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Booker, K., Gill, B., Zimmer, R., and Sass, T
Achivement and attainment in Chicago charter schools
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This report focuses on Chicago charter schools and addresses several key issues using student-level data provided by Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
This report focuses on Chicago charter schools and addresses several key issues using student-level data provided by Chicago Public Schools (CPS). First, it provides evidence on whether charter schools are attracting high- or low-achieving students and assesses the effects of the transfers on racial mix in the city's public schools. Second, it attempts to assess whether charter schools are producing achievement gains for the students who attend them, relative to district-run schools in CPS, as measured by state test scores. Third, it examines longer-term attainment outcomes, analyzing whether Chicago's charter high schools are increasing their students' likelihood of graduating, their scores on the ACT® college-admission exam, and their probability of enrolling in college (again relative to district-run CPS schools).
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Chiclet - that's awesome. And very funny comment about the mailman :-) I've only had one experience so far... but amazing the difference between the LCs I met and then our pediatrician. The LCs who visited our room, while we were still inpatient, and then the one who taught the group I attended... you would have thought formula was feeding your kid straight acid that would forever destroy their stomachs and digestion. The pediatrician could have cared less if I was BFing. I mean, she said "great, glad its working, but no big deal either way," so relaxed. Just a funny observation from my experience. That made it much easier when I had to start adding in FM bottles around 4 months for daycare, and then made total transition at 7 months.
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posted at 9/9/2013 10:04 AM EDT
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posted at 9/9/2013 10:56 AM EDT
Chiclet - that's great! And your mailmain comment cracked me up.
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posted at 9/10/2013 11:27 AM EDT
Chiclet--I'm so glad you had a helpful visit with the nurse. That sounds like it went really well.
Today I left my sweet little peanut at daycare for the first time. I will go back there in an hour so, so it's really just a practice run, but I already miss her. I still feel like we are making the right choice for us as far as the daycare goes, but it's still hard to see her go from all the one-on-one attention at home to a classroom environment where the adult attention is necessarily more divided.
TO continue our conversation about bottles, we tried DD on tommee tippee and Avent bottles this weekend, only to conclude that Dr Brown's really do work best for her. She will drink from her Dr. Brown's eventually, whereas she had no idea what to do with the other brands. Her daycare teachers are going to try to give her a bottle today, so we'll see how that goes!
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posted at 9/10/2013 11:49 AM EDT
Chiclet - So glad you were happy with the visiting nurse! I hope things continue to improve. You and DS are both fighters!
Siena - Aw, good luck with your practice run. I definitely hear you re: divided attention at daycare. I tell myself that DS having to wait a little bit for a bottle or for attention will help teach him patience.
Has anyone experienced the "four-month sleep regression"? For the past week or so, DS has been up twice per night, when he used to sleep 8-10 hours at night. I've been feeding him because he seems hungry but I'm afraid that I'm creating bad habits by re-introducing nighttime feeds. From googling, it seems that this is common around four months, but I also wonder if it's because I just started back to work and maybe he is missing me. Really hoping he goes back to sleeping through the night!
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posted at 9/10/2013 12:21 PM EDT
JLeigh - we went through that, my DS started STTN at 8 weeks and then at 4 months started waking up again. I'll be honest, it lasted about 4-5 weeks and he was definitely starving in the middle of the night. I would give him a bottle and get him back to bed. After about 5 weeks he STTN again and I realized that he didn't need the bottle anymore. I stopped offering it and just went in to comfort him and put him back to bed. It worked for us. He stopped waking up after a few nights of that and went back to STTN. We've only had a few hiccups since but nothing that lasted that long. Good luck!!
This past week, DS - 15 months - has started whimpering during the night when he loses his paci. This has never been an issue for us before and I know he's teething so I'm assuming that's why this is happening. Anyone else go through this? As soon as he's done teething will this go away? I've been going in and giving him his paci and he's right back to sleep. It doesn't seem like he's even fully awake but if I try to ignore it the whimpers continue until he actually wakes up and starts all out crying.
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posted at 9/10/2013 1:16 PM EDT
siena - I hope everything went well at the trail run today. Its so hard to leave a little tiny baby.
