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FFXI turns 11, time for a trip down memory lane...
May 17, 2013, 03:34:40 AM »
So Final Fantasy XI turns its titular 11 this month. As usual SE is having its annual adventurer's appreciation campaign. I got to thinking and that's really an incredible milestone for a subscription MMO in this day and age of F2P. More shockingly I thought, was the fact that I have been playing this game on and off for over a decade. So yes my dear friends, this is a trip down memory lane...
*Yes I know there's a Journal Thread, but this is more of a Nostalgia thread than an achievement one. *
I remember participating in the beta test on PC in the summer of 2002 as a RDM and recreating that character one day before NA launch. I remember spending all day turning in Zehrun soot among the other lowbie repeatable quests just so I could buy our first Linkshell: ZOHAR. I like to think that Arliman was the first "official" NA character on Leviathan, but that's my ego :p Anyway, we populated the Linkshell with mostly RPGFan folks, and about half of our editorial staff at the time. The LS imploded and Dio, Mike and I formed Solaris, which became the home of RPGFan on Leviathan for several years. I still remember the first time we did the mission for the airship pass in an alliance. It was like herding cats with all the sneak/invis wearing, but it was good times. We were among the first group to complete Genkai 1, with the help of a few Japanese players - back when the vast majority of them still wanted to play with westerners.
I remember clearly riding my way to Hall of the Gods, even though I was nowhere close to that progression in Rise of the Zilart, just cause I wanted to see the landmark. Then again when pushing everyone through for sky access. Somewhere around Chapter 5 of Chains of Promathia (pre-nerf) a little game called World of Warcraft and split the group up and for a while a new Solaris thrived in WoW with about half of the old guard, but nothing quite captured the fondness of the times we had in FFXI. From the chain deaths in Castle Oztraja to stomping all over Kam'lanaut, those were the days. Even after so many other MMOs, XI has still kept its hearth warm. The game has held up well over the years and I'm curious to see this UI revamp they keep talking about, but like always, change in XI is always slow. Maybe that's why it's stood the test of time for so long.
As a longtime MMO player, I long for that magical game to come along that recaptures that special feeling that I had for FFXI so long ago. You know, a place to finally hang my hat and say "I'm home..." I'm hoping FFXIV:ARR can grant that wish, but if it doesn't, FFXI will forever hold a special place in my heart. From the friends I made (who are still friends 11 years later), to the memories we made, Vana'diel will always be a home away from home.
Here's a small portion of my old pics.
Arliman's Pics
Please feel free to share any of your old special memories and pictures from the game.
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Re: FFXI turns 11, time for a trip down memory lane...
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May 17, 2013, 04:02:49 AM »
Special memory huh?
My first retirement from XI was pretty memorable. I had been in a linkshell for 2ish months at that point, and spent alot of time working on making our shell nice. Farmed pop items for abyssea, did early fell cleave runs for my ls members to get them some easy level ups, fought mobs that gave no real benefit for most anyway in our shell outside of 1 person, and often helped 1 certain member, Tonius was his name, with a number of solo projects he was doing. I thought we got along pretty well, he told me about how he was dating this girl and gonna get married to her soon, and problems he was having with his job (a roofer), and other things, meanwhile I'd be killing a fuckton of enemies for his weapon trials or an NM or other things. Cut ahead to the day of infamy, I had been busy with rl shit for a couple weeks and hadn't been on much. I get on and say hey to the shell, and seconds later I get kicked out. Started asking members wtf why'd I get booted and they pointed to tonius, who after a set of tells back and forth made it pretty clear he was a twat fuck jerkoff who'd been using me for bullshit and making sure everyone in the shell thought I was a dickwad and talking shit behind everyone's back. Literally an entire shell thought I was dirt now, and being that Hathen at this point was busy with his shell and none of my other pals still played, I said fuck it, this was drama I didn't need and promptly ended my account.
Year and change latet, ashtrot and daggerstrike had started playing and I decided it was a possibly good time to.get back into the game with a couple pals. Neither of them lasted very long....
Long story short, FFXI made my life very...drama filled.
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Re: FFXI turns 11, time for a trip down memory lane...
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May 17, 2013, 04:11:55 AM »
That's... Really depressing :(
I think everyone who has ever MMO'd have had someone leech their time and/or experience. I didn't have much of that in XI but boy did I have people like that in WoW. It takes alot of trial, error and luck to get a good group of people to play and stay together. The biggest problem I see now is that with everything going F2P, people don't have any real incentive for sticking around unless they have a significant social investment. I'm sorry you weren't around back in the day, you definitely could have used some more positive experience.
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May 17, 2013, 04:26:42 AM »
Blame Parn, he coerced me and a few of our buddies to start playing back in early late 2009 iirc, and quickly left us all high and dry. It's all Parn's fault! Lynch him!!!!!!
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LMAO. Yeah Parn played with us too, quit and came back like 4 times that I recall. Even microwaved his discs so he couldn't reinstall. Well you guys are welcome to join us when ARR launches. Alot of good peeps returning for Solaris 3.0, should be fun times.
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Quote from: Tenchi-no-Ryu on May 18, 2013, 02:52:48 AM
Even microwaved his discs so he couldn't reinstall.
Even that didn't stop him from coming back to the game again a while after that.
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May 18, 2013, 03:44:30 PM »
Good thing too, otherwise I wouldn't have grabbed amazing screenshots like this one.
It's worth noting that the timestamp on the file is 7/28/2006.
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May 18, 2013, 09:42:01 PM »
Man, those pics brought me back to a real special time. When the game launched, it really felt like some "no 7th graders on the 8th grader's lawn" kinda shit, and if you got lucky, a few cool JP players would let you sneak in a group and it would feel like winning the lottery.
I also learned I would never play another MMO that had a sound file for "level down".
