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D.C. Celebrates its Emancipation
Thousands of D.C. residents converged on Pennsylvania Avenue NW April 16 for the city's Emancipation Day celebration.
The event marked the 151st year since President Lincoln freed the enslaved men, women and children living in the District of Columbia. Nine months later, the Emancipation Proclamation became law, freeing the enslaved in most other areas of the country.
The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people. The celebration was formalized in 2005, officials said.
Every year since, D.C. residents are given the day off work and school to pay homage to the pivotal moment in history when all D.C. residents became free.
Though the mood was celebratory, many of those in attendance were thinking of Boston, where investigators continued to piece together details and evidence that they hope will lead to the culprit or culprits who set off two bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line. Three people were killed and more than 100 were injured, many severely.
"We're praying for the families of the people who were killed, the people who were injured and the city in general," said D.C. resident DeeDee Dixon, who came to the parade with her son and daughter. "That kind of thing injures a whole city. It leaves people in pain for the attack, but also in fear that violence will happen again. Boston will never be the same, but I know that the American spirit will help them to recover."
J.D. Williams said previous efforts to break the United States had been unsuccessful and whoever was responsible for the attack in Boston will see the city come back even stronger.
"We don't always all get along, but we stand together in tragedy," he said. "D.C. residents stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Boston as the nation did for the victims in New York, Pennsylvania and here after 9/11. We care for each other."
In a televised news program, D.C. Councilman Vincent B. Orange (D.) said the Pennsylvania Avenue Emancipation Day Parade route and areas designated for events had been well inspected.
"We've been prepared," he said. "There've been security sweeps down
Pennsylvania Avenue. They checked the garbage containers and there will be a strong police presence here," he told Fox 5 News.
In a proclamation for the day, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray wrote: "The Government of the District of Columbia is committed to educating the public about our unique history…"
D.C. resident K. Houser Hall compared the event to July 4th. "It's about our heritage."
Events included a prayer said at 8 a.m., an invitation-only prayer breakfast at the Willard Hotel, featuring civil rights activist and social commentator Rev. Al Sharpton as the keynote speaker.
"The significance of today is that we celebrate one nation on the day that we are seeing the tragedy in Boston," Sharpton told Fox 5 News. He added, "We are celebrating an American freedom and a commonality here today."
At 11 a.m., a parade started that ran along Pennsylvania Avenue from 4th Street to where it culminated at 14th Street at Freedom Plaza, which was named in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who worked on his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the nearby Willard.
Ms. Senior D.C. 2011, Emma P. Ward, walked in the parade. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's pep band and cheerleaders, the Thundering' Hawks, were among the groups who participated in a battle of the bands at the conclusion of the parade. Workshops were held at the D.C. Council Chambers to educate the public about the day's history. Performance stages were set up outside the John A. Wilson Building and along Freedom Plaza. A concert featuring nine-time Grammy winner Kirk Franklin, the West Virginia State University Jazz Ensemble and jazz saxophonist Brian Lenair drew many.
Atiyah Myers, 10, said a highlight of the parade for her were the 3,100 people who marched who represented formerly enslaved people.
"We were celebrating the slaves freedom and how they were let go," she said. "They had ladies that were dressed in [ragged] dresses and they were reacting as slaves. Some of the ladies had chains, and they were saying stuff and dropping the chains."
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The Financial War Against the Economy at Large
Sunday, 06 January 2013 06:48 By Michael Hudson, Naked Capitalism | News Analysis
Todays economic warfare is not the kind waged a century ago between labor and its industrial employers. Finance has moved to capture the economy at large, industry and mining, public infrastructure (via privatization) and now even the educational system. (At over $1 trillion, U.S. student loan debt came to exceed credit-card debt in 2012.) The weapon in this financial warfare is no larger military force. The tactic is to load economies (governments, companies and families) with debt, siphon off their income as debt service and then foreclose when debtors lack the means to pay. Indebting government gives creditors a lever to pry away land, public infrastructure and other property in the public domain. Indebting companies enables creditors to seize employee pension savings. And indebting labor means that it no longer is necessary to hire strikebreakers to attack union organizers and strikers.
Workers have become so deeply indebted on their home mortgages, credit cards and other bank debt that they fear to strike or even to complain about working conditions. Losing work means missing payments on their monthly bills, enabling banks to jack up interest rates to levels that used to be deemed usurious. So debt peonage and unemployment loom on top of the wage slavery that was the main focus of class warfare a century ago. And to cap matters, credit-card bank lobbyists have rewritten the bankruptcy laws to curtail debtor rights, and the referees appointed to adjudicate disputes brought by debtors and consumers are subject to veto from the banks and businesses that are mainly responsible for inflicting injury.
The aim of financial warfare is not merely to acquire land, natural resources and key infrastructure rents as in military warfare; it is to centralize creditor control over society. In contrast to the promise of democratic reform nurturing a middle class a century ago, we are witnessing a regression to a world of special privilege in which one must inherit wealth in order to avoid debt and job dependency.
Crazy, eh?
Not so much.
The most obvious way Social Security is like a pension plan is that the rich are trying to destroy it, just like Hostess Brands wrecked the retirement plans of its bakers. But there are other similarities. Since 1983, we have all paid in a lot more money in FICA taxes than needed to fund current payments on the theory that it would be there for baby boomers when it was needed.
Pension plans do the same thing. They use actuarial calculations to figure out how much money they need in out years, and how much they need to take in today to make those payments. Then they invest the money as safely as possible so that it will be there when it is needed. The Social Security Trust Fund was ordered to use the excess contributions to buy Treasury obligations, albeit of a type supposedly not to be sold to the public. Those obligations are the bulwark of the demands of citizens who dont want to see any more cuts to Social Security. They also constitute a partial explanation for the desire of the rich to cut Social Security: the bonds will have to be redeemed, meaning either the Treasury will have to sell bonds to replace them or we will have to increase taxes to fund the repayment of the bonds, or some other step will be necessary that the rich dont like.
The deep desire not to pay the bonds is part of a longer term project, tax reduction for the rich. In fact, the use of the Special Treasury Obligation/Trust Fund was meant to disguise the reality of the huge tax cuts handed to the wealthy in the 1980s in a lovely bipartisan way. The unfairness and stupidity of the tax cut for the rich was hidden by the increase in the FICA taxes imposed only on income from work, and only modestly affecting the income of the rich. Meanwhile, the rich funded the increasing Reagan deficits by lending money to the Treasury that should have been paid in taxes.
Congress adopted a unified budget approach that folded the increased FICA taxes into the revenue side, making budget deficits seem much smaller than they actually were. (That was theoretically changed in 1990; see this for details of the current situation.) Now that its time to pay off the bonds held by the Trust Fund, the richest Americans have made their position clear: they arent paying back those bonds, and they wont pay more taxes. They get support from their servant think tanks, like this from Jagadeesh Gokhale at the Koch Cato Institute:
Let us recognize that past excess payroll taxes relative to benefit outlays (past Trust Fund surpluses under the off budget perspective) have been spent on other government programs. Grants of additional spending authority for Social Security must ultimately be paid out of todays and future taxpayer resources so making them whole is not really possible.
Gokhale says that the bonds held by the Trust Fund are like corporate borrowings, where the proceeds are used for corporate purposes. When due, they are either are paid from future income and assets, or are dumped in the trash through bankruptcy or negotiations with creditors. Lets default, he says. He might want to check out the Fourteenth Amendment.
But the richest Americans plan to act on Gokhales advice. They are going to cut the retirement benefits of millions of fellow citizens rather than pay more taxes. And they have their hired hands in government to make that stick. Heres their pet Senator, Mitch McConnell:
Predictably, the President is already claiming that his tax hike on the rich isnt enough. I have news for him: the moment that he and virtually every elected Democrat in Washington signed off on the terms of the current arrangement, it was the last word on taxes. That debate is over. Now the conversation turns to cutting spending on the government programs that are the real source of the nations fiscal imbalance.
Where does that leave people dependent on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?
This makes sense. For the last 30 years the tax cuts that go mainly to the rich have been paid for by the excess SS funds. Now its payback time and they don't want to do it.

