text:
Timeless Treasures
Beautiful Takito Geisha Girl Tea Set 13 pieces. Marked with two Green T's in joined rectangles and Hand Painted Made in Japan
Set consists of:
Tea Pot with cover 5" h
Creamer 3 1/2"h
Sugar Bowl with Cover 4 1/2"h
4 cups 2"h x 3 5/8"w
4 saucers 5 1/2"
Excellent condition No chips or cracks
The Takito Company 1880-1948, known for specializing in the Lustreware type of decoration originally created by the Noritake Company...
Timeless Treasures
Beautiful Lusterware Tea Set with Moriage Floral detailing. The set consists of
Tea Pot with Cover 8 3/4"h, 7 1/2"w
Creamer 3 1/4"h, 4"w handle to spout,
Sugar Bowl & Cover 4 1/2"h, 5"w
Six Cups 2 1/4"h, 2 1/8"w
Six Saucers 6 1/2"
All in Excellent condition No chips or cracks. Pre World II. Marked with Red Elephant inside a Wreath with Hand Painted Made in Japan. This mark was used Pre World War II and 1954 when Tashiro Shoten LTD shut down...
Timeless Treasures
A beautiful Noritake Japan Oval Platter called Somerset pattern 5317. Size; 16"L and 12"w. Excellent condition no chips or cracks.
This is a Vintage Pink Bell with a Colonial Boy and Girl. Has foil Label Imported by Gift Craft Toronto also marked Japan over crossed lines. Approximate size 5"h. Excellent condition No chips, cracks, or crazing.
This a Vintage Blue Colorful Colorado Scenic Souvenir Bell. Edge of bell is trimmed in gold. Shows scenes of Bear Lake-Long Peak, Durango-Silverton Train, and the Central City Opera House. Has sticker Japan. Approximate size 5"h. Excellent condition No chips, cracks, or crazing.
This is a Vintage Red Niagara Falls Canada Souvenir Bell. Marked in red with a G over a C and Japan, has foil label Imported by Gift Craft. Approximately 5"h. Excellent condition No chips, cracks, or crazing.


text:
|Pinkies dipped for good cause
On Wednesday, March 20, fourth grader Savannah Schmitt and other Perkins County elementary students dipped their pinkies into purple dye for a good cause. For each dollar they contributed, students could dip one finger, signifying one child immunized from polio. Assisting with the dipping were Grant Rotary Club members, including Don Harris (pictured). (Photo by Jan Rahn)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Loading product details ...
Reviews (0)
Need Help?
Product Description:
Men's ASICS® Top Spin Jersey :: This newcomer to ASICS® vaunted volleyball line features breathable Hydrology® fabric, for quick drying comfort. The flatlock contrast stitching enhances that comfort by preventing chafing and adding supple good looks.
Features & Benefits:
Your Help Is Here
Shop with confidence knowing your team of Fit Experts is waiting to answer all your questions. You can always find your perfect product and your perfect fit. Your Road Runner Sports Fit Experts will make sure you get exactly what you want and have tons of fun in the process! Give us a call, chat, or email!
Call 800-743-3206 to
Send us an email and count on a Fit Expert to reply to you as quickly as possible
You May Also Like


text:
Packed with potential. Just like you.New Inspiron 5000 Series (Intel®) laptops stand out with fast processors and True Colour displays.Learn More
It's time to upgrade everything.Including expectations. Windows 10.
New Dell PCs. New era.Learn More
New Dell PCs. New era.Learn More
Everything you need for all you do.Live and share with the surprisingly affordable Inspiron 14 and 15 3000 Series (Intel®) laptops. Learn More


text:
Anthony "Tony" Burgers
Anthony "Tony" Burgers, 83 of LeMars passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011 at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Carlsen Funeral Home in LeMars with Pastor Jan Christenson of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2011 at the National Cemetery in Spencer, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 28th at the Carlsen Funeral Home in LeMars.
Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.
|< Prev
|Next >


text:
The Lost Kingdom Prophecy
10 Online
Log In to play with your friends
Hello Gamer!
You must sign in to play this game.Sign In
Your high score
Select a Chat Room
Select Room
Players (0)
Hello Gamer!Sign In
There's a bunch of players chatting here, and you're missing the party. Sign in to join the party.
The best way to handle abusive players is to 'Ignore' them.
User you are reporting:xxxxx
Please select the type of abuse:
Please include a comment to describe the incident:
1 Online
Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses
by Big Fish
Join Nancy Drew in an exciting new production! A beleaguered movie studio is attempting to remake a classic film that cost its leading lady her life. Go undercover on the set to get to the bottom of suspicious press leaks and uncanny accidents that have put the production schedule in jeopardy. Is someone trying to sabotage the movie or is it the curse of the fallen starlet? Put your detective skills to the test with Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses today!
Report an Issue
Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses
Related Games


text:
Plus Blog
July 30, 2014
A perfect number is a natural number whose divisors add up to the number itself. The number 6 is a perfect example: the divisors of 6 are 1, 2 and 3 (we exclude 6 itself, that is, we only consider proper divisors) and
1+2+3 = 6.
If a non-perfect number were an animal, it might look something like this.
If you play around with numbers for a while you will see why people have always been so fond of perfect numbers: they are very rare. The next one after 6 is 28, then it's 496, and for the fourth perfect number we have to go all the way up to 8128. Throughout antiquity, and until well into the middle ages, those four were the only perfect numbers that were known. Today we still only know of 48 of them, even though there are fast computers to help us find them. The largest so far, discovered in January 2013, has over 34 million digits.
Will we ever find another one? We can't be sure — mathematicians believe that there are infinitely many perfect numbers, so the supply will never run out, but nobody has been able to prove this. It's one of the great mysteries of mathematics. You can find out more in Number mysteries.
July 24, 2014
In the process of writing an article on curvature we got entirely distracted by making a geogebra worksheet showing the tangent, normal and osculating circle to any smooth function. The meaning and mathematics of all these terms is revealed in this article, but if you fancy getting your hands dirty yourself, have a play with the worksheet below. Please post your favourite function as a comment – the curvier and wigglier the better!
You can use this geogebra worksheet to see the tangent, normal and osculating circle of any smooth curve you choose - just change the equation f(x) in the left-hand panel.
July 24, 2014
Bat country. Image designed by Gwen Fisher, engineered by Paul Brown. © Gwen Fisher.
These lucky people are climbing around a 22 feet (6.7 metres) tall structure composed of 384 softball bats, 130 soft balls and a couple of thousand pounds of steel. The structure represents a Sierpinski tetrahedron: a fractal which has finite volume but infinite area. The image only shows an approximation of the fractal of course, as it would be impossible to make a full-on Sierpinski tetrahedon with its infinite intricacy, but it's beautiful anyway!
The picture, designed by Gwen Fisher and engineered by Paul Brown, is one of the images that appears in the book 50 visions of mathematics, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
You can find out more about fractals here.
July 18, 2014
IMage courtesy of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London.
This is one of friend of Plus Ahmer Wadee's favourites images from the book 50 visions of mathematics. It is of a demonstration at Imperial College in 1887 of the mathematical principles behind (or should that be underneath?) the Forth Bridge. The bridge was the largest spanning bridge in the world at the time and the technique behind it was an innovation, essentially balancing the forces involved using cantilevers. The men on the chairs (Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker) represent the piers of the bridge and the load on the bridge, in this case Kaichi Watanabe, one of the first Japanese engineers to study in the UK, is supported by the tension (in the men's arms and in the ropes to the anchors) and compression in the structure.
So, what holds up the Forth Bridge? Why, maths of course!
You can read more about the maths of engineering in Constructing our lives on Plus
July 16, 2014
If you love physics and making movies then this is for you. The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) is excited to present Show me the physics!, its first-ever video contest. Anyone can submit a video conveying the joys of physics to win a top prize of $10,000, and there are very attractive runner-up prizes too.
Whether you're a physicist or just a physics geek, and whether it's the geometry of space time (see top video on the right) or quantum immortality (see bottom video), all sorts of submissions are welcome. The aim is to enthuse non-physicists and provide a creative and visual space for the discussion and exchange of ideas. Examples of suitable topics are:
The closing date is August 8, 2014. See here here for rules and submission guidelines and here to see the current entries.
Good luck!
FQXi are our partners on the Information about information and Science fiction, science fact projects.
July 11, 2014
Image by Lasse Rempe-Gillen – click on the image to see a larger version.
To mark Germany's historic win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinal this week, Lasse Rempe-Gillen (from the University of Liverpool) created this beautiful image. It shows the behaviour of a model that describes the phenomenon of phase-locking, something that can be seen in the synchronising flashes of fireflies or when a roaring stadium of football supporters gradually clap or stamp in unison. The image is related to recent research and you can read more in our news story Maths, metronomes and fireflies.
The grey parts of the image show where the model behaves chaotically – here even small changes in where you start can cause drastically different results in the model. The coloured parts of the image show where the model behaves in a more regular fashion where small differences won't dramatically change the results. This is because the model has attractors, special sets of conditions that create similar behaviour, either settling on a single outcome (called a fixed point) or running through a predictable cycle of outcomes. And in honour of the historic 7-1 score from the match, Rempe-Gillen's image has attractors of period 7 (with a repeating cycle of 7 points) and period 1 (a fixed point).
In contrast his image below has no periodic attractors, symbolising the other, goalless, semifinal between Argentina and Holland.
Image by Lasse Rempe-Gillen – click on the image to see a larger version.
You can read more about chaos, fractals and football on Plus!


text:
Welcome to the Guild!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hi All!
My name is Eric McClure (Saint Mac). Though I've lived in several states, I currently live in Iowa (third corn stock on the left). I'm lucky enough to be married with two children.
Being someone who actually remembers when D&D actualy came out, I've always been creating hand drawn maps. Having played with several different software 'aids', I have recently started re-creating old graph-paper maps using Adobe Photoshop. Although lacking in talent I still love seeing those rumpled bits of paper turn into something I can be proud of.
In addition to my "map making" hobby, I have created game mods, written short stories, and played roll playing games (Pathfinder/D&D). Lately I've added podcasting (The Bloodied Bard) where I try to give that positive push for people to creat their own worlds, characters, and stories in a fantasy setting.
Look forward to getting to know eveyone. Please feel free to say "Hi" and look forward to hearing your opinions and suggestions on my little creations.
Have an awesome day !
St. Mac
Podcast on iTunes or RSS -> www.thebloodiedbard.wordpress.com
Forums for Podcast -> www.d20radio.com/forums (find The Bloodied Bard in list)
Welcome to the Guild!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks! Look forward to learning and submitting.
Welcome to the Guild Saintmac, look forward to getting to know you and seeing your contributions as well.


