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We congratulate töff for contributing our first featured map on a science fiction theme using vector software (Illustrator). The Venus Public Transit map is a representation of a public transport map of the future. In addition to the beautiful colour pallete used by the artist and the sound composition is the convincing nature of the map itself which would not look out of place as a prop in a high budget science fiction film. What makes the map so believable is the wealth of detail used and the visual similarities to existing public transport maps, but with an ultra-modern twist. Both functional and beautiful, this map represents imaginary cartography at its best. Töff also shows that vector software can achieve results equally impressive as raster based paint packages.
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VPT is part of an RP/fanfic storyworld called "The LATTICE," set in the 157th century. Humanity's history has been long and fraught, on Earth, in the stars, and no less on Venus. Because some cities had been mentioned, but no clear, extensive descriptions of Venus in this far future had ever been developed, I took the occasion to do a map of sorts. It doesn't cover all of Venus (e.g., no city details), but it does reveal more than just the public transit routes. We see where the main surface and underground cities are, as well as a lot of historical sites (complete with dates!). This map is the first serious piece of storyworld background for Venus, and there are multiple opportunities (as usual) for fantastic tales of adventure based on any small element from this map. Sadly, the RP has fallen to inactivity, for now, but the storyworld is alive and well in solo fiction.
This is my first transit map, and it was a lot of fun. It was more challenging than I thought, in some ways, like making up the different kinds of routes. At one point I thought I would have some numbered routes, like "the number 9 bus," but as usual things didn't turn out the way I thought. I also intended to abstract the routes more, not follow proportional distances between stops; but, using a satellite pic underneath, that quashed that idea, and also led to the complication of running some routes straight between point A and point B but others angling off to avoid overlap, which is not how the vehicles would move. But still, a transit map only has to show connections, right? That's the story I'm sticking with.
Done entirely in Illustrator CS3, printed thru a Fiery to a color laser at 11x17, and cut down (bleed) to 10x16.
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I'm currently running the network edition of 5.0.1
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Started: Thu, 2008/04/10 01:01:35.256 EST
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Label: full-20080404.150014.043
Type: full
Status: completed
Started: Sat, 2008/04/05 01:00:14.089 EST
Ended: Sat, 2008/04/05 01:33:57.708 EST
Redo log sequence range: 126 .. 126
Number of accounts: 52
Note the "Number of accounts: 1" instead of the expected 52. The size of the backup as reported by a "du" command is also around 500KB for the broken ones instead of the usual ~30GB of the other full backups. The backup process also takes around 15 seconds instead of an expected 30 minutes.
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Hi there, I am a thirty something guy. I am currently running a swords and wizardry (0e D&D) game. I like maps but have little experience making them myself. I am here to find some maps and ideas for my game.
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The Garfield County Fair Royalty will not take part in any related activities beyond the county, until a new royalty coordinator can be found and travel liability issues are resolved.
The county fair board voted Tuesday night to temporarily suspend such appearances. Lindsay Jo Smith, the longtime royalty coordinator, recently submitted her resignation, the board learned. Also stepping down as the assistant to the royalty coordinator was fair board member Joyce Gornick, who remains on the board.
The fair royalty - queen Annie McNeel, queen attendant Alli Sexton, and co-princesses Katie and Karly Manuppella - recently became involved in an issue surrounding whether they should be allowed to wear jewelry with religious designs.
"All we were trying to say was we wanted to tone down the amount of bling," board president Levy Burris said. "It wasn't anything to do with your religious beliefs."
The young ladies were asked to "refrain from wearing jewelry with religious connotations" while attending the Colorado Cattlemen's Association's annual dinner in Denver last month in an email from Smith that was read at the fair board meeting.
Burris said he did not believe Smith's resignation was due to the religious jewelry issue.
"She had been badgered and bullied by other parents for other things over the years," he said. "I'm sure it was many things."
Three members of the royalty each read brief statements to the board. Karly Manuppella said she felt her civil liberties were being violated.
"Wearing religious symbols is protected under the First Amendment's right of free expression," she said. "We're not promoting any one religion."
Katy Manuppella said the royalty members "strive to be good role models. But as royalty and as Americans, it's unfortunate we have been put in this position by those we stand before tonight."
Burris said the amount and design of popular jewelry is all about "glitter, which can be offensive to some. We just want you to be respectful of yourselves and the community without showing off. That's what this is all about."
"You go into western clothing stores and all you see are crosses," Burris added. "As royalty, you are subject to the rules, and we just want you to tone it down."
The county has a dress code for fair royalty, who are chosen each year by the fair board. It calls for the girls to wear shirts provided by the county, royalty must provide their own jeans, belts and hats, said Kaycee Manuppella, the mother of the co-princesses. One ear can be pierced, but otherwise, the dress code does not address jewelry or accessories, Manuppella said.
"None of these girls have ever gone out to represent the county at any event that would not meet the standards of the 4-H program," Kaycee Manuppella said.
County Manager Andrew Gorgey denied he told Kaycee Manuppella the issue surrounded separation of church and state, as she claimed.
Gorgey also said Smith's email to the girls about what to wear and not wear at the Colorado Cattlemen's Association function did not represent the position of the fair board or county commissioners.
"Governments get in trouble when they take official positions or actions that favor a specific religion over any others," Gorgey, an attorney, added. "So when you talk about jewelry or bling being free of religious connotation, it's different."
Mike Manuppella, the father of Karly and Katy Manuppella, said the board should "look at any photo of a Colorado rodeo queen and tell me what they're wearing. They wear crosses. So these girls, when they are royalty, they want to be blingy and dress like them."
Several board members, interim county 4-H director Kim Schriver, Gorgey and Kaycee Manuppella agreed there were several cases of miscommunication that contributed to the dispute.
Gorgey said the county did not intend to limit the expression of religious beliefs by the girls, but Kaycee Manuppella said "if the girls wear a cross, it will be displayed."
While the board temporarily prohibited the girls in the royalty from appearing at official functions outside the county, they can attend events in the county. A board member will serve as a liaison until a new coordinator is found.
Gorgey will also research how dress codes from other county fairs and royalty programs address jewelry issues, and try to resolve travel liability concerns he has with royalty appearances outside the county.
"We will work together to fix this as fast as we can in a reasonable and lawful manner," he said.
And Burris praised the young ladies for standing up in public and defending their rights.
"When it comes to things like that, we're very supportive," he said.


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State officials are trying to assuage public worry about the safety of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in the wake of reports that sections of the elevated highway are sagging slightly.
The section around Yesler Way has settled up to four-tenths of an inch after work by Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), said Todd Trepanier, Highway 99 administrator for the state Department of Transportation (DOT).
He said the causes were construction of a nearby buried concrete block, called a "safe haven," where tunnel-boring machine Bertha can stop for maintenance; and the loss of groundwater in December, when STP was pumping water away to allow for safe inspections of Bertha's clogged cutter head.
