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Friday, February 19, 2010
JFP Doom
Lowdown: Including the "web only" ads, we're looking at maybe 15 entry-level TT jobs in the US. And if you're not in ethics or political philosophy, you're pretty much shit out of luck.
Unsolicited advice: Go to law school.
Good days... good days....
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I'm a PhD student in my first year, at a good but not great program. It's starting to seem clear that the market will not improve significantly. Those grad students who have no publications but have a year of funding left are already studying for the LSAT, considering getting other degrees, trying to convince rich members of the opposite sex to marry them, and so on.
Now I'm wondering: should I cut my losses, move somewhere I like, and find some other job? Life of the mind and all that BS, I get it, but put that aside. What say you, wise anonymous philosophers?
- February 19, 2010 at 3:51 PM
If you think you could be happy doing anything other than philosophy, then do that instead.
Seriously. I have three publications in top journals and I got zero offers.
- February 19, 2010 at 3:58 PM
If you are in your first year I wouldn't get too discouraged. By the time you go on the market people like me will have stale PhD's and won't be cluttering up the market with our awful non-employable selves.
As for going to a good but not great school, look who Harvard just hired for their ancient job.
- February 19, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Law school might not be a great choice either. Even at the top law schools hiring is still _way_ down. Schools that once nearly always had 95% or more people with jobs at graduation now have 50% or so, with the jobs often being much worse. The pay is getting worse and hours are not getting better. Law school isn't getting cheaper, either. If you really want to be a lawyer and can get into a very top school or have a full scholarship it might be okay, but otherwise going to law school isn't massively a better idea than doing a philosophy PhD.
- February 19, 2010 at 9:12 PM
I'm curious - someone earlier mentioned his (or her) PhD "going stale" - does anyone here think that this downturn in the market might cause a slight alteration in attitude toward PhDs that are a couple of years old? I mean, in the past, I guess the assumption was, "if he hasn't got anything by now, he must not be very good..." If that was the operative assumption, will this change anything? Or are people coming out now just hosed?
- February 20, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
This is seriously depressing reading...
- February 20, 2010 at 9:08 AM
That's a hope, but I think it's placing too much confidence in the common sense of people on search committees. In other words, I wouldn't bet on it.
- February 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Anon. 3:51 here. Prof Brooks- It's more than depressing. But one has only so much control.
This 'if you can do anything else' line is the advice one generally gets. But what can this mean? Who can't do anything else? Would you give this advice to a 6-1 power forward who wanted to play ball for a living, knowing that the best case scenario is he ends up on the bench for some team in Lebanon?
And as for the great Rusty Jones, one swallow does not a spring make. Although I do have a nice image of ABDs standing in circles in basements all across the country, in unison chanting 'I am Rusty Jones, I am Rusty Jones, I am . . .' (Fight Club reference)
- February 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM
To second 9:41,
If you think (as I do) that there's no rational reason for committees to treat those of us with "stale" degrees the way they do, I don't think you can count on these committees to become rational because of a bad market.
Verification word: flayed
- February 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Law school may not be the way to go. My wife is in a top 50 or so program, is number 3 in her class, and still had a very difficult time landing something good for next year (she ended up with a very nice federal clerkship). Most of her classmates in the top 20 have clerkships. Those who landed firm jobs got deferred for a year. While they were told that a job would be available for them in a year, who really knows if the firms won't rescind the offer between now and then.
To give you all another perspective on the philosophy job market. I got my PhD from a school towards the bottom of Leiter's list. I came out with 5 publications, 1 in a top journal and the rest in tier-2 journals. The search went okay for me (but I have AOS/AOC in ethics/political/history... where all the jobs seem to be). I had 7 APA/first-round interviews and 3 flyouts (I removed myself from 2 searches before a decision was made).
From what I can tell, if you can come out of graduate school with some good publications _and have AOS/AOC in hot areas_, you'll be okay.
If you look where most of the jobs have been in the past couple of years, the vast majority have been in social philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, and history (ancient/early modern). If you're able to pick up some of these areas (or other areas where people are hiring) and can get some pubs before you finish, the job market really isn't that bad.
My main piece of advice: start graduate school like the beginning of your job search process. Start to build your CV. Then, a year before you really want to search for a job, do a semi-full job search. You should get at least 1 interview... but, more importantly, you'll be familiar with the process. You'll screw up a lot the first time you do it, so having a practice run is helpful.
- February 20, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Anon 3:51 PM
In 3 words: cut your loses. If you can get out of your program with an MA after a year or so, that might be worth waiting a little longer.
But don't stay around for too long. Employers don't like quitters. There's a difference between - 'a smart guy who cut his loses after a year', and 'a confused underachiever who struggled for 4 years, then quit with nothing'
- February 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Wait, so having studied the history of philosophy might actually *help* me? Sweet. Take that Gil Harman!
- February 20, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Depressing reading? For someone who's 80% sure she's gonna leave and cut her losses, stuff like this makes it easier. There is less room for regret now.
- February 20, 2010 at 3:32 PM
There is one other "stale degree" worry. While there is a general impression that philosophy is a slow moving field, in fact change happens pretty rapidly these days. Theories that are considered "cutting edge" are so for a fairly brief period of time. I'm a full professor at a state teaching institution. Most of my colleagues who have been out for more than say five years are beginning to feel out of touch with the current scholarship. They find it very difficult to remain current in their field. When we look to hire someone who's been out for a few years already, we need special convincing that they are not getting close to the "out of touch" point. So it's not just a matter of "why couldn't they get a job."