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May 24, 2016
Divorcées may want to pay attention to Tallahassee over the next few months.
Wednesday afternoon, a House committee passed a bill reforming alimony.
The bill would give judges the option to end lifetime alimony, reexamine current alimony arrangements and set up guidelines for future divorce cases.
Thomas Duggar with the Florida Bar calls the legislation a nightmare for divorcees and kids from broken families.
"It is very vindictive in my opinion. It is very hurtful for Florida families, especially for women who stay at home and raise kids or for men who stay at home and raise kids," said Duggar.
The bill was filed last year, but lacked the support needed to become law.
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Do all Stokke® strollers and car seats come with their own rain covers?
All Stokke® strollers, i.e. Xplory®, Crusi™ and Scoot™, come with their own rain covers, the former two with a separate rain cover for the Seat and Carry Cot respectively. The seat rain covers for all three strollers can also be used for the Stokke® iZiSleep™ and iZi Go™ car seats.


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Originally Posted by shootist
Have you weighed your arrow? I think it is heavier than 385ish. I'm wondering if you just took the grains per inch (9.5) multiplied by 29.5 inch arrow. If so, you are forgetting all of your components which are quite heavy (fletchings, insert). If you have actually weighed the entire arrow, then disregard my post, otherwise see if you can find a grain scale and weigh the entire arrow.
Good point, I haven't actually weighed my arrow on a grains scale and I should definately do that.
I weighed my arrow and it turns out that I am actually shooting a 401 gr. arrow at about 264 so that gives me around 60 lbs of kinetic energy which is fine with me. Everything makes much more sense now.
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Pat Swilling Jr. and Rashad Ray both scored 11
points off the bench to help push the Tulsa Golden Hurricane to a 61-42 win
over the Missouri State Bears in non-conference play at the Reynolds Center.
Also scoring in double figures for Tulsa (5-3) was Shaquille Harrison who
accounted for 10 points, as well as seven rebounds and four assists as the
team snapped a two-game slide.
The Bears (2-6) were paced by Drew Wilson who registered a double-double with
11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, but still the program bowed for the
fourth time in as many games.
Both teams shot below 40 percent from the floor in the first half, but with a
9-of-10 effort at the free-throw line the Golden Hurricane was able to pull
out to a 28-22 edge at the break. It also helped that the hosts held Missouri
State to just 1-of-9 beyond the three-point line in the frame as well.
Tulsa's lead reached as high as 19 points in the second half, thanks to 61.1
percent accuracy from the floor, en route to the easy victory. The Bears were
limited to a total of just six field goals after intermission.
In addition to turning the ball over 15 times, the Bears also shot a mere 11-
of-21 at the charity stripe.
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Air Conditioning Install - Creature Comforts On IceWritten by on February 9, 2012 Bein' Cool Has Never Been Easier!
One of the best creature comforts that can be added or upgraded to our old trucks is air conditioning. Many of us are lucky enough to have it in our daily drivers and take it for granted on those hot summer days until we swap cars and go to take the old truck for a spin. Suddenly, it's a cacophony of noise and wind as you desperately try to stay cool by rolling the windows down and opening the vents. But try as you might, it's just not the same. Especially if you're heading down the road on a long trip as the road noise alone wears you down faster than asphalt on your bare feet.
But it doesn't have to be that way! Vintage Air has come up with one of the simplest bolt-in kits short of a factory air setup in their latest Gen-IV SureFit System for '67-72 Chevy and GMC trucks. Added to their long line of truck kits, the SureFit System is their most powerful and intelligent climate control system to date. Microprocessor controls replace the original cable or vacuum-operated connections with electronic cable converters that allow you to retain the factory control panel. Separate high capacity copper parallel-flow heat coil and aluminum plate and fin cooling coils is the most efficient evaporator design available and provides outstanding performance and instant temperature adjustments. Sounds a bit space age doesn't it? Variable blowers speed and dash/floor/defrost blend ensures that the cab of you pickup stays just the right temperature, just like your late-model.
Available as a complete kit with everything you'll need to convert your truck over to the latest creature comfort offerings, or as an evaporator kit for those DIYers who want to gather some of the under-the-hood parts themselves, the SureFit kit is a great solution for those of us who want all the latest and greatest.
I ended up picking the tail end of the Summer season to get around to installing the SureFit kit in my '68, but with a few warm days here and there in Southern California and me putting a couple hundred miles on my truck a week, I can't tell ya how nice it was to be able to roll up the windows, shut out the noise, wind, and heat, and enjoy my thoughts in comfort. It truly is night and day when it comes to the comfort level achieved with having even a little bit of control over the cab's climate. And being able to go from too hot to too cool in a matter of minutes is truly amazing. I can't wait until I get a chance to insulate the floor and doors of the cab properly and put in a decent stereo. Then I'll truly be living in luxury, and why not!? Now I've got even more reason to laugh at people when they tell me what they pay for their late model plastic econobox! Comfort and style all rolled into one, and they think it's just a junky old truck!
We're going to handle the first part of the install this month, right up to the point of installing the evaporator unit and connecting the related hoses and wiring. Next month, we'll come back and pick up where we left off and finish up the install. CCT
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The next step was to install the condenser components. For non-factory air trucks, it is necessary to drill a hole in the radiator core support for the drier/condenser hard lines. Vintage Air provides a template that locates the hole in relation to an OEM hole present on the core support, shown here.Once a pilot hole is drilled, the template can be removed so a 1 1/4-inch hole can be drilled through both the inner and outer panels.The condenser mounts to the core support using a top and bottom bracket and hardware provided in the kit, while the drier mounts to the condenser using a side bracket.Since the drier and condenser are bolted to each other, it's possible to install the #6 hard line from the bottom of the condenser to the right side of the drier prior to installing the condenser assembly. Note the use of two wrenches; one to tighten the nut and one to hold the fitting to prevent the fitting from being over tightened, twisted, and damaged.One of the most common mistakes made when installing an A/C system is to tighten the hard lines or hoses dry with the O-rings installed. This can cause the O-ring to tear which will cause the system to leak, resulting in failure. Whether the hoses are being installed in a preliminary manner or for final assembly, be sure to use a liberal amount of the provided lubricating oil on every O-ring fitting! I apply a bit to the O-ring and a bit to the fitting surface that it will be mating against to ensure proper lubrication between the two surfaces.On the non-factory A/C trucks, there are two dimples at the base of the core support that need to be drilled to 3⁄8-inch for the 10-32 well nuts that will support the bottom of the condenser.Now the condenser assembly can be slid between the radiator and the grille. Note that the hood latch assembly has been removed.
Next, the #8 hard line is attached to the top of the condenser while the #6 hard line is mated to the left side of the dryer. Both hard lines pass through the 1 1/4-inch hole in the core support we made a few steps back. Be sure to install the provided grommet to prevent the lines from rubbing against the sheetmetal.We also installed the binary switch on the drier at this time. Once wired, this will disengage the compressor clutch in case of an extreme low pressure condition (refrigerant loss) or excessively high head pressure ( 406 psi), to prevent costly compressor damage or hose rupture. If we were running an electric fan, we'd use a trinary switch, which combines the high/low pressure protection with an electric fan operation signal at 254 psi. These switches are extremely important as the a/c system relies on refrigerant to carry lubrication through the system.The #8 and #6 hard lines that pass through the core support end just aft of the battery tray and are supported by a clamp and bracket provided in the kit. A 9⁄32-inch hole needs to be drilled in the bottom of the tray to mount the bracket to.Like the other brackets on our 307 engine, we'll be using Alan Grove Components to mount the provided Sanden A/C compressor.Like the other brackets on our 307 engine, we'll be using Alan Grove Components to mount the provided Sanden A/C compressor.Next, our attention is turned inside the cab. First the heater assembly and related defrost ducting was removed, followed by the glovebox and door, stereo, and heater control panel.The new defrost hose adapters attach to the stock ducts by way of a pair of S-clips. The round adapter goes on the driver's side duct while the oval attaches to the duct opposite.It's necessary to remove the dash pad in order to cut the hole for the center louver duct. Measure twice, cut once as it's tricky to get the location just right due to the curvature of the dash. I cut the hole slightly undersized and filed it just right to get the louver in just the right spot.
