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The best mixed martial artist ever to enter the Octagon is always willing to fight whomever Zuffa puts in front of him, said Jorge Guimaraes, Anderson Silva's representative and longtime friend.
However, Silva's management team -- namely Guimaraes and Ed Soares -- have their own thoughts from time to time.
Just last summer, for instance, Guimaraes and Soares -- partners in Blackhouse, where Silva primarily trains -- thought Chris Weidman hadn't done enough to earn a spot challenging Silva. Their biggest concern, at least the one they were most vocal about, was that the fight wouldn't appeal to fans because, you know, who was Weidman really? Some unbeaten prospect with fewer than 10 fights who made an ailing Mark Munoz look bad. Pfft. Big deal.
At this stage of Silva's illustrious career, if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense -- and Blackhouse didn't see Weidman as a moneymaker.
A year later, the situation remains largely unchanged. Yet it turns out that Silva has agreed to step into the cage with Weidman. Before returning to Los Angeles on Wednesday from New York, where he helped promote UFC's partnership with Fox, the UFC middleweight champion verbally agreed to fight the American wrestler this summer. Weidman was the only choice Zuffa put in front of "The Spider," which was the case last year as well. But that didn't mean he had to accept.
"Now I have the opportunity to seize my dream," Weidman, 28, tweeted late Wednesday night.
So why give in to the strong grappler now when that proposal registered a clear-cut "no" in 2012?
Timing would seem to have a lot to do with it.
Blackhouse's critique of Weidman as a challenger (he isn't bankable, they said last year), came after the middleweight contender earned the best win of his career. That's when it was proposed that he was next in line to take on Silva. Perhaps he couldn't sell a pay-per-view, but he absolutely looked dangerous enough to upend the champion. After Silva said "no" last summer (opting instead to embarrass Stephan Bonnar), the UFC slotted Weidman into a Dec. 29 fight against Tim Boetsch. It never happened because Weidman tore a labrum in his shoulder while training.
Weidman -- 9-0 record, tall, big, athletic and gifted as a fighter -- was hobbled for the first time in the UFC. A young stud with a weak link.
If there was ever a proper time for Silva to meet Weidman in the cage, it seemed that that moment, as he recuperated from surgery, was as soon as possible. The first available date on UFC's calendar was July 6.
Weidman is unquestionably talented, so much so that fans and media simply (probably smartly) expect him to make big strides with each fight camp. That's not a presumptuous leap considering Weidman's immense drive, talent and relative inexperience in MMA. Fresh off the shoulder injury, however, Weidman is a recuperating young buck, presumably nowhere near as good as he'll be with a little more time to heal.
He hasn't fought since beating Munoz, "So why not catch him now?" was Blackhouse's thinking.
Of course, "The Spider" could have waited and pushed for a huge-money catch-weight contest against welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
But he hasn't. Instead, Silva chose to go after Weidman at the most uncertain time of the young challenger's career. Feel free to criticize Silva's decision, but tactically speaking there's not a whole lot to quibble with. Silva realized that unless he retired soon he'd need to fight Weidman, so he decided to go ahead with it now because, on the surface at least, the advantage remains his.
At the age of 37, Silva's reflexes and timing continue to be remarkable. There's no guarantee, though, that those physical traits will stick with him. In fact, it's assured they won't.
So he made the smart play. Silva will return to face down a young lion who may not be mature enough (physically, yes, but in terms of experience and mental readiness, who can say for sure?). As an example, when they step in the cage, Weidman will have been out of action for almost a full year.
Those factors led to an easy decision. Silva was going to fight. He chose a guy who, by all rights, deserves to be in the cage with him.
But he did so plausibly contemplating that Weidman couldn't be as good in July as he would be by the end of the year.
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WE watched the weather forecast with much optimism and we were fortunately rewarded!
The storms did not affect our enjoyment on Saturday when we had, for the first time, a Community Barbecue in the beautiful surroundings of Malvern St James Dome Gardens.
All who came said what a treat it had been and how much they enjoyed it. The children were able to play games and run off some excess energy and we were delighted that our friends from Community Action could be with us and enjoy food and a chat with everyone. The entertainment was first class, provided by Malvern's excellent Lounge Toad . Our grateful thanks to Malvern St James. We raised £135 for Christ Church Roof Fund!
Please keep an eye on our web site at www.christchurch-malvern.org.uk for all our up and coming events and to read our latest magazine with all our Christ Church news on line.
On Saturday, September 6 we have a Book Fair with coffee and home made cakes from 10am to noon and a huge and varied selection of books to browse through so come along and meet friends you haven't yet met.
On Friday, September 12 at 7.30pm Catherine Beale will talk about Hampton Court, Herefordshire, non-members £1 entry
And we are delighted to announce the return of ESO at Christ Church on September 13 at 7.30pm. (Pre – Concert talk at 6.45 ) when there will be a lovely evening of Strings including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Dvorak, tickets can be obtained via Worcester Live on 01905 611427 www.worcesterlive.co.uk/boxoffice or on the door
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Want to know more? Visit the links below or come to one of our weekly meetings!
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Pete Doherty still doing the drugs thing
I don't even know how this is news anymore, but The Sun got video of Pete Doherty injecting himself with cocaine in a Thai hostel after joining three girls in their room. The video was taken just two days after his and Kate Moss' Buddhist blessing on New Year's Day. He was invited back to the room after being recognized by an Australian fan. She asked if rumors he had married Kate were true and he replied: "No, I love her but I wouldn't marry her if she was the last woman on Earth. She's too paranoid." Then after going back to the room he injected himself with cocaine three times between 1:30am and 4am. Eventually the girls got nervous and tried to get him out of there, but Pete couldn't remember where his villa was.
"When we got him downstairs, he asked the man on reception where he could score some heroin. Then he went up to every taxi driver asking if they could score him some drugs. I sent Kate a text reading, 'Dropped Peter off at the Bob Marley cafe. He's a bit out of sorts'. That's the last we saw of him." The next day, Doherty had a bust-up with a cab driver and furious Kate ordered him home to England. The Sun told yesterday how the pair are attending a London clinic together to battle the singer's addictions.
How is Pete Doherty even still alive? At first I wrote him off as a joke, but now he's a miracle of science. The amount of drugs he's taken should theoretically kill a whale. You could probably inject him with lava and he'd just laugh it off as he drank a cup of paint.


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Houston-based Comverge Inc., a provider of smart-grid, demand-management and energy-efficiency solutions, has released its Apollo system at its annual users' group meeting.
Apollo represents the industry's first integrated demand-response management system that links in-home demand-response devices to electric utility operations and back-office applications. Apollo is an enterprise-class, 100% Web-based application, designed to provide a platform for advanced demand-management applications, as well as future Comverge software applications.
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River Camping Trip
A few weeks back me and a group from our state kayak fishing fourm did our early fall river camp. It's a cool group of people from many walks of life that came in from all over of the state. There were 15 of us this trip. Actually had a couple of flyfishers this time, though for most, fishing isn't the main concern. Me - I fish.
My first interesting fish of the trip - Rio Grande cichlid, a native of the Rio Grande drainage in Texas and Mexico, it has been been introduced in other Texas rivers. They are fighters, you'll think you have a much bigger fish on.
Lots of plastic - we have most of the brands and models covered.
Like most of the river in this area, it is surrounded by ranches
The Guadalupe x Smallmouth hybrid. No pure Guadalupe Bass are left here, and as sad as that is, the hybrids are beautiful fish and are great fighters too.
There's a large island 8 miles from the put-in that will hold a big group. Here's my tent and veiw.
One of my things was to have a big fire. With the drought we've had burn bans in place most of the last few years, but some recent rains allowed them to be dropped just in time.
And dinner -
We had a great time sitting around the fire talking and visiting. It was fun to listen to all the conversations, older guys talking about their military days in the '60s and the younger ones talking about being old, at 30.
