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What a "COOL" idea, hehe.
I might try this out one of these days myself.
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Last time I was mapping (using gimp) I was having a little trouble getting my mountains to lay out well on my maps. This got so frustrating that I put my maps aside for a while. Well, last night I had an idea. As I was testing it out I took some screen shots. I apologize for the terrible quality...my internet is horribly slow and cannot handle uploading large files. This is only very rough, using the ice photo as a base and then applying my normal mountain method to it. (which needs some polishing!) I noticed I had not named my layers while I was working but I do name them here. I hope that does not cause any confusion. Also I am using RobA's city colors palette here as a base. I use it all the time, thank you RobA!
RobA's tutorial can be found here http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...gional-RPG-Map and it is very much worth a read!
Search for ice photos or take your own. Save and open in gimp. If you are looking for mountains for a map you have already started it is quite easy to find ice photos with the right shape
Do a basic crop, leaving the part of the image you want to use. Using a combination of color select and fuzzy select tool remove the unwanted areas of the image.
You should end up with something like this.Clean up the last of the unwanted areas with the eraser. Fuzzy select the blank area, invert selection.
Create a new layer (transparency) and call it "Mountain backup". With white as your foreground and black as your background, use the blend tool set to "shaped angular" to fill the selection. Duplicate and call the new layer "Mountain bump"
(On layer "Mountain Bump") Go to colors - curves. I make the curve look somewhat mountain shaped, as this very much reflects in the finished mountains. I was pretty simple with it, feel free to play around. I also went to Colors - brightness and contrast and made a slight adjustment to the brightness, reducing some of the glare from the white. Then go Filters - blur - Gaussian blur. We just want to soften the hard lines here, 5 pixel was plenty on my small image.
Go down to "Mountain backup" color select the outside and invert the selection. Create a new layer and call it "Mountain color". Move this layer to the top.
With a light dirt brown as the foreground and a darker brown/green as the background, fill the selection using Blend tool - shaped angular. Make it a little smoother using the colors - curves and Filters - blur - Gaussian blur like we did with the bump layer. I suggest duplicating this layer in-case you make a mistake and need to start a-fresh.
I then bumped with a texture I have aside for this sort of thing. I will have to put up another tutorial on making the basic bumps I use a lot. Any fine rocky type texture will do, or leave it out if you wish. Once you have a texture you can apply it by going to Filters - map - bump map, and select the texture base you have made from the drop down menu.
Now we get to see the whole thing come to life!
Select none. On your mountain color layer go to Filters - map - bump map. From the "bump map" drop down menu, select your "Mountain Bump" layer. How you set the sliders is up to you, I personally like to set the elevation quite high and the depth about half way (as you can see in the picture). This helps eliminate the terrible glare you sometimes get on the tops of your mountains if you set both a bit lower.
And there we go, that is the base nicely done! To clean it up a little, go back to your "mountain backup" layer, select the blank area. Go select - grow selection. For this smaller image I grew by 2 pixel. Go back to your mountain color layer and add a layer mask (right clicking the layer in the layers box). On the layer mask, fill the selection with black. Invert selection and fill with white. Go filters - Blur - Gaussian blur. I did a 10 pixel blur. This adds a softness when you are using the mountain layer with other layers.
This last image needs a little work, but it is 8am and below freezing and I REALLY have to get the fire going before my toes fall off...
I hope this tutorial was helpful. I certainly found the ice idea to work fantastically...using nature to create nature!
What a "COOL" idea, hehe.
I might try this out one of these days myself.
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Ingenuity strikes again. That's a great idea, man.
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Another quick note...I have found that you can do much the same thing using photos of real large river systems.
I do find I spend way too much time making mapping easier and not enough making maps...
There's a lot of us around here who do the same thing...at least we're trying to make things easier. Usually without much success
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very nice idea... and it just goes to show that patterns repeat it self all over and you never know where you'll find your next idea..
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Interesting twist, thanks for sharing.
I would suggest you might want to compile the whole thing into a single .pdf and post it.
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Use one for a fern but stop after three levels, maybe? http://www.cs.unm.edu/~joel/PaperFol...tem-quick.html had a promising start point. At that point it's just a matter of applying a distance transform to the area outside of the fern and inverting it after clipping to a certain level.
Did I do a Wilbur tutorial on using the outside of river systems to make mountains? I can't remember; things are a little fuzzy lately.
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The holes which were privvies in castles were called 'Guarderobes' from which we get the word 'wardrobe'. In medieval times, in cities, there would be a '**** collector' who would collect the waste of more fortunate people - it would either be dumped at the local midden or cess pit. The less fortunate just went in the street.
The Romans had communal loos, with running water.
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Can't do a imapsync, old server is down.
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Simon Cowell is a dad – his girlfriend Lauren Silverman has given birth to the couple's first child.
The 36-year-old new mum welcomed a baby boy at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Friday.
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Music and TV mogul Cowell dashed across the Atlantic from London when he heard Silverman had gone into labor on Friday morning, so he could be by her side for the delivery.
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Michigan State University is asking for Scholarship Seating Contributions from certain football season ticket holders.
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The contribution will be phased in between two and four years based on how long a person has been a season ticket holder. The athletic director says his department does not receive general fund dollars. Ron Mason says he doesn't believe the school will lose ticket holders, but says there may be a reshuffling of seats.
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I was an addicted for 27 years of my life .I have been sober for a year.I thank GOD.and S.B.H.the clinc I go to for group therapy.I would have died if it was from methadone.thank you for this drug
I thank God every single day for Methadone. I honestly think I would have been dead right now, had I not finally gone in for treatment. I thought that Methadone was for pain and heroine addiction. I tried many times to go cold turkey, but I got so dope sick, I always went running back. I was addicted to Norco and Oxycontin, At one point I was up too 300mg of norco (30 pills) once or twice a day, I would top that off with a couple Oxycontin 80s. Today I take 50mgs of Methadone and have been clean. Because of the methadone, I have my life back.. Thank God..