- February 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM
5:37, I don't understand your post. If people at your college get out of touch with the cutting edge in a couple of years, why do you care if it will happen in a year or if it happened last year. I can't see how it could matter.
Either way, why can't you stay in touch? Why does being a grad student make you more current than doing post-dissertation research?
I'm not convinced that philosophy does move that fast. When you are playing chmess, perhaps, but not in any major area.
- February 20, 2010 at 7:25 PM
I love the idea of "cutting edge research," as if philosophy made the same sort of progress as science. Riddle me this: How exactly do we better understand the idea of human freedom?
- February 20, 2010 at 7:37 PM
anon 7:37,
That's probably the worst example you could have chosen.... There's been a ton of important work done on free will in the past decade or so. And lots of stuff on political freedom too!
- February 20, 2010 at 8:25 PM
Anon 7:25,
I'm 5:37. It's not inevitable that professors at my University will become out of touch (in fact, I'm not), but it is a genuine concern. We have a 4-4 teaching load, with serious service expectations, so it's not surprising that it happens with some degree of regularity. I suspect this is the case at most "teaching" schools.
You state, "why do you care if it will happen in a year or if it happened last year. I can't see how it could matter." I consider having out of touch faculty to be a bad thing for our students (especially those that want to go to grad. school). So having someone who MAY be beginning to fall out of touch in several years as opposed to in a year or two matters a lot. Simply, bad things that happen later and for a shorter duration are preferable to bad things that happen now and for a longer duration.
One might think that one can guard against this type of thing in interviews and campus visits, but it's harder than it appears. At that stage, everyone appears motivated to write 40 books in their careers, etc.
You write, "Why does being a grad student make you more current than doing post-dissertation research?" Because when you are in grad school you are constantly exposed to top researchers doing cutting edge research. In fact, largely what constitutes cutting edge is determined by the activities of one's professors and dissertation advisors. I'd wager that when I was in grad school the sheer volume of interesting philosophical ideas I was exposed to just in water cooler conversations exceeds what most philosophers at "teaching" institutions are exposed to by reading journal articles in any given time period.
To anon 7:37. Don't confuse cutting edge research with philosophical progress.
- February 20, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Also to 7:25: don't under-estimate the difference between graduate school and a job, even at a top research institution. Even if your first job's teaching load is equivalent to the load you had as a grad student, the amount of mind-numbing crap you suddenly have to do probably cuts your available research time by half. (Mileage varies, of course.) In my limited experience, everyone coming out of grad school into a good TT job starts out convinced it will be just like grad school but with better pay, and after a year wonders what the hell happened. It suddenly gets way more difficult to keep on top of the research in those conditions.
- February 21, 2010 at 1:06 PM
"Don't confuse cutting edge research with philosophical progress."
Non-rhetorical question: what the hell is it then? Hopefully it's more than just what's popular at the moment.
- February 21, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- February 21, 2010 at 4:36 PM
Anon 1:45 writes: From what I can tell, if you can come out of graduate school with some good publications _and have AOS/AOC in hot areas_, you'll be okay.
With all due respect, this seems wrong. Contrary to Anon 1:45, it is not the case that "the job market really isn't all that bad". It is bad; and one can do everything right within one's power and still come out the other end without respectable employment.
I suspect that those of us who land on our feet professionally want to attribute it primarily to hard work, smarts, and merit. But there remains much that is out of our control: fit, charisma, and plain luck.
This isn't sour grapes. I ended up with tenure, a light(ish) teaching load, and in a good location. But I was very lucky. And I know many more qualified candidates who didn't fare as well.
- February 21, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Anon. 5:11,
From Anon. 3:51 - this seems right. This is in part the cause of my doubts. I know people who have done well, and people who haven't, and merit has very little to do with it. In short, they all have their merit, and the ones who succeed do so by luck. Thus, those who hang around hoping for a good outcome are in actuality rolling the dice, while telling themselves stories about merit. Hell, I've seen it happen in microcosm at the seminar level: one philosopher thinks student X is brilliant, while student Y is mediocre, and another philosopher has it the other way around. Why would it be any different at the job-market level?
- February 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Anon 1.45 did fine coming out of grad school with 5 publications, 1 in a top tier journal (Philosophical Review, Mind, Journal of Philosophy?) and 4 in 2nd tier journals; all in a popular subject area. But that's exceptional isn't it?
How many publications would someone working in a popular area need to have a good chance of a job in the current climate? What about someone in an less popular area?
(Well, as to the latter, I guess if there are no jobs in such areas, it does not matter how many publications you have got - though if you have loads of publications they may be more inclined to believe you when you swear you can teach ethics... ;-)).
- February 21, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Before you go assuming that law school will land you a paycheck, please confirm your hypothesis first. Lawyers are in bad shape too.
"This fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in over 50 years."
With a philosopher's strong skills in critical thinking, i'd explore creating a new company in health care. I know it's a whole new field, but buying training at universities thinking it leads to skills in demand is a big assumption nowdays.
- February 21, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Following up on my post with two NYTimes articles on the law profession...
I've been following the economy and jobs for 10 years.
MBA's are pretty worthless, just like law.
The only guaranteed jobs both now and in the future are in health care. Nursing, pharmacist, geriatric, etc.
