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|City Council discusses possibility of establishing a soccer field
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
With the Great Outdoor Colorado grant for upgrades to the city baseball field falling through, Holyoke's city council continued to search for ways in which to raise funds for improvements to the field in the future during the Tuesday, June 4 Holyoke City Council meeting.
After falling just one position shy of the top eight projects GOCO chose to grant last year, Holyoke's proposal this year failed to crack the top half of the entries.
The main obstacle that lies in the way of receiving a GOCO grant is that the upgrades presented by the City of Holyoke do not encourage physical activity, according to GOCO. Improvements proposed were for ADA upgrades to the restrooms and dugouts, steel awnings to protect those in the stands and upgrades to the playground equipment.
With a grant-writing work session scheduled for the end of the month in Yuma and the next GOCO grant cycle set for August, there is some time to iron out the fine details of the next grant proposal.
One suggestion during the preliminary conversation about ways to encourage more physical activity was to convert the smaller, secondary baseball field in town to a soccer field when not being used for baseball or softball.
Council members noted that it is very common to see children playing soccer around town, and marking off a specific area would promote more activity.
Another option would be to apply for a handful of the mini grants instead of the large grants. While the city would face less competition for smaller grants, the writing of one of the small grants requires the same amount of time and work as applying for a larger grant, so the entire process would be much more time-consuming.
Mini grants would not cover the costs for making the dugouts and restrooms ADA compatible nor would they fund the awnings, which City Clerk Kathy Olofson pinpointed as the top priorities. There is also no guarantee that applying for the smaller grants would yield any grant money.
Public participation is encouraged Tuesday, June 18 at the Holyoke City Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. as discussions continue about improvements and additions that could be made at the Holyoke Baseball Complex.
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At last week's meeting, Olofson informed council members that the city was able to secure $35,000 through the state historical fund for masonry rehabilitation at the Heginbotham Library.
Olofson also noted that the Lions Club has offered to cover the umpire fees for the summer recreation season.
City Superintendent Mark Brown reported that there was a power outage Sunday, May 26 because of a fuse down on the main line by Jack's Bean Co. The reason for the outage is unknown.
The city streets department has been able to take advantage of the warm weather to begin street patching, Brown added.
Brown also presented Mayor Orville Tonsing with a contract to sign that allowed Holyoke to transfer the $150,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration to the Sterling airport. These funds are often split between airports of the same region.
Sergeant Damon Ellis with the Holyoke Police Department reported that from May 16-29, HPD received 78 calls for service, seven reports were written and 17 warnings were given out. Officers also had to shoot a potentially rabid skunk.
Other business
In other business June 4, the council:
—hired Brett Cumming as returning summer help.
—approved a request from Holyoke Housing Authority to waive the building permit fee for a new laundry facility for tenants.
—approved a purchase request for a new warning siren from Sentry Siren Inc. to place at the fairgrounds at a cost of $6,805.83 and a new controller for the golf course siren at a cost of $1,794.60 plus shipping.
—agreed to donate a free night of swimming to the top team that raised the most money for Phillips County Relay for Life.
—approved Ordinance No. 1-2013 to establish a new chapter of Title 5 of the Holyoke Municipal Code for the purpose of establishing construction requirements of telecommunications/radio and TV towers within the corporate limits of the City of Holyoke.
—decided to include city vehicles in the 125th anniversary parade.
Holyoke Enterprise June 13, 2013


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Bellator Fighting Championships middleweight champ Hector Lombard (30-2-1 MMA, 7-0 BFC) returns to action on Nov. 19, when he'll face longtime vet Trevor Prangley (23-8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in a 195-pound non-title matchup.
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"I just want November to get here and knock someone out," Lombard stated in an official release. "It doesn't matter who it is, I just want to do what I do and that's win."
Bellator 58 takes place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Like all of the promotion's season-five events, Bellator 58 airs live on MTV2.
Lombard puts his incredible 24-fight unbeaten streak on the line in the contest. The judoka fought most recently in a September win over Jesse Taylor under the Australia Fighting Championship banner.
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The deuterium injector, or simply matter injector, was a component of the deuterium injection subsystem. This subsystem was part of a starship's warp propulsion system. Injectors were located under the deuterium tank. The injectors precisely compressed and streamed matter (deuterium) through the deuterium stream coils into the dilithium regulation chamber. (TNG: "Contagion", "Booby Trap", okudagrams)
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Did anyone hear the interview about Iowa State on the radio this morning? I heard it was really good, and had some information like Allen Bell moving to safety and Schwartz being really impressive. I just wanted to get the highlights.
Should be replayed today around 3 to 3:30. You can listen online also.
Talking about the Walters interview? will be replayed soon.
With John Walters, right?
T-minus 40 minutes until the next mini-meltdown.
'Until things are brighter, I'm the man in black.'
I am pretty sure it was the John Walters interview.
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You beat me to it, DaddyMac.
What's up with this Ray Ford show stuff and now they're announcing a new show? confused...
and Jon, why did you just drop a bomb?
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And Jon, why did you just drop a bomb?
I'm guessing he's picking up the slack from Marty's departure.
Pretty sure Ray Ford is Ken Miller's joke.
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Did I miss it? I got pulled away from my desk and now they're talking about baseball predictions.
Not sure you missed anything, unless I did too.
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Wow, how upsetting. Nothing like a teenage-style taunt on the radio to get the blood boiling. Reverting to the fanbase mean?
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Deace made a shoutout for the Cyclone Club Tailgate, it's nice to hear about our events instead of Jon endorsing I-Club events or w/e they do over there.
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To recap, authorities say a 17-year old pulled out a gun in class on Friday, September 21st and shot himself. The student died the following day at a Jackson hospital.
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British Lebanese designer Sarah Baadarani has made a name for herself in evening wear since launching her brand in 2010. During Paris Fashion Week, Baadarani gave Audrey a peek at her Spring/Summer 2014 collection, in which she's shifted her focus toward versatile daywear pieces in cotton and jersey. Though trousers, blouses, and jackets have taken center stage in lieu of her signature gowns, Baadarani's ethereal style prevails.
Inspired by the concept of elevating daywear with an infusion of elegant drapery and feminine details, the collection features a juxtaposition of structure and flowing fabrics. Pieces range from structured trousers with a generous sash around the waist, to blazers with billowing sleeves, chiffon pieces peppered with a three-dimensional print of hand-painted roses overlaid by embroidered jewels, and versatile cotton dresses that are cut in such a way that they can be worn three different ways.
Baadarani has taken the brand in an interesting new direction by playing around with material and structure to create a collection of visually intriguing pieces. All in all, she has succeeded in preserving the accessibility and comfort of daywear in the pursuit of evening wear elegance, resulting in a thought-provoking collection that questions the boundaries within fashion.