Last longer in relief of pain. I get a remainder of about a 3 from a daily 7 after about 2 hrs of taking my morning dose. I take it one in a.m and one 12 hrs later. I have one breakthrough med scheduled q 12 hrs if needed i need it about 6 to 7 hrs after my first methadone dose. I am highly active with my meds. I am getting more and more relief. This is the first year on it. I have been bed bound basically until trying this medicine from a new pain dr. prior to this treatment only getting epidurals and short acting pain meds. Also using this methadone in conjunction with a behavioral therapy group. Teaching us how to better handle pain. Ice heat activity etc. So overall used wisely it has been a good experience. Yes I must not drink. Yes i must be supervised by physician. Yes i get yearly ekg. Pay attention to taking care of myself.
I started out taking one or two 5 mg hydrocodone a day for joint pain and severe headaches and over the course of 3 years I got to where I was taking about 10-12 80mg oxycontin a day. Without methadone I would probably be dead. It works very well for pain relief as well as basically eliminating any cravings for pills. I have suffered with mild constipation and gained weight due to sugar cravings but both of those are easily resolved with diet and vitamins. I have been on it for 6 years now and have no plans of coming off it in the near future. I know that despite counseling I would turn right back to the high of chasing my next fix. It is a pain to deal with the clinic in my area in the beginning but if you stay clean and do what is asked of you, there really is no big deal.
After reading the bad ratings for Methadone to treat Fibro pain I felt I had to give a proper review. I think some reviewers who wrote negative comments are addicts who want their "drug of choice". I have suffered with Fibro, CFS and Osteo for 20 years. My Fibro pain gradually got worse until I was suicidal from the chronic pain. I went on Vicodin for 3 years with some break through pain as it is fast acting. My doctor would not increase my dose because of the Tylenol and possible liver damage. He told me that Methadone would not hurt my liver, is long acting and is a very strong pain medication. I was reluctant to be labeled an addict but tried it. I had to ramp up slowly on a weekend until The pain stopped which was at 20 mgs X3. Most days 40 mgs is enough. It has given me my life back and I highly recommend it if you are suffering from pain. The side effects are constipation etc, but not bad. Don't listen to the druggies that say it doesn't work, because it does and quite well!
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After a horrific accident which required nine surgeries,multiple trips to the hospital,every pain med known to man,I was placed on high dose Methadone.Before my tenth surgery for a complete shoulder replacement,my Doc asked me to withdraw.Well, I did it but the cost was high.In my case the withdrawal lasted weeks,the worst of which were the the first two.Before you consider this drug for long term pain management,due your homework and think it through.All pain meds are bad for you but sometimes we all need help and living with pain is not an option.Good luck/God bless.
I don't have any side effects that I have noticed it is treating my neuoropathy.
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I been abusing pills for twenty years...I was at rock bottom lost doctors my home,kids and went to prison....found out about a methadone clinic dint know much accept that was my next high! I was told all I needed was to test dirty that was easy for me , I was dosing that day my goal was to get high remember ? So I ended up on 140mg I'd drink every morning... I got my high alright when I fell a sleep while operating my motor vehicle ended up into rear end of a truck. I quit going that was the first time now day 3 on methadone treatment again this time to be honest I went threw hundred 60 oxycotins in week and a half...and some others but I'm on 40mg of methadone and plan to stay in that area I'm not sick and staying awake practically withdrawal free!!!! Methadone is effective if takin seriously good luck


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I would suggest strongly that members of the American Legion read their monthly magazines, and the history of the American Legion. They will find that the Legion has been first and foremost in politics by recommending and supporting congressional legislation.
As far as supporting either the Republicans or Democrats, that is different. In that regard, no partisan politics are allowed. Legionnaires are prohibited from endorsing one candidate or political party over another. That has been a tradition, and one that is carefully guarded.
My statements in the Herald in no way violated those time-honored traditions. But my words did honor the deep and passionate pleas of heartbroken parents. Young American warriors in harm's way are not to be used as pawns by politicians.
I have dedicated most of my adult life in the service of veterans, men and women in uniform and the families they love. At this stage of my life, I don't intend to march to a different drummer.
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(WXIA) -- Despite talk of continuously high unemployment rates, the Georgia Department of Labor announced that October's unemployment rate is 8.7 percent. That is down three-tenths of a percentage point from September. Last year, around this time, the jobless rate was at 9.7 percent.
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Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?
WASHINGTON Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, checking how much electricity Pacific Gas & Electric customers have used.
But PG&E doesn't need many people like Liscano making rounds anymore. Every day, the utility replaces 1,200 old-fashioned meters with digital versions that can collect information without human help, generate more accurate power bills, even send an alert if the power goes out.
"I can see why technology is taking over," says Liscano, 66, who earns $67,000 a year. "We can see the writing on the wall." His department employed 50 full-time meter readers just six years ago. Now, it has six.
From giant corporations to university libraries to start-up businesses, employers are using rapidly improving technology to do tasks that humans used to do. That means millions of workers are caught in a competition they can't win against machines that keep getting more powerful, cheaper and easier to use.
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To better understand the impact of technology on jobs, The Associated Press analyzed employment data from 20 countries; and interviewed economists, technology experts, robot manufacturers, software developers, CEOs and workers who are competing with smarter machines.
The AP found that almost all the jobs disappearing are in industries that pay middle-class wages, ranging from $38,000 to $68,000. Jobs that form the backbone of the middle class in developed countries in Europe, North America and Asia.
In the United States, half of the 7.5 million jobs lost during the Great Recession paid middle-class wages, and the numbers are even more grim in the 17 European countries that use the euro as their currency. A total of 7.6 million midpay jobs disappeared in those countries from January 2008 through last June.