Jleigh - I think DS also had a hiccup in his sleep pattern at about the 4 month mark. I believe they go through a growth spurt about that time as well. So that could be why your LO seems so hungry when he wasnt before?
clc - DS has glow in the dark paci's. He can find them easily if he loses it in the middle of the night. I also have multiple paci's in his crib.
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posted at 9/10/2013 1:28 PM EDT
Chiclet - your mailman comment is hilarious. :) And I am very happy for you!
Siena - hang in there! It's actually a bit easier when you're actually working because it keeps your mind occupied.
JL - our pediatrician mentioned the 4 month regression. I'm not sure if we are having it or not, but we are having a hard time the last couple of nights. He is also snuffly and his digestion is off, plus he is drooly and has some swollen gums, so I'm really not sure. He was not STTN, but still eating once around 3 AM (in the middle of a good 10-11 hour stretch), which I was okay with, but I'm not sure if this is a growth spurt or if he's in some kind of discomfort, either tummy or teeth.
Usually if he had other wake ups, we could give him the pacifier and he'd be fine, but now that's not cutting it. Tired!!
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posted at 9/10/2013 1:51 PM EDT
Excessive drooling, swollen gums, digestive upset, and sleep disturbances are all signs of teething, med. Digestive upset is obviously something that doesn't have to be related, but the extra drool from teething can cause it so taken all together it screams teeth.Discretion is the better part of valor.
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posted at 9/10/2013 1:58 PM EDT
Jleigh-4 mo there's def a hiccup in sleep! It's developmental. Isn't it lovely that it coincides when our maternity leave ends? Our Pedi warned me about it with both of my kids. It's cruel though, you're used to sleeping through the nights, back at work, and bam, up at night and feeling bad about leaving the little one. It passes in a week or two.
Siena-how'd it go? First few weeks are the toughest. But it does get better. Esp as they get older.
DD has recently started to literally skip and bounce into every room she enters. to have that much excitement for life is just amazing. brings a smile to my face every time.
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posted at 9/10/2013 2:36 PM EDT
Along with a 4 month regression, is there a 12 month one? DS is suddenly having extreme difficulty with naps and is waking several times through the night. He hasn't slept at all today and I'm currently listening to him screaming (i have the day off) in his crib. For the past 10 minutes. He's *exhausted*. I don't know how long to let him scream. I don't recall this with DD being quite so bad.
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posted at 9/10/2013 2:44 PM EDT
We're doing the whole 4 month sleep regression thing too. DS has been hungry all day at daycare (even though I upped his bottles) and he's added back a 3am feeding. The visiting nurse did say that there's a 4 month growth spurt. It seems like there's always a growth spurt!
I had 2 different LC's tell me to enlist the mailman. It must have been in some training guide!
DS's daycare teachers said that we're spoiling him by holding him all the time. I don't want to create that monster. Not looking forward to breaking ourselves of that one!
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posted at 9/10/2013 3:30 PM EDT
WAIT. Chiclet. You were SERIOUSLY told to enlist the mailman? I assumed that was a joke that you made up to exaggerate the preposterousness of the advice you got. You were SERIOUS? SERIOUS???
BTW, I don't think holding a tiny baby all the time is spoiling him. Maybe it's a bad habit to hold them for naps that you would have to break, but not in general. This is a definite matter of the teachers' opinion, not fact, as with much in child rearing decisions. They're only little babies to hold for such a short time... if that's spoiling, then so be it.
Kar, good call, I forgot about the digestive upset connection. Just not sure if the main problem is teething or hunger due to growth, but, eh, either way!
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posted at 9/10/2013 4:36 PM EDT
I thought it was a joke, too! What exactly were you supposed to have this mailman do for you? And I'm in the camp of you cannot hold a little baby too much. They don't even have the cognitive ability to manipulate your desire to hold them all the time. Hang on to him as much as you want!
I blame everything on teeth - nasty little things... all those symptoms fit, Med.
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posted at 9/10/2013 9:23 PM EDT
Twice! The first time was in response to how I was ever going to do breast compressions by myself while holding the baby. I forget what I asked the second time. When you're brand new at something, trying to figure how you're going to do it by yourself, getting a wise answer doesn't help. Honestly, with the crack team of lc's I've seen, it's a wonder I can bf at all! (And probably no wonder that I'm not that great at it...)