For the side louvers, Vintage Air provides a template for drilling the hole necessary for the ball louvers. Mark the hole with the template in place, check the location using the ball louver to ensure it will clear the door, etc., then drill the hole using a 2 1/2-inch hole saw.Here's the ball louver installed with the "war wounds" from when the hole saw grabbed the back side of the dash. Unbeknownst to me, there is a small section of metal that overlaps the back side of the dash. When the hole saw cut through the first layer of sheetmetal, it grabbed the second layer, causing it to jump and nick the dash. These marks of personality blend in with the rest on the truck, but if this were a nicely painted cab, we'd be bummin'. Take note and take heed!Before we install the evaporator, it's necessary to fill the voids on the firewall left from the removal of the stock heater assembly. Thankfully, Vintage Air provides the necessary hardware to see this through. First, a bead of silicone is applied to the fresh air cap before it's installed using the provided hardware.


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Riverside, CA (Sports Network) - Robert Smith scored a game-high 21 points to
lead the UC Riverside Highlanders to a 69-63 win over the Northern Colorado
Bears in non-conference action at the Student Recreation Center.
Also scoring in double figures for the Highlanders (2-6) was Chris Harriel
with 17 points, while Taylor Johns came off the bench to clear a team-best 12
rebounds in just 17 minutes of action as the team snapped a three-game slide.
The Bears (1-4) were paced by Tim Huskisson who registered a double-double
with 12 points and 12 rebounds, while Derrick Barden had a double-double of
his own with 11 points and a game-high 14 boards. Tate Unruh tallied a team-
best 17 points, shooting 5-of-10 behind the three-point line, followed by
Tevin Svihovec with 13, but still the team was sent to a fourth-straight
UNC opened the meeting on a 5-0 run, but the Bears ended up hitting on a mere
five field goals in the period, including 2-of-11 beyond the arc, leaving them
with a 28-16 deficit at the break.
In the second half UCR made good on 60.0 percent from the floor, which
somewhat covered up the fact that the Highlanders were just 15-of-35 at the
free-throw line in the frame, en route to the six-point win.
UCR managed to grab the win despite turning the ball over 20 times and
shooting an abysmal 21-of-45 (.467) at the charity stripe. The Bears were
charged with 23 miscues, which the Highlanders turned into 25 points.
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A small bowel resection is the removal of part of the small intestine. The small intestine includes the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The surgery can be done through an open incision or using smaller incisions.
This procedure may be done to treat the following conditions:
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have a resection, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Your doctor may do the following:
Leading up to your procedure:
General anesthesia
will be given. You will be asleep.
The procedure may be done with one of two methods:
In either type of surgery, the small intestine will be clamped above and below the diseased section. This section will be cut free and removed.
If there is enough healthy intestine left, the free ends of the intestine may be joined together. Otherwise, a permanent or temporary ileostomy is created. An ileostomy is an opening called a stoma in the abdomen. The end of the small intestine closest to the stomach is attached to the opening. This allows intestinal contents to drain into a sealed pouch on the outside of the body. If a temporary ileostomy is created, another operation will be necessary several months later to reverse it.
The abdomen incisions will be closed with stitches.
About 1-4 hours
Anesthesia prevents pain during the procedure. Talk to your doctor about medicine to help manage the pain in recovery.
The usual length of stay is 5-7 days. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if complications arise.
A catheter will be placed in your bladder before surgery. You will also have a nasogastric tube. This is a small tube that goes in through your nose and down into your stomach. The tube may be used to drain fluids from your stomach or to help deliver food to your stomach. The catheter and tube will remain until you are able to eat and go to the bathroom normally.
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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Laparoscopic small bowel resection. Upstate University Hospital website. Available at:
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What is a small bowel resection? Greenwich Hospital website. Available at:
http://www.greenhosp.org/upload/docs/FactSheets/English/surgery_Resection.pdf. Updated May 2006. Accessed May 23, 2013.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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It is a bottom-line issue: Each of us needs to take responsibility for our health. If we can't, then we should pay more for health insurance and buy a second seat on an airplane when one won't do.
In a published story, Peggy Howell, a spokeswoman for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, said some passengers end up "embarrassed and humiliated" when they are asked to purchase a second seat. I am sure this is true; however, the wound is self-inflicted.
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On January 10, Vanity Fair partnered with Nordstrom to celebrate the launch of MISS WU–designer Jason Wu's new contemporary collection— at the Nordstrom Michigan Avenue flagship in Chicago.
At a special cocktail reception, amidst the passing of bubbling champagne and chic macaroons, Mr. Wu presented his Spring 2013 collection to over 100 guests. Models rotated and showcased the collection on raised platforms trimmed in white hydrangeas while a DJ spun music hand-picked by Mr. Wu himself. The lucky Nordstrom customers in attendance received personal style consultations from Mr. Wu as well as signed commemorative MISS WU postcards.
Like the designer himself, this collection is fun and flirty, but more accessible than his higher-end, signature collection—Jason Wu. The irresistible pieces in the debut MISS WU collection retail from $195-$795 and are available exclusively in Nordstrom stores and online at Nordstrom.com. So check them out and be sure to snatch up your favorite MISS WU pieces quickly, because if the launch event was any indication of how hot the collection is, they're going fast! I can tell you that very little was left on the racks by the end of the night! Personally, I cannot wait to rock this MISS WU leather circle skirt -the perfect ensemble piece for this season.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Mayor Vincent Gray announced on Wednesday that he has selected Jesús Aguirre as the District's new State Superintendent of Education.
Aguirre, who will also become the first Latino to take this position, is the current Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) director. He will replace Emily Durso, who has served as the Interim State Superintendent of Education since June.
"Jesús has extensive experience in educational operations and administration and has a true educator's heart, and I think he is a natural choice to direct OSSE's efforts to ensure every child in the District has access to a high-quality public education," said Mayor Gray in a press release.
Aguirre was also a former classroom teacher and the co-founder and executive director of "one of the first charter schools in Arizona."
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|Veterans Day honors America's heroes
|Written by Chris Lee
Thousands of veterans all around the world were recognized and praised Wednesday, Nov. 11, for their time spent defending our country. Speeches were given and President Barack Obama spoke at various events also thanking veterans and current members of the armed forces.
A similar celebration took place at Holyoke High School where students listened to the words of three Voice of Democracy (VOD) contest winners who read their views on this nation's heroes.
Does America still have heroes? This question was asked numerous times during the speeches given by Austin Killin, Elise Nelson and Sarah Heermann. It also served as the topic for the VOD contest. Another student winner, Brittany Durbin, was unable to attend the Veterans Day program.
Killin finished first, Nelson second, Durbin third and Heermann fourth in the local VOD contest. Killin's speech will advance to district competition.
The high school band, under the direction of Pat Wiebers, performed Battle Hymn of the Republic and Marches of the Armed Forces, and third graders from Holyoke Elementary School sang Heart of America, under the direction of Marcia Dalton.
Steve Millage addressed the crowd mentioning boys' and girls' state to the students and encouraged them to participate in the program.
Millage also told a story about something he recently experienced. He received a call from someone who asked him a bunch of questions about where he went to school and if he was in the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War. Millage said he was.
It boiled down to a situation where there were 60 men in Millage's unit in Vietnam and all but one returned. They wanted to get everyone together and go and visit the grave of their fallen soldier in Boston.
Millage said he was able to see all of the sites including the Freedom Trail and the site of the Boston Massacre while there and encouraged the students to, if ever given the chance, visit the same sites.
Millage also said he was wearing a pin on his shirt and one of their tour guides noticed it and thanked him for his service.
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(NEW YORK) – The New York City coroner on Friday announced the results of the autopsy performed on late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The 46-year-old died on Feb. 2. His official cause of death was acute drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, according to Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office.
It has been ruled an accidental overdose.
Hoffman was found dead in his apartment with a syringe in his arm. He had previously battled drug addition but had been clean for more than two decades.