"That settlement does not endanger the viaduct or bring it closer to closure," he said.
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It would take an earthquake or similar catastrophe to force a traffic shutdown, Trepanier said.
But the settling follows approximately 5½ inches of sag since the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake. The DOT previously sank thin steel piling to reinforce some columns, and STP already inserted dozens of narrow concrete cylinders near Yesler — where Bertha is supposed to pass beneath the viaduct later this year. Trepanier said that controlling settlement is the contractors' responsibility and that other methods are available.
On Monday, City Councilmember Mike O'Brien asked for a traffic-control plan in case the viaduct has to be closed due to settling.
He pointed out that the project to date hasn't exactly unfolded as DOT predicted. The tunnel drilling is about four months behind schedule, with months more of delay likely as STP digs a giant vault to remove the cutter head and fix damaged seals on the main bearing this spring.
O'Brien said Tuesday he would like a public discussion and a written DOT commitment saying exactly how much settlement is safe, before any crisis might occur. Lacking that, he said, "the politics of what we think about infrastructure come into play and cloud a safety discussion."
"However complex this settling issue is, we need to know something more than, 'We'll know it when we see it,' " O'Brien said.
Excavation of a rescue shaft for Bertha requires a 120-foot-deep pit, below sea level in soil that's nearly
35 percent water. One option for STP is to design a "watertight bottom" to prevent groundwater loss, Trepanier said.
In Sarnia, Ontario, workers needed a thick concrete pit floor just to support the tunnel machine and equipment against sinking.
Interest in the settlement question resurfaced two weeks ago, when Jared Smith, Mayor Ed Murray's chief of waterfront projects, mentioned the four-tenths figure, and nearby work on the city's new seawall.
Trepanier said, "There's nothing new here; for some reason there was some revisiting of the issue." Seawall work this month, including the construction of deep concrete piling, didn't cause settlement on the viaduct, he said.
He was asked repeatedly by reporters how close DOT is to exceeding safe limits to keep viaduct traffic moving. He didn't offer a number, saying it depends on the exact location of settling, and whether some deck sections sag more than others.
"If the whole viaduct was settling at the same rate, it could probably settle clear to the ground," he said.
A routine inspection is set for this weekend. The structure is continuously measured by electronic devices.
Mike Lindblom: 206-515-5631 or email@example.com. On Twitter @mikelindblom


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Never let it be said that the persistence of a few crazy fanatics can't change the world: a proposal to ban male circumcision (for minors, only!) has officially been placed on the ballot in San Francisco. They did it, the crazy, crazy, crazy bastards! I guess when you take a step back and see the forest for the trees from 30,000 feet, the real lesson in all this is, "If you want to be assured of the right to have a doctor cut the foreskin off your baby's penis and you live in San Francisco, push that baby out before November or else go to a different city to have the baby, or else go to some back-alley circumcisionist."
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I think the ban is wrong. I think it's the parents right to make an informed decison & the ban is an infringment on religous freedom
Okay, let me rephrase: Clitoridectomy: partial or total removal of the clitoris (a small, sensitive and erectile part of the female genitals) and, in very rare cases, only the prepuce (the fold of skin surrounding the clitoris) is banned, even in relation to religion. i think boys should be afforded that same protection.
and the World Health Organization calls clitoridectomy female genital mutilation. So, i guess it is the same?
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News from the world of Maths
December 1, 2011
What do Caribbean steel drums, the London 2012 Velodrome and the quest for sustainable energy have in common? They all involve the work of engineers. Engineering provides some of the most exciting applications of maths, which impact on all our lives every day. Open Door 1 and discover the mathematics behind engineering.
November 16, 2011
Most of us take for granted that we can carry our entire music library in our pocket or whip out Google maps on our phones when we get lost. But few of us realise that it's physics and maths we have to thank for these marvellous inventions.
November 14, 2011
Tomorrow John D. Barrow, cosmologist, best-selling author and director of Plus, will be starting a lecture series on maths and sport at Gresham College in London. The first lecture is entitled How fast can Usain Bolt run? and there'll be five more lectures until the end of March, looking at Olympic sports from rowing to jumping. All lectures are free.
November 8, 2011
This Friday, 11/11/11, will see the launch of numberphile, a brand new YouTube channel dedicated entirely to numbers. And it's a very special channel too: rather than relying on users to produce and share their videos, YouTube is for the first time paying people to produce original content.
November 4, 2011
Have you ever wondered what string theory sounds and looks like? If yes, you can find out this weekend at Queen Mary, University of London. Musicians Anna Piva and Edward George, in collaboration with physicist and Plus author David Berman and mathematical physicist James Sparks are developing Explorations in Eleven Dimensions, a multimedia art project based on a series of sonic, visual, and textual readings of string theory's equations, themes and aesthetic concerns.
October 24, 2011
Whenever you smell the lovely smell of fresh coffee or drop a tea bag into hot water you're benefiting from diffusion: the fact that particles moving at random under the influence of thermal energy spread themselves around. It's this process that wafts coffee particles towards your nose and allows the tea to spread around the water. Diffusion underlies a huge number of processes and it has been studied intensively for over 150 years. Yet it wasn't until very recently that one of the most important assumptions of the underlying theory was confirmed in an experiment.
October 21, 2011
It's 21st of October and for puzzle lovers this can only mean one thing: the G4G Celebration of mind. This annual party celebrates the legacy of Martin Gardner, magician, writer and father of recreational maths, with mathemagical events in his honour happening all over the world.
October 13, 2011
In 1982 Dan Shechtman discovered a crystal that would revolutionise chemistry. He has just been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery — but has the Nobel committee missed out a chance to honour a mathematician for his role in this revolution as well?


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Dodge Vipers 550 Hp Driving School - Snake CharmingWritten by on April 1, 2000 We Drove 550HP Vipers Until We Were Sick Of 'Em And You Can Too!
Okay, you've read the tag line, and I can honestly tell you that no matter how implausible it may seem, it's true.
I know, I know, you're sitting there saying, "Yeah, right, I'd never get sick of driving a Viper on a track!" Yeah, that's what I said, too. But, you'd be surprised at how hard driving a fully prepped Viper lap after lap is, and how much it takes out of you. However, in the interest of journalistic integrity and a dedication to bringing you, the reader, the most complete and entertaining story, I pushed myself to the limits and sacrificed body and spirit.... Oh hell, it was a blast and I'd do it again in a heartbeat, even if I did end up stiff, sore, dirty and humbled by the end of it all!