DS gets upset anytime we put him down. He suddenly hates his swing, his playmat and even his carseat on occassion. I'd love for him to get to a place where he can be comfortable on his own. It doesn't bother me to hold him, but I don't want him to feel upset when his teachers won't. He's asleep on my shoulder as I type. His favorite thing in the world right now is standing up but he obviously needs someone to hold him up. Once he learns how to move on his own, I don't think he'll want anything to do with us!
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posted at 9/11/2013 9:42 AM EDT
Glad to hear the good news chiclet! And I also agree that you can't spoil a newborn. They aren't manipulating you and playing games - they just want to be held. My DD is the same way.
And my DD is 14.5 weeks old and has yet to sleep through the night even once. She'll be 4 months old on 10/1 and we don't have any type of sleep routine as it is.. hence no "regression". I'm jealous of anyone who has already achieved sleeping through the night! I'd do cartwheels to get just one full night of sleep!
Siena and jl - hope the transitions to daycare continue to go well. It is definitely hard. So hard to leave them everyday. :( But it gets better...
Bottle update - DD all of a sudden decided she was going to take to bottles and likes the dr. brown's. Go figure. DH just made it his mission last week and on Friday she got the hang of it and accepted her fate. I guess she realized that if she wants to eat between 7am-6:30pm that is her option! She still doesn't like Avent. So we'll just stick with the dr. brown's.
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posted at 9/11/2013 11:19 AM EDT
Chicklet- there is no way you can spoil a small baby by holding them too much! There does get a point when mama wants/needs to do something, but they are only that little once and it's such a short period. And you're right, when he's old enough/big enough to do stuff on his own you'll struggle to have that snuggle time. You pay his day care enough $$, it's up to them to figure out how to keep him happy and engaged. Has it been determined if he has some acid reflux? I wonder if that is why he fusses when you put him down? Maybe an exerscaucer with a pillow to help prop him up will be the trick?
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posted at 9/11/2013 11:41 AM EDT
ALS - DS is 4.5 months and has also never slept through the night. I consider it a victory if I just have to get up the once to feed him, but many (most?) nights we also have to go re-pacifier him at least one other time. Also, great news about the bottles!
Chiclet - I'm definitely sticking with the plan of holding the baby as much as you want. But I do sympathize with your concern that he'll be upset at daycare if not being held. Hang in there! Another thing I noticed is that DS has so much to look at there, with the crawling kids moving all over, so the excitement might help your DS not mind as much, too.
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posted at 9/11/2013 12:04 PM EDT
DS had his 4 month checkup today. He was 12 lb. 14 oz. and 23.8 inches long. He moved from the 1st percentile to the 7th in height and weight, so he's still a little peanut. I, too, am jealous of all these 4 month olds that are sleeping 8+ hours. I thought it was a victory that DS goes 5 or 6 hours some nights. But he is smiley and happy, and seems to be meeting all his milestones. He hasn't turned over yet, but at the doctors he was showing how he is 3/4 of the way there. He was wiggling and getting up on his shoulder so much, I half thought he'd turn over then and there. Hope everyone else is doing well.
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posted at 9/12/2013 1:08 PM EDT
My DD also wakes up twice every night to eat at 11 weeks old. It's exhausting. I'm still waiting for a break here!
For you ladies who pump at work--what do you do to keep pump parts clean between sessions? I've been working from home this week, but I'm heading to the office tomorrow and trying to figure out how to manage it.
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posted at 9/12/2013 1:16 PM EDT
Chiclet - Do you have a My Brest Friend pillow? That's what I use for nursing; it buckles around you so you don't have to hold the baby. If the mailman doesn't work out, you could try that!
Siena - I dry off the pump parts after using them and store them in the fridge at work between pumping sessions, and then clean them when I get home. Medela also sells cleaning wipes, but I haven't tried those.
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posted at 9/12/2013 1:26 PM EDT
I usually time it so that I only have to pump twice at work. I use the Medela wipes to clean off the pump parts and wash them fully once I get home. They have worked out fine. Used the wipes for my last baby too and I pumped for 3 months after I returned to work. Hopefully I'll make it that long or longer this time around.
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posted at 9/12/2013 1:28 PM EDT
Chiclet--that mailman comment is so ridiculous and offensive. THe LC I saw gave me a ton of pointers on how to position the baby and use my nursing pillow so that I could do compressions at the same time. They can most definitely do better. (My LC recommended using a nursing stool, and showed me how to position the MyBreastFriend pillow optimally, and suggested holds.)