The fishing wasn't great, low water that was a bit stained, but guys like this kept us from getting bored.
It was a nice relaxing trip with people that I really enjoy getting out with.
Can't beat that. :cool:
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Great post!!!!! those are some awesome fish! I wish there were some Rio Grande Cichlids around here! thats a cool lookin fish!
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That looked like a great trip billy, I love float trips.
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Hi riverbilly.
A nice stretch of River,Nice Fish,Friends over here have Hobies similiar to the ones you guys have.
I bet it was fun with your Climate in Texas.
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Wow, I have to agree, what a nice trip! Thanks for sharing.
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what a great report! looks like you guys had a great time:D
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Billy, Thanks for sharing the fun trip experience with us. There is nothing more fun than enjoying the outdoors with friends. I am envious of the great camp food...I usually end up with re-hydrated stuff :(
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Nice post Billy. Looks like a great float trip with some cool looking fish! I especially like that cichlid very cool looking and you say they fight good that's for me. Thanks for sharing.
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Great trip report and pictures. I used to have those "Texas Cichlids" in large aquarium built into my wall. I know they can get to 3 lbs with the right food :)
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Great report and pics Billy:thumbsup:...thanks for sharing;)
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A bipartisan research organization plans to analyze Dodd-Frank and recommend improvements.
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Should Congress put limits or even completely do away with the tax incentives that make saving within a 401(k) or some other tax-advantaged retirement plan attractive in order to cut the deficit? The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and the Treasury Department's Office of Tax Analysis conclude that these retirement planning programs will cost the


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I recently reviewed the book "PRIMAL BRANDING: Create Zealots for Your Brand, Your Company, and Your Future" by Patrick Hanlon and wanted to share my thoughts on it with you.
It's truly awesome. Here's the scoop. Hanlon worked in advertising for many years for Fortune 500 clients. A few years ago, he asked himself the question: What is it that gets consumers to bond with brands like Google, Apple, Mini Cooper, Coke, Disney, Starbucks and Nike and not others?
In answering this question, Hanlon determined that there are seven distinct elements, which he calls the "primal code," which shape people's belief in a brand (whether your brand is a product, service, or organization) as follows:
1. The creation story: All belief systems start with a story. (i.e., Google founded in a dorm room; Apple formed in a garage).
2. Creed: All ideologies start with a set of core principles such as Nike's "Just Do It" and the United States' "All men are created equal."
3. Icons: Whether they are visual, sounds or smells, icons create belief in a brand. Think of the Nike swoosh or the Intel inside jingle.
4. Rituals: Repeated interactions with a brand influence your belief in it, such as how customers feel when they enter a Starbucks or are greeted at WalMart.
5. Pagans, or Nonbelievers: Stating who you are not (i.e., Taco Bell saying "think outside the bun," and Apple Computer saying "Think Different.") build belief in your brand.
6. Sacred words: Belief systems come with unique words that must be learned in order to "belong." Such terms include iPod, BigMac and double decaf latte.
7. Leader: Successful belief systems have visionary leaders that surpassed the odds, such as Richard Branson, Mahatma Gandhi, and Bill Gates.
It's a great exercise for companies to see how well their brand does in satisfying the seven elements of the primal code. More importantly, it is critical to enhance the areas in which you are lacking.
Why does everyone want to make 'branding' so
complicated (to sell books, duh) ?
Branding is simple. It's the promise you make and keep with your customers. It does not have to be advertised.
And you don't need to write books about it.
You just need to keep your promise.
That's what I tell my clients.
Great Article. I think I will go out and get the book!
Keep up the great writing!
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Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Blonde Expressions Shampoo Reviews
I like itThis shampoo contains quite a bit of fragrance. It has a strong sheer floral scent which is pleasant but stronger than I like. It thoroughly cleans, lathers well, and rinses completely. I am unsure of the blonde expressions gimmick, because I do not notice any color enhancement or shine that I do not get with the brunette version or any other quality shampoo, especially since it rinses out. If...read more it left deposits, it would weigh the hair down--I have fine hair and have to say it does not. I like it, just don't like gimmicks. I would use it again, but prefer Suave. — 7 years, 3 months agoThorne | 456 reviews
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Sheer and Shiny BlondThis is my new favorite shampoo for my blonde hair. Not only does it leave your hair soft and moisturized, but it adds shine and color. It is made with liquid crystals to enhance your blonde and give you natural highlights to make your hair look great. — 7 years, 3 months agoStef42678 | 500 reviews
Somewhat DryingThis seems like a basic clarifying shampoo to me. It made my hair feel lighter - a tiny bit more volumized. The tradeoff for that benefit is that my hair felt really dry after using it. I normally use a moisturizing shampoo, and this definitely doesn't fall into that category. I didn't notice any improvement in my haircolor, either. — 7 years, 3 months agoamygab1126 | 242 reviews
dryingnot a fan of this one sorry it was very drying. I like the beautiful lengths by Pantene great for hair prone to dryness or split ends — 7 years, 3 months agoLena02 | 18 reviews
Great!This keeps my highlights bright, my hair shiny, and is moisturizing but not to where my hair is flat. — 8 years, 3 months agoSaritah | 24 reviews
Take heed from a natural blonde...I noticed my hair getting darker.. so thought that using this shampoo would help put alittle brilliance back into my hair. It did shine it up TEMPORAILY..maybe the first day or so I noticed some good shine and lightness. But then something sinister started happening to my scalp after repeated usage of this product. My scalp right at the top above my forehead started drying up. I went a few week...read mores without using the shampoo and used another I had in the house and the dryness cleared up. Once I started using the shampoo again, the dry scalp returned! So, not only did it only work half-way, but it dries out my scalp! Will not purchase again! — 8 years, 6 months agomissmaisy | 6 reviews
Wonderful shampooI received a sample of this shampoo/conditioner in the mail. It was wonderful. It smelled great and it left my hair feeling light and soft, there wasn't any build up either. I used it for a few days, and I could tell just within the few days that it was bringing out the natural highlights and different shades of blonde in my hair. It really made my hair feel great, there wasn't any build up and like I said, It made my hair smell great. — 8 years, 10 months agomackinziek | 4 reviews
Blonde Expressions Is GreatI have used John Freida's line. Blonde Expressions is much better. The feel is richer and the results are fantastic. I have subtle lights that I didn't get with the other product. The price is very reasonable for the results. — 7 years, 3 months agomama_w | 3 reviews
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love it!Nice scent, real creamy, don't need a lot to get lots of suds, even in my hard water. Leaves hair soft & clean with one shampoo. I love it esp with the matching conditioner. — 8 years, 11 months agomouse756 | 12 reviews
One of the best!I love Pantene because it almost makes my hair smell great. Now I have a shampoo that doesn't fade my hair, and alos helps it maintain the color! — 7 years, 3 months agoersnow23 | 58 reviews
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By Joshua Stockley - When Romney trailed Obama in the polls, most Republicans dismissed the polls as the product of a liberal bias.
"The polls lie," they said. With Romney leading or tied in the polls, now Republicans are quoting them...How can polls be biased one day and unbiased the next? Republicans simply "feel" Romney should be ahead by a higher margin.
This contradiction appears in regards to the media. Republicans frequently accuse the mainstream media as being biased, which was their response towards the coverage of Romney's incendiary comments about 47 percent of Americans being freeloaders. Mysteriously, these charges disappeared when every print and broadcast organization declared Romney the prohibitive winner of the first debate...There's no bias, but Republicans "feel" the press isn't sympathetic enough.
This past week Republican paranoia extended towards unemployment statistics. Since Obama took office, Republicans have frequently quoted unemployment statistics showing the unemployment rate over 8 percent. The latest jobs report indicate unemployment has dropped to 7.8 percent, below the 8 percent threshold Obama promised when running for office. Now, Republicans are accusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics of being in cahoots with the Obama Administration and making up numbers because Republicans "feel" the unemployment rate should be higher.