No Mickey Mouse Vacation
So here's the deal. We got a letter in the mail announcing that the Justin Bell's Viper Driving School was down in West Palm Beach, Florida, at Moroso Motorsports Park. Three days of driving prepped Vipers at whatever limits felt comfortable. It took about two seconds to make the decision it needed to be a story Being based in Lakeland, a mere 3 hours away, we're practically locals. But for the rest of the country, here's what we'd suggest: When coming down to Florida for your winter vacation, drive right on past Disney, their annoying tea cup ride and $13 cheeseburgers, and keep going until you hit Palm Beach. Moroso's road course beats Space Mountain hands down.
Besides having more fun than anyone should be allowed, there are some serious benefits to attending a high performance driving school, not the least of which is that it makes you a better driver. And for those of you who think you already know how to drive, take our word on this, too: You don't. Really. Going through a high performance driving school is a humbling experience for a lot of people. We've all hot footed our cars around town, played Bob-Dodge-And-Weave on the interstate, and have maybe even executed the perfect no-lift powerslide through a corner a time or two, but you know what? You got nothin'! Strap your keister into a five-point harness, fit a brain bucket to your noggin, and go at it with someone sitting in the passenger seat who really does know what they're talking about. Better yet, let them take you for a ride, and you'll see what I mean.
Which brings us to my next point. All you Viper owners out there who want to start adding go-fast goodies to your newest toy need to realize one very important point-that Red thing sitting in your garage is already more car than you can handle, just the way it sits. Just because you own one doesn't mean you know how to drive it. And that's not sour grapes; it's just a fact. Every student in the class I attended owns a Viper (with the exception of that one Lamborghini Diablo owner, and he said he's going to replace it with a Viper), and they all agreed that as it comes from the factory, Dodge's Viper is more car than most people are capable of handling, and in the wrong hands it's just plain dangerous. And unless you've attended a driving school and gotten some professional instruction, you are the wrong hands. You should consider the cost of this school right along with the purchase price of your car.
Track Credentials
So, who are the guys that know what they're doing? Well, unlike most schools, The Justin Bell's Viper Driving School actually has its namesake leading the class-Justin Bell. Who's Justin? Well, his Dad is Derek Bell, who's raced and won The 24 Hours of LeMans, among other things, so Justin's grown up with the stuff. Justin has raced in many different types of cars over the last nine years, culminating in a relationship with Dodge that resulted in his winning of the '98 LeMans GT2 World Championship. Now stop and think about that-the guy who piloted the Viper to the podium at LeMans is sitting in the passenger seat, giving you pointers. And it wasn't that he was just there for my class because I was doing a story for a magazine-he's at every class. And what's more, he's not the snotty, arrogant, professional European sports car driver you'd expect. He's a down-to-earth guy who's easy to talk to and joke around with. He just knows what he's doing behind the wheel, whereas you and I don't (I'm not sure that can be stressed enough).
The other instructors in the school are handpicked by Justin, and all are current sports car racers with FIA and SCCA experience-and they're all also real decent guys.
The Humbling
Okay, let's cut to the chase. In these types of stories, the magazine guy always tells you that they learned a lot, it was fun, they were stars and blasted to tremendous speeds, it was a great experience...blah, blah, blah. I spun a Viper. What's worse, I was the first guy in the class to do it, though two others would follow. That was on day three, and it's part of the school. It's not encouraged, but it is expected. What did I learn? That when you're going through a corner and trying to downshift, mistakenly grabbing Second instead of Fourth brings the back of the car around, at which point you're just along for the ride. What else did I learn? Those low concrete track barriers look like the Great Wall of China from the driver's seat of a Viper that's in the middle of a nice, slow spin that started at 60 mph. That was day three and had nothing to do with thinking I was better than I am. Fortunately, the only damage was to Moroso's grass-I owe you guys some sod.
On day one, I got chewed out by one of the instructors during the braking exercises. We were supposed to accelerate to 80 mph, then brake and bring the car to a halt in a short, measured distance without locking up the tires. Stopping wasn't the problem-accelerating was. How do you accelerate a Viper to 80 mph and hold it at that speed until you have to hit the brakes? I figured I'd hit 80 mph in the middle of Second, then put it in Third to maintain my speed coming into the cones. The problem was I grabbed Second like I was on a drag strip. Not a smart idea when the course is wet and you're playing with 550 horses. The tires went up in smoke and the car got all squirrely before I took my foot off the gas and coasted to the cones, where the nice instructor explained to me that I would not bang gears again. Hot rodding isn't tolerated in the school, and with good reason. That one had everything to do with thinking I was better than I am.
More Surprises
The school was full of surprises. We learned what we were or weren't capable of, we were allowed to push $80,000 cars to our limits for as many laps as we wanted, and a world champion driver was an integral part of our instruction. But perhaps the biggest surprise of all was that they use new 4-door Neon ACRs as teaching tools. Everyone in the class was pretty underwhelmed by the thought of running around the track, skid pad, and slalom course in 4-door "kiddie" cars, but I'm here to tell you that the Neon rocks!
And I wasn't alone in my thinking. On the last half of day three we were given unrestricted seat time until the class was over. The rules were simple: keep the Viper under 4,000 rpm (in any gear you like), and you had to have an instructor with you in the Viper. Four of the school's six Vipers were available for the exercise, and there were also five Neons, which we could take out on the track and practice with. Now, for the most part, there were only two Vipers on the track at any given time, while there was a waiting line for the Neons. That's right, our class let two Vipers sit there idling while we stood around waiting for our turn in a Neon!
Are we crazy? No. The fact is, the Neon is a killer little car that handles unbelievably well. As a point of reference, we were taking corners on the track at 60 mph that would be labeled 25 mph if they were freeway off ramps. And you should see what the instructors could make them do! We were told that a Neon will actually hold its own on a track against a Viper, given equal drivers. The Neons can brake much later going into a corner, and they can actually go through the curves and corners faster than a Viper. Sure, the Viper blows by them on a straight, but in the corners, the Neons rule. And with the exception of the roll bar and five point racing harness, the school's Neon ACRs are the same as the one sitting on your dealer's lot, right down to the air conditioning.
The final surprise came at the end of day three; we lost the last 35 minutes of track time due to an infamous Florida deluge. That wasn't the surprise. The surprise was that not one of us in the class was disappointed. In fact, I think we were all a little relieved. None of us wanted to stop voluntarily, but the driving and concentration was beginning to take its toll, and we were getting exhausted. Every one of us walked away with a tremendous amount of respect for the pros who spend hour after hour concentrating on every single corner, gear selection, and brake depression. It may not look like it, but it's a lot of work.