text:
Why do you listen to WWOZ? What does WWOZ mean to you? Why are you a WWOZ member? Why are you a WWOZ volunteer? Why is it important to support WWOZ?
Share your thoughts with the WWOZ community by adding a comment below. Our forum rules apply to these posts.
I'm a great fan of music and New Orleans. WWOZ gives me the chance to enjoy both even though I'm not in Nola. Keep up the good work!!
I first saw New Orleans during the beautiful spring of 2012. Even though I turned the car for home five days later, my heart never left. My soul, I discovered, has always been there. I've made at least an annual pilgrimage back since then, but WWOZ keeps me going the rest of the year, until the day I don't ever have to leave.
WWOZ is the most eclectic station I have ever listened to. In an age of over genrefication, this station, it's awesome people, and it's wide range programming don't lose the Groove.
Streaming WWOZ daily from Napa, CA. Peace Baby, Cal
For this New Yorker, who now lives in Idaho, WWOZ is my link to the city in which I have spent precious time. Also as a DJ, my show "The Southern Lowdown" is heavily influenced by the music I hear on WWOZ. Cheers.
My wife Barbara and I may live in Boston but our soul resides in New Orleans. WWOZ keeps us connected to the city we LOVE.....We'll be back for French Quarter Fest
I listen to WWOZ online almost all day. This station is my constant link to New Orleans - the city, people, music I love. Thanks for keeping the groove!
I listen to WWOZ when I'm at home from the minute I wake up until I go to sleep at night, with a few exceptions. I leave it on during the day when I'm at work so my dog and cat can enjoy the awesome music. When I moved here in the summer of 2012, and discovered this station, I was overwhelmed by the quality and variety of music this town has to offer. I love all the dj's - they are so well informed and charming it's a real joy to listen. The Cajun show is my favorite. Thank you for all you do to promote the culture of this great city!
WWWOZ got just simply the best music to listen to.
We are from french Canada : Québec and we love jazz, blues and anything in ''between, before and after'' music.
That's probably why for a couple of years we spent Christmas
and New Year Eve in New Orleans,will be there for Mardi Gras 2014 and what about the food and the Saints : we are unconditional fan, when we are in NOLA we never missed a game.
Could write for hours about NOLA our favorite city in the world...
Pierre and Julie
So surprised and overwhelmed when I heard Goran Bregovich... 9AM here, and I'm ready to seize the day, thanks to WWOZ - the world's ambassador of the world's goooood music! Loads of props from Macedonia!!!
I am French Creole born & raised in Hoboken, NJ, but NOLA has always seemed a cultural "home"; like an Aunty who lives far away that you love & love to visit. Recently we were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. A story you know too well: over half the city flooded, homes & lives lost, evacuating, rebuilding, neighbors selling & leaving. Halloween was cancelled, Thanksgiving was a blur, Christmas didn't have the same feel. One of our first outings after the storm wrecked holidays was an event with the Pres Hall band in Manhattan. Maybe we would save Mardi Gras? That night the crowd had some people I'm sure who weren't affected as we were but many I'm also sure who the storm & floods had beaten down (y'all know the feeling I mean). Within one set, the crowd was shoving aside tables in a cocktail lounge to make a dance floor. The music, NOLA's music became this almost religious experience. It took you & transcended the pain, anger, frustration, water lines, pumps, mud, mold, all of that. Can you imagine dancing & crying at the same time? That transcendental release of stress & pain for a brief replacement with joy is what New Orleans music does; what keeps the children of the city (& her nieces & nephews like me) strong. Thank you for preserving it & bringing it to us wherever we are.
Ps my renewal went in already.
Whether I am in New Orleans or not, and mostly that is out since I live in Idaho, WWOZ keeps me connected to the town I love and the music I crave. Merci!
Listening to WWOZ reminds that the best reason for keeping my job is to have money, so I can go to New Orleans again with my husband.
Unfortunately we can't get to Nola as we would love to. Being able to listen to the sounds & read about whats up there is sweet music. Its a beautiful place of beautiful people & sounds which I hope we can all help to keep alive for ever. U are the best;)
N.O.LA. is a special place, both to us, and to cultural, culinary, and musical history. While we can't relocate there for a while, our frequent visits and listening to 'OZ keep us in the loop of the best city and the best radio station on the planet.
Keep up the groove, folks. And, thanks.
I visited New Orleans as a young teen just passing through.
I have felt the pull and influence of the music and culture ever since.
I listen to 'OZ daily while I paint, draw and sculpt and I feel it helps infuse that flavor and soul and pure NOLA energy into everything I do.
Thank you again for helping me create to the most amazing soundtrack in the world!
Keep it streaming!
From Davidson/Charlotte NC
While I lived in NOLA, OZ was the sound track of my life, as it continues to be now that I'm in the mountains of Idaho. Thanks for the inspiration.
While having a New Orleans address for alomost 6 years, I spent most of the time in Angola (West Africa). It was always so nice to stream OZ's sounds because it gave me smiles and "Happy Feet". Thanks for the music.
I listen to OZ whenever I want to travel home (New Orleans). My heart and soul are filled with joy and sweet memories. I'll be back in 2013, never to leave again. Thanks OZ. The stuffed bell pppers are going to be fantastic
Steve Ponceti in Colorado
...listening from Brazil.
Thank you guys for the amazing great music everyday.
Best radio in the world.
WWOZ broadcasts some of the greatest music on the planet …
particularly in the traditional New Orleans jazz segments. But it's
just not the music.
Your show hosts are highly educated about their musical genre. I
enjoy hearing about the artist's background and the origin of the
music and the interesting history of New Orleans. I feel like I'm
getting a PhD in traditional New Orleans jazz.
The unpaid volunteers who host the shows give an incredible
amount of their time to preserve America's one true musical
WWOZ is truly a national treasure and deserves support.
Gordon Lee, an OZillion fan
from Minneapolis Minnesota
OZ is the hub for all our souls ridin' this wheel
reach out through the airwaves or internet
feel the faith in groove alive and kickin'
transform any mundane lonesome long way to go
into a Do Whatcha Wanna
Welcome Home
WWOZ is the greatest station in the nation! I listen every day and enjoy the Trad Jazz programs. Because of OZ and New Orleans I learned to play drums, at a very late age, to show my support and love of New Orleans and the music that was born here. I am inspired by the music of the city and it's great drummers daily. Banu Gibson, Leslie Cooper and I to started the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp for Adults to pay homage to our musical heritage. This year we have musicians from all over the world coming to New Orleans in June to promote, preserve and perpetuate the music of our city. Thank you OZ for opening a whole new world for me.
Smooth sounds get me through rush hour traffic...
Brass band half hour reminds me its Friday and the weekend is here...
The live wire lets me know where I'm going out tonight...
And it saves my ass when my ipod is dead and all the other radio stations are playing garbage.
Thanks OZ!
For a long time I had an early-morning walk to the train every day, two miles with WWOZ on the iPhone. One December morning I heard the most amazing piece of music, drums and then an unearthly beautiful piano . . . Ahmad Jamal, interrupted by sounds of trays and shuffling and squeaky doors that now seem to me to be part of that score.
I think that version of Poinciana goes back to 1956, but I never would have known about it without WWOZ. You kept the music alive after Katrina, and again and again you remind me that this deep, relentless, creative rhythm and melody is who I am, no matter what I'm doing, there is a fire at the heart of it, and that is who I am.
on my first trip to New Orleans many years ago, I found WWOZ on the radio and was directed to a 2nd line parade. After Katrina, I reconnected with 'OZ via its webcasts. I've yet to visit any city in the world like New Orleans: not Paris, not London, not Rome, not NYC. New Orleans is special, and 'OZ reflects those special qualities that go beyond music and deep into culture.
Keep doing what you're doing with the website. Its a portal into the richness of America's greatest treasures.
WWOZ feeds its listeners passions like no other web-accessible radio station I know. Thank you
True fact: I've never been to New Orleans. I'll go someday. I'm 49 years old and been in love with this music my whole life. But it wasn't until HBO's Treme that I became aware of this station and the amazing fact that I can listen to this music whenever I want from across the country. Now I hardly ever turn it off, except to sleep.
I've never been to New Orleans. But WWOZ brings New Orleans to my head and heart. It makes me happy every day. It makes even the crappiest of days bearable. Thanks, WWOZ, for bringing this miraculous music to those of us outside your miraculous city!
Berkeley, California
hi my name is emily,
i found out about wwoz when i came down on a missions trip with my church (st pauls paris ont and first united cambridge ont.)we were on the missions trip to help rebuild from hurricane katrina through the presbytarian disaster assistance.wow what a life changing experience and id do it again if i had the money to do sooo.anyways on the one day of wrk our construction assistant took us on a bit o0f a tour while killing a little time before witnessing a house dedication.while everybody else on our team along with our homeowner piled into the 2 rental vans that we had i got the priviladge to ride with our construction assistant and one bit of info i found really really touching is that this VERY radio station was the one and only radiostaion to not only survive through katrina but was also playing live through katrina.so then i made sure to make a note of your radio station.once i got back home to canada i found the radio station online and found out that i could listen live.since then whenever iam on my laptopi turn you guys on live to listen too.you guys have awsome awsome music and it brings a change to my day. kudos to you all at wwoz for all the hard wrk to make the programming possible to listen to live even all the way up here in canada.
loving it,always listening to it,
emily kew
hi my name is emily,
i found out about wwoz when i came down on a missions trip with my church (st pauls paris ont and first united cambridge ont.)we were on the missions trip to help rebuild from hurricane katrina through the presbytarian disaster assistance.wow what a life changing experience and id do it again if i had the money to do sooo.anyways on the one day of wrk our construction assistant took us on a bit o0f a tour while killing a little time before witnessing a house dedication.while everybody else on our team along with our homeowner piled into the 2 rental vans that we had i got the priviladge to ride with our construction assistant and one bit of info i found really really touching is that this VERY radio station was the one and only radiostaion to not only survive through katrina but was also playing live through katrina.so then i made sure to make a note of your radio station.once i got back home to canada i found the radio station online and found out that i could listen live.since then whenever iam on my laptopi turn you guys on live to listen too.you guys have awsome awsome music and it brings a change to my day. kudos to you all at wwoz for all the hard wrk to make the programming possible to listen to live even all the way up here in canada.
loving it,always listening to it,
emily kew
Hi WWOZ, My name is Kane
Im from Gold Coast, Australia. I listen to your channel everyday!!! You Rock! MUCH LOVE WWOZ. XO
I'd got infected with New Orleans music in the early 80s, when I heard Dr. John and Dirty Dozen doing live concerts here in Europe. I stuck to it and it's good to know that NO music's still alive and well. Thanks for reassuring me. Greets from Germany, keep it fonky!
WWOZ is a godsend for getting me through the workday in Atlanta. I found OZ online about a year and a half ago and really enjoy the energy as well as the music coming through my earphones. I especially like when musicians drop by the station for a chat and to play a few tunes. It's amazing how many talented people come through the station. Ya'll do a great job- thanks.
Finding OZ was purely by chance - seen on a bumper sticker on my way to work. I tuned you in through the Internet and I haven't stopped listening. I have learned so much about the culture of New Orleans and it's wonderful people and music. You are a treasure. WWOZ is the only pledge drive that I listen to. The only pledge drive! I am a sustaining member and will continue to be for as long as humanly possible. The best to all of you!
Georgiane in San Francisco
Gotta love WWOZ - Guardians of the Flame keepin on...
The music, the people, the food, the fun... New Orleans
Anders, June, Stanton, Buddy, Ervin all make life worthwhile
I attended my first jazzfest last year and was smitten. I then met a lovely New Orleanian, fell in love with her, and was introduced to WWOZ. If you haven't tuned in to modern FM radio in awhile, you may not know how tedious it has become. Your radio station makes a locality into a community, enlightens and entertains. It asks for so little and gives so much in return. I'm grateful and happy to be a member, even if I live in California.
Living a long way from NOLA, I began listening to the internet stream shortly after Katrina. And it has become a daily habit.
That said, I'll be brief, OZ is the single most important broadcast on the planet earth.
I've been an active listener and volunteer host for years and WWOZ remains vital because it keeps me connected and culturally enriched by the deep heritage of the music and the dedication and energy of those that bring it forth. Without WWOZ I probably would have never heard of Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, Slim & Slam, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Cesaria Evora, Del McCoury, Roland Kirk, John Boutte, Abbey Lincoln and so many artists, DJs, and music lovers that I have become acquainted with over the years. New Orleans is a better place to live because of WWOZ and we are fortunate that it is always on and there for enjoyment and edification.
~Michael Dominici
Negative energy abounds, planet wide. 'OZ ionizes much of that, leveling the cosmic level of desitively bonaroo-ness..in other words: makes the world a better place. We protect redwoods, Grand Canyon,...let's protect Fats/Snooks/Dave/Fess/brass band/live broadcast/Danny/Satch-laden airwaves.A national treasure. Ionize on, 'OZ! Ionizing the cosmos since 1981.
I regard $upporting WWOZ as part of my service to the inherent good of the infinite plasticity of the beat.
Also, y'all have been keeping me sane and feeling connected in Chattanooga during my temporary physical exile from NOLA.
Special shout out to the 3 am - Noon DJs! XO
Greetings from Vancouver, Canada. My wife worked at the Canadian pavillion at the 1984 World's Fair and lived in New Orleans for six months. I visited in 1988 on a swing through Louisiana and east Texas. For both of us, the experience was profound. WWOZ allows us to feel again the wonderful vibe of the city whenever we listen. We have promised each other that we will be back! Until then, thanks so much for the music. Michael King/Laurel Enright
I first got turned on to WWOZ while visiting New Orleans, searching for a station on my rental car. I wanted to hear real New Orleans music while there, and kept on going past the standard stations until I heard this vibrant, jazzy, funky music. I was hooked, and never moved the dial the rest of my stay. The highlight was hearing Bonerama do Zeppelin's "Ocean". Completely blew my mind, and I had to search for Bonerama stuff on iTunes.
Now I listen online every day while working in my home office. It's the perfect soundtrack for my life. Thanks WWOZ!
Enjoyin Paul Sanchez on one of New Orleans' last great radio stations from the east coast of Fife, Scotland.
you are simply the best radio station online. i wish i could recieve your signal over the air so i could listen in my car. your dj's are interesting and actually have personalities as opposed to the sanitized droids that host programs on commercial radio. i have learned so much by listening to your wonderful station. i would love to send you more than i did but that is really all i can afford. if i ever hit the lottery i have oz at the top of my list for a slice of the pie. THANK YOU ALL for providing us with the greatest music and the education. Please have a happy and safe mardi gras.
Thanks for the New Orleans sounds and vibes; Will one day travel the long way to the Big Easy and visit to say HI! Think I should have been born there...
I love WWOZ. Being the great-nephew of Jelly Roll Morton, I really appreciate all that you are doing to maintain the heritage!
Frank Bozant
wwelburn -- I started listening to WWOZ on a trip to New Orleans many years ago, 'OZ directed this "tourist" to a 2nd Line Parade. After Katrina, I discovered "OZ's online presence, which was vital not only to the residents but to those who love, value, and respect how important New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are to American culture.
I do the easiest thing by keeping my membership going. In exchange I get fine quality programming year round (especially during Mardi Gras). WWOZ may be the single best musical presence on the Internet because it reflects its community and culture so well. The rest of us around the world are lucky that you support us as music listeners.
Milwaukee, WI
I start each day by listening online while I check my email. I appreciate the wide variety of music from trad jazz to modern blues. WWOZ is a national treasure!
Syracuse, NY
Hey out there in OZ Land! Isn't www.wwoz.com the greatest?!
So why and how for me starts with the quality, variety, and heart of program presentations that are outstanding - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thank you dj's, thank you, thank you, thank you.
During the course of our evenings and weekends, OZ is streaming into our dining room and kitchen. The tunes add so much to our evening and weekend experience. While I understand and enjoy Pandora, it is a format and it doesn't feel like there is a hand on the wheel, as the music takes these weird turns which feel like being lost on aisle 10 at the supermarket.
The weird at WOZ never loses me. It swings. It has intent. It is unique. (Stolen from Mose Allison.)
So, that's the why and how, here in Lafayette, California - small suburban town, in the East Bay of San Francisco.
See you in NOLA!
(p.s. While previewing this post, I noticed the date as 12/31/1969 @ 7PM. Weird. Today, the day of the post is Oct 5, 2010, and it's just past midnight.)
My wife Julie and I discovered the real NO this summer. We're already coming back this winter. Found OZ a month ago and am in heaven. Just joined as member and only wish I had internet in my car, cuz I listen all day when I'm home off my computer!
Yeah You Right!
Just renewed my membership during Hazel's show. OZ is great all week, but Sunday is my favorite day. Brother Jessie's awesome Gospel, Hazel brings me back to my Appalachian family roots. The Cajun/Zydeco show is soooo wonderful. Heck, most of the time I have no idea what they're singing, but who cares? The sound reaches your soul. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys!
I've been an expat up here in New England since '03. WWOZ brings me home!
Thanks to everyone that helps bring OZ into my home. Especially when it's snowing out here!
Why do you listen to WWOZ?
Robbie Zimmerman told me about OZ when I was rereading "Chronicles" maybe 2 years ago and I thought "I wonder if that station has a web feed?" and found the greatest radio station of all time. Wife and I listen almost round the clock. When I bought Hazel's CD for my wife I sent the insert and she autographed it and when I realizedf a lifelong dream and went to NOLA we "ambushed" her outside the station on Sunday morning to get a photo of her with the wife. I think we initially scared her we were so excited. Cousin Dimitri is the greatest thing to hit the airwaves since Zacherle and Allison Steele (NY, 60's).
Mike and Gloria, Tampa (we don't go "down" to New Orleans, we go "Up")