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posted at 9/12/2013 2:14 PM EDT
Siena, I used to rinse them with cold water after each session, then at night would do a good cleaning with soap and water and/or toss in the micro in the medela steam clean bags. I pumped 13 months, 11 at work. At first I went to the bathroom sink to rinse, but after awhile just used the breakroom sink when I was puttin ghte milk in the fridge. You'll get into your groove after a few weeks. GL back in the workplace!
AFM, all i can say is uuughh! DD climbed out of the crib last night. Thank goodness we were watching the monitor and ran in before she hurt herself. She got her footing on the bookshelf (no longer against the crib) and went over the low part of the siding. Wasn't ready for that one. #momfail
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posted at 9/12/2013 10:03 PM EDT
In response to poppy609's comment:
Along with a 4 month regression, is there a 12 month one? DS is suddenly having extreme difficulty with naps and is waking several times through the night. He hasn't slept at all today and I'm currently listening to him screaming (i have the day off) in his crib. For the past 10 minutes. He's *exhausted*. I don't know how long to let him scream. I don't recall this with DD being quite so bad.
1 year molars coming in?
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posted at 9/13/2013 8:57 AM EDT
In response to lissafro's comment:
1 year molars coming in?
I think he has been teething, but this seems like so much more than that. It's been about 2 weeks now that he'll nap forever in the car or if he's held, but won't nap longer than 10-20 minutes in the crib, and he's always been a good crib napper. I wondered if along with the teething there was some ramped up separation anxiety going on. I guess yesterday was somewhat improved, so we're just trying to ride it out.


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I am really hoping the Patriots get this kid. Average height at 6ft, performed well no matter who the qb was, ran a 4.34 forty, and seems to have good instincts and intelligence. I'm not sure what round he is projected to go, but if he is there in the late second or third we should pick him. If we can pick a Tavon Wilson in the second, we can get this kid in the second round :P. I think he will be very good.
If the Pats don't start picking offensive skill players in the draft the offense will be in the same position as the defense in a year or two. Ridley, Gronk, and Hern are great, but we need a WR.


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First Lt. Nick Aldrich, executive officer with the Minnesota National Guard's 850th Horizontal Engineer Company, surprised his family as Scuba Claus at the Mall of America's Sea Life Aquarium, Dec. 22, after returning to the United States from a deployment to Afghanistan. The 850th repaired and maintained convoy and supply routes, cleared mine fields, improved drainage, deconstructed non-essential bases and built a resiliency center, a gym and multiple guard towers during their eight-month deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens)
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Are Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson Back Together? The Answer Is…
Robsten fans seemed to get some surprisingly optimistic news this week involving a reconciliation between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson — but is it too good to be true?
Multiple sources had reported this week that the Twilight twosome was spotted holding hands and had apparently reconciled, but Hollywood Life is now saying these rumors are completely untrue.
Onlookers claimed to have seen Kristen and Rob holding hands and laughing together in Echo Park on June 14, but a new report says this didn't happen - and probably never will. Sigh.
"It sounds like a dream come true, especially for Kristen, but the reports that Rob and Kristen are back together are simply not true," says a source who's close with K-Stew.
"Kristen would love to be reunited with Rob, but the fact is she is busy with her upcoming movie, and as far as Rob is concerned, he's doing his own thing," the source adds.
So will the two ever reunite, or should we stop holding our breath?
"Kristen only wants the best for Rob," says the insider. "Maybe time apart will be just what they need, but seeing each other in person right now would be too painful for them." Sadness.
Gossip Cop also confirms that this rumor of the two holding hands this week is untrue.
Just when we think we have a modicum of hope, it gets ripped away from us.
Source: Hollywood Life, Gossip Cop


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truss vs solid tube dob
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From a stricktly aestheic point of view, and I am only speaking for me, I think a solid tube would look better and has the Potential to help transform the Dobsonianb into a far more professional looking telescope (if that even matters to you or anyone el;se). I did say For Me.