The Schooling
So, how fast did I actually go? Well, I came off the long straight and went into the corner at a tick over 111 mph. I know that because all the Vipers are equipped with complete on-board telemetry, which monitors mph, rpm, braking, and a host of other things. That may seem fast, but another guy in the class hit 162 mph on the same stretch, which is hauling. However, his rpm was also way over 5,500, which blew away Justin's imposed 4,000 rpm class limit. Now, to put this all in perspective, Justin covered that exact same piece of real estate at 174 mph, and he never went above the 4,000 rpm limit. We were all given the opportunity to compare our telemetry readings against Justin's, and by observing where he shifted coming out of a corner or hit the brakes going into it, we could see where the times vary. Compared to the 162 mph run, we could see that the student shifted into Fourth coming out of the corner, while Justin hit Fourth in the middle of the turn, giving him more speed coming out of the corner. Going into the turn at the end of the straight, Justin stayed on the gas long after the student had taken his foot off of it, and then Justin went right from the gas to the brake, with no coast time, whereas we all had a tendency to take our foot of the gas, coast a second, then hit the brakes.
Now in the Neon, though not equipped with telemetry, a quick glance at the speedo showed me I was hitting around 95 mph on that stretch, with the A/C on, and wasn't worried about losing it, screwing up a shift, or coming out of the turn wrong.
We learned a host of other things, including braking, apexing a curve, heel-toe shifting (while keeping your foot on the brake, you blip the throttle with your heel to bring your rpm up, downshift, and take your foot off the clutch, the whole time continuing to brake, all the while going through a curve, which is every bit as difficult as it is to describe), slaloming, and a whole lot more. But for the most part, what I came away with can be summed up in four things: I'm not nearly as good a driver as I thought (though I'm a lot better now than I was), racing is addictive, Neons rule, and if I modify the brake and gas pedals in my Dakota so I can heel-toe, I should be able to shave a good two or three minutes off my morning commute!
Hey Buddy, I Heard Your Wife's Fast!
There's no doubt about it-life is better if you involve your spouse in your hobbies. I can tell you from experience that if she has a fun car to drive, she isn't going to be upset with you for spending time and money wrenching on yours.
I taught my wife to drive a stickshift about two years ago, knowing that some day she would be behind the wheel of a performance car. Driving is fun, and cars are a huge part of my life, and if she wasn't able to share that fun, it wouldn't be as enjoyable for me.
Justin Bell's Viper Driving School has a one day program geared toward the ladies, and I signed her up. My thinking was that she'd come out a better driver (not that she wasn't good to begin with), she'd get a taste of SCCA racing, and most importantly, she'd have a good time. I knew I'd made the right decision when she got off the slalom course and said, "We need a Neon with a roll bar!" Ever since then, it's been "apex-this" and "heal-toe" that. With her behind the wheel, we made record time on a recent trip to Atlanta in a rented Neon. If I could come up with a way to afford a race car, I'd get nothing but support from her. I'd also probably get very little seat time.
In the one day class, you spend a lot more time in the Neons than in Vipers, and that was fine with her. The Neon isn't intimidating, and a lot of the students, men and women, felt more at ease in the Neons. Women also know their limits and don't push them, unlike men. Suzi thought the Viper Venom was too much car, and didn't like that feeling. Most of the men in our class agreed, but we men push the limits, whereas women usually don't. As a result, we men spin Vipers; women don't. The instructors told us that women actually make better students because they take instruction better and don't think they know everything. If you go through the Justin Bell Viper Driving School, sign your wife or girlfriend up. It'll be the best investment in your hobby you'll ever make.
Is there a down side? Just one: Suzi got the unofficial "Most Improved Driver" award for the class, beating my best slalom time by over 1/10th of a second in the process. "Don't tell me how to drive anymore," was her only comment to me. I've created a monster!-and it's the smartest thing I've ever done.


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Decorating homes and businesses is a long-standing tradition around the holiday season. Unfortunately, these same decorations may increase your chances of fire.
Following a few simple fire safety tips can keep electric lights, candles and the ever popular Christmas tree from creating a tragedy.
• Don't put your live Christmas tree up too early or leave it up for longer than two weeks.
• Place trees away from heat sources, including fireplaces or heat vents. The heat will dry out the tree, causing it to be more easily ignited by heat, flame or sparks.
• Keep the live tree stand filled with water at all times.
• Use only nonflammable decorations.
• Don't link more than three light strands, unless the directions indicate it's safe. Connect strings of lights to an extension cord before plugging the cord into the outlet.
• Avoid using lit candles; consider using battery-operated flame-less candles, which can look, smell and feel like real candles
• Ensure that Christmas trees and other holiday decorations don't block an exit way.
For more tips on how to prevent a holiday fire and what to do in case a fire starts in your home, visit the U.S. Fire Administration's website at www.usfa.fema.gov.
Maria Pina
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Editor's note: Due to an editing and production error in the Dec. 13 Citizen Telegram, the author of this letter was omitted. This letter was originally sent to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
Thank you for your response to my concern over the problem of illegal immigrants. A bipartisan solution is important for the well-being of the country.
I favor a regulated guest worker program, after making it less inviting for illegals to come here by levying heavy fines to employers who hire without proper documentation. Without jobs, the incentive to invade us will be less compelling.
Spending by the federal government must be reduced and can only be accomplished by eliminating some federal agencies.
You are an experienced educator. I am sure you can see the logic in returning all authority for running our schools to local school boards, with oversight by state officials. This is how it was before legislation created the U.S. Department of Education. Please work for the elimination of this department over a few years.
We need a good energy policy that includes all sources, green and conventional. Coal, natural gas, nuclear and hydro must be a primary source for many years, until technology develops for other resources to become competitive. We don't need a U.S. Department of Energy, except for research and advice.
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration should be drastically reduced in size and the federal gas tax eliminated. Most of its responsibilities consist of gathering gas tax money from the states and passing it back to the states, spending several billions of dollars in the process.
This department should focus on research and advice, along with other minor functions within the U.S. Department of Transportation. States would have the ability to raise their gas tax to make up for lost revenue.


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Bayville group bidding for Coliseum
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According to Shereck, Global Spectrum — which owns the Philadelphia Flyers and their home stadium the Wells Fargo Center — would book more than 100 concerts a year, including circuses, Disney on Ice and the Harlem Globetrotters. The company would also manage the day-to-day operations of the arena.
But the primary focus of the arena would be hockey, said Shereck. He said he has "letters of intent" from the ECHL, as well as the National Lacrosse League. He added that he has also been in discussions with the commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League about bringing a team to Long Island.
His plan would condense the stadium to 8,000 to 10,000 seats.
Redesigning the interior
"We want to keep the building in the same footprint, but gut the entire inside," Shereck said.
His plan includes replacing all the seats to make them wider and more comfortable, and, in the upper sections, add two-person seats for couples. He also wishes to build a concourse on the arena's third level.
He said he wants to add new restaurants to the outside of the arena, with a focus on a "major family restaurant" on the western side to take advantage of the Coliseum's sightlines. Additionally, he intends to replace the existing concession stands and replace them with luxury suites. "New luxury seats will bring you closer to the floor," Shereck said, adding that he also wants to redo the roof and insert solar panels.
Shereck said he would team with Jack Gordon Architects for the construction, the same group that built Citifield. He estimated that the renovations would be completed in about a year.