text:
This is great !! What a great story and some great looking maps !! repped.
Long ago, when I was very ill and in a daze, and my recovery not so certain, a story came to me. When I recovered, it took on a life of its own. The clarity of vision and the ability to draw was one of the good things that happened when I was ill, but those faded with time. But not the wish to see the places I'd envisioned. It became a lifelong quest, first with paper and pencil, and finally computer art programs.
This is the planet Eben, a near twin of Earth, and the home now of, not one, but many races of alien beings who choose a young man from Earth to further a noble and remarkable cause. Like many other places, much of Eben's history is dictated by geology and astronomy. The cradle of Ebenese civilization lies in what is now the desert country of Kemesh. Walled in by the mighty Androgon Mountains, the inhabitants who lived there thousands of years ago had no choice but to fight, explore, and expand to the east. However, one day, a party of refugees did manage to cross the mountains, and from there an empire grew. After thousands of years, the resulting 135 countries of Eben merged into the 36 of today with each country preserving some of its language and ways while at the same time joining the global and interplanetary order. Each country's capital city took the name of the country itself. One country has a particular tie to Earth.
My first attempt at a map was done years ago by using Photoshop to cut apart a map of the world and reassemble it to make a few pictures of one side of their globe and the continent which surrounds the inland sea. Only one image survives. Sadly, the master Photoshop document is gone. And so, upon discovering this site, I was inspired to start again, this time aiming to do the entire planet and, with the help of the 3D computer art program, Bryce 7, to take advantage of the new ability to project the map onto shapes and, for the first time, see the planet and its moons from all sides…outside of my mind.
I'm not really looking to change much. The challenge was to construct it as I saw it with a modicum of scientific accuracy while at the same time purposely allowing room for the unexpected. A handful of the names I borrowed from science fiction novels/movies that just sound wonderful to me.
Last edited by ManOfSteel; 10-06-2012 at 02:21 PM.
This is great !! What a great story and some great looking maps !! repped.
I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....
Finished Maps
Kingdom Of Shendenflar Campaign Setting (WIP)
Everything I post is free for use and redistribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence, except where noted otherwise in the thread.
Excelent work. I am really impressed.
My GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Campaing: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/panorica
Thank you very much. Tomorrow I will post the tectonic plates, bathymetric, and climate zone maps.
Those are great maps. I really love the planet an the cleanliness of the second map. Fantastic map.
ps: How have you made the planet and the atmosphere with the clouds? Its perfect.
The planet (and moon) models were made in Bryce. Eben consists of 10 spheres, each one a tiny, tiny bit bigger than the one within it. The innermost sphere is nothing but the oceans. Then, in order to minimize distortion, each continent was centered onto its own map, projected onto its own sphere and rolled into place. The outer four spheres make up the atmosphere. They consist of a cloud map and a storm map with hurricanes. Both of those I found online. Finally a bluish haze sphere went over everything and the outermost sphere is the atmosphere. I used Bryce's material adjustments to make it soft, fuzzy, and slightly glowing.
I added the tectonic plates, bathymetric, and climate zone maps today. I did my best with the climate zones but would like to know if you see any glaring errors. Tomorrow I'll upload the final maps: the river systems, the height map, and a 3D mesh image based on the height map done in Bryce.
Really wonderful job ManOfSteel! You have really nailed the photo-realistic look.
The final maps for Planet Eben are a map of its river systems, a black and white height map, and a 3D terrain generated by the height map. I hope you all enjoy them.
impressive and solid work, you did a great job. The only thing are the continents which are spreaded a little too "draggy" on the planet and which are too similar in dimension and form in my oppinion, but this doesn´t reduce the good work and your excellent skills. Especially the political map and the satellite map are georgous.


