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New Meade 80mm ED APO
Posted 01 April 2007 - 12:15 PM
First, this scope is a real looker! The photos you see of it in the mags & online do not do it justice. It's bright white with contrasting Meade blue trim with a bit of bright sliver makes for a handsom scope indeed. I also have the matching diagonal & when it's all put together and a nice fat 2 inch eyepiece is installed the thing looks like eye candy! Yup, pure nerd nervana.... if you know what I mean. The build quality is tops, this scope shows quality of material and build workmanship from every angle!
Of course pretty is as pretty does, so on to the mechanics. The only other 80mm scope I've ever had my hands on is the Orion 80ED, the WO scope I own is a 66mm version. With this as my point of referrence I can say that in every way, stem to stern, the Meade scope is far far above the Orion scope in build and quality, so much so that I feel they are hard to compare. I even think the Meade scope edges the WO scope I own in this regard, but they are very much more comparable in quality and build. But, since there are a lot of Orion 80ED owners out there like me who are probably looking at the Meade scope and wondering about the upgrade, I'll try to use the Orion scope as a frame of refference more so than the William Optics scope.
First, at the front of the scope there is a screw on machined metal dust cap rather than a push on plastic one. Mine is anodized black, I think I would have liked it better in Meade blue, but I think I'll like it more after a trip to the local trophy shop for some engraving, I'll have my observatory's name put on it (Antique Photons Observatory) and the date the scope was put into service. Next, the dew shield is a sliding type (yippee!!) in bright white with the Meade blue sliding coupler at it's base. The sliding action is smooth and firm with no hint of any wiggle at all. As small as the scope is when the dew shield is slid all the way down I think this scope will make a perfect travel companion, easily fitting in overhead compartments on airplanes and such.
Much to-do has been made about the Orion 80ED's doublet objective by those who are into astrophotography including myself. Meade one-ups the Orion scope by installing a triplet in the Series 5000 80ED APO which purportedly will offer a high class of color correction. As most are aware the Orion doublet suffers from residule CA, this new triplet design should all but eliminate this. The Meade scope also one-ups the Orion scope in field of view at 480mm as opposed to 600mm, the extra will be nice to have when imaging larger nebula as I do often. For purely visual use I would expect to see better color correction across the field and especially on brighter objects. Colorful double stars at high power should be awesome using this scope! Time will tell, I hope the weather holds!!
One area where higher quality will effect all concerned is in the focuser. Many many Orion 80ED owners, including myself, have spent extra money upgrading the focuser on the Orion scope. No doubt this is the one area where that particular scope fails to meet expectations. Not so with the Meade 80ED APO. First, the focus knobs do not have those silly rubber grip rings around them, you know, the ones that dry rot in the first season of use then crack & fall off leaving behind what feels like a tire rim to the touch. I've gone through 3 sets of them & finally just wrapped the darned things with electrical tape, yikes! The Meade knobs are solid machined metal, as they should be. Other than the knobs there are 4 things I look for in a focuser, as a user I must be able to adjust critical collimation of the focuser to the objective in some way be it via adjustment screws, shims, or whatever, it must not wiggle at any point in it's travel, it must offer smooth operation under load, and it absolutely positively must hold it's critical focus postion under the load of a heavy camera or eyepiece. To the extent that these four things can be tested in daylight I can report that the Meade focuser meets or exceeds all of these expectations, in my opinion Meade has even outdone themselves as this focuser is even better than the one that was installed on the Meade 102ED that I owned a while back.
Questions that remain unanswered at this point include those of triplet collimation, focuser to objective collimation, field curvature edge to edge of the objective, and to what extent the new triplet corrects CA. These of course will have to be answered via star testing at night. Now I'm off to the observatory to mount this new beauty on the pier mounted MI-250 & get it ballanced & ready for what looks like a good night here in Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain almost constantly. As testing progresses I'll add more to this thread and welcome the thoughts & observations of other owners of this scope.
127mm ED APO - Just a note here. I've read on Yahoo Groups that this scope has been delayed for various reasons. I want one so bad I can't stand it, just like the rest of you nervana seeking nerds, but to be honest I want it to be right when I get it so if it takes a little longer to come to market because Meade is demanding high quality performance then I say so be it. I'd rather wait for a really good scope than get something that was rushed to market and does not meet the high level of quality performance I've come to expect. OK, off the soap box & on to the observatory!!
Posted 02 April 2007 - 07:05 PM
Having mounted & balanced the new scope on the MI-250 I prepared for a night of testing under zero wind conditions with clear sky. I wanted to test both visual and photographic ability, seeing was about 2.5 out of 5 which is typical for this time of year and the moon lit up the area almost as if it were day time.
First for visual. I used a 35mm Panoptic, 17mm Nagler, 9mm Meade, and 6.4mm Meade eyepieces. Since the moon was super bright I went to it first. Regardless of the eyepiece I saw a faint yellow halo on the edge of the moon. I tried to reach critical focus to see if it would fade away, it didn't ... or I didn't, but it did become so faint that one would have to really look for it to notice it at all. I spent about an hour on the moon, running the focuser in and out slightly chasing seeing and also used the 6.4mm eyepiece to see what could be resolved. Inner ringlets of craters are easily resolved, but seeing had them fading in and out so I didn't bother with smaller details than this. I'm very happy with what I saw through the scope and can only imagine how well it will perform under better conditions!