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Why Japan Is Rushing to Aid Europe: It's All About China
World markets got a boost this week from Japan's pledge to help overly indebted EU nations. What's behind Japan's move? Sure, the spirit of global cooperation is part of it. But much more significant is Tokyo's need to keep pace with Beijing in the influence game.


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Ned Yost media session: September 19
Catching up on Kendall
According to Yost, Jason Kendall is doing pretty well after having extensive shoulder surgery. He is currently still locked up in a sling and recently returned from a doctor's visit in California where he performed minor rehab exercises. Yost believes the catcher is on schedule and may even be a bit ahead.
Pena's positives and negatives
One goal of Yost's in the past few weeks has been to look at new guys, but he also wants to achieve the main objective of winning games. Consequently, Yost has had to alter his plan of splitting playing time between Brayan Pena and Lucas May because he admits it has been difficult to take Pena's hot bat out of the lineup. Yost added that he thinks Pena's offensive performance has been good, but his defensive performance has been mixed. He thinks Pena needs to get in better shape and improve his agility behind the plate in order to become an everyday catcher. Yost also said his number one priority when it comes to catchers is finding someone who can catch the ball, throw guys out, block balls in the dirt, and call a good game–hitting takes a back seat.
Making progress
Chris Getz passed his first stage of tests yesterday, which included trials on the treadmill and elliptical, and he is expected to move to the second stage, which consists of running outside. If all goes well, Yost said Getz will play in the next day or so.
Starting pitcher Luke Hochevar will throw without restrictions in today's game. The manager anticipates Hoch tossing somewhere between 90-100 pitches.


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William Looney: A signpost of progress against disease is the capacity of institutions to innovate—to stay one step ahead of the contagion. How do you read the current climate for innovation, and is the pace sufficient to register gains against TB?
Innovation is a hallmark of the TB Alliance. Our very organizational platform is in many ways an innovation. We were the first TB drug-based organization to be structured as a Product Development Partnership (PDP). Our sole purpose is to produce an innovative set of therapies that significantly advance the standard of care for treating TB and bring those innovations to where they are most needed. The establishment of the Alliance back in February 2000 occurred when there was not a single new drug in development to treat TB—the last real breakthroughs, the first combination therapies, date back to the 1950s and 1960s. We've worked to lower the barriers to TB drug development so that industry partners are more willing to participate. Today, we have more than 20 new drug projects in various stages of development; three are in advanced Phase II or III trials. There are 10 drugs in total in the global pipeline.More important, we recently completed the first clinical trial that validates a new drug development paradigm that could decrease the time it takes to develop novel TB treatments by about 75 percent—from decades to years. The trial, called NC001 or New Combination 1, tests multiple novel drugs together early in the development cycle, with the goal of advancing the best combination of drugs—the way TB treatment is given. This is an approach that could be used in other diseases areas for which combination treatment is also a necessity, like malaria, cancer, and hepatitis. For TB, this is a major innovation because a novel regimen could be used for treating both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB in a single, shorter, safer, and improved cycle of therapy—an advance that has the potential to be truly transformative.
WL: What you are saying is that innovation is as much about broad process improvements—of which the Alliance's NC001 trial is an example—as it is about individual product advances?
MS: Exactly. As a PDP, the science behind a new product is important, but if you do not innovate right through the entire value chain, all that is innovative about the science could come to naught. In addition to classical scientific innovation, the TB Alliance has a three-step test in evaluating the potential impact of our work: Will the therapy be affordable? Will it be made available? Will it be adopted? The premise is that we might have the most innovative single drug, but if it is not combined in the best regimen and we cannot get those drugs into the places where they will have a significant clinical impact, and the right patients cannot afford or do not have access to them, we will have failed. This is why one of our priorities is seeding our PDP delivery platform at the country level, such as the memorandum of understanding (MOU) we signed in March with the International Scientific Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC). The agreement will pave the way for the formation of the first Chinese PDP dedicated to global health called the Global Health Research and Development Center of China, or GHRC, facilitating the transfer of technologies and skills between TB Alliance and GHRC to help develop new global health tools and contain the spread of TB both in and outside of China. We are also pursuing a similar arrangement with a government agency in India to engage that country in the global development of new drugs and regimens for TB.


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According to a new report, cocaine is on tap in the water supply of Great Britain.
Use of the drug is so popular in the U.K., that scientists have found traces of it in the drinking water, according to a report in May 10 issue of The Sunday Times.
Small amounts of the illegal substance were found, despite the water going through an "intensive" treatment process.
Officials say that despite the findings, the trace amounts of coke aren't likely to harm anyone.


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AUBURN, Wash. (June 15, 2014) – Trainer Doris Harwood pretty much has owned the Coca-Cola Handicap at Emerald Downs.
The track's all-time leader with 62 stakes wins, Harwood has saddled four of the last six winners of the one-mile race for 3-year-olds. She has an excellent chance to make it five wins in seven years, nominating four horses including probable betting favorites Noosito and Del Rio Harbor.
Noosito comes off a dominant five-length victory in the May 25 Auburn Handicap, running 6 ½ furlongs in 1:14.71, and tied the in-barn rivalry with Del Rio Harbor at two victories each.
Del Rio Harbor, third in the Auburn, was the track's Top 2-Year-Old Male of 2013 while racking up three stakes wins and $108,293 in earnings. In his lone start around two turns, Del Rio Harbor won the 2013 Gottstein Futurity.
Noosito and Del Rio Harbor are both Washington-bred sons of Harbor the Gold, as are Harwood's two other Coca-Cola nominees, Kenai King and Trick or Retreat.
Northern California trainer Bill Morey, who invaded to win the Seattle Handicap with City by the Bay, nominated Argyle Cup to the Coca-Cola. Runner-up to unbeaten Exit Stage Left in the Gold Rush at Golden Gate Fields, Argyle Cut comes off a three-length win in a one-mile allowance on the turf, and is 2-4-1 in eight starts with earnings of $71,674.
Horse. . . . .Owner. . . .TrainerArgyle Cut (3-KY). . .Joseph Morey Revocable Trust. . .William E. MoreyCharlie Thomas (3-KY). . .Sue & Tim Spooner. . .Dan MarkleDel Rio Harbor (3-WA). . .Desert Rose & Bar C Racing. . .Doris HarwoodDistillery (3-KY). . .L.D.S. Enterprises Ltd. . .Craig MacPhersonHe's Zuberrific (3-WA). . .Patches Pal Stable. . .Terry GillihanKenai King (3-WA). . .Bar C Racing Stables. . .Doris HarwoodMebossman (3-WA). . .R.E.V. Racing LLC. . .Frank LucarelliMy Chief (3-WA). . .Preston Boyd. . .Preston BoydNoosito (3-WA). . .Last Rose Stable. . .Doris HarwoodRedsolocup (3-WA). . .Warlock Stables & Horse Players #096. . .Jeff MetzRoyal Tale (3-KY). . .M Dedomenico & N American Tbred. . .Mike PuhichSlice of Red (3-BC). . .Linwood Stables. . .Robert J. AndersonTrick Or Retreat (3-WA). . .Mark Malnati & Robert McKay. . .Doris Harwood –##–