text:
See All Contributors »
Post them here whenever someone finds them... I don't know if he went yet or not, but I can't find any live stats online...
Shooting guards right now on ESPN3.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Originally Posted by KFitzy87
Post them here whenever someone finds them... I don't know if he went yet or not, but I can't find any live stats online...
Good luck on your mission to obtain credits!
Originally Posted by DurangoCy
Good luck on your mission to obtain credits!
Or we could just merge this with the thread I started earlier.
my bad. didn't see any other threads... Been outside slaving away :)
Originally Posted by KFitzy87
my bad. didn't see any other threads... Been outside slaving away :)
NP, it was in pro sports under NBA combine. I want to see Royce, but I don't think he'll be up for a while.
Can someone who is watching post an update when the PFs start going? I'd like to tune in for Royce but can't monitor it constantly at work.
power forwards coming up next.
Go Braves!
PFs coming up after this commercial break!
Got these recording in espnu
Originally Posted by Jeffreyisu
PFs coming up after this commercial break!
They lied. Still on SF workouts.
Small Forwards?
The Official Paul Rhode's Salt Truck Driver.
Sprints without sprinting. That's what I think I'm watching.
I just hope Royce passes the 'sweat test'.
Back to Kentucky talk!
2nd time I've tuned in today, but the only time they seem legitimately interested in discussing anything about the actual college guys in front of them, it's the Kentucky guys.
Forum Rules
All content owned by CycloneFanatic.com - All rights reserved 2005-09. By viewing this website you agree to the Terms of Service, Site Rules and Legal Disclaimer. The words, views, images and opinions expressed or provided by users do not reflect the opinions or views of CycloneFanatic.com or Iowa State University. The names, words, symbols, and graphics representing Iowa State University are trademarks and copyrights of the University protected by the trademark and copyright laws of the United States of America and other countries and are used on this web site under license from the University. Original site design, premise & construction by Jeremy Lind.


text:
Style #:
For further details regarding our pricavy policies including the use of cookies please click here. For instructions on how to enable cookies please click here. If you need assistance one of our customer service representatives at 1-800-850-7463 would be glad to help.
Price: $79.95
Sale Price: $0.00 Save 100%
Select Your Size
Then, Select Your Width
Additional Views
Land into a comfort zone by putting your feet into these View shoes from Spring Step! It is created of durable leather upper with polyurethane or rubber outsole that lends it not only stability but also superb traction to stride stably on any ground. It is supplied with a classic lace-up styling that provides excellent stability and customized fit. It features a cross stitched upper with padded collar and a removable insole that provide comfort to the feet.
No Customers Have Reviewed This Product Yet
Share your thoughts with other customers
Enter email address to join our mailing list


text:
In the WTOP series "Spy in the Sky," we examine
the types of drones used by the
U.S. military and fears about targeted killings,
both at home and abroad.
Editor's note: Some drones are bigger than a jet, weaponized and used in strategic military operations. Others are smaller than a basketball, sent airborne for basic surveillance or weekend recreation.
The label "unmanned aerial vehicles," or UAVs, is almost a catch-all term covering a wide range of devices that vary greatly in their capabilities and purposes. Yet the use of drones generally sparks intense debate, questions about security versus privacy and even fear.
In the WTOP series "Spy in the Sky," we examine the types of drones used by the U.S. military and fears about targeted killings, both at home and abroad.
Part 1: Grounded in the nation's capital
WASHINGTON — Adam Eidinger is well-versed in the do's and don'ts for his three functioning UAVs.
One mishap and a follow-up call from the feds laid it all out clearly. (Hint: The major "don't" is flying a drone in the District.)
For Adams Morgan Day last year, Eidinger sent his T-580 — a recreational device equipped with a camera — up for a flyover. But the conditions weren't ideal, and the UAV got away from him and disappeared.
See the fateful flight below:
Eidinger posted fliers around the neighborhood, with bold font exclaiming: "MISSING DRONE."
It was effective in getting attention.
"The FAA essentially called me up and said, 'Mr. Eidinger, are you aware that this is a no-fly zone for model aircraft?'" he says.
Eidinger got into UAVs because he was looking for different angles for video projects. He estimates he'd made 20 flights before learning the act is illegal in the nation's capital.
But the local chatter surrounding his flight ultimately helped launch a drone user group on the Meetup website. At least 240 operators are registered in the group, which has regular events.
"For under $1,000 you could be in the sky, flying with high definition and getting some pretty decent footage," Eidinger says.
The easy access and capabilities generate concern among privacy advocates.
"Obviously we can't have flying robots crashing into passenger aircraft or plummeting through our roofs," says Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union. "So the FAA is proceeding very cautiously before allowing these devices to integrate into our national airspace."
Not cleared for takeoff, Eidinger says he now keeps his devices grounded in the District.
␎ Download
WTOP's Andrew Mollenbeck reports
Follow @MollenbeckWTOP and @WTOP on Twitter.


text:
by R. Michael Wright, President, AWF
Fifteen-foot crocodiles slithered across the sandbanks and plunged into the river as the vibrations of the South African National Park Service helicopter reached them. We seemed perilously close to the red rock walls of the canyons of the Olifants River, but the dexterity of the pilot was remarkable. Pulling up at the last minute, we swung over the lip of the gorge. To our right lay the wildlife-rich expanse of Kruger National Park, and to the left was the vast empty wilderness of Coutada 16 in Mozambique.
Annette Lanjouw, Director of the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), told the National Press Club Friday that mining for Coltan is presenting a new threat to conservation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This issue strikes close to home in the United States, because Coltan is a rare earth metal used in numerous consumer electronics products, computer components, and advanced aviation and aerospace industries.
The African Wildlife Foundation is pleased to announce that Eugene Rutagarama was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on April 23, 2001,in San Francisco. Rutagarama, a Rwandan, is a conservationist working for the AWF-supported International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP). He has put his life on the line to protect the world's dwindling mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) population from the ravages of civil war and human encroachment.
After many months of work and effort, AWF has signed two new agreements on the '4 corners' and 'Insaka' activities which will support AWF's new program in southern Africa.
The 4 corners agreement was signed in a ceremony Monday afternoon in Gaborone, Botswana. This long-awaited cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Regional Center for South Africa (RCSA) will fund AWF's program in the Victoria Falls area where Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia meet.
Thanks to the generosity of advertising legends Leo Burnett, the African Wildlife Foundation is proud to announce the launch of our new visibility campaign. Using the art of photographer James Balog, who generously donated several captivating, still-life images for the campaign, the Leo Burnett creative team developed a distinctive look to capture the work and essence of AWF, including the tagline "Conserving Wildlife. Respecting All Life."


text:
May 25, 2016
News Service of Florida Release
Tallahassee, FL - The Lottery gets a new logo as part of a campaign to rebrand the state's gambling enterprise on its 25-year anniversary. Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, and students who received Bright Futures scholarships – which are funded by Lottery money – unveil the new logo. (10 a.m., Lottery Headquarters, 250 Marriott Dr., Tallahassee.)
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
I went online 7am , 8am Mtn time 7/17 to try to get an 81-6 loper tag. There were 3 left I'd been eyein'.
Right at 7am I clicked on the tag to buy one. It was still greyed out/not available. Arrowed back and clicked again and they were available. Clicked on tags, all 3 were gone ! Somebody sniped me ! They had same idea. Got a 78-7 instead.


text:
Name this AltAz mount ???????
Started by Kunama , Jan 15 2013 05:08 AM
4 replies to this topic
Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:08 AM
Anyone have any idea of the brand of this mount?
Before pic:
Before pic:
Posted 15 January 2013 - 02:53 PM
It sure is pretty.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 07:14 PM
Thanks Agatha, I just added a before picture, the second one shows it after a day of love and care, now protected by clear lacquer.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 08:45 PM
I think you should call it "George" because it sure is curious...
Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:21 PM
I'd post this under the Classic Scopes forum to see if anyone recognizes it. It appears as though it was made for a specific scope since the rings do not open.
Beautiful job of restoration!
Beautiful job of restoration!


text:
only left in this size
AG-ed jeans combine the laid-back look of yesteryear with AG's jean making expertise of now. Updated with modern fabrics and styled with flattering fits, AG-ed denim is an ode to vintage, emulating naturally aged denim ranging from 1 to 30 years old. From subtle rips to crafty patches, the higher the number, the lighter and more distressed the jean. A pair of AG-ed jeans is as close as you can get to that unique vintage flea market find. Super skinny ankle. Our signature skinny in a cropped ankle length. Hand-worn fading lends a naturally broken-in appearance to this 5-pocket jean. Whiskered dashes, subtle stress lines, and wear pattern at back knee break down the dark blue 11 Years Journey wash. Gently lightened edges. Zip fly with button closure.