At this point my clear sky was being eaten up by a cloud bank rolling in from the West so I hurried to install the DSI Pro II & slewed over to NGC4565 which was not far from the moon. I shot & stacked 20 exposures of the galaxy at 30 seconds per exposure. I was not actually trying to image the galaxy but was more interested in the surrounding star field. I had round stars all the way to the edge of the test photo, and dust spots..... no time to clean the camera with the clouds rolling in. Flats will be required, the center of the photo is brighter than the edges as I expected but man what an awesome field of view! Perfect for large nebulas in HA and open clusters! I can't wait to get back out there and give some 10 minute HA exposures a try!
So far so good, nothing I didn't expect other than the clarity and resolving power of this little scope on the moon. I'll be doing some further star testing in the near future and will post photos taken with it as time permits. In my opinion this scope is a keeper! Good quality inside and out and one would be very hard pressed to find another like it for the same money. It makes me want the 127mm even more!
Posted 09 April 2007 - 11:22 AM
In fact...well let's just see how the summer finances go, but in the meantime a question for you:
How does the new 80mm APO connect with the DSI PRO II? Can you thread the Pro II into the 80mm APO?
Any advice on this would be helpful since I would be using this scope for at home imaging with the Pro II and film imaging when I can get out to dark skies.
Thanks in advance for your great review and any advice!
Posted 11 April 2007 - 07:39 PM
The 80 mm APO is a very nice scope.
The dsi can connect to it via the 1.25 barrel and 2 inch to 1.25 reducer or you can pick up a 2 inch to T thread adapter.
Ive captured many images with the DSI -80 mm APO combo.
MTSO Observatory
Fife Lake, Mi.
Posted 12 April 2007 - 01:10 PM
Thanks for your advice. I've checked out your photos through the 80 APO and they are just amazing!!
It looks like a great scope and I think I'm going to be putting it on my list of things to get.
Posted 12 April 2007 - 06:32 PM
You wont be dissapointed.
MTSO Observatory
Fife Lake, Mi.
Posted 14 April 2007 - 07:00 AM
Weather has not been good here for awhile now. Lot's of rain this time of year but I hope to get back out with the new scope and do some imaging soon.
Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:40 PM
Leo Trio: http://www.pbase.com.../image/77288057
M51: http://www.pbase.com.../image/77290820
I'll get the color for these next time.
Posted 16 April 2007 - 09:02 PM
Those photos are amazing! Wow, I really can't believe that is your first light with the 80 APO and the Pro II!
Man oh man, too many good things out there right now...the 80 APO is on my list
Awesome first light Matt!
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 12:31 PM
I seem to have some trouble with the focusser. When I tighten it up enough to keep control of the foccusser tube, the fine adjustment seems to go away and it becomes 'jumpy' and hard to turn. Is there something wrong with how I have adjusted it? If I back it off enough to make it smooth, it won't move the focusser tube.
Second thing, it seems Meade has cancelled the 127mm version of the scope_is this true?
Posted 16 October 2007 - 06:12 PM
It should loosen up with use.
And due to quality control issues Meade has decided to cancel the 127 apo.
They couldnt get the quality from the builders they wanted.
MTSO Observatory
Fife Lake, Mi.
Posted 20 December 2007 - 10:43 PM
However, with the design of the Meade 80ED Triplet, I cannot use the same setup because of the mounting bracket.
I know that one option is to remove the mounting bracket and use the rings but would like to know what dovetail and brackets other folks are using that support the mounting bracket on the scope.
Thanks - Dennis
Posted 21 December 2007 - 06:54 AM
I removed the Mounting block Via the 1 screw and have mine mounted to the LX200R with the losmandy ring and rail system.
MTSO Observatory
Fife Lake, Mi.
Posted 27 December 2007 - 08:43 PM
I look forward to your reply.
Posted 28 December 2007 - 09:06 AM
If I remember correctly it was a single screw.
It had a hax head so you can use an allen wrench to remove it.
Im not sure on the sixe right now.
MTSO Observatory
Fife Lake, Mi.
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In commercial real estate brokerage the prospecting letter process really works. To be successful at it you need to plan the process and control your actions as you progress.
Why will the 'letter' process help your prospecting efforts today? Well, it's because the letters are less inclined to be 'binned'; that is of course if you plan them correctly and follow the rules.
Here are some facts in comparing letters to emails:
- Prospecting emails are not very successful at all. Most of the people you send them to will delete the communication quickly. As a by-product of the process you must have their approval to communicate in that way, otherwise you will be breaking the laws on 'spam'.
- A letter is very professional as long as you do not 'overdo it'. In commercial real estate the best letter is compiled on one single page. The contents should be contained in no more than 4 paragraphs. Sign the letter personally in blue ink. Ensure that your signature is legible and professional (don't sign in a 'scrawl' as it sends the wrong message).
- Create the correspondence to introduce your upcoming telephone call. Make the call a few days after the letter has been received. The prospect will be expecting your call and will be more inclined to take it.
- Always put your business card in the envelope. Don't put anything else in a prospecting letter. The object is to sell yourself and your upcoming telephone call. Don't confuse the message with bulky brochures on other issues and property matters. Focus on the one thing that is important, and that is your upcoming telephone call.
- Design the letter for the person you are writing to. In other words you should have separate letters covering sales, leasing, property management, and retail. Get away from the generic approach and be specific to a part of the industry. Sell your upcoming telephone call on that basis.
- Get a reference book on 'words that sell' or 'phrases that sell'. Add a few words from the books into your letter to increase readability.
- Every good prospecting letter should have a great headline. You want the person to read the message. Perhaps the headline you use could reflect local property activity or changes. Understand the concerns of the market and match the letter to the focus of investors, property owners, or tenants as the case may be.
- The letters should be sent every 60 to 90 days. As part of that process, follow-up as many of the letters that you can. It directly follows that you should not send out too many at once and thereby create a situation where you cannot make the calls.
This is a system of prospecting. The letters are part of the bigger picture. They do not replace cold calling, but they add to the momentum that you would have in other prospecting processes. Start using the system as a boost to your market share.