I awaiut the criticism and the points which favor open tubes with cloth shrouds.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:50 AM
Truss: Sleek, professional, efficient, cool air flowing, practical, compact, versatile, modern, aesthetically attractive design.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:56 AM
Solid tube: Hot water heater looking, heavy, bulky, ugly, unprofessional, heat wave trapping, inefficient, ancient cumbersome tube.
I don't know? the Cave Astrola telescopes look pretty fine to me.!
Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:57 AM
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Posted 02 May 2013 - 10:35 AM
Once you start looking at telescopes 15" and bigger, tubes get massive.
I'm with Rex on this... tho i'd have to say "go look at the tuber before you BUY one!" A 12" tube-Dob is massive, and many cars can't easily fit the common 12-inch tube across the rear seat. Even a 10-incher is beyond most EQ mount's ability to hold one steady enough for serviceable views (if such a mounting issue matters?). You know this, as it sounds like you already have the 10.
The Dob mounting also gets big+heavy fast beyond 10-inches. Check the manuf. weights on 10 vs. 12 inchers. Everyone will have their own threshold of what they'd consider "too big" for tubers, but the threshold that matters is how it seems to YOU!
Solid tube: Hot water heater looking, heavy, bulky, ugly, unprofessional, heat wave trapping, inefficient, ancient cumbersome tube.
Truss: Sleek, professional, efficient, cool air flowing, practical, compact, versatile, modern, aesthetically attractive design.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 10:40 AM
Solid tubes are less expensive, less affected by dewing and heat waves getting into the light path, and they don't need to be collimated everytime you set them up. A truss tube requires that the collimation be touched up when it's set up, but that only takes a minute or two with the right collimation tool(s). A solid tube also allows you to put extra finders, digital setting circle computers, and the like where ever you want. In the 10-inch and under range, it makes more sense usually to opt for a solid tube, unless you require airline portability for the telescope.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 11:16 AM
Checking the mechanics of any telescope now and then is always a good idea.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 12:17 PM
It's a size issue as much as anything. Once you start looking at telescopes 15" and bigger, tubes get massive. Big truss dobs break down for easier storage and transport. Discovery makes split-tube dobs in the 15"-17.5" sizes, and I think maybe a 12" too. A friend of mine has both 15" and 17.5" Discovery dobs, and in my opinion, they are way more of a hassle to deal with than my 20" Obsession. I just ramp it up into the bed of my pickup truck and go--no heavy or cumbersome lifting at all. But, that's just me--to each his own.
I agree, it's a size thing. I think once one is thinking of a 12 inch or larger, a truss style is definitely worthy of consideration.
I do think tube scopes have fewer thermal issues so if one is thinking of a planetary double-star scope, a solid tube scope is probably the best bet.
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Again thanks for all the responses!
Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:01 PM
I think a 12 inch water heater style tube dob is about the most bulk anyone will put up with. I think the dobstub kits are a good way up upgrading the experience if you are happy with the optics in your tube dob. Used truss dobs come up used all the time. If you are lucky something within driving distance will pop up. People hate to ship large dobs when selling used.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 10:47 PM
I've been trying to find a comparison between a truss and solid tube dob. Other than weight considerations are there any advantages between the 2 designs?
I think there have been some serious misunderstandings on the pros & cons of a tube vs. truss, particularly regarding visual quality. From a portability aspect, a truss is certainly common among apertures larger than 10", and this is understandable, however, when it comes to visual accuracy, a solid tube is far superior than a truss for several reasons.
Posted 02 May 2013 - 11:09 PM
With the proper mirror support a truss dob can maintain the collimation from horizon to zenith. Replacing a simple fabric sling with a Howie Glatter cable sling has made a major difference on our clubs' Obsession 20 inch f/5. You can put in a laser and move the scope from horizon to zenith and the laser stays on target. Faster f/3 to f/4.2 scopes also have shorter trusses which should reduce balance and sag on the UTA when close to the viewing the horizon.
Posted 03 May 2013 - 01:45 AM
Thank you for the responses! You've certainly clarified this for me. I was worried about stray light but it seems an easy fix with a shroud if needed. Fortunately for me I don't have much to worry much about this in my yard. I live fairly rurally and have no really close neighbors.
Again thanks for all the responses!
You night also want to get a night shield to place opposite the focuser. You want to reduce stray light as much as possible as it is a contrast killer.