How big is the group coming back? My wife and I played WoW from open beta until about a month ago. Killing Kael'thas and Vashj in their day was always a high water mark for me, but the FFXI days were pretty great. Is FF14 ARR close to the FFXI experience?
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My favorite memories from playing FFXI include:
1) pretty much all of CoP. I played through these missions in 2006: that is, after the first few balance-fixes, but before the removal of level-capping (or equipment-level-scaling, for that matter).
2) the ending of CoP.
3) beating the seven Jailers in Sea, and dying to AV a lot.
4) About 60% of the Salvage runs I went on. For some reason I just REALLY liked that event.
5) Level-grinding summoner in Abyssea. Ridiculously fun/easy/rewarding all in one.
6) Taking down some of the Abyssea zone bosses with a pet-only LS. That was wild.
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May 21, 2013, 01:15:30 AM »
Man those pics really bring back memories. The whole reason I joined FF XI was because of friends I had in Mirc that played the game. Joined up and got a Solaris pearl... made a lot of friends with people who are fun to play with. I remember when Suspiria would go fishbot hunting by dragging the kraken over to the bots. I also remember having to do a full alliance to even get to the spire in promy. one of my favorite memories was Leopold's /shout boost macro in dunes. I remember when my DRK was with Feight's PLD, Risten's BRD, Valesti's THF, Annwn's WHM, and Grimreaper's BLM. at the end of our exp sessions Feight would invincible and i'd try to get hate off of him. and it wasn't a exp pt unless my DRK died at least once lol :) FF XI was the first MMO I ever played. and I'm happy that I decided to play.
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Can't find a lot of super-old screenshots, and even fewer of people that you might recognize.
Also my screenshots have ass resolution. I should really update my computer more often.
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Anyone have that FF11 Copypasta story? About some guy who had a friend in game from his n00b days who he grew disconnected from, but she was actually going on quests and sending him letters about her adventures for years without a response because he never checked out the sphere-a-majiggy thing the game used.
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Quote from: Parn on May 25, 2013, 10:10:05 PM
That was terrible.
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That chick was a weirdo noob.
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Goals and other topics of specific interest were on the agenda for the Holyoke School District Re-1J annual summer retreat held Tuesday, July 2.
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It's nice to see that Eastmans' added them. But, I would understand if they didn't because whitetails aren't really their 'thing'. Although, I think I did see an episode where they hunted them in Montana? Anyway, to call them rat tails and to say that they're not a western big game animal is just ridiculous. I love whitetails and they are here to stay. Nobody hunts over fancy food plots out here and I wouldn't care if they did. I feel blessed to live in an area with both species. The last two years I have put in for a whitetail only tag as my first choice in the draw over the local coveted muley tag. Who cares? To each his own...
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I've been hunting mulies my whole life since I grew up in WY, the shot at a whitey at least once or twice is enticing to me right now. In fact I'm shooting for a tag in eastern Colorado. Maybe my mind will change back once I've been there and done that.
I think a thread dedicated to spot and stalk black bear hunting would be interesting, nothing against bait hunting just think spot and stalk is more the Eastman's way of hunting. I plan on giving it a try with my bow this spring and would like to talk to other hunters taking on the same challenge.
I have to admit although I'm happier hunting a muley someplace with a killer view I had some backstraps from an eastern Idaho whitey that had been living in a grain field and that was better than any scrub brush buck I had ever tasted.
I grew up hunting whitetails here in Ohio, and they are great to hunt, but I subscribe to EBJ,and EHJ for a change of pace.


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Technical question and philosophical question
Posted 11 March 2009 - 01:17 PM
Which got me thinking: Where is the starting point for a mount that can be autoguided well enough that you can go night-night?
Philosophically, at what point does one move from a person taking amazing photos to a person that knows how to operate some fancy astro equipment?
Posted 11 March 2009 - 02:11 PM
I use a G-11 and an SBig ST2000xm with a CFW-9 filter wheel. With the CCD-Soft software, I can setup the mount on target, set the auto-guider and then set up the exposures for each filter in CCD-Soft and then go to bed and get up when they are finished.
The big thing is to choose the target and its position so that the mount can run for the time required, without hitting the limits.
Some mounts will not run much past Meridian, this is a problem for doing this. SO the mount is important in that regard, it must be able to track past Meridian if the object is going to move through Meridian during the exposures.
Of course, how long the exposure totals are will determine a lot of this. I usually have to have a total of 5 hours of RGBL to get a good photo. This can be done over a period of several nights if required, but I normally do it all in one night.
So, if you plan properly, you can do this easily. You can take your photo in the course of 2-3 nights if your mount will not track long enough in one night.
Hope this helps,
Posted 11 March 2009 - 02:17 PM
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:11 PM
The orion nebula tonight looks just like it looked last year and the year before and the year before and the year before
Looks like we can agree on something. I also don't understand why people want to automate imaging. There are thousands and thousands of images out there available for free download. What's the point in buying Paramount ME - just to outdo someone else from the forum or to show off
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:21 PM
I have a QHY8 on the way and wondered: will it feel the same to email pics to family saying, "shot this with my CCD" as it feels to say, "shot this with my Canon DSLR."
To think about saying: "programmed my equipment and woke up to this shot of M42" both appeals to me and also bothers me a little.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:34 PM
As for automation, I know many that do it, I am slowly learning and hope to be able to get some sleep while still collecting photons. It still requires a skill to set it up to work right so it is not really like cheating as some would have you believe. And anymore it seems the norm is to get many hours worth of exposures per object so sitting thru all that is not a good use of your time (like sleeping is).
I would recommend you download the trial copy of CCDCommander and give it a try. Very easy to get started. I use MaximDL, PinPoint, and the Sky6. You might be able to use some other software. And you will need the Ascom which is a free download.
I am assuming that you connected your scope to the computer with a planetarium program, if not get comfortable working with that first, then try the automation software as it runs using it too.
