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As remarkable as the achievements of the Space Age have been, the U.S. is still the only nation on Earth which has been able to place human beings on another planetary body and bring them home again, My article looks only at aspects of unmanned space flight that relate to astronomy. While the U.S. space shuttle fleet was used to launch and service the Hubble Space Telescope and other space-based observation instruments, such as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, that era ended in July 2011 with the final flight of the Endeavour, the last of these remarkable crafts whose life cycles spanned 3 decades (NASA, Space Shuttle Era [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/index.html]). April 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's flight as the first human to orbit Earth. April 2011 saw Global Astronomy Month [http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/global-astronomy-month-2011.html] ,a program sponsored by Astronomers Without Borders [http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org], being celebrated. The theme of 2011's World Space Week [http://www.worldspaceweek.org], celebrated between Oct. 4 and 10, is "50 Years of Human Spaceflight." From a photographic perspective, NASA's visual database The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov] is an incredible resource and tool.
While amateur astronomers continue to play an important role in the field and are supported by numerous clubs, associations, and their peers, I have primarily examined resources originating from government and academic research environments. To see what the amateurs can do, I suggest you search Google for "amateur astronomy" or look through the amateur astronomy sections of the Yahoo! Directory [http://dir.yahoo.com/science/astronomy/Amateur_Astronomy] and the Google Directory [http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Astronomy/Amateur]. You will find thousands of useful leads. One notable example provides a free service to amateur astronomers that lets them post their images. The Astronomical Image Data Archive (AIDA) [http://aida.astroinfo.org] contains more than 4,000 images. The host site, AstroInfo, is based in Switzerland.
From its historical roots through discoveries with optical (visible light) telescopes, today's scientific successors to Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and Galileo Galilei use ground and space observatories with instruments that detect and capture data right across the electromagnetic spectrum: radio, microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays. Since our eyes can only see a small range within the spectrum, different kinds of data are often combined and manipulated through computer processing to provide new and unique perspectives and discoveries about the universe. The international astronomy community has also developed its own image file format called FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) [http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS].
The internet has helped shape and redefine the scope and nature of the research tools and data available to astronomers. In his article " Virtual Astronomy, Information Technology, and the New Scientific Methodology" (2005) [http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/vo/VAITNSM.pdf], S. G. Djorgovski described the Virtual Observatory as "an emerging, open, web-based, distributed research environment for astronomy with massive and complex data sets. It assembles data archives and services, as well as data exploration and analysis tools."
In terms of astronomical images, the international Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project (VAMP) [http://www.virtualastronomy.org], according to its project description, "will allow observatories and others to ingest any future resource that conforms to the suggested standards and make them immediately searchable. The primary deliverable of VAMP is a database server that indexes, searches, and serves out standardized metadata and education/public outreach image file locations of the world's research observatories and telescopes. VAMP will utilize the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) endorsed outreach metadata standard, Astronomical Visualization Metadata 1.0 (AVM) and help support observatories in adopting and adhering to these standards" [http://www.virtualastronomy.org/07-10-24VAMP.pdf].
The U.S. Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) [http://www.usvao.org], formerly the National Virtual Observatory (NVO) [http://www.us-vo.org], is one of a network of several such tools that would not exist without the internet and the efforts of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) [http://www.ivoa.net]. The main purpose of these virtual observatories is to collate the massive amounts of data and images from multiple sources for any given point in the sky. Two prominent tools for this purpose are NASA's DataScope [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/vo/datascope/init.pl] and the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg's Aladin SkyAtlas [http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr]. The Sky ViewVirtual Observatory [http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov], somewhat similar to Aladin, includes a Non-Astronomer's Page on how best to utilize the many options on the Query Form page.
Launched in May 2008 in a public beta version, you can engage with Microsoft Research and NASA's WorldWide Telescope (WWT) [http://www.worldwidetelescope.org] in two ways: through its web interface or through Windows client software that you download and install on your PC. According to its About page, "WWT blends terabytes of images, information, and stories from multiple sources into a seamless, immersive, rich media experience delivered over the Internet" [http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/WhatIs/WhatisWWT.aspx]. Perhaps one day you might become one of many WWT Ambassadors "trained to be experts in using WWT as a teaching tool" [https://wwtambassadors.org/wwt].
Created by Konstantin Lysenko and Sergei Goshko, based in Canada, and launched late in 2006, Sky-Map [http://www.sky-map.org], also known as WikiSky [http://wikisky.org], is a comparable tool to the WWT, though not as well-endowed financially. A major difference from WWT is that Sky-Map only references objects outside the solar system. Both Sky-Map and the WWT utilize the Sloan Digital Sky Survey as well as data from other sky surveys.
The cross-platform Google Earth software [http://earth.google.com] contains a separate Sky database based on content from, among other sources, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey, and the Space Telescope Science Institute (the Hubble). The Google service presents all the sources within the context of the constellations and other well-known individual stars and planets. Sky contains a number of other astronomy-related services, one of the most ambitious of which is the SLOOH Space Camera [http://www.slooh.com], a subscription-based ground observatory, through which members help document the universe and witness live astronomical events.