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Posted 03 May 2013 - 05:56 AM
however, when it comes to visual accuracy, a solid tube is far superior than a truss for several reasons.
You'll have to elaborate on that Daniel. I've owned and used all kinds of telescopes, and speaking from practical experience, I don't agree with that.
Posted 03 May 2013 - 06:14 AM
The biggest advantage I've found with solid tube dobs (homemade at least) is the relative ease in making the tube rotatable to bring the eyepiece to a comfortable position. For that reason I went with solid tubes up to and including 16" F/5. 10" and larger scopes I make also have the tube break in half for easier transport. The tube not rotating is about the only thing I don't like with my 20" truss dob.
along with ease of rotation is the ease of rebalancing, when I put my binos on my truss dob I have to add weight, with my tube just slide it...
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I'm curious how you made your large tube dob (16") rotatable. I'm also thinking to build one like this.
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What is the tube made of?
its a cardboard tube from shapesunlimited.


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Hi, I have a question. We have an outside service provider that filters our mail and checks for viruses and spam. What I would like to do is to block the smtp traffic so that I only receive emails from my providers relay hosts IPs.
Is this in any way possible through Zimbra console?
I've been having a look and don't see how. The only way I came up with was to create an IP table rule that would block all traffic on port 25 and allow only the IPs from my provider.
Does that make any sence at all? Is there an easier way to do this with postfix?


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May 31, 2016
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is making another push to get people who worked on the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil disaster cleanup to enroll in a long-term health study.
Dr. Dale Sandler, chief of the agency's epidemiology branch, said Tuesday that more than 29,000 people have enrolled so far. But, she says, the goal is to get 35,000 to 40,000 people signed up before enrollment in the study ends Dec. 31. The Advocate reports enrollment started March 2011.
The study looks at how the oil leak cleanup work affects the physical and mental health of people who participated.
People interested in participating may call toll-free 855-644-4853 or visit the study's website.
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We've finally arrived at our first men's Marquee Matchup of the US Open and it's a rematch of last year's final. Second seeded Roger Federer, who's looking to make it five straight championships, will face third seeded Novak Djokovic for a place in the final Sunday.
An emotive Roger Federer got past qualifier Gilles Muller in 3 tight, high-quality sets defeating the lad from Luxembourg 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5). The Swiss stylist hit 42 winners to 19 errors, won 86% of his first serves, and made 15 of 24 net approaches - gawdy stuff.
A smack-talking Nole schooled a frustrated Andy Roddick dismissing the former US Open champ 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5). The Serb managed 53 winners against 28 errors, matched A-Rod with 15 aces, and was perfect on break point chances going 5 for 5.
The last time these ballers met was at this year's Monte Carlo Masters when Nole pulled out of their semifinal match with a sore throat, dizziness, and fatigue. Something tells me we won't be seeing any withdrawals in this semifnal showdown.
Here's Fed on meeting up with Nole again:
Only played twice since, Australian Open and Monaco. We haven't played that much really. He gave up in Monaco, which was only one set on clay. Really the only one we can look back at is almost the Australian Open.Nole had this to say about facing Fed in the final four:
But there I didn't think I did my really very best. I hope this time around it's going to be something similar to the US Open, you know, hard‑fought tennis from the baseline.
You know, if we were to play, he's definitely gained in experience. You know, he's played in bigger matches and, you know, deep into the tournaments he's been very consistent with his young age and won his first slam.
So things have changed for him, no doubt.
As I said on the court, he's absolute favorite in that match, and for him, it's a big challenge now to win another Slam, and to at least stay in the race with Rafa to be No. 1 player of the world and end of the year, still big chances, of course.Outlook: Fed's form has definitely improved over the last month or so since Wimbledon. He was able to claw his way out of his 5-setter against Igor Andreev and has become much more outwardly expressive, pumping himself up on big points and celebrating his wins. However, his forehand is still shaky, particularly when running out wide, and his footwork has seemed slower than in past years.
It's a bit strange, though, to see No. 2 next to his name, you know. He was so dominant in last couple of years, and I lost to him here the finals last year. I took some, well, necessary thoughts, and things out of that match, so I can improve in the next challenges, and/or next encounters, and I won against him this year in Australian Open. That was my best tournament of the career, and against him, that was one of my best matches.