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Lady Fifty Two running away from Mylast Sweet Pea in Saturday's Washington Oaks.
AUBURN, Wash. (August 9) – California invader Lady Fifty Two snatched Emerald Downs' richest and most prestigious event for 3-year-old fillies Saturday, edging clear for a 1 1/2-length victory over Mylast Sweet Pea in the $65,000 Washington Oaks.With Leslie Mawing riding at 120 lbs for Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorft, Lady Fifty Two ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.21 and paid $3.80, $2.40 and $2.10. A Kentucky-bred daughter of Kodiak Kowboy-K.D.'s Shady Lady, Lady Fifty Two is 3-0-3 in nine starts with earnings of $83,352, including $35,750 for the Oaks victory. Lady Fifty Two is co-owned by Hollendorfer, Dr. Mark Dedomenico of Redmond and Dr. George Todaro of Seattle.Mylast Sweet Pea, ridden by Gallyn Mitchell at 120 lbs, set the pace to the head of the stretch, but was out finished through the lane and settled for a second-place check worth $13,000. The second betting choice at 5-to-2, Mylast Sweet Pea paid $2.40 and $2.40.Champagne Gal, a Canadian shipper ridden by Alex Bisono at 120 lbs, was 4 ¾ lengths back in third place and paid $3.20 to show. Sunpenny, Quiet Wisdom, Cheeky Stone and Papa's Flashy Girl rounded out the order of finish.Although seven horses raced, the Oaks pretty much was a match race between Lady Fifty Two and Mylast Sweet Pea.Hustled to the lead, Mylast Sweet Pea set fractions of :24.17, :48.57 and 1:12.61 for six furlongs, and maintained a slim advantage as the fillies straightened for home. Lady Fifty Two, however, was practically glued to the front-runner from the bell, and she finally made her move into the lane, and gradually edged clear while drifting a bit through the stretch."The horse had been running short races, so if this horse was going to get tired I was going to make sure it was when she was near the lead," Mawing said. "I know how Jerry (Hollendorfer) trains and he always has them fit. When it's time to get a horse ready, he'll have the horse ready."He told me to hustle her out of the gate, find a good spot and use my own judgment. We were coming past the quarter-pole and I knew I had a little more horse than (Mylast Sweet Pea). I'm happy to win this race for (Jerry). I hope he sends more horses up to Emerald Downs."Indeed Lady Fifty Two had never raced beyond six furlongs, a situation that Mitchell hoped to exploit aboard Mylast Sweet Pea."I thought there might be a couple of other horses that would go to the lead with me, but (Mylast Sweet Pea) is versatile, and the kind of filly that it doesn't matter where she's at in a race."She relaxed so well, but maybe too much," Mitchell added. "I had to nudge her a bit on the backside and then she moved right into a nice stride and ran a great race. She tried to come back on in the stretch but I could see the winner was gone. When we get to the Washington Cup without any shippers, she'll get her due."With Lady Fifty Two winning the Oaks, this season's 3-year-old filly division produced four different winners—City by the Bay, Find Your Spot, Ole's Miss and Lady Fifty Two. The first three winners all missed the Oaks for various reasons, however, and Lady Fifty Two shipped in to fill the void.
The Emerald Racing Club posing with Dancing Yodeler after Saturday's win.
DANCING YODELER WINS AGAIN!Dancing Yodeler evidently loves Emerald Downs.The 6-year-old gelding—owned by Emerald Racing Club and its 128 members— charged from last place and scored a two-length victory in Saturday's ninth race for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs.With Mawing up for his fourth win on the card, Dancing Yodeler ran six furlongs in 1:09.69 and paid $4.40 to win. Larry and Sharon Ross are the trainers.In his last three starts, Dancing Yodeler has two wins and a second-place finish, and is 2-1-1 in five starts overall for Emerald Racing Club with earnings of $9,265.
NOTES: Mawing's four-win day increased his lead to 70-52 over Rocco Bowen atop the jockeys' standings. He also leads Bowen 7-3 in the stakes standings and has won five of the last six stakes races, all on different horses for different trainers. . .Juan Gutierrez also had a big day with three victories and is fifth in the standings with 36 wins. . .Howard Belvoir led the trainers with two wins. . .Gallant Son ($15.20) came off the bench for a tenacious victory in the $50,000 Jess Jackson Owners' Handicap at Santa Rosa. The 8-year-old gelding, trained throughout his career by Frank Lucarelli, ran five furlongs in :56.85 on firm turf to defeat Ain't No Other by a head. Voted Emerald Downs' champion 2-year-old in 2008, Gallant Son is 11-5-6 in 39 starts lifetime with earnings of $552,278 for owners Chris Randall and Nick Rossi. . .Live racing continues Sunday with the $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. Noosito (8-to-5) and Del Rio Harbor (9-to-5) are the morning line favorites in the meet's top event for sophomore colts and geldings. First post is 2:15 p.m. . .Nominations for the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) will be released Sunday. The 79th running of The Mile is Sunday, August 24.–##–