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So You wanna Know what's truth and what's Fact with the Columbine Massacre? Well here it is:
The 1999 Columbine High School massacre has had much attention from conspiracy
theorists, suggesting many scenarios near Denver and Littleton, Colorado on the
1 The Third and Fourth Man
2 You Are Being Lied To
3 Other conspiracies
4 References
The Third and Fourth Man:
On April 21, a press conference was held by Jefferson County District Attorney
David Thomas and Sheriff John Stone, saying that they suspected that other
people helped plan the shooting. This, coupled with suggestions that Harris
and Klebold couldn't possibly have brought so many explosives into the
building by themselves, fueled many imaginations.
According to transcripts from the police, two boys wearing trenchcoats were
seen at the front of the school at the exact same time another pair, only one
of which was wearing a trenchcoat, were seen at the rear of the school.
A man on the roof was assumed to be a possible third shooter by the police. It
was later discovered to have been a roofing repairman who was scheduled to do
maintenance on the library's roof and had remained hidden there after hearing
shots fired by Harris and Klebold.
In the infamous cafeteria clip some say a dark figure is in the back holding
what some say may be a gun.
You Are Being Lied To:
In the book You Are Being Lied To, published by disinfo.com, several
irregularities are raised, including:
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a 'dark-skinned, ugly' man as one of the
shooters. This has led some conspiracy theorists to speculate that al-Qaeda
(or a similar organization) had involvement in the Columbine shooting.
Other conspiracies:
The intended and actual dates of the massacre have been extensively commented
upon by those with a numerological bent, with links noted to the Oklahoma City
bombing, the Waco siege, Adolf Hitler's birthday, the Apollo 16 Moon landing
and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Articles from the Associated Press state that ballistics from Columbine show
that six of the thirteen victims were possibly shot and killed by Jefferson
County SWAT (AP, December 7th, 2001, "Columbine Student Killed by Cop"; AP,
December 8th, 2001, "Rohrbough, Ballistics show police killed Daniel"). In
2002, an independent investigation disproved accusations against the Jefferson
County sheriff's department to the satisfaction of Daniel Rohrbough's parents,
the chief proponents of this theory.
Another is that Klebold didn't commit suicide, but was murdered by Harris. In
a picture of the boys after they killed themselves, it shows that Klebold's
shotgun is allegedly too far out of his reach for him to have shot himself
with. However, these photos were taken after police had moved and disarmed the
weapons, as you can see the magazines on the ground. Some believe this because
in the last basement video that hasn't been made public yet, Klebold mentions
he is Jewish. Harris, who was at times pro Nazi in his diary entries, having
drawn several swastikas was shocked at it. As Klebold attempted to explain he
was half, Harris simply said "Well that's too bad." Klebold sat there for a
moment, as if he was afraid Harris would turn on him.
^ Catherine Tsai (18 April 2002), Cop Cleared In Columbine Death, CBS News,
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The Outsiders are entities that "live" beyond the Outer Gates. Mortal magic has little or no effect upon them, due to which it takes centuries of study by the oldest wizards on the planet to even slow them down. However, the Knights of the Cross are able to affect them with their power of faith.
The only specific Outsider encountered in the series so far is He Who Walks Behind, whom Harry defeated when he was sixteen, and when he was summoned in Blood Rites. It is debated whether the Lord of Slowest Terror mentioned in Blood Rites is an Outsider.
"While here we wait, O hunter of the shadows! We who cry out in need for thy strength, O Lord of Slowest Terror! May your right arm come to us! Send unto us your captain of destruction! Mastercraftsman of death! Let now our need become the traveler's road, the vessel for He Who Walks Behind!"
Lash/Lasciel had this to say about He Who Walks Behind:
He Who Walks Behind is an Outsider, Harry. A terrible creature, the most potent of the Walkers, a powerful knight among their ruling entities. But when he came for you, you overthrew him.