Have fun.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:51 PM
The orion nebula tonight looks just like it looked last year and the year before and the year before and the year before ...
Actually, I've seen photos of the Crab Nebula taken over the course of 15 years that show definite changes. I wish I could remember what site they were on as I recall there are others, too.
In regards to Chris' philosophical portion of his post: I, too, am purely a visual user and I believe that much of the fun of this hobby for any person comes in the form of how one gets their enjoyment from their equipment, if any equipment at all. Many began just by looking up, naked eye, laying on their backs at camp sites listening to the more learned describe the stars and constellations. For me, it's not about fancy equipment. It's a fascination with traveling to places that in my lifetime I will never realize. Like waiting outside in my driveway at night for the Space Staion to fly over. It takes only a few minutes for it to pass, but if I forget and miss it, I'm saddened a bit. Yet, Thierry Legault has painstakingly captured the most impressive astro photo I've ever seen: the Atlantis Shuttle preparing to dock with the ISS silhouetted against the gorgeous backdrop of the Sun. I've looked at that photo often on his website. I've tried to catch the Station in my own scope during a pass and even though I know where it would emerge and the path it would follow, I still was way off in catchng even a fleeting glimpse in my scope's field of view. Legault explained at NEAF last year that he had only a 15 second window to take that photo and had to travel well outside his home in Paris to a specific location. He had to set up his fancy equipment in time to catch the window and hope that the approaching cloud cover would move slow enough so as not to destroy the opportunity.
Buying pictures are available of your favorite objects. But can one say that looking at a bought picture provides the same level of satisafaction as one gets from viewing a photo when there's a deeper understanding of the process and personal connection with the result?
I'm the crudest of carpenters, barely able to drive a nail straight, so if I need a table, I buy one. But a friend of mine is a superior wood craftsman. When he needs a table, a chair or a cabinet, he builds it, sands it, stains it and basks in the satisfaction of having a unique creation, even though it was something that arose from other existing materials, he combines and hones what's available to his own desires. I think at least as much can be said for those patient astrophotographers who make such beautiful pictures available for so many to enjoy.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:51 PM
Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:54 PM
With autoguiding I can shoot all night with my mount. It's an LX200 fork so no meridian problems, and not exactly a high end system! I would say the biggest issue I have is with focus, since the focus point can change with temperature over the course of the night. Being there to periodically refocus helps. A work around is to shoot luminance up front and the color at the end of the night since detail in the color frames is less critical.
Lane and Alph,
When you love imaging, you have the desire to get the best results you can. Getting lots of data is key to this end, so being able to gather data all night long is desirable. Getting that final image the way you want it and being able to say I setup my equipment, gathered the data, and processed it to create this image gives a tremendous sense of accomplishment. The process is a creative outlet, the fact that there are other images of the same object available for free download misses the point entirely.
I enjoy observing and being outside (the Orion nebula looks the same in the eyepiece year after year too), but I wouldn't do it night after night, all night long while the scope and camera do their thing, particularly on work nights.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:10 PM
The orion nebula tonight looks just like it looked last year and the year before and the year before and the year before
Looks like we can agree on something. I also don't understand why people want to automate imaging. There are thousands and thousands of images out there available for free download. What's the point in buying Paramount ME - just to outdo someone else from the forum or to show off
I think part of the desire for automating is because astrophotography is such a challenging hobby. If you've ever sat up half the night trying to work in the dark, mostly brain-dead, while trying to develop and implement a complex process to get an image of a really faint object, you'll understand why the person doing the imaging might want to make it a little easier. And once that image is actually acquired and comes out looking good, it deserves to be seen and recognized as an accomplishment.
Sure, you can download somebody else's hard work and enjoy it I suppose. It's also possible to print out a certificate saying that you're a licensed physician, but it doesn't make you one. The fact that it's your hard work that created the image is what's important. You know all about the sweat and tears, agony and sleepless nights that went into capturing the image. AND, knowing that can make you REALLY appreciate seeing someone else's excellent work.
Give a guy a break please. Good astrophotography is difficult and not many of us are going to have a totally automated robo scope in our backyard and in reality it's probably not what we really want anyway, but if a little automation helps the process, why be critical?
Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:12 PM
Excellent point about focus changing Ted.
DeanS I use PHD autoguiding software that came with the starshoot autoguider. Planned on using Nebulosity with the QHY8 when it comes. I'll look up the other software you mention...
Wow, CCD Commander looks impressive!
Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:32 PM
Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:41 PM
the fact that there are other images of the same object available for free download misses the point entirely.
That's a sobering truth at least for me. It stopped me in my tracks. I can understand passion of imaging something dynamic but to spend 50K to 100K on imaging an object frozen in our life time – I don't get it. More importantly, my wife does not get it either.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 05:11 PM
I was talking about astrophotography with a non-astro friend. I was saying how I enjoy it, but sometimes don't enjoy missing out on sleep. He was suprised and asked, can't I just set it up and go to bed, then wake up to get my pics. I answered not without getting a much more expensive mount (for one thing). Currently I use a CG-5ASGT, and autoguide with ssag.
Which got me thinking: Where is the starting point for a mount that can be autoguided well enough that you can go night-night?
If your CG5 is at the point that it reliably autoguides for an indefinite period of time, then you could probably do this right now--or at least come close. You just need a scope and mount combination that won't drop the guiding over the course of a few hours. Most of the better software packages, including CCDSoft and Maxim and probably others, will allow you to schedule out an imaging run, include filter changes, and some time between exposures for the scope to re-acquire and center the guide star. Your CG5 may be capable of this right now.