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NexImage 5 -- yes or no?
Posted 19 February 2013 - 03:58 PM
My primary goal is to do some basic low-time-requirement solar system imaging, and learn the associated image processing.
I have not done astrophotography before, but have an above-average understanding of the theoretical issues (I'm currently a PhD student in physics, but I am more computational/theoretical).
I don't really have an interest in long-timescale AP.
I have a NexStar 8 SE, and live in moderately light-polluted skies...I can routinely see down to about magnitude 11-12 stars from my back yard (~12 looking more toward the east, ~11 looking more toward the west...somewhat large city to the west). So, that gives some indication of sky conditions around here.
The price on Amazon is around $160. (If I get a favorable impression from the forum, I'll shop around some before pulling the trigger.)
Also, any other accessories you'd recommend? Why would I want/not want a focal reducer?
I'll also post in the beginner AP forum to get their perspective, but would like the NexStar perspective as well.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 05:12 PM
That said, your seeing will be the final determining factor in the quality of your photos. One night of great seeing throws all the "what am I doing wrongs" right out the window.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 05:50 PM
Of course, all it did was make me want more advanced imaging equipment, so be forewarned.
Here's a Jupiter pic I took with the Neximage a few months ago.
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Neximage Resolution: VGA 640x480, Chip: .25-inch format, HAD, color CCD chip, Pixel Size: 5.6 micron square
Neximage 5 Resolution:5MP (2592 x 1944) Chip:1/2.5" format, color CMOS Sensor Pixel Size:2.2 micron square
I'm not sure if this a $100 better camera, but these are the stats.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:11 PM
Just starting out I'd opt for the old Neximage used. Cheap and easy to learn on. If you enjoy the process then there are better choices available other than the Neximage 5 for not a whole lot more dough. I've got both and can't recommend the 5.
That said, your seeing will be the final determining factor in the quality of your photos. One night of great seeing throws all the "what am I doing wrongs" right out the window.
This sounds like good advice. If you have an Astronomy club nearby maybe someone might one of each for comparison. Good luck....
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butsam--I just bought my Neximage used from Skies Unlimited for 49 bucks. They had a second one there for $49, and it included the reducer lens. No disk, but I was able to download everything I needed along with Win7 drivers.
I'm still learning my way around the sky with my 6SE, so I haven't used it yet other than to plug it into my laptop.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 12:06 PM
That Jupiter pic was about 3x barlow, 200 frames through wxAstrocapture, 1/25, F5, and Registax 6.
Posted 20 February 2013 - 12:39 PM
Great photo. Thanks for supplying us with some specifics of how you were able to obtain the shot. I've done pretty well at resisting the urge to cross over to the dark side (AP). But at a starting price point of less than $100.00 used I may have give in to my curiosity and venture into the dark side...
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Watch this video to get an idea of what to expect in terms of field of view. In the video both cameras' field of view are compared.
If you use both cameras in 640x480 mode then the field of view will be 2.5 times wider with the older camera. Having a bigger field of view is nicer for finding the planet and keeping it inside of your field of view during the minute long "movie" you will want to make to feed to RegiStax for processing. Having this wider field of view comes at the expense of having a tinier image of the planet. For this reason you will want a smaller field of view (when at 640x480). You can either use a 2.5x Barlow with the older camera or just use the newer camera. With the newer camera you also have the option of going much higher than 640x480. Then you will have a larger field of view AND higher resolution for the planet. The penalty then becomes the resulting file is much bigger and the frame rate is reduced.
I use the newer camera and use the higher resolutions to help me find the planet. Once I center the planet I drop back to 640x480 so I can maximize my frame rate. I have a CGEM and am able to keep Jupiter within the field of view (at 640x480). I don't know if this is possible with the NexStar 8SE. If not I would still want the newer camera. You could go up to 1024x768 or a little higher if needed.
This link will take you to some images (more links) that have been posted on Cloudy Nights that were taken with the NexImage 5.
Posted 21 February 2013 - 07:22 AM
How big is the FOV issue, if I have a 6 mm EP already? I think the FOV of the NexImage 5 was quoted at equivalent to a 5 mm EP. Would it be enough to center and focus the target in the 6 mm EP, then put on the NexImage 5, and it should appear?
All this said, I am now talking myself down, and thinking of waiting until I can get a good all-around camera such as the EOS Rebel T3, which is about double the price ($400 on Amazon) but can do a lot more...my wife brought up that she wanted a better camera when I mentioned the NexImage 5 again yesterday evening, so this may be my opportunity (once we have the savings for it)! A fair number of people on the Solar System Imaging side were recommending against NexImage and instead for a just under $300 AP-only camera...and if that is the case, I might as well just wait for a just under $400 all-around camera since I don't have a great all around camera yet...I have a decent one, but not a great one, and no DSLR. Any thoughts on how that would compare?
Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:50 AM
The NexStar 8SE mount does not allow long exposure photography. One problem is that it doesn't have a wedge. This web page shows why you want a wedge.
If you open up the NexImage 5 camera to the full 2592 x 1944 mode you shouldn't have much of a problem finding your planet. Then you can center the planet and drop down to 640x480. The idea of using a 6 mm eyepiece to focus and then insert the camera might work. I often use the sync mode on a nearby star. I use the nearby star to focus the camera using a Bahtinov mask. Then I have to find the planet with just the camera. That way I know I have perfect focus.
I can find it easy to believe that people from the Solar System Imaging forum are against the NexImage camera. They all have the ASI120MC camera or the $500 Imaging Source cameras. I don't recall seeing very many pictures of planets taken with a DSLR. Perhaps it is useful for Moon shots.
This link I provided shows you what you can do with the NexImage 5. To me, Celestron has made the ideal camera for planetary imaging for under $200.
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Being who we are, astrophotographers soon desire more from their equipment and so the passionate imager will move on to the next stage such as the ASI120MM, the Flea3, etc., with the attendant filter wheels and related requirements. That is another category of imager, that I would consider intermediate. The NI5 is not really for the intermediates. You need to decide at what level you will be working and what you can afford. That will guide your decision.
Either way, you are living in the golden age of planetary imaging! Enjoy!
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text: Having never hunted in Montana before, I dont know a ton about the state. Are there any elk in the Long Pines / Elkalala Hills areas of SE Montana? Is it worth the price of the tag to try an elk hunt with the bow? You hear alot about the ft peck area, but not much about the far SE.