Those jobs are being replaced in many cases by machines and software that can do the same work better and cheaper.
"Everything that humans can do a machine can do," says Moshe Vardi, a computer scientist at Rice University in Houston. "Things are happening that look like science fiction."
Google and Toyota are rolling out cars that can drive themselves. The Pentagon deploys robots to find roadside explosives in Afghanistan and wages war from the air with drone aircraft. North Carolina State University this month introduced a high-tech library where robots - "bookBots" - retrieve books when students request them, instead of humans. The library's 1.5 million books are no longer displayed on shelves; they're kept in 18,000 metal bins that require one-ninth the space.
The advance of technology is producing wondrous products and services that once were unthinkable. But it's also taking a toll on people because they so easily can be replaced.
In the U.S., more than 1.1 million secretaries vanished from the job market between 2000 and 2010, their job security shattered by software that lets bosses field calls themselves and arrange their own meetings and trips. Over the same period, the number of telephone operators plunged by 64 percent, word processors and typists by 63 percent, travel agents by 46 percent and bookkeepers by 26 percent, according to Labor Department statistics.
In Europe, technology is shaking up human resources departments across the continent. "Nowadays, employees are expected to do a lot of what we used to think of as HR from behind their own computer," says Ron van Baden, a negotiator with the Dutch labor union federation FNV. "It used to be that you could walk into the employee affairs office with a question about your pension, or the terms of your contract. That's all gone and automated."


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Here's the good news: American consumers are finally starting to reduce their reliance on credit and pay off their high-interest debt -- a positive development for their financial futures. The bad news: More money in people's pockets means less overall spending in the economy, which desperately needs the cash right now. How might the tension be resolved?


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Tanner Hall (2011)
Tanner Hall SynopsisAs Fernanda (Rooney Mara) enters her senior year at Tanner Halla sheltered boarding school in New Englandshes faced with unexpected changes in her group of friends when a childhood acquaintance, the charismatic yet manipulative trouble-maker Victoria (Georgia King), appears. Shy and studious, Fernanda is usually the voice of reason among her friendsadventurous and sexy Kate (Brie Larsen) and tomboy Lucasta (Amy Ferguson)but when she begins a complicated friendship with Gio (Tom Everett Scott), an older family friend, she decides its finally time to take some risks. Jealous of Fernandas exciting relationship, Victoria begins to sabotage Fernandas plans and plots to publicly humiliate her. Meanwhile, Lucasta struggles with her newfound feelings towards another classmate, and mischievous Kate is too preoccupied with making her teachers nervous to pay much attention to her actual classes. However, as each of the girls flirt with adulthood, they realize they still need each other to help get through their first grown-up decisionsand the consequences they bring.
Tanner Hall Release Date
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Starring: Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson, Amy Ferguson, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Kattan
Written by: Tatiana von Furstenberg, Francesca Gregorini
Directed by: Tatiana von Furstenberg, Francesca Gregorini
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Reading Roundup: This Week's Top Literary Events
By Allie Pape on January 03, 2012 12:00 PM
Each week, we offer a roundup of the best literary events in the city. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Want to submit an upcoming event for consideration? Go here.
Adam Johnson (The Orphan Master's Son)
Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 pm, at The Booksmith (1644 Haight St.)


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Check out some of our favorite gift picks from Burton to make this season one to remember:
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It's that time of year again: The scramble to meet deadlines for college financial aid. Here are answers to some common questions.• How do I find scholarships? Most colleges describe their scholarships in a handbook or online. The CMC Foundation itself awards more than 70 every year. You can view those at www.coloradomtn.edu. If you're a graduating senior, your best resource is your high school counselor. The more scholarships you apply for, the better. But treat every application individually and avoid reusing one essay. Award committees look for candidates who specifically address the essay questions they ask.• When is the deadline to apply? Each college and university sets a priority deadline for filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is the first step in determining your eligibility to receive federal grants, loans, work study or scholarships. Colorado Mountain College's priority deadline is March 31. You may submit an application after this date. However, colleges start making awards right after priority deadlines. You're most likely to get the maximum amount you're eligible for if you submit by that deadline. Contact your college about deadlines for local or college-sponsored scholarships. Some are as early as this month. CMC Foundation scholarships have an application deadline of March 15. • Do I have to file taxes before submitting my FAFSA? You can fill out the FAFSA before you file taxes, using estimates. However, the best way is to file your taxes first and then submit the FAFSA. Most people can file tax returns starting Jan. 30. Others, though - including people claiming residential energy credits, depreciation of property or general business credits - will need to file later; the IRS has not set an exact date. For more on this, go to IRS.gov. One advantage of filing taxes first is the FAFSA's automatic data retrieval tool. This tool pulls information from your tax return directly into your online FAFSA application, saving time and ensuring accuracy. Filing taxes electronically speeds this up. You can use the date tool three weeks after you e-file, but if you file using paper, it's eight weeks before the FAFSA can pull your tax information. CMC will host "FAFSA Fridays" in March for students filing their FAFSA. They will be held in computer labs at each campus and are open to all, regardless of where you apply for college. Watch for information on the exact dates and locations. • How do I get work study? You must indicate your interest on the FAFSA. Then follow up with your college's financial aid office.For any questions on financial aid, call Janelle Cook at the Rifle campus, 625-1871. If you plan to attend another campus, call 945-8691 and ask for the financial aid office where you'll take classes. Janelle Cook is the financial aid specialist at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle. Rita Bayless, director of financial aid at CMC, co-wrote this column.
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Cluster headaches occur in cyclical patterns or clusters, which gives the condition its name. Cluster headache is one of the most painful types of headache.
Cluster headache commonly awakens you in the middle of the night with intense pain in or around one eye on one side of your head.