text:
Best 25mm eyepieces ever!
Posted 11 May 2012 - 03:03 PM
Last Saturday, I attended ATT in Essen, Germany. It's the largest astro-gear show in mainland Europe and the largest in the world, together with Astrofest in London and NEAF in the US. I am not sure which one is the largest, actually.
Anyway, at ATT there's a lot of people selling secondhand scopes, eyepieces and other things. Lots of odd bits and stuff as well as truly high-end gear at very reasonable prices. I lucked out and happened to come across a pair of 25mm Zeiss West (Oberkochen) microscope eyepieces converted to 1.25" format. At 110 Euros apiece, they were not exactly cheap, but I knew what I was looking at. Still, 220 Euro is a fair bit of cash for me, so I decided to think about it for a little while.
And you know how that usually turns out, don't you?
I couldn't get them out of my mind. After getting a bit to eat, I returned to the table, where I had seen them. And...
They were still there! And not only that, the price had been reduced to 99 Euro apiece! I realized this was probably the opportunity of a lifetime, so I forked over the cash and grabbed the precious eyepieces.
Needless to say, I speculated endlessly for the next several days about their possible performance and what I should do, if they were somehow not so good as I hoped they would be, based on what I had read here and elsewhere about the near-magical performance of Zeiss research-class microscope eyepieces.
My worries were totally unfounded, of course.
The first views of the Sun with my 150mm f/8 achromat, stopped to 120mm, using Baader Solar Film and using a Baader Maxbright binoviewer and Baader T2 prism showed an extremely good view, despite thin, hazy clouds. The sharpness was incredible, as was contrast. There was simply no glare, ghosting or reflections. Nothing. It was like looking out a window. An open window, I might add. It was that good. My memories of using UO 25mm VT orthos and TS Kellners crumbled under the awesome views. It is really hard to describe, but it was as if there was simply no glass in the eyepiece and the eyepiece itself almost disappeared in a way I've never experienced before. The AFOV is probably around 45° or so, but it feels substantially larger, because of the extreme comfort. The view was incredibly good and I was very unhappy to see the Sun slowly disappear in clouds.
Now you might think that there is no way to top such a superb view, but you're wrong. A few days later, I did just that: I took out my 85mm f/19 Zeiss apochromat.
Using an INTES Heschel wedge and B+W Optik polarizing and ND 3 filters on the Baader Maxbright, I had a heart-stoppingly good view of the Sun. And the scariest thing is that I know it can get even better, because even on this occasion, the sky was not entirely free from thin clouds. And yet the view was insanely good. These eyepieces may be the first ones I've ever seen that truly do the 85mm Zeiss justice. Contrast and resolution, as well as comfort and lack of glare and other annoyances was simply on an otherworldly level I've never experienced before. An f/19 is easy on eyepieces, but on the other hand the lens is so perfect, that it takes an extremely good eyepiece to truly show everything it's capable of. To what extent this was true, I had not realized until that moment.
I have yet to test them under conditions that can fairly be called even "very good" and they've already taken the place as the undisputed number ones in my small collection of 25mm eyepieces. I curse the fact that I'll have to wait almost three months to test them under dark skies on deep-sky objects, where their extreme resolution and contrast will really shine, such as globular clusters. Not to mention faint galaxies. And the Moon through the refractors! Oh, sweetness! A couple of high-end barlows and I think I can retire a fairly large chunk of my planetary eyepiece collection.
Many people have raved about Zeiss (as well as Nikon and Olympus) microscope eyepieces before, but I must admit I was just a little bit sceptical. How could they possibly be *that* good? Well, they are, and now I am raving myself!
I fear this might be the first stage of a very expensive addiction.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 12 May 2012 - 07:54 AM
Thanks for sharing your experience and letting your words clearly express your excitement.
Posted 12 May 2012 - 03:14 PM
Congrats on these great Zeiss eyepieces. Are yours 25 or 27mm?
I have a pair of 27mm Zeiss eyepieces, they are incredible.
Posted 13 May 2012 - 02:10 AM
They're 25mm's, adopted from 10x microscope eyepieces. Stunning performance. I now try to find a barlow or combinations of barlows to give me planetary magnifications. I am afraid that I'll have to look at Zeiss barlows or Baader FFC's, perhaps Tele Vue Powermates, to get something good enough to match the performance of these incredible eyepieces. As I said, it's the start of a very expensive addiction.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 13 May 2012 - 12:04 PM
Attached Files
Posted 13 May 2012 - 03:01 PM
No, it's not those and I can't find a serial # on them! They're not shown on the APM second hand page either. They're marked 10x/22 B (B for brillenträger, eyeglass user). I took a few pictures today, I'll try to find the time to upload them soon.
I did some more testing today under a VERY clear sky, though in quite unsteady seeing. Contrast and sharpness is phenomenal. They have instantly replaced three eyepiece pairs, namely my 28mm orthos, 25mm UO VT orthos and 25mm TS Kellners. AFOV is around 50° - 52°, visibly bigger than the UO orthos and more comfortable eye ergonomics to boot. Compared to the quite comfortable TS Kellners, it's like a layer of grease has been wiped from the view! I was actually happy with the TS Kellners, but the Zeiss'es is in a whole other league.
They also barlow extremely well, until the scope f/ratio gets too long, somewhere over f/60. At f/68 (85mm f/19 Zeiss + 3.6x barlow) every dust mote inside the binoviewer was shown as a gray blob in the field of view. Interestingly enough, dust on the eyepieces didn't show up all that prominent.
The view with the Baader 1.7x GPC in 2x mode in front of the T2 prism on my 150mm f/8 achromat gave a most superb view, far superior to my 12.5mm UO VT's. On the 150mm f/8 (stopped to 120mm f/10), I could also use the 3.6x barlow for around 173x with excellent results, though the seeing was not good enough to handle the high power. I suspect that on the 120mm f/10 I could use at least a 5x barlow combination for high-power lunar-planetary observing.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 13 May 2012 - 07:12 PM
Regards, Andrew.
Posted 13 May 2012 - 07:17 PM
Very nice report and congratulations on the Zeiss eyepiece find! I've been using Zeiss aspheric orthos for solar viewing for several years now and they yield a very fine image, with excellent contrast. I purchased them through APM, but they are in the Zeiss microscope housings. Here is a pic:
Attached Files
Posted 13 May 2012 - 07:22 PM
Attached Files
Posted 13 May 2012 - 07:37 PM
They're marked 10x/22 B (B for brillenträger, eyeglass user).
Thomas, Denmark
I thought Zeiss later replaced the "B" mark with the "eyeglass" icon, seen on both Johnny's eyepiece and mine. So Johnny's and yours may be the same eyepiece, his just being a later production run. I know there is definitely plenty of eye-relief on mine for eyeglass wearers.
Posted 14 May 2012 - 04:45 AM
The eye ergonomics on mine are the finest I've ever seen. No issues at all. No blackouts, difficulty finding exact eye distance from eyepiece, etc.
They also look completely different from anything I've seen here and on APM. I may have got my hands on some rarities! Now you're on the edge of the seat and I'm not even at home, so I can't upload a picture, since I don't have the USB cable for my camera with me. Maybe my parent's PC has a port for the camera memory card. I'll find out.
I had them out today for half an hour under reasonably good seeing, using the 150mm f/8 stopped to 120mm f/10. With the 1.7x GPC in 2x mode I was enjoying perhaps the finest white-light medium power image I've ever seen of the Sun. Just absolutely incredible. The complete absence of any glare or reflections in these eyepieces makes the visual experience absolutely amazing. It's like you're not even using a telescope, but a spaceship. I can't wait to try them on the Moon! Saturn was quite stunning last night at 96x and even 173x was not bad, despite the low altitude and bad seeing. My 2x barlow is not good enough, though, and must go. I need something of quite a different caliber now!
Nice setup, PJ, BTW.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:59 PM
I am one of the people that rave about this eyepiece! It's only 3 elements, the edge correction is excellent out to about 44-45 degrees. I actually consider it to be superior to the 25mm Zeiss Abbe ortho! Yes, blasphemy I know, but it's got one less lens element. As you discovered, the contrast is superb, the stars appear as extremely small specks. I could see right away that the coatings were easily as dark as the ones on the ZAO orthos and AP SPL's I owned when I got this eyepiece. Some of the darkest coatings I've ever seen.
It ate my 25mm Clave and 24mm Tak LE for breakfast! I liked it so much I bought the 16mm version, which adds a barlow element for 5 total lenses.
Finding a pair makes an even better deal.
Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:09 PM
Very nice report and congratulations on the Zeiss eyepiece find! I've been using Zeiss aspheric orthos for solar viewing for several years now and they yield a very fine image, with excellent contrast. I purchased them through APM, but they are in the Zeiss microscope housings. Here is a pic:
PJ - interesing - I actually preferred the OEM 44 degree field stop, so I sold the APM one I had and ordered one directly from Zeiss.
My favorite eyepieces are the AP SPL's, which go from 4mm-12mm, for me the 25mm Zeiss serves as the perfect extension of the set. 3 elements, FOV is nearly the same, same edge sharpess, same incredible contrast, dark coatings, etc. here it is w/ the 16mm:
Attached Files
Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:39 AM
I see a lot out there such as:
20x OPMI 20x focusable
E-PL 10x/20
PL 10x/20
Kpl W 10x/20
PK 20x
K 20x
Posted 19 May 2012 - 02:09 PM
The "10x" is equivalent to 25mm focal length. They usually have apparent fields of view between 40° and 55°. The number behind the "10x" is the field stop diameter in millimeters. Mine are marked 10x/22, so they have a field stop diameter of 22mm. AFOV is about 50°. Another useful thing to look for is a symbol showing a pair of glasses or the letter B, which means "brillen" or "brillenträger", glasses or eyeglass user, in German. K could mean "Kellner" or "Kompensation", I am not sure which, perhaps both, depending on the eyepiece. In the latter case, it is a special eyepiece made to correct for spherochromatism in apochromatic microscope objectives (I think!).