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As far as we are concerned there are no bad times of the year to go to Mexico however many would disagree with us. There are rainy seasons and the summer is extremely hot. During the rainy season it can rain every day and there is the chance of hurricanes and other natural disasters that affect the Yucatan.
Playa del Carmen and Chetumal have been completely wiped out in the past and what you presently see are rebuilt cities. If you wonder why you see dilapidated buildings that nobody seems inclined to repair or demolish consider the circumstances. The hurricanes will return some day.
Flying to the Yucatan depends largely on the weather. Not in that it effects actual flying there any more than the weather affects flying anywhere, it is simply that charters do not fly into Cancun during the off seasons. Flying to anywhere else in the Yucatan most likely means flying to Mexico City or Cancun first.
Flights from Canada in the off season means flying to an American city first then transferring to a flight bound for Cancun or Mexico City on an American airline. Flying from a city in the U. S. means first flying to a city on the flight path to Mexico then transferring. The cost of flying is also higher in the off-seasons because you are not tagging along on a charter flight.
The best time of the year to travel to the Yucatan is September 8 - 30. The reason for this is that it is the end of summer and the rains start in October. Kids are back in school and all destinations become less crowded. It is hot but not unbearably so. It generally does not rain and it is usually not windy. The water in the Caribbean Sea is not warm, it is HOT! Swimming can be like taking a hot bath on some days. It has been our experience that you see a greater abundance of aquatic life snorkeling when the water is warmer. Also it can be less expensive to stay in some resorts/hotels because the summer boom is over and vacancies are up.
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Frustrating Lyra Doubles
Posted 30 July 2010 - 06:03 PM
Frustrating ones first from last night and previous 3 nights out. As a test, I started out with Delta Cygii. Could sense duplicity at 100x in my C11, but very tight split with companion as a tiny pinpoint at 200x so seeing was pretty good in my neck of the woods. No diffraction rings could be seen around Epsilon. Usually requires very steady night and lots of mag in C11 to see that.
OS 525- in Lyra, up to 700x last night in C11, and I could not see the B component. My reference NSOG lists this as a triple. The AC components are really nice though. Seeing P5.
B648 in Lyra caught glimpses of the companion last night in partial diffraction ring (arc's) at 500x at a PA I looked up after and verified, but I would want to see it again and cleaner than this to call it split. My reference lists this one as .7".
17 Lyra- no luck. I am quite surprised I can't get this given data in NSOG. Anybody know what the current sep is and has anybody gotten this one recently? C11, 500x.
On the bright side, I "discovered" Struve 2470/2474 the other double double in Lyra for the first time. I never looked at those before. What a cool set of doubles.
Clear skies,
Posted 30 July 2010 - 06:47 PM
On the bright side, I "discovered" Struve 2470/2474 the other double double in Lyra for the first time. I never looked at those before. What a cool set of doubles.
Struve 2470/2474 is perhaps my favorite multiple star.
Dave Mitsky
Posted 30 July 2010 - 07:49 PM
Posted 30 July 2010 - 08:25 PM
OS 525- in Lyra, up to 700x last night in C11, and I could not see the B component. My reference NSOG lists this as a triple. The AC components are really nice though. Seeing P5. Clear skies,
I have been looking for the close companion of OS 525 for some time in order to complete the AL Double Star Club list. No luck with my 6" refractor in the dome, but seeing has not been really good since I have been trying. Next time I am at the dark site with my 15" Dob on RT Platform, I will try OS 525 again. and bump up the power to maybe 500x or so. On unequal doubles, the smaller the central obstruction, the better. That's why refractors work so well on unequal, close pairs.
Posted 31 July 2010 - 06:48 AM
Rich (RLTYS)
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:26 AM
Persistence pays off though. Out for the 4th time with these among others, I met with some success.
B648 in Lyra, I verified what I saw the other night. 500X was needed and during moments of steadier seeing I could see the split on this estimating the PA WNW. This unequal is listed in my reference as 5.4/7.5 .7" sep. Not sure if this is accurate today.
OS525- no luck up to 700x. Just can seem to see the B component.
17 Lyra- Once I got to the right mag, I found it easier than B648. At 500x I could see the companion in similar orientation to 648. Seems much closer than the 3.4" my NSOG lists it at which is greater separation than delta cygnii which was easy at 200x. It lists the mags at 5.2/9.3 which is a greater difference than Delta which may be why.
Clear skies,
Posted 01 August 2010 - 10:47 AM
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Posted 12 August 2010 - 11:30 AM
On the bright side, I "discovered" Struve 2470/2474 the other double double in Lyra for the first time. I never looked at those before. What a cool set of doubles.
Struve 2470/2474 is perhaps my favorite multiple star.
Dave Mitsky
Saw this pair two nights ago for the first time. It is a gem! Thanks for motivating me to take a look.
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Posted 27 June 2013 - 07:11 PM
I noticed with a casual glance with my Docter 12.5mm eyepiece (x130) that this star might be double, but I wasn't sure. I checked at x260 with a 2x Powermate and easily saw that it was a very close binary. This was a very, very good night for seeing and the B component was cleanly split though extremely close.
Since it was split cleanly, I had estimated the sep. at >1arcsec but not much more than that. I noticed that the primary was yellowish and the secondary warm-toned or 'ruddy'. I checked my atlases and books and Megastar and noted that besides BU648 there are no other similar doubles with a bright (5th mag) primary and very close companion.
The data I had at hand (Cambridge DS Atlas and Kepple and Sanner's guide, vol.2) (the Haas book doesn't list it) had sep. at 0".7 or 0".6, if I remember correctly. This seemed a bit tighter than what I saw, but this is a short-period binary (very exciting to watch these) and so the sep. could easily have changed significantly in a few years.
Next, I checked the WDS. It is strange that the entry for A-B shows 'sep. now' as 0".39! There is a cool orbit solution shown (two possibilities, actually) that even has a data point for today's date (27 June 2013).
However, also on the same page (the WDS searchable database mentioned elsewhere in this forum, not the WDS itself) shows sep. first as 0".6 (Burnham's discovery meas.) and 'sep. last' as 1".1, which is a lot closer to what I saw. I don't know which to believe - sep. last (meaning last known meas.) or 'sep. now', which is given as 0".39, and which seems /impossible/ for me to have seen so readily, if at all, at only x260, in spite of the very good night of seeing which I had.
Can anyone shed some light on this very interesting double? This is the first one I've observed where what I saw vs. what is the most recent data differed by enough to see at the eyepiece due to orbital motion.
Posted 27 June 2013 - 09:19 PM
Looking at the WDS and 6th orbit catalog, the calculated orbit has a period of 61.4 years (though it's quoted as 22430 days!). The other orbit listed is not relevant - it's an astrometric orbit for the secondary star which is an ultra-close short period binary (1016 days) - you'll find the listed separation for that (Ba,Bb) is 0.0".
Returning to the visible pair - the stars, mags 5.34 and 7.96 are changing in separation and angle over time, and at present are in a wider part of the orbit. The last measure is for 2010, PA 255 deg at separation 1.1". The separation is increasing presently, so the ephemeris - 1.2" in PA 248 for 2013.0, looks pretty good.
When you read the WDS, it's important to notice the dates for the measures listed - it gives first (often the discovery) measure, plus the most recent currently on file. Hence the big difference here between 1878 (discovery by Burnham) and 2010 (most recent on file). The gap of 132years does not have the period of 61.4 years as a simple fraction so the measures won't match up - different parts of the orbit are referred to.
Back in 1997 the measure for BU 648 was 0.6" in PA 317, not much different from the discovery numbers - it's obviously widened a lot since then, with decreased PA (317 is NW, 255 is slightly S of W). Once again, the year when you look at these binaries can make quite a difference.
I don't know where the "separation now 0.39"" comes from - that certainly does NOT apply to 2013. Doing a quick check of the orbit, I get a separation of 0.39" listed for the year 2032. And this appears to be the minimum separation in the orbit.
So, what you're seeing is a good match for the listed data in both WDS and the 6th orbit catalog.
Posted 28 June 2013 - 07:04 AM
John - what is your average naked eye magnitude limit at your location and what is your telescope magnitude limit with these conditions?