Maintaining local ties
Shereck said he is unsure of the specific cost of his plan, but that he is willing to commit $50 to $100 million on renovations. The work, he said, would create about 1,500 union jobs in Long Island.
While operating the Long Beach Arena, he was evicted by the city in 2009 for allegedly owing thousands of dollars in rent. Shereck subsequently filed a defamation lawsuit against the city, but dropped the suit before it could go to trial.
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Anyone else hunt region C? Our group of 4 bought leftover tags. We hunt b/w Buffalo and Gillete around the Powder River. How did the deer fare through the winter? Any idea on how the deer levels are? I didnt get out last year, bu the year before we did pretty well.
Good Luck to anyone hunting this fall! October cant come soon enough!


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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Jakob Silfverberg's tally late in the third
period was the decider, as the Ottawa Senators snapped a four-game skid with a
3-2 decision over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Zack Smith
and Patrick Wiercioch also scored for the Senators, who hadn't won since Feb.
25 against Montreal and notched their first road victory since Feb. 18 at New
Jersey. Robin Lehner recorded 33 saves for the victory. Rick Nash and Brad
Richards provided offense for the Rangers, whose four-game win streak came to
an end. Henrik Lundqvist made 36 stops in defeat.
Final Score: Winnipeg 3, Florida 2 (OT)
Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - Dustin Byfuglien scored the game winner with
40.5 seconds left in overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over
the Florida Panthers on Friday. Andrew Ladd registered a goal and an assist,
while Blake Wheeler also lit the lamp for the Jets, who have won two straight
since a 4-1 setback in Florida on Tuesday. Ondrej Pavelec stopped 38 shots in
the triumph. Jonathan Huberdeau and Shawn Matthias each scored once, while
Jacob Markstrom allowed all three goals on 28 shots for the Panthers, who have
dropped two straight and five of their last six games.
Final Score: Nashville 6, Edmonton 0
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Colin Wilson totaled two goals and two
assists, with Pekka Rinne adding 24 saves for his fourth shutout of the
season, as Nashville downed Edmonton, 6-0, at Bridgestone Arena. David
Legwand, Patric Hornqvist, Rich Clune and Zach Boychuk added scores for the
Predators, who put an end to a three-game losing streak. Devan Dubnyk was
pulled after allowing two goals on 13 shots in the first period for the
Oilers, losers in four straight outings. Yann Danis finished up by
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Will the local Washington area economy suffer if we go over the fiscal cliff? Absolutely, said 62 percent of the people who answered a recent survey. But many of those same people somehow they personally won't be affected.
The survey by Heart and Minds Strategies and WTOP found 50 percent of more of those survey said going over the cliff will not hurt their own finances. President of Heart and Mind Mike Dabadie thinks people haven't internalized the information yet.
"You see that disconnect between them hearing a lot about what's happening and what's going on, yet not believing whole heartedly that this is going to have a significant negative impact on them from a personal standpoint," said Dabadie.
Some people WUSA9 talked to were most worried about losing deductions they have come to depend on. Sean Mason said, " The child care deduction is what's of most interest to us, my wife and me."
But when it come to tax increases, others thought they didn't make enough money to be affected.
"I really don't believe the fiscal cliff is going to impact me because its well below other people that are going to be affected," said Mike Macek who owns a spinning bike repair business.
Dabadie believes there is a common misconception that going over the fiscal cliff will only affect wealthy people. But, for the medium family of 4 in Maryland that makes $104,000, they'll pay an additional $7,200 in taxes. The medium income in Virginia is $90,000 and they'll pay $4,500 more, and for the $76,000 family in D.C., they'll pay an additional $3,500.
For those making around $60,000, expect a $2,000 tax increase. And, even those in the $30,000- $40,000 range, they could pay $3,700 more thanks to the Alternative Minimum Tax which has never adjusted for inflation.


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Bruce Springsteen has thanked fans who came out to see him and The E Street Band on their recent Wrecking Ball world tour by posting a heartfelt note on his website.
"The Boss" has just ended the tour, and he has paid tribute to the "tramps and travelers" who helped sell out venues across the world online.
He writes, "To all the tramps and travelers who exposed themselves night after night to the long flights, the long drives, the long queuing, the rain, the sleeplessness in order to fuel us from band center, we appreciate it.
"To all of you who were there along the way, we send out our mightiest and most heartfelt thanks. You have reignited in us a great passion for what we do. We'll do our best to honor it."
Springsteen has also uploaded a video of his fans backed by his stirring rendition of punk act Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream" to his website.
The rocker won't be offstage for long – he is scheduled to perform at New York's Theater at Madison Square Garden as part of the Stand Up for Heroes Benefit on Nov. 6.


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1963 Buick Riviera - Visual ImpactWritten by on March 28, 2007 Bob Cardwell's '63 Riviera
Mild customs are Bob Cardwell's thing. Always have been. When he was a kid in the '60s, his heroes were Bill Hines, George Barris, Gene Winfield, and a slew of other custom car builders. These were the guys who kept him going to auto shows and buying the latest issues of hot rodding magazines.
Since then, Bob has become a pretty good metal shaper himself, and has turned his talent into a career as the owner of a collision repair shop. But bringing damaged sheetmetal back to normal isn't nearly as much fun as turning normal cars into something extraordinary-so in his free time, Bob has followed in the footsteps of his childhood heroes. The results have been a long string of knockout late-'50s and early-'60s customs.
A few years ago, we treated R&C readers to an eyeful of Bob's blue '59 Impala. Last summer, we spotted him cruising around Indianapolis Raceway Park in this equally impressive '63 Buick Riviera. It was late afternoon and the metalflake pearl was glowing.
When we caught up with him, Bob told us that building a custom Riv had been in the back of his mind for a long time. The idea was not to make radical changes, but to clean up the already cool-looking lines, modify it enough to make it unique, and cover the whole thing with some outstanding paint. A one-owner car from Mesa, Arizona, provided the raw material he needed.
"The paint job was the big thing on this car," Bob explains. "I have always admired Gene Winfield's blended paint jobs, so when I started the design, I did it as a tribute to Gene's style."
If selecting the overall style was simple, choosing the right color was a little trickier. "I did a lot of experimenting. I didn't want to go with blue at first, because I'd already built the blue Impala and I was trying not to repeat myself," he says. "I like tangerine, but there have been a lot of cars painted that way. And I like mint green, but that has also been done recently. At one time, I had decided on candy red, but I kept steering myself away from that too. Everything just kept going back to blue."
There's a lot more to this paint than just blue. Bob started with House of Kolor white pearl, tinted with just a drop of blue to create an ultra-light blue basecoat. He sprayed three coats of that to create the Winfield-esque blends. The base was followed by a couple coats of Blueberry powdered pearl, and then a couple more for highlights on the roof, sails, and peaks. The whole Riv was covered with old-school mini 'flake and sealed with five coats of clear.
