to understand that Penny is ready to grow up.


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Grilled Cheese with Guacamole Recipe
- Yield:Makes 1 sandwich
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- Total time:12 minutes
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This recipe appears in:Grilled Cheese With Guacamole Might Be The Best Thing Ever
Note: I like to add tomato to my basic guacamole recipe for this application. Grilled cheese and tomato is just classic. If you want to go one step further, add some crispy bacon to the sandwich.
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- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into three even pieces
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- 2 slices American, Cheddar, or Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup guacamole (preferably homemade)
- Kosher salt
Melt one third of butter in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat until foaming subsides. Add both bread slices and cook, swirling occasionally, until pale golden brown on bottom side, about 2 minutes.
Transfer to a cutting board toasted-side-up. Place one cheese slice on top of one slice of bread. Top with guacamole and second cheese slice. Close sandwich, with both toasted sides facing inwards.
Melt one more piece of butter in the skillet and reduce heat to medium low. Add sandwich and cook, swirling occasionally, until deep, even golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove sandwich using a flexible metal spatula. Add the remaining butter. Return sandwich to skillet cooked-side up. Season with salt. Cook, swirling occasionally, until second side is deep, even golden brown and cheese is thoroughly melted, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.


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AUBURN, Wash. (June 13, 2014) – Breakfast at the Wire debuts Saturday, July 5 at Emerald Downs. Breakfast at the Wire offers race fans an insider's glimpse of Thoroughbreds in training, with appearances by prominent jockeys, trainers, exercise riders, agents, gate crew and more. Patterned after similar programs such as Clocker's Corner at Santa Anita and Del Mar, attendees get a close-up look at the racehorses and the "racetrackers" – the hard working people behind the scenes.
Hosted by Dean Mazzuca, Breakfast at the Wire is from 8 - 10 a.m. every Saturday during July and August and is located just past the finish line in front of the Trackside Deli on track level. The location offers optimum viewing of the horses' workouts.
The program will offer a more leisurely format than the popular and structured Emerald AM programs offered once monthly.
"Breakfast at the Wire is a great way to experience the morning atmosphere at the track. No reservations are required – just show up and enjoy the culture of the racetrack," said the program's creator Vicki Potter.
With Mt. Rainier serving as a towering backdrop, Emerald Downs will serve breakfast priced at only $6. Breakfast features a choice of scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns or scrambled with biscuits and gravy, and includes free parking and entry through the Paddock Gate from 8-to-9 a.m.


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Is there a way for a mail client application to access the address book of the user on zimbra.
I have users that use a mail client when they are local and the web interface when they are outside the building, I would like to keep the address books in sync or at least allow the address book on the client app to autocomplete (and perhaps modify) from Zimbra.
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only gives me the zimbra user list.Code:ldapsearch -x -v -H 'ldap://zimbra/' -b 'dc=domain,dc=com' -D 'uid=user,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com' -W
P.S. After much searching I see that the contacts list is not stored in ldap. Is there access to this list in a fashion that an email client will autocomplete, or do I have to export and then import a list?


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A third antievolution bill in Oklahoma
Senate Bill 1959 (RTF), introduced by Senator Daisy Lawler (D-District 24), is the third antievolution bill to be introduced in the Oklahoma legislature in 2006. If enacted, SB 1959 would provide:
A. Every teacher in a public school in this state shall be authorized to present information and allow classroom discussions that provide for views that may pertain to the full range of scientific views in any science course.
Antievolution legislation in Mississippi House
House Bill 953, introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Education on January 16, 2006, would, if enacted, enable Mississippi school boards "[t]o authorize the teaching of 'creationism' or 'intelligent design' in the public schools." Moreover, "[i]f the school's curriculum requires the teaching of evolution, then the teaching of 'creationism' or 'intelligent design' shall be required." The chief
Antievolution legislation in Mississippi Senate
Senate Bill 2427, introduced in the Mississippi Senate and referred to the Committee on Education on January 10, 2005, would, if enacted, ensure that "[n]o local school board, school superintendent or school principal shall prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussing and answering questions from individual students on the issue of flaws or problems which may exist in Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the existence of other theories of evolution, includ
NCSE on the newsstand
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Infinity Ward studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella who were fired by Activision earlier this week are now suing the publisher for wrongful dismissal, unpaid royalties and the right to control "Modern Warfare-branded games."
They've issued a strongly-worded statement via their lawyers responding to Activision's claims of "insubordination" as follows:
The statement claims that, in Call of Duty and Modern Warfare, West and Zampella created "two of the most successful videogames in history" and, get this, "the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public."
"Activision terminated their employment weeks before they were to be paid substantial royalty payments as part of their existing contracts for Modern Warfare 2" the statement reads.
"Instead of thanking, lauding, or just plain paying Jason and Vince for giving Activision the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public, last month Activision hired lawyers to conduct a pretextual 'investigation' into unstated and unsubstantiated charges of 'insubordination' and 'breach of fiduciary duty,' which then became the grounds for their termination on Monday, March 1st" said their attorney, Robert Schwartz.
Jason West said, "We were shocked by Activision's decision to terminate our contract. We poured our heart and soul into that company, building not only a world-class development studio, but assembling a team we've been proud to work with for nearly a decade. We think the work we've done speaks for itself."
"After all we have given to Activision, we shouldn't have to sue to get paid" Zampella said.
"Activision seized control of the Infinity Ward studio, to which Activision had previously granted creative control over all Modern Warfare-branded games" the statement concludes.
"The suit was filed to vindicate the rights of West and Zampella to be paid the compensation they have earned, as well as the contractual rights Activision granted to West and Zampella to control Modern Warfare-branded games."
In legalese, that translates to a suit claiming for "breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrong termination in violation of public policy, and declaratory relief."
That power struggle is now headed for the courts, and this one's going to be ugly!
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PHOENIX (AP) — The State Bar of Arizona and state Criminal Justice Commission want a database to keep track of people who are under court-ordered mental-health treatment.
The Arizona Capitol Times (http://bit.ly/163zbyY) says the database is under construction and will be managed by the state Supreme Court.
It'll allow police officers to know whether a person in the throes of a mental breakdown is undergoing treatment under the supervision of the court or deemed mentally incompetent by a court.
Proposed legislation also closes gaps in laws that prohibit certain people from possessing a firearm, such as those who are under indictment, under guardianship for mental incapacity or found to be mentally incompetent.
The state currently reports people who've been involuntarily committed to a mental institution to the national criminal background check system.
Information from: Arizona Capitol Times, http://www.arizonacapitoltimes.com