Hopefully I can do the same. I just need to be myself and need to be aggressive.
These issues are worrisome against a baller like Nole who will run everything down forcing his opponents into low-percentage shot making. Nole has much more experience on the big stage now and has already defeated the former no. 1 in a major this year.
Nole seems like a man on a mission, with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. I think this attitude coupled with his growing game will push him past Fed and put him through to his second consecutive US Open final.
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I bought the Alaskan Outfitter pack this year. Does anyone else have this? How do you like it?
I bought the Alaskan Outfitter pack this year. Does anyone else have this? How do you like it?
I have Cabelas alaskan packs have used one on 2 elk hunts this year went to eberlestock just one went to intrenal frame with rifle scabbard an lighter the cabelas pack worked fine
I went with the Badlands Ox because I got a smokin deal on it but I received nothing but positive feedback when I was looking at that pack
A bad day in the woods is better than a good day at work.
Shoot the best, Shoot PSE!
My brother uses this setup. We use it without the bag on it. We take the crossbar off the top also. Use some lightweight dry bags to carry stuff. Strap your day pack on and head out. It is a solid setup for the money.
I use one to pack game out and have a different pack for my hunting pack. Where I hunt it is only WIA so I just have a pack to carry my stuff and bow then carry something out with me to go get the frame pack. For the price, I don't think it can be beat. My buddy and I loaded about 100 pounds on ours and hiked out with it almost 3 miles last year. I'd be lying if I said it carried the weight great. I'm not sure if anything is comfortable with an extra 100 pounds. I had sore shoulders for a day then I was fine. I'm not planning on replacing mine anytime soon unless I see a better frame come up super cheap. I added a few straps on there to help secure the load. The ones provided are ok, but more is always better. I don't use the bag on it either like tttoad. I actually just use plastic trash bags for mine until I get them to the cooler. All in all, great pack for the money, but if you have 300-400 to spend I'd get one of the better packs. I'm hoping to have sore shoulders here in two weeks as I'm finally getting to go on my mule deer hunt!
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
Genesis 27:3 (NKJV)
I've used it for years. Many elk and deer packed out with it. It's a great pack. Only prob I've had was its easy to over pack for 3-5 day pack in trips. My hunting partner gave ours to some friends and went to a different frame pack and packed out one deer. We went back and bought new ones. A great pack for the buck.
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
The packed worked out great other than didn't get to pack a deer out with it. We drug the deer about two hundred yards to a road and then drove to it.
Uncle Ted for President!!!
I packed out an elk on the frame last week. I took the first quarter in my buddies Eberlestock J34 (better to bloody his than mine on his elk) and then went back for another hind on my Cabelas frame. It worked well and was as comfortable as anything I've tried. The J34 worked well also but strictly for packing meat I'd prefer the Cabelas frame. For one pack to do everything the Eberlestock works really well. I never use the bag on the Cabelas frame, any time I'd be doing that I'd rather use the Eberlestock. I have several bungees and 25ft of paracord I keep lashed to mine. The bungees hold the hiking poles on it too so I keep them together. The poles make a world of difference on steep or slick terrain with a heavy load.
I have this and used it all this season. Packed in about 6 miles solo and packed out all my gear and a boned out mule deer. Pack was 110+ pounds and it fit me well. The clip that goes across my chest simply pulled off from itself. I don't think I can get it back on, it was terribly designed. It wasn't too hard to make a temporary replacement with some paracord though. I just had to untie it every time I took the pack off. Some of the straps that you adjust for the pack to fit needed sewed so they wouldn't slip through the clasps on me. I'm going to try to fix it though and use it again. It is a big pack and holds a lot. I can fit my tent and sleeping bag INSIDE the pack on the hike in, the sleeping pad is the only thing on the outside.
Drawbacks are the ones I mentioned about the straps, and I can't carry my rifle on my shoulder when the pack is on due to how wide it is.
Run without the top bar and the gun goes over the post on the frame. Cuts a little weight and profile also.


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Soria launches website
Royals closer Joakim Soria has launched his personal website, http://www.joakimsoria48.com. The website, written in both English and Spanish, offers fans a variety of information about baseball and Soria's charities. Fans also have the opportunity to communicate with the "Mexicutioner" through the website in a variety of ways.