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Network Appliance is set to announce a new low-end network-attached storage appliance before the end of the month.
While the new FAS2000 series is designed for small and mid-size businesses, it also has enterprise technologies such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI, as well as Serial Attached SCSI disk drives. Further, it uses the Data OnTAP operating system and supports Fibre Channel and Serial ATA disk drives, and is upgradeable to FAS3000 and FAS6000 file servers.
The FAS2000 series has two models - the FAS2050 and the FAS2020. The FAS2050 has a capacity of 69TB and supports 104 non-removable disks. The FAS2020 has a capacity of 24TB and supports 40 non-removable disks. The FAS2050 has four Fibre Channel and four Gigabit Ethernet connections; the smaller FAS2020 has two of each. Each model supports 1GB of memory.
The FAS2000 series is expected to replace the FAS270, which was introduced in 2002, and has a capacity of 16TB and 56 drives.
Like other NetApp filers, the FAS2000 series supports Microsoft's Common Internet File System, the Unix/Linux Network File System, the Fibre Channel Protocol, iSCSI, HTTP, FTP and TFTP. It also supports the Network Data Management Protocol, which controls the backup of heterogeneous devices.
Although Network Appliance declined to comment on the new appliances, sources indicate that the systems will ship to customers in September.


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Hot off the heels of its breakthrough album, "Music for the Masses," British synth pop group Depeche Mode embark on the last leg of its 1989 North American tour. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker is on hand to document the trek from New York to California, focusing his lens on the band, its fans, but the minutiae of tour life. The documentary culminates with Depeche Mode's final performance of the tour at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
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This Saturday, April 2, 2016, students will visit the famed House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI to see an architectural work of genius! The house sits on top of a 60 foot (~18 meter) column of rock, and is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous architect from Richland Center, WI.
The House on the Rock itself is a large house filled with a collection of antiques and odd knick-knacks. Rooms each have a theme, and there are many musical oddities and carnival-like additions all over.
The House itself attracts visitors from all over the United States who want to walk in the Infinity Room, a room that seems to stretch on forever due to the shape. The room itself is actually designed to a point, and extends out over the forest below the House on the Rock.
After we visit the House, we will also check out the Cave of the Mounds nearby. The Cave of the Mounds is a gorgeous limestone cave located in Blue Mounds, WI. It is a fantastic experience to walk through the cave and witness structures that have taken thousands of years to form.
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Live Long and Thrive: How Mindfulness Slows the Aging ProcessMay 21st, 2012 by Madeline
Are you interested in something you can do for yourself to slow the aging process, and enhance the quality and length of your life? Then you'll be interested in the emerging body of scientific research on stress, aging, and mindfulness, a practice correlated with a protective effect on our cells. By taking up a regular mindfulness practice you can improve your well-being, slow the aging process, and help protect yourself against the most common diseases of aging.
Chromosomes 101
At the heart of this story are chromosomes – the bundles of DNA in each of our cells – especially the tips, or end caps, of chromosomes called "telomeres". Telomeres are like the protective ends on shoelaces that keep them from fraying. Telomeres are necessary for a cell to divide in a healthy way. Each time a normal cell divides, the telomeres become shorter and shorter. Ultimately, the cell's telomeres become so short it can no longer divide. The result is that the cell dies. Historically this shortening of telomeres was thought to be a one-way street: shorter telomeres meant the aging and death of cells, and eventually the living thing made up of these cells.
However, new research concludes that telomere shortening is neither inevitable, nor a one-way street. Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, and her colleagues, discovered why. In 2009 they received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Telomerase – a protective enzyme in our cells that actually replenishes and lengthens telomeres. More telomerase means longer telomeres, and thus longer and healthier cell life, and presumably longer life for the organism. As you can imagine, the implication of Blackburn's discovery for the treatment of age related disease, and the investigation of the aging process, is now growing rapidly.
Stress and Telomere Length
Many common diseases of aging are associated with shorter telomeres: cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, weakened immune system, and cardiovascular disease. Research has linked chronic stress to shortened telomere length. Interestingly, pessimism in post-menopausal women shortens telomeres as well. Chronic stress wears down our telomeres and causes our cells, and our bodies, to age and die more rapidly. But what happens to telomere length when we learn to positively change the way we manage stress? Studies now show that reducing stress and increasing positive states of mind, particularly through the practice of mindfulness, promotes telomere maintenance and lengthening!
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness, as taught in the 8-week program "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction" or "MBSR," is one of the most extensively studied methods for reducing stress and improving quality of life and overall health. Mindfulness is the skill of paying attention, on purpose, in the moment, without judgment. It's considered an inherent aspect of human consciousness, and it can be strengthened through a variety of mental training techniques collectively known as mindfulness meditation.
How Does a Mindfulness Practice Result in Longer Telomeres?
The evidence reveals that mindfulness meditation practices are associated with increased levels of telomerase, the enzyme that protects, replenishes, and even lengthens telomeres. Researchers believe this is so because mindfulness promotes the adaptive regulation of emotion and reactivity, and is linked to greater psychological well-being. Mindfulness practice decreases rumination (the pattern of revisiting negative thoughts), while it increases the intensity and frequency of positive and pro-social emotions like empathy, kindness and compassion for yourself and others.
"We have found that meditation promotes positive psychological changes, and that meditators showing the greatest improvement on various psychological measures had the highest levels of [the chromosome protecting enzyme] Telomerase." Clifford Saron, PhD University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain
Researchers believe that cultivating positive mental states, and decreasing negative moods and thinking, through a regular mindfulness practice, results in a "stress-buffering" benefit for our cells. This positive change boosts our levels of telomerase which replenishes and lengthens telomeres and the life-span of our cells. In this way a mindfulness practice buffers cells against the long-term wear and tear effects of stress, and is thus believed to slow the rate of cellular aging.
Blackburn, E. H. Telomeres and Telomerase: The means to the end. Nobel Lecture by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, delivered December 7, 2009 at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (retrieved from www.nobelprize.org)
Epel, E. et. al. Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009 August; 1172: 34–53.
Jacobs, T. L. et. al. Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2010)


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We're always searching for the interesting ways Mustang enthusiasts show their pride and these tattoos set the bar. You can classify these tattoos anywhere from "huge fan" to "all-out fanatic," as these two guys have gone above and beyond to let everyone know what their ride of choice is.
Kent Knox wanted to show off how much Mustang and the Blue Oval meant to him. He went with "Mustang 5.0" and the iconic running pony to complement a tribute to his father's favorite car of all-time–a 1987 Ford Mustang 5.0 convertible.
"What better way to show your love for Mustang than a tattoo," said Knox. "I love Mustangs and wanted to show everyone. Plus, it's a pretty sweet tattoo."
It's true–you really need to be devoted to the Mustang lifestyle to get one tatted on and for Kent, taking that leap was an easy choice. Kent is hoping he can spread his pride to his children and live the father-son-Mustang dream together:
"I'm passing on my love for Mustang to my two boys," he said. "One day, I hope to have a Mustang project car that we can restore together. That would be my dream come true."
The second tattoo is that of Johnny Mariotti, a Chicago, Illinois native. Through his childhood, John fancied cars like the 1969 Mustang and became an avid reader of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords. Further fueling his passion for Pony cars and his fondness of Vaughn Gittin Jr., he decided to go with a tattoo of Gittin's custom 1969 Mustang RTR-X on his left arm.
"It is a lifestyle and personality," said Mariotti. "There is a camaraderie that separates us from import car enthusiasts or Chevy, for example. We are a humble group, because we represent the car for the everyday guy."
And he's certainly right, there is a general camaraderie that exists between members of the Mustang community that goes far beyond the occasional thumbs up when two Mustangs travel past one-another.
The car might be changing how it looks for the 2015 model year. It might sound different and it might even feel slightly different, but the community will remain the same and the Mustang's legacy will not only live on, but continue to grow as we welcome more new faces to the ranks. Tattoos like these and Facebook pages devoted to Mustang-themed tattoos are sure signs that the Mustang's lifeblood runs deep and that won't be changing anytime soon.
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This is the craziest week EVER! Both the NY Toy Fair and NY Fashion Week are going on at the same time. I can barely keep up as I write about BOTH.
Jeremy Piven unveiled Team Hot Wheels at the New York Toy Fair today. As part of its new brand campaign launching in 2011, Hot Wheels aims to capture the world's attention and deliver thrilling vehicle experiences to guys of all ages.
More information about Team Hot Wheels™ can be found online at Facebook and Twitter