In my light polluted skies, I have difficulty seeing a companion thet is 10th mag or fainter when closer than about 20" to a 6 mag or brighter star. Not enough contrast due to LP; almost like observing near a bright moon. (6" Achro)
Posted 28 June 2013 - 06:49 PM
Fred, of course this isn't a Bayer Greek-letter star. I meant that the new designations for doubles started by someone a couple decades or more ago (I assume due to the difficulty of making machine-readable databases with Greek letters) are unfortunate. They really should have kept the original double star discoverer designations, such as a Greek Beta + 648 for the double currently known as BU648.
To me this is as if the IAU had discarded the traditional constellation names and decided to call them English names like 'The Big Bear' since English is the 'international language'. I guess that I'm just a traditionalist.
Posted 28 June 2013 - 06:59 PM
I'm just getting more serious these days due to the fact that they are one of the only classes of celestial objects that I can easily observe from my backyard in the suburbs (NELM at zenith on a really good night with my nighttime myopia-corrected glasses (with crown glass lenses) is about 5. 4.5m is more typical for an average clear night.
I bought an old Darbinian bifilar micrometer and hope to get it calibrated and in use this year. I don't like that it has only one option for an eyepiece, an old surplus 25mm binocular Kellner. This means I will be using a 2x or 4x Barlow with it, but it still may not have enough mag. I don't know if it will even reach focus in my Newtonian with a Barlow. This would be a shame, as the Zambuto mirror yields pinpoint stars like a refractor even at f/4.5 and is great on subarcsecond doubles. My TEC apos won't resolve as close as the 14.5-inch scope, but they should work well with the micrometer.
Posted 28 June 2013 - 07:10 PM
Fred, thanks for looking up all that info! I was not using the WDS, rather I was using the WDS searchable database mentioned elsewhere in this DS forum. I am a newbie at looking at the WDS though I've observed doubles for any years, thus my errors thinking that 'sep. now' shown as 0".39 was really for 2013. I still don't know why that data is listed as 'now' when it's for 2032.
If you are using Stelle Doppie (which it sounds like you may be), be careful as some of these "sep. now" values are erroneous----as I learned recently with Zeta HER.
Posted 28 June 2013 - 07:13 PM
Posted 28 June 2013 - 08:23 PM
ohhhh - thanks for the warning. When I read the Stelle Doppie intro, it sounded like he was even more detail-oriented than I am so I didn't consider that here would be significant errors there...guess I need to learn how to navigate the actual WDS...will read this forum more often and try to learn more about that.
Stelle Doppie is amazing for compiling lists--it has changed how I compile lists of targets. But it is good to double check the data.
Here is how I check the online WDS if the name is known:
1. Find the RA value of the binary and open the correct volume
2. do a find (on mac this is apple + f keys) or cntrl f I think on PC
3. type in double name with (initially) no spaces ; eg, STF2452
4. next, insert spaces one at a time in the "find" window between the discoverer code and the numerical designation (eg STF 2452) to redo the search until hit(s) show up in the search window---some take a few spaces like the Ho binaries.
I am sure there are better ways than what I have described--but it works for me.
Also, dont give up if your star has an RA of 12h and it doesnt show up--there are two volumes containing 12h binaries.
(and even then the job isnt done if the binary is rapidly changing--for this consult the 6th orbital catalog which is found on the same home as the WDS.
Hope this helps.
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Posted 04 July 2013 - 01:36 PM
Let me add that I have yet to come across a fast moving binary in Stelle Doppie that has correct info in the "sep. now" field---this is clearly a bug in the system. This is odd because for all binaries for which a table a projected separations by year are listed, the data is listed with fidelity from the original data as listed in the 6 th orbit catalog.
I will send the creator of Stelle Doppie a note alerting him to this problem.
Posted 12 July 2013 - 03:42 AM
Edit: It seems that SAO 67612 could be B648 (also = HD 176051)? This would be the brighter star next to Sufalat, between beta and gamma, correct?


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Florida man sets jet-ski speed record
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POLK CITY — A Florida man's jet-ski speed record during a racing event has a promoter planning to bring Guinness World Records to next year's competition.
Joseph Mastrapa, 29, set a record of 101.7 mph during last weekend's 2012 RIVA Racing HydroDrag event. The previous mark was 100.3 mph set by Puerto Rico's Julio Rivera in 2010, according to event promoter Mike Young of Bradenton.
"When you hit the throttle, there's not many things to think about other than trying to keep the bike as straight as possible and hope everything works out," Mastrapa said.
Mastrapa, who lives in Palmetto Bay outside of Miami, races as a hobby and works on the racing equipment with a friend, Manny Valdes.
"There is no way to describe it," Mastrapa said. "The only way for someone to describe it is to ride and see for yourself. There's no way you can put that into words."
The sport is in its third year of sanctioning by the International Jet Sports Boating Association for personal watercraft competitive racing.
The course runs about 660 feet long, with competitors making separate runs to post the best speeds.
Young said he hopes to find a sponsor to handle bringing a Guinness representative to next November's event to verify any possible records.
"For this guy to come out and do something like this, it's pretty amazing," Young said. "He's not getting help from any of the major manufacturers or sponsors. This guy did it on his own nickel and basically put everybody in his place."
There isn't an exact Guinness match for Mastrapa's IJSBA record. The closest comparison is 76.172 mph set over a measured kilometer in July 2002.
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You've probably already guessed that the Garmin Edge 810 Bundle and Map Card grants you access to every available metric known to man. So, we won't focus on the obvious. Instead, let's take a look at the new features that distinguish the Edge 810 from the 800.
Starting at the screen, Garmin placed a focus on simplifying screen and metrics navigation. The initial start screen prompts you to select the CPU's functionality for your ride, either 'train' or 'race.' To avoid confusion, training mode is presented in Blue, whereas race mode is presented in Red. Additionally, this screen enables you to select the bike profile that you'll be riding -- mountain, road, cyclocross, or even unicycle if you're savvy. Once these selections have been made, you simply touch the ride button, and the screen moves to your race or training page. And of course, this page is customizable for every bike profile in your quiver. So, your ride page will only reflect the data that you deem pertinent to your ride or race. Even more impressive, and a jump away from the corner navigation fumbling of the 800, the 810 allows you to simply swipe the touch-screen from page to page. Also, Garmin designed the screen to operate seamlessly with gloved hands in the cold, in the heat, or even in wet weather.
And as long as we're on the subject of new features, you'll be ecstatic to hear that they 810 is Bluetooth ready. So, while sport device communication is still handled by ANT+ (say, wireless data transfer from the included HRM or a powermeter), the Bluetooth technology communicates with your smartphone. And to make matters even easier, the 810 is fluent in either Android or iOS operating systems. So, once you're synced up with your phone, and you've downloaded the Garmin Connect Mobile App, the 810 really comes alive. Essentially, the 810 receives data from your smartphone, like live weather and activity upload. This means that you're able to receive real-time weather conditions, forecasts, and alerts while your phone stays protected. And for activity upload, this hastens the data transfer once you've finished your ride. From any location, this feature allows you to wirelessly upload your ride data to your smartphone, which then uploads it to your Garmin Connect profile online. Accordingly, you can view your profile from the Mobile App, almost eliminating the need to access Garmin Connect from a home computer.
Impressed? Believe us, that's just the tip of the iceberg. With the 810's Live Tracking feature, you have the ability to share your activities in real-time through either email or the social media of your choosing. All that you have to do is to invite your coach, friends, or family to follow you on Garmin Connect, and then you're able to send email notifications reminding them to follow your real-time activity, stats, data, and location while you're on the bike. You also have the option to share this information via Facebook or Twitter. But, your adoring public aren't the only ones that can navigate your movements. With either the Mobile App or Garmin connect, you have the ability to peruse rides in your area. Once you find one to your liking, simply select the ride, and then the route is uploaded to the 810 with full GPS navigation capabilities. And whether you're on a designated route, or simply going wherever the road takes you, the map feature permits you to view the area in either topographical or detailed street views. No more getting lost.