A good way to make sure you get something useful, is to keep an eye out for eyepieces made for stereo microscopes (not normal microscopes with a binoviewer). Stereo microscopes often have larger fields of view and use eyepieces with 30mm barrels, but this is also becoming a standard on modern microscopes. They also don't use apochromatic objectives and generally not phase contrast either, so you have a much greater chance of getting normal eyepieces and not something odd that was meant to be used with special equipment. Be particularly cautious about Zeiss eyepieces with an infinity symbol on them! These are made for Zeiss'es special microscopes with collimated light beams, where the tube length has been made irrelevant for the magnification by adding collimator lenses after the objective and recollimating lenses just in front of the eyepiece or IN the eyepiece, hence my warning. These may be completely unusable on anything else than a Zeiss microscope with infinity optics. MAY be, I am not 100& sure.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 20 May 2012 - 06:38 AM
Attached Files
Posted 20 May 2012 - 08:13 AM
I checked on CN some older threads on the 3-element Zeiss microscope eyepieces and their use in astronomical telescopes. All reviewers reported that these 3-element microscope eyepieces are indeed very sharp on-axis, but complained a quite noticeable pin-cushion distortion at the very edge. What is your observation on this matter?
Posted 20 May 2012 - 10:56 AM
I already played with the idea to use these 3-element eyepieces for binoviewed planetary observations in my 6" f/7.33 APO refractor, along with Baader's FFC or the A-P BARCON.
I checked on CN some older threads on the 3-element Zeiss microscope eyepieces and their use in astronomical telescopes. All reviewers reported that these 3-element microscope eyepieces are indeed very sharp on-axis, but complained a quite noticeable pin-cushion distortion at the very edge. What is your observation on this matter?
Stephan - In my f/7.5 refractor the 25mm's are almost completely sharp out to about 44 degrees. After than you get some bloat in the star images. I preferred the view at 44 degrees over 54, but I think APM found that most people preferred it at 54 degrees. With the OEM 44 degree field stop, the edge correction is similar to the 25mm ZAO eyepieces, or maybe even better.
those older "west germany" ones look great to me! After a cleaning I would expect them to be close to the newer ones, they look multi-coated.
Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:06 AM
The Moon is... Almost impossibly sharp in these babies. In fact, they're so sharp, you'll have to be extremely careful when focusing, as the SLIGHTEST hint of being out of focus instantly reveal itself as a noticeable drop in detail. Not that there still aren't many details visible, but the amount explodes once you hit critical focus. It's like *BAM* and the lunar surface comes alive. I found it easiest to creep up to the best focus with the 1:10 reducer on the crayford, then microfocus with the diopters on the Maxbright. It took an insanely small amount of a turn to hit absolutely best focus. Other eyepieces I own are nowhere near as sensitive, but also don't give anywhere near this insane level of detail. At 48x (no GPC) and 62x (1.25x GPC in front of diagonal, 1.3x, 150/1200mm SW achro, stopped to 125mm), the lunar surface was resolved WAY down below the resolution of my eye. And the contrast. Oh my. I observed the Moon until it slipped behind some neighborhood trees low in the west.
Mars was in an unstable part of the sky, but despite being only 8" at the moment, clearly showed its phase, a polar cap, which was very easy to see, and a few vague, greenish markings. The seeing was quite unstable, though, so I didn't spend much time on it. I was at 170x, using my 2x barlow lens, cell only, attached to the 1.25x nosepiece of the Maxbright, where it gives 3.55x.
I turned to Saturn instead. Bigger and brighter and a little higher in the south.
For some odd reason, the seeing in this part of the sky was vastly better than over in Mars' part of it. And Saturn was SPECTACULAR! For many years, I've had not so good impressions of my old asian barlow (probably an early GSO), but the view of Saturn was heart-stoppingly good. At 170x, the most fantastically sharp Saturn I've seen in many years, and undoubtedly the finest this telescope has ever showed, came slowly gliding into the field. It was just perfect. It was beyond words. I think I observed Saturn for about 1.5 hours, until it slipped behind my tall hedge to the southwest. The seeing slowly deteriorated, but even as Saturn began to slip behind the branches, it was still firmly very good. The Cassini division was like an etching, never wavering out of vision, only fuzzing a little on occasion. The equatorial band was definitely double. The crepe ring was faintly glowing in the ansae and clearly visible where it crossed the planet. Limb darkening was obvious, though subtle. The ring shadow on the planet and the planet shadow on the ring added to the 3D-feeling. Not since observing Saturn in 1995 with my friend Darnell's 178mm Meade ED and binoviewer have I had a finer view of Saturn.
After Saturn had set, I turned to deep-sky, now using full aperture of the 150mm f/8 achro. I am at 55°N, so the twilight nights have already begun, so there was not going to be any really faint things visible. The SQM said 20.50. I turned to M13, which was easily visible in the 8x50 finder. The stars in the 25mm Zeiss'es are just fantastically sharp. Extremely tiny points, sharp almost to the edge in the f/8 and tight even there. Even at 48x, the big globular showed lots of faint stars in long chains, curving away from its glowing, fuzzy core. Now the long eye relief of the 25mm's came in as a disadvantage. I couldn't cup my eyes closely enough around them to block stray light well enough. I changed to my 20mm GSO Superviews. The field was a bit darker and more stars where showing up and I could block stray light much better, but the view was not nearly as sparkling as before, despite all my attempts to focus just as carefully as with the Zeiss'es. Eye comfort with the 20mm GSO's is very good, but there was just not the depth and the snap to the view as with the Zeiss'es. I added the 1.3x GPC and went back to the Zeiss'es. The globular showed crisper and much more numerous stars, for sure. I changed to the 1.7x GPC, mounted in front of the prism, for 1.65x. The view was extremely good. A shame it wasn't darker.
I was getting very tired now, so I looked at bit at Vega at 170x, to test the image quality, mostly because of the barlow. It was extremely sharp. Glow around the bright star was exceptionally well controlled. Hmm. No need to be in a rush to find a better barlow, it seems. Or will the view only be even better then? Guess I need one after all!
Impressions: These eyepieces seem near impossible to beat. They also have a few quirks, but those can be overcome, I think. The worst is that their barrels are slightly undersized, so that they wobble ever so slightly in the Maxbright eyepiece holders. This is bad, because it can lead to merging issues. The solution so far has been not to tighten the setscrews, so that both eyepieces will always lean in the same direction, due to gravity. The downside of that solution is quite obvious...! No security, should the binoviewer accidentally rotate downwards, and we all know how easy that can happen. The generous eye relief also generates issues with stray light, as noted above.
Another quirk is their generous eye relief and very relaxed eye position. These are clear advantages when it comes to comfort, but you may also not notice that your eye is not exactly centered on the exit pupil, so that image quality can suffer, until you notice that the softening of the view is not due to seeing issues!
A definite advantage of their build-in diopter adjustment is that you can focus the field stop! This creates a very curious effect, in that the "spaceship effect" of these eyepieces are much stronger when the field stops are sharp. Oddly, it also makes the field appear larger! It has the effect of making the field stop appear at infinity, thereby making it seem as if you're looking at the stars through a VERY large window from a great distance. It creates an illusion of vastness that is not subtle in the mind. The "window effect" is very strong. Other eyepieces make it seem as if you're looking through a surgical microscope as a small cell or amoeba, even when you're looking at a galaxy. Such eyepieces have just that "eyepiece effect". You can't shake the feeling, that you're looking through an eyepiece, while the Zeiss'es makes the scope disappear, letting you look out a window into space. The only eyepieces in my arsenal that show a similar strong effect (and I think that is mostly due to their much larger AFOV) are the GSO Superviews.
Bottom line: Using these Zeiss microscope eyepieces are turning out to be a very special experience. The best part is that I've yet to see so much through them. The journey has just begun.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:58 AM
Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:09 AM
So if yours have diopters... are you sure it's only 3 elements?
I don't know how many elements they have. Have I said something about that? I can't remember! :o That's not to say that I haven't!
All I know is that they perform as if there wasn't anything in there at all, except a magical window into space itself.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:16 AM
Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:56 AM
You haven't actually said "3 elements" but Scott99 and Stephan refer to 3 elements. I know there is a 3 element version but I would imagine it doesn't have a diopter.
I thought the APM ones were the same optics regardless of whether they focus or not, but there's no way to confirm it for these old ones. Some of them might be a different design.
Nice report Thomas! sounds like some good planetary seeing. Mars is getting so small and close to the horizon it's just about over this time I'm afraid.
Posted 26 May 2012 - 01:51 PM
So if yours have diopters... are you sure it's only 3 elements?
I don't know how many elements they have. Have I said something about that? I can't remember! :o That's not to say that I haven't!
All I know is that they perform as if there wasn't anything in there at all, except a magical window into space itself.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
This discussion desperately needs some pictures
Posted 26 May 2012 - 02:07 PM
I thought the APM ones were the same optics regardless of whether they focus or not, but there's no way to confirm it for these old ones. Some of them might be a different design.
There are definitely different designs. I don't know the number of elements in mine, but I do think they *might* be a four-element, three-group 1-2-1 König variant, kept to 50° AFOV. This would explain the very good correction and the huge eye lens. I can't say for sure, since the lenses are so phenomenally well polished and coated that I can't see them inside the housing (!!!) when looking from the field stop side, but I can try to count the visible recesses inside the housing, where there might be a lens... I seem to be able to count three such recesses. The field stop is 22mm wide, while the eye lens is 30mm wide!
I honestly can't see the glass. It's an unreal feeling. There's a row of tiny and faint reflection, seemingly floating in mid air, otherwise there's nothing the eye can see. Truly remarkable.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark


text:
Kanye West launched a Twitter tirade against Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday after the late-night funnyman spoofed West in a video segment on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Unless it's all an elaborate prank, West was apparently angered by this video, which makes fun of the rapper's recent interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe in which West describes himself as the "biggest" rock star ever.
Most of West's profanity-laced, all-caps tweets can't be reproduced on the website of a family newspaper. (Kimmel stayed pretty calm throughout the exchange.) The Hollywood Reporter has a run-down of the blow-up, which includes doctored photos posted by West of SpongeBob SquarePants with profane captions.


text:
|Release Date: September 30, 2005
|Running Time: 101 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $864,959.00
|Genre: Fantasy
Stephanie Leonidas
Gina McKee
Robert Brydon
Robert Llewellyn
All Cast & Crew >>
Summary:Helena is a fifteen-year-old girl working for her family circus, who wishes--quite ironically--that she could run away from the circus and join 'real life'. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. Helena searches for the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power that is her only hope of escaping the Dark Lands, waking the Queen of Light and returning home.


text:
Denis L. Sudtelgte
Denis L. Sudtelgte, 83 years old, of Alton, IA passed away Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013 at The Abbey in LeMars, IA.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen. Graveside Military Honors will be conducted by VFW Post 3328 and American Legion Post 220 of Remsen. Visitation will be anytime after 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. There will be a parish rosary at 5 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen. Condolences may be sent online to www.fischfh.com.
|< Prev
|Next >


text:
1-800-369-4669 | Live Chat | Contact Us
Subscribe and Save 10%!
Get your brand in top shape with customized activewear for women. From ladies' sports apparel to running and exercise clothes, your brand will become a part of daily life. Staples Promotional Products has the fitness apparel you need for wellness promotions, races, lifestyle marketing initiatives and more.
Get email updates on the latest exclusive offers and events!
Canada Customers | Visit Staples.com | Visit EWay.com | Visit Order.StaplesAdvantage.com | Staples RewardsTerms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
| Site Map | © 2015 Staples, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


text:
The Sametime Blog
Friday Funnies: get ready for the presentations
Jacques Pavlenyi 1000002W2A firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  lotusphere humor business friday-funnies 1,640 Visits
#ucoms #ls11
Events like Lotusphere are always exciting, busy, energizing affairs. I look forward to meeting with clients and business partners. Getting out of the office and into the marketplace is all goodness for a marketer. But no matter how good the conference, inevitably the presentations all start to look like this after a while (from WorkFailBlog).
#Business-Partner-Tuesday - Story time - Facetime and #Actiance
Lisa D Harris 0600018H1K firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  business-partner-tuesday ls11 actiance facetime 2,343 Visits
Preparing for Lotusphere this evening I thought I'd share a story for Business Partner Tuesday.
Two things happened today. I needed to regain control over my iPhone 3GS - no ring control. And the company formerly known as Facetime is now called Actiance.
Why are these two events related? Well...during the day I read about "Actiance" and this evening I was driven to purchase the iPhone 4 because of "Facetime". Driven. A functioning mute button before LS OGS is a good thing. Of course a working 3GS (one that hadn't taken a couple nose dives down a marble stair case, skidded across parking lots) could have done that trick. But while I'm out buying a replacement phone...I might as well get the latest :), fastest, and as John touted in his tweet yesterday about his new iPhone 4 - most amazing resolution.
Truth be told at the end of it - it was "Facetime" that got me to buy the iPhone 4 vs simply a replacement 3GS. What new Mac convert could resist when you just might have a chance to see your kid's face on your phone? Video was the key differentiator for me. Talk about the best marketing strategy ever....market expansion...kids, grandmas...traveling parents...it's not just the email and internet access anymore driving the device purchase. It is also "remote" family members and friends "closer" in "real-time video". Video. Voice. Video. We have been hearing about video a lot haven't we in our own market space? This entire generation might grow up with it being as common as a voice chat.
Another trend we are seeing is a lot of companies renaming their products (or in this case themselves).
Lotusphere Ask the Product Managers Session
Lisa D Harris 0600018H1K email@example.com Tags:  ls11 lotusphere 1,668 Visits
This year marks a new tradition at Lotusphere.
Today you heard our exciting
and DETAILED preview of UCC at Lotusphere, led by our new
Executive Caleb Barlow. If you want to get jazzed up for Lotusphere,
I strongly recommend you hit the link above in blue. It is a great
broadcast chock-full of information.
In addition to those sessions
described, I'm excited to introduce the Sametime Blog Community to
the first of a new tradition -- The Ask the Product Managers Session
with a panel of product management team members ready to take on your
Lotusphere attendees asked us if there
could be a way to interact with the product management team in the
same way they have lab and session access the development team. At
Lotusphere 2011, for the first time, the answer is yes! Please mark
your calendars and join my colleagues and me as we answer all the
"other questions" you have.
What: Ask The Product Managers at
Lotusphere 2011
Where: Swan Ballroom 5-10
When: Thursday, February 3 -- 11:15 AM
to 12:15 PM
Abstract: By popular demand, and
finally here for Lotusphere 2011, is the new "Ask the Product
Managers" panel. The Lotus Notes and Domino, Lotus Sametime,
Lotus Quickr, Lotus Connections, WebSphere Portal, and IBM LotusLive
product teams will be on hand to answer your questions about product
strategy, market positioning, licensing and pricing, roadmaps,
integration, and more! We'll let you save your tough technical
questions for the "Ask the Developers" panel to follow, but
we welcome those questions you could never quite figure out who to
ask! This lively session promises to provide new insights, ideas and
of course -- entertainment.
So please join my product management colleagues and me, grab some lunch, and then join the developers before the general closing session.
New Podcast: "Lotusphere Preview: Unified Communications and Collaboration"
Marlon Machado 100000PEST email@example.com Tags:  podcast lotusphere ls11 ucc 2 Comments 2,383 Visits
If you want a quick overview of the many sessions covering UCC at Lotusphere 2011 you may want to listen to "Lotusphere Preview: Unified Communications and Collaboration", a new podcast hosted by Caleb Barlow, John Del Pizzo and David Marshak with the participation of the presenters (including yours truly) telling us about their sessions, what to expect, and why you should attend. Here's the link to it.
Use Sametime while at Lotusphere to connect with delegates
Jacques Pavlenyi 1000002W2A email@example.com Tags:  ibm lotusphere lsonline sametime ls11 2,018 Visits
As a Sametime user, you can now easily connect with other Lotusphere delegates through Lotusphere Online. Simply add Lotusphere as a new community:
You now have an easy way to connect with other delegates, especially if you're using the Sametime Connect or Sametime web client on your mobile device.
Lotusphere Online is now...online!
Jacques Pavlenyi 1000002W2A firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  lotusphere lsonline ls11 ibmexperience 1 Comment 2,182 Visits
If things have been a little quiet on The SametimeBlog of late, chalk it up to all the preparations underway for what we hope will be the best Lotusphere ever. And part of that experience is Lotusphere Online, which has just gone live (link to the Lotusphere Blog for more details). Of course, we've included Sametime 8.5.1 as a key part of the online experience, so you'll be able to connect with colleagues via the web client, and (coming very soon) if your Sametime deployment supports multiple communities, we'll provide the instructions on how you can connect your Sametime Connect rich client to the Lotusphere Online Sametime community server.
***UPDATE 01/23: as you can see from our Comments, a video tutorial for LSOnline is now available on Planet Lotus (thanks, Chris).*****
And for those of you who aren't able to attend in person, you can participate virtually like never before. Sign up for and watch the IBM Lotusphere Social Media Aggregator. You'll be able to see Live Stream videos of key general sessions, read the online chatter from Twitter, blog posts, Flickr photos, videos posted to YouTube, and much more. And you can also join the discussion in the LinkedIn Group for Lotusphere.
And here on The SametimeBlog and our sister blog, The Collaboration Soapbox, will have ongoing tips and tricks on how to use the various social tools we'll have onsite. So join us, live and/or virtually, for what will be the most social Lotusphere yet.
New Redbook on Sametime 8.5 Enterprise Scale Deployment
John Del Pizzo 270001QBN7 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  redbook sametime sametime_8.5 2,491 Visits
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Sametime 8.5 Enterprise Scale Deployment Redbook. It provides a best practice framework for medium to large enterprise-scale deployment of Sametime 8.5.1. This Redbook covers a range of business collaboration requirements that typically can be found within many large enterprises with geographically dispersed user communities and diverse business requirements for real-time collaboration.
You can access the Redbook through the link below. A printable PDF version will be available soon.
UC at Lotusphere 2011 (Business Partner Tuesdays)
Jacques Pavlenyi 1000002W2A email@example.com Tags:  ucoms business-partner-tuesdays unified-communications uc business partners 2,991 Visits
Many of you are no doubt gearing up for what will be a very exciting Lotusphere 2011. There will be plenty of Sametime and Unified Communications activities and content filling up the week. Here's just a taste of the top activities:
For our Business Partners, there's also plenty of additional content and activity at the Business Development Day (BDD) on Sunday:
During the main Lotusphere event, in addition to all the sessions covering Sametime and UC, we'll also have:
New leadership for IBM Unified Communications
John Del Pizzo 270001QBN7 email@example.com 1,429 Visits
I am pleased to announce new leadership for the Sametime team. Caleb Barlow has joined us as Director, Unified Communications & Collaboration Software. He assumes the segment leadership role once held by Bruce Morse.
Caleb is a 16 year IBM veteran. Here he has built services teams, led software development organizations and, most recently, served as the Director for the Lotus Foundations appliance business.
Caleb Barlow has overall responsibility for IBM's Unified Communications and Collaboration software business unit. In this role he is responsible for building a solution portfolio that is designed to provide real-time communications using voice, video, web conferencing, instant messaging and social business communications. This is accomplished through a combination of strategic partnerships, industry alliances and IBM software product development under the IBM Sametime brand.Caleb will be joining me on stage at Lotusphere to present the UCC Strategy & Roadmap (INV106). He'll also be available for meetings with customers, partners and analysts - please contact the appropriate IBM representative to request a time.
Please join me in welcoming Caleb to the team!
IBM UC News Roundup: week of Dec 27 2010
Jacques Pavlenyi 1000002W2A email@example.com Tags:  ibm network-world no-jitter uc news uc-news-roundup avaya 2,106 Visits
Happy New Year to those on the Western Calendar! Catching up from a little time off, I see a couple of news items from last week of note you might be interested in.
No Jitter published an article ("Decoding 'Collaboration for realistic decision-making") on collaboration: what it is, how it affects businesses, and building a unified communications roadmap. IBM Quickr is mentioned specifically as a means of an information repository or shared workspace:
In many cases, there is also a need for an information repository or shared workspace, using enterprise tools such as Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Quickr, or dozens of other collaboration products; in those cases, the communications tools are being built into, or tightly integrated with, those collaborative workspaces.
And within the broader coverage of Avaya's recent announced enhancements to its Avaya Agile Communication Environment, many articles (such as this one from UC Strategies) including mention of the support for IBM Sametime and Lotus Notes. A similar piece from Network World also had this to say:
As for IBM environments, there's a packaged application to embed voice in the latest release of IBM Lotus Notes and Sametime. Employees can click-to-call and see telephony presence from within Lotus Release 8.5.1 while using deskphones from Avaya or other vendors. – Network World