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Strong winds have caused a crane on a construction site to fall on to a busy road in Israel. The crane fell on to the motorway in central Tel Aviv on 25 October, after being battered by wind and rain.
No one was hurt, and no damage was caused by the collapse. The area is experiencing extremely high winds at the moment, with reports of power outages and flooding across the city.
Israeli media sources are reporting that tens of thousands of people remained without power as a result of the extreme weather. The local meteorological service says the rainstorm is expected to last until 29 October.


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Well...here we go.
HAHAHAHA I L.O.V.E. Brian Regan and I'm so glad that he has come out with a new DVD. His piece on Saturday was priceless! The part I just quoted was when he's bashing (quite well) on psychics who 'talk with the dead'. It was awesome.
Second favorite part: when he's discussing Pluto's planet status and some guy from the crowd just yells "The big yellow one is the Sun!!" Haha it was awesome because he goes, thanks for that, we're doing a tv special right now haha. I can't wait to watch it again.
In other news: Football is back!! And I'm going to get my trashed kicked by my loving father. Ha, my fantasy team is maybe phenomenal but this week it wasn't arranged correctly, as evidenced by the fact that my bench has more points that my team and I didn't even score that low. But I'll do better next week. In the mean time my dad is going to have a one up on me. Unless of course Adrian Peterson scores some major touchdowns tomorrow night, which we all know is possible! I'm also glad that Brett Favre won on his first game as a Jet after the Packers let him go thinking him outdated. I love the guy, he carried my fantasy team last year and I love it. All I can say I hope this season is good (Tom Brady isn't too hurt so he can trash everyone else...) and my team doesn't go from fantasy to fantnasty!!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
I don't want to step on anyone's beliefs here....
Well...here we go.
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3 comments:
- Kara said...
Ahh, that was my fave line too! I think I'm going to start using that in my lectures- you know, preface it when I have to cover those touchy topics we were talking about at lunch? Nobody'd be offended by that, right?
My other favorite part was at the beginning when he was talking about how you never hear anything bad about reading, and then did the debate between the professor and the non-reader. I can't even quote what he was saying as the person who hated reading because it was something only he could pull off, but it was HILARIOUS! I'm going to show that clip in the beginning of my classes from now on before I show my students how many books they have to read for the semester.
- Sunday, 07 September, 2008
- Heidi said...
Oh YES!! I love it, it was awesome. And then the professor just straightens his tie and goes, I rest my case. I'm giving the rest of my time to my opponent, it's only fair.
There's one part where he said "well that's Handy" in such a hilarious way, I'm going to incorporate that into my vocabulary but I can't remember why he said it...I guess I'll just have to watch it again.
- Sunday, 07 September, 2008
- Kara said...
Oh, I don't remember that line either. Good thing I taped it!
- Monday, 08 September, 2008


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|Happy Hour with Lonna, Neil, Sini and Bob at our home. Lonna says "Peace baby".
One of our favorite things to do is to hang out at the beach, floating the hours away on our rafts or just chillin' on the sand. Everyone here has gotten quite used to seeing our decorated bikes with us sporting our back-pack beach chairs and baskets full of coolers of refreshing beverages.
Cedar Key has a fairly new pier that is huge and is always busy with fishermen and pelicans any time of day or night...depending on the tide. That's one thing you have to watch around here - whether boating or fishing, the tides are important! The pier is right on Dock Street, close to the little park and beach and most of the restaurants and shops that make up "downtown." It's all a mere 1.5 miles from our rv park - easy biking and walking distance, which really floats my boat!
an RV isn't really conducive to much shopping anyway. There is a small grocery store that even sports a meat counter, well kind of! You can find fresh baked bread, produce, and actually just about everything you'd need. From Thursday to Sunday there is a nice produce stand and many of the cafes keep these same hours. The Pyrate Isle is a great little sauce store where Bill found the makings for some fabulous ribs he cooked up one night.
Just up the street is a Dollar Store that has everything you need to set trail for a Hash! Of course, there's a liquor store and well, I guess that's just about it! We tend to hang out at The Big Deck for a couple of reasons...our new friend, Amy, works there, they allow dogs (good for Maria and Brian), and they actually have music, good food, and a great beer selection! We've been twice to the Island Room (kind of pricey but they have amazing specials on Mondays and Thursdays) and lately we've been frequenting the Island Hotel.
And last, but not least, we spend most everyday hanging out at the Low-Key Hideway Tiki Bar. It is literally stumbling distance from where we park. The sunset views are the very best, the beer selection pretty good, and the bar-keep extraordinary! I have mentioned Pat and Cindy in most every blog I've written about Cedar Key - they are one of "us"- full-timers who just happen to be temporarily parked right now, taking some time out to have a new and different experience. There have been many nights where we crowd-sourced our dinners on their gas bbq, some of these were quite epic!
|Low-Key Hideaway Tiki Bar Fun!!