I tried out the Windows 0.10.6 version of the free, open source, cross-platform Stellarium planetarium software [http://www.stellarium.org]. According to the FAQ on the project wiki, Stellarium was started in 2001 by Fabien Chéreau. The PDF manual alone is worth downloading for its explanation of astronomical concepts. The European Southern Observatory's VirGO software [http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-documentation/visual-archive-browser] contains an earlier release of Stellarium packaged with the functionality to allow you to examine imagery and other data from the ESO and other observatories' archives.
There are two basic classes of ground-based astronomical observatories, those that rely on optical telescopes and those that depend on nonoptical data such as radio and microwaves. Optical telescopes rely on a combination of mirrors, lenses, and sensing instruments to utilize various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in order to see into deep space. Some observatories combine both types of technologies, while others, such as the famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico [http://www.naic.edu], are exclusively devoted to monitoring, radio waves, for example. Both kinds of observatories monitor our solar system as well as objects light-years distant.
In the U.S., optical ground observatories that operate at night are under the domain of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) [http://www.noao.edu], managed for the National Science Foundation (NSF) by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. Among the well-known telescopes within the NOAO are the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona [http://www.noao.edu/kpno], home to "the world's largest collection of optical telescopes" [http://www.noao.edu/outreach/kpoutreach.html], and the twin, multinational Gemini Observatory telescopes in Hawaii and Chile [http://www.gemini.edu]. The umbrella of NOAO also covers the National Solar Observatory [http://www.nso.edu], devoted to the study of our own star and currently searching for a new headquarters. The NOAO Image Gallery [http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery], with a controlled vocabulary and free-text search engine geared to the general public, contains a few hundred contributions from all its telescopes as well as links to some of the other image galleries I've described.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory [http://www.nrao.edu], a similar umbrella organization operated by the NSF, offers a small Image Gallery [http://images.nrao.edu] of around 200 items based on its observational technologies. Radio telescopes such as Arecibo consist of one or more dish-shaped antenna assemblies. The newest such international radio telescope array, sited in Chile and still under construction as of spring 2011, is called ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) [http://www.almaobservatory.org]. One of its main purposes is to reach back in time, as all deep space observatories do, to uncover clues about the formation of the universe through the currently accepted scientific model of the Big Bang.
The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) has a fine collection of Astronomical Images [http://www.aao.gov.au/images/index.html], including more than 400 galaxies, galactic clusters, and nebulae. The page of 50 Favorite AAO Photographs [http://www.aao.gov.au/images/general/favourites.html] highlights some of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and recognizable starscapes out there such as the Horsehead and Crab nebulae. Most of these photographs were created through a process developed by David Malin, an astronomer who worked at the AAO until 2001 and subsequently established his own business.
The European Southern Observatory [http://www.eso.org] features an impressive gallery of imagery, not all of the sky and with some artist impressions, including a Picture of the Week [http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw] dating back to 2007, more than 1,400 zoomable images [http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/zoomable], and more than 4,900 wallpaper images for your computer screen [http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/wallpapers]. You may recognize the ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile from the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope [http://hubblesite.org], launched in 1990 and the most well-known telescope operating beyond Earth's atmosphere, is not the only orbiting observatory. In addition to the science and imagery from this amazing instrument, HubbleSite also features useful astronomy reference resources and tools such as the gSky Browser [http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/gsky]. This customized browser lets you use the Google Earth application [http://earth.google.com] to study the universe through Hubble's images. On May 15, 2011, the HubbleSite Gallery contained 1,209 images covering deep space objects and our solar system. Up to four image file resolution downloads may be available, along with links to all other images of the same object and to the NewsCenter's commentary about the image. The full spectrum of publicly released Hubble data is accessible through the Hubble Legacy Archive [http://hla.stsci.edu]; Data Release 5 occurred in March 2011. The successor to Hubble, the tennis-court-sized James Webb Space Telescope [http://webbtelescope.org], is scheduled to launch post-2015 and will be stationed a million miles from Earth. A ground-based optical and infrared telescope which will complement the Webb space telescope, currently called the Thirty Meter Telescope [http://www.tmt.org], a joint American-Canadian university initiative, is scheduled to receive "first light" in 2017 or 2018 from its site atop the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. It is expected to become "the most advanced and powerful optical telescope on Earth" [http://www.tmt.org/about-tmt].
Other orbiting telescopes and satellites with deep space image collections include the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope [http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images], launched in 2003 and also tasked in the search for exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) via infrared wavelength, its primary instrumentation. The NASA Kepler [http://kepler.nasa.gov/media], launched in March 2009, is also hunting for exoplanets, as is EPOCh [http://epoxi.umd.edu/4gallery/index.shtml], a repurposed 2005 Deep Impact satellite also known as EPOXI. EPOCh, along with the Kepler, uses the transit method for the exoplanet search. CoRoT (Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits) [http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT], launched in December 2006 by France's CNES, is likewise looking for planets via the transit method. It made its first detection of Corot-Exo-1b (CoRoT-1 b) in 2007. The CoRoT Data Center at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) contains links to restricted and open access databases chiefly designed for the scientific community [http://idoc-corot.ias.u-psud.fr].