Bouts of frequent attacks, known as cluster periods, may last from weeks to months, usually followed by remission periods when the headache attacks stop completely. During remission, no headaches occur for months and sometimes even years.
Fortunately, cluster headache is rare and not life-threatening. Treatments can help make cluster headache attacks shorter and less severe. In addition, medications can help reduce the number of cluster headaches.
A cluster headache strikes quickly, usually without warning. Common signs and symptoms include:
The pain of a cluster headache is often described as sharp, penetrating or burning. People with this condition say that the pain feels like a hot poker being stuck in the eye or that the eye is being pushed out of its socket.
People with cluster headache appear restless. They may pace or sit through the attack. In contrast to people with migraine, people with cluster headache usually avoid lying down during an attack because this position seems to increase the pain.
Some migraine-like symptoms — including nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and aura — may occur with a cluster headache, though usually on one side.
A cluster period generally lasts from six to 12 weeks. The starting date and the duration of each cluster period may be consistent from period to period. For example, cluster periods may occur seasonally, such as every spring or every fall.
Most people have episodic cluster headaches. In episodic cluster headaches, the cluster headaches occur for one week to a year, followed by a pain-free remission period that may last as long as 12 months before another cluster headache develops.
Chronic cluster periods may continue for more than a year, or pain-free periods may last less than one month.
During a cluster period:
The pain usually ends as suddenly as it begins, with rapidly decreasing intensity. After attacks, most people are completely free from pain, but exhausted.
See your doctor if you've just started to experience cluster headaches to rule out other disorders and to find the most effective treatment.
Headache pain, even when severe, usually isn't the result of an underlying disease, but headaches may occasionally indicate a serious underlying medical condition, such as a brain tumor or rupture of a weakened blood vessel (aneurysm).
Additionally, if you have a history of headaches, see your doctor if the pattern changes or your headaches suddenly feel different.
Seek emergency care if you have any of these signs and symptoms:
The exact cause of cluster headaches is unknown, but abnormalities in the hypothalamus likely play a role. Cluster attacks usually occur with clocklike regularity during a 24-hour day, and the cycle of cluster periods often follows the seasons of the year.
These patterns suggest that the body's biological clock is involved. In humans, the biological clock is located in the hypothalamus, which lies deep in the center of your brain.
Abnormalities of the hypothalamus may explain the timing and cyclical nature of cluster headache. Imaging studies have detected increased activity in the hypothalamus during the course of a cluster headache.
Unlike migraine and tension headache, cluster headache generally isn't associated with triggers, such as foods, hormonal changes or stress. Some people experience an aura or nausea similar to those experienced with migraine headaches.
Once a cluster period begins, however, consumption of alcohol can quickly trigger a splitting headache. For this reason, many people with cluster headache avoid alcohol for the duration of a cluster period.
Other possible triggers include the use of medications such as nitroglycerin, a drug used to treat heart disease.
Risk factors for cluster headaches include:
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor. However, you may be referred to a neurologist, a doctor trained in treating brain and nervous system disorders, such as headache.
Because appointments can be brief, and there's often a lot to talk about, it's a good idea to be well prepared for your appointment. Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, as well as what to expect from your doctor.
One of the most helpful things you can do is keep a headache diary. Each time you get a headache, jot down these details that may help your doctor diagnose your particular kind of headache and discover possible headache triggers.
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions may help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For cluster headaches, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment.
Your doctor will likely ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on later. Your doctor may ask:
Cluster headache has a characteristic type of pain and pattern of attacks. A diagnosis depends on your description of the attacks, including your pain, the location and severity of your headaches, and associated symptoms. The frequency and duration of your headaches also are important factors.
If you have chronic or recurrent headaches, your doctor may try to pinpoint the type and cause of your headache using certain approaches.
A neurological examination may help your doctor detect physical signs of a cluster headache. Sometimes the pupil of your eye may appear smaller, or your eyelid may droop, even between attacks.
If you have unusual or complicated headaches or an abnormal neurological examination, your doctor may recommend other tests to rule out other serious causes of head pain, such as a tumor or aneurysm. Common brain imaging tests include:
There's no cure for cluster headaches. The goal of treatment is to decrease the severity of pain, shorten the headache period and prevent the attacks.
Because the pain of a cluster headache comes on suddenly and may subside within a short time, cluster headache can be difficult to evaluate and treat, as it requires fast-acting medications.
Some types of acute medication can provide some pain relief quickly. Based on the latest studies, the therapies listed below have proved to be most effective for acute and preventive treatment of cluster headache.
Fast-acting treatments available from your doctor include:
Oxygen. Briefly inhaling 100 percent oxygen through a mask at a minimum rate of at least 12 liters a minute provides dramatic relief for most who use it. The effects of this safe, inexpensive procedure can be felt within 15 minutes.
The major drawback of oxygen is the need to carry an oxygen cylinder and regulator with you, which can make the treatment inconvenient and inaccessible at times. Small, portable units are available, but some people still find them impractical.
Triptans. The injectable form of sumatriptan (Imitrex), which is commonly used to treat migraine, is also an effective treatment for acute cluster headache.
The first injection may be given while under medical observation. Some people may benefit from using sumatriptan in nasal spray form, but for most people this isn't as effective as an injection and it may take longer to work. Sumatriptan isn't recommended if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure or heart disease.
Another triptan medication, zolmitriptan (Zomig), can be taken in nasal spray or tablet form for relief of cluster headache. This medication may be an option if you can't tolerate other forms of fast-acting treatments.
Dihydroergotamine. The intravenous form of dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45) may be an effective pain reliever for some people with cluster headache. This medication is also available in an inhaled (intranasal) form called Migranal, but this form hasn't been proved to be effective.