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Juxtaposition Home
- Location: Newport Coast, CA
At first glance when entering the store it seems like any other home store, pretty slip covered couches, chairs, books and gifts but as you start to walk around fine details emerge. The slip covers are linen and quirky antique items start popping up such as a huge standing vintage light from an operating room, a large wooden gear standing 4ft tall, or a vintage illustration of butchers cow map. Jux's vintage pieces are sometimes oddly creepy [cow map, pinned beetles and butterflies to name a couple] but very, very cool.
Getting into Jux to photograph took a bit of work, apparently they are VERY sketchy about folks coming into to photograph [previous bad experiences with copy cats they said]. The staff gave me a "good luck" attitude when I inquired about a story but the owner is a fan of the site and via email said we could come back. A phone call to the owner when we arrived "confirming our photography ok" we saw the tight reigns on photographs again. I must say the staff was very helpful and friendly once our "security clearance" was confirmed. As expected, they were equally tight lipped about shopping trips and sources but the abundance of French, American and Chinese antiques leads me to believe the owner is a world traveler and a very keen shopping woman.
You will have to make a giant schlep to get to Jux'�ta�po�si�tion Home unless you live on that stretch of PCH we mentioned earlier [as they do not have a website]. But if you're going to be in the area stop in you won't regret it even if it's just to lookie-loo. While you're there be sure to look up at the ceiling to note the gigantic barn/industrial fans that span 4ft or so... they are very impressive! Or if you're a fashion magazine person keep a look out for a fashion editorial that was shot at their place for an upcoming Allure Magazine piece.


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7 NEW Favorite Art Supplies
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I never knew how good florescent paint could look until I met you Juliette, now I use Florescent orange and pink all the time! See you next week at Lucky Star Art Camp, I am so excited, it is finally here!ReplyDelete
that's so nice to hear, donna! neons always seem to make things brighter, but i always stick with reds, pinks and yellow. until now... orange is my stand out :) xoReplyDelete
Thanks for an awesome list of supplies. I just ordered that orange right now. And a pink one too, just for the heck of it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2013 at 8:42 PM
What do you do with the cookbooks, I have gads of them? Don't use them as much since Pinterest.ReplyDelete
I use the cook book pages in strips for adding layers to my background or a character's body. I also love cutting out a circle from the cook books and using that as the character's face. The Betty Crocker cook book is not glossy, so it works well with acrylics and takes the paint. I love seeing the ingredients to some of my favorite recipes in the painting when I'm done :)ReplyDelete


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text: My son was born 11 years ago with very severe Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. He spent 2 1/2 months in the hospital. He came home on oxygen and a whole list of medications. He has constantly been advancing. Four years ago when I encountered homeopathy and felt its healing power, I took him to see a homeopath as well. That year he had walking pneumonia.He had a course of antibiotics, but his blood oxygen level would not improve. The doctor gave him 5 days of steroids. He improved. Two days after the steroid was finished, his oxygen levels dropped again. I really did not want him to get a long term of steroids. So I took him to Dr Makkar. Within seconds of receiving his remedy, his oxygen level went up and stayed up. - Suresh Kumar


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He sat alone in darkest night;
He swore that there would be no fright.
The book he held contained no ghouls
But still it slowly grabbed his soul.
The sleep it seemed to come so slow
And then there was a sudden glow -
It came from pages held so tight
It came and brought an eerie light...
That pulled him up and pulled him in;
That pulled him out of his own skin.
It slowly pulled him inside out
Pulled so fast he could not shout.
The thing that came out of a book
And rapidly his soul it took -
And what was left he could not face
An emptiness was in his place.
The skin it fell in crepe-like folds
It sat there now so uncontrolled;
The eyes unblinking staring still
There was no hope, there was no will.
Yet from a distance far above
He asked how it could take hold of -?
For it was merely just a book -
And yet it came, his soul it took...
He stared down at the empty shell
The body that he knew so well -
Twisted now, grey and cold
Sitting there, green as mold.
He asked himself why did he sleep?
How could he know this thing would creep -
And steal him from all that he was
His graces yes, and all his flaws -
He thought and thought how do I go
Get back into the life I know?
The answer then it came indeed
A simple dream is all I need!
And so he drifted there alone
Not seeing flesh nor seeing bone;
Not knowing as he found his way
To that familiar form he'd stay -
Because he knew he'd never read
Another book on Halloween...


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Offaly win sees Leitrim into Shield final
After a hard fought Hastings Cup game in Ferbane on Saturday afternoon a battling Leitrim side came from behind to claim victory and a place in this Saturday's Hasting Cup Shield final against Roscommon, which will probably be played at a Longford venue, writes PJ Leddy.
Offaly dominated the first half and deservedly led by three points at halftime. But the Faithful County suffered a sever blow coming just before the break when their fullback, James Rigney who also operates in the same position for Offaly's senior team, was sent off for a second yellow card offence.
From the start of the second half Leitrim lifted their game and played with Great Spirit, when hitting six points while restricting Offaly to a single point in this final 30 minute period of the action.
Leitrim: Brendan Flynn; Dylan Keane, Mathew Murphy, Martin Clancy; James Flynn, Michael McWeeney 0 – 1, Thomas Mulvey; Shane Moran 0 – 2(2fs.), Conor Guckian 0 – 1; Donal Flynn 0 – 1, John Mulligan 0 – 1; Shane Quinn 0 – 1; Aidan Flynn 0 – 1; Martin Beirne 0 – 1, Peter McGowan. Subs: James Rooney for Clancy; Felim McHugh 0 – 1 for Moran; Ciaran Gilheaney for J. Flynn; Ciaran Matthynssens for Gilheaney; Ciaran Clinton 0 – 1 for McGowan.
Offaly: Mark Langtry; Conor Lowry, Eoin Rigney, James McPadden 0 – 1, Declan Morgan, Luke Kelly, Daire Corbett; Conor McNamee, James McKeowh, Stewy Cullen, Peter Cunningham 0 – 1, Stephen Hannon 0 – 1, Paul McPadden 0 – 2 (1f.), Joe Maher 0 – 1, Cian Hurley 0 – 2(2fs.). Subs: Barry Cushion 0 – 1 for McKeowh; Cian Donohue for Cunningham, John Flaherty for Hurley.
Referee: Michael Mannion (Westmeath).