The trick is the Meridian flip. I'm not aware of an easy/low cost way to handle that. Unless you are very well polar aligned, you may need to re-center your object and you will certainly need to find a new guide star (or, even worse, rotate the camera to get the same guide star again). The meridian flip is going to be the limitation under most circumstances. Unless, of course, you are using a fork mount
Philosophically, at what point does one move from a person taking amazing photos to a person that knows how to operate some fancy astro equipment?
I find that as you progress in astrophotography, where your skills are employed slowly shifts. As a newbie, just getting the image in the field of view of a small chip may be a challenge. Eventually that problem gets handled (either through improved skill on the part of the operator or with better equipment) and you start worrying about achieving better focus. Again, the problem gets solved either through skill or more equipment and your emphasis moves to tracking accuracy and post processing. The tracking accuracy problem eventually gets solved with an autoguider, an upgraded mount, or both (as well as a liberal application of skill), and you can start focusing on post processing techniques and (finally/for the first time) true artistry. You will start to look at composition, framing, color palette, which aspects of the subject you are going to emphasize, naturalness of the subject, etc..
I'd argue that it is only after you turn into the "person who knows how to operate some fancy astro equipment" that you are truly freed up to include some real artistry in your images.
Heck, you see the same in terrestrial photography. While you don't need to spend as much money in ordinary photography to get a technically excellent image, there is still a clear distinction between technical excellence and artistry. Most artists--at least the good ones--are also technically solid or they wouldn't be able to effectively communicate their vision.
I don't see that the ability to capture good data--whether it be achieved through equipment and automation or through sweat and hard won skills--detracts from the artistry of creating a superb astrophotograph.
Heck, you had the same questions raised when photography first appeared as an art form. Some people felt that painting might die out as an art form since a more "accurate" image could be captured with a camera than with a paintbrush. Others suggested that there was no artistry in photography--that it was simply a craft that could be mastered by anyone. Clearly, neither turned out to be the case.
My still distant goal as an astrophotographer is to show that it is just as much an art form as landscape photography or portraiture. In order to do that I must first master the craft and tools of astrophotography. I prefer the "sweat" method first in order to create a better understanding of the issues involved, but I have almost followed that up with the "money" method. Even the money I spend on my equipment--in order to free me up from the more mundane portions of astrophotography--comes from my sweat since I still work for a living.
Some of the other posters mentioned that one could download far better images of an object than can be produced by amateurs, so what is the point at all? They are missing the difference between technical excellence and true artistry. When I make my own images with my own data I am able to present the image the way I wish to--convey my own artistic vision (such as it is). I can choose the framing I want. I can choose the orientation I want. Must M42 always be shown with the running main oriented on the left? I can choose my own range of contrast. I can choose to emphasize the dust and gas around a galaxy, or to draw out the spiral structure. When I image an HII region, I can decide whether I want to downplay or emphasize the sea of surrounding stars. I don't agree that every image of a given object is the same simply because the object itself doesn't change much on human time scales. How I choose to present the image is the important piece.
Posted 11 March 2009 - 11:15 PM
Awesome answer Jared. All great answers really. I don't expect any two people on this site to have exactly the same opinion. Strength in diversity and all that... Good stuff. But really awesome answer Jared!
Posted 12 March 2009 - 08:20 AM
Posted 12 March 2009 - 09:40 AM
Lane, it's probably best not to generalize like that.
You've heard of McNeil's nebula, discovered by an astrophotographer? That's astronomy. I spend some of my time each month gathering and submitting data on asteroid orbits, also astronomy. This is impossible to do with adequate precision without a camera, and automation helps to maximize the volume of scientific data collected.
I also love doing visual observation, naked eye and with binoculars while imaging. My experience is that this is the norm for most people interested in astrophotography, rather than the exception.
Alph, I hear you. If the wife isn't on board, you wont be spending much for visual or imaging work. The cost of good eyepieces adds up in a hurry!
For reference, I got my camera used for $1500. Filter wheel and an old laptop added another $1000. Scope and mount used for $2000, but I would need those for visual use also.
Posted 12 March 2009 - 10:25 AM
Posted 12 March 2009 - 12:05 PM
My wife totally supports my astronomy hobby - but she would not enjoy it herself. She's of the opinion that once she's seen Saturn (for instance) she doesn't really need to see it again. It just doesn't "do it" for her at all. Although she may never change her opinion in this regard she is both very supportive and genuinely proud of my astronomy persuits. She is my biggest astrophotography fan, and will be the first one to show off my work to others. This is totally because she knows how much *I* enjoy it. You see? Fun for me, not so much for her.
Here's another example - how about guys who like to manually guide their rigs while taking photos? I know guys who dearly love this aspect of the process and would not consider doing it any other way. As for me, even though I've always loved observing, I think I'd rather have bamboo shoots driven under my fingernails before I'd willingly sit for hours manually guiding my astrophotos. It's difficult, almost invariably painful (you must crouch in whatever position that the telescope gives to you and this is invariably in the most cramped position imaginable), and can be easily avoided by just a little bit of automation.
Most of the guys in my club are astrophotographers. I know of many occasions where we've headed out of town to dark sky and ended up waiting the whole night for the sky to clear just hanging out with each other. For the majority of these guys a big part of the fun of astrophotography is the comraderie that takes place while their rigs are busy collecting photons. You won't hear many of these guys calling that wasted time either, even when they're totally clouded out.
...and speaking of clouded out skies - that makes the idea of a completely remote controlled observatory located somewhere that has pristine skies pretty attractive, too!
Posted 12 March 2009 - 01:03 PM
I have been a visual Observer for many years, and find the joy of being out under the sky with my equipment very satisfying. I will probably set up to do both AP and visual on any given night. (at least that is the plan) To me it is the learning and accomplishment that drives me to even want to go through the somewhat frustrating learning curve to accomplish this new discipline of astronomy.
As far as the remote execution of the hobby is concerned, I say why not if that is what some like. If you just like to lay on ground and just look up, or remotely operate your rig from somewhere else to acquire those beautiful photos we all stair at in amazement it is all the same love of the sky that drives us.