Soria's website focuses on pitching and conditioning tips. The website gives fans the option to e-mail Soria with questions, follow him on Twitter or join his Facebook fan page. "I'm excited to get closer to my fans and to promote my charity," Soria said. Each article on the website can also be shared to link on your favorite social networking sites.
Soria is in the process of developing a charitable foundation to build baseball fields in Mexico in underprivileged neighborhoods. The foundation has yet to be named.


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Although patients and manufacturers support CER generally, they are wary that government-funded studies will steer health coverage decisions towards low-cost remedies and away innovative products with high price tags. Biopharmaceutical companies have worked hard to shift the focus of the federal program take away from drug–drug comparisons and toward the more difficult task of evaluating medical procedures and methods of care. Personalized medicine advocates, moreover, are pressing for CER to consider treatment effects on patient subpopulations, including minorities, children and individuals with uncommon health problems—and not what works best in the average patient. Yet, designing studies that are able to detect such differences is tricky and may increase the scope and cost of research.
LAUNCHING PCORIA range of public and private researchers and payers have been sponsoring CER studies for many years in an effort to identify the most effective medical therapies and practices, as well as those that are inappropriate or even harmful. Comparison of the costs and effectiveness of new drugs and medical technology is the objective of most CER initiatives, including the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the University of Oregon-based Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP), which evaluates drugs for state Medicaid programs and other payers. In establishing the Medicare drug benefit in 2003, Congress provided additional funds (nearly $150 million over the last five years) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to solicit systematic reviews and literature syntheses related to treatment of prevalent conditions affecting Medicare beneficiaries.
The federal stimulus legislation enacted in 2009 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA) dramatically advanced federal support for CER by providing $1.1 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set priorities for and fund comparative studies. Much of the money went to AHRQ and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support CER projects and infrastructure development.
This year's health reform legislation built on ARRA by establishing PCORI as an independent, non-profit organization. The initiative's $500 million annual budget, beginning in 2014, will be funded largely by a 1% tax on health insurance premiums—a strategy designed to insulate the program from the highly political annual Congressional appropriations process and provide more stability and predictability.
The PCORI board members, who were announced by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in late September, represent payers, providers, patients and industry, with an emphasis on women and minorities. NIH director Francis Collins and AHRQ chief Carolyn Clancy are on the panel, but do not chair it; that honor goes to UCLA Vice Chancellor and Dean Eugene Washington, with Steven Lipstein, president of the non-profit BJC healthcare system, as vice-chair. Biopharmaceutical industry representatives include Pfizer Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice-President Freda Lewis-Hall, Harlan Weisman, head of medical devices and diagnostics at Johnson & Johnson, and Richard Kuntz, senior vice president of Medtronic. These three board members reflect industry efforts to gain a seat at the table, to keep the program independent of the federal government, and to establish a transparent process for authorizing studies and releasing research findings.
Almost as important as the structure of PCORI is the role of its methodology committee, to be named shortly by GAO. That committee's assignment is to define appropriate CER study designs and methods and submit initial recommendations in a report to Congress in only 18 months. The panel will weigh criteria for internal validity, generalizability, feasibility, and timeliness of CER studies. Selecting appropriate comparators and determining strengths and weaknesses of observational studies versus randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are key tasks, and are sure to ignite debate on the value of "pragmatic" clinical trials and observational studies, the ethics of conducting RCTs on available treatments, and challenges in designing studies that include diverse subgroups. Ideally, the process of developing evidentiary standards and common definitions for multiple CER activities and processes will link the many diverse guidelines and methods set by regulators and various payers.
An important consideration for industry is whether the demand for more information on how drugs and clinical treatments work in real-world settings will stymie innovation by expanding the scope of data needed to bring new drugs to market. The US FDA does not require comparative or cost information to approve a new drug, although some foreign regulatory authorities do so. Many sponsors now include comparative and clinical-use measures in preapproval trials to meet demands of private payers, and decisions on advancing from Phase 2 to Phase 3 studies increasingly weigh the feasibility of gathering evidence of product value during development. Biopharmaceutical companies oppose mandates to provide such information as a condition of FDA approval. Yet adoption of CER research methods and standards by PCORI is likely to shape study processes for all effectiveness and outcomes research, including studies required by the FDA as part of postmarketing oversight.