You may not be able to find a job in philosophy or in fields that allow you to use words to solve problems. You can chase the dream though, and hope/pray/feel intense emotion towards the future bringing you the reward you feel you deserve. And that the capitalist philosophy is a meritocracy, rewarding those who plan and work hard.
But you'll need to be emotionally prepared for a lot of uncertainty, because unless things change, it's hard to prove why more lawyers or business people are needed. There is an oversupply in those fields, and you'll need to figure out what will change in the future bring equilibrium to the law labor market.
Of course, you can polish your rhetorical skills and start a radio program. I know you're smarter than glenn beck, and he's pulling $12million a year creating and tearing down strawmen. Nice work if you can get it.
- February 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM
The law-school game is not unlike the grad-school game in that pedigree still matters. If you can't go to a top-50 ranked law school, then better to do something else (unless you want to be a solo attorney busting ass on personal injury cases).
To get a job that pays money (i.e., large law firm) or a clerkship, you need to have a history of going to the right schools, as an (imperfect) measure of one's ability or willingness to work hard and aptitude or intelligence. And then it's not over: You're still busting ass for many years to make partner or some such.
As someone who did both law school and philosophy grad school, and who has a regular academic position, my advice is to do what you love, be an expert at it, and hope that things work out.
- February 22, 2010 at 11:13 AM
If you love philosophy then doing a philosophy PhD is not a waste of time.
But imagine doing years of law training and then not getting a job!
- February 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Anon 6:48 said
"If you love philosophy then doing a philosophy PhD is not a waste of time."
but is it a good use of money?
Does philosophy have to be studied in classrooms in front of professors? The books are at Harvard's bookstore?
The classes are available free, online, through MITs Open Courseware
Why do you need to pay someone to read the books available to you?
Do you want the PhD, which signifies social status, or do you want the knowledge?
- February 22, 2010 at 9:55 PM
I don't think anybody here would recommend going to graduate school without tuition remission and stipend. To be frank, your assumption that students seeking a philosophy Ph.D. are paying for the privilege strongly suggests that you don't know what you're talking about (when it comes to graduate education).
As for why it might be preferable to seek graduate education rather than studying informally: the two big ones are the amount of time you can put in and the amount of time you can get from others who will help make you a better philosopher.
- February 23, 2010 at 8:47 AM
I'm not 9:55, but many graduate students whom I know end up burning through their meager sub-poverty-level stipends and then take out more loans or attempt to work second jobs to cover the expense. Often this can mean adjuncting at another local college, which does give experience but also limits research time.
As for the two advantages, I don't deny that more time available is good time. However, having your entire schedule cleared may just make it *easy* for graduate students to spend time on philosophy, even/especially mediocre students. Many of these students will be wasting valuable time maturing in their 20s or 30s in a very odd context often barren of any pressing need to build experience outside of academe, often resulting in the "where did all the time go?" fallout when job market time comes -- and the bizarre over/under-qualified space for non-academic jobs many will find themselves in after no offers come in.
With regards to both points, studying philosophy in the context of working a "real-world" job may give would-be grad students a better grip on reality. We know the philosophical canon, it's easy enough to Google. However, many philosophers, even "famous" and well-respected ones, won't see the light of day in any such canon. Much of their popularity results from working the philosophical community, garnering devotees, and creating a lot of noise. Many times that noise is merely clouding a debate. It's as much sophistry as it ever was in Athens. The question is, are students attending grad school to participate in the three-ring circus, or to study works and methods of philosophy (for their own sake and for the practical benefit of the reader)?
A good case can be made that the former students ought to attend grad school, the latter would-be students ought not to, and that grad programs ought to be a bit clearer on what students are actually being trained to become. The latter student would even almost certainly benefit from taking graduate classes on a piecemeal basis, as an undeclared graduate student, but would almost certainly not benefit from being part of a full-time program, no matter the compensation.
Unfortunately, the PhD marker in Anglophone philosophy has become not a marker of qualification via knowledge, but a signifier of having successfully gamed the philosophical community. It's a necessary adaptation in a mercilessly bureaucratic capitalist tertiary education system. I don't deny elements of sophistry are always present in the current debates, no matter when the time. (Check out my sweeping generalizations of "many" and "much" and "almost certainly" throughout. They are based in experience, but anonymity hampers that sort of anecdotal support. Chimes for or against would be appreciated.) But, current events seem to make clear that, ironically, the most sincere devotees of wisdom may find themselves best suited avoiding this particular set of flaming hoops.
If blind refereeing is still worth its salt, the casual philosopher can research, attend conferences, and publish at their own pace. Finding the resources is not so difficult, college towns are everywhere. And, they wouldn't have to resort to publishing crap papers they don't really care for just to scrounge up a few more lines for the CV. Keeping up with the curve could present its own difficulties, but these topics all seem to come as much as they do go.
And if blind refereeing is gone to hell and idea exchange is reduced to glad-handing and passing around unpublished pieces of mental masturbation splitting split hairs?
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First off, I am ecstatic at where our FB program is headed and am very excited about the new changes. With the bowling in of the end zone ultimately being the goal in the future I started to research other renovations that are going on. To be honest I was astounded at how many other universities were renovating their stadium and quite frankly they all looked very impressive (had a really good link but now I can't find it...). My question is, after JTS ultimately is bowled in and the east side is complete, where does it stand compared to other stadiums aesthetic wise, capacity wise, crowd noise, family atmosphere, and general game day experience.