To have the medication administered through a vein (intravenously), you'll need to go to a hospital or doctor's office to have the medication administered through a vein (intravenously).
Preventive therapy starts at the onset of the cluster episode with the goal of suppressing attacks.
Determining which medicine to use often depends on the length and regularity of your episodes. Under the guidance of your doctor, the drugs can be tapered off once the expected length of the cluster episode ends.
Calcium channel blockers. The calcium channel blocking agent verapamil (Calan, Verelan, others) is often the first choice for preventing cluster headache. Verapamil is often used in conjunction with other medications. Occasionally, longer term use is needed to manage chronic cluster headache.
Side effects may include constipation, nausea, fatigue, swelling of the ankles and low blood pressure.
Corticosteroids. Inflammation-suppressing drugs called corticosteroids, such as prednisone, are fast-acting preventive medications that may be effective for many people with cluster headaches.
Your doctor may prescribe corticosteroids if your cluster headache condition has only recently started or if you have a pattern of brief cluster periods and long remissions.
Although corticosteroids may often be a good short-term option, serious side effects such as diabetes, hypertension and cataracts make them inappropriate for long-term use.
Lithium carbonate. Lithium carbonate, which is used to treat bipolar disorder, may be effective in preventing chronic cluster headache if other medications haven't prevented cluster headaches.
Side effects include tremor, increased thirst and diarrhea. Your doctor can adjust the dosage to minimize side effects.
While you're taking this medication, your blood will be checked regularly for the development of more-serious side effects, such as kidney damage.
Nerve block. Injecting a numbing agent (anesthetic) and corticosteroid into the area around the occipital nerve, located at the back of your head, may help improve chronic cluster headaches.
An occipital nerve block may be useful for temporary relief until long-term preventive medications take effect.
Ergots. Ergotamine, available as a tablet that you place under your tongue, can be taken before bed to prevent nighttime attacks.
Self-injected dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45) also may be helpful. Ergot medications may be effective if taken early in your cluster attacks, but they can't be combined with triptans and can only be used for brief periods of time.
Other preventive medications used for cluster headache include anti-seizure medications such as divalproex (Depakote) and topiramate (Topamax).
Rarely, doctors may recommend surgery for people with chronic cluster headache who don't find relief with aggressive treatment or who can't tolerate the medications or their side effects.
Surgical procedures for cluster headache attempt to damage the nerve pathways thought to be responsible for pain, most commonly the trigeminal nerve that serves the area behind and around your eye.
However, the long-term benefits of surgery are disputed. Also, because of the possible complications — including muscle weakness in your jaw or sensory loss in certain areas of your face and head — it's rarely considered.
As scientists learn more about the causes of cluster headache, they're able to develop more-selective treatments for the condition.
Researchers are studying a potential treatment called occipital nerve stimulation. In this procedure, your surgeon implants electrodes in the back of your head and connects them to a small pacemaker-like device (generator). The electrodes send impulses to stimulate the area of the occipital nerve, which may block or relieve your pain signals.
Several small studies of occipital nerve stimulation found that the procedure reduced pain in some people with chronic cluster headaches.
Similar research is underway with deep brain stimulation. In this procedure, doctors implant an electrode in the hypothalamus, the area of your brain associated with the timing of cluster periods. Your surgeon connects the electrode to a generator that changes your brain's electrical impulses and may help relieve your pain.
Deep brain stimulation of the hypothalamus may provide relief for people with severe, chronic cluster headaches that haven't been successfully treated with other medications.
Researchers are studying other types of brain and nerve stimulation to prevent and treat cluster headaches.
The following measures may help you avoid a cluster attack during a cluster cycle:
Because cluster headaches can be so painful, you may be tempted to try alternative or complementary therapies to relieve your pain.
A survey of people with cluster headache who tried a number of alternative therapies — including acupuncture, acupressure, therapeutic touch, chiropractic and homeopathy — found that fewer than 10 percent thought these therapies effective.
Some natural medicines may be worth a try, however. In one study, extract from kudzu, a vine species originally found in Asian countries, was shown to alleviate the intensity, frequency and duration of cluster headache attacks. However, kudzu extract didn't decrease the length of the cluster cycle.
Melatonin also has shown modest effectiveness in treating nighttime attacks.
Living with cluster headache can be very difficult. Cluster headaches can be frightening to you and to your family and friends. The debilitating attacks may seem unbearable.
In addition to the physical symptoms, the chronic pain that often accompanies cluster headache attacks can make you anxious or depressed. Ultimately, it may affect your interaction with friends and family, your productivity at work, and the overall quality of your life.
Talking to a counselor or therapist can help you cope with the effects of cluster headache. Or you may find encouragement and understanding in a headache support group. Although support groups aren't for everyone, they can be good sources of information.
You may also find support groups are a good place for you to share your experiences and hear other group members' experiences. If you're interested, your doctor may be able to recommend a group in your area.
Because the cause of cluster headache is unknown, you can't prevent a first occurrence. However, a preventive strategy is crucial for managing cluster headache because only trying to treat acute attacks with medications can seem hopeless.
Prevention can help reduce the frequency and severity of the cluster attacks and the risk of medication overuse headaches. Preventive medications can also increase the effectiveness of acute medications.
In addition, you may help reduce your risk of future attacks by avoiding alcohol and nicotine, which often cause cluster headaches.
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Sudan: Unwavering will to make peace is needed
Relations between the Sudan and South Sudan remain tense. At a meeting in Berlin on 11 June, Foreign Minister Westerwelle and his Sudanese counterpart Ali Karti discussed how to advance the peace process between the two countries. The German Government expected both sides to "negotiate constructively and with an unwavering will to make peace", Westerwelle said after his talks with Karti.