These photos only give a hint of how well the job turned out. What they don't show is how the hues change in the sunlight.
Bob says he had the car "all over the place" last summer. It won a Killer Kustom award from Goodguys and a Best Custom prize from World of Wheels, but Bob is probably most proud of the compliments his custom received from Gene Winfield, the man whose own style inspired the visual impact of Bob's big blue Riv in the first place.
Bob Cardwell
Joliet, Illinois
'63 Buick Riviera
No major modifications were made on the stock GM 'rails or many of the suspension components. Brakes, spindles, and steering are all surviving components from 44 years ago. Air Ride Technologies ShockWaves airbags front and rear are the single significant upgrade and bring the Riv down to a more suitable stance.
Under that big Buick hood lays a big Buick mill. Bob retained the '63 401 engine, painted to match the body. Ron "Blaze" Kovich built it up with performance parts, including 10.5:1 pistons filling the 0.060-over cylinders, and a 750 AFB carburetor underneath a custom chrome air cleaner. The exhaust manifolds feed into a set of glasspack mufflers. Bill "Jive" Jarvis applied the engine compartment pinstriping. The automatic transmission is the '63 Powerglide. A set of 3.43:1 gears spin in the stock rearend.
Wheels & Tires
Front and rear 15-inch chrome reverse wheels-dressed up with some era-correct spider caps-accentuate the '60s heritage of Bob's custom without fighting for attention. The radial whitewalls, from BFGoodrich's Silvertown series, measure P235/70R15.
Body & Paint
The Buick was found in the Sun Belt with very little wear and tear on the sheetmetal. Bob shaved the door handles to clean up the profile. The front bumper guards were removed, the headlights were moved into the parking light locale in typical fashion, and a tube grille was added. The rear bumper was extended to the quarter-panels and the lower portion painted to resemble a rolled pan. Bob fabricated a set of horizontal taillights with hand-molded lenses and molded-in bezels. Believe it or not, this is the first blended paint job Bob has done. But, he did a lot of research before he started shooting. "I put a lot of thought into it. I talked to paint suppliers. And I painted a lot of junk fenders," he says. "I tried different things and wrote down everything I did." One thing he learned during that process is that the key to successful blends is to keep adding clear, not reducer. Adding reducer will make the blends look blotchy. Another thing he learned is to shoot once and shoot quickly. "You can't go twice. You have to get it on the first try, because if you shoot it twice, you're going to end up with two lines. It may not look like you have anything while you're spraying, but when you pull off the tape, you can really see it."
Pearl white is a great complementary color to all the various blue blends on the body. Larry Duffy covered the bench seats with pearl white leather, and continued with matching rolls 'n' pleats on the dash, door panels, kick panels, rear package tray, and floor mats. The body color is picked up in the hand-fabricated knobs and on the '61 Cadillac steering wheel. The air conditioning is the factory system.


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Vixen Sphinx vs SXD
Posted 06 May 2008 - 01:05 PM
Posted 06 May 2008 - 01:46 PM
I find the mount very easy to use, with accurate go-tos and tracking. I do have the polar axis scope. I find that if I just pretty much center Polaris in the PAS, the go-tos are accurate enough for me.
A few things I don't like: slow speed slewing is pretty jerky. I suspect that this may be due to the DEC and RA axes being too tight (it is really impossible to determine if the mount is balanced). I may send it back to Vixen Optics to have them loosened.
The fastest slew speeds are pretty slow, at least compared to the NexStar I had, which also tracked silently.
Some people, me included, like the Starbook, but not everybody likes it. I find it very easy to use, except that the screen is too bright even with neutral density film over it.
While i really like the mount, I'm not sure I'd get it again if I had to do it all over again. I've communicated with several people who have the Atlas and they are all very impressed with the accurate go-to, tracking and how quiet it is. The problem for me would be the weight.
I'm sending you a p.m.
Posted 06 May 2008 - 03:52 PM
If I did not have to worry about the load, the SXW is probably right up there with the Atlas. I use it for quick smaller refractor setups. The Atlas is great for the heavier SCTs and if the tuned SXD can surpass the Atlas, I would maybe consider paring down the herd. Sure enjoy the fast accurate alignments on the Sphinx.
Did I mention that this is my fourth Atlas and second SXD?
1st Atlas had problems guiding and so it was returned. The next one was damaged (maybe in transit but was never sure) and the replacement was average. I decided that maybe with all the publicity from the recent Atlas owners, that I would give it another try. So fourth one was a charm and tracks very very well.
My first SXD had a bad shaft casting so it was sent back to Japan and Vixen Optics replaced it with a brand new one so I am impressed with the support.
So if I had to just choose only one if I only had a 15-20lb load limit? Make that an SXW for me.
Posted 06 May 2008 - 04:01 PM
The Polar scope certainly gets you close enough.
I just (yesterday!) sold my Sphinx SXW, because I needed a LOT MORE capacity. Replaced with a CGE. If I hadn't gotten a fair price, I would have kept it as I used it literally all the time with NO PROBLEMS for over 18 months.
Couple of things I will miss A LOT:
1) I really liked the Starbook; once you get used to it (takes about 30 minutes maybe?) it really does make setup and finding things VERY easy and you can forgo skycharts for some objects
2) it was very compact, not too heavy (yet solid), and "clean lined" - no protrusions to catch cables like other mounts.
I originally went with the Sphinx over the Atlas due to portability; now, almost 2 years later, I went CGE over Atlas due to capacity. So, you can see my needs changed.
I won't miss:
1) 25 pound weight limit (and despite what you read there is NO WAY that you can put a OTA/Camera load of 50# on the SXD - no way. Vixen Japan (www.vixen.co.jp) rate it at 15Kg, versus rating the SXW at 12Kg - those are more believable (note these limits I'm stating are for photo uses!)
2) "stiffness" in RA/DEC that made balancing quite challenging - there are instructions on Peter Enzerink's Site but I never got up the nerve to try loosening things up.
I too followed the Vixen Sphinx Yahoo group; there is an inordinate number of issues/complaints about the SXD from what I could see.
I'm going to posit a GUESS on the SXD noise reports: I'm guessing that some people may just be loading their SXDs too heavily (being encouraged by that rather awkward claim of 50# total capacity), and, perhaps not getting the balance right (due to stiffness), and hence leading to a lot of motor strain (which would definitely make a lot of noise).
I still think the Sphinx (in SXW trim, I can't say firsthand for SXD) is the best all around combination of portability/ease of setup and use, coupled with 25# capacity, coupled with under $2K.
The Atlas is, in many respects, a "better mount", certainly has more capacity. But its BIG and HEAVY. That was an issue with me when I was first selecting (no observatory, wanted easy/quick setup/teardown, etc.)