I personally think JTS will be in the upper half of the big 12 with the new improvements. Capacity will be just at 60k, it will look great, crowd noise will be awesome, and the atmosphere has never really been a problem (for me at least). And yes I know we have a ways to go before we raise enough money for it but I'm bored and can't wait for FB season.
Last edited by Cyclone711; 04-09-2008 at 01:41 PM.
Originally Posted by Cyclone711
I personally think JTS will be in the upper half of the big 12 with the new improvements.
Hmmm, I dunno about that. There are some rather nice stadiums in this conference. And, we're not the only ones looking to upgrade.
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
Hmmm, I dunno about that. There are some rather nice stadiums in this conference. And, we're not the only ones looking to upgrade.
meh, one can hope.
We have the only stadium that is not bowled in on at least one end.
What we are trying to do is not be laughed at. We just have to stay close. We never will have anything too great for facilities. The indoor facility is solid, because if we didnt have that.... ouch.
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Honestly, I think we are just treading water here. Bowling in the endzone is still years away, and it's something we HAVE to do if we want to keep pace in the conference.
Originally Posted by Cyclone711
I personally think JTS will be in the upper half of the big 12 with the new improvements. .
If you are thinking the top 6 of the Big 12 North you might be right.
Originally Posted by becrisgreg
If you are thinking the top 6 of the Big 12 North you might be right.
Ok, I get it. Someone say something else.
I just want to know if those new fancy concession stands will have any food left after half time?
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Originally Posted by Cyclone711
Ok, I get it. Someone say something else.
Something else.
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
Something else.
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Didn't realize we are currently 6th in the conference in capacity (Wikipedia)
in person.
Kansas was a dump the last time I was there.
Colorado has great scenery, but the stadium itself was nothing spectacular.
Nebraska just made some major improvements that I don't think they can pay for. (you don't hear much about it though) Before the upgrades their indoor facility was not as nice as ISU's and the area around the stadium just sucks.
Missouri was the best stadium I visited.
Oklahoma at one time had gravel for a walk way around the stadium. The inside was a bowl, but it had little character.
K State wasn't anything special. I know they have added some things there recently.
Baylor is a hole.
I have seen all of those stadiums in the last 10 years. Some have made some improvements since I last visited. (nebraska)
Part of the reason ISU constantly gets blasted about facilities is because their own fans don't have a clue. Recruits consistently talk about how nice the facilities are at ISU. The indoor facility is as nice as it gets. The stadium may need to be bowled in, but it is not a dump and ISU has one of the nicest settings for a stadium in my opinion.
I like the direction the of the facilities plan and it will definitely improve the appearance of the stadium on game day. Having said that, don't believe the mentality of some Cyclone fans that everything ISU has is somehow inferior.
I haven't been to every stadium in the conference but KU's will take some major work to be better than Trice in my opinion. I was shocked when I went there in 2005.
Oklahoma at one time had gravel for a walk way around the stadium. The inside was a bowl, but it had little character.
I've been to OU's stadium several times, once before the somewhat recent work where they added the second deck to one side... that place is simply amazing and it's spot in the direct center of campus I think is very cool. IMO the best college stadium I have ever been to and the best stadium I have been to other than Reliant.
I do agree that the practice facility is still top notch. But Jack Trice is probably one of the worst in the Big 12 comparatively, although I do say that without having visited several of the stadiums.
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The more people come out, the more we will be forced to build to accommodate them. Gotta show there is a need to build more seats for Cyclones.
I wouldn't trade Trice for any other stadium. Love the place.
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Do direct drive mounts really not require guiding?
Posted 03 March 2013 - 04:35 AM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 09:02 AM
I may be wrong about this, but it isn't really the direct drive technology as much as the encoders that can allow you to forgo guiding. The AP 1600 has absolute encoders. Maybe the 1100 will offer it, but I don't see the Mach 1 getting them soon.
For a permanent setup, I'd buy an ASA in a second. For portable, I'm thinking AP is the best option; just understand that you'll be guiding. I've worked my guiding routine into my PA setup and can probably get setup in 30m with them.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:08 AM
That said a quick fix is to buy a standalone guider like an SG4 or a Lacerta MGEN. This would let you dispense with the PC.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 04:30 PM
Also the ddm60 is definitely portable and relatively easy to setup from what i have read.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 06:55 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 08:59 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 09:50 PM
The key requirement is that your periodic error must be zero or pretty close to it. Then the pointing model only needs to compensate for flexure, mirror flop, atmospheric refraction, etc.
Now a worm-driven mount won't have zero periodic error, but the decent ones (Paramount, AP) can get the periodic error down to sub-1" (0.5" or thereabouts) peak-to-peak. So if you are imaging at say 2" / pixel (typical for a short to mid-FL refractor) then you don't need to guide because the periodic error is small enough.
Note that you still need the pointing model, long unguided exposures aren't just about having small (or zero) PE.
Ah - and, to use this pointing model, you need a PC with appropriate software. At this point the advantage of AP over Paramount ("you don't need a PC!") goes away, because you will need a PC to work this magic.
IMHO, a better solution is to just buy a stand-alone guider. After all the reason most people don't want to guide, is because they don't want to use a PC. The pointing model solutions all require a PC, so the only advantage is you're not subject to wind or clouds screwing the guide star.