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle with Foreign Minister Ali Karti
Westerwelle welcomed the fact that the Sudan and South Sudan had resumed negotiations on a lasting peace settlement in late May. The African Union (AU) is overseeing the negotiations, under the leadership of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Tensions between the two countries escalated in April, in response to which the AU developed a peace plan; on 2 May the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2064 calling for the plan's implementation.
Dangers to the whole region
After meeting with Karti, Foreign Minister Westerwelle called the withdrawal of both Sudanese and South Sudanese troops from the disputed border region of Abyei in late May "an important first step". He added, however, that the fragile situation in Abyei as well as in the South Kordofan region remained cause for concern. Escalation would endanger the entire region. Westerwelle said Germany was working to stabilize the situation and thus supported UNMISS, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. He further pointed to the difficult security and humanitarian conditions in the Darfur region. Germany also participates in UNAMID, the joint UN-African Union mission there.
Crises and conflicts have plagued Sudan for decades. A civil war between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army, the largest rebel faction in South Sudan, began in 1982 and continued to rage until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 ended it. The Agreement's stipulations included a referendum on South Sudanese independence. Following successful voting, South Sudan declared independence on 9 July 2011. But pervasive tensions and unresolved issues continue to trouble relations between the two countries; these include the division of oil reserves and the precise location of the border between north and south. Armed conflicts between the two sides have flared up repeatedly in recent months.
Click here for more information about developments in the Sudan and South Sudan and their context.
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This was a total waste by the Celtics. And it was just last year. I know he was considered a project but I really did not think we were in such a solid position to draft a project who very well might be out the league in his second season.
It's looking like Melo just won't be an NBA player.
We sure whiffed on that one.


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WASHINGTON (AP) —Cher stays away from mirrors and she thinks Sonny Bono's ghost is teasing her.
Cher tells AARP The Magazine she hasn't looked in the mirror in years. She says the only time she was happy with the way she looked was when she was about age 40 to 45. She's 68 now.
Cher also says she's got a chandelier and it goes on and off all the time for no reason. She says she thinks it's Bono messing with her because "that is what he would do."


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Congratulations on getting a tag. Have you hit up the California Game and Fish folks yet for some information? I've found them to be really helpful in the past for hunting and fishing. I'm sure you have probally seen this on their site but I did see some information listed there for hunt information, and such. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunti...ule/hunts.html
I'm not much help. Other than fishing and hunting turkey there a bit I'm not all that familar with the Elk herd there. Again congratulations and I hope you have an awesome hunt!


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Skype on 12.04 x64 does not start even after purging and reinstalling it
I've tried many different ways:
I downloaded the file from the Skype website, which returned this error
Cannot install ia-32-libs.
I followed these instructions and here is what I got:
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/partner/Packages/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 126.96.36.199 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/partner/Packages/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 188.8.131.52 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I even tried this command line:
sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1 skype
And this is what I got:
Error: need a repository as argument
pandora@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1 skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch
skype : Depends: skype-bin
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I just don't know what to do anymore, if I can't use Skype, I might as well not use Ubuntu at all.
Please, someone help.


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- Large, lightweight
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Rated 4 out of 5�by allo68 Meets expectations My husband was very attached to an old insulated bottle for his iced tea. This seems to meet his expectations, which is saying quite a lot. The only reason I did not rate it as "excellent" is that we have not had it long enough. July 2, 2014
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Business in Butte partners with General Electric to create new jobs
Executives from General Electric tell NBC Montana that they picked the town of Butte for a new business venture because the quality of the employees.
G.E. was in the Mining City to launch a new deal with parts maker Seacast Inc.
Seacast Inc. is a major supplier of jet engine components for G.E.
Now both companies have teamed up to increase production and create new jobs for locals.
"The pipeline of skilled people here in Butte was very attractive to us," said Colleen B. Athans, Vice President and General Manager of Aviation Supply Chain Division.
At the news conference Athans said one of the reasons Butte was so appealing was because of its steady pipeline of skilled workers, and being able to work with a company they were already familiar with.
"We could do more together as a joint-venture company then strictly using them as a supplier, so their welding know-how, their fabrication know-how, are all qualities we're excited about," added Athans.
The deal between Seacast Inc. and G.E. Aviation will be known as Montana Precision Products.
G.E. will use the Butte plant to manufacture tubes, ducts and structural castings for G.E.'s jet engines. Some of the parts will end up in commercial jet engines as well.
"They're a great success story for opening up manufacturing and industry in this area," said Kathy Henningsen, owner of Spherion Job Services.
Spherion Job Services helped supply workers for Seacast, Inc. in the past couple of years.
Henningsen says the company can be credited with bringing new jobs to the area too.
"It's already basically given employment to somewhere between 50 and 70 people, I mean jobs that weren't here four years ago," Henningsen concluded.


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So, this is an odd one. I have a user (I call User A) that can send email to anyone except one person (User B). I can login to User A, and send an email addressed to User B, C, D, etc, and everyone will get it except user B. User B can send an email to User A just fine. Neither one have any filters setup. Watching the logs, whenever User A sends an email to B, it shows in the logs that an email was sent from User A, but nothing is recorded at all for user User B.
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G11 Star Elongation: ONLY NEAR THE MERIDIAN
Posted 21 September 2012 - 02:39 PM
Then things go to Hades and I get E-W elongation.
I have done my darndest to eliminate any possibility of flex and AM USING VERY SHORT FLs (caps intended). I get this elongation even at 180mm FL. Balance does NOT seem to be the problem. I've tried both equi-balance and east-heavy to VERY east heavy with no apparent difference. Imaging load is light . . . less than 15 pounds with a 180mm camera lens.
I guide with the STi guiding kit and PHD.
I've tried all I can think of to fix this frustrating problem.
The crux of the matter is (again, caps intended), IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IMAGING NEAR THE MERIDIAN!