The CGE (from what I can tell about my new one) is in most respects a much better mount, way more capacity, much easier to balance; but it is noisier by far than the Sphinx, and is not at all portable. Of course, it is $1K more than Sphinx SXW...
I would say to carefully balance your TRUE needs; and try to go "hands on" sometime if at all possible.
Clear enough skies
Posted 06 May 2008 - 04:04 PM
I wish the SXW could carry a heavy load. I'd like to be able to put a 9.25 SCT on it. Then again, it's a good thing that the 9.25 would exceed the Sphinx's load limit or I'd wind up buying one.
Posted 06 May 2008 - 06:40 PM
Funny thing Bowerman, I went the opposite direction from CGE to SXD/Atlas. I won't be using anything bigger than a 10" SCT so that was an easy decision for me. Set up and take down of the CGE night after night got really old so I sold it for something smaller. Would have been good for a permanent setup but just was not in the cards this time.
The polar adjustments on my CGE sample were not very good and I do know there are mods instructions out there but it was the weight of the mount that did me in. Maybe again, someday, with a permanent location, that could change.
The SXD is noisy regardless of the load. Sounds the same even when there is no scope on it at all. That was the story for my sample anyway.
Posted 06 May 2008 - 07:36 PM
I was told that its normal for the sxd. Different motors are used on the sxd as well.
I am not sure if the noise is less now that I have had the mount out a few times, but it really doesnt bother me.
I like the mount its light and portable quick to set up and take down and well built in my opinion.
The other night I was out imaging with it and after a 3 or 4 star alignment I was slewing from object to object and the items were showing up on the DSLR chip everytime. Not allways in the centre of the chip but they were on it.
I find the more I use sxd the more I like it. Start to notice the little things that make it a great mount.
I was a little nervous in purchasing the mount because its a fair bit of money and didnt want to get a poorly made one.
In the end I went for it because Vixen has a reputation of providing good service if you have a problem.
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I am planning on purchasing a SXD, and am wondering what type of tripod I could use with it. I was thinking about one of these tripods with the 2 inch stainless steel legs that are used by Atlas/EQ6 etc. mounts. Thanks.
I still think that is a ver stable option but I was also told by OPT that it was not as stable as the HAL130. The idea is that the overall leg diameter is the key to stability (and materials used). Maybe I should some time try putting the SXD head on the Atlas tripod...
Posted 06 May 2008 - 10:00 PM
I did not have that problem with any of the SXDs or the SXW from the start or current so that does not sound right.
So have all your adjustments to backlash been unsucessful to this point?
That was the only way I had jerky movement was if the BL was set a bit too high.
I did notice on the first mount that it was a bit jerkier that the current one when slewing at 2 steps before max magnification. The backlash was higher on that scope and plus it had the bad casting on one of the axis so it may have been related to that but not sure.
I am guessing you don't use it for imaging but if you did, you could see the level of backlash when using PHD calibration process.
Posted 07 May 2008 - 06:08 AM
Posted 07 May 2008 - 07:45 AM
I agree, in my experience with my SXW, I would think a 9.25 would be FINE for visual. No way for AP (mostly because you'd have to add more stuff to do AP - guidescope, heavy camera(s), guide rings - all of which would take the weight way over 25#). I had NO issues with about a 23-24 pound load (4" refractor and 66mm guidescope, rings, plates, cameras, etc.) - so more of a moment arm than a C9.25 would place... and that was for AP uses...
I was told by VO that you could use the C925 on the SXW (25lbs max). I certainly believe that for visual but not completely sure for imaging. That was my reason for the SXD purchase so I could image with the SXD which runs about 33-35 lbs.
Sounds like the right call for your uses; in my case, I'm pier mounted, permanent polar with drift align, etc... So, no matter how hard/fiddly, I eventually get there and then just stay there! And I wanted/needed the capacity (eventually want a C11 tandem mounted with 80mm Triplet).
Funny thing Bowerman, I went the opposite direction from CGE to SXD/Atlas. I won't be using anything bigger than a 10" SCT so that was an easy decision for me. Set up and take down of the CGE night after night got really old so I sold it for something smaller. Would have been good for a permanent setup but just was not in the cards this time.
The polar adjustments on my CGE sample were not very good and I do know there are mods instructions out there but it was the weight of the mount that did me in. Maybe again, someday, with a permanent location, that could change.
The SXD is noisy regardless of the load. Sounds the same even when there is no scope on it at all. That was the story for my sample anyway.
Unfortunate that it's noisy, but probably a function of slightly stronger (different) motors, maybe?
Amy, if you've played all around with backlash, I would seriously consider having it "tuned up" by the VO folks; it really shouldn't be Jerky at all.
clear enough skies
Posted 07 May 2008 - 09:34 AM
Posted 07 May 2008 - 03:52 PM
I noticed that someone on the Yahoo groups is possibly reporting less noise with the new 2.0 firmware. It is no where to be seen that I know of but is apparently shipped on some mounts.
The motors are supposed to be different on the SXD vs SXW. I really like the quieter fluttery noise of my SXW versus my
barber's razor noise that comes from my SXD.
Just a note on the SXW, it has a really high backlash setting for RA and Dec (80, 30) and there is no jerkiness at all even with such high settings. It amazes me. If I did that with the SXD, it would be a bucking bronco as I have tested it with the same settings on the SXW. My SXW is an older model from VNA and it is using build 31. I won't update the software since it works and track so very well. When using PHD, backlash reported during the calibration sequence is 0-2 steps maximum. The best thing is that when the calibration is at its completion, the target star returns very close to the dead center crosshairs. The only other mount I have that beats that is the Atlas EQG. It may be meaningless but I have noted that whatever mount I have that can recenter the target star at the end of the PHD calibration sequence, seems to track/guide especially well since it can make effective corrections in both axis w/o backlash.
Posted 07 May 2008 - 04:02 PM
Had no issues with it whatsoever; and were it not that I just can't justify having that much money tied up in something I'd use maybe 1-2x per year now, I'd keep it.
Quiet. Solid. Virtually perfect gotos (as long as I was careful in alignment!). Tracked well. LOVE the UI. Decent capacity. Reliable.
I was running at build 35, after following the Yahoo groups, made the decision to NOT upgrade the FW past that level. VO (Mike Fowler) is highly responsive in my experience.
Plus, lets face it, the mount is just plain pretty!
The ONLY "flaw" I was ever able to discover is that the hand controller would get a tad flaky at below around -10C or colder. Easily remedied by either kendricks heater strip and/or a ToeWarmer pad...
I shall miss mine. IMO best combination of portable, quality, easy to setup, and decent price in a tracking EQ mount out there.
clear enough skies
Posted 08 May 2008 - 09:59 AM
the biggest scope I put on mine is a 6" Newtonian.