...Republicans have a victimization complex. Republicans believe they are the honest, genuine, hard working, God-fearing members of society being incessantly harassed by the liberal media, liberal professors, liberal judges, liberal environmentalists, liberal secularists, liberal polling organizations, liberal government agencies, and other liberal "fill-in-the-blanks."...all actively conspiring together to plot the demise of Republicans (and America) and to prevent the victory of Mitt Romney.
The polls aren't biased, the media isn't biased, and unemployment numbers aren't biased. No one is out to get you. If Romney fails to win, then it's because Romney failed to make his case — period.
The GOP Victim Complex: Polls lie (unless their candidate is doing well), the media lies (unless the coverage is positive), economists lie (unless the numbers are bad)
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Act Naturals :: Natural Hair Color.
I wrote recently about the dangers of convetional and OTC (over the counter) hair dyes under the post, 'Your Hair Dye Could Be Killing You'. Since then I've discovered more and more hair care companies who are taking up the challenge to develop botanical alternatives. Most of these vegetable & plant counterparts don't actually infiltrate the hair shaft, they coat it with color resulting in less damage, noticibly more shine and stronger hair - not to mention healthier scalp. But the latest and greatest from Advanced Cosmetic Technologies (ACT) goes even further by using 100% plant based color and a patent pending technique that creates a highly purified end product. The process uses special extraction techniques to physically separate the colors from the plant matter which they then mix with natural mineral salts to make their unique permanent hair color. The molecules of this plant matter are so small that they penetrate the hair shaft naturally and gently, without forcing the hair shaft open through chemical processes. At $29.95 it's hardly a steal, nonetheless it's at least half of what you'd pay to get your hair color done in a salon and you have to ask yourself - at what true cost is that? Writer :: Emma Pezzack - www.futurenatural.com: the best organic beauty products in the world.


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XorCurses is a game based entirely on Xor by Astral Software. The original game was released around 1987 for the 8-bit home computers popular at the time. XorCurses attempts to faithfully recreate that game for Linux, but slightly ironically, uses ASCII characters instead of pixel based graphics (which even the 8-bit computers could manage). The idea of Xor is to roam around a series of mazes collecting masks. The first level is simply a matter of finding your way around, but the second level introduces fish and chickens which block your path or kill you if they hit you. From there on in, things get progressively tougher and really is a challenging and difficult puzzle game.
Patch for gkII-0.4.6
I had been experimenting with the code for the AFX Kunge Type, and neglected to restore it to it's working state.
There is a patch to fix this at:
gkII-src-0.4.6_afx_fix.patch (http://www.jwm-art.net/gkII/gkII-src-0.4.6_afx_fix.patch)
If you're not sure how to apply the patch there are brief instructions at gkII's home page.
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Researchers Find 1,800-Year-Old Tunnel in Teotihuacan, Mexico
I love this kind of stuff. There is so much to this world we've yet to discover; so much we've yet to learn; so much beyond our understanding.
Think back to the joy you experienced in your childhood after digging in the ground and finding a small little treasure, even if it was just a malformed rock.
Researchers at Mexico's National University are feeling that glee on a much larger scale now that they've discovered an 1,800-year-old tunnel underneath the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan.


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The Daily Dose: Hit the Line of Scrimmage
The uproar regarding bullying that has embroiled the Miami Dolphins is dead accurate. An NFL locker room is akin to a corporate boardroom. It's a place where business is to be conducted in a respectful manner to each individual present. Shame on almost all the Miami Dolphins players for not taking a harder stance on such absurd acts.
The entire ordeal reinforces to me that you always have to hit the line of scrimmage hard (something tells me the player be singled out for bullying may have been playing soft), trying to get ahead with every possible bone and muscle in your God-given body....586 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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PARKLAND, Wash. – Linfield became the first team to keep sixth-ranked Pacific Lutheran off the scoreboard this season as the two Northwest Conference clubs settled for a 0-0 double-overtime draw on a wet Saturday afternoon at PLU's East Field.
Goalkeepers Joe Rayburn and Jorge Rodriguez made six saves apiece for the Lutes and Wildcats, respectively, over 110 minutes of scoreless action. Pacific Lutheran outshot the visiting team 19-13 for the match and pushed into the Linfield box several times in the second overtime period, but the Wildcat defense held firm.
Derek Johnson fired seven shots and Rigoberto Loreto put up a match-high three attempts on goal to lead the Lutes attack. Tyler Repic paced the Linfield offense with four total shots, including two on frame.
The teams were evenly matched over the first 45 minutes, each totaling four shots and earning a pair of corner kicks. Linfield's greatest scoring opportunities came over the final two minutes. Taking a free kick after a yellow card was charged to the Lutes, Jake Baker served the ball into the box, where it was cleared by a PLU defender directly to Repic, who fired off a shot that Rayburn deflected past the endline.
On the ensuing corner kick, a Linfield relay passed the ball from Baker to Repic to Brian DeGrandmont (Sr., Portland, Ore.), who took aim toward the near post and forced Rayburn into a similar diving stop as on the previous play. PLU's keeper finally got out of trouble with a decisive punch-out on the next corner kick, helping the Lutes push back toward their offensive end of the pitch.
Pacific Lutheran controlled possession throughout much of the second half. The Lutes held a 10-6 advantage in shot attempts, including one last-gasp effort from Diego Aceves in the final 90 seconds of regulation.
The two clubs only put two combined shots on frame during the two overtime periods to settle for the tie.
'CAT SCRATCH: The clubs tied for the first time since the 2004 season…during that time PLU posted a 10-7 record against Linfield…the match marked the Wildcats' first tie of 2013…Rodriguez lowered his season goals against average to 0.77.
AHEAD: Linfield faces off against another NWC foe from Tacoma, Puget Sound, Sunday at 2:30 p.m


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Quaoar is a newly discovered Kuiper Belt object, found in June 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Mike Brown at Caltech in Pasadena. It's the largest Kuiper Belt object currently known, half the diameter of Pluto (about 1/8 the volume), and 1.6 billion kilometers (1 billion miles) further away than Pluto.
Quaoar is about 1250 km in diameter, roughly the size of Pluto's moon Charon. Nothing larger has been found in our solar system since Pluto was discovered in 1930 (and Pluto's moon Charon in 1978). It's huge, in fact, if you took the 50,000 numbered asteroids and put them together, it would be about the same volume as Quaoar.
Here's a picture of Quaoar compared to some other Solar System objects.
(NASA and A. Feild (STSci)
First of all, we are looking for objects like Quaoar because we think there may be a lot of objects like it that are undiscovered, and maybe even objects bigger than Pluto. We spent about 7 months looking for it with a semi-automated telescope, the Oschin Telescope at Palomar, California. It has a mirror diameter of 48 inches (1.2 meters), which is large compared to amateur telescopes (typically ranging from 0.1 - 0.3 meters in diameter), but small compared to most professional telescopes (1 - 10 meters in diameter). Although the mirror isn't very big, the Oschin Telescope has a huge field of view for its size, about 3 square degrees. That's about the same amount of sky area as 12 moons in each picture.
Here's the discovery images. We took three pictures of the same patch of sky with 90 minutes between them. These pictures are about 150th of the entire field we get with the telescope. In a single night, we cover about 1700 times the area you see below. Click for enlargement:
You can download the raw data here.
There's lots of little specks in the images, most of them are "static" caused by cosmic rays --- similar to the static on your t.v. Sometimes they line up and look a lot like a moving object. So basically, we ignore anything that is only one or two pixels in size --- it really has to look a lot like a star, being several pixels across and "round" looking. Also, it has to move in a straight line and be present on all the images. You can probably find a lot of these things in the discovery images that it don't fit all the criteria of a real object.