Now for the guts. The 810 sees the return of Garmin's ever-popular, Virtual Partner and Virtual Racer training programs. The 810 accepts microSD data cards, and it's capable of storing up to 180 rides on its onboard history. It's rechargeable lithium-ion battery has a life that extends to around 17 hours. Garmin also ensured that the CPU is completely waterproof, and it's also compatible with virtually any ANT+ equipped device. So, mating the 810 to a powermeter will prove to be a painless affair.
The Garmin Edge 810 Bundle and Map Card is available in the color Black and includes a bike mount (standard and out-front), a Premium heart rate monitor, a speed/cadence sensor, data card pre-loaded with City Navigator, USB cable, an AC charger, and a user-manual.
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This price right? Seems the bundle on this is $159 when the Edge 1000 is only $100. That makes this only $40 less than the Edge 1000 bundle... seems like this should be more in the $459-499 range...
Good computer, poor tracking navigation
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This is my 4th Garmin Edge. Its a good bike computer and will plot a decent route home if your lost. I have the city map feature but it does not show me surrounding roads unless they are major roads. However if always shows the road I am currently on regardless of how small the road. I don't really get this. It will develop a route home if I am lost which is the main reason I upgraded. If I pre plot or download a route it wlll follow the route for a hour or so and then freeze. It may not have adequate memory? This is really frustrating as its a major reason to buy such an expensive device. Many others seem to have similar comments. Also if the phone looses the cell tower the link to the garmin drops.
So far so good.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've heard about many of the issues with the Garmin 800 series and have been cautiously waiting to write a review until I've had a chance to use mine for awhile. As a word of caution, I haven't fully used many of the features on this device and I probably won't. I tend to set it up and leave it.
First, I used the same Garmin 705 for 4+ years and it still works. I'm not convinced I'll get the same longevity out of the Edge 810 device but only time will tell.
So far, I haven't had a single problem with the software. My device has never frozen, failed to turn on or lost any data for no apparent reason. The battery life is not impressive but since I don't ride more than 7 hours in one stint, this hasn't been a problem (unless I forget to charge it for a couple days in a row).
The feature I like the most is how you can setup all your bikes and the device 'remembers' all your settings. This is really convenient when you switch between bikes frequently.
I thought I'd use the remote tracking feature on occasion but I haven't even used it once. In theory, it seems like a really smart idea for longer training rides. But the reality is that I haven't felt like I've needed it and, well, a solo ride should be a solo ride.
The bottom line is that my Garmin 810 has been reliable since May (when I first got it). It seems like they've worked out some of the bugs. I'd definitely buy it again.
Nothing but pure hatred for this device
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
What a disappointment for something so expensive. I bought this as my first ever bike GPS, and thought if I invested upfront that it'd be worth it over the many years of future use. Unfortunately as others have said before, the Garmin Edge 800 series is extremely unreliable. Don't expect to track an entire ride unless it's less than 30 miles. When I did my first 200K it froze on me 50 miles in and made this awful beeping sound until I did a force reset and of course I lost my data for that portion of the ride. It also likes to turn off suddenly and you don't realize it or sometimes it'll stop and start tracking you at random times, and this happens ALL THE TIME on rides. Forget using the auto pause function, it doesn't work and eventually my cadence sensor stopped syncing with the device (the cadence sensor works just fine with other GPS's though). This is the farthest from "The next generation of perfection" as possible. Shame on you Garmin, please make a fully functional product before launching it to the public for such a steep price. There were days when I wanted to smash this thing to pieces because of all the data I lost (and I definitely shed a few tears at times), but luckily I came to my senses and remembered Competitive Cyclist's awesome return policy and returned it instead of destroying it. Never again will I buy such an expensive GPS. I think a simple unit might be the best option until Garmin gets their software straightened out. If they do so, this device will be amazing one day.
Thank you, you've saved me major headaches and $$$
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I have the bundle with maps. I like the unit. It is huge compared to my Edge 500 The back light is great for riding in the dark. It is easy to switch between bikes. It was only an incremental improvement from the previous generation, but if you are in the market, it is a nice upgrade. The more I use it, the more I like it.
kinda lame -- maybe i have a dud?
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Ok, I've bought a ton of stuff from Competitive, and I have bought at least 6 Garmin devices. This is the worst one ever. In fairness, maybe they will update the software at some point. Now, you can assume your 810 will freeze every 40 minutes of riding, and you can assume that whenever you try Livetrack, it will fail. The bummer is you plan on tracking your ride, and you fail miserably, but you can't predict when it will happen. In truth, you look down at the device and realize it's frozen, but you only realize that after you've blown your opportunity to track your entire ride. Major bummer. The software must be upgraded. Until then, avoid this product. I have the prior generation (without Bluetooth), and it works great. Buy that. Do not support innovation without improvement!!!
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I now have the Garmin 1000. Been using it for a month (at least 12 rides). The 1000 has not frozen once. Success!! (In truth, the 1000 isn't perfect, but it's a solid device.)
Update: I lost my Garmin 1000 (think my my toddler got a hold of it -- it's probably somewhere in a pile of Buzz Lightyear stuff). Anyway, I reverted to the 810 for a couple rides. The thing froze on both rides. I've learned to power down and back up to unfreeze (generally standing on the side of the trail or road, looking like a dork trying to figure out his GPS device). Well, on the first ride, the 810 promptly deleted the first 26 miles of data. I had to start over. The second time, the power-cycle worked. I'm planning to send it back to Garmin.
My niece lost my Garmin Edge 800 and I too think it is in a pile of toys hidden around the house. I am trying to decide between the 810 and the 1000. How do you like the 1000 is it overkill?
sorry it's taken me ages to respond to this. i like the 1000, although i don't use all the functionality at all. big display is great. no freezing. fairly intuitive. anyway, hope you get what works for you!


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For reference the continent is about the size of Australia, just below it is another one which is about the size of Africa (I only want to show the northern tip of not-Africaland).
I'm going to leave it up to you to decide the layout of mountains, rivers, swamps, deserts, hills, all that good stuff. I want you to keep in mind that the south is predominantly tropical/sub-tropical, with patches of strange flora, like small fungus forests (think Morrowind) while the north is a little more arid, I guess Mediterranean might be the word. The jungle gets downright thick along that large southern peninsula, with a particularly high mountain range, throw a volcano in there if you feel like it, I assume it would be the only one, but it might be a particularly large one. And that gives me a pretty good idea where a dwarven city might go.
Another particular geographical feature I have decided on is a roundish lake caused by a meteor impact, it's full of islands, almost like a maze. Just stick it somewhere, preferably between some mountains and a coast.
I'm not requesting any towns or such, I'll add them later when I have the rest of my world building sorted (or ask you, the cartographer guy).
Same with names on the map, I need to pull this all together, and having a map I can refer to should help.
I trust your judgement.
Oh, and the map is for an RPG homebrew setting I'm putting together.
I'm not going to be too particular on the style, however, simple would be better than overly stylized, an Ascension style map springs to mind. Perhaps a top-down Forgotten Realms D&D style map, I find the second one to be quite nice and close to the overall style I'm going for.
Otherwise keep it relatively simple.
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Professional, Semi-Professional, even amateur is fine. I am not good with this sort of thing.
I'd like it to be quite clean for printing purposes.
3500 by 3500 would be excellent.
Vector would be preferred, but what ever is easiest is fine.
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A month or two? Sooner is better, but better is gooder.
Anyone can use it if they wish, it's no skin off my knee.
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Just remove the '+' and '-' signs.
You can also reach me on steam, ID is 'Squidex'.
I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for taking the time to look this over if you're not interested.


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Amy drove into town, her beat up '97 Ford Probe loaded with boxes and bags. Her calico cat Roses lay curled up beside her in the front seat. She had driven all night and her eyelids felt heavy but that didn't stop her from slowing down and taking in the sights of St. Malachy. Not much had changed since she'd been gone. In fact, nothing had. Nearly three years away, and not a damn thing had changed. She couldn't decide how she felt about that: Was it good to have a home waiting there, just as she'd left it, or horrible in its stagnancy?
It was barely 10am, but she knew that the town would be up and running on a weekday morning. It was stolid and plodding, like some old machine that didn't know how to stop. Everyone rose early, and did their best to shine. She had gotten too used to sleeping in, working evening shift more often than not at her job as a waitress in LA. Absently, she wondered how she would handle the early risers in her home town.