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The worst of Sandy's wrath may still be on its way
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According to a Newsday article titled "Elementary School Enrollment Shrinking Across LI," a data analysis illustrated that more than 70 percent of Long Island's public school districts have shown declines in elementary school enrollment over the past six years. The falling enrollments are compounded by the past five years of painful budget cuts for personnel, programs and services.
The statistics are alarming for the elementary school years of 2005-06 through 2010-11, when 21 districts recorded a drop of 10 percent or greater in K-6 enrollments. According to Newsday, "Twenty-three of those same districts had a 10 percent or greater drop in kindergarten through third grade."
Long Island's high tax rates have already forced many small businesses, middle-class families and young people to flee. Don't forget that state aid per student is calculated with a formula. Fewer students enrolled in our schools means less state aid, but still higher property taxes to fund our already bloated school systems.
We are faced with what many would call a perfect storm. Tax rates are going to rise radically to make up for reduced assessments. Middle-class taxpayers cannot afford more tax increases. The sudden rise in rates will certainly lead to lower property values and an increase in the flight of businesses and people from our communities. This is a lethal combination for our taxpayers.
The time to act is now. Local officials from both sides of the political aisle must come together and seek relief in Albany. It is imperative for Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to pass comprehensive legislation to deal with this problem immediately.
I fear that the economic burden on municipalities, school districts and our taxpayers may be unbearable. We already have people in the region who aren't sure how to pay their contractors to repair their damaged homes.
If you don't believe me, take a look at Sunday's Home section in Newsday. People are abandoning their damaged homes and selling them "as is" for rock-bottom prices because they can't afford to rebuild.
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For once I can agree with you Al about the high school taxes. What you should say is we need to consolidate our school districts either by county or township. One each for Nassau/Suffolk or in Nassau one for Oyster Bay, Hempstead and North Hempstead. Next we need to freeze all school salaries above 100k and limit raises to 1-2% a year for all others. Our biggest problem is pensions the max payout needs to be limited to 75k a year. We also need to do this to our out of site Police salaries and pensions. If the Republicans under Tom Gullotta had any balls instead of giving away the store to get elected we might not be in this tax mess.
Me once I sell my house I'm out of NY!
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Trucking HOS rule date pushed back to late October by FMCSA
May 31, 2011
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it will not meet its initial goal of publishing a new hours-of-service (HOS) rule—based on changes to the rule it proposed late last year—by its initial deadline of July 26.
The primary reason for the delay of the final HOS rule, which has now been pushed back to October 28, is because of four studies issued by FMCSA introduced during the HOS rule comment period that focus on the relationship between fatigue and driver safety:
The Impact of Driving, Non-Driving Work, and Rest Breaks on Driving Performance in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations;
Hours of Service and Driver Fatigue-Driver Characteristics Research;
Analysis of the Relationship Between Operator Cumulative Driving Hours and Involvement in Preventable Collisions; and
Potential Causes of Driver Fatigue: A Study On Transit Bus Operators In Florida.
The comment period will remain open until June 8, an FMCSA spokesman told LM. The spokesperson added that the previous comment period before the final rule was extended was March 24.
Many industry concerns, including the American Trucking Associations, are skeptical about making changes to current HOS rules, which, they maintain work fine.
"Since the current HOS rules were introduced in 2003, the trucking industry has achieved a continually improving safety record, reaching the lowest fatality and injury rate levels in recorded history," said ATA President Bill Graves, in a statement issued earlier this year. "It is troubling that this complex, restrictive set of proposed rules is founded on what appears to be incorrect analysis and inflated math."
Among the proposed HOS changes introduced by FMCSA last December are:
lowering the maximum time on-duty within the driving window from 14 hours per day to 13 hours per day;
for the driving window, the standard driving window would remain at 14 consecutive hours and 16 hours no more than twice per week, with release from duty required at the end of the driving window regardless of length;
reducing the legal daily driving time from 11 hours to 10 hours although both 10 and 11 hours are both being considered;
under the current rules there is no limit on consecutive hours of driving, but the new rules would require a minimum 30-minute break after a maximum of 7 hours driving or working in order for a driver to continue driving; and
maintaining the 34-hour restart as part of the 60-to-70 hour weekly on-duty limit but the restart must include two periods between midnight and 6 a.m. and it may only be used once a week.
If these proposals become law, many industry stakeholders contend that they collectively will reduce the amount of time carriers have to move freight and hinder available trucking capacity.
"With the current rules accident rates per million miles are down, fatalities are down," said Tom Sanderson, president and CEO of Transplace. "Arbitrarily choosing to take an hour out of available driving time makes no sense, and the 34-hour restart provision causes these anomalies of incremental lost productivity depending on when you deliver."
In a December 2010 interview with LM, John Hausladen, president of the Minnesota Trucking Associations, said that these proposed new HOS rules keep daily driving time at 11 hours—for now, adding that this reflects the excellent safety record achieved by truck drivers over the past seven years. Hausladen also explained that the federal government couldn't just ignore its own data, which shows that truck-involved fatalities dropping 33 percent, and the number of injuries declining 39 percent since 2003.
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Video: DC Mayor vetoes living wage bill
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Mayor Gray has vetoed the D.C. living wage bill.
"While intentions of its supporters were good, bill is simply a woefully inadequate & flawed vehicle for achieving the goal we all share," Mayor Gray tweeted.
In a letter to members of the D.C. Council explaining his decision, Mayor Gray said many bill supporters who spoke to him seemed to be relying on misconceptions about what the LRAA contained. (You can see that letter here: http://on.wusa9.com/15WmVNe)
The mayor ended his letter by saying, "I look forward to putting this debate behind us and working with the Council to do what President Obama proposed earlier this year and what several states and municipalities have recently done: pass a reasonable increase to the District's minimum wage for all workers. Meanwhile, we must remain firmly focused on my Administration's top priority of growing and diversifying the District's economy in order to create new good-paying jobs and to better educate and prepare our residents to obtain them. If I were to sign this bill into law, it would do nothing but hinder our ability to create jobs, drive away retailers, and set us back on the path to prosperity for all."
Walmart officials called the bill, which would require large retailers in the district to pay their employees at least $12.50 an hour, "discriminatory legislation."
"Mayor Gray has chosen jobs, economic development and common sense over special interests - and that's good news for D.C. residents,'" Walmart officials said in a news release.
D.C. labor leader Josh Williams says he's "disappointed in the mayor's veto of the living wage bill and "will fight for over ride."
Councilmember Jim Graham says he plans to override the veto.
"Seven of my colleagues and I voted for the LRAA, and District employees deserve a living wage, and we should ensure that this happens," Graham said.
Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander is urging the D.C. Council to sustain the veto.