text:
Montreal, QC (Sports Network) - Andrei Markov scored a power-play goal with 38
seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory
over the previously unbeaten New Jersey Devils at the Bell Centre.
The Devils fought back from a pair of two-goal deficits to force overtime.
With 59 seconds left in the extra session, New Jersey defenseman Andy Greene
went to the penalty box for holding.
Montreal won the ensuing faceoff and Markov chipped a puck that caromed off
the end boards over a prone Martin Brodeur, handing the Devils their first
loss of the season.
The Sports Network


text:
They say that the eyes are the windows of the soul. Now you can purchase nourishing products to help with the appearance of longer, fuller eyelashes, some even helping to promote eyelash growth. Longer, lusher, denser-appearing eyelashes are flirty, sexy and fun! Lash enhancers also help to hydrate, providing for healthier lashes. Be sure to use your product of choice consistently and as directed, and apply your lash enhancer to clean lashes, free of any makeup. And remember, patience is a virtue. Many lash enhancers take two to three weeks – and some longer – to produce the desired results.
For instant gratification, you can use false eyelashes simultaneously with most lash enhancers without interruption to the enhancement process. And for individuals who have lost their eyelashes entirely due to natural causes and/or a medical condition, the good news is that eyelashes DO grow back – usually in two to four months if the eyelash loss was due to a natural cause. (Those who have lost their lashes due to medical reasons should consult a physician for a more accurate timeframe.)


text:
Celebrate Hollywood's best: Enter to win a prize | Fun
News10 has been gearing up for the Oscars and our post show this Sunday Feb 24 by running a week-long contest to challenge your Academy Awards knowledge.
That means that every day this week on our 6pm and 11pm newscasts we shared a historic moment at the Oscars and highlighting an actor or actress when we did. All you had to do was texted us that person's last name at 25543 by 1:00am the following day.
Since we spotlighted a different person every day, you were able to enter the contest five times this week, increasing your chances to win our weekly prize -- a hundred dollar Target gift certificate.
The winner was randomly picked from 508 correct texted submittals and announced on our Saturday 6pm and 11pm newscasts.
Her name is Jo Ward.
Congratulations, Jo!
And thanks to everyone who entered our two contests honoring the Academy Awards.
Don't forget to watch our post Oscars show on Sunday evening. It's hosted by Cristina Mendonsa and Dale Schornack, who will be joined by entertainment oficiando Jonathan Mumm and our four fashionistas. Plus - you'll be able to interact with them live and on-air by using our chat tool on News10.net!
Follow along with all the Academy Award action on Twitter by using #News10Oscars.


text:
May 24, 2016
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities in south Georgia are investigating the theft of a confederate flag and flagpole that were stolen from a courthouse memorial.
WALB-TV Thursday (http://bit.ly/V7RDOX ) reported the confederate flag memorial at the Berrien County Courthouse in Nashville had been in place for 10 years before the flagpole was sawed off its foundation and stolen.
The television station reports the Sons of Confederate Veterans Berrien Light Infantry raised money to build the $18,000 monument. The Berrien County Sheriff's office is investigating the incident.
Nashville is about 30 miles north of Valdosta.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Florida ports in the limelight
October 14, 2013
As the Caribbean Basin gains more attention as a logistical hub, Florida's ports will become key business partners.
It is worth noting that Florida Governor Rick Scott will serve as the keynote speaker on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the American Association of Port Authority's (AAPA) 102nd Annual Convention and Expo in Orlando, Fla., hosted by the Canaveral Port Authority.
As noted in LM, Florida's ports have been investing in both infrastructure and value-added services.
Not surprisingly, Scott will discuss the importance of investing in ports and port-related infrastructure during a luncheon presentation at the AAPA convention.
The governor is a strong proponent for ports, particularly Florida's 15 deepwater ocean cargo gateways. In his 2013 State of the State address in March, he emphasized the need for strategic infrastructure investments to grow Florida's economy, including recommending $288 million in seaport improvements this year.
In June, Gov. Scott signed legislation for two bills that facilitate economic development opportunities by prioritizing Florida's investment in vital transportation projects, including improvements to the state's deepwater ports. The legislation positions the Florida Department of Transportation to build an interconnected, efficient transportation system while reducing bureaucracy and streamlining decision making to allow faster project delivery for infrastructure improvements that employ creative financing alternatives, offer transportation choices and develop future transportation corridors.
Also in June, the governor received Florida's International Achievement Award from the World Trade Center Miami for his outstanding leadership and performance in enhancing two-way trade. The award is given to executives and corporations that have worked to advance Miami and Florida's position as the "Trade and Logistics Capital of the Americas."
About the Author
Executive Editor
Subscribe to Logistics Management magazine
entire logistics operation. Start your FREE subscription today!


text:
BeingGirl Points - Major Bragging Rights
featured article
It's time to get teenage job interviews! The first hurdle is getting the job. And the all-important first step to achieving that goal is acing your teenage job interviews. The pressure to make a positive first impression can be very nerve-wracking. If you're feeling intimidated, shy, and lacking confidence about getting out there and talking to prospective employers, you are not alone. Here are some tips for teenage job interviews.
all articles about


text:
Current problems in condensed matter physics are intriguing and challenging. This field appeals to me the most because its current trends encompass a whole range of diverse topics and have important implications. Specifically, I am interested in topological phases and approaches to achieve fault tolerant quantum computation, strongly correlated electron systems as well as many-body physics of ultracold atoms and quantum gases.
Manipulation of a system of multiple spins being used as qubits for information processing is problematic due to decoherence. I am interested in exploring proposals for quantum information processing that are robust against decoherence such as topological quantum computation, diamond quantum computer etc. In the first case, theoretical investigation of detection and manipulation of anyons obeying non-abelian statistics is important and I am interested to explore whether and how we could use Majorana fermions as candidate for robust information processing. I am curious about theory and design of experiments through which we can learn how to perform operations on topologically encoded data. Recent proposal of a T-junction of conventional and topological superconductor to exchange Majorana fermions to encode information is an exciting idea. I also look forward to the prospect of using diamond Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers as robust qubits since these qubits can be manipulated even at room temperature due to the environment free from magnetic noise. Spins of Nitrogen electrons at carbon vacancies can be manipulated via an external field to create immune qubits which might form the basis for a quantum turing machine. That research in this direction is at its prime, is well supported by the recent developments of a way to create self-assembling scalable diamond qubit system with help from biological intelligence and the proven ability to link NV centers 3 meters apart.
I am interested in theoretical description of Quantum spin Hall states and study of novel properties due to modified Maxwell"s laws inside topological insulator. Besides the proposed exotic particles settling open questions in particle physics, the field is exciting because we might see a path for topological quantum computation using Majorana fermions in hybrid topological insulators. I am also interested in the study of strongly correlated electron systems. It is remarkable that dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) which is used to model these electrons whose competition between localization and itinerancy shows up in the Hamiltonian, has been a success in modeling phase diagrams of many materials. I am interested in applications of DMFT to a broader class of materials including inhomogeneous materials such as disordered alloys or interfaces.


text:
May 24, 2016
By: Kara Duffy
Thomasville,GA- Thomasville Police have identified the man as 52-year-old David Eason from Thomas County.
Eason was found dead in a grassy area behind the Baymont Inn and Suites on Remington Avenue shortly before 10 a.m.
Police say Eason was reported missing Thursday night to the Thomas County Sheriff's Office.
At this time, there's no word how the man died, but investigators say they do not suspect foul play.
By: Kara Duffy
Thomasville, GA - A body was found behind the Baymont Inn and Suites in Thomasville, on Remington Avenue, between Pinetree Blvd and US 19. The discovery came just before 10 a.m. Thomasville Police and investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are on the scene. No word on the identity of the person.
WCTV will bring you the latest details as they are made available.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
WASHINGTON -- Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans.
RELATED | Rep. John Lewis goes Gangnam Style for voting
Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the court to finish off that provision.
The basic question is whether state and local governments that once boasted of their racial discrimination can still be forced to get federal permission before making changes in the way they hold elections.
Some of the governments covered - most of them are in the South - say they've turned away from racial discrimination. But Congress and lower courts want to continue federal oversight.
The Supreme Court could say as early as Monday whether it'll consider ending the advance approval requirement.


text:
Transpacific may give peak season a pass
September 25, 2011
Inbound figures provided by online market intelligence companies may be reliable, but they only tell part of the story.
According to London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants, spot rates on the Transpacific slid 5.6 percent last week to $1,561 per 40-foot container equivalent unit, (FEU) or 37.4 percent below their levels of a year ago.
This weekly index shows that while inbound volumes are better than expected, rate decline signals a soft peak season for pre-holiday imports from Asia.
As we have been reporting, vessel capacity continues to outpace cargo growth, leaving cargo interests with plenty of space on ships and depressed spot rates.
The Drewry index is based on spot rates reported by non-vessel-operating common carriers in Hong Kong for shipments to Los Angeles. It excludes terminal handling charges in Hong Kong but includes fuel surcharges.
The index hit its 2011 high in January at $2,119 per FEU. Last week's index was down from last week's $1,653.
The index bumped up to 21.5 percent to $1,853 per FEU after hitting bottom at $1,525 in early August.
There it remained, at $1,857 for two consecutive weeks before drifting lower during the last three weeks.
About the Author
Executive Editor
Subscribe to Logistics Management magazine
entire logistics operation. Start your FREE subscription today!