Kids were in school, parents were at work. Time marched on. Good old St. Malachy, Michigan.
She hadn't realized how odd the town was until she'd lived out of it. Everyone was so religious there, and superstitious at the same time. So many of the houses were supposedly haunted, and people were so pround of it, spouting, 'Aunt Myrtle is still kicking around in my house!' It was just too creepy. Then there was the 'ghost' on Green Lantern Road, reportedly following cars at night with a brightly glowing green lantern. There were some odd things that couldn't be explained, but blaming it all onto God or the supernatural just didn't make sense to her.
When townswomen asked Saint Brigid for children and had twins... It was just coincidence. It had to be. Nearly everyone begged the Saints for something, and claimed to be favored. There were some who even believed the patron Saint of the town had prophesied the location of their sleepy little village more than 686 years before it was founded. Saint Malachy had died in 1148, and the town named after him wasn't founded until 1834. America wasn't even a concept when the Saint was alive. It was all so bogus, that people actually believed it was mind boggling.
Main street was all but empty as she drove down it. Impetuously, she turned off onto a side street and headed to the church. There it stood, just as she'd left it. Copper bell tower turned green from weather, it announced the time every hour without fail. The tarnished crucifix rose above it like a sentinel to watch over the town.
Before she knew what she was up to, she was pulling into the parking lot and shutting off her car. Stroking Roses, she said, I'll be right back.
Amy hurried across the parking lot and jerked open the door before she could change her mind. Upon entering the church she crossed herself, and let the dim fractured light of the stained glass atmosphere and familiar scent of incense wash over her. A stillness entered her heart, and peace settled around her for the first time in recent memory. She had been too long without visiting a church. She'd all but lost her religion in the busy streets of Los Angeles.
Turning to the right, she lit a candle, though she didn't know why. There were so many things she should be praying for that she couldn't pick just one. Smiling, she looked up at the statue of St. Malacky standing vigil above row upon row of white votives. It was good to be home.
A small, gold inlaid chest rested on an alter at the front of the church. Inside was the dust that had once been the bones of Saint Malachy himself. Once a year, at easter, they paraded the chest around the town and then it returned to it's location at the front of the church. Amy had thought this was normal, until she moved away. She wondered if anyone else realized how very strange it all was.
It never occurred to her to feel out of place in her tight designer jeans and black Guns N Roses tee shirt. She was home, and everything was going to be alright. Her hot pink high heels clicked softly, and her bright pony-tail bobbed as she walked down the darkened aisle of the empty church and slipped into a dark, polished wood pew near the center. Hands folded and eyes properly downcast she whispered three Hail Marys as she knelt on the red padding. She then settled back on her heels to enjoy the quiet dimness of her church. She knew that she should pray, but she hadn't talked to God in so long that she didn't know what to say. Tentatively, she thought, Hi?


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With the 82nd Map of the Week we continue in the borderlands town of Óðinn's House in the Kingdom of Slovania. This week we take a look at the þing Hall of Óðinn's Fortress, above the Outer Town south of the main settlement. The Æsir always have determined their course for each coming year in an annual meeting of chieftains known as the þing (thing pronounced like the English word thing). In Óðinn's time, the chieftains had been replaced by nobility, but the þing lost none of its importance due to that change. The þing continues to be just as important for the members of the Northern Circle. The two great annual þingi (things) take place each year in the tundra and in the þing Hall of Óðinn's Fortress. The circle has no nobility or chieftains. Instead, the high druids of the fortress and in the outposts within the ruins of the Æsir Empire participate in the þingi in Óðinn's House. In old Miðgarð and in the Æsir Empire the þing was an annual event except in rare cases of dire emergency. Participation also was strictly limited to chieftains and later to nobility. The Northern Circle also usually has only an annual þing, but it will call a special thing more readily when there are important circumstances that merit it. The circle also will not hesitate to admit and talk with outsiders if they have or need valuable information. þing Hall is a relatively small, single story building without cellar. It measures 25 x 35 feet/7.5 x 10.5 m. It serves only as a þing location and as a room for other conferences of the circle. The hall contains no valuables and is not guarded.
1. Entrance.
2. Speaker's Chair. Only one designated person or the þing leader is allowed to speak at any given time during a þing. Interruptions are not tolerated except by the þing leader. The person who has the floor sits in this chair.
3. þing Leader's Chair. Óðinn was the Austamæra þing leader in his time. Today this chair is recerved for the high white druid Arnfinnur.
4. Participants' Tables.
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2. As a JPG flat map of 2500 Pixels x 1980 Pixels (1.6 MB), with the hyperlink below.
Both versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð website at:
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PORT 1001This is an archive of the Common Course Outlines prior to fall 2011. The current Common Course Outlines can be found at http://www.gpc.edu/programs/Common-Course-Outlines.
Credit Hours 3
Course Title Elementary Portuguese I
Prerequisite(s) None Specified
Corequisite(s) None Specified
Catalog Description
This course provides an introduction to spoken and written Portuguese. Using basic grammatical patterns and a fundamental vocabulary, the student becomes familiar with the syntax of the language. Simple texts dealing with cultural topics are used to develop skill in speaking. The four skills - speaking, comprehending, reading, and writing - are developed simultaneously. This course is not open to native speakers, which includes anyone who used the language as his or her principal language of education.
Expected Educational Results
As a result of completing this course, the student will be able on an elementary level in the language to:General Education Outcomes
1. speak
2. comprehend
3. read
4. write
This course addresses the general education outcome relative to global awareness and internationalization per the Chancellor's policy directive.
Course Content
See Catalog Description and Course Objectives. As any foreign language course is text specific, the order of the topics may differ from book to book. The fundamentals of pronunciation, conversation, intonation, grammar, reading and writing are taught.
Assessment of Outcome Objectives
This course is taught under the auspices of the NASILP (The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS), a national professional association of universities and colleges, which provides on-going monitoring of the program at member institutions in order to preserve the academic integrity of the courses.
There is one final oral and written exam. This exam is administered by a professor of the language from another institution or a professor with qualifying credentials in the language from Georgia Perimeter College. Either examiner is trained in the NASILP method of examining and is listed and certified by NASILP.
A point system is used weekly in the tutorial drill sessions during the quarter so the Coordinator of the Critical Languages Program, who is teacher of record, can monitor each student's progress:
0 A zero (0) is given if the student is absent.
1 A one (1) is given to a student who is present, but who is unable to recite the dialogue or perform what has been assigned. If the student must be prompted for nearly every line, or if he is unable to perform satisfactorily even with prompting, he is given a 1.
+1 A plus one (+1) is given if the student can recite or respond accurately with no more than one or two prompts from the tutor/driller. A student who is reciting/responding with incorrect verb (endings) or similar errors will receive a one, not a +1.
+2 In a truly exceptional case, a plus two (+2) may be given. For a plus two a student must be able to:
1. respond/recite completely without prompts,
2. respond/recite fluently without obvious errors in pronunciation,
3. imitate the expressive voice qualities of the speaker on the tape.
A plus two is awarded very sparingly only to exceptional students and only for the best performances of these students.
This point system is not part of the final grade which is awarded only by the end of term examiner. However, a student with a solid point "grade" should do well on the final exam.
The following points explain much of what the end of term examiner is evaluating: (from "The Testing of Students in Self-Instructional Language Courses" by NASILP)
1. Formulation time: How long does it take to express yourself? Are you consciously constructing utterances word by word and applying one rule after another, or can you express yourself smoothly and automatically?
2. Fluency: Once formulated, is the utterance fluent,or too jerky and hesitant?
3. Pronunciation: Can you approximate the pronunciation of a native-speaker? Could a native-speaker understand you?
4. Comprehension: How many times do you have to ask for repetitions? How long does it take for you to understand?
5. Structured Patterns: Do you know how and when to use patterns properly?
6. Usage: Do you know the appropriate thing to say, depending on the communication situation?
7. Vocabulary: Can you use and understand the vocabulary studied?
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Wolverine boys rip CCE, 65-20
WEST BEND – Jordan Buhs scored 20 points while Jason Zinnel made 17 and Jesse Zinnel 14 to power the West Bend-Mallard/GC-B boys past Clay Central-Everly, 65-20 in Corn Belt Conference basketball on Nov. 30 in West Bend.