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FOX (Mondays, 9 p.m. ET)
There's this senator (John Allen Nelson) whose wife (Joanne Kelly) disappears during a banquet. The investigation quickly turns up perverse clues, including a corpse frozen for decades and now left out to thaw in an abandoned house, perhaps as a taunt to the lead FBI agent (Gale Harold). There's supposedly a vast sinister conspiracy generating all of this, but its shadows just aren't felt strongly enough in the premiere. Even with the human popsicle, the case seems more like a good crusade for Nancy Grace than the starting point for a series.


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It was an eventful start to the Sakhir sprint race, a rather nondescript middle, but then an on-your-feet grandstand finish as the battle for victory in Bahrain was decided by a mere eight hundredths of a second at the line between Russian Time's Sam Bird and Carlin's Felipe Nasr.
It had been a nicely set-up sprint race grid for the race, which saw three British drivers in the top four and a juicy championship confrontation between tied leaders Fabio Leimer (Racing Engineering) and Stefano Coletti (Rapax) on row four. But it was Russian Time's Tom Dillmann who expected much as he led the 26-car grid round to lights to get the race underway underneath the cloudless blue skies gracing the 3.363-mile, 15-turn Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday morning.
A beautifully smooth start off the grid for Dillmann allowed him to cover off Adrian Quaife-Hobbs on the inside line. The MP Motorsport's driver tried to switch to the outside line but ended up running wide, contributing to a jumble among the pursuing pack that saw several bumps and scraps including Saturday feature race star Alexander Rossi losing the front wing of his Caterham in a collision with Leimer. Rio Haryanto (Barwa Addax) and the perennially luckless Marcus Ericsson (DAMS) also sustained damage that had them needing to take to pit lane before resuming.
Dillmann might have held onto the initial lead but now the chief threat to him was his own team mate Sam Bird, who having started from third on the grid had been able to make the most of the first corner m?l?e and slipped into a pacey second place that allowed him to make his play for the lead out of the final corner of lap 1 and duly lead across the line. Dillmann quickly lost second place to Coletti and then surrendered the final podium place to Felipe Nasr on the next lap as well.
The top three quickly pulled out a three second margin over Dillmann and the rest of the field, with Quaife-Hobbs having settled into fifth place ahead of Leimer, Carlin's Jolyon Palmer and the two ARTs of James Calado Daniel Abt with Johnny Cecotto Jr. (Arden) completing the top ten. Bird had a scare on lap 6 when he came across a large chunk of debris on the run into turn 1 and had to lock to to try and avoiding running right over it, but he appeared to get away with it and the debris itself was subsequently removed by a fearless marshall sprinting out on track to retrieve it.
With tyres yet to degrade, the race settled into a holding pattern with few drivers managing to make up much ground in the middle stint, almost the sole exception being Trident's Nathana?l Berthon losing two places in quick succession to Arden's Mitch Evans and Racing Engineering's Juli?n Leal. Meanwhile Ericsson soon became the first and only retirement after his first lap damage became too problematic to allow him to continue; Rene Binder was obliged to make two visits to his Venezuela GP Lazarus pit crew in the first half of the race, but was able to head back out again albeit a lap off the leaders.
As the race passed halfway tyres started to show signs of wear and tear, allowing the action to start to heat up: Kevin Ceccon (Trident) found his way past Jake Rosenzweig (Barwa Addax) for 11th place allowing him to eye up Cecotto up the road in tenth, while Sergio Canamsas (Caterham) scrapped with Simon Trummer (Rapax) over who would be next to pass the ailing Frenchman. Berthon soon decided he was going no where fast and dived into pit lane for a rejuvenating set of fresh tyres.
Hilmer Motorsport's Robin Frijns was another car that looked to be faltering, the series newcomer not able to manage his tyres for the full race distance like his more experienced rivals. On lap 16 he lost three places in one lap alone, surrendering 16th place to DAMS' St?phane Richelmi, Arden's Mitch Evans and Racing Engineering's Juli?n Leal in rapid succession.
Nor were the leaders immune from increasing tyre wear issues: Quaife-Hobbs was another rookie who hadn't yet quite got the hang of tyre management in the feeder series, backing him right up into the clutches of Leimer. Ironically, though, it was the more experienced title contender who actually lost out: held up by the car in front and with his front left looking in very poor shape, Leimer became easy prey first to Jolyon Palmer and then to James Calado on lap 19. That pushed him down to eighth place, and with his championship rival Coletti up in second and now closing fast on waning race leader Bird it was a major setback in the Swiss driver's 2013 championship campaign.
The pressure on Bird at the front was momentarily relieved when Coletti made a mistake, locked up and ran wide at the end of the penultimate lap which allowed Felipe Nasr to get past him into second place; Coletti seemed to have flat-spotted his tyres in the incident and struggled to stay on track for the remainder of the race, quickly dropping off the back off the fierce battle between Bird and Nasr for the win.
The unleashed Nasr had the raw pace, but Bird had the position - and he made his car as wide as he possibly could to prevent the Carlin from getting past. The two went into the final corners side-by-side but Bird managed to successfully cover the line on the final run down the start/finish straight. That left Nasr inches short (a mere 0.080s in terms of time) at the finish line and Bird was duly able to celebrate taking a maiden win for Russian Time, the team that only entered the GP2 Series in March as a last-gasp replacement for the departing iSport International.
Behind this grandstand finish to the race, Coletti held on to third thanks to the earlier huge gap he'd pulled out on Dillmann. The Frenchman came home a lonely but safe fourth place, doubtless disappointed not to have converted a pole start to a podium especially given the success of his team mate in winning the race.
Calado managed to pass Palmer for fifth in the closing laps, while Abt finished seventh ahead of Quiafe-Hobbs who had finally struggled to the finish in eighth place. That was the last points-scoring position, leaving Fabio Leimer flat out of luck in ninth just ahead of Kevin Ceccon: it means that having got on equal footing with Coletti in the championship after Saturday's feature race, Leimer now drops back down again to second place ten points off the Monagasque's 64 point tally as the GP2 drivers pack up and head out of Sakhir for another year.
Full sprint race results available.Current series championship standings also available.