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Hi There,
I am interesting in trying out hypnobirthing. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what programs or CDs are good?
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I'm using the Hypnobabies home study course and I really like it. I have no idea if it will really work for me as I have yet to have my baby but my sister used it and had an unmedicated hospital birth (was going to deliver in a birth center but her water broke at home and there was meconium). I have felt it has been beneficial to me simply for the fact that it helps me relax and gets me to sleep which is no easy feat when you are 9 months pregnant :-) It's not too expensive and I think you can get a "teaser" on their website. Good luck!
I just wanted to update..... I had my little boy two weeks ago. I had a pretty fast labor (4.5 hours, my first birth) and only pushed for 15 or 20 minutes. I had a hospital birth and I was able to go completely drug free. I used the Hypnobabies during the first half of labor but did not use it when I got to the hospital...It just didn't feel "right". I found out that I cope best with pain by being silent :-) Even though I didn't use the Hypnobabies at the hospital I absolutely believe it played a roll in my labor and delivery and my ability to relax through the contractions. Also I will reiterate how much it helped me sleep....that was priceless! Even last night I turned on the "Deepening" track to help me fall asleep quickly. We are talking about doing a home birth for my next birth and I will definitely be using Hypnobabies again. Good luck!
For my homebirth I listened to Marina Raye's "Womanspirit" CD. It isn't specifically geared for labor/delivery but the all natural melodies, pace, and atmosphere embedded in this music was phenominal. I used it for relaxation techniques and I loved it. Good luck and congrats! :)
I am a hypnobirthing practitioner and if you can get to some classes, I would definitely recommend going! The books are great and are enough for some people, but in my experience - attending a class is great.
Good Luck,
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method
It is the original method, simple concepts to help have a gentler, calmer birth. To check if there are classes in your area http://www.hypnobirthing.com/findapract.htm
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Perhaps you are just playing "devil's advocate" and trying to incite an argument ... but believe it or not, people do complain when television airs beeps instead of swear words. The complaint is not that the viewer wanted to hear the swear word, but that the swear word was obvious to the viewer and the beeping failed to censor the program (and in a way emphasized the swear word by making the viewer fill in the blank from their own mind - thus making the viewer swear instead of just hearing the actor swear).
If you're against nudity, then shouldn't you be against CBS for "cleaning up" a movie that contained nudity? What if people not only protested HBO and uncensored channels BUT also any channel that showed a censored version since we all know that guy isn't saying "fudge" and "darn"... all TV should be banned because it is either airing something offensive OR cleaning up something offensive and pretending it isn't being offensive since it was cleaned up!
Yes - people actually filed complaints with the FCC about the beeps! And the FCC spent time ruling on the complaints.
The multi-ownership dominions of television make it difficult to choose a provider to boycott. CBS/Viacom, ABC/Disney, Fox, NBC/Universal ... they all have one outlet or another that could be considered offensive to someone. Perhaps different outlets of the same company even offend opposite people.
But AJ America and AJ English are similar in format to AJ ... they are news/commentary/indoctrination channels. Just like the news channels in the US except the ideas are not American based.
If I am going to be brainwashed by some flirty woman with not enough buttons done up on her blouse, or some shouting white guy, I want it to be an American ... or at least a Brit.


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My mother died in March 2010 after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer's, so I pay particular attention to news about this dreadful disease. A recent New York Times article caught my eye: "Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer's."
How did sharing data lead to progress on Alzheimer's? A collaborative effort, the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, was formed to find the biological markers that show the progression of Alzheimer's disease in the human brain. The key was to share all the data, making every finding public immediately – "available to anyone with a computer anywhere in the world."
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An opening. A sweet spot. A chance.
The postelection glow -- or the harsh light of reality -- illuminates the way forward on immigration reform.
Congress and President Barack Obama should not waste this opportunity.
Republicans have a stinging awareness of the importance of Latino voters. Obama owes his re-election to a coalition that includes Latinos. Politics makes reform a possibility. But it won't be easy.
Comprehensive immigration reform is made up of interlocking parts that must be addressed together.
These are:
Border security.
Legalization (or, as conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer puts it: "Yes, amnesty. Use the word. Shock and awe -- full legal normalization [just short of citizenship] in return for full border enforcement.")
Expanded guest-worker programs.
An efficient way for employers to check applicants' immigration status.
Tough sanctions for employers who continue to hire the undocumented.
Some Republicans continue to insist the border must be secured first, though defining "security" remains difficult. This position doesn't represent change -- or reality.
Efforts to secure the border have been ongoing for years. It's time to add strategies that eliminate incentives for people to cross illegally. Guest-worker programs to meet labor demands and real enforcement against employers who hire the undocumented will do as much to discourage illegal immigration as higher fences. Maybe more.
Workplace enforcement without a path to legalization for the current population of undocumented workers is the default setting for those who advocate "self-deportation." It represents the attrition-through-enforcement model that seeks to solve this solely through punitive measures. It leads to shattered families and heartbreak for the U.S.-born children of undocumented parents.
Immigration reform has to move beyond that narrow view.
Crafting a complete package will bring glory to politicians willing to act like leaders instead of speed bumps. Sen. John McCain and Sen.-elect Jeff Flake, both articulate supporters of comprehensive reform in the past, last week showed an interest in returning to that position. That's positive.
Comprehensive reform will be a hard sell. Republicans used "enforcement first" and "no amnesty" as battle cries. Democrats gained political advantage from a status quo that lets them blame the GOP for lack of progress.
The most contentious part of the package is the current population of undocumented workers and their families. A program that excludes criminals and requires those who qualify to learn English and pay reasonable fines is not really amnesty. It is earned legalization, and that's how it should be portrayed to the American people.
This is the fair and humane component of comprehensive immigration reform.
The pragmatic component means acknowledging the value of migrant labor to the economy. Businesses have long understood the importance of migrant labor to agriculture and other industries that rely on low-skilled labor. The business community also sees the folly of a system that forces foreign entrepreneurs and college grads to take their job-creating skills elsewhere.
The election of 2012 brought a realization that blocking action on immigration reform will be more costly politically than doing the hard work of compromising on a comprehensive solution.
Congress and President Obama need to use that moment of clarity to achieve real reform in 2013.
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Election 2012: Independents lose 36-year status as bellwether, emphasizing need for Republican leadership on school vouchers and immigration reform
In the 2002 movie "Signs," Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to "swing away." Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant. With confidence, Merrill "swung away." The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss. Merrill "swung away" with | Read More »