Thirty minute subs look great well off the meridian. Within 15 degrees I have to cut back to 3 minutes or so.
Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:21 PM
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 05:26 PM
Have you noticed any cable bunching, anything restricting the movement of the RA axis? What does your guiding graph look like when approaching the meridian? Is it sending really large pulses E/W to try to correct, or is it behaving normally (which indicates some form of flexure)?
What kind of power supply are you using? If your powering off a battery or 12V supply, when the load shifts and it tries to draw more current the voltage may sag causing erratic behavior. I run mine with a custom 20A 15V power supply when I've got A/C power. Otherwise, I run a car battery through a power inverter and then to the power supply to guarantee proper voltage delivery (I know this is inefficient, but I was lazy and didn't want to build my own DC/DC step up power converter for running off the battery).
In my case when running the G11 off a 12V power supply or battery I had all sorts of speed control issues and strange random slews, etc. When I moved to the 15V 20A supply all those disappeared.
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Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:23 AM
1/ I am unsure if this was always a problem or a recent occurrence. I always had some poor subs but only recently sleuthed it out to being only when very near the meridian.
2/ Power? Not likely. Using AC.
3/ Symptoms point to flexure but I can't see how. I am away from the gear now and can't post pics. I've tried several configurations. Latest is a Casady plate bolted directly to the G11. Camera (ST8300M) is bolted directly to a Losmandy D style dovetail through the 1/4"X20 tripod mounting screw. Lens is mounted to camera and is firmly supported under its objective end. STi guide scope mounted securely "Joey" style to dovetail. Everything is TIGHT!!!! I've used other configs too that were perhaps more prone to flex. My problem led me to this which I just can't see flexing unless the whole D plate is drooping or twisting. Seems inconceivable.
Flexure only at the merdidan and with such short Fls seems highly unlikely with this configuration. Weight is absolutely trivial too considering what this mount should be able to carry with ease.
4/Guiding seems normal. Nothing I can see unusual going on in the magnitude or size of the corrections . . . again pointing to flex I suppose. But only very near to the meridian??? And at very short FLs???
Posted 22 September 2012 - 09:02 AM
One thing that does change as you approach and drop away from the meridian is the amount of torque required by your motors ... the amount depends on how much out of balance your setup is.
I'd vary your balance a bit and see if you can either make the situation worse of better.
Have you ever manually checked the worm/ring gear spacing or tightness around the whole circumference of the ring gear? You're looking for any tightness or binding areas as you slowly drive the worm (without any load on the ring ... and then with your normal load).
Posted 22 September 2012 - 10:14 AM
If you aren't seeing any changes in guiding, it does seem less likely to be power, gear binding or a balance shift. Power could still be an issue though if your AC/DC converter is a 12V lower amperage model. The only reason I push this point is because your issues seem eerily similar to mine when I was running with a 12V power supply. It could supply 30A, so power delivery was not an issue. This told me the G11 really needs 15V+ (and probably over 10A, at least when slewing) to run correctly.
Does the imaging lens have moving elements? I've never really though about this before, but it does seem like most camera lenses are designed to be held horizontally, not vertically, so I just wonder if something is shifting around in there.
Do you know anyone with an off-axis guider setup? It might be difficult to get the off-axis guider between your camera and lens, but you could stick their whole scope/guider/camera setup on your mount and at least rule that out.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 11:18 AM
1) Lens barrel creep. One of my lenses has this nasty habit.
2) Your mount needs to be tightened up. I had all kinds of imaging nightmares until one day I said I have had enough and I just pulled the entire mount apart and rebuilt it. After tightening everything up, my problems went away.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 05:21 PM
1/ I am on the road and sort of unprepared to answer some specific questions . . . like what PS I use. It will be a week or so before I get home and have the gear available.
I have only camera lenses. I can't rule out movement of some internal elements but focus seems to hold true. Also, if this were so, a sub or two would be ruined and then the offending element should settle in and subs would be good again. Doesn't seem the case. All subs very near the meridian are poor. They become poor and they stay poor until I shift away from the meridian.
2/ Unfortunately, off axis guiding seems just not possible with EOS lenses period.
3/ I am reluctant to pull the mount entirely apart as Hilmi suggests. I have inspected the worm-gear spacing on the RA
axis and all seems well there . . . but my examination was very inexpert.
4/ I have nobody with whom I could swap gear to rule out the mount. So far I have ascertained the problem is definitely occurring with both the EF180mm f/3.5L and EF135mm f/2.0L EOS lenses. I have used other EOS lenses but have not specifically looked for this problem at the meridian yet. I will do so after the current imaging project with the EF135mm f2.0L is complete. They are of longer FL and the problem, if it occurs with them too, will be proportionately worse.
The problem I am encountering seems similar to what Steve Cannistra reported on this web page, i.e., inconsistent tracking near the meridian with his G11. His "fix" was a Temma 2.
I'm hoping for a . . . er . . . less drastic solution.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 05:45 PM
I've owned my A-P Mach1GTO for about a year and it is just about to need gear mesh adjustment because I can feel a very slight free play in RA axis. When I first purchased it brand new, the RA axis free play was tight.
Maybe your G11 just completed a break in period and needs RA mesh adjustment. From then on, it may not need adjustment for a while.
Does it matter which part of the sky when your mount is near the Meridian?
Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:05 PM
Worm adjustment rules itself out (because of the 4mn period).
I've seen balancing having some minor effect on star elongation. But if I understand correctly you can guide perfectly with 30 mn exposure until you are too close to meridian at which point 3mn are the max you can do. That is not a minor effect to me... It has to be something else. I mean, if I can 30mn perfect exposures it means that my balance really is good enough.
I always do a little bit of east heavy balance and more often that not I would image 10 degrees past the meridian without noticing any image degration in 10mn exposures. So I don't think it is a balance issue.