Also, it's true that we may miss some very faint objects. But we are interested in finding the brightest ones, so in the interest in saving time, because there are only a couple of us working on this project and there is a lot of data, some of the faintest objects may be real, and we may not recognize them in the images. But we consider that "acceptable loss" because we are looking for the biggest, brightest things anyway. People in the future will find the smaller, fainter things.
Quaoar is at about 42 AU away from us, more distant than Pluto and Neptune, which are both at about 30 AU. 1 AU is an "Astronomical Unit" and is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometers. So Quaoar is about 6 billion kilometers from us. At walking speed, it would take you about 100,000 years to get there. Going at the speed the Space Shuttle orbits the earth, it would take 25 years to get there. It takes light 5 hours to get there from the sun.
Quaoar is in a nearly circular orbit. Its eccentricity (a measure of the ellipticity of a circle) is less than 0.04, meaning that its distance from the sun only changes by about 8% over the course of a Quaoar year (which is 285 Earth years). This is very different from Pluto, which has an eccentricity about 6 times larger. You can see its orbit below. Because this object is so bright, within a month of discovery we were able to trace Quaoar's position back two decades in survey data. Quaoar's orbit is also inclined to the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system), by about 8 degrees.
This process is often called . Click on that link, it's cool.
Quaoar's orbit (red) compared to the planets (black). The Gas Giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) and Pluto are labeled with the first letter of their name. Click for a bigger mpeg version.
No, it kind of looks like it from the picture above of the orbits, but they don't collide, Quaoar's orbit is tilted with respect to the other planets by about 8 degrees. Pluto is tilted by about 20 degrees, so although it looks like they might hit each other from the "top view", a "side view" would show that their orbits don't intersect.
We measured the size of Quaoar in two ways:
(1) Optical measurements using the Hubble Space Telescope. Using a normal ground based telescope, you can't see Quaoar's size directly. You can tell it's there, but it's just a pinpoint of light just like any other star. But, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has much better "angular resolution" (it can see details a lot better) than a normal telescope because it is outside the Earth's atmosphere. By very carefully measuring Quaoars size about 10 times over the course of an hour and comparing them to a nearby star, we can see directly that Quaoar is 1250 km in diameter.
You can see the HST images here. Note that the vertical elongation is due to object motion during the exposure ("blurring"), and not the size of the object. Also, there is a paper about this technique here.
(2) Thermal measurements. Using the IRAM telescope in Spain, we measured the heat coming from Quoar. Optical wavelength light (i.e. what your eye sees and what a "normal" telescope measures) only tells you about the amount of sunlight that is reflected from Quaoar back to Earth. So, a small white object could reflect the same amount of light as a large dark object. However, a dark object absorbs much more light than a white object, so it will be hotter. By measuring the heat (1.2 millimeter wavelength "light") coming from Quaoar and comparing it with the optical reflected light, we know that Quaoar has a diameter of 1250 km.
The Tongva people (sometimes called the San Gabrielino Native Americans) inhabited the Los Angeles area before the arrival of the Spanish and other European people. The name "Quaoar" (pronounced kwah-o-wahr) comes from their creation mythology. In the words of Mark Acuña, Tongva scholar, dancer and tribal elder:
"'Quaoar' the great force of creation sings and dances the high ones (Deities) into existence. While Quaoar has no form or gender he is usually referred to with the male pronoun. He dances and sings first 'Weywot' who becomes Sky Father; they sing and dance 'Chehooit' Earth Mother into existence. The trio sing 'Tamit' Grandfather Sun to life. As each divine one joins the singing and dancing, the song becomes more complex and the dance more complicated. In turn 'Moar', Grandmother Moon (a very complex deity), 'Pamit' the Goddess of the sea, 'Manit', the Lord of dreams and visions, 'Manisar' the bringer of food and harvests, 'Tukupar Itar' Sky Coyote (who is also our major hero), 'Tolmalok', the Goddess of Shishongna (the underworld) join in the singing, dancing and creating. And finally the great seven giants who hold up the worlds are created. The High Ones in turn are aided by 'Eagle, Duck, Bear, and Frog' in a grand earth diving story. Frog brings up soil out of the deep dark sea, and the four animals dance it flat and wide. The 'Gods and Goddesses' then furnish the world 'Tovangar' with hills, mountains, trees, rivers, etc. 'Tobohar' (first man) and 'Pahavit' (first woman) are also part of this great 'Creation song and dance cycle'."
You can find out more about the Tongva at the Tongva website.
The IAU has voted and approved the name Quaoar, which is now its official name.
We don't know exactly. We suspect that most Kuiper Belt Objects are made of equal portions of rock and ices. There are many chemicals which are normally liquids or gas on Earth that would be different types of ice on Quaoar, including water, methane ice (natural gas ice), methanol ice (alcohol ice), carbon dioxide ice (dry ice), carbon monoxide ice (very gross) and others. We know that there is water ice on Quaoar from measurements made at the Keck Telescope.
It is very likely that there are more big Kuiper Belt Objects like Quaoar. We looked at only 5% of the entire sky before finding Quaoar. So there could be 20 Quaoars out there and we wouldn't have seen them yet. It is also likely that a few Plutos are out there waiting to be discovered. We have so far looked mostly in the plane of the solar system, where objects are most likely to be. It's likely that our discovery rates will go down as we get further and further from the solar system plane (the ecliptic) but we still expect to find maybe 10 more objects, given current models of the Kuiper Belt thickness.
Here's the ephemeris, in J2000 coords. Times are in UT, right ascension in hours, declination in degrees. It has a red magnitude of 18.6 or so right now. Or get it from HORIZONs, which will give you the position of any solar system body for any time you want.
2003-Mar-12 08:00 16 47 53.48 -15 14 22.5 2003-Mar-19 08:00 16 47 52.25 -15 13 04.1 2003-Mar-26 08:00 16 47 46.40 -15 11 39.4 2003-Apr-02 08:00 16 47 36.06 -15 10 09.4 2003-Apr-09 08:00 16 47 21.45 -15 08 35.6 2003-Apr-16 08:00 16 47 02.92 -15 06 59.6 2003-Apr-23 08:00 16 46 40.83 -15 05 22.7 2003-Apr-30 08:00 16 46 15.57 -15 03 46.4 2003-May-07 08:00 16 45 47.61 -15 02 12.2 2003-May-14 08:00 16 45 17.49 -15 00 41.5 2003-May-21 08:00 16 44 45.73 -14 59 15.8 2003-May-28 08:00 16 44 12.89 -14 57 56.2 2003-Jun-04 08:00 16 43 39.53 -14 56 44.0 2003-Jun-11 08:00 16 43 06.27 -14 55 40.5 2003-Jun-18 08:00 16 42 33.69 -14 54 46.6 2003-Jun-25 08:00 16 42 02.30 -14 54 03.1 2003-Jul-02 08:00 16 41 32.66 -14 53 30.7 2003-Jul-09 08:00 16 41 05.30 -14 53 10.2 2003-Jul-16 08:00 16 40 40.69 -14 53 01.8 2003-Jul-23 08:00 16 40 19.23 -14 53 05.6 2003-Jul-30 08:00 16 40 01.31 -14 53 21.8 2003-Aug-06 08:00 16 39 47.27 -14 53 50.3
Here's the orbital elements, as computed by the method of Bernstein & Khushalani (2000):
# Barycentric osculating elements in ICRS at epoch 2445471.8: a 43.373493 +/- 0.009720 AU e 0.037457 +/- 0.000055 i 7.992 +/- 0.000 deg Node 188.923 +/- 0.001 deg Arg of Peri 156.292 +/- 0.242 deg Time of Peri 2478635.182 +/- 76.022 JD
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Intel Core i7-980X Processor Review
Generally speaking, most users barely tap the potential of their computer system. Applications and video games are usually more affected by clock speed than they are processor cores, and many programs still are single-threaded. But again, this applies to most users. The differences between hardware enthusiasts or power-users and their casual PC user counterparts are acute and to the point that they have little in common with each other. While mainstream users concern themselves with browsing the web and checking email, enthusiasts are constantly looking to push their hardware with powerful overclocking experiments and power users create multiple virtual machine profiles for commercial application.