Three other NASA space telescopes are also observing in nonvisible light: the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro], whose mission lasted between 1991 and 2000, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) [http://chandra.harvard.edu], launched in 1999. Chandra, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), documents its many impressive observations through a Photo Album page [http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo]. It also features some interactive tools such as a 3D Wall, the Chandra Sky Map, and tutorials to further explore these unusual images. Some of the data gathered by Chandra has also been combined with those of other space observatories such as Spitzer. GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer [http://www.galex.caltech.edu], launched in 2003, is studying the evolution of galaxies utilizing ultraviolet radiation. One of its most spectacular discoveries from 2006 was the 13-light-year tail of the fast-moving red giant star Mira.
While I thought the debate had long been settled about the clarity of images between ground- and space-based optical telescopes (in favor of the latter), the multinational research institution consortium building the Giant Magellean Telescope [http://www.gmto.org] claims that its instrument, "primary mirror — far larger than any other telescope ever built … will produce images up to 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope." You'll be able to check this yourself around 2018 when the telescope is completed on a peak at Las Campanas, Chile.
The world's space agencies maintain enormous collections of space imagery. In particular, NASA maintains still and video images at NASA Images [http://www.nasaimages.org]. The site is "a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive … to bring public access to NASA's image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource" [http://www.nasaimages.org/About.html]. I searched all collections for the term "NASA"and retrieved 100,000 items, likely some kind of default maximum number of results. The primary search points are content category thumbnails and keyword search field. Once you've retrieved some results through either method, you can refine your search through four filters (What, Where, Who, When) or by selecting the Advanced Search link. You can also browse through category lists or "alphanumerically" (indexed keywords and numerical content such as dates). By registering for a free account, you can also create presentations and your own personalized content. For more current NASA imagery, visit NASA's main site [http://www.nasa.gov], where you will find a Multimedia link as well as an Image Gallery one [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery].
NASA also dishes up the Astronomy Picture of the Day [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod; http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html] from its vast reservoir of imagery. Each image is accompanied by a commentary from a professional astronomer. You can keyword-search for images or simply consult a chronological list (the Calendar link) dating back to June 16, 1995.
NASA's National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), "the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data" [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/about_nssdc.html], is another nexus for NASA imagery. The primary access point is its Image Resources section [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image], from which you can jump to the NSSDC Photo Gallery [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery] and its Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging: A Guide to NSSDC's Planetary Image Archives [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat]. Since NSSDC is an archive, as you'd expect, the imagery comes from historic spaceflight, robotic, satellite, and space telescope observations. Another source for imagery from the various robotic and satellite craft sent to other planets in our solar system is the Planetary Data System (PDS) [http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov], which "archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements" [http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov]. You can search for images through the PDS Imaging Node [http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov]. Through a complementary site operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, you can also Map-a-Planet [http://www.mapaplanet.org] using PDS data.
Another important NASA site for astronomical imagery, based on "extremely energetic phenomena, from black holes to the Big Bang," is the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov], housed at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. HEASARC images are derived from NASA and other agency space telescopes with observations by X-ray, extreme-ultraviolet, and gamma-ray spectra made for more than 3 decades. HEASARC contains a large number of image-based resources for students and the public such as the HEASARC Picture of the Week [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow] and its archive [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/archive/heapow_archive.html], an Image Archive [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects], and, to put things in perspective, a tutorial about The Cosmic Distance Scale [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic].
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology provides a wealth of imagery through its Multimedia page [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.cfm), with links to other sites. The Photojournal [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov] site, for example, also contains a flexible and friendly database to JPL and imagery gathered from other sources and jurisdictions. The imagery content of the Photojournal, arranged into galleries, consists of the solar system, the universe beyond our system, and spacecraft and telescopes. Each gallery may contain anywhere from a handful to a few hundred images.
By May 15, 2011, the European Space Agency (ESA) Multimedia Gallery [http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmghome.pl] featured more than 9,600 items, with about a third of that content consisting of satellite imagery of Earth and astronomical observations. Searches of the ESA image content is conducted through controlled vocabulary lists or keywords. The Advanced Search lets you combine a controlled vocabulary search with a keyword search. You'll also find a handy link to the National Galleries [http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/nationalgallery/index.html] of other European and Canadian national space agencies.
Like NASA, the ESA maintains dedicated sites to specific space telescopes, and content may not necessarily appear in both the dedicated site and the Multimedia Gallery. For example, the ESA site for its Herschel space telescope's images and videos yields 498 items [http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16], while the Multimedia Gallery's Advanced Search for all content relating to the Herschel Mission retrieved less than half those items, or 210 results. You can access images and videos of all the ESA past, current, and planned satellite and space observatory projects through the Missions link on its Science and Technology (Science Programme) site [http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=1].
If you're ever curious about what kinds of objects have been launched into space and what's happened to them, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), established in 1958, maintains an Online Index of Objects Launched Into Outer Space [http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/osoindex.html]. It carries "information on satellites launched from 1957 to the present. Space debris and other non-functional objects are not included." The data comes from the "World Warning Agency for Satellites, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), official press releases and media sources." