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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Buster Posey squatted into a catcher's crouch for his first spring training bullpen session and began receiving pitches from ace Tim Lincecum, then Matt Cain.
He practiced springing up to throw after catching the ball, with no hesitation or signs that he had ever been seriously hurt.
Posey showed he has plenty of pop in his bat, too. He cleared the fences a couple of times in his first round of batting practice at Scottsdale Stadium on Sunday, Day 1 for Giants pitchers and catchers.
After bench coach Ron Wotus surrendered those home run balls, Posey quipped: "Four-seamer coming at 55 (mph), I tend to square that one up."
Clearly, San Francisco's cleanup hitter is loose, good-natured and in a positive frame of mind.
"It was special for me because I've put in a lot of work to get back to this point and this is just another step," Posey said. "There's still some work to do but I was very happy with today."
More than 50 fans lined the fences throughout the ballpark trying to catch a glimpse of Posey getting back to work with the team at last.
"For him, it's an important day," reliever Santiago Casilla said. "He's waited a long time to play. He'll be OK. He's been working hard. Everybody wants to watch him."
The 2010 NL Rookie of the Year made his highly anticipated return to the field in a formal setting after a season-ending leg injury last year. He tore three ligaments in his left ankle and broke a bone in his lower leg in a frightening home-plate collision with Florida's Scott Cousins on May 25.
Posey is one of a handful of key major leaguers working back from injuries this spring — including Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, Colorado's Jorge de la Rosa and reliever Joba Chamberlain of the Yankees.
Through his entire ordeal, Posey has been able to reflect on his baseball career.
Yes, he wants to keep catching for years to come, though changing positions did cross his mind a few times. He refuses to get involved in speaking out about the need for any rules changes when it comes to making contact with the catcher (manager Bruce Bochy is handling that campaign). Posey wants to do everything he can to stay in the lineup as a regular.
"I think it's just a greater appreciation for doing what I do, just enjoying this, being out here today catching a couple of pens and maybe some of the not-so-glamorous stuff of a catcher's job," he said. "Enjoying that stuff a little bit more and just knowing that it can be gone quick."
General manager Brian Sabean, Bochy and the brass kept a watchful eye on Posey in the bullpen. It was a monumental moment for Posey, whose long road to recovery included having screws removed from his surgically repaired left ankle in July and pushing himself around on a makeshift scooter to keep weight off the injured leg.
Everybody is encouraged seeing Posey in uniform.
"I threw to him Friday," left-hander Madison Bumgarner said. "He looked normal to me, ready to go, like he hadn't missed a beat."
The Giants have a plan in place to keep Posey from overdoing it now — and he understands that. He will do all he can to avoid another injury that could derail his plan and force him to become a full-time first baseman.
It would mean a lot to Posey to play in the first Cactus League game March 3 against defending NL West champion Arizona, and Bochy believes that's possible. For a while, Bochy will check in with the medical staff after each of Posey's games in which he catches five or six innings.
Posey won't catch bullpens Monday but is expected to participate in other baseball activities.
"That's our decision, not his," Bochy said.
Sabean watched Posey during the fall as he began catching again.
"He thinks everything is fine," Sabean said. "He's ready to get out here. It'll be us holding him back."
These days, Posey said he consciously thinks about picking up his 6-month-old twins — daughter Addison and son Lee — by squatting down first as to not aggravate anything. It's all of these little things he has learned through what became a painful blow to the Giants, who missed the playoffs a year after winning the World Series.
After Lincecum's session, the right-hander greeted his catcher with a friendly handshake and thumbs-up.
"It just kind of picked up where we left off," Lincecum said. "It's nice having a chance to do that down here and just kind of having a clean slate and a new season to work with. He's got a new season to work with. I don't think he's thinking about the injury too much."
Posey has distanced himself from the collision — though he has watched it multiple times — and the emotional aftermath. Cousins has expressed how sorry he is the injury happened but called it an aggressive baseball play.
Posey said Sunday he accepts that Cousins does care, even if they haven't spoken despite efforts by the Marlins outfielder.
"The biggest thing for me back then and now is looking forward and being positive and trying to get ready for another season," Posey said.
Posey has regained his rhythm at the plate in a hurry. Even when he first started hitting last fall after about five months off, the swing came back fairly quickly.
"I'm blessed in a sense. I enjoy this game," he said.
Posey's presence was missed every day last year.
In 2010, he wasn't even called up from Triple-A Fresno until late May but still batted .305 with 18 home runs and 67 RBIs in 108 games to help the Giants capture their first NL West crown since 2003.
This is the player San Francisco gave $6.2 million when he signed in August 2008 as the fifth overall pick out of Florida State, the richest deal ever for a Giants amateur.
"I know they're glad to have him back," Bochy said. "He's very popular in the clubhouse and they know how long a road he had to endure in his rehab. That's a tough road. The talent he brings makes us a better club."
Not to mention all the other intangibles.
"Buster's the core of this team just because he's on both sides, offense and defense. He's our leader," left-hander Barry Zito said. "It's good for the morale of the team. We feel like we're a full unit again."
Posey back in action for Giants at last


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Comparing With Branch
In addition to the common file versions comparison options, the Subversion integration with AppCode provides a special command that enables you to compare a file from your local working copy with its version in the selected branch.
To compare a file with its version in a specified branch, do the following:
- Select the desired file in the Project Tool Window, or open it in the editor.
- From the main VCS menu, or on the context menu of the selection, choose Subversion | Compare with Branch.
- In the Compare with Branch pop-up, select the desired branch. The Compare with Branch dialog in the form of the Differences Viewer for Files appears.
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The bill requires that facilities that perform more than five first trimester abortions per month be subject to the same regulations as hospitals, which will hopefully help keep down the kind of abuses that were documented here by Live Action (and, much more horrifyingly, the atrocities committed in Pennsylvania by Kermit Gosnell). This rather commonsense consistency in regulating abortions would be normally out of reach of the pro-life movement, as the Virginia Senate is 22/18 Democratic/Republican: however, two Democrats switched their votes after a parliamentary procedure forced them to take a stand on the bill. This made the vote 20/20, thus allowing Lt. Governor Bill Bolling to break the tie.
Because elections matter.
People may also remember that this has been building up since August of 2010, when Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli ruled that abortion facilities could be regulated as if they were hospitals – which ruling helped set up this bill.
Because elections matter.
The bill now goes to Governor Bob McDonnell, who will sign it.
Because elections matter.
Moe Lane (crosspost)


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The Boy and
the Filberts
A Boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped
as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out
his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the
pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to
withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his
disappointment. A bystander said to him, "Be satisfied with
the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand."
Do not attempt too much at once.


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LycoRed: Cardio health is not just about reducing LDL cholesterol
Speaking to FoodNavigator-USA at the IFT show about its new Cardi-O-Mato oleoresin, LycoRed's VP business development for North America Doug Lynch said that customers are also beginning to explore ingredients that can reduce levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol - a biomarker seen as a more useful predictor of risk for heart disease than total or LDL-cholesterol.
Cardi-O-Mato standardizes to six tomato phytonutrients, and has been shown to reduce ox LDL levels, support endothelial health, provide antioxidant support, and help maintain healthy blood pressure levels, said Lynch.
"It's about multi-pathway cardiovascular support. We've conducted five clinical trials covering safety and efficacy, the latest of which was a large human clinical trial with 150 people, so we've got some very robust data."
Tomatoes are already associated in people's minds with the Mediterranean diet
He added: "15 years ago LycoRed was able to extract the benefits of the tomato into a concentrated, GRAS complex called Lyc-O-Mato. It has multiple tomato phytonutrients, but is standardized to lycopene.
"Cardi-O-Mato represents an enhancement of that technology in that we are now able to naturally standardize to five other phytonutrients as well, and guarantee that the lycopene and phytosterols are in a 1:1 relationship. In this way, we can ensure a complex which is optimized for cardiovascular health."
Cardi-O-Mato has initially been targeted at dietary supplement customers, but food and beverage manufacturers have also shown interest in the GRAS ingredient, he said. "It works well in everything from tomato pastes to soups."
Asked whether the food industry is ready for new cardio health ingredients, he said:
"The food and beverage industry can be pretty conservative, but tomatoes are already associated in people's minds with the Mediterranean diet, so there is no reason why this shouldn't have mass appeal."
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John Beradino (Steve) and Rachel Ames (Audrey) shoot a scene for GENERAL HOSPITAL on April 6, 1970 |
Fans can show their love by voting for their all-time favorites, with the five couples receiving the most "Likes" featured in the marathon.
Starting at 12 p.m. PT on Friday, January 11 through 12 a.m. PT on Wednesday, January 16, fans can vote on SOAPnet's Facebook page.
They can then tune in to "GH Valentine's Day Supercouple Marathon" Sunday, February 10 at 7 p.m. ET/PT to see if their choices won.
Supercouples include: Alan and Monica, Dante and Lulu, Edward and Lila, Frisco and Felicia, Jason and Elizabeth, Jason and Sam, Jax and Brenda, Lucky and Elizabeth, Luke and Laura, Nikolas and Emily, Patrick and Robin, Duke and Anna, Sonny and Brenda, Sonny and Carly, Steve and Audrey, and Stone and Robin.
- 50 Greatest Soap Couples: The Complete List


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Simpo PDF to Word is designed to convert read-only PDF to editable Word files, even the encrypted pdf could be converted easily. It could convert PDF to Word with good quality, preserves graphs, chats and text layouts. What's more, this application is standalone, you don't need to install extra Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.
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- Straightforward and easy to use.
- Does PDF -> DOC and PDF – > TXT conversions.
- Supports batch processing.
- Allows users to convert whole PDFs or select pages.
- Can convert encrypted PDFs.
- Converts at a good pace.
- Does not require Microsoft Office/Word installed to use.
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- Output/conversion quality needs improvement.
- Does not support drag + drop.
- Does not give users the ability to add an entry into right-click context menu for quick access.
- Sometimes the output file links under "Status" (after conversions have finished) are unclickable.
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{for="Ease of Use" value="9″}Extremely easy to use. The only two problems are there is no ability to add a context menu entry, and doesn't support drag + drop.
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{for="Usefulness" value="8″}PDF to Word converters are generally found to be useful by many people, especially the ones that don't require you to have Microsoft Office/Word installed.
{for="Price" value="7″}In of itself, $29.95 is a fair price (it is either the same or cheaper than its rivals), although $20 would be a lot more attractive. However, as it stands, I would not pay $29.95 for this software until the conversion/output quality is improved.
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Simpo PDF to Word is an easy-to-use converter that converts PDFs to Word documents (DOC only – DOCX not supported) and text files (TXT).
This is what Simpo PDF to Word's main program window looks like:
(Although the interface of Simpo PDF to Word resembles that of AnyBizSoft PDF to Word, the two programs are no way the same; they are not the same product rebranded. I know this because the output/conversion quality of both products differs highly.)
Using SPtW (Simpo PDF to Word) is very easy. You simply click on "Add PDF(s)" and add the PDFs you want to convert (you cannot drag + drop the PDFs – drag + drop is not supported). SPtW supports batch processing, so feel free to add as many PDFs as you want.
Once you have added a PDF, you can select to convert only specific pages…
…or if you would rather just convert the whole PDF you can leave it at "All Pages". After that, simply hit "Convert" to begin converting the PDFs. When the conversions are done, you should be able to click on the hyperlink under "Status" to access the output files directly:
Conversions are done at a pretty good speed, although not "blazing fast" either and computer resource usage is not too bad either, although if you plan on converting an extremely large PDF (say, 3000 pages) you may want to let SPtW finish converting before you use the computer for other activities.
Unfortunately, the output/conversion quality is nothing to brag about; it needs improvement. See for yourself:
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC) | Example (TXT)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC) | Example (TXT)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC) | Example (TXT)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC) | Example (TXT)
Note: I do not claim any ownership to any of the example PDFs… they are used for testing and demonstration purposes only. They were found via a Google query here and here and here and here.
As you can see, for PDF – > DOC, SPtW totally failed to convert the tables in example 2 and 3, example 1's the first page content is misaligned, and example 4's second page text is messed up. For PDF -> TXT, SPtW actually performed fairly well for example 1 and 4, but was still unable to convert anything from example 2 and 3. So the quality isn't "poor", but it needs big improvements before this program is usable.
Just for kicks, I decided to compare SPtW to two other PDF -> Word converters I have. Here are the same exact PDF – > Word conversions, expect done by AnyBizSoft PDF to Word (available as a freebie) and Nitro PDF Professional ($99 USD):
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
Nitro PDF Professional
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
- Example (PDF) | Example (DOC)
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word was also unable to convert examples 2 and 3 (the ones with just the tables), but it converted examples 1 and 4 beautifully. Nitro PDF Professional, on the other hand, converted examples 2, 3, and 4 perfectly but was literally unable to convert example 1 (hence there is no link to example 1).
From the comparison results, it is should be obvious that no PDF to Word converter is perfect. And that is just the nature of the beast; if converting PDFs to Word was an easy science, everybody would be doing it. Converting PDFs to Word is hard, although not as hard as converting PDF to Excel. You will never, ever find a *perfect* converter; all converters will have hiccups. Heck even the $99 Nitro PDF Professional isn't perfect. When looking for a PDF to Word converter, the converter that provides "usable" results is the one to go with. In my opinion, both AnyBizSoft PDF to Word and Nitro PDF Professional generally provide "usable" results whereas SPtW does not.
Here are two other note worthy aspects of SPtW:
- SPtW can convert encrypted PDFs. If the PDF is encrypted with a "user" password, you first need to enter the password (SPtW will not crack it for you):
If the PDF is encrypted with an "owner" password, you need not do anything; just load it into SPtW and convert like normal – SPtW will do the rest for you.
- SPtW does not require you to have Microsoft Office/Word installed to use.
Last but not the least, there are three features I would like to see added to SPtW…
- The ability to have an entry in the right-click context menu of Windows (i.e. when right-clicking on a PDF there is an option to "Convert with Simpo PDF to Word"). The developer should make this an optional thing so users that don't want this don't have to have it.
- The ability to drag + drop PDFs into SPtW.
- The ability to select to create .DOC or .DOCX output files. I didn't mention this under "The Bad" because I don't feel this is too critical (I don't know anyone that wants .DOCX over .DOC) but it is a feature that would be handy to have if the need ever arises. It would save the hassle of having to manually save all output .DOCs as .DOCXs.
…and one bug I found with the program:
- As already mentioned above, when SPtW finishes converting PDFs, it provides a link to the output file under the "Status" column. The only problem is sometimes these links are unclickable; I found that if the link has a blue background as opposed to a white background, you may not be able to click it. The odd thing is, though, sometimes I was able to click the blue background links while other times I was not. I hope the developer looks into this bug and fixes it.
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word is a good converter that used to be shareware, but is now available as a freebie.
Among all its features, eXPert PDF Pro 5 has a PDF to Word converter. It doesn't support batch processing though.
Online PDF converter.
Online PDF to Word converter. Has a file limit on the size the output Word file can be (I think it's 2 MB).
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{rw_verdict2}Simpo PDF to Word is easy-to-use, but it lacks in the performance area: It needs to improve its output/conversion quality. The output/conversion quality isn't bad enough to earn Simpo PDF to Word a thumbs down, but it is bad enough to make Simpo PDF to Word just an ordinary program. For all those that desire a PDF to Word converter, my recommendation is to go with AnyBizSoft PDF to Word (while it isn't perfect either, it typically provides does excellent conversions).
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In the fall of 2014, Sam Harris staged a series of live events — in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—to coincide with the publication of his book, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. In these talks, Harris discussed a range of experiences that have traditionally been considered "spiritual"—in particular the phenomenon of self-transcendence. Although such experiences tell us nothing about the origins of the cosmos, they confirm some well-established truths about the human mind: Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and serenity, are teachable skills; and the way we think can profoundly influence our lives and the lives of others.
This video consists of a one-hour lecture and an hour of Q&A.


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The only thing that mattered in Thursday night's CNN debate was the first two minutes.
Newt Gingrich's angry reaction to John King's opening question about that allegations by the former congressman's ex-wife—calling it "close to despicable," and the handiwork of a "destructive" and "vicious" media–overshadowed everything that followed.
Gingrich seized the opening, saying he was appalled that CNN would lead off a presidential debate with such a question, and brushing aside King's attempt to shift the focus to ABC, which conducted the interview with Marianne Gingrich. For King to make that the first question, over the economy and health care and everything else, may have been a blunder. Not since Bernie Shaw asked Michael Dukakis how he'd react to the rape and murder of his wife has an opening question so defined a presidential debate.
Voters will have to judge Gingrich's defense, that lots of people have trouble in their personal lives and that he has sought forgiveness for conducting the affair with his current wife, Callista, while he was married to Marianne. He denied her account, repeated to ABC's Brian Ross, that Gingrich had asked her for an "open marriage" in which he could continue to see Callista.
It's possible that a boomerang effect could wind up helping Gingrich here. By dropping the Marianne bombshell (though she has said the same thing to print reporters) two days before the South Carolina primary, ABC risks generating sympathy for Newt with what might appear to be a late hit. Most people know Gingrich has a messy marital history; it's baked into the cake. The heated exchange allowed Newt to exercise his patented move of ripping a media establishment that is none too popular with conservative voters.
Everything that happened afterward on the Charleston stage was an afterthought. But here goes.
Mitt Romney played defense on not releasing his tax returns before the primary, saying the "drip by drip" approach would just enable Democratic attacks. Of course, he's doing the dripping by mentioning his 15 percent tax rate and could have released the returns months ago.
He also dodged a King question on why he won't follow his father's example, when George Romney ran for president in 1968, and release a dozen years of returns. He looked shaky at best.
But Romney had a solid night overall, even when he was being beaten up over his Massachusetts health plan and his past abortion record. And when Gingrich and Rick Santorum squabbled over their respective health-care records, Romney deftly portrayed them as a pair of Beltway insiders, underscoring his pitch as an outsider businessman.
Santorum had a couple of good moments, especially when he said he'd been the principled conservative on health care for 20 years while "these two guys"—Romney and Gingrich—"were playing footsie with the left." (Another charge of sexual improprieties?)
At another moment, Santorum got under Gingrich's skin by painting him as grandiose and recalling how some fellow Republicans tried to depose him as House speaker in a 1997 coup. Santorum knows full well that if Gingrich, who is surging in the South Carolina polls, wins Saturday, or comes close to Romney, his own candidacy may be toast.
But a day from now, no one will remember anything other than the first two minutes. The debate was a wash for Romney; Gingrich is the story, and Gingrich erupting over being grilled about his second ex-wife is the lead of that story. If he Newtralized that issue with his anger, he not only put it behind him, he may have saved his candidacy.


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Prophecy 2014 – Will America Die in the Breach?
Copyright© 2013 Rev Michael Bresciani
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." (Psalm 9: 17)
If a nation can be cast down because it forgets God – what happens to a nation that actively fights against God.
If you have any trouble finding the answer to the question – let me help.
A nation that goes from being guided by what Rev Jerry Falwell coined as 'the moral majority, to being guided by its, Obama led, immoral minority, is without doubt, standing in thin air suspended by absolutely nothing. The unattractive phrase, 'fallen nation' may soon take its place, not in our dictionaries, but in our history books.
Rally for the Duck Commander, but let the country go down the tubes?
The rallying of conservative America for Phil Robertson and the Duck Dynasty series was at the very least – refreshing, but it is hardly enough.
Where was the rally in 2012 when Barack Obama ran for a second term? The 100 million Christians and 60 million Catholics were still being etherized by misty promises of 'change we can believe in' even as the worst president in American history slithered into a second go-round.
Lying about everything from his sketchy past to whether Americans could keep their health care plans, now the slumbering have come to realize they were not at a party after all. It is more of a national reality show where we are all participants in the Obama dream. It will now require far more than the audacity of hoping it will end, to correct the ongoing moral, economic and political damage.
Somewhere, between the fatalistic idea of Calvinistic doctrine and the idea that the evil day has to come as prophetically promised; America's Christians have stood by while government 'of, by and for the people' has been sidestepped for the contorted meandering of a narcissist that doesn't mind experimenting with our 238 year history to see if he can morph it into a new-world wonderland where immorality, unbridled spending and foreign policy miscarriage are the norm. This is twisted sister!
Naiveté elected a pop culture figure for president while forgetting that our presidents are supposed to be servants not saviors. In The case of Barack Obama it is clear now, that he is neither.
Separation of church and state does not imply that American's should be separated from their brains
If I see one more Christian publication, website or preacher in a pulpit calling for prayer for those in power (Ro 13: 1f) without the admonition to go out and vote for some Christian or conservative candidate I may just die.
In the interim I will remind American Christians of what the Apostle James said in James 4: 17.
"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
Letting the country sink into its own demise, while we call for prayer for our leaders is a mockery. Over half of the Christians are not registered to vote and only half of those registered get off their duffs and go down to the polling booths.
Doing nothing in the mid-term elections of 2014 and the general elections of 2016 is sinful. If, as we are pleased to say, God gave us a great nation through the founding fathers who sought God and believed a nation could reflect Godly values, then letting it go to the dogs is indeed an act of laziness and sin by omission.
Edmund Burke's famous quote about what it takes to make evil succeed may have its literal fulfillment in the Christians, but the apostle James has warned that it is a sin – isn't that something Christians are supposed to stop practicing?
Before passing these conclusions off as interpretation being stretched to extrapolation consider this.
When Jesus described the first century Church of Laodicea he said they were rich and needed nothing. They were too big and too popular to fail.
To them he replied, "…thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Rev 3: 17b)
Is it possible that the richest nation and greatest bastion of freedom in the world, the 'super-power' we call America is now approaching the same place as the Laodicean's?
Must I say that if we stand by and do nothing, we will get exactly what we deserve?
As an added note; the Church of Laodicea did fall and the region in which it was located is to this day one of the most earthquake prone and barren areas of the world.
Stop living in a fantasy world of PC and pop culture nonsense
From children suspended from school for shooting imaginary arrows to the Duck Dynasty flap, it is now apparent that America has entered the twilight zone where reality and PC birthed fiction has become blurred. A new breed of spineless American's has driven us to the brink where pop culture decides our morality and Hollywood and the entertainment industry have become our deluded conscience.
Let's come out of the clouds and see if we can bring this bird down before it crashes. Here's what we know, America has gay people, but it was not founded as a gay nation. The Bible still condemns gay behaviors and nothing is going to make that go away.
The penchant for PC and pop culture make for titillating new trends, but when a nation seeks stability in a turbulent world setting it must return to its foundations or die.
America was founded on Christian principles and guided by one of the most powerful civil documents in the history of the world. The guidance of the bible and the foundational freedoms of the Constitution are not niceties from the past, they are the very undergirding of the nation. Kick them out at your own peril.
We must stop making everyone to walk on eggshells one minute and across a bed of hot coals in the next – all because of a few words of offense.
If viewed under the microscope of true reality from the pulling down of crosses at veteran's memorials to placing antichrist signs on Times Square it is all directed at Jesus Christ. One who died as a lamb for the sins of the world would hardly seem much of a threat to anyone, but here's the rub, as long as it is known that someone had to die for the world that means the world is very sinful.
The one who provides the door out of a dark room is hardly guilty of producing the darkness. We will have to own that ourselves. Little wonder the apostle John was led to write this famous verse of scripture under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." (John 3: 19 – 20)
The bottom line is that sinners have always been and will always be offended directly or indirectly by Jesus Christ. He alone represents the call to examine our behaviors and in today's world, when PC extravagance and pop culture trends are weighed, they do not stand a chance of a passing grade and must ultimately be offended with Christ.
Then there is this admonition and clear warning. The one who the prophet Isaiah called the "Rock of Offense" (Isa 8: 14) was later to exclaim that being offended with him was not the best place to be found. To wit:
"And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." (Matthew 11: 6)
Don't the lost seek the path back to the main road – Ya Think!
Over seventy times the bible refers to the path we choose as being what makes or breaks an individual or a nation. When bereaved how many have heard the reading of the 23rd Psalm to give them some modicum of comfort and encouragement? Then there is that one line…
"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." (Ps 23: 3)
Is this just rhetorical nonsense or poetry used to get us through a rough spot in life, or is it exactly what God expects us to do every single day of our lives? Can a soul be restored; can the soul of a nation be restored without coming back to the paths of righteousness?
Have we labeled the times past as the age of innocence and thereby rendered it impotent and innocuous? Has being bad become so cool that you have to be really evil to move way up in the world of everything goes? Is innocence stupid?
It is odd that when worldliness and evil finally take their toll on some people, they seek the place of return to days of their childhood. They long for the days of innocence, but often they cannot be found or re-lived. But getting wisdom and giving up guile are not in the same class. In fact, real wisdom can be had by the guileless, but guile can only be had at the expense, of wisdom.
Need an interpretation for all that, it's simple – evil is stupid.
Returning to a right path, however, is never stupid. Pop culture flash resists it, because old things don't look cool. Here's wisdom; the old path is aimed at life – not cool. If our cool results in the end of a pop culture driven nation – how cool is that?
Prophets, preachers, wise men, seers and good men of every kind have been calling for this nation to return to the paths of the founders and of the biblical principles on which it was founded. The voice of one man in the White House declaring that we are a Muslim nation and same sex marriages are perfectly normal, can hardly alter our history. As it pertains to our path, consider this…
"Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant." (Isa 30: 11 -13)
Oh, about that prophecy for 2014
Godless and corrupt politicians, educators, celebrities and perverse lobbying groups have made their mark on America for the entire last generation. Time is running out for our nation. The two most important things I can say for 2014 are as follows.
1. The future is in your hands – not theirs!
2. The breach is near.
Prophecy 2013 – The Year Winners Become Losers
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To answer your following question – Where was the rally in 2012 when Barack Obama ran for a second term? The 100 million Christians and 60 million Catholics were still being etherized by misty promises of 'change we can believe in' even as the worst president in American history slithered into a second go-round.
Answer: he who owns the voting machines is not a Christian nor a Catholic.
Well put, i still wont vote its a joke. We lost our democracy years ago and nothing short of extreme change will fix this. I agree, back to the foundation. Thx.
"If a nation can be cast down because it forgets God – what happens to a nation that actively fights against God."
Absolutely nothing if they have superior fighting gear… Judges 1.19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
God clearly is no match for chariots of iron, in which case wtf chance does it stand against modern tanks?
Such a dinosaur is the Biblical God, it still needs an odiously arrogant mentally ill person as it's mouth piece…. God is too stupid to learn how to use email.
didn't god say somewhere not to put your faith into the hands of men and their governments. but rather put faith in him and his heavenly government. anyway something to that effect.


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We've Got Magic to Do! Tony Award-Winning Pippin Opens in Boston
Join us! Come and waste an hour or two! The national tour of Pippin opens in Boston on February 2. The Tony Award-winning musical will play the Boston Opera House through February 14.
Directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus, Pippin tells the story of a young prince on a death-defying journey to find meaning in his existence. Will he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk everything for a singular flash of glory? The show is noted for many Broadway standards including "Magic To Do," "Corner of the Sky," "Glory," "No Time at All," "Morning Glow" and "Love Song."
The show stars Gabrielle McClinton as the Leading Player, Brian Flores as Pippin, Priscilla Lopez as Berthe, Tony winner John Rubinstein as Charles, Sabrina Harper as Fastrada and Bradley Benjamin as Catherine.
This all-new production of Pippin features choreography by Tony nominee Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (also known as 7 Fingers).
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In keeping with our policy of highlighting anything that President Obama does right, (counted on one hand with fingers left over), Obama has apparently sold Israel the weapons it may need someday to potentially defang its enemies. And take out a rogue nuclear program at the same time??
While publicly pressuring Israel to make deeper concessions to the Palestinians, President Obama has secretly authorized significant new aid to the Israeli military that includes the sale of 55 deep-penetrating bombs known as bunker busters, Newsweek has learned.
In an exclusive story to be published Monday on growing military cooperation between the two allies, U.S. and Israeli officials tell Newsweek that the GBU-28 Hard Target Penetrators—potentially useful in any future military strike against Iranian nuclear sites—were delivered to Israel in 2009, just several months after Obama took office.
As a member of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, they regularly send me stickers, which say, "Society is safer when criminals don't know who's armed".
In this case, the world is safer when surrounding neighbors know that Israel is. Although, that early in the Obama presidency, the deal was probably brokered by Bush. The fact that Obama followed through on it and did not obstruct it in any way was the right thing to do.
Update : What was I thinking??? I'm supposed to be criticizing Obama, just because he's black!!! It totally slipped my mind! I apologize for any confusion or palpitations I've caused any liberals here.
H/T Memeorandum
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Icon's Melphalan Intraocular Injection Granted U.S. Orphan Drug Status Designation for the Treatment of Retinoblastoma
Sunnyvale, CA – January 3, 2013 – Icon Bioscience, Inc., (IBI), a privately held biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and commercialization of novel ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that melphalan intraocular injection, the company's investigational product for the treatment of retinoblastoma, has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Orphan Drug Designation is generally granted to drugs or biologics intended for treatment of rare diseases and disorders, i.e., those affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. This designation conveys special incentives to the sponsor, including tax credit for fifty percent of the cost of clinical trials, prescription drug user fee waiver, and seven years of U.S. market exclusivity for the drug or biologic upon FDA approval.
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Icon's melphalan intraocular injection is formulated using its proprietary Verisome® drug delivery technology. It is designed to safely deliver therapeutic levels of the drug for an extended period of time using a single intravitreal injection.
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The Verisome® drug delivery technology was invented by the Founder of Icon Bioscience, Inc., Vernon G. Wong, MD. The technology encompasses over 20 related, but distinct, novel and proprietary drug delivery systems. Highly versatile, it is capable of incorporating a broad range of active agents including small molecules, proteins and monoclonal antibodies and can deliver drugs in a controlled release manner for up to a year with a single injection.
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Icon Bioscience, Inc., (IBI), is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and commercialization of novel ophthalmic pharmaceuticals based on its Verisome® drug delivery platform technology. IBI is developing a broad portfolio of clinically superior specialty pharmaceuticals targeting all major ophthalmic indications including macular edema, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and cataract surgery. IBI has also entered into agreements with multiple international pharmaceutical companies interested in the use of the Verisome® technology for their own ophthalmic products. For more information, please refer to www.iconbioscience.com.
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Behold the fearsome Thai water elephant
By BY
The creature at left is an elusive animal first discovered in the 1800s. Although little is known of this "Thai water elephant's" behavior, it is said that its tusks carry deadly venom, and that only experienced hunters are able to capture them in their watery habitats, which is why they are so rare and expensive. Although they sometimes go for thousands on eBay, we are pleased to offer you -- today and today only! -- your very own taxidermied Thai water elephant as a free bonus for taking us up on our other fabulous offer of the day, which is some beachfront property in Kansas.
I ran across the Thai water elephant at the Museum of Unnatural Mystery while researching Piltdown last week. It seems the creature is a cousin of the jackalope:
A shrew is a small mouse-like mammal with a long pointed snout, making it already vaguely elephant shaped. The taxidermist does his work removing and adding bones and flesh in different places (for example, apparently the front leg bones below the knees are removed and shaped into the tusks). ... It is not clear whether the story of a water elephant has any place in traditional folklore, or if it was simply invented after the first hoaxer discovered he could turn a dead, worthless shrew into a rare, valuable water elephant and need a story to go along with it.
Consider yourself warned -- if you're traveling in Thailand, the water elephant may leap out of its habitat and attempt to take a bite out of your wallet.


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long time observer of answers first time asker of questions...
I don't post this here lightly and don't imagine that I haven't tried standard apple forums before coming here baffled.
I've been sent a build of an app in Test Flight but I can't install it on my iPad 1 because:
"Your device is running 4.2 GM which is less than the required version (4.3) for this build. Please upgrade your iOS install..."
I'm fine with that but when I 'Check for Update' on iTunes a helpful box comes up and tells me:
"This version of the iPad software (4.2) is the current version."
Things I have tried:
Restoring ipad to factory settings. Ensuring I have the latest version of iTunes. Deleting iPad back up (iTunes>Preferences>Devices) incase of corruption.
I have just downloaded version 4.3.5 from a third party and pressed 'Check for Update' (while holding down the Alt key), accessed the file and tried to upgrade that way...
iTunes now tells me:
"The Device "#### iPad 1" could not be updated. This device isn't eligible for the latest build."


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FIRST TIME COLORING WITH COPICS... wow - they are sweet.
I picked up a couple of skin tones, some reds, which I use most, 3 in the blue tones, an orange, a yellow, 2 brown tones so that I could color most anything. I can make a green from mixing yellow on the bottom and blue on the top, but wish I had purchased a couple greens. The green I used in this ATC was a marker which I then took some yellow and blue to highlight the leaves. Where there's a will, there's a way. I haven't used thiscute House Mouse stamp in 10 years and it just seemed the perfect stamp to test my new Copic Markers with.
I distressed the cardstock with Distressed inks: Worn Lipstick, Concord Grape, Shabby Shutters, & Broken China for the background. I stamped the cardstock, stamped again on white cardstock & cut out the image, then colored the image. I cut two different sets of grapes and a large grape & glued them back onto the grapes after coloring. I thought he looked like he was dreaming. I took a Hero Arts stamp and stamped the hearts so it looks like he's dreaming hearts, Hero Arts hearts.


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Time was, coffee tables were good for three things only: setting down your coffee, setting down your coffee table books, and maybe putting your feet up. To combat this perception, Born Rich has posted their top ten list of high tech coffee tables that are capable of these things and more.
For many of the tables on the list, more means integrated lights that react to the user in fun ways, like KLOSS's DeLighTable, which creates light patterns on its surface in response to being touched or having objects placed on it. We can't argue with the design behind such tables, but if the tech upgrades are practically useless, at least they should be genuinely compelling, like this table that simulates endless space, or the embedded LED pong table. Of course, the list also contains tables that consider utility first, doubling as media centers or embedding a multitouch surface.
Still, to us the best ones weren't even on the main list, but in an honorable mention category: a sweet coffee table made from a pinball machine, and our very favorite, a giant working NES controller. We understand that these are not as aesthetically pleasing (arguably) or as useful as some the tables on the list, but our priorities are ingenuity first, then utility, then design.
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Honkytonk Homeslice – "Just Passin' Thru"
Just Passin' Thru (available online August 21st) is the sophomore effort from Honkytonk Homeslice.
Bill Nershi, Scott Law and Jilian Nershi – along with the Windy Mountain rhythm section (Keith Moseley and Christian Teele) – have come together to create a remarkable collection of all original music. Featuring special guest performances by Darol Anger and Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI), and lyrics by John Perry Barlow, the album has a sonic depth that will pull you in and take you on a musical journey. From Billy's opening "Love Is Like A Train" through Jilian's "Birds" to Law's "Only The End", the album builds on the band's first acoustic release. Just Passin Thru' explores a bigger sound that will surely make you want to open your ears wider and wider.
Check out this preview of "Texas Town", available for free stream and download through SoundCloud:


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Why Do Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg? UC San Diego Study Offers Some Answers
December 9, 2008
By Kim McDonald
Why do some species of birds lay only one egg in their nest, while others lay 10 or more?
A global study of the wide variation among birds in this trait, known as the "clutch size," now provides biologists with some answers. The study, published in the current issue of the journal PLoS Biology, combined data on the clutch sizes of 5,290 species of birds with information on the biology and environment of each of these species.
Credit: Cagan Sekercioglu
"With this approach, we were able to explain a major proportion of the global variation in clutch size and also to predict with high confidence the average clutch size for types of birds living and breeding in certain environments," said Walter Jetz, an associate professor of biology at UC San Diego and the senior author of the study. "For example, cavity nesters, such as woodpeckers, have larger clutches than open-nesting species. And species in seasonal environments, especially those living at northern latitudes, have larger clutches than tropical birds."
Clutch size in birds and reptiles has long been studied by biologists, who have found generally that species that are short-lived or have a low survival rate among their offspring tend to lay more eggs at one time to increase the chances of having surviving offspring. In contrast, longer-lived species or those with a higher survival rate among offspring tend to lay fewer eggs in their nests and invest more time and effort in raising their offspring. However, the reasons why one species of bird may lay one egg and another 10 are more complex because clutch sizes can vary widely between closely related species due to variations in their environment, nutrition, health and predation.
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The authors of the study-who included Cagan Sekercioglu, a senior research scientist at Stanford University and Katrin Böhning-Gaese of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany-- were aided in their investigation by detailed records of the life histories of birds throughout the world.
"Humanity's fascination with birds since the dawn of time has meant that thousands of ornithologists and millions of bird enthusiasts have been collecting detailed data about birds' lives for centuries," said Sekercioglu. "Published in countless books, popular and scientific articles, these data have made birds the best known major group of organisms."
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"In this study," he added, "we answer one of the most basic questions asked about birds: Why do bird species lay different numbers of eggs? The integration of geographic and life history datasets enabled us to simultaneously address the importance of ecological, evolutionary, behavioral and environmental variables in shaping the clutch size of world's birds. We show that increased environmental variation causes birds to lay larger clutches. Most ornithological research has taken place in the highly seasonal environments of North America and Europe, but most bird species live in less seasonal tropics. Therefore, the small clutch size seen in less-studied tropical birds is the norm, not the exception. Increased predation pressure experienced by open-nesting birds also causes them to lay smaller clutches than cavity-nesting birds, literally having fewer eggs in one basket to spread the risk."
The three biologists said they believe this information will become increasingly more important in efforts to protect these birds as rapid environmental changes due to global warming affect these species.
Credit: Cagan Sekercioglu
"Our results demonstrate not only where bird species live, but how the way they live their lives, specifically their reproduction strategies, has evolved in close association with climate, particularly seasonality," said Jetz of UC San Diego. "Rapid changes to the global geography of climate are likely to impact both aspects and to potentially perturb the long-evolved link between the 'where' of life and the 'way' of life in many species."
Sekercioglu added: "The majority of bird species live in the tropics. Tropical birds' smaller clutch size is greatly shaped by more stable climates and these birds' survival depends on the continuity of the weather conditions they have adapted to during millennia. Climate change and a potential increase in climatic fluctuations in the tropics may make these birds highly vulnerable. Hundreds of tropical bird species are already threatened with extinction and a potential clash between changing climate and their reproductive strategies may cause additional harm."
The study was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Christensen Fund.
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'Paranormal Activity 4': Is the movie worth seeing this Halloween?
Back in 2009, Screen Rant's Kofi Outlaw caught a preview showing of the indie-produced found-footage film Paranormal Activity – during director Oren Peli's campaign to have viewers "demand" film screenings in their area. Positive word of mouth eventually carried the film into a wide release and on to $193 million dollars (from a $15,000 budget). Since that time, the Paranormal Activity sequels have become standard Halloween season programming at the box office and with low-cost productions and massive ticket revenue, the films now rank as some of the most profitable movies ever made.