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Discussion added later. Hungry.
Jupiter 17 Nov (The other side)
Posted 18 November 2012 - 01:18 AM
Discussion added later. Hungry.
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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:47 AM
Which way is north in this sketch? If it is at the top of the frame, I believe that I am just beginning to detect that thin band above the upper EQ band.
I need more time at the EP, I suppose.
Great sketch and inspiration!
(keep your blood-suckers; however...hate those things)
Posted 18 November 2012 - 03:49 AM
Yea, hate them, too. After a night of observing, my skin is pale and lips are blue. Feel light headed, chapped lips. And those itchy red spots everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. Some of those red spots are not itchy.
Posted 18 November 2012 - 04:47 AM
Realizing this was an eye opener as it allowed more detail to be seen. White things, for example. Normally, I would have thought they were too low contrast for a small scope. At first, the white streaks along the SEB near the GRS became evident. Those can be seen, especially coming round the trailing limb. Next, some white features between the festoons became apparent. Also, and surprisingly, a white feature could be seen just north of the NEB. I would have never though this was possible.
Jupiter must indeed have basically a tawney hue.
Also, seeing. Jason mentioned I needed a good lashing for being under such good skies. I probably deserve it, every word. But, temper that with, well, we had a bad week. What struck me as amazing is the dramatic improvement with observing Jupiter between 7 and 9 seeing. I mean, it seems the improvement is almost exponential.
In 6 or 7 seeing, you get those great moments in which detail just explodes. I do not understand seeing well enough to say, but it does appear there is a point somewhere between 7 and 9 where the disruption of the air steadies down and really turbo charges Jupiter. Maybe the total RMS in the image falls below some threshold.
One of the bucket list items (and the list keep growing) is to spot some ovals in the STrB. There did appear to be some breaks in the belt, as shown, but no distinct white oval. Those are very elusive. I recorded one only once last season.
Anyway, had Jupiter in very good skies last night. Hard to pull away. Also, observed Jupiter at 243x and 260x, and also at 109x. At low power, Jupiter was full of contrast, but small. At 170x, that seemed a good balance of contrast and image scale. It held pretty well up to 243x, with all the detail still visible but slightly weaker. At 260x, it wasn't bad, just softer and more difficult.
Posted 18 November 2012 - 06:11 AM
At low Mag Jupiter does, indeed, appear to have a yellowish tint to it. At higher Mag, however, I did not perceive this.
It looked more chalky white with smears of gray.
Must be my inexperience. Looks as if another "survey" is in order.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 07:55 PM
Nice sketch of Jupiter .
Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:40 PM
Wow, you're getting better my friend. Very fine details and nicely done. I love it. You know I love details hey !
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Norme, the details you are seeing and the way you are sketching them amazes me.
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Girl Scouts Troop 10107 and their parents from Rifle recently visited with the Garfield County Sheriff's Department about "Stranger Danger."
The girls learned it is OK to listen to the "tummy feeling" if something does not seem right. We learned that when our tummy says to "look up, look around, and look down," it is good to look people in the eye, and acknowledge that we see them. Apparently, abductors don't want a target that has a voice and isn't afraid to use it. Abductors also don't want a victim that might be able to identify them.
The girls learned about their personal "hula hoop" space, being aware of their surroundings, observation skills, and that strangers are not always where danger comes from. Rather than walking home, talking or texting on their phones (appearing to be distracted to their surroundings) the girls were encouraged that, if they must talk on the phone while walking, they put the phone on speaker and talk about the details of what they see, such as "Oh, a guy in a gray sweatshirt just passed me," or "Mrs. Jones is out walking her dog."
We also learned we should never, ever help someone who says their dog is lost. If someone asks you to help, it is OK to say no. Be sure to go tell an adult that someone lost their dog and asked for help. And never, ever give directions to someone who asks. Tell them to ask an adult.
What about those people that give gifts to kids without their parents' knowledge or consent? What about "secrets?" We learned that children should never take gifts from anyone without their parents' knowledge. Parents in attendance were told if someone is giving your child presents that make you or your child uncomfortable, ask them to stop. People who are honest folks will understand you are protecting your child. People with dishonest intentions will come up with all sorts of reasons why they should be able to give your child presents.
Can you keep a secret? No. We learned that children should be taught that there should not be secrets, ever. Secrets make it so that people who need help can't get it. Surprises are OK, such as "Next week, we are going to Disney World. It is a surprise for your brother's birthday." A trust statement, "Can I trust you if I tell you that I think that boy is cute?" is also OK.
Girls attending received a booklet, "Your Child's Personal Safety: Tips to Prevent Abduction," published by Prevent Child Abuse America, child identification kits for their parents to use and a backpack filled with a coloring book, water bottle and a Junior Deputy badge.
Thank you to the deputies for spending time with Troop 10107, and to Garfield County for supporting Girl Scouts.
Virginia Brown (formerly Virginia Breckon) is membership manager, region 1 for the Girl Scouts of Colorado in Grand Junction.


