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Provide back-country camping experiences for under-privileged children, ages 8-14. Camps are run from May through October each year. Each camp consists of no more than 8-10 children lasting 3-6 days each. The camps take place in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona. Primary education revolves around responsibility, respecting others and the outdoors, cooperation, and making constructive choices. This education takes place as the children are taken on hikes, fishing, horseback riding and many other outdoor activities as well as in the camp itself and around campfires.


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American musical series starring one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s. 1961 - 1966
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Long before karaoke gave would-be singers a chance to stretch their vocal cords, there was Sing Along With Mitch. Every week during the early 1960s, bandleader Mitch Miller told his television viewers to sing along...loud and strong. And if you forgot the words, no need to worry: The lyrics were superimposed on the screen, with an animated bouncing ball helping you keep up with the cast.
Mitchell William Miller (born July 4th, 1911) carved a stellar career for himself as an orchestra leader, and more notably, as producer and the head of Artists and Repertoire for Columbia Records. Miller signed a number of famous artists to the label, including Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, Guy Mitchell, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis and even Bob Dylan. He also guided the recordings of established Columbia artists, including Dinah Shore, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra and Rosemary Clooney. Middle-of-the-road recordings were Millers stock in trade, and for most of the decade, he did very well with ballads, love songs and an occasional novelty tune (Clooneys Come on-a My House and Mambo Italiano were a few examples of the latter, along with Sinatras Mama Will Bark.)
But Miller had his critics: Music historian Will Friedwald claimed Miller exemplified the worst in American pop. He first aroused the ire of intelligent listeners by trying to turn — and darn near succeeding in turning — great artists...into hacks. Miller chose the worst songs and put together the worst backings imaginable — not with the hit-or-miss attitude that bad musicians... traditionally used, but with insight, forethought, careful planning, and perverted brilliance. On the flip side, Friedwald conceded Miller established the primacy of the producer, proving that even more than the artist, the accompaniment, or the material, it was the responsibility of the man in the recording booth whether a record flew or flopped.
Miller also had hits of his own (1955s The Yellow Rose of Texas was one example) and was an outspoken foe of the rock and roll beat that began hitting the charts in the mid-1950s; he passed on both Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly (Miller did want to sign Presley, but balked at the amount Colonel Tom Parker was asking).
In 1958, Miller began producing a series of albums for Columbia called Sing Along With Mitch, featuring American standards with a chorus. The words to each song were printed on the album cover. They became popular with older listeners who shared Millers distaste of the rock beat. At the same time Sing Along With Mitch hit record stores, CBS aired a music show called Sing Along. Miller had nothing to do with the programme; it was hosted by radio personality Jim Lowe (who had a 1957 record hit with The Green Door). The live Wednesday night show (featuring Florence Henderson as one of its regulars) had guest stars and the studio audience singing to the tunes, with lyrics written on cue cards for the audience. It ran for just six weeks between June and July 1958.
In May 1960, NBC aired Sing Along With Mitch as a one-shot special on its Ford-sponsored variety programme Startime. It proved to be popular enough for NBC to bring back on January 27th, 1961, alternating on Friday nights with the Bell Telephone Hour. The ratings were strong enough for NBC to renew the series and promote it to weekly status in the fall of 1961; following the top-ten Dr. Kildare and Hazel on Thursdays, Sing Along landed in the top 20 during its first full season.
Viewers loved the regular cast, including The Sing Along Gang (a group of male chorus singers who did the main numbers with Miller); up-and-coming female singers Leslie Uggams and Diana Trask; and a pre-teen group of singers known as the Sing Along Kids. (One of the Sing Along Gang members, a personable chap named Bob McGrath, later became a regular cast member of the long-running PBS childrens series Sesame Street.)
During its original run, Sing Along With Mitch featured occasional guest stars–but it was Miller who was the main attraction. He was parodied by comics; The Flintstones aired its own version in one episode, called Hum Along With Herman; and satirist Stan Freberg did a parody of the sing-along program on a February 1962 ABC special entitled The Chun King Chow Mein Hour (after his sponsor).
NBC cancelled Mitch and the gang in 1964, just as The Beatles and other British groups were making a big noise in America. (Sing Along With Mitch was also a victim of demographics; older viewers loved the program but it was not popular with younger viewers, which advertisers desired.) The network aired reruns of Sing Along With Mitch during the summer of 1966. And proving a good format can travel well, British comedian Max Bygraves aired his own version of the American series in the UK, entitled Sing Along With Max.
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Light and crumbly shortbread with mini chocolate chips are fab!
Crispy yet moist and tasty, bring these to the office just to see the expressions on their faces after you tell them what's in them, but don't tell until after they've tried them! These are our family's favourite cookie and so easy to make with the kids.
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Does anyone know of a cookie cutter out there, that I can use to "make" these cookies, if I don't have this particular cutter? Thanks
I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.
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My sarcasm is good-humored. People generally really like me, in person ;-)
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Those are cute! Am I the only person that thinks $6 a cutter isn't cheap? I am accustomed to paying no more than $3, unless it has a few impression mats with it. I have paid $10 for those, but know a shop that sells them for $15 and I am SCANDALIZED! lol
AGREED! Cheap cookie cutters should be under $3! Even the Wilton sets that come 2-3 a set are under $6! Name doesn't go with it but when I can't find something locally, I do order with them because shipping is fast & cheap! I have a problem with $8 shipping on a $2 cookie cutter. Lol
I get most of my cookie cutters from here. Most are under $3 and they have a decent shipping rate.
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I also agree cheapcookiecutters.com is NO WAY CHEAP......for what they are selling. I do not mind paying $5-$20 for a good quality copper cutter but for a cleap metal cutter no way...Ecrandle maked very nice cutters and the quality is perfect but they are expensive but worth it. I have even had some made. PS. They are a family ran in home shop and they are very very nice.
I think the one mariel9898 gave the link on (copper) is the one you are looking for. The copper ones are pricey but if its something special you are looking for then its worth the price.


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Griffin completed 12 straight passes from the middle of the first quarter to the middle of the third and finished 20 of 28.
It was hard to tell with his final numbers, but the Cowboys did manage to put some pressure on Griffin. They sacked him four times, forced him to sprint out of the pocket a number of times and delivered hard hits after several throws.
The Dallas offense, playing most of the game without Miles Austin after he injured a hip early, never could answer in the decisive second quarter. The Cowboys had only two first downs while the Redskins were scoring four touchdowns.
The Cowboys' best possession came right after Griffin's first big play, but Bryant fumbled in the open field at the end of what would have been a first-down catch. DeJon Gomes returned the fumble to the Dallas 49, and Alfred Morris scored from the 1 for a 14-3 lead. Morris had 113 yards on 24 carries.
NOTES: Redskins LB London Fletcher, who also had an interception, extended his consecutive games streak to 235 and made his 190th straight start. He left the game later after re-injuring the ankle that put his streak in jeopardy. ... With Morris' 100-yard day, the last 10 such games for the Redskins have been by rookies.
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Members of the Warehouse Worker Organizing Committee were illegally fired for organizing to improve conditions at Walmart's largest distribution center, located in Elwood, IL. Walmart's contractor, Roadlink Workforce Solutions, broke the law. The National Labor Relations Board has told Roadlink to reinstate the workers with full back pay, but the company is stalling. Walmart must enforce its own Standards for Suppliers and the law allowing workers to organize for fair wages, a safe workplace and an end to discrimination.
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A bullet with wings travels much farther than one without. Fly through the cave collecting the energy of its inhabitants to power your wings!
Click to open your wings and move up. Release to close them and move down. Avoid running into the ceiling or floor. Run into flowers, bugs, and jellyfish to replenish the energy in your wings or you will begin to lose lift!
This is a classic game style that I really wanted to bring polish to and expand on. I hope you enjoy it.
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Rated 5 / 5 stars January 25, 2008
This reminds me of the helicopter game, the one that's identical to this and came first.
This one is stylized so beautifully, the music, the sounds, the animation all works together to create a very peaceful serene feeling. A very ironic depiction of the bullet, which was also wonderfully done. All in all I can't say enough good about this game, I no longer need the helicopter game, it has been replaced.
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 27, 2008
i liked it
it was like the helicopter game, but with a twist, you should have a high score table
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 31, 2008
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the only thing that this game needs is a pause button! great graphics i love the way the bullet moves the increase in dificulty is ok as the cave gets realy narow .This is a skill game reminded me of ''cube field'' also the one touch death sistem is what makes this game work! personal best 4587 :P
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 23, 2008
A very clean approach to a classic concept...
I think I like your version better than some others that I have played of virtually the same game! It had nice graphics, very serene music (the kind you can relax to), & the playability factor was good to great! I would play this one again... in fact, it will become an addition to my favorites! My hat is off to you, sir! *bows like a scarred gentlemen that he is*
Very glad that you enjoyed it, thank you.
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 30, 2008
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East End Cultural and Leisure Centre The East End Cultural and Leisure Centre is home to many children and youth activity programs run by the City of Winnipeg Community Services Department and our partners Status 4 plus a newly formed partnership with Frontier College. For more information on the CIty of Winnipeg's free children and youth programs - check Priceless Fun. Coming Soon - Frontier College free Homework Club for youth 11 - 14 years. Status4 is a community driven, non-profit organization operating out of East End Cultural Centre in the Elmwood neighbourhood. Status4 offers free music and arts programs for youth. Instruction and mentorship from professional instructors in guitar, percussion, dance, voice recording / song writing / video production, keyboards and even martial arts makes Status4 a unique and exciting experience.
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Outfit: Back to school
This year the winter in London has been cold, but NOT as bad as previous years, when you could barely see my eyes. I used to hangout wrapped in sweaters, scarves, gloves, thick tights and knee boots -I have of course gone out like that this season, when the wind blows so hard that makes me walk backwards. But on less cold days I go for relaxed outfits like this one. That Zara coat has been my must have this season and I think that Modalu bag leaves home with me everyday like a loyal dog, I wear it so much. Hope you all had a great weekend…Have a fantastic week ladies and gents!
Por cierto, un colega me dijo: " Escribes tambien en espanol?'" Yo: "emmm….not yet". Ya lo habia pensando pero no lo habia puesto en practica, asi que next post prometo venir con un poco mas de español… o 'Espanglish'! Feliz inicio de semana!
Skirt, blouse and coat: Zara; Bag: Modalu; Boots: Russel & Bromley; Necklace: Accessorize
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I think this blog is great
I love the green skirt
I think we should get more Lindeckss opinion
I think Linda should now be "the girl in the green skirt"
I think perhaps a post on what not to wear
I think Linda would wriiite well about it , I can help if bitching is needed
I think as a good fashionista Linda should have visited the seventh most important capital in fashion
I think someone would be very pleased with the visit
I think I've been thinking away too much
You go girl!!!
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Since the rain won't stop and I haven't gotten the canoe out so we can venture farther than the front porch, here are some things I have seen this week from my windows.
Drips. Everything is dripping wet.
Clouds and fog, the story of our winter lives :)
The girls use this pan to "cook" outside when they play. You can see the remnants of a mud pie in the bottom. Our lilac bush is reflected in the collected water.
Trains are running during the day again. I used to really be bothered by the clickity-clack and banging of them, but now I don't really hear it and it just sounds like home!
They would really like it to stop raining so they can play in mud puddles :)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Although it feels lonely to stare outside the windows during the rainy days, it gets warmer when there's a cup of hot coffee or cocoa while waiting for the drizzle to stop. Have you and your children tried that while looking outside the window? It's a very good way to while away the time. You can even swap stories while enjoying the hot drinks.
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I've just had a lovely weekend with my DB. :-) Hardly any knitting got done, but we did go for a wander around Lincoln in the beautiful sunshine of yesterday (including the sausage festival, although that seemed rather carnivorous for my liking!). We also watched Downfall, not an enjoyable film, but very thought-provoking. It covers the last days of Hitler, and his decline as he's still convinced the Third Reich will be victorious until the very last minute. It's chilling, and unpleasant in places, especially when a mother kills her children, which I found hard to watch.
Thanks to all the people who left comments/emails. I did succeed in hiding all the knitting from the people who were receiving it! Here are some pics of progress so far:
This is the back and part of the front of Noah's jumper. The pattern is from the Regia Kreativ leaflet no. 37 and uses Regia 6ply Crazy Color. It's a straightforward stocking stitch knit, but the colours make it fun. I also perfected my reading and knitting simultaneously technique last week on the train whilst doing this pattern!
This is the very beginning of the Broadripple sock for my SIL's Christmas present. The yarn is Regia 4ply cotton surf from Black Rock Creek Sheep Farm in the US. They advertised a special deal on the Socknitters Yahoo group (only $3 shipping from the US for enough yarn to make 5 pairs of socks!) and were very friendly and helpful to deal with. This is also where I got the Regia 6ply for Noah's jumper from.
Finally, here is progress so far on Misty Garden from Scarf Style. This is Jaeger Mohair Art (from the John Lewis sale in London the summer) and will be Mum's Christmas present. The pattern uses a variegated mohair (Jo Sharp Rare Comfort Kid Mohair) but I like the effect in the plain colour Mohair Art, and this colour works well too.
There probably won't be much blogging (or knitting!) this week, as I have 3 days working in Derbyshire, 1 day in Lincolnshire and 1 day in London. So bye for now!
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Hi, im new to SW and am following the ee plan at home. Just wondering if someone could have a look over one of my days to check that im doing it all right because i hope i am im not a big veg eater so im not sure im eating enough of it. Thanks
Breakfast: 2xweetabix (milk from allowance) banana
Lunch: Pasta with cucumber, grated carrot, sweetcorn and dollop of light mayo (2syns)
Dinner: ww ½ chili con carne jar (4 syns) with green pepper and onion served with salad and boiled rice
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May 5, 2010 Peace (Not) in Our TimeBy Gregg J. Rickman
As President Obama continues his drive to push the Middle East Peace Process toward some movement, he is falling into a trap. That trap is aiming toward the wrong goal. If peace is ever to be achieved between Israel and the Palestinians, much less with the wider Arab and Muslim world, then one thing and one thing only must be achieved: recognition of Israel's right to exist as a state in the midst of her Muslim neighbors. Without that, any agreement that Israel is ever coerced to sign will be simply illusory. Failing to achieve recognition by the Muslim world that Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state means that we will not have a real peace or lasting peace.
Time and time again, we hear of the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel's central character. We hear President Obama in his June 2009 Cairo speech implicitly suggest that Israel's creation came in reaction to the Holocaust and not out of history. Opponents of the suggestion say that only when negotiations reach the final status point can such a condition even be considered. These are all contrivances designed to avoid the central sticking point of the dispute from the return of Jews to the Holy Land in the 1880s. Muslim states do not recognize a non-Muslim state in their midst. They view Israel's presence as a Jewish entity as a violation of their religious worldview. According to Shaikh Hasan Al Kafrawi, The Shafiite (Professor of canon law in Cairo, d. 1788 CE),
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Sheikh Al Kafrawi explains it quite simply. Tolerance of non-Muslims on Muslim lands is forbidden. If we think that this kind of thinking has been forgotten, we are mistaken. For Muslims, the land, once Muslim, will always be Muslim. Israel's presence on land seen to be Muslim is considered a violation. Jews around the world are held as agents of Israel and, in a tribal manner, are seen as an extension of Israel's work to deny Muslims control of what they view as Muslim land. Anti-Semitism has spread to a genocidal form in this new century for one and only one reason: Muslim anti-Israelism. A few drunken teenagers in Kiev or Warsaw scribbling swastikas on gravestones does not equal the threat that that kind of anti-Semitism poses today. Muslim anti-Semitism -- sponsored by and indoctrinated into Muslim youth across Europe and the Middle East by Imams, vicious satellite television broadcasts from the region, and sermons calling for killing Jews -- results from a Muslim feeling of exclusivity and predominance. They want Israel, and any Jew who prevents them from achieving that, especially those in Israel, is therefore guilty. Supporters of Israel be damned, they feel, for such people are only part of the problem. The Obama administration wrongly sees Israel as the culprit in blocking a final agreement with the Palestinians. What blocks a final agreement with the Palestinians is the Palestinians and their supporters in the Arab world. The Palestinians only prolong their own agony, and they are certainly not helping their cause through their continued anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incitement.The Muslim world stands complicit in this incitement as well. The Obama administration is simply blind to this. They fail to see that the Arab world will not back down, so they figure it might help to force Israel to do so. This is wrong. The only way to avoid this is to center on this point: Israel must be recognized by the Muslim world to be allowed to exist. If the administration continues on its current path, however, they may well get some sort of peace -- perhaps a peace not unlike what Neville Chamberlain achieved when he said he had found "peace in our time." Well, we all know how that one turned out. Does Mr. Obama wish to follow in Chamberlain's footsteps? Gregg J. Rickman was the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Religion and Policy, Visiting Fellow at The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, and Research Scholar at the Initiative on Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research.
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So it seems that the Cannes brought out the pretty in our boy. Robs been rocking the Hobo look for many weeks now. I mean he was off work. Then as Rob stumbles (quite lit tra lee) into the Cannes yesterday the French Angels Sing and parts the sky to make way for the Prettyyyyyy!
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"Team Matin" -2
This is the second part to the same title that appeared in OBSERVER, Wednesday, Sept. 5 issue of LSDE. This OBSERVER happened to witness Team Matin (Medical and Health Assistance Thru Intensified BaraNgayan) or MATIN, this big gathering of municipal officials led by Mayor Remedios L. Petilla, and Palo LGU heads of offices who joined the barangayan to bring public service right at the doorsteps of their constituents. The beneficiaries were residents of Pawing and other barangays of Palo.
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Mayor Matin Petilla delivered the last talk after other members of the team delivered theirs; councilors, brgy. captains and other personalities present. It was very heart-warming and doubly inspiring to hear the mayor narrate what she has done for only 2 years at the helm as the town's executive and what to expect more in the future.
Some observers however, especially Tacloban broadcasters of Romualdez-owned outlets would appear like having closed minds and with hateful hearts whose only joy and satisfaction is to criticize albeit baseless charges against the lady mayor. The reasons why they do it of course are obvious.
These are some new mouthpieces together with one or two veteran broadcast commentators or two elder ones like me of the Romualdez political clan who co-ruled this country for a long time. They were driven out of the country via that historical episode, the 1986 People Power Revolution. Like everyone knows we are referring to Ferdinand Marcos-Imelda Romualdez conjugal dictatorship that allegedly plundered this nation. Their ill-gotten wealth, a part of which have been recovered, are still under litigation even after 26 years.
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Mayor Matin simply assured her audience of more improvements and projects for their welfare coming, to add many more to the finished and on-going projects she had implemented in Palo, again in just 2 years, all for Paloanons benefit.
This coming week she will already begin the dredging of creeks, some canals near flood-prone barangays. (Haaay! V and G,Tacloban)
She continues to encourage and assist farmers in planting vegetables and fruits like cabbage, lettuce, yes, broccoli, cauliflowers, pomelo, rambutan and many others. The Saturday Palo Market Day has become venue to sell some of these farm products produced right in Palo.
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Bangon River is now being improved to mitigate or totally stop flooding in adjacent areas. This problem that has threatened residents living along these river banks have been with Palo for a looong, looong time already and it is only under Mayor Matin's watch that this is being addressed.
Worthy of note Mayor Matin did not apply a loan for this.
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The municipal building under construction could prove to be one of several landmark achievements of Mayor Matin. It is a new structure and when completed it will feature modern fixtures inside and outside in this new state of the art municipal building, Paloanons could be proud of.
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This project had been blocked, opposed and criticized by the local opposition and thru the Romualdez mouthpieces for flimsy reasoning. They could not stop Mayor Matin for she knew better. The old dilapidated building was already unsafe to stay in.
The source of funds for this new municipal building come from the savings of Palo and was also provided financial assistance from Leyte province through Governor "Icot" Petilla to include that funds-assistance from the national government.
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In spite of the millions of pesos that will be spent in the building, Mayor Matin Petilla did not seek a loan to construct this municipal building.
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Comments about Alex Toys 1003096 Jungle Marble Maze:
Brought this for my 6 yr old son and 3 yr old daughter. I really wanted to like this toy b/c it was so well made and the design was so great. However, it is really hard to get the pieces to come together at exactly the right height and angles for the marble to roll. Plus, it is too easy to knock pieces out of place or accidently knock down your creation (which may have taken 20 mins to build), it is hard to enjoy this toy. My kids gave up after the first day and all the frustrations. They tried it again the second day, but gave up on it after that. Nice idea, but just doesn't work in real life.
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My 5 year old son, with autism got this for his birthday. All there of my boys love it and they are now 4, 6 and 13. It did take adult help to make it look like the box, but was so much fun I didn't mind. But my 4 year old now plays with it every day making his own designs on his own. All the pieces worked right and it did not break like the plastic ones we got before. My sister in law liked it so much she got one for her three kids, 3, 5, and 7. They have no problems and love it as well.
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My daughter got this for her 5th birthday. She loves it! She is able to put together a small construction by herself. But if you want it to look like the box, a parent needs to help. We have a lot of fun doing this together.
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I was so disappointed in this adorable marble race that I gave my son for Christmas. I have been really happy with most of the Alex toys I've bought in the past, and I expected this to be easy to use based on the large-sized blocks. However, the blocks don't work together the way they should. We have used glue to force them together in a way that will work, tape to hold parts together, and bits of paper on ramps in order to give them enough height so that the marbles go through the holes the way they're supposed to. Basically, there has to be a lot of adult intervention to get this going, but even kids older than 9 or 10 would have trouble. You have to be really innovative to get the thing to work--and good luck setting it up and down. It's too much of a pain, so we don't use it.
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Preparing & Inflation of the balloon. The activity begin early in the morning when, after introductions and some instructions we all participate in the inflation of the balloon, a magic experience. Taking off & Flight. After half an hour we are ready to take off. First moment non touching foot on the ground is unforgettable. We'll fly during one hour aprox. And the itinerary will be showed by the wind. Landing & Rescue. Our 4 wheel drive car will follow us communicated by radio, it will pick we up after landing. Friends who don't wish to fly the balloon can reach the landing point along with his vehicle, our 4x4, participate in the celebration of the flight later (bokking in advanced). Celebration & End of activity. We will celebrate the experience in a typical country restaurant with a typical lunch with champagne and a flight certificate. Around 12:00h we will finish the activity and we'll take you to the meeting point. |


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May 31st: TASC: Job figures highlight need for integrated youth employment package
April 19th: Water charging: TASC rejects 'free' allowance proposal as costly and inequitable
April 3rd: Taxing assets, paying for resources: TASC issues submission on property tax and water policy
February 16th: TASC issues new report on State Assets
January 10th: Data supplied to Troika should be published simultaneously in Dublin
2011 Press Releases
December 8th: Response to Budget 2012
November 1st: TASC launches Pre-Budget Submission
September 19th: Is Ireland a democratic republic? (presentation by Sinéad Pentony to Greaves summer school)
August 8th: 2011 TASC Equality Survey: healthcare access unequal, say respondents
July 29th: TASC response to JLC proposals
June 14th: Inequality is a preventable cause of death
May 31st: 36 economists, economic analysts and social scientists express concern at proposals which would reduce pay of low earners and further shrink demand
March 8th: International Women's Day: Forthcoming research results show gender earnings gap still in place
February 24th: New research indicates reducing JLC rates will cost Exchequer and depress consumer demand
February 14th: Economic equality must be focus of next Programme for Government
January 31st: TASC launches discussion paper on human rights and the budgeting process
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December 9th: TASC analysis of Budget 2011
December 7th: Initial response to Budget 2011
December 5th: Public Expenditure Explained: TASC launches interactive online tool and discussion papers
December 1st: TASC issues response to EU-IMF agreement
November 25th NRP: impact of proposed income tax changes
November 24th Initial TASC response to National Recovery Plan
October 23rd Paula Clancy's address to FEPS/TASC Autumn Conference
October 14th: TASC launches proposals for Budget 2011: Investment key to economic recovery
September 22nd: New pension data highlights need for state-led solution
September 11th: Presentation by Paula Clancy to Greaves Summer School
September 6th: 77 per cent would rather work than stay at home for the same pay: "Problem is unemployment, not the unemployed"
August 25th: Launching 'Stimulating Recovery' pamphlet, Pentony says rating downgrade shows current policy is failing
August 17th: TASC releases 2010 Solidarity Factor: 9 out of 10 believe government should take active steps to reduce income gap
August 5th: TASC issues recommendations to combat financial exclusion
July 29th: TASC publishes discussion papers on access to information
June 10th: Summary of papers delivered to FEPS/TASC seminar on 'Stimulating Recovery'
May 13th: 'Mapping the Golden Circle': TASC identifies potential risks to corporate governance
May 5th: Launch of Failed Design?Ireland's Finance Acts and their Role in the Crisis - "Over-reliance on tax expenditure and tax avoidance to attract investment undermines State revenue, distorts markets and fails to support job creation"
May 3rd: TASC launches briefing on restaurant wages: think tank argues that reducing wages would heighten inequality while depressing consumer demand
April 19th: Jobless recovery will have little impact on real economy says Pentony, advocating targeted programme of capital investment to kick-start job creation
March 6th: Charting a course towards recovery with equality: Speech delivered by Paula Clancy at Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
March 4th: Pensions Framework Document provides a positive basis for going forward - "Supplementary pension must be state-led and guaranteed"
February 14th TASC Director Paula Clancy: Farmers' wives paying price for failure to reform pension system
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Today started out much like any other in work. It was a Monday and people were slow to get into the working mood. There was talk of what people had done over the weekend, what films they went to see, what meals they ate and how drunk they got. A pretty average Monday, until the unthinkable happened. Something that brought all work in our office to a grinding, shuddering halt.
Our Internet connection stopped working.
Here is a my minute by minute diary of what transpired today. My workplace will never be the same again….
10am – We've no Internet at work…apart from my phone. I am the only link with the outside world. I'm just going to save myself and let the others perish. If this was the Matrix, I'd be the guy eating the steak and fucking everyone over. People are starting to sweat and ponder the realisation that they might have to actually buy a paper at lunchtime.
11.30am – Update. Still no Internet. It's been like this for over an hour. It's like Lord of the Flies. I've seen a grown man beaten to death with a mouse mat because he said he might have a 3G dongle in his bag. I'm hiding behind the photocopier.
12pm – People are now starting to horde water and screen cleaner. Some colleagues are contemplating whether the end of the world is at hand.
12.30pm – I've been noticed, I think perhaps for the first time in months. Behind the photocopier. Someone asked if I want a cup of tea. I'm not falling for it. It's a trap. I'm sure of it.
1pm – The fat irritating woman from admin has cracked and taken out a John Grisham novel. The others have sensed weakness and pounced. There are pages, man made fabric and rescue remedy everywhere. It's horrific. I can hardly watch.
1.30pm – I'm genuinely worried now. Our Managing Director is so beaten down by hours on the phone to IT support that others are planning a coup. A new guy in accounts has pierced his nose with paper clips and is carrying out a strange physical display outside the boss's window in a challenge to his leadership.
2pm – It's all kicking off. The MD and his would be usurper are bare chested and eying each other up, circling each other in a ring made up of software developers and graphic designers all hitting iPads and shouting "Twitter, Twitter, Twitter". The admin team are cowering under their desks. The smell of sweat and toner cartridge is thick in the air.
2.30pm – One of the other Directors has intervened. He's pulled the two apart and shouted "This is not proper office attire!!!". The crowd are confused. Sense and calm seemed to have restored until he followed up with "What's Twitter anyway?". Once again, the crowd turn ugly and start to staple him to death shouting "Why didn't you employ a dedicated in house IT manger! Your desire to save money by outsourcing has crippled us all!".
3pm – Some of the consultants and project managers have broken off and gathered in the board room, barricading themselves in. They are furiously scribbling on White Boards and concocting a strategy for an Internet free business environment. They look to be exceptionally happy in contrast to the guy in charge of business continuity, who is currently in the foetal position, slowly rocking himself and whispering "I told them. But they wouldn't listen", over and over again.
3.30pm – Some of the junior staff have taken over the kitchen. They are drunk on alcoholic hand sanitizer liquid. They have blocked access to the coffee, tea bags and milk and are laughing hysterically while performing David Brent dance-offs. There is an air of menace.
4pm – The cleaners have arrived. They're in shock. When told the reason for the carnage they offer "Have you tried turning it off and on again?". They have been locked in a filing cabinet by the IT staff who are now beating the sides of it with keyboards shouting "We've got degrees! Don't you think we've thought of that already!". The women are squealing in high pitched voices. There is a smell of urine in the air. Eventually one of the IT staff concedes that they haven't actually tried turning it off and on again and goes to do so.
4.30pm – The Internet is now working once more. IT support have given no specific reason for our loss of Internet and are currently engaged in trying to remove two middle aged cleaners from a locked and badly damaged filing cabinet.
5pm – People are starting to leave, the sunlight bringing them to their senses. There will be little sleep tonight as the visions of today's events linger in our minds. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.


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Comment: Sure, but (Score 1) 238
Comment: I have some, but not a lot, of sympathy (Score 1) 798
But honestly, one of the reasons I haven't gotten a smartphone on AT&T is exactly this reason. It's in their documentation. I read it, decided they were dickheads, and chose a different option.
So it's good to have this cautionary tale, but the real parable is that, when you sign a contract with anybody, but particularly a known dickhead, read the fine print up front. The news that dickheads will be dickheads -- well, that's not really news, is it? The question "Are they allowed to do this?" is much better asked before you sign a contract, yet after you have examined all your other options, and have decided whether it is worth it to risk being found out.
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Why do you think your scribbling on the agreement has the force of law? Did the representative of the contract authorize your changes to the legally binding (presumably) document?
What makes you think what he writes should have any less legal force than what the company wrote?
I do the same thing all the time. Mandatory arbitration clause in car purchase agreement? Strike through and initial.
The lady at the desk likely does not have power to authorize contract changes.
If she has the ability to countersign, then she effectively does. If she doesn't have the ability to countersign -- worst case is that the entire contract is null and void, because there was no "meeting of the minds." But you would be laughed out of court if you suggested that the person who penciled in a change to a contract should be held to the original version because the other party didn't agree to the change, when the marked-up contract is sitting in the other party's files, properly countersigned, and there are no signatures on any unchanged version. And you would be laughed out of court if you suggested that the nice lady who signed the contract; who signed all the contracts for all the customers; who sat there every day signing contracts -- shouldn't have signed that modified contract. That's the company's problem, not the customers.
Comment: Don't be silly (Score 1) 633
They definitely could have refused you service and still could. Unless of course there is some sort of additional regulation specific to utilities that changes something as they do have additional regulation.
No, they couldn't. Electric utilities are regulated like the monopolies they are. Now what they might be able to do, probably even what they intended to do, is to regulate whether you can hook up a generator in such a fashion that it might inadvertently be connected to their system (which would be bad). But even that is a bit iffy -- you could probably force them to specify characteristics of the proper sort of switch over circuitry that you have to install rather than denying you the ability to connect a generator outright.
And in this day and age, the ability to connect solar to the grid and actually force power back is actually a right granted by the state to the customer in a lot of places.
Comment: Yeah (Score 4, Funny) 379
Comment: No, I think you're the one who is trolling (Score 1) 249
So if you have examples of Google being as much of a dick as Apple, please do share.
Comment: Not only that (Score 4, Interesting) 249
It's disingenuous for them to say that they will do something without the court ordering it, when the entire reason the court is involved is that they refused to even make an initial offer, choosing instead to pick what they thought would be the best venue to sue in. Obviously, that didn't work out so well for them after the judge figured out what was going on.
Comment: That's either misinformed or a lie (Score 1) 249
Comment: If it was easy to do, anybody could do it (Score 1) 360
The trick is to stay around long enough to reap the benefits of all your good refactoring work. If the software gets better and better, that should show up in whatever metrics management uses (downtime, customer satisfaction, whatever), and then they should pay you even more.
So the trick isn't to look at the quality of the code at the potential job. The trick is to figure out if, at some point, that quality comes under your control, and if you will have a nice work environment and be rewarded commensurately.
Comment: Not necessarily (Score 1) 615
This is the reason that some mixed signal chips have both analog and digital power supplies -- to allow the board designer a small chance of keeping the analog signals clean by filtering the digital switching noise before it gets to the analog input.
The problem is compounded when you have multiple switching chips.
Of course, as other posters have pointed out, the problem certainly could be in the power supply itself, in which case swapping the power supply certainly could be a fix.
Comment: Re:Signal isn't chaning, the noise floor is (Score 5, Interesting) 615
Noise (because of bad caps) from the power supply could easily cause jitter, which can reduce viable range considerably.
Comment: Sounds backwards to me (Score 1) 130
But what do I know?


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Glenn Beck--NOLAN CHART GOD
OMG, OMFG! Glenn Beck actually did the Nolan Chart on the air.
I was riding an exercise bike at the gym, and saw it up on one of the screens. I started pointing and grunting loudly. No one noticed, though, because I often do this.
But, this time....how cool! (EXCEPT THAT IT CRASHED THE SERVER. YOU CAN'T GET IN TO THE NOLAN CHART SITE).
Try this, instead.
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Hydric soils are defined as soils that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. Under natural conditions, these soils are either saturated or inundated long enough during the growing season to support the growth and reproduction of hydrophytic vegetation. For additional documentation including a description of the map legend for Hydric Soils, refer to the CT ECO Complete Resource Guide for Hydric Soils.
All soil information included in the CT ECO maps and map viewers is from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Web Soil Survey (WSS), which is based on information originally published on the set of Soil Survey quarter quadrangle maps that cover Connecticut.
Hydric soil have a number of agricultural and nonagricultural applications. These include assistance in land-use planning, conservation planning, and assessment of potential wildlife habitat. A combination of the hydric soil, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydrology properties define wetlands as described in the National Food Security Act Manual (Soil Conservation Service, 1994) and the Corps of Engineers (COE) Wetlands Delineation Manual (Environmental Laboratory, 1987) and COE Regional Supplements for the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit program. Section 404 requires a permit from the COE for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States, including wetlands. Therefore, an area that meets the hydric soil definition must also meet the hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology definitions in order for it to be correctly classified as a jurisdictional wetland.
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- Status - This information is updated as needed. The previously published county soil surveys (published between 1962 and 1981) are superseded by this official soil information. County soil surveys are for historical use only.
- Date of Data - The original data was collected from published surveys from 1962 to 1981, field mapping from 1985 through 2001 and additional attribute documentation to 3/23/2007.
- Map Scale and Accuracy - 1:12,000 (1 inch = 12,000 feet). Minimum delineation is 3 acres in size.
Additional Documentation
- Hydric Soils - CT ECO Complete Resource Guide
- Soil map unit GIS Metadata - Contains technical documentation describing the Soil map units data and the data sources, process steps, and standards used to collect, digitize, and store this information in a geographic information system (GIS).
- Soil interpretation GIS Metadata – Contains technical documentation describing the data table that defines soil interpretation such as Hydric Soils, Inland Wetland Soils, and Potential for Subsurface Disposal Systems. This lookup table is related to the soil map unit data and used to create the various soil interpretations included in CT ECO.
- CT Soil Map Units Dominated by Hydric Soils lists, defines and describes hydric soils.
- For additional technical documents on field indicators and hydric criteria see Hydric Soils.
- 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual is a Federal delineation manual used in the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program for the identification and delineation of wetlands.
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- Soils data downloadable from DEEP GIS Data originated from the Soils Data Mart (SDM) where additional soils data is available.
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BANGALORE: Yet another peacock feather added to the cap of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), now with the crown of eWorld 2012 for Best ICT enabled Urban Governance Initiative of the year. KSRTC has rolled a pilot on Intelligent Transport System in Mysore on just 500 buses, 105 bus stops and six bus terminals.
KSRTC runs the city transport in Mysore. The project will be commissioned from August 1, this year across all the fleet that operates intra-city. The ITS has vehicle tracking systems fitted in each bus and bus stop and terminal to get a real time location of a particular bus on a particular direction or destination. The pilot was tested with a few hundred contact numbers of daily commuters who would get the time on his mobile when he would get the bus at his bus stop.


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Today we honor our all the veterans who served their country, past, present, and future.
Back before Microsoft, IBM, and Apple, the word "computer" referred to a person who computes.
During World War II, more than a half-million Jews served in the American military. The story of the Jewish American military experience begins there, but World War II also marks the beginning of a second story -- the story of Jewish women in the American military. In honor of Veteran's Day, I have been thinking about this story, its beginnings, and how far we have come since then.
Pride, Honor and Courage: Jewish Women Remember World War II, the documentary film produced by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHSGH), premiered Thursday at the Mandell Jewish Community Center.
Every generation has specific dates that are indelibly etched into the memories of the people who lived them. For my generation of baby boomers, the day that President Kennedy was assassinated is one, followed by the days on which Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King were killed. Most of us can remember vividly where we were and what we were doing as events unfolded on those historic dates.
Today, in honor of Veteran's Day, Jewesses with Attitude is starting a new series highlighting materials we have collected in our Jewish American Women & World War II online collecting project.This is the first in a multi-post series looking at the lives of Jewish women during the era of rations, Rosie the Riveter and the Roosevelts.
This week, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored the first Iranian Jew with an Emmy. She also happens to a woman—Lila Yomtoob. The Forward profiles Lila today, noting that her award is for working as a sound editor on the HBO documentary "Baghdad ER." The film follows the daily lives of doctors, nurses, soldiers, medics, and chaplains working in the U.S. Army's Baghdad medical facility in Iraq's Green Zone.
I am a 23 year old Jewish female, born and raised in the U.S. Until this point in my life, I thought I had a fair amount of responsibility—I went off to college hundreds of miles away from home and moved into an equally far away home of my own after graduating to begin a career. Yet, in contrast to my fellow female Israeli counterparts in their 20s, the responsibility on my shoulders pales in comparison.
As Israel resumes air strikes against Lebanon, after a brief pause of bombing, most of us are left wondering if peace in the Middle East is as possible as catching a unicorn ride to Narnia. And yet, as Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua recently put it, "I can be a pessimist for myself, but I have to be optimistic for [my grandchildren]. I have to keep the spirit."
For the past two weeks, I've been reading the news reports about the escalating violence in Israel and Lebanon with dread and despair. I am struck by how unavoidable the violence seems to be, and yet how unconstructive it is, destroying lives, homes, businesses, and hope, while sowing further seeds of hate.


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If one definition of a neurosis is a wholly mental construct that impedes real-world action, then the Social Security lock box is one whopper of a national neurosis. Social Security came into existence in 1935, and up until two years ago, no such thing as an untouchable lock box even existed. The concept has its roots in Bill Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address, the first in which he had to confront the novel phenomenon of a budget surplus. With the Republican Congress threatening to return that surplus to the deserving rich in the form of a tax cut, Clinton improvised a tactically inspired defense: "Save Social Security first," he proclaimed. Clinton knew he couldn't persuade a GOP-run Congress to enact social programs, so instead he proposed devoting that money to federal-debt retirement, brilliantly mislabeled as setting the funds aside for Social Security. The Republicans capitulated instantly: No tax cut could compete with saving Social Security, even if all that meant was retiring the debt at a faster clip.