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So, we left off with Caleb seeming to have forgotten my name while I was off tromping around Scotland. It was an incredible trip, but all good things must come to an end.
The semester started up again. I got settled in to school and back into the swing of things. Caleb was back at seminary. We'd seen each other at church and smiled if we walked past each other, but acted like we barely new one another. We were even on one of the same committees at church and we still didn't talk more than we had to. It wasn't awkward or bitter. It just seemed like nothing ever happened.
I started spending time with someone else. We'd been friends since freshman year, but nothing ever sparked until one night in the library. He was there studying and I'm really not sure what I was doing there, but we started talking. Suddenly, I found myself needed to visit the library a lot. Until one night he showed up at my door with a mason jar full of roses. It was so cute. I was still enjoying the flirty stage, but he said relationship or nothing. And, I didn't want to say good-bye. He pretty much had it all together and I thought I'd be crazy to not go for it.
We started dating. We had fun together. He was a little on the quiet side, but that was okay. I was crazy enough for the both of us. He was smart, determined, cute, and he treated me amazing. Something didn't feel quite right about us though. I couldn't put my finger on it so I tried to push the feeling aside as nerves. Plus, life was pretty busy for us. He was a biology major, which explains all the hours in the library. I was finishing up school and really involved at church. I also had surgery a week or so into us officially dating and was trying to recover. Didn't leave much time for us to build a relationship. But, I thought once I was recovered that would work itself out and things would be fine.
Meanwhile, Caleb started to notice me again. Back in sight, back in mind? I guess? I still don't understand that boy sometimes.
We had a lot of mutual friends, but Caleb never hung out with us. That changed. He made himself available wherever we were. He knew I was dating someone else, but this time he did know what he wanted and he was willing to wait for it. I was past thinking he was rude, but not on to thinking anything more. I was neutral. I had a boyfriend and we'd already been down that road.
There was trouble in paradise though. That sinking feeling that something wasn't right wasn't going away. My dad said I was nuts and not to do anything stupid. Guys like this aren't a dime a dozen. He asked me just to give it more time. (I also think my dad knew how dis-functional I was about guys and this sounded pretty good. He didn't want me to ruin it.) I continued to spend a lot of my time at church helping with different things and he stayed in the library. It seemed as if we just kept living our separate lives, but we threw in an occasional walk or dinner. And because he was so quiet I felt like I always had carry the conversation. He never let his guard down with me. I didn't feel like I was getting to know him at any deeper level. After a month I just didn't have a peace about it. ( I know it sounds a little cliche, but it's the truth) I knew I had to end things. I didn't want to lead him on when I knew it couldn't go anywhere. It was really hard. I couldn't explain at the time what I was feeling which made it harder. He had seen a future with me and it broke his heart. It broke mine to see him hurt. The whole thing was a big mess. He tried his best to see if we could fix it, but there was nothing to be done. We weren't right together and I knew it the second we broke up and I quit trying to make something fit that didn't.
(can I just get an amen for not dating anymore. it's the worst.)
Caleb already had a good idea we'd be breaking up. We had a mutual friend that kept him in the loop about what was going on with me. It didn't take him long to swoop in. He wasn't going to mess this up again.
But, I had just gotten out of a relationship and for someone who had barely dated since becoming a Christian this was a lot for me to handle. I wasn't ready for someone else....


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We have been experimenting a lot recently with our baked porridge so we opted for a sticky toffee apple baked porridge this time around. Sticking toffee pudding is a traditional pudding in the UK which we often reach for when choosing a pudding so we thought why not create our own healthy version that is suitable for breakfast.
Let us know if you decide to make it we love it when you recreate our recipes! Make sure you tag us in your photos on Twitter and Instagram!
Ingredients for the porridge
50g porridge oats
1 small braeburn apple
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp Groung ginger
2 dates chopped
2tsp ground almonds
1tsp baking powder
50ml Almond milk
Ingredients for the topping
4 dates
20ml Almond milk
Left over apple cut into chunks
1tsp Cinnamon
Pre heat the oven to 180oc
Finely grate the apple into a small mixing bowl but leave a small amount behind as you will need this for the topping
Add all the dry ingredints into the mixing bowl and stir until combined
Add the almond milk and stir
Place in the oven for 30 minutes until the oats are cooked
Whilst the oats are cooking place the chunks of apple and cinnamon into a sauncepan
Cook the apples on a low heat until soft
Place the dates and almond milk into a blender and blend until combine
Remove the oats from the oven and top with the apple chunks
Drizzle the toffee sauce on top


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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
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Great review! I have this in my TBR pile and am moving it to the top.ReplyDelete
I've read a lot of great things about this book, and now, with your review, I think I just found another reason to push it up on my "tbr" list. Like, now I am desperate to buy this book and start it when I have the time! UGH! Everything sounds soooo good! I'm so. . .AH! Completely loved your review, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this one!ReplyDelete
Great review! x
~L. @ Reading Against Time ♥
Woot! Awesome review^^ I have a copy of this one but I've yet to crack it open. I've read nothing but GREAT things about it though and your review just proves how awesome it really is! I NEED to catch up soon so I can see what all the fuss is about :D The way you described the writing style, the world-building, the characters and the romance really got me even more excited haha XDReplyDelete
I've been meaning to read this book for quite some time now, but I've never actually got down to reading. But 4.5/5?! WOW. I definitely need to get a copy! Thanks for the review, Lillie! :-)ReplyDelete
Julia Anne @ Peach Print
Great review! I definitely need to read this book, even more now that I've read your review!ReplyDelete