It always amazes me how much we tend to cubby hole ourselves in this hobby. Refractor or reflector? And if you are one or the other then we sub divide even further to Achro or Apo; Dob or Equatorial Newts. Our entire hobby tends to require a persons involvement be placed in a niche.
I personally look at astronomy as a whole, and appreciate the vastly different ways that we all add to the overall experience. It ends up a buffet of different choices that make a well rounded hobby. (read obsession)
I forgot the name of the company or group that does this, but I may yet decide to rent time on those remote telescopes like the new one down in Chili. I think "how cool is that" instead of "I am missing the experience". I someday want to see the Southern hemisphere's sky personally. I think that if I do get that chance I will take my Dob because there is just too much I want to look at to focus on one item in the given time I have. If I can do some High tech peeking in the meantime....
Perhaps this new desire to do AP will blow over and nothing will come of it. Perhaps it will end up being my driving force. I don't know. What I do know is that I will have tasted another dish on that buffet, and be all the more full for it.
Posted 12 March 2009 - 01:24 PM
Posted 12 March 2009 - 01:42 PM
Why aren't they spending that down time looking through a second scope or scanning for meteors or ever bothering to just look up at the beautiful stars above.
I suspect some of those guys have been observing for years which means they've already seen a lot of stuff...again and again. Astrophotography becomes a branch of the hobby that keeps their interest up and at the same time gives them time to socialize with others who share the same interest. Automating the imaging process becomes another branch of the hobby...it's all good. ATMing and astrophotography have long been associated with amateur astronomy.
Posted 12 March 2009 - 04:40 PM
Posted 12 March 2009 - 04:43 PM
It just seems to me that most astrophotographers given a choice would prefer to spend all their time in the house at the computer tweeking photographs. They treat the process of acquiring those photographs as just a complicated bothersome task. I see the guys at our club set up a shot push a button and then sit down and chat with their buddies for 15 minutes. Why aren't they spending that down time looking through a second scope or scanning for meteors or ever bothering to just look up at the beautiful stars above. They don't seem to care about any of that. I over heard a couple of them last year talking about robotic mounts and how great it would be to have one. Then they would not even have to drive up to the site, everything could be done from inside their house over the web. I love astronomy and get a great feeling just being under dark skies, so I just can't get my thinking wrapped around this kind of attitude. I suppose being into AP is really more about being a photographer than it is about astronomy.
You could ask the same question about many of the recent technological changes in amateur astronomy--I won't call them advances. When digital setting circles first started to become popular people wondered whether they were really a good idea. They allowed you to bypass some of the learning process of star hopping and analog setting circles. Wouldn't someone who was really interested in astronomy want to learn those skills? And continuously use them? Then goto alt-az scopes came out. That change allowed the amateur to completely bypass polar alignment and moving the telescope at all! Just type in the object, and it appeared.
As it turned out neither of these changes was "bad" for amateur astronomy. For those who weren't interested in the mechanics of finding an object (heretofore an integral part of amateur astronomy) they removed an unpleasant burden. Different people are interested in different parts of the hobby. I still prefer not to use my goto systems when doing visual astronomy, but to each his own.
I think your observation is accurate, though. Most astrophotographers do seem to be more interested in the process of building the image out of the data than they are in the process of data capture. At least, this is true once they reach a certain level of proficiency. Don't worry about it, though. It's just another part of our wonderful hobby. It's also the way professional astronomy has been pursued for some time now.
Posted 13 March 2009 - 07:45 PM
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Roanoke Stuns Stevenson with 14 Seconds Left, Advances to NCAA Semifinals
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OWINGS MILL, Md. - With 53 seconds left and its NCAA Division III men's lacrosse quarterfinal game tied at 12 in the fourth quarter Wednesday, things didn't look too good for Roanoke.
Stevenson sophomore attackman Tyler Reid had just prodded his way in front of the cage and put the ball behind his back and past Maroon goalie Charles Pease.
The Mustang cheers, however, were quieted when the official called back the goal, saying Reid had stepped in the crease. Still, he had drawn a yellow flag (a push with possession), and the Maroons, who were having trouble getting any offense going for much of the fourth quarter, were now staring down Stevenson's potent extra man unit (33 percent for the year).
But Pease turned back a Neal Barthleme wing shot with 13 seconds left in the penalty and the Maroons cleared. The ball eventually ended up in the hands of lefty attackman Mike Hayden, who after sweeping to his strong hand found crafty linemate Richard Lachlan in front of the cage.
There, the sophomore attackman and Port Coquitlam, British Columbia native caught -- and in one motion -- finished the spot feed to put the Maroons up 13-12 with just 14 seconds left in the game.
"The Canadian way," Roanoke coach Bill Pilat joked after the game.
Stevenson tried to counter. Ray Witte (two goals, 20-for-29, 14 ground balls) won the next faceoff clean and drew a pushing penalty to give the Mustangs' EMO a chance at redemption.
But Richie Ford's final shot was blocked, sending Roanoke into a frenzied celebration and stamping the Maroons' ticket to the NCAA Division III semifinals, where they'll face Salisbury.
Richard Lachlan (42), Roanoke's top scorer and a British Columbia native, celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal "the Canadian way" to beat Stevenson.
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For Lachlan, who finished the game with two goals, the late game flourish helped make up for a day in which Stevenson's quick double teams and solid second slides softened much of his usual catch-and-shoot impact.
"It felt awesome," said Roanoke's leading scorer of his final tally. "It's the best feeling I've ever felt."
The game exorcised the Maroons' demons in this series. Last season, Stevenson beat them 15-14 the quarterfinals when Ford put a shot through his legs in overtime. Earlier this year, Stevenson romped to a 16-6 victory.