Once Vixen gets the firmware right, this mount IMHO would be a killer mount because the hardware is just excellent. Mine is also very quiet for a GoTo. The SXD is probably somewhat louder because it has stronger motors I imagine.
Since I'm visual, I usually don't bother with the polar scope. I just sight through the dovetail slot and almost always have accurate GoTo slews.
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The price for the iOptron SmartStarTM-PR is $678.00. It comes with a very nice 2" OD legged tripod, a polar scope and the GOTONOVA system. It is very quiet compared to many other mounts and is quite well built.
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Posted 20 May 2008 - 09:57 AM
I guess I'm quite confused by this new IOPTRON... from their website, it looks like this is another CG5 clone.. .check out the wording on their web-site, it seems to be cut/pasted from CG5 specs from somewhere else.
SmartStar Mount Link
Can a CG5 really handle 35-40#? (I suppose a 2" solid tripod might help a bit...???)
Or is there some other IOPTRON that's being talked about here?
Cause there is no way their cube, or mini, could handle 35# or more (they spec them much lower).
Oh what a tangled web re-marketers weave...
clear enough skies
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:12 AM
Did you ever get your DEC backlash issue resolved? I have a brand new SXD and am having a similar problem.


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Tools to aid in teaching ecology
Improving the communication of scientific principles and techniques is a widely desired goal in schools, universities and academic institutions. One of the key challenges in achieving this is in developing communication methods that are understandable and memorable to a varied audience. This project will explore the potential benefits of using small computational "toys" to demonstrate key ideas in scientific communication.
The following tools are currently available and new tools will be added in the future.
- Plant competition model tutorial
- Disease model simulator
- Lambda-Omega equations solver
- Density-dependent dispersal in cyclic populations simulator
- Matthew J. Smith, Jens D. M. Rademacher, and Jonathan A. Sherratt, Absolute stability of wavetrains can explain spatiotemporal dynamics in reaction-diffusion systems of lambda-omega type, in SIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical Systems, 8(3), 1136-1159, 27 August 2009.
- Matthew J. Smith, Sandra Telfer, Eva R. Kallio, Sarah Burthe, Alex R. Cook, Xavier Lambin, and Michael Begon, Host-pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(19), pp. 7905-7909, 12 May 2009.


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REGIONALREPORT CharlotteChicken feed
A Google search for North Carolina fried chicken lists Bojangles Restaurants Inc. first and Prices Chicken Coop second. Such notoriety suggests the Charlotte-based businesses would be popular venues for out-of-towners seeking signature Southern fare. They thought so. Both expected sales bumps in September during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Neither got one.
BADIN Alcoa Power Generating asked a judge to dismiss its appeal of a 2010 water-quality certification decision (Water War, January) so it can file a new application for its Yadkin River hydroelectric dams. The New York-based aluminum maker and Stanly County officials have been in a dispute over the relicensing, which the county believes benefits Alcoa disproportionately. Alcoa says a new application would include data showing water-quality improvements along the river.
SHELBY Germany-based Schletter, a maker of solar-mounting systems, will open a production plant and distribution center here, investing $27 million and hiring 305 within four years. The site will become its U.S. headquarters. Average annual salary will be $40,660, higher than Cleveland Countys average of $32,760.
CHARLOTTE Steven Berrard stepped down as CEO of Swisher Hygiene as the provider of sanitation services and products completes an audit of its 2011 financial reports. He will continue to serve on the board of directors.
GASTONIA The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and Clean Air Carolina have sued the N.C. Department of Transportation over the proposed $930 million Garden Parkway toll highway, alleging that its environmental-impact study was misleading. Charlottesville, Va.-based Southern Environmental Law Center, which is representing the nonprofits, successfully challenged a study of the proposed Monroe Bypass toll road earlier this year in nearby Union County.
CHARLOTTE Manufacturer Beardow Adams will open a plant here, investing $5.1 million and creating 31 jobs over five years. The United Kingdom-based maker of hot-melt adhesives says average annual wage will be $52,984, on par with Mecklenburg Countys average of $51,792.
CHARLOTTE Washington, D.C.-based private-equity firm The Carlyle Group will acquire Cogentrix Energy, an operator and developer of power plants, from New York-based Goldman Sachs Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.


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A forum Sunday night will provide an opportunity to meet Pitt County candidates running for local and state offices.
Pitt County human rights organizations are hosting a candidate forum 6-8 p.m. Sunday night October 14th at New Covenant Community Church on 1212 North Green Street in Greenville.
Ben Johnson helped coordinate the event and he says the following candidates are scheduled to attend: democrat Linda Coleman running for Lieutenant Governor, democrat G.K. Butterfield up for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, democrat Don Davis running unopposed for the District 5 state senate seat, democrat Marion McLawhorn running for the state house, democrat Beth Baker Ward running for county commissioner, and Melvin McLawhorn running unopposed for county commissioner.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Mike "The Dawg" Skahill is a firefighter in DC, and pitmaster for the department's fire fightin' BBQ team on the road.
The team won a national barbecue sauce championship this year.
"I don't know if it's magic, but it's right good!," he says.
The grilling guru knows a thing or two about what grates can look like once the chicken, burgers and dogs are done.
So, we sent him The Grill Daddy to see whether it can cut through the gunk left behind.
It says it cleans like a mother, with the power of steam, fun and easy to use, no more hard work, no more chemicals, works on all grills. Well, we'll see.
Once you fill the handle with water, it's ready to go. The instructions tell us to preheat the grill for the best results.
"I'm ahh scrape it first with this," Skahill says. "Not bad. It's actually working."
Mike used the scraper brush first, then leaned on the power of steam to do the rest.
"That doesn't look bad. I'm surprised," he says.
When we first sent him this so-called revolutionary tool, he was skeptical.
But after minutes of scraping and scrubbing, he says, "Heat it up and run over it with that real quick, you'll get a whole summer out of it."
While the Dawg and the Daddy might not team up for the next trip, he says it could work wonders for your backyard barbecue.
We wanted to know if he would try it again?
And he says, "Yes, especially if you leave it here!"
Mike gives the Grill Daddy even more kudos because the brush attachments can go into the dishwasher for cleaning once it's done.
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RESTON, Va. (WUSA 9) -- Loudoun County Sheriff's Office authorities say that tips from the public led them to a man believed to be involved in a robbery at a Bank of America in the Countryside area.
Twenty-one-year-old Tevin D. Morris of Reston is accused of robbing the Bank of America in the Regal Plaza in the CountrySide area shortly after 11 a.m. on February 14, say authorities. According to authorities, Morris allegedly handed the teller a note demanding cash and implying he had a weapon. Authorities say he then left the bank with cash.
After detectives received several tips about the bank robber's identity, authorities arrested Morris on Monday afternoon. He is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, say authorities.
Authorities say they continue to investigate the bank robbery and would like to hear from anyone with any information regarding this case. If you have information, please call Detective M. Bush of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475.