Intel offers something for everyone, as their extensive product line can prove. The chipmaker produces desktop, notebook, server, and personal digital appliance CPUs, Ethernet and Wi-Fi network processors, and countless co-processor units. Keep this in mind as Benchmark Reviews presents the Intel Core i7-980X processor, a six-core Westmere 32nm CPU. Codenamed Gulftown, this 3.33GHz Extreme Edition processor features an unlocked clock speed multiplier with twelve computing threads and a 12MB cache. Built for the Intel X58-Express enthusiast platform, Benchmark Reviews tests the BX80613I7980X retail part in gaming, computing, and overclocking performance.
While Gulftown's six-core processor architecture may be the most intriguing aspect of Intel's Core i7-980X CPU, it wouldn't be possible without Westmere's 32nm process technology. Although the consumer software industry has been slow to develop applications that can utilize multiple CPU cores and/or threads, there are many commercial programs which handle four or more processor threads very well... and even a few video games. Our benchmarks will determine how important multiple cores are to gaming later in this article, but it goes without question that Virtual-Machine applications receive immediate benefits from the added Hyper-Threading. Some already-popular productivity software titles also utilize multi-threaded processor cores, such as: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere-Pro, AutoDesk Maya and 3DS-Max, Microsoft Excel and Windows Live Movie Maker, Sony Vegas and Acid, and also VirtualDub.
About Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is the world's largest semiconductor company founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, Intel's successful "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.
Intel pushes the boundaries of innovation so our work can make people's lives more exciting, fulfilling, and manageable. And our work never stops. We never stop looking for the next leap ahead-in technology, education, culture, manufacturing, and social responsibility. And we never stop striving to deliver solutions with greater benefits for everyone. Intel is making PCs more accessible and affordable through innovative PC purchase programs. Through public and private collaboration, Intel has worked closely with government and industry leaders to develop more than 200 programs in 60 countries. With the onslaught of wireless broadband communication technologies like WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and 3G and wireline ADSL and cable, Intel in collaboration with local governments is connecting more people in more places than ever before-no matter how remote.
Intel is committed to improving education on a global scale. With an ongoing focus on students and teachers, we're making an impact with technology solutions that support the development of 21st Century skills, including digital literacy, problem solving, and critical thinking. As citizens use the Internet, the need to create localized content is the key. Intel-sponsored programs provide localized content and services to connect technologies to villages, suburbs, and cities around the world to deliver access to community information, education, and healthcare.
You are running GPU limited, you would never know then again the argument of 'real world' is at play.
My guess is that they don't expect the typical consumer to notice.
They will then try and convince themselves and anyone else on the few occasions they covert a video for You Tube or muck about with a demo of a 3D Animation program they got that they are getting their monies worth.
I am sure real business's and real professionals will get some benefit out of this but we all know the main type of person whos actually going to buy one of these.
I dare say a Core 2 Duo is the most that benefits an average person. If the RAM is insufficient or old DDR2, processing power doesn't add anything; it goes wasted.
Gaming is GPU driven so why even bother with that as it is not the intended market...
Reminds me of building the latest ferrari and demoing it to welfare recipients while they may love it .It is hardly the intended audience.
Why dont you do part 2 with aps that use the HP


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McGovern grandson Matt running for SD PUC
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- The grandson of former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern says he will seek the Democratic Party's endorsement to run for a seat on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
Sioux Falls attorney Matt McGovern says he will be an "independent voice" and will not accept campaign contributions from lobbyists or the utilities the PUC regulates.
McGovern is seeking the seat held by Kristie Fiegen. She was appointed to the PUC to fill a vacancy last August.
McGovern in 2009 was mentioned as a possible U.S. Senate candidate but said at the time he was focused on his work with a nonpartisan group promoting sustainable energy initiatives.


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Cycle Oregon from the Sidelines
What do you do when two of your co-workers are involved in an approximate 450-mile cycling trek, camping at some of Oregon's "hidden treasure" towns and soaking up all of the sun's rays possible, while burning major calories over a seven-day span? Well, you take a road-trip to visit them of course; and experience the 20th anniversary of Cycle Oregon from the sidelines.
A pair of us hit the road for Dorena Lake – a few miles outside of Cottage Grove and stop #4 on the Cycle Oregon adventure. Our goal: Find our fearless leader and Travel Oregon Chief Strategy Officer, Scott West and his partner in crime, Policy and Research Manager – with the emphasis on Policy – Jeff Hampton. The duo had been training for the event for the past several months and both were taking their first shot at riding Cycle Oregon.
We arrived in Cottage Grove around 6:45 p.m. and witnessed a few riders just finishing the 88 or 100-mile leg (your choice). The majority of the 2,000 cyclists, however, had already set-up their tents for the night (or for a nominal fee you can use the Tent and Porter service, where when finishing each leg a Cycle Oregon tent will be ready for you to collapse inside). Next stop for the calorie-starved riders was the food tent and a healthy hearty meal of chicken, potatoes, corn, rolls, and of course a nice dessert of strawberry shortcake.
The entire event is somewhat like a traveling circus – huge tents housing the "dining area", sections of vendors ranging from bike comfort services (believe me, there was quite a line for this) to community information from local patrons and an event Main Stage with speakers highlighting the day's ride and lending information about what's to come. Each of the towns that Cycle Oregon visits round up hundreds of volunteers to help cook and serve food, welcome the riders to their community, and fill the role of gracious host.
It's Cycle Oregon's mission to transform individuals and communities through bicycling. All of the proceeds from the ride go to the Cycle Oregon Fund which supports community development projects in the regions that are visited during the ride.
We spotted the guys in line for dinner and scoped out a nice seat close to the Main Stage to sit down, relax, and listen to stories from their riding adventure. Highlights from the first four days of the trip included the wonderful food and snack-stops along the route, the generosity of the volunteers from the communities, and the spectacular view of the stars witnessed from their campsites.
Photo (below): Representative Greg MacPherson
We had a front-row seat as Representative Greg MacPherson and U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio took the stage and spoke of the value of cycling for the state of Oregon. Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar – who was riding the event – fired up the masses with his passion of making a difference for cyclists across America.
After the energized crowd settled, it was movie time and fittingly the film of the night was "Animal House". This movie was filmed not only in Eugene at the University of Oregon, but also in the host town of Cottage Grove. Some of the riders stuck around for the flick while others headed back to their tents to prepare for the next day's 55.5 miles to Oakridge.
For Scott and Jeff, Cycle Oregon was the challenge and adventure they had been awaiting and an experience beyond compare. Both campaigned that everyone in the Tourism Development Department at Travel Oregon needs to do the ride next year.
Hmm, not a bad idea… I guess I should start training!
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- By Tom HendersonSeptember 19, 2012
- By Tom Henderson
For Canadian writer Sue Richards, entering the golden years turned out to be more "golden" than she had anticipated. A trip on her brother's boat epitomized the change when, at an inconvenient distance from shore, she felt a sudden urge from her bladder.
"Leaning forward and sucking in my innards no longer helped," Richards reported on her website, My Menopause Blog. "Sitting on my heel was not a real option thanks to the bashing waves that made the boat hammer up and down on the surface of the bay." Fortunately, her brother had a Tupperware container on board, which he gallantly offered her. "My menopause is really kicking the [expletive deleted] out of my bladder," she told him. "Thanks for understanding."