But this time, Roanoke was able to survive, despite being dominated on faceoffs and outshot 57-42, thanks to junior attackman Jeff Keating (five goals) and its backline, particularly Pease. The red-hot freshman goalkeeper made 22 saves, many of the acrobatic variety, and helped prevent the three- and four-goal runs that make Stevenson so deadly.
He was also aided by a green freshman-filled defense in front of him. Whatever it lacked in age, it made up for in savvy and a solid game plan.
The Maroons were slow to double the ball and refused to slide off the Mustang attackers in transition situations, preventing the likes of Dailey, Reid and Barthelme from getting into any sort of a rhythm. (Stevenson ended the game with just two assisted goals.)
Individually, Roanoke's long poles and short-stick defenders did a nice job in transition, picking the ball off the ground and guarding in settled situations. Senior leader Alex Burkhead (four ground balls), with the help of Stevenson's slick grass field, held Jimmy Dailey's stop-and-go act to just two goals.
"Keep my feet and run with him," Burkhead said of covering Dailey.
Stevenson ends the season with an 18-2 record. Head coach Paul Cantabene would not offer any excuses and credit Roanoke for handling the Mustangs' pressure on offense, great goaltending and taking advantages of their "bounces."
While disappointed at the result, Cantabene was quick to give credit to a Stevenson senior class that helped transform the place from a tiny school on the outskirts of Baltimore into a Division III superpower.
"They put the university on the map," he said.
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The church was formally organized on March 31, 1963. The first official worship service was attended by 15 people. Included in that group was Cornwell and his son; the Rabb family; and Carlyle and Mary Lou Britt and their two small boys.
Titus served as pastor from 1962-65. During these early years some people were born again by the grace of Jesus Christ, and the young congregation grew. In the years since 1965, two more buildings have been built on the property. The largest building, which contains a beautiful and spacious sanctuary, was dedicated on Dec. 9, 1984, under the pastoral leadership of the Rev. Clarence Williams.
Just as he promised, God has always been faithful to the pastors and laypeople of First Wesleyan over the past 50 years. The church has experienced some strong growth during the past five years. It is blessed with an unusual number of young couples and children under the age of 10, and there is a strong children�s ministry in place. The church�s finances have also grown significantly, and 5 percent of all tithes and offerings are given to foreign and local missions. In the past month, two new classes (Middle School and Preschoolers) have been added to the Sunday School ; and a Wednesday night Bible study has been added to the weekly schedule.
Page 2 of 2 - The public and especially former members and friends of the church are invited to attend the anniversary celebration beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday. Several former pastors, including Titus, will be present and sharing memories of their time at First Wesleyan. A singing group named �His Mercies� will minister in song, and the district superintendent will preach. A covered-dish meal will be shared after the service.
Eddie Gray is pastor of First Wesleyan Church of Shelby.
First Wesleyan Church, 1542 Kings Road, Shelby, celebrates its 50 th anniversary at 10 a.m. Sunday. Music will be provided by �His Mercies,� and the district superintendent will preach. A covered-dish meal will be shared after the service.
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|Seniors cross stage as newest HHS graduates
|Written by Darci Tomky
Emotions ran high Sunday afternoon, May 12 as the Holyoke High School Class of 2013 celebrated a successful high school career at their graduation ceremony. Clad in black caps and gowns, 38 seniors crossed the stage in the HHS gym to receive their diplomas.
After proudly marching in to a processional led by director Miko Martinez and the senior high band, graduates nervously and excitedly began their graduation exercises.
"We are confident you are ready," said Superintendent Bret Miles as an introduction to an anxious senior class. "We are proud of you."
Valedictorians Molly Brandt, Brett Cumming and Rachel Schneider were honored for their perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
Molly Brandt, Brett Cumming, Rachel Schneider: Valedictorians
Schneider quoted G.K. Chesterton in her valedictory address, saying, "Fairy tales are more than true—not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
"I know my fellow classmates have the ability to defeat their dragons," said Schneider.
Brandt also commended her classmates for their big dreams. "The young adults you're looking at have huge aspirations," she said. "I'm telling you, these people are brilliant!" She encouraged the Class of 2013 to "Go for it!" because "every single one of us has the capability to change the world."
Citizenship awards recognized one senior girl and boy at Sunday's graduation ceremony. Richard Brown and Susan Roll Walters of the American Legion Post #90 and Auxiliary presented the awards to Molly Brandt and Ben Martinez.
2013 graduates Ben Martinez and Molly Brandt were honored at Sunday's commencement ceremony when they were awarded the American Legion Post #90 and Auxiliary Unit #90 Citizenship Awards. —Enterprise photos
Special music Sunday afternoon featured seniors in the high school choir and Select Choir's "Home," under the direction of Marcia Dalton, as well as the high school band's "Afterburn," under the direction of guest conductor Patricia Wiebers.
HHS Principal Susan Ortner presented the Class of 2013. In a day of mixed emotions and great pride, Ortner said what strikes her the most is the long-term commitment to education in this community, noting the roots and strong foundation the community gives to its students.
"The community of Holyoke has formed you into the person you are," she told the graduates. "Show gratitude and live with integrity!"
After showing a clip from the "Last Lecture" from Dr. Randy Pausch on Oprah, Ortner challenged students to "choose to play the game hard."
"What a ride it's been with this group," she said, recalling all the interesting times spent with the Class of 2013 since they were seventh-graders, her first year as principal at HHS.
The graduating seniors wore smiles on their faces as they crossed the stage to receive their diplomas from Miles, Ortner, HHS counselor Summer Maloney and school board members Dr. Jeff Tharp and Dennis Herman.
Graduate Troy McAtee is surprised with silly string after Sunday's graduation ceremony at Holyoke High School.
The class chose a wide variety of paths after high school, which were announced as they crossed the stage. Scholarships were also announced, which totaled $897,227 for the graduating seniors. Click here to read about the class of 2013 scholarships and future plans.