Cole Banwart added six points while Nolan Dahlhauser, Jack Fehr, Nathan Grimm and Kurt Banwart each had two.
Buhs nailed six 3-point baskets while Jason Zinnel had three and Jesse one. Jesse was 3/5 from the foul line and Jason 2/4.
The Wolverines and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire opened conference play with the Wolverines pulling out a 53-37 triumph at Ruthven on Nov. 27.
Jordan Buhs and Jason Zinnel each scored 21 points to power the Wolverines.
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Features in the desktop app are now built into Windows. OneDrive will sync your files when you sign in to your PC with a Microsoft account. If you install the desktop app on a PC running Windows 8.1, Setup won't appear. A setting will be installed that lets you use Office to work on OneDrive documents with other people at the same time, but no other features will be installed. Download the desktop app.
Sync status is displayed a little differently. Files that are up to date don't have a green check mark in File Explorer like they did before. If your OneDrive has a sync problem, it will have an error icon in the left pane of File Explorer, and in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. To view more info about the sync problem, open the OneDrive app.
Making items available offline is the new way to sync them, and you can now browse items you don't sync.
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Is anyone using Zimbra in a production environment. I must say I am extremely impressed with what I have tinkered with so far. I am actually in the process of building a new mail server for my company, and was wondering about the scalability of Zimbra. I know all the underlying components of Zimbra scale perfectly fine, Postfix, Ldap, Cyrus, etc. but as a whole is Zimbra going to run ok on a Dual Opteron with 2gigs of RAM, SCSI RAID. I am only supporting about 300 or so users, but our current mail server sees about 10K messages a day.
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Is this a defective surface or an artful treatment? It's all in the eyes of the owner and architect.
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Is this a defective surface or an artful treatment? It's all in the eyes of the owner and architect.
What looks like beautiful smooth architectural concrete in daylight looks much different with side lighting at night.
This mockup demonstrated different liners and patching methods. The liner on the left is a one-time-use plastic. The liner on the right is elastomeric, designed for multiple uses. Webcor Builders found the plastic to be easier to use and more economical.
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This tie hole pattern looks beautiful to some but could be unacceptable on other projects.
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Thousands of examples of breathtaking architectural concrete structures prove that beyond providing strength, durability, sustainability, and economy, concrete can be a versatile medium of artistic expression. Achieving such art requires that the producer and contractor orchestrate the right combination of formwork, materials, techniques, and timing, and do so uniformly throughout the architectural phases of the project.
But before even the most experienced subcontractor plans, estimates the cost, and executes an architectural masterpiece, the expectations of the architect and the owner must be absolutely clear. The producer must know what it will take to make the owner happy on an architectural concrete project or be prepared for failure. Remember this rule: If the owner ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
ACI defines architectural concrete as "concrete that will be permanently exposed to view and therefore requires special care in selection of the concrete materials, forming, placing, and finishing to obtain the desired architectural appearance." In addition to any of the routine, yet critical, requirements for fresh and hardened concrete, such as slump, air, strength, temperature, and tolerances, acceptance of, and full payment for the finished product will depend on appearance as judged by someone's eye. Measurable, numerical values are routinely obtained for strength and potential durability of concrete, and these values are then compared with specified criteria to judge acceptability. Those same kinds of objective measurements are not typically available to judge the appearance of hardened concrete, and that can make the question of contract compliance a judgment call.
The challenge for producers and contractors is to divine the owner's and architect's genuine intent before establishing the bid price. Unfortunately, in some cases, the genuine intent only becomes clear after the contractor's first efforts are declared unacceptable. The challenge for the specifier is to prepare bid documents that unambiguously define the required, yet subjective, qualities of color, tone, texture, and uniformity (or variability) of the concrete.
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I read at http://www.zimbra.com/blog/archives/...st_update.html that to be able to connect Apple's iCal to zimbra, I could use the ics method by entering the following address in iCal: http://{servername}/zimbra/home/{username}/{Filename}.ics
But I was wondering, where on the server's harddrive is located the folder that will contain the .ics file?
When I tried to publish my calendar to the server I kept getting error about not being authorized to creat the file there.
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Transpacific ocean cargo rates remain stable…for now
January 21, 2013
The Drewry Hong Kong-Los Angeles container rate benchmark, published in the latest Container Freight Rate Insight report, jumped 14% to $2,524 per forty-foot equivalent unit (FEU) this week, as the January peak season surcharge (PSS) took effect.
The $311 per 40ft increase in the benchmark rate shows that Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) member carriers' achieved around 50% of their intended $600 PSS price increase target.
"Cargo demand and carrier load factors have strengthened in the run up to Chinese New Year," said Martin Dixon, Drewry's research manager for freight rate benchmarking. "The wild card remains the threat of strike action at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports which is also serving to strengthen rates."
Zepol Corporation, a leading trade intelligence company, recently noted that The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the busiest ports in the country and both have posted slight decreases from 2011 by 0.7% and 2.3%.
The latest price increase brought Drewry's Hong Kong-Los Angeles container rate benchmark back to the same level it was at in October, but the index remains 12% off last year's peak reached in August.
The transpacific has proved more resilient than the Asia-Europe trade to the overcapacity plaguing the industry. Drewry's Transpacific Eastbound Freight Rate Index, a weighted average of freight rates across multiple trades between Far East Asia and North America, climbed 8% in December compared with the previous month, to reach $3,357 per FEU. It now stands just 2% off last year's high reached in September 2012.
Though given the increase in capacity on the trade compared with a year ago, the stability in spot rates may not prove sustainable.
"The US East Coast and Gulf Coast strike threat notwithstanding, we expect spot rates to soften following Chinese New Year," added Dixon. "However, we caution that shippers should expect some increase in their 2012-13 contract rates on the eastbound transpacific, given the stronger state of the market compared to last year."
Dixon is among the panel of industry experts scheduled to speak at LM's upcoming "Rate Forecast" webinar on January 31.
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The main card is set for this fall's UFC on FX 5 event.
As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported, heavyweights Travis Browne (13-0-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC) and Antonio Silva (16-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) meet in the event's headliner. Officials today announced, as with other non-title main events, it'll be contested over five rounds.
Three other bouts are official for the main card.
UFC on FX 5 takes place Oct. 5 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The main card airs on FX following prelims on FUEL TV.
Previously reported fights now set for the FX main card are heavyweights Matt Mitrione (5-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) vs. Rob Broughton (15-7-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC), "The Ultimate Fighter 14" winner John Dodson (13-5 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. fellow flyweight Jussier Formiga (14-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), and welterweights Josh Neer (33-11-1 MMA, 6-7 UFC) vs. Justin Edwards (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC).
(As a note, the UFC will henceforth refer to Jussier da Silva as "Jussier Formiga.")
Tickets, which range from $50 to $175, go on sale to the general public on Friday at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT). Pre-sale periods are set for UFC Fight Club members (Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET) and UFC.com e-newsletter subscribers (Thursday at 11 a.m. ET).
The latest UFC on FX 5 card includes:
- Travis Browne vs. Antonio Silva
- Rob Broughton vs. Matt Mitrione
- John Dodson vs. Jussier Formiga
- Josh Neer vs. Justin Edwards
- Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado*
- Mike Pierce vs. Aaron Simpson*
- Marcus LeVesseur vs. Carlo Prater
- Louis Gaudinot vs. Darren Uyenoyama
- Diego Nunes vs. Bart Palaszewski
* – Not officially announced
For more on UFC on FX 5, stay tuned to the Rumors section of the site.
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Hi there,
we are currently working on implementing a Zimbra NE server with AD authentication.
It's already possible to create new users and authenticate them with AD.
As we need many Distribution Lists exactly like groups in AD we would like to use the dynamic feature.
Is it possible to do this?
There's a short abstract in the Admin Guide, but it only mentions the internal LDAP.