Lots of people can relate to Richards, especially those of us who hit middle age and begin to wonder if we should move our bed closer to (or just into) the bathroom. In midlife, it's not uncommon to need to urinate more often, and to feel more urgency when you have to go, says Stephen Reznicek, a urologist in Aberdeen, Wash. Frequency and urgency are the most common urological complaints for people in middle age and beyond.
What Women Experience and Why
For women, menopause is the primary cause. Estrogen produced by the body keeps the bladder moist and functioning smoothly. But as production declines in menopause, the tissue that lines the bladder can become dry and irritated, producing the feelings of urgency that many women experience, Reznicek says. Reduced estrogen levels also cause the pelvic muscles, involved in bladder control, to weaken.
These are some of the urological conditions women can subsequently experience:
Urge incontinence, that strong, sudden need to urinate because of contractions or spasms in the bladder, can lead to leaking. It's not uncommon after menopause. But while it can be a sign of a more serious concern, such as infection or even bladder cancer, in most cases no specific cause or threat can be found.
Stress incontinence — the most common urinary condition among women — can cause urine to leak when you cough, sneeze, laugh or exercise. People who are overweight are more prone to this, and weight loss often eases the problem.
The effects of both conditions can be reduced by avoiding smoking, alcohol, caffeine and highly acidic foods, which can irritate the bladder, and by practicing Kegel exercises as often as three times a day, to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor. Hydrating and going to the bathroom on a routine schedule can also help. For those with more persistent or disruptive incontinence, there are also surgical options.
Meanwhile, in the Men's Room …
Most men's urological concerns are related to the prostate, Reznicek says, which tends to become larger at around age 45. Prostate growth, or benign prostatic hyperplasia, occurs in nearly all men, for reasons that are unclear but appear to be connected to hormonal changes in men's bodies as they age. In most cases, prostate growth is unrelated to prostate cancer. But for many men, prostate growth does put pressure on the bladder, increasing frequency and urgency. To ease the problem, Reznicek advises a low-fat diet, as well as saw palmetto extract, which some studies have found to be effective.
(MORE: Should We Stop Routine Prostate Cancer Testing?)
Smoking can also contribute to urinary problems. It can cause vascular damage throughout the body, limiting the supply of oxygen to the bladder and creating more urgency as well as false signals.
Hematuria, or blood in the urine, is another condition that can affect men over 50. It is typically caused, again, by an enlarged prostate, or in some cases by a urinary tract infection, which can be treated with antibiotics. However, since hematuria could also be caused by a kidney infection, a kidney stone or even kidney, prostate or bladder cancer, you should contact your doctor immediately if you see blood when you urinate. If no serious underlying cause or infection can be detected, hematuria generally does not require treatment.
Men can also benefit from Kegel exercises. If your only experience with Kegels is knowing that your wife did them while she was pregnant, you've got a lot to learn. Done properly and regularly (and discreetly), the exercises can help you limit the effects of incontinence and reduce "dribbling" while urinating.
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We recently took a trip into the Museum of Science in Boston with the boys. It's one of their favorite places to go because of all the hands-on learning they get to do there. They think they're playing, but they're really learning at the same time!
There are three floors of exhibits, so it's usually a jam packed day whenever we go there.
As soon as we got there, the boys ran right for the space capsule:
Then it was on to the Electricity Theater. Not only does it have the world's largest indoor Van de Graaff generator, but there are all sorts of weather and electricity exhibits in that section of the museum.
Honestly, we spent hours at the museum. There is SO much to do there – more than we could ever see all in one day. While we were there, the boys got to experiment with light:
Yes, even Chris got in on the action.
They played with shadows:
Weights and balance:
We saw some fossils and a life sized T-Rex:
This was a static vs gravity experiment that they LOVED:
These magnetic beads were also a favorite of the day:
We got to see the insides of a human:
We got to see what we looked like in infrared:
They checked out different sound waves and vibrations.
And I just had to share this because I chuckled when I saw it. It's been at the museum since I was a kid (and that is a long time).
The museum is located at 1 Science Park, Boston, MA 02114. You can buy tickets there, but be sure to check your local library for discounted museum passes first.
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This is a great place for kids so much to see and hands on activities
Fantastic looked like you all enjoyed it there I would have loved it 😉
Have a tanfabulous week
I remember taking my kids there when they were younger and they always loved it. It's such a great museum and I've never found anything that compares.
It's an greatful and interesting museum for kids (I remember when I was 4 years old and stud the first time under a dinosaur skeleton in a museum in Berlin…)
Greetings from Germany 🙂
Wow we love science museums. Thanks for sharing, hoping to visit during the summer.
This place looks amazing! My boys would love to see the dinosaurs!
We love that museum. We normally hit up the Children's museum first and then head over to the Science museum.
We have a museum of science about 30 minutes away and loved going there as a good. You totally reminded me of that place and will have to take the girls when they get older now!! 🙂
my girls are teens now, and we still enjoy hands on science museums.
Science museums are so much fun! They were always my favorite field trips when I was in school.
I think we hit that place up when we were in Boston for the marathon a few years ago. Fun!
That is a super cool place. We love science museums!
It does look like a fun and exciting place to visit with kids, seems like you had a great time.
We have COSI (similar) here in Columbus–and the girls and I love it. We get a membership every year as they have so many things going on throughout the seasons. It's always fun to see sneak peeks like these from other science centers….in case we are ever "in the neighborhood"… 😉
You are reminding me, that another trip to the BSM is in order. Def. a fun place for hands-on activities and yes, they do learn something along the way! (Love that pic. of your little guy with the headset – would make a perfect ad for the museum. 🙂
Such seriously studious faces. 🙂 It does look like a great place to take the kids. I love those electricity balls.
Wow! What a fun museum! I think this looks like it ranks up there with the SF Children's Museum and the Children's museum in new york!
That's a really lovely place to visit..so many things to try out 🙂
So fun. In 5th grade I went to the Toronto Science Center and loved it. We want to get our passports and bring the kids, though maybe we'll take a trip out east:)
This reminds me of the Franklin Institute here in Philadelphia! So much fun for kids and adults!
I remember going there as a kid. It's such a great little museum and it looks like the kiddos had a blast. Need to take the kids next time we head up that way.
Looks like you had a wonderful time! We have one of those Van de Graff generators at our local science museum. My girls always love making their hair stand on end!
Science museums are awesome for families. Looks like you and your had a great time.
Looks like a wonderful museum! I wonder if it would be worth the effort of going to downtown Los Angeles and visit their science museum again?
We used to live in Boston, and loved that museum. Looks like your kids do, too!
Wow! That looks like a really cool museum. Have a terrific day.
one of my fave places to visit!we really need to head up there soon
Once again something I would love and I know my 2 youngest would adore as would the oldest Gene.. dagnabbit Kentucky really needs to get on the ball with things for families to do together like this.. stomps foot and pouts..
I so love the magnetic beads!! I bet my boys would have hours of fun there!
Wow this looks like such a fun museum. My boys would love to go there. The magnetic beads look very entertaining.
What a fun day! I'm planning to take my son there soon! I'm always worried about it being crowded, it looks like you chose a great day!
I would love to come to Boston and someday and take my boys there. Beatiful pictures and family.cheers
This looks like such a fun place, thanks for sharing. We would totally come and check it out, if we were closer.
Wow, that is one heck of a museum!! That's where I need to go if I'm ever in Boston – I'm so glad your entire family enjoyed it!
This museum looks awesome. If I am ever in the area I am definitely going to have to take my boys here.
You guys look like crazy aliens in infrared lol. I can see why the boys like going there so much. It certainly looks like a very entertaining museum!
It looks like so much fun! My boys like going to museums like that to. I wish we had one closer to our house.
This museum looks like a lot of fun! My kids always liked science museums.