I am really thinking flexure also. That's pretty much the only thing left. Have you noticed if DEC was affecting the angle at which it starts messing up? I am not sure how your lenses are attached to your mount but I can imagine problems happening when the lenses are pointing straight up if they're only held by 1 screw.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:25 PM
Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:48 PM
In the interim, thanks all for the replies.
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Posted 24 September 2012 - 02:11 PM
The meridian presents a different set of variables and this became evident with my older ST-4 guider. It has a calibration routine - and at the meridian being east heavy or otherwise has very little effect due to the position of everything. The counter weights are almost hanging straight down so how do you effect east heavy?
I found that loading the Dec axis east heavy did the trick. I'm a side by side set up and hung a large C clamp on the outside edge of the Dec plate. This caused the RA to become east heavy - improved tracking, but also loaded the Dec axis to one side. Otherwise with a neutral balance you are subject to the play in the worm/pinion. The guider will command a movement but the slack in the worm prevents any movement. Next cycle the guider says - wow way off - and does another bigger move. Finally the slack catches up - and it's way overshoot. Next cycle - guider tries to bring it back, but the slack in Dec won't take up.
I hope this is not confusing. I also solved the problem by making the worm mesh in Dec very snug to where the hand controller would message Dec lag off and on. The tighter mesh would then respond quickly to guider commands. But you need to constantly adjust mesh - and release it before each slew. So the C clamp became the answer for me. It's a 4" clamp. Can't hurt by trying it. It's offsetting the weight away from the counter weight shaft.
Posted 17 October 2012 - 02:12 PM
I said I would post images of the gear when I got back so here they are.
The problem persists. I have taken the G11 apart pretty much. Adjusted the RA backlash until it is so small I can no longer measure it by any deflection of the CW shaft. I have not touched dec backlash but it seems pretty minimal. Both axes rotate smoothly with no binding in evidence. Balance seems fine but I've played with it too, to no avail.
I don't see how alignment can be an issue. Twenty minute subs were fine off the meridian last night, just as they always are. As I entered within 10 degrees of the meridian, they fell off a cliff, just as they always do, and I had to cut back to 5 minutes.
Despite all my Herculean efforts to eliminate flex and my adjusting the RA backlash, quite successfully I think too, nothing has made any difference.
Guiding seems fine with nothing untoward showing up on the PHD graphs.
Len retains sharp focus which, in my mind, rules out any "barrel creep" in the lens. It is a pretty light lens in any event. It happens with other lenses too. Likely all of them but I have exhaustively determined it to be so with at least two.
I just can not image near the meridian with this gear and remain perplexed at which component is causing the problem.
Posted 17 October 2012 - 02:22 PM
Posted 17 October 2012 - 03:45 PM
With only tracking, the elongation is in RA only or is it RA/DEC? Since in tracking only RA axis is moving, if elongation is in RA or other direction, then that would be good data point to investigate further.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 10:31 AM
First off, OAG is not an option. No OAG solution is available for EOS lenses due lack of back focus.
The direction of elongation appears to involve both RA and dec axes. I attach an image showing a portion of a ruined sub along with superimposed test trails.
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Posted 18 October 2012 - 11:22 AM
An OAG shouldn't be necessary at this FL.
Do you have any telescopes or just lenses? As a test, you could guide through the longest FL scope you can find and do your imaging piggyback. I'd try and rule out any lens creep.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 12:24 PM
You may try shimming between the band and the lens to get more clamping force and washers under the heads of the wood screws to give the screws a better grip on the band. See if any of that changes things and if so work towards some improvements based on the results.
Longer term, I would suggest changing the wood block to an aluminum bar and replacing the washer shims with a bar also to get more contact area between the camera and the dovetail.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 10:17 PM
If you are only tracking (not autoguiding), then it has to be flexure since (1) only happens around meridian - so not polar alignment issue (2) tracking only moves RA and flex will affect both - this is what you are seeing.
One thing you can try is to stack your images *without alignment* and see if the stars gradually move from frame to frame. This is indicative of flexure if the stars move in some semi-random way from frame to frame. You can make these stacks and compare star movement for frames taken around meridian vs. before/after it.
Looking at your setup, it seems like flexure is your issue. You can try making the connections more solid as others have suggested.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 11:37 PM
1) turn off dithering
2) take maybe 5-8 guided subs
3) load them into DSS
4) set the first image as the reference
5) align only
and 6) compute offsets.
if you see a steady X/Y drift, you're looking at flexure.
for the life of me i could not eliminate flexure on my G11/AT6RC/finderscope guider combo. i had to move to an OAG and now... round stars. but it was a big hassle and as you say, it's impossible with camera lenses.
my flexure problems definitely changed depending on the orientation of the telescope. when the telescope was more horizontal, the problem was worse. in your case it sounds like you have the opposite problem; flexure when the tube is pointing up.
i agree it seems insane that you'd have problems with DF at such a short focal length, but other than maybe your clutches slipping, i can't see what else would cause the problem.
what happens if you take unguided images?


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I can see the dealers point (sorry); he has to spend -what- a day? making corrections to the FACTORY set-up in order to make the bike roadworthy? So he takes all this time and gets nothing for it. He could have been making money on a repair or something, but instead he has to do the factory's job. ? If he does get any remuneration, it's in the form of parts coupons- but everyone orders parts direct from the Nfield store. The life of a dealer ain't all glamor and bright lights...What am I missing?
Actually if the dealer honestly feels that RE is sending over bikes with a design flaw, or improperly assembled then I applaud his refusing delivery. If he tweaks the bike as per some have done on this forum, and the buyer has an accident, he is in for a heck of a liability lawsuit.I was considering a C5, but have read too much that sways me away from that.Here's a novel idea: Instead of jumping on the dealer, why doesnt RE just get it right at the factory.
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