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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - After scoring 30 points on Saturday, O.J. Mayo
came back to pour in a game-high 32 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a
114-91 win over the Portland Trailblazers on Monday.
Chris Kaman chipped in with 16 points off the bench and Darren Collison posted
a double-double with 14 points and 13 assists for the Mavericks, winners in
two straight, and three of their first four.
LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews each dropped in 20 points and Nicolas
Batum chipped in with 14 points for the Trailblazers, who have alternated wins
and losses in their first four games.
Rookie Damian Lillard had scored at least 20 points in his first three NBA
games, but posted just 13 in the setback.
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I have a user asking if/how they can set the zimbra client to either always start on the calender page or remember that was the last page being looked at.
I"m not seeing a way to do this, am I just missing it?
I suspect what he really wants is more the Outlook welcome page.


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for once I can agree with you Al and Pete King (who I only agreed with his comments about Michael Jackson)
Your Republican party has been taken over but the extreme right wind nut cases in middle america who hate our president because he is a black man. Where was the all the complaining about deficits when president Chenney put is into 2 wars without paying for them. It is the same as Nassau County were we are still paying for Tom Golluta giving away the store to the Police (just look at where all your local taxes go) to get there vote .
That is why we need to elect atheists and agnostics to our government to get rid of people who do not believe in evolution and think the bible is all true. Instead of voter registration laws there should be a voter intelligence test that if you cannot pass you cannot vote (or run for office).
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The comment from independent1 illustrates perfectly what is wrong with this country. This Bozo is quick to vilify those evil Republicans, and uses all the appropriate code words: extreme, nut case, etc. He, like all typical liberal trash also easily plays the race card.
What this moron does not and cannot understand is that most of the country, and yes, even those "middle America" types he or she despises so much are Conservative in nature. He is too stupid to use reason or rational thought that you cannot spend your way to prosperity, you cannot promise the world in free stuff without any means to pay for it, something his messiah Obama and yes, even Republicans before him have done.
I do agree with this clown that there should be a voter intelligence test for everyone. Fortunately, this deranged little man would never pass.
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Jackson I am actually liberal on social issues but fiscally conservative.
I play the race card since most polls and from listening to what they say Tea Party members and most republicans are racist @*^!s, there are plenty of racists on the liberal side as well.
If you listen to most economists we do need to spend our way back to recover, austerity has not worked just look at Europe and Japan as an example.
And what I said was we are in this hole because Chenney/Bush put is into 2 wars that they did not pay for (and the bills have come due) and the deregulation of laws governing Wall Street.
The problem is out government is owned by Corporations (who you must believe are people too) and is more beholden to them then to the people.
I'm sure I know more about American and World history then you will ever know (especially if you are watching Fox News)
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The Switch
|Release Date: August 20, 2010
|Running Time: 101 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $27,758,465.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Romantic Comedy
Jennifer Aniston
Jason Bateman
Patrick Wilson
Jeff Goldblum
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Summary:Kassie, is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby - even if it means doing it by herself - with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute- though slightly neurotic-son.
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