An emotional rose ceremony and special presentation gave students a chance to recognize family and friends with roses, often accompanied by many hugs and tears.
After an enthusiastic introduction for himself, senior class president Ben Martinez had his classmates and the audience laughing as he gave his farewell speech—his opportunity to "make fun of my classmates one more time."
But on a serious note, Martinez thanked his teachers, who "don't get enough thank yous," noting, "They have helped us conquer ourselves." Martinez also recognized parents, the community and God for what they have allowed the class to accomplish over the years.
YOLO, or "You Only Live Once," has been quite the phrase of the year, but Martinez challenged his class to really take it to heart. "If we only life once, let's live it great."
With their hats flying in the air, the HHS Class of 2013 proudly walked out to "Send Me On My Way" by Rusted Root. The rest of the afternoon was spent celebrating their graduation with family and friends.
Holyoke Enterprise May 16, 2013


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Acee: World's Strongest Woman is an athlete we can relate to
There is sincerity and a giggle and a bit of swagger and some down home Spring Valley in almost every word Kristin Rhodes speaks.
She is the most delightful elite professional athlete an increasingly cynical sportswriter has met in some time. She is the every-once-in-a-while godsend to remind him why he likes to tell stories -- and why he really doesn't have any excuse not to get to the gym more often.
Rhodes is a mom and a wife and a small business owner.
And the World's Strongest Woman.
"I have a very normal life," Rhodes said.
Very. Except when she's done running her daycare and then driving to and from her three children's daily activities and getting dinner on the table, she heads for the garage at 10 p.m. to throw around a few hundred pounds at a time.
"It's very impressive," said her husband, Donnie. "She does a lot with the time she has. When I hear people making excuses about not having enough time …"
Donnie got his wife into strongwoman competitions after being taking up the sport of strongman himself about seven years ago. She was a thrower at San Diego State when they met but busyness had kept her from doing much athletically since they'd been married.
"I knew she was capable," Donnie said when asked if his wife had surpassed his expectations as the five-time strongest woman in America and now the strongest in the world. "That's why I pushed it on her so much … She's very competitive, very focused. She definitely has a desire and will to win that is greater than anyone else."
Take the strongwoman championship at the end of last month in Finland, where Rhodes dislocated her elbow in the first event, had it pop back in overnight, kept applying horse liniment throughout the next day to help her get through the discomfort and won four of the final six events.
The events themselves make her story better. Among other feats of strength, we're talking about lifting a 170-pound log over the head six times (and then quitting because she'd already won and her elbow was injured) and flipping a 550-pound tire four times in 13 seconds (about two-thirds of the time it took the next-closest competitor).
The fact that she has combined her hobby with competition and a modicum of fame (she can't go to Europe without being frequently stopped for autographs and photos) while doing it all purely for the fun makes her story great.
Not only does she not get rich as a strong woman, she pays her own way most of the time. Her ongoing world tour – to Finland for the Strongest Woman contest, home for a week, to China to set two world records on a television special, home for less than a week, currently in Scotland to appear on a children's television show about the science of the body – is a rare time in which her travel and accommodations are compensated.
Speaking about the competition in Finland and of achieving a personal best of 485 pounds in the dead lift in Finland and how she believes she can keep getting stronger at 37-years-old, Rhodes laughs often and exudes excitement.
You spend enough time with professional athletes, who have people around them taking care of virtually every detail of not only their job but often their personal life, and you become jaded even if you love your job and enjoy the people you cover. You must have immense admiration for NFL and NBA players and major leaguers, because they have arrived to this lofty place due to their matchless talent and ongoing hard work.


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Joe Riley
Joe Riley is currently completing his GRA at the Shepherd Center - Catastrophic Care Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He works in the Quality Resources & Outcomes Department on process improvement projects.
He will be graduating with his Masters degree Health Systems Engineering in December 2007, which he will then pursue a career in healthcare informatics.
[1] Joe's HSI page...
8/30/07 - Hughes Spalding Visit... The site visit was a great success. I saw many opportunities for improvement while also opening up my eyes to the world of pediatric healthcare. The mission of a children's hospital is so touching. It is a moving experience to see children being healed.
Overview -
Hughes Spalding is a 42 bed hospital that does primary care mainly and focuses on the following service lines: -Asthma -Sickle Cell -Child Advocacy
The hospital plans to upgrade it's outdated facilities in the near future. This has presented a huge challenge.
The group was fortunate enough to step in on the end of a design meeting for the new construction plans. It was very interesting to see how the staff at Hughes Spalding is planning to take a 1951 based design into year 2015 and beyond. The group's focus seemed to be one: -Crowd Control -Staffing Efficiencies -Adaptability -Specific Diseases
Observations - 1. The old marble and other materials created a very gloomy feel throughout the hospital. 2. The facilities were unable to support some newer technologies (i.e. the power setup could not support new radiology equipment; therefore the equipment being used was over 25 years old). 3. The tunnel (owned by Grady) has several problems that could be solved by this class. 4. Wayfinding was confusing around the hospital. 5. The waiting room for families was very small.
New Ideas 1. The new children's playroom could be an excellent project. 2. We could collaborate with the Child Life specialist in using evidence based design for the new playroom. 3. The tunnel to Grady could use improvements. 4. There is a need for purposeful wayfinding signage for the new entrance layout to the hospital. 5. The waiting room layouts could be improved.
Conversations - 1. Dr. Zimring and I discussed where the lead architect for the project came from. 2. Listened to the tour guide and asked questions. 3. Talked with Elaine Smith about creative ways to improve the tunnel.
9/4/07 - The presentation on patient-centered design (PCD) was very interesting. While it sounds like such a fluffy idea, if executed accurately, it could reshape the way we deliver care. The only way to really make patient-centered design become a reality is to get buy-in from clinicians. PCD should be built into clinician training in med schools, etc.