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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WUSA9) -- A woman from New York died in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 at the 135 mile marker on Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police. The driver of the car she was a passenger in has been charged with reckless driving.
Twenty-year-old Dejonniza Q. White of Bronx, NY was a passenger in a Mercury sedan involved in the accident shortly before 5:27 a.m., say VSP officials.
Officials tell us that the sedan, driven by 20-year-old Ty Shaun Holloway of Hampton, Va. was traveling south on
Interstate 95 when it crossed a median and struck an embankment. The car then went into the northbound lanes where it was hit by a Toyota sedan. The Toyota then hit a Chevrolet HHR and then a two-axle box truck, say police.
Halloway was treated for non-life threatening injuries at Stafford Hospital. He was then charged with reckless driving, according to police.
David Schwartz of Fredericksburg, who was driving the Toyota, was treated and released from the same hospital.
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WHEELING - Wheeling Central's C.J. Burch had been chipping away at the Linsly defense all night long on quarterback sweeps. Coach Mike Young wanted to see what he could do as a back in the spin series.
You know, the one the Maroon Knights annually win state titles with?
So with Wheeling Central trailing 14-7 and the seconds ticking down near the end of the third quarter, he inserted freshman Matt Gruber at QB and unleashed Burch.
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Wheeling Central's C.J. Burch carries the ball as Linsly's Dillon Curtin (55) goes in for the tackle.
During the remainder of that drive and Wheeling Central's next one, Burch rushed for 69 yards - part of a 35-carry, 160-yard effort - and scored a pair of touchdowns as the Knights rallied past city rival Linsly, 24-14, on Friday night at Wheeling Island Stadium.
''We knew C.J. could break it,'' Young said. ''We felt strong we could battle with them in terms of punch for punch. And we felt we could outphysical them, eventually.''
Physical? Check Burch this morning. It isn't every football game that a 165-pounder gets the ball 35 times out of 52 snaps.
''I really don't (want him having that many carries) but these kids believe whatever it takes,'' Young said.
Burch's effort wound up shinning a bit brighter than that of the Cadets' Chinelo Oparanozie, who had 28 carries for 128 yards and a pair of touchdowns, plus the admiration of every coach on the field.
''Oparanozie, without a doubt, is one of the best backs we're going to see,'' Young said. ''He's a tremendous kid, and I told him that after the game.''
When it was all said and done, Wheeling Central (3-1) had rattled off the last 17 points, with Bradley Cottrell adding the coup de grace with a 19-yard field goal with 26.9 seconds remaining.
How they got to that point was something to see.
After Burch had scored his second touchdown to put Wheeling Central up 21-14, Linsly took over at its own 20 and 6:20 left on the clock.
The Cadets advanced 23 yards - all on Oparanozie runs - before facing a fourth-and-12 with a sophomore backup quarterback (Jibri Blount) having been directing the offense since early in the first quarter when starting quarterback Jameson Murray separated his right shoulder.
Did the Cadets have a play call for a situation like that?
''Doesn't everybody?'' joked Linsly coach B.J. Depew.
What happened was almost unfathomable. Blount couldn't get a handle on the snap, finally picked it up, retreated 15 more yards looking to make a play before losing it again. It wound up in Wheeling Central's hands at the 2 with 1:32 left.
Young called three running plays that were stuffed before sending Cottrell on to put one through.
''The thing I wanted to do mainly was run the clock,'' Young said. ''And I didn't want Oparanozie to have the ball unless we got another score.''
Despite the obvious talent lurking inside the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Blount, Murray's injury hindered the Cadets (1-3).
''The game plan wasn't totally out the window but we certainly had to adjust right away when we went to our No. 2 guy,'' Depew said. ''I think that would be true for any team. But we didn't hang our heads and pout because our starting quarterback went out. Jibri came in and did a nice job. It was a tough position for a sophomore to come into.''
That didn't stop the Cadets from feeding it to Oparanozie, who opened the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown run, then gave Linsly its second lead via a 3-yard run that capped a 15-yard drive after Wheeling Central turned it over on a muffed punt.
Oparanozie carried the ball on 28 of 41 offensive snaps.
''I think they were going to key on him regardless,'' Depew said. ''We tried to stick to our guns as best we could. I give them a lot of credit for how they played. I don't think there was any tremendous advantage their way when we lost our quarterback. They were going to play hard regardless of who we had on the field.''
Burch and Nick Pleva connected for 13 yards to give Central a 7-6 lead a third of the way through the second quarter. Braxton Nolte added 40 yards on eight carries.


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Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds signed third baseman
Jack Hannahan to a two-year deal on Thursday.
Hannahan was bothered by a back injury for most of last season, but appeared
in 105 games for the Cleveland Indians and hit .244 with four homers and 29
"Jack is known for being a great teammate and a clubhouse leader everywhere
he's been," general manager Walt Jocketty said. "He's very good defensively
and is capable of playing any infield position. We think he was the best
utility player out there."
The 32-year-old becomes the latest Indian to come to Cincinnati following the
three-team, nine-player deal on Tuesday which sent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo
and infielder Jason Donald to the Reds.
Hannahan broke into the majors with Detroit in 2006 and is a .234 lifetime
hitter over 505 games for the Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism/dementia complex 1
Other Names for this Disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinsonism/Dementia complex of Guam
- Guam disease
See Disclaimer regarding information on this site. Some links on this page may take you to organizations outside of the National Institutes of Health.
GARD Video Tutorial
- How to Get Involved in Research – A video developed by GARD Information Specialists that explains how you can find out about research for a rare disease.
Patient Registry
- The Clinical Research in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CREATE) Consortium is an integrated group of academic medical centers, patient support organizations, and clinical research resources dedicated to conducting clinical research involving sporadic and familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), and progressive muscular atrophy (PMA). The CREATE Consortium has a contact registry for patients who wish to be contacted about clinical research opportunities and updates on the progress of the research projects.
For more information on the registry see: https://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/registry/index.htm
- ResearchMatch is a free national research registry designed to bring together patients, healthy volunteers and researchers. Anyone from the United States can register with ResearchMatch, and a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker may register on behalf of a volunteer. Researchers from participating institutions use the ResearchMatch database to search for patients or healthy volunteers who meet the study criteria. Many studies are looking for healthy people of all ages, while some are looking for people with specific illnesses. ResearchMatch was developed by major academic institutions across the country and is funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Click on the link to learn more about ResearchMatch.
General Clinical Trials & Research
- NIH Clinical Trials and You is a website developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate.
Other Names for this Disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinsonism/Dementia complex of Guam
- Guam disease
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The Great Wars ended in the destruction of the Æsir Empire, but neither side won. Most of the Æsir and minions of the Darkness were slain or destroyed in the battles. Some powerful rangers and druids of the fallen Æsir banded together to form the Northern Circle, an organization that attempts to keep the surviving minions of the Darkness from taking control of the desolation. The eighth Joerdhgardh (TM) map of the week shows the Æsir Orcgrave fortress, a fortified outpost and grove of the Northern Circle. You can get it in any one of three versions:
1. A JPG flat map, 1360 x 1020 pixels, with location names. To get this map, go to the Jörðgarð web site at the link below (1 MB)
2. A JPG flat map, 1360 x 1020 pixels, without location names. Use the image above (1 MB)
3. The original FM8 map in FMP format, fully editable. Download it from our Jörðgarð web page (23 MB). This version includes a PDF pamphlet that tells you how to use the layers that are built into the map.
All three versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð web site.
The Jörðgarð web site:
Next Week: Dungeon - Draug's Dread Outpost
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Greetings Zimbra community,
I do hope I am posting this in the right area.
As the subject states I am having trouble getting a file attached to an e-mail for a client. This is a system that someone has set up before me and I have not had a chance to do all my homework on Zimbra software. I do know it is remote hosted VMware Zimbra web client build information:
Zimbra 7.1.1_GA_3196 (build 20110527011130)
This is the only Win7 machine using this service. All other machines running XP are attaching files just fine. I have contacted the original administrator/owner of this intranet, though he does not use Win7 and has no experience nor knowledge of mentioned error.
Just wanted to check here on the forums to see it it's a client version incompatibility with Win7 and needs an update or if something in the configuration needs to be changed. Any information or direction to a knowledge base on this matter will be greatly appreciated.
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Finding unknown sides in a triangle using other sides and angles
This lesson applies the trigonometric ratios and their inverses to real-life situations.
Pythagorean Theorem for Solving Right Triangles Interactive
Shows an example of determining the values of the 6 trigonometric functions for a given right triangle.
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To stress understanding of a concept by summarizing the main idea and applying that understanding to create visual aids and generate questions and comments using a Concept Matrix.