Now the producers are back with Paranormal Activity 4, re-teaming with their Paranormal Activity 3 directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish). Despite some memorable scares, Paranormal Activity 3 was criticized for the way it handled the larger (albeit thin) franchise "story." Can Joost and Schulman find a better balance this round – a film that delivers both creative scares and advances the Paranormal Activity mythos?
There's no doubt that the filmmakers faced a tough challenge, given the series' thin premise but nearly every element of the franchise has been watered down in part 4. The movie delivers a number of tense moments but only a few of them pay off with memorable scares. Additionally, the story, which takes place years after the events of Paranormal Activity 1 and 2, further muddles the larger franchise mythos (creating significantly more questions than answers) and, like plenty of found footage films before it, fails to deliver a fulfilling conclusion. Some viewers will defend the film for being satisfyingly spooky but, compared to the prior entries, Paranormal Activity 4 is by far the least compelling.
Ever since the original Paranormal Activity, the overarching series storyline has primarily been exploring events that led-up to the first film, jumping around in time, but number 4 finally moves the larger plot forward. Five years after Katie ruthlessly killed her boyfriend, sister, and brother-in-law as well as kidnapped her nephew, the demon-possessed woman has stopped running from the law and settled in suburban, Henderson, NV. However, despite headlining the cast, Katie is little more than a supporting character and the story once again centers on a clueless victim, Alex (Kathryn Newton), who attempts to make sense of spooky incidents in her home. Alex is a typical teenage girl, Skyping with her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) and playing table tennis on Xbox 360 Kinect – ignorant to the fact her new neighbors are a demon-possessed murderer and a troubled child. As the unexplained and dangerous happenings escalate, Alex comes face to face with the horrors of Paranormal Activity.
As a production concept, Paranormal Activity 4 has a lot of smart components: Alex is a welcome change of pace from the camera-obsessed young adult husbands/boyfriends in prior entries and the dynamic between the character and her "boyfriend" offer a good mix of lighthearted scenes to offset all the creepy ones. In addition, an explanation for all the cameras is smart enough; though, for viewers who have trouble suspending disbelief, the film still presents plenty of "why would you film that?" moments.
Each camera, like in parts 1-3, is built with specific production "tricks" in mind (ex. the living room is enhanced by Microsoft Kinect's infrared laser grid). Unfortunately, none of them are nearly as entertaining as the setups that came before. For the most part, the Kinect sequences (which are essentially this installment's "fan cam") are a missed opportunity and, looking at the way the gimmick is used throughout the film, offers little payoff for the amount of time spent squinting through night vision shots. It's a problem that leaks into the larger film experience – as Paranormal Activty 4 is the most meandering entry in the franchise. The pacing is stunted, especially in the final act, and the ratio of time spent in tense setups versus onscreen paranormal hijinks has noticeably lessened – resulting in scenes that are less rewarding and ultimately deliver fewer memorable payoffs.
Mythology buffs who have been hoping for a competent extension of the Paranormal Activity series story will be equally underwhelmed. As mentioned, the film finally advances the larger narrative five years into the future but, surprisingly, creates more franchise plot holes than it addresses as well as significantly convolutes the "Toby" demon lore all while riffing on Paranormal Activity 3 plot points – without adding anything fresh to the mix. Avoiding specific spoilers, it's fair to say that Paranormal Activity 4 entirely side-steps primary questions that audiences have been asking for years, following the events of Paranormal Activity 1, 2, and 3, in service of predictable twists and a bungled "bigger is scarier" approach in the last act.
In addition to normal screenings, Paranormal Activity 4 is playing in IMAX certified theaters but there's absolutely no benefit in paying the premium charge. The confined in-house found footage format isn't improved by a larger screen or louder sound and it's hard to find any reason for Paramount's choice to release in IMAX - aside from inflating ticket prices for a high profile film.
Whether you attend the Paranormal Activity movies for the scares or the story, part 4 is a step down for both audiences. The plot raises plenty of questions that fans will debate in the coming weeks but only because the film is extremely vague on what audiences are actually seeing minute to minute – not because Joost and Schulman create fresh directions or interesting mysteries in this installment (they don't). That said, creative setups have long-been the franchise linchpin; unfortunately, the spooky setups aren't particularly original this round either, rehashing familiar found footage ideas with minor twists that rarely deliver big scares. There's little doubt we'll see a Paranormal Activity 5 but, given the measly $14.15 million that has been spent to produce four entries in the $576 million (and counting) global franchise, it's time for Paramount to reinvest some of that money in filmmakers who can deliver a better return on audience investment – i.e. a more satisfying set of scary movie experiences.
Ben Kendrick blogs at Screen Rant.


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New Observatory
New Observatory, 1970 (top left) and 2010 (click thumbnails for larger images)
The majority of the new observatory was built in the summer of 1969 but some finishing touches were added afterward. It opened for full use during the 1970-1971 academic year and is located near the orchards at Saint John's University. The new building and equipment cost $25,000, and some of the old equipment was transferred from the old observatory to the new.
Upon its completion, Father Melchior gave three practical reasons for having the observatory on campus: it is a laboratory for students taking astronomy classes, it gives students an opportunity to use astronomical equipment, and it provides the opportunity for students to do valuable research work.
Features of the new observatory include a preparation room and observation deck. The preparation room uses dimmed lighting to help its users' eyes adjust more quickly to darkness. The observation deck contains five telescopes, as well as a roof that may be rolled back over the roof of the preparation room. This feature allows one to have a full view of the sky but also protect the telescopes during poor weather.
- "A New Campus Observatory: Helping Students Around the Skies," SJU Alumni Magazine, Summer vol. 10 no. 2, 1970, p. 27-30.
- "New stargazing center opened for student use." The Record, November 3, 1970, p. 3.
Special thanks to Ariel Smelter '12 for drafting this text.


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