We used to go there on field trps Haven't been there in probably 20 years though
cool pictures looks like they are having fun while learning 🙂
You take the best excursions. I still want to be your kid.
wow such cool fun! And it's HUGE at being 3-storeys tall. I think you'd need more than a day there 😛
We also went to a science museum this week-end. Glad we have a membership. It is spring break here and so much to do we didn't get to do everything.
What a great day! We love to visit museums! The light sphere – I love!
I love going to places like this with my kids. We have so much fun!
This place reminds me of our Center of Science and Industry, which also has three floors. We haven't been in a while, but now I want to go! Hopefully I will get to Boston to visit the Museum there as well.
I'm big on science and would love to visit this museum someday! Looks like there was plenty for the kids to explore!
I have not been here since I was 9! I really need to go back with my kids!
I love the Boston Museum of Science. I have many similar pictures of my own kids doing these same activities. Of course, its a big hike for us to get there so we don't go nearly as often as we'd like.
My kids love the MOS. They want to go on every school vacation. Sometimes we REALLY splurge and stay at a nearby hotel to extend the trip.
looks great, looks super educational with lots of great hands on activities!
I could play with those coloured magnetic beads All Day!
that looks like so much fun. I would love to see the gravity vs. static thing. that looks really interesting.
i swear i've been there, but regardless i wanna go! it looks awesome!
What a great place to get kids excited about Science. It is great to see them engaged in learning.
the museum is soooo cooolll… I would love to go there 😉
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Holy cow, I can't believe how much there is to do there. Seriously, that's like a week's worth of adventure.
Awesome, looks like such a fun place to visit! We have a museum of science here in Chicago, that's fun too!
I don't think this museum missed a thing! I really, really want to visit Boston!
Looks Like A Great Time Looks Like The Kids Had Fun!
This looks like so much fun! I wish we had things like this closer to us, but since we live in rural (meaning the middle of nowhere) Idaho, there is nothing 🙁 Thanks for sharing, if we ever make a trip to Boston we will be sure to stop!
WOW! What a great way to let them run loose and explore! I know mine would sure love it!
Looks like there's lots of fun and educational things to do there!
What a fun, learning experience for you kiddos! We have a Museum of Science in Oak Ridge, TN. We went once a long time ago. It would be fun to revisit someday. Happy WW!
Why don't we make all schools like this, too?
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That place looks amazing!!! We went to a Science Museum like this in Lancaster, PA while we were on vacation. The boys had a blast and that's when they were young. I bet they would love it more if we did it again this summer. 🙂 Though maybe we should check out Boston's!
I love the Boston Museum of Science. I've been going there for years! It's always fun to see the stuff that's been there since I was a kid. Of course, there's lots of new stuff too. Hours of entertainment for sure!
I have never been to the Boston Science museum. I will have check it out during my next visit to the city.
I went to a science museum when I was 8 with school and they had one of the electricity globe things. we all loved it trying to give each other little electric shocks. Really want to take my kids there, they would love it. It was the best school trip that I ever went on
posting again to say that those magnetic beads would be a popular part of the visit for us too!
Aw, how cool!
The 6YO and I LOVE the Boston Museum of Science. It was one of our favorite day trips when we lived in the Boston area. Sniff sniff still miss it, although Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry is pretty great too. But it doesn't have dinosaurs. (You have to go to the Field for that).
Have you stumbled upon the Discovery Center yet? It's a section reserved for the younger set (up to age 8). Your boys might be too old for it, but it was great fun for my daughter and I back in the day. http://caterpickles.com/2011/08/10/what-to-do-on-your-43rd-visit-to-the-boston-museum-of-science/
My favorite day at the Museum of Science though, was the day The 6YO and I ran around the museum trying to figure out whether dinosaurs had belly buttons. http://caterpickles.com/2012/07/23/did-dinosaurs-have-belly-buttons-a-caterpickles-investigative-report/
Love your blog.
It looks like a great museum!
When you are in California, if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, take the boys to the restored WWII submarine Pampanito at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco and the the U.S.S. Hornet, the WWII-era aircraft carrier at Alameda in the East Bay. Pampanito rescued some British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea and Hornet recovered the space capsule for the Apollo Mission. They have the space capsule on the hangar deck of the ship. This Hornet, CV 12, is at Pier 3 at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, the same pier from which its predecessor Hornet CV8 took on the B-25 bombers used in Jimmy Doolittle's raid on Tokyo in April of 1942. Hornet CV8 was lost the following October in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. CV12 was under construction and scheduled to be christened Kearsarge, but since the Navy has had a Hornet since the late 1700s, CV12 was renamed Hornet.
Your museum posts are always so awesome. I love the beautiful pictures you share with us. I love taking trips to the museum. The last two I visited are in Virginia.
Love that museum! And I totally miss Boston now.
I'd have a hard time getting Gord outta there!
I use to love taking my kids to places like that. I sure miss it…
That looks like so much fun. I'd love to visit there one day…
This place looks amazing! Both my boys love dinosaurs so they would love that dino exhibit.
It sounds so much fun and educational at the same time.
You go to the most awesome places. Would you adopt me?
This is so cool. Such a great outing for the kids. Fun and educational, can't beat that! I love the infrared picture. I want one
What a treat to visit such an exciting museum. There is a very similar museum in San Francisco and it is always so fun to visit, even as an adult!
Wow! Looks like there was SO much to do there! Great experience for all of you!
Cool museum! I haven't ever been to Boston, but am looking forward to going to the Smithsonian in DC at the end of this month for the first time in years.
We have never been to Boston, but we used to visit a similar museum in Birmingham, Alabama. This one looks like lots of fun!
TFS…I hope I can visit it sooon…we will be posted in NY and Boston is definitely in my list…Bo et Obi must be pretty excited :D…
Wow. Looks like they have a lot to offer. I like hands on trips for the kids.
wow my son would flip for this place he is all about science for sure.
I am a nerd at heart & I loved science museums as a kid. I would've loved this place!
I love taking my girls to science museums. Not only do they learn something but every time we go, so do I!
My kids love going to children's museums. Looks like your kids had a blast!
This looks so amazing! It looks like a comprehensive museum that would keep the kids busy for hours. I LOVE the hands on exhibits bc most kids learn best that way.
We love children's museums! I love dinasour bones too. lol
That is such an awesome museum! My favorite ones are where kids can do all sorts of hands-on activities like that. I think it really helps them remember the lesson.
I truly miss my younger days – we used to go to these type of science museum and its always fun and full of learning.
I am not a science person but I still do love the science museum. It's fun to see the kids engaged!
I haven't been there in Eons.
What a cool science museum to visit! Your folks surely had a blast by the looks of their smiling faces. I like that they have a huge t-rex!
The science museum looks really cool. I liked the fact that both your sons were so engrossed in all the activities. My little one loves dinosaurs, so she would have been excited to see the fossil.
Oh my gosh, this place looks cool! I'm going to tell my husband about it. Maybe we'll plan a trip to Boston and include this!
My son would be all over this one. He loves science. 🙂
There's an awesome science one in Manhattan and I took the kids too when we lived there. I've never been to Boston but have friends and family living there. If I'm ever there I'll have to check this out!
I love all the hands on exhibits….it's such a great way to learn! We have a science museum in Dallas very similar to that one and love it.
I love how you keep bringing your kids and us readers to places like these. Fun and educational!
Our family loves science museums and that looks like a pretty fun one to visit!


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I am using Agilent Technoligies MSO-X 3024A oscilloscope to connect it via USB to LabVIEW. I have installed the driver, found through Labview help.
When I run example vi's of the driver for instance "Series Acquire Waveform", it put my oscilloscope in default settings (a message appears on the oscilliscope) and then hangs it (osc).
There is no output/waveform on the vi front panel. It would also hang the vi as it would take a while to stop the simulation. Then I would have to restart the oscilloscope to make it functional.
I have tried Driver Revision: 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, but same problem.