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|PC Historical Society is Walmart grant recipient
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Phillips County Historical Society was one of four service organizations recently selected to receive a Community Support Grant from the Walmart Foundation.
The $1,000 grant was presented to Phillips County Historical Society during the Sterling Walmart Supercenter's grand re-opening ceremony on Wednesday, July 1.
Three other groups that were presented checks during the ceremony by Walmart sales associates were City of Sterling Public Library, American Cancer Society and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association.
Phillips County Historical Society members said they are grateful to Walmart store manager Brett Webster and Peggy Swedlund for their help and encouragement in processing this grant. They plan to use the money to maintain and improve displays and facilities, as well as to promote programs for the museum.
Phillips County Museum is open Wednesday and Sunday afternoons until Labor Day. With various displays including dolls, antique vehicles, glassware, school memorabilia, photos and period rooms, there is something of interest for everyone.


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Sorry for my bad english, I'm a french people.
I'm testing the antispam and antivirus on the NE version (60 days trial).
When a new virus is detected, a notification is sent to firstname.lastname@example.com
But when I sent a spam to a user, the mails doesn't arrive in the mailbox.
I'm testing with Gtube. How could I configure zimbra to put spams in the spam folder of the user ?
Thanks for your helps.


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Sam Aanestad for Congress in California District 1
Editor's note: This is the next endorsement on behalf of The Madison Project PAC in a continuing series of conservative endorsements for the 2012 congressional elections. While we are all focused on the presidential campaign and some of the seminal battles in the Senate, the establishment is working overtime to fill the open House seats with like-minded candidates. Nobody is focusing on the California presidential | Read More »


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I am currently evaluating Zimbra + BES as a groupware solution for my company. Everything went quite smoothly up to now. I can send mails but I am currently facing a strange trouble. When I invite some participant in an event, the Blackberry send a mail with the event description as attachment. I then receive an "Undeliverable: <event name>" message with error : "File Upload Fault. Please contact your system administrator regarding maximum message and attachment sizes." In addition, I get an error code "HTTP ERROR: 401 no authtoken cookie".
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Which point guards would you trade Rondo for:
Conley- He has turned into a fantastic player
Rose- former MVP
Williams- slumped the first half of year but really turned it on second half of year
Paul- Has his own state farm commercial. HA
Curry- the best in the league now
Westbrook- a stud
Irving- getting ready to go to superstar level
Parker- steady player
Holliday- getting close
Felton- good player that doesn't get to do his thing because of Melo and JR.
I am probrably missing some. I doubt any of these players teams would trade for RR. Maybe NY and Felton. If Rondo wants to be big time he is going to have to do more than pass the ball, he is going to have to turn into a scorer as well. If we lose KG and PP we are going to find out how good Mr. Rondo really is. Already seen some posts expecting us to drop to the lottery if we lose those two.


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High Point, NC-- High Point University students have some heartwarming stories tell about fall break.
Instead of chillaxing or hanging out with family and friends students spend time in Alabama helping tornado survivors and in the small village of Chuisajcaba II, Guatemala.
Helping in Alabama: An elderly woman and her family whose home was damaged by tornadoes in April 2011 have a renovated house now thanks to High Point University students who volunteered their time during fall break.
Ten students, two faculty members and four members of Oak Ridge United Methodist Church traveled to Holt, AL. The group completed several projects including adding new paint and rebuilding walls, completing floor repairs, landscape cleanup, window replacements and adding two wheelchair ramps. The trip was part of HPU's Alternative Fall Break Program.
Students were able to see that aid is needed in the U.S., not just abroad, and an impact can be made without traveling far from home.
"This trip was different than any other project I have worked on in that we were able to see many tasks started and completed instead of just helping with something for a day, volunteering for a couple hours and not seeing through the final project," says Erin Karpovich, sophomore and human relations major. "The accomplishments we saw were such a reward, just as much so as the company we were in and the thankfulness we received."
Helping in Guatemala: More than 500 people now have access to purified water, vitamins and safe close-fire stoves thanks to High Point University students who traveled to Guatemala for fall break. Fifteen students raised more than $20,000 and traveled to the small village of Chuisajcaba II, Guatemala. While there, they built 83 close-fire stoves and gave vitamins and water purifiers to more than 500 people. The close-fire stoves replaced open fire pits in homes that cause respiratory problems, birth defects and a dangerous environment. Dylan Robinson, a senior political science major, has been on the alternative trip to Guatemala for three years. He was born in Guatemala and adopted by American parents at 8 months old, so the trip holds special meaning for him.
Helping in Louisiana: Maggie Sturdevant, senior and sociology major at High Point University, opted for a different kind of fall break when she decided to go to Slidell, La. on a mission trip.
Sturdevant traveled to Louisiana with her home church in Geneva, Ill., to work with Habitat for Humanity, helping with hurricane cleanup, and Loaves and Fishes Ministry, feeding the homeless. She also helped deliver emergency relief kits to the community.
As president of Alpha Phi Omega, a service-based fraternity, and president of the Volunteer Center, volunteering is a passion of Sturdevant's and this is her second time going on an alternative fall break trip.
This is the fourth year the students have gone to this country.
*Information provided by High Point University.
High Point University


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I discovered a problem with the new ZCO.
After the upgrade to 4.5.7 I let my users upgrade their ZCO.
For most of these useres a new profile was created and they were asked to give the server name and so on.
I discovered that for these users the ZCO was installed before they started Outlook for the first time, resulting in a profile named Outlook that was used to sync with Zimbra.
Now the ZCO created a new profile called Zimbra.
Has anyone else seen this?
I would consider this a bug and opened one in bugzilla: Bug 20690 - ZCO creates new profile when upgrading