Fast-forward about 18 months to the beginning of the presidential campaign, and it's not Clinton but Al Gore who plays the SSS card. Now, it's the annual Social Security surplus that must be saved from W.'s reckless talk of cuts — and from Bill Bradley's reckless talk of universal health coverage. Bradley, you may recall, was Gore's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, and was proposing to spend the surplus on health insurance for the 43 million Americans who go without. He didn't specify "the Social Security surplus" or "the non–Social Security surplus," and with good reason. Until Al Gore started to attack W. to his right and Bradley to his left for threatening the "Social Security surplus," the very concept hadn't existed. Money that comes in from the Social Security tax doesn't go out to pay current Social Security benefits. The government does place a portion of its revenues into government bonds to pay future benefits, but it had never yet distinguished the income from Social Security taxes from its other sources of income.
As bad luck would have it, this was the one part of the Gore campaign that worked. Overnight, poor Bradley was transformed into a threat to America's seniors, while W. vowed never to pick this newly minted lock box. Today, however, with tax revenues plummeting, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that just appropriating the funds designated in this spring's congressional budget resolution will require looting the box to the tune of $9 billion. Never mind that the government routinely did this from 1935 through 1999, enabling it to create Medicare, the federal highway system, Head Start — all without endangering the Social Security system (which, contrary to what W.'s henchmen are telling us, is more sound than just about any private-sector investment fund out there).
So the fiction became real. The sanctity of the box became holy writ among both the parties' elites, and the public, hearing no voices to the contrary, fell into line: A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll shows that 73 percent view the falling surplus as a serious problem. Never mind that the surplus is running around $120 billion if you eliminate this lock-box mishegaas.
The same poll also shows that 33 percent of the public hold W. "very responsible" for these budget woes, while just 15 percent feel that way about congressional Democrats. That is to say, first, Americans are coming to understand that W.'s mega–tax cut was probably not the best use of their funds, and second, Democrats are kicking some major political butt. We're the real party of fiscal austerity, the Democrats proclaim, with House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt vowing that Democrats will never dip into that Social Security surplus that Bush has imperiled, even if that means slashing programs for education and the environment, and delaying the prescription-drug benefit Democrats spoke of so lovingly just last month.
Howzzat? The Democrats are going to ditch their own program, and any reflationary spending that might forestall a deeper recession, rather than relinquish their advantage as the party of austerity, rather than suggest that the lock box is a piece of nonsense, or that the tax cut be revisited? Well, not all Democrats. National party chair Terry McAuliffe has been railing against the tax cut recently, for which he was taken to task by Georgia's Zell Miller, the most right-wing Senate Democrat, who rightly noted that a small number of House and Senate Democrats actually voted for the "scaled-down" version of W.'s tax cut (a mere $1.35 trillion, 38 percent of which goes to America's wealthiest 1 percent). "Whom does he think he is hurting?" Miller wrote in a letter to the Washington Post. "In case he forgot, nine [of the Democrats who voted for the cut] are up for re-election next year."
Moreover, all of the 12 Democratic senators who voted for the cut represent states that W. carried, or very narrowly lost. Well, all but one of them — the exception being our own, beloved Dianne Feinstein.
California's senior senator can cite no such extenuating circumstances for her vote. Feinstein, the last time we looked, came from the most solidly Democratic state in the nation, which Al Gore carried by 11 percent, though he spent no money here at all while W. dropped a cool $15 million, which lefty Barbara Boxer carried by 10 points in 1998, and which Feinstein herself carried by 20 points just last November. Which means, of course, that the 68-year-old Feinstein doesn't face re-election until 2006, when she is widely expected not to run.


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Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ Telescope – An Ideal Choice for Budding Astronomers
If you're searching for a dual-purpose telescope that would work just fine for celestial as well as terrestrial viewing, you should look no further than the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ telescope. Almost all models from the AstroMaster Series are capable of giving accurate views of sky and land, and on top of that, they are quite affordable compared to many other brands. With one of these telescopes, it will become a lot easier for you to view the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter; however, you may have to opt for a scope with a relatively larger aperture and better light gathering ability to view smaller celestial objects.
It is true that the newest telescopes come in a wide variety of sizes and prices – not only are they heavily computerized, but they also work efficiently to locate objects automatically. Speaking of AstroMaster 114EQ, the instrument is packed with some interesting features that go a long way in helping you see clear and bright images of the Moon and planets. The first impressive thing about this telescope is that setting it up will not take a lot of your time – it's simple and quick. No-tool dovetail attachment is the reason why setting it up won't put you in any trouble, even if it's the first time you're going to use a telescope. Moreover, the availability of a pre-assembled tripod helps you get ready for the real action in a matter of minutes – the rugged tripod comes with steel tube legs for better stability.
Perfectly suitable for the novice sky watchers, this particular telescope features manual motion controls and all-glass optical elements. The performance is quite good, all thanks to coated optics added for superior image intensity and clarity. It also comes equipped with a mounted Finderscope and a German Equatorial Mount with Setting Circles, which assist you in locating different sky objects.
Here, it is crucial to mention that though this telescope definitely packs a punch, it does have a few issues as well. For instance, many people have complained about the workings of its Finderscope – it doesn't work properly and often fails to get a particular object in view. The truth is that the red dot finder that you find with this telescope is slightly tricky to use. By sighting up the middle of the scope and then using the threaded adapter for the camera, you will be in a better position to focus on whatever you're interested in seeing.
It may not be perfect, but then again, you have to keep in mind that with telescopes you tend to get what you pay for – so you may have to pay more to pick an even better substitute of the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ telescope from the AstroMaster Series.