But if your goal for not wanting to guide is convenience, having a PC along is not convenient.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:01 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:16 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:18 PM
But if your situation is such that there is strong wind and you're losing guide stars, then imaging under such circumstances is going to be a challenge anyway.
Although that said the ASA mounts supposedly can also compensate for wind gusts. That's something they have over the encoder-less mounts.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:22 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:26 PM
EDIT: I am guessing the encoders cannot account for flexure and things of that nature, thus is the reason you need pointing models. Answered my own question, I think..
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:29 PM
Due to atmospheric refraction at different elevations (altitude) the speed is not precisely the sidereal rate.
Also with an SCT, the mirror moves around as you point to different objects, causing image shift.
But in answer to your question... yes a good worm-drive mount and a guider is what I'd do. In fact that is what I have done. A guider calibrate only takes a short time, and the Mach1 is the lightest mount you can get that's decent.
I would stay away from the Temma if I were you... Taks are overpriced for what you get (no PEC! and the EM200 is only rated +/- 5" I think - so no way to get that down).
My Mach1 is about 3.5" p-p when east-heavy, and 6" p-p when west-heavy. PEM gets this down to 0.4" / 0.8".
You can't get anywhere close to 0.8" p-p with an EM200 because there's no PEC. Tak NJP (and I suppose EM400) can get about 1.5" p-p but those are heavy. An NJP is cheaper than a Mach1 if you can find one. But remember.. with Temma there's no GoTo from the handset. You need to command GoTo's from a computer.
And coming from a CGEM like I did... you will be amazed and shocked at the primitive mount modeling of AP and Tak. Only one-star aligns are supported, so your polar alignment has to be dead-on, otherwise GoTo's will be inaccurate.
but then again you need a dead-on polar alignment to image, so...
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:31 PM
Because sidereal rate isn't.
Due to atmospheric refraction at different elevations (altitude) the speed is not precisely the sidereal rate.
Also with an SCT, the mirror moves around as you point to different objects, causing image shift.
But in answer to your question... yes a good worm-drive mount and a guider is what I'd do. In fact that is what I have done.
Oh ok! That makes perfect sense now!
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:50 PM
If I ever move to a more permanent setup I will probably get a Paramount MX. Until then, I really like the Tak.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:57 PM
Of course a used Tak NJP has got to be the deal of the year, if you can find one. A new EM400 at $10400... not so much. You can get an AP1600 for that kind of money.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 11:13 PM
Posted 04 March 2013 - 12:43 AM
Is there any other portable GEM I should consider in this price range?
I really want to emphasize portability here...so the CGE Pro and similar are off the table.
Posted 04 March 2013 - 12:51 AM
There simply isn't any other mount in that weight class (30 lb for the head) that can match the Mach1. The EM200 weighs more and carries less. I also looked at the CGE Pro for less money but it's very heavy. The G11 weighs more and is less capable. Not sure how much the ASA DDM60 weighs but it costs more. Ditto for the Paramount MX - more capacity, arguably better payload for the dollar, but also heavier. Tak NJP also quite heavy.
Well there is one alternative.. AP 1100 (the 900 replacement). Which weighs less than the 900. The 900 weighs 55 lb total and splits into two parts. Each part weighs a bit less than a Mach1.
So the question for you is.. what is lightweight? 30 lb? or pieces that weigh 30 lb?
Posted 04 March 2013 - 12:53 AM
Posted 04 March 2013 - 01:20 AM
I consider 2000mm to be a short focal length. Also, I didn't say it was "usable only at short focal lengths." I'm certain it can be at least somewhat helpful at almost any focal length.
i read that people get 40 minute exposures at over 2000mm focal length so i don't think that it is usable only with short focal lengths.
Posted 04 March 2013 - 01:21 AM
Well about the ASA MLPT - i read that people get 40 minute exposures at over 2000mm focal length so i don't think that it is usable only with short focal lengths. Another idea of the MLPT is that you don't need to create big pointing model when you use it. You make basic pointing model with several points so that you can make your polar alignment and goto accuracy is good but after that the MLPT creates local pointing model for the object that you will image. I always have laptop with me on the field so that is not a problem.
How long does the MLPT take? And is it fully automated?
Posted 04 March 2013 - 02:36 AM
Posted 04 March 2013 - 09:41 AM
I find my ASA DDM60Pro to be an incredible piece of technique with far more outstanding features than just the possibility for unguided tracking. No guider camera can compensate for windgust for the simple reason guiding with a camera is far too slow, compensation is always after the fact. ASA corrects while it is happening... not after the fact, but realtime! I know of no other mount that can do that. It can also compensate for flexures like is said before, although I personally think that the set-up should be as rigid as possible to prevent flexing, but nevertheless.
Everything is so easy to do: balancing with electronic help from the AutoSlew program from Philip Keller, Setting the PID settings is automated as well, so is making pointing files. Still the software is different enough from others to challenge your intellect. Well... for me anyway...
Goto speeds and accuracy are simply beyond and silent!
My MicroTouch focusser makes alot more noise then my mount!
Now that I finally understand how I can make things happen, I need better weather and TIME!
just my 2c
Clear Skies for all and myself!
Posted 04 March 2013 - 12:08 PM
It sounds like you should consider the LX850.