I tried making my own vi, but same problem.
I tried reading the status from Measurement & Automation, it reads back the device id that matches the device id on the oscilloscope.
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I like the buy side of Celgene (CELG) at these levels: I still see this stock as being within a healthy uptrend, and I like that it is above both the 200- and 50-day simple moving averages. In addition, the bullish pattern of higher highs and lows will remain intact as long as the price remains above the Oct. 9 low.
Note that the most recent high was made just short of a 1.272 extension of the prior swing (many moves terminate at such levels), and since then we have seen a symmetrical correction that looks as though it may be terminating right about now.
I'm betting on a resumption of the rally in Celgene against a key price support cluster at the $146.58-to-$147.17 area, which the stock tested as a grouping of Fibonacci time cycles was also evident. On the daily chart below, you can see the confluence of five cycles that came due between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31. The fact that timing coincided with the price test strengthens this setup.
So far, a low has been made at $147.23. As long as the price continues to hold above this key price-support cluster, I would take buy triggers in Celgene, looking for a minimum upside target in the $165.56 area.
The stock has already triggered an entry on the 15-minute chart. A bullish options strategy should be considered.
I will consider myself wrong if price falls $1 below the low end of the price-cluster zone at $146.58 -- my stop level. At that point, I would exit my call spread.


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Dental extraction causing neuralgia
I had 2 molars removed,which had extremely long roots. Ever since,I have had extreme burning, stabbing pain which lasts 24 hours a day. This has been going on for 5 months and I am about to lose my mind. I have lost weight. I cannot sleep because it wakes me up at all hours. I saw an oral surgeon who looked at my CT scan and told me he could do nothing. What is going on?
It is not uncommon for a patient to have a temporary loss of sensation after extractions if the roots are near the main body of the nerve. In your case, it appears that you have acquired some type of neuralgia that is associated with the extractions.
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My blog has been rather neglected of late, and there are two reasons. One is the new project I've been working on, regarding the serious issue of Vampire Hedgehogs (read my post about it, or go straight to the website). But the thing that has really taken up my time is playing Civilization V.
Civ (in all its versions) is quite simply the most addictive game I've played. In fact, given that I don't smoke or take drugs, it may just be the most addictive thing I've experienced in my entire life. It eats up every evening and then eats several more hours when I really should be asleep.
The addictive element lies in the turn-based nature of the game. And this takes you by surprise because you'd think it would be slow, with natural breaks where you could stop playing, certainly compared to the high octane excitement of a shooty game. But a FPS has levels that you finish, and then happily go to bed. Civ is fiendishly constructed so that the end of every turn is like the end-of-series cliffhanger for your favourite TV show. You crave to find out how the other nations will react to your troop movements, whether your units will survive the counter-attack. You know that one more turn will see the completion of your latest war machine, which is sure to turn the tide of the war. And then once the computer has processed the other nations' turns, its so tempting to do the first couple of tasks in your turn, get that new unit into action to see how much it kicks ass, and before you know it your mouse is hovering over the Next Turn button once again.
The shortness of the turns is another issue. Particularly at the start of the game, turns take a minute or two at most, and taking 'just one more turn' doesn't seem like a big deal. It becomes a habit. But in the endgame, when you have ten-plus cities to monitor and fifty military units to coordinate, a turn can happily take half an hour – especially when there's lots of fighting and, if you're anything like me, you need to carefully work out the order that your units act in. No wonder those two hours from midnight to 2am seem to disappear so easily.
I realised the other night that during periods of 'peacetime', the game really isn't that exciting, but the addiction keeps me clicking, biding my time and building my strength for the next big war.
Now I'm reaching the end of my grand campaign, and have finally constructed a Giant Death Robot. This is the most powerful fighting unit in the game and the only fictional one (it's one of the few new elements in Civilization V, which is mostly simpler than Civ 4). It is rampaging across enemy territory just as I'd envisaged.
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Mr Blessed spoke to walkers at Harting Down, West Sussex on his last event before he steps down as president of the Council for National Parks.
Sunday's walk coincides with the 60th anniversary of the South Downs first being proposed as a National Park.
Campaigners want the Low Weald reinstated into the proposed park.
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A revised map of the proposed boundaries published on Monday by the government leaves out Liss and Petersfield in Hampshire, and Midhurst and Petworth in West Sussex.
An inspector who heard evidence at the public inquiry, which ended in March 2005, also proposed excluding Lewes, Steyning, Arundel and Ditchling in Sussex.
A public consultation runs until 13 August.
"We are delighted that the inspector has recommended that the South Downs should become England's 10th National Park," said Kate Ashbrook, chairman of the council.
"However, six weeks is not long enough to digest and respond to this important consultation.
"Given the radical proposals to exclude a large chunk of the Low Weald in Hampshire and West Sussex there needs to be more time.
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Sale -- that saving grace for the budget-conscious fashion lover -- is the word of the day. We round up the best end-of-season shopping events to mark on your calendar.
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The new Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is jointly promoting the new-format Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) conference and exhibition with Dubai Air Show organizer Fairs & Exhibitions (F&E). MEBA will be staged at the Airport Expo Dubai center in the United Arab Emirates on January 31 and February 1, the venue having been switched from nearby Abu Dhabi.
MEBA was first held as a one-day conference on the eve of last year's Dubai Air Show, which is also held at the Airport Expo Dubai center. The revised timing positions MEBA less than a week before the NBAA-sponsored Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), to be held February 6 and 7 in Hong Kong.
Companies that intend to participate in both events–which target the world's key emerging markets for business aviation– will likely have to move directly from Dubai to Hong Kong.
New MEBAA chairman Ali Ahmed Al Naqbi and F&E chairman Virginia Kern signed the partnership agreement during the Farnborough airshow in July. "This event is totally aligned with the association's goals of enhancing safety, security, efficiency and expansion of business aviation in the Middle East, which, with annual growth rates of 18 percent a year, is now outstripping that of Asia–the region previously acknowledged as the global engine driver for the industry," said Al Naqbi, who is also president of finance and administration for Abu Dhabi's Amiri Flight government/royal flight department.
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MEBA 2007 is being organized under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation and chairman of the Emirates Group. "MEBA will ensure that the global aviation industry keeps its eyes on the Middle East and its emerging aerospace infrastructure," commented Sheikh Ahmed. "This is a market that no one can afford to ignore."
Dubai was chosen as the venue for MEBA largely because of industry demand for an airside facility immediately adjoining the exhibition center. "We do, however, have plans to roll out MEBA annually around the region as and when appropriate facilities become available," explained Kern.
In recent years, the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva has been drawing increasing numbers of exhibitors and visitors from the Middle East. It remains to be seen whether the advent of a dedicated show for the Middle East will affect this trend at May's EBACE event.
According to Alison Weller, F&E director of aerospace, the MEBA conference will be structured to interest business aircraft buyers and operators. Though no specific speakers have been announced yet, the first day's agenda will focus on "the people at the back of the plane," and the second day will be aimed at aircraft operators and service providers. Among the topics to be debated are alternatives to full aircraft ownership.
MEBAA itself was established in May as the world's latest regional business aviation trade association. Its founding members include Abu Dhabi-based charter operator Royal Jet, Saudi Arabia's National Air Services and Bexair of Bahrain, along with supplier members Gulfstream, Jet Aviation and JetEx.
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In addition to operator and supplier members, who have full voting rights, MEBAA welcomes non-voting affiliate members who have established interests in Middle East business aviation but who do not fit the other two categories.
More information is available from the MEBA show Web site at www.meba.aero. MEBAA itself can be found at www.mebaa.com.
Before MEBA 2007, Airport Expo Dubai will host the International Helicopter Technology & Operations exhibition from December 5 through 7 (www.dubai helishow.com). The inaugural show held in 2004 attracted more than 2,500 industry visitors from 20 countries, including official delegations from the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.