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CF beats Santa Fe in MFC slugfest
Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 12:45 a.m.
GAINESVILLE — The College of Central Florida baseball team got a much-needed win against its main rival on Wednesday afternoon.
The Patriots (25-19, 7-9) scored seven times in the top of the second and earned a 12-8 win over Santa Fe College.
In the second, CF sent 11 batters to the plate and used six hits and two errors by the Saints (23-14, 8-8) on its way to building a 7-0 lead.
David Lugo's two-run single started things off for the Patriots in the second, while Brendan Collins followed with a two-run triple and Josh Ellzey added a two-run double.
From there, the Saints got to within 7-4 after a three-run effort in the fourth inning, before Mario Urdaneta's RBI double pushed CF's lead to four runs.
The Patriots then scored three times in the seventh, as Enderson Velasquez had an RBI single and Lugo added a two-run double.
Lugo (3-for-4, two runs scored, four RBIs), Velasquez (1-for-3, two runs scored), Ellzey (1-for-3, two RBIs, run scored), Urdaneta (2-for-5, RBI), Collins (1-for-2, run scored, two RBIs), Jason Lombardozzi (1-for-5, run scored), Collin Woody (2-for-5, two runs scored), Robby Jolley (run scored) and Ryan Smith (1-for-4, two runs scored) led the way for CF at the plate.
The Patriots took advantage of four errors and 17 runners left on base by the Saints, who lost their fourth straight after an eight-game winning streak.
CF will host SFC on Friday at 3 p.m. and again on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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La Belle Provence
Falling in Love With Provence
The Anglo-Saxon world found out about Provence , a splendid southeastern region of France with the autobiographical works of Peter Mayle A Year in Provence, followed by two sequels (Toujours Provence and Encore Provence). With humor and wit, Peter Mayle describes his move to an old farmhouse in that region and his frustrating but hilarious dealings with the locals.
The Provence charm and its colorful characters are also depicted in Elizabeth Adler's Invitation to Provence and most recently Bridget Asher's bestseller's The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted. In both novels, the delicious flavors, bright colors and generous people of the region seduce the visitors.
Filming the Enchantment
The quaint villages nested on the hills near the fields of lavender, olive trees, vineyards and orchards are beautifully filmed by Claude Berry in his diptych "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring". This poignant story reveals the deep attachment of the Provencaux to their demanding Mediterranean land but also the tragic relationships which sometimes exist between families of a same village. There are still some, nowadays, who have not talked to each other for generations!
My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle are also based on Marcel Pagnol's famous novels. They describe his childhood summers spent in a pastoral retreat where every small event becomes a celebration, a joy, a tribute to the beauty of the region.
Solving Mysteries in a Picturesque Locale
Several crime novelists have chosen Provence for their stories.
French author Pierre Magnan (born in Manosque, Alpes de Haute Provence), inquires into the ancient family feuds, utilizes the relentless, eerie atmosphere of the dry lands, the ghostly wind (le mistral: told to provoke fits of dementia)as a Gothic background. Most of his scenes take place at night especially in The Murdered House and Messengers of Death.
Although dealing with tragic happenings, Graham R Wood with "Death in Provence" and M.L Longworth with Death at the Chateau Bremont, give a softer, more romantic vision of Southern France: gourmet meals at the cafes, marches paysans, rustic decors and bucolic villages.
Unearthing the Legends, Myths and Poetry
The three most illustrious authors of Provence are Alphonse Daudet, Jean Giono and Frederic Mistral. Their works--which are studied in all French schools and universities--are determined by the Provencal history and collective memories.
Alphonse Daudet wrote mostly for the young and his short stories such as "The Pope's Mule" or "Tartarin of Tarascon" have been translated in many languages.
As for Giono, his historical novel" The Horseman on the Roof" is now a movie which has even more success than "Regain (Second Harvest)," his celebrated tale of pastoral solitude.
"Mireille" is the most famous epic lyrical poem of Mistral, it is made of twelve songs and originally written in the native language : le provencal
Author Bio:
Jocelyne C. was born and raised in the Alpes de Haute Provence. Her favorite "auteur Provencal" is Marcel Pagnol.
Chateau Bremont
Thanks! Your birthplace is a neat subject! The reviews in the catalog of Death at the Chateau Bremont were so good, I put a hold on it right away.


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Thought I had till midnight online. Took me 20 min to figure out why all that would come up is bonus point only. Thought I was doing something wrong. lol live and learn
It wont happen again! lol I was out of town and really busy. Was still reading about units when I left. I usually apply in all states atleast day before deadline and now I remember why!
Hehe. It's funny until it happens to you right?
Im laughing, what else can I do. lol Least I got points so its not all that bad!
Ya that's pretty rational thinking. Although I put in for really low %age archery antelope hunts (all <8% according to MM) this year and then after I submitted it I found those BP spreadsheets and as it turns out... I have a way better chance at drawing a couple of them than I thought. Same with one of the archery mule deer tags I applied for as my 4th choice. MM says about a 7% chance with 0 points (I drew a tag last year), but when I cross referenced it with the BP sheet... almost 28% of people with 0 points actually drew it! Fine with me... as I don't draw antelope AND mule deer. I need to have time to make at least some money over summer vacation! Just thought I'd let you know what I've found out about MM odds since I know you are worried about conflicting hunts this year. Good luck!
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I dont think odds and % matter asmuch in NV because it all comes down to the random draw numbers the computer gives you. I really cant see an accurate way to predict when you will or will not draw anything.