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When the Saints Go Marching In
Somebody's Knockin' at Your Door
I Got a Robe
Rise and Shine (Arky, Arky)
Jesus Loves the Little Ones Like Me
I'm in the Lord's Army
Isn't He Wonderful
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Hallelu, Hallelu
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
If You're Happy
His Banner Over Me is Love
Jacob's Ladder
Happy Day Express
Deep and Wide
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Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Glory Glory Hallelujah
What a Mighty God We Serve
Kum Ba Yah
Come and Go With Me
A Little Talk With Jesus
Let Us Break Bread Together
I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever
Praise Him, Praise Him, All Ye Little Children
I'm Gonna Sing
I've Got a Feeling
God is So Good
Down in My Heart
He Is Lord
I've Got Peace Like a River
Come to Jesus
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Bless That Wonderful Name
Free at Last
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me
Standing in the Need of Prayer
Dry Bones
My Soul is a Witness for My Lord
The Welcome Table
Down to the River to Pray
Come and Go With Me to That Land
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Everybody Ought to Know
Guide My Feet
I'm Going Home on the Morning Train
Chatter With the Angels
Every Promise in the Book is Mine
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PR2 Tool Adapter
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Revision as of 19:19, 25 May 2011 by Advaitjain (Talk | contribs) (→Code)
Advait Jain (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~advait), Advisor: Prof. Charlie Kemp
What this does
Adapter that can be used to have the PR2 grab onto different tools. This was inspired by the method used to enable PR2s to grasp flags at the 'PR2 graduation event'.
- We designed the hook in Solidworks and printed it on a 3D printer.
- Solidworks CAD file (hook.sldprt). This requires Solidworks 2009.
- STL file (hook.stl).
- The mounting holes in the base of the hook match an ATI Mini40 force torque sensor. (http://www.ati-ia.com/products/ft/ft_models.aspx?id=Mini40) or the Hook_End_Effector.


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Woodward Dream Cruise Survival GuideWritten by on July 24, 2012
We were there for the first Woodward Dream Cruise in 1995 and have been back for plenty more since. During those years we have learned that to get the most out of this enormous event, you better have a plan. It's easy to get lost in the more than 40,000 cars that participate and the 1.5 million people strolling up and down Woodward Avenue and the side streets. We've compiled a few tips that will help you avoid waiting in line for an hour for a really bad hot dog and take home memories of a great time rather than a hospital bill for heat stroke.
The best place to start is to understand what the Woodward Dream Cruise is. It takes place every year on the third Saturday in August, and it extends along 16 miles of Woodward Avenue. While most of the cruising and street racing during the muscle car heyday was centered around 13 Mile and 14 Mile roads in Royal Oak, this event now stretches from 8 Mile Road in Ferndale to the northern part of what locals call the Wide Track Loop around the city of Pontiac. There isn't a fee or process to participate; just show up and cruise! Or you can park and walk. There are more than a dozen parks and parking lots full of cars, and each would make a decent car show by itself. Chevrolet, Chrysler and Ford nearly always have corporate displays scattered up and down the cruise, as do many aftermarket companies.
Our first tip is to turn the one-day event into a several-day visit to the Motor City. The Dream Cruise is officially on Saturday only, but cruising in the evenings is hot every night of the week leading up to the big day.
There's way more to do around Detroit than just see the action on Woodward. Spend a day or two at the Henry Ford Museum, which is chock-full of American Industrial Age history with a bent toward the automobile. Next door at Greenfield Village you can ride in a Model T that sputters down the roads surrounding the original workshop of Thomas Edison, the garage that Henry Ford rolled his first car out of, and the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. You can also tour the Ford Rouge Factory at the Henry Ford. F-series trucks are built there, not Mustangs, but a tour of an American assembly plant should be on every auto enthusiast's bucket list. About 30 minutes north of Detroit you can spend a few hours at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, on the same grounds as the impressive Chrysler World Headquarters and tech center.
On the day of the cruise, we like to arrive early. Some people like to bring lawn chairs and camp out on the sidewalk to watch the endless parade of cars. Others prefer to walk sections of the route and check out the parking lots and parks. Whichever method is your style, go prepared and travel light.
This year will be the first time Muscle Car Review will have a presence at the Woodward Dream Cruise. We will cohost the Week on Woodward (WoW) Road Tour with our friends at Street Rodder magazine. WoW features a week of daytrips staged from two Detroit-area hotels starting Saturday, August 11. On Friday, August 17, and Saturday, August 18, we will be on the cruise route in Royal Oak. Hopefully you'll join us for some of the fun during the week!
Our Perfect Day at the Woodward Dream Cruise
This is what we do on Saturday, after we've soaked up all the fun we can in the days leading up to the big event. This schedule isn't for everyone, but it works for us and it might fit your style as well.
|8:00 a.m.
|Cruise the whole Woodward Dream Cruise route.
|10:00 a.m.
|Park on a street off 13 Mile Rd. (watch signs to avoid tickets or towing).
|11:00 a.m.
|Eat an early lunch at one of the restaurants on Woodward.
|12:00 noon
|Walk the midsection (roughly 13 Mile through Birmingham), checking out the parked cars as well as the ones on the avenue.
|4:00 p.m.
|Drive up to Pontiac and hang out for the rest of the afternoon.
|5:30 p.m.
|Go offsite for dinner.
|7:00 p.m.
|Head back to Woodward and park somewhere between 14 Mile and Duggan's to watch the action as the sun sets.
|8:30 p.m.
|Leave the scene before Woodward is closed and everyone is forced home for the night.
Duggan's Irish Pub
Henry Ford Museum (and Greenfield Village)
Walter P. Chrysler Museum
Woodward Dream Cruise
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On the avenue the rule is for enthusiast cars to take the right-hand lanes, while minivans and other pedestrian-class vehicles should be in the left-hand lanes. It doesn't always work out that way. We like to take a cruise early in the morning when you can actually drive farther than one mile in an hour. That's also a great tip if you or your muscle car tends to overheat sitting in traffic.Speaking of heat, late August is traditionally hot and humid. To avoid medical issues, drink lots of water, wear sunblock, and plan some breaks in air-conditioned buildings.If you are bringing your muscle car, reserve a parking spot in one of the lots on Woodward (which is what the WoW participants will do). It may be easier to find a spot for next year's event by the time you read this, but there are usually some places left on the day of the cruise. Bring cash, though, as credit cards are usually not welcome for a parking space.Be sure to check out the largest displays of hot rods and muscle cars. At 13 Mile Road, Mopar traditionally gathers a great collection of muscle cars, while Chevrolet takes over Old Woodward in Birmingham. Other great collections of cars can be found in Pioneer Park and Memorial Park, both near 13 Mile Road.Don't even think about eating lunch at lunchtime or dinner at dinnertime, especially if you want to hit an area favorite like Duggan's Irish Pub. An alternative to eating between traditional mealtimes is to jump in your car and head 5-10 miles east or west of Woodward.Let someone else do the burnouts. It's all fun and games until someone pokes an eye out, or grabs traction and rockets into the quarter panel of your G.T. 350. If you want to watch burnouts from the sidelines, the two favorite spots are right in front of Duggan's (especially after sunset) and in Pontiac on the northwest corner of the loop.Downtown Pontiac is a must-see. Woodward Avenue circles around the north end of town and takes on the name Wide Track Loop. There you'll find a myriad of cars—plenty of Pontiacs, naturally—live music, and a lot of activity all day long. You can usually park downtown, which is good because you don't want to park on a side street here.By the time you read this it's probably too late to land a hotel room for this year, but it might be a good idea to check out a room for next year. Even for locals, having a hotel room is a good idea, as it gives you an air-conditioned spot to hang out during the day, a guaranteed place to park, and a home base to store your stuff.
Go home before the event ends. We admit that we've hung out until 9 p.m. to see the Royal Oak riot tank roll onto Woodward and the law enforcement agents position the road blocks to force everyone off the avenue. You might end up on the opposite side of Woodward that you want to be on to get home or back to your hotel. If you're not really familiar with the area, you can get lost, or at least spend lots of time in traffic trying to get where you need to go. Pack it up and leave 30 minutes before the anarchy starts.If you bring your car, bring jumper cables and extra coolant. The most common mechanical issue we see during the Woodward Dream Cruise is overheating caused by sitting in traffic. An electric fan helps with this, but a big fan can drain the battery after hours of drawing high amperage with the engine at idle and the alternator only producing low amperage. Hence the jumper cables or jumper box. A coolant additive can also help your car keep its cool.


text: Gone: What does it take to really disappear? Identity Theft 11 September 09 by Evan Ratliff This article was taken from the October issue of Wired UK magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing onlineFor Matthew Alan Sheppard, all of the anxiety, deception and delusion converged in one moment on a crisp winter weekend in February 2008. From the outside, he hardly seemed like a man prepared to abandon everything. At 42, he'd been happily married for ten years, with a seven-year-old daughter and a comfortable home in Searcy, Arkansas. An environmental health-and-safety manager for the electrical-parts maker Eaton, he'd risen in three years from overseeing a plant in Searcy to covering more than 30 facilities throughout North and South America. A recent raise had pushed his salary close to six figures. To his coworkers and friends, he seemed an amiable guy with a flourishing career.To Sheppard, though, that same life felt like it was collapsing in on itself. With his promotion had come the stress of new responsibilities and frequent travel. He had been steadily putting on weight and now tipped the scales at more than 21 stone. Financially, he was beyond overextended. A gadget lover whose spending always seemed to exceed his income, he had begun shifting his personal expenses to his corporate credit card - first dinner and drinks, then a washer and dryer, then family holidays. In early February, when an Eaton official emailed to inquire about his expense reports, he felt everything closing in. He began devising a plan to escape.So, on a Friday two weeks later, Sheppard drove with his wife, Monica, their daughter and his mother-in-law to a rented cabin in the foothills of the Ozarks on the picturesque Little Red River, an hour from Searcy. He called it a much-needed last-minute getaway for the family and for most of the weekend it was.Then, in the fading Sunday-afternoon light, with his daughter and mother-in-law occupied in the cabin, Sheppard walked down to the dock with Monica and their black labrador, Fluke. When Monica looked away, Sheppard helped the dog - always eager for a swim, just as he'd counted on - off the platform and into the Little Red River's notoriously deadly current. His wife looked back just in time to see Sheppard heave his own 21-stone frame into the river after their beloved lab.Thrashing in the 4°C water, Sheppard managed to hand the lead up to Monica, who hauled the dog to safety. But he struggled to swim back to the dock. Flailing desperately, he gasped that he was having trouble breathing. A moment later, as the current pulled him downstream, his head dipped below the surface and didn't reappear.A frantic 911 call from Monica minutes later launched a search-and-rescue operation involving more than 60 people. Dive teams scoured the river, and a plane scanned the area from overhead. The next morning, Sheppard's shell-shocked coworkers brought their own boats up to help with the search. They found his fluorescent orange Eaton cap in shallow water not far downstream. But when 24 hours passed without another sign, the authorities abandoned - publicly at least - any hope of finding him alive.The urge to disappear, to shed one's identity and re-emerge in another, surely must be as old as human society. It's a fantasy that can flicker tantalisingly on the horizon at moments of crisis or grow into a persistent daydream that accompanies life's daily burdens. A fight with your spouse leaves you momentarily despondent, perhaps, or a longtime relationship feels dead on its feet. Your mortgage payment becomes suddenly unmanageable, or a pile of debts gradually rises above your head. Maybe you simply wake up one day unable to shake your disappointment over a choice you could have made or a better life you might have had.And then the thought occurs to you: What if I could drop everything, abandon my life's baggage and start again as someone else?Most of us snuff out the question instantly or toy with it occasionally as a harmless mental escape hatch. But every year, thousands of adults decide to act on it, walking out the door with no plan to return and no desire to be found. The precise number is elusive. Nearly 200,000 Americans over 18 were recorded missing by law enforcement in 2007 but they represent only a fraction of the intentional missing: many aren't reported unless they are believed to be in danger. And according to a 2003 British study, two-thirds of missing adults make a conscious decision to leave.People who go missing do so with an endless variety of motives, from the considered to the impulsive. There are of course those running from their own transgressions: Ponzi schemers, bail jumpers, deadbeat parents or insurance scammers dreaming of life in a tropical paradise. But most people who abandon their lives do so for non-criminal reasons - relationship breakups, family pressures, financial obligations or a simple desire for reinvention. Government programmes provide new identities for endangered witnesses but plenty of people who testify in lower-profile cases are on their own to face potential retribution, or to flee to a safer identity. So too are those trying to escape the unwanted attention of stalkers, obsessive ex-spouses or psychotically disgruntled clients. Starting over, however, is not as simple as it used to be. Digital information collection, location-aware technology and post-9/11 security measures have radically changed the equation for both fugitives and pursuers. Yesteryear's The Day of the Jackal-like methods for adopting a new identity - peruse a graveyard, pick out a name, obtain a birth certificate - have given way to online markets for social-security numbers and Photoshop forgeries. Escapees can set up new addresses online, disguise their communications through anonymous email and hide behind prepaid phones. In other ways, however, the advantage has tipped in favour of investigators. Where once you could move away, adopt a new name and live with minimal risk, today your trail is littered with digital breadcrumbs dropped by GPS-enabled mobile phones, electronic bank transactions, IP addresses, airline ID checks and, increasingly, the clues you voluntarily leave behind on social-networking sites. It's almost easier to steal an identity today than to shed your own. Investigators can use cross-linked government and private databases, easy public distribution of information via the internet and television, and data tucked away in corporate files to track you without leaving their desks. Even the most clever disappearing act is easily undone. One poorly considered email or oversharing tweet and there will be a knock at your door. As missing-person investigators like to say, they can make a thousand mistakes. You have to make only one. Read page 2 123 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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"They need a cohesiveness, a consistency of message between the presidential candidates and the vice presidential candidates," said Arsht.
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I really like the quality and the accuaracy of the colors relative to the photos. I was disappointed at the weight of the rug however. A little lighter than I hoped.RECOMMENDED: Yes!
This rug is even more beautiful than the picture. I love it. I bought this rug for my dinning room. Now the room is perfect. I researched several rug websites and Rugs USA beat every price. I will be buying more rugs.RECOMMENDED: Yes!
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Performance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee (HVF) - The HVF is the central pillar of the Swiss policy to transfer freight from road to rail.
InformationLocation: Switzerland Sectors: Sustainable Cities and Built Environment; By: SwitzerlandType: NationalSource: Swiss Federal Department of FinanceYear: 2001
Performance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee (HVF)
The HVF is the central pillar of the Swiss policy to transfer freight from road to rail.The performance-related heavy vehicle fee is a federal tax levied on the basis of total weight, emission level and the kilometres driven in Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. It must be paid for all the vehicles and trailers which have a total weight of more than 3,5 tons and those used for the carriage of goods and licensed in Switzerland and abroad and drive on Switzerland?s public roads network. For articulated vehicles licensed as a unit the tax is calculated according to the total weight. If articulated lorry and semi-trailer are licensed separately, then the unloaded weight of the articulated lorry and the total weight of the semi-trailer are relevant.


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Sunday lineup: Zack to the mound in home finale
Today's game starts at 1:10 p.m. The first 10,000 fans 21 and over will receive this "Zack Greinke for Cy" T-shirt, courtesy of Miller Lite. All seats $33 and under are half-price in the Zack Pack plan. Lower level and loge level tickets include a $5 Loaded Value for Kauffman Stadium concession and retail outlets!
Here's your Kansas City lineup:
(Bloomquist – LF)
(Maier – CF)
(Butler – 1B)
(Pena – DH)
(Callaspo – 2B)
(Olivo – C)
(Teahen – RF)
(Betancourt – SS)
(Hernandez – 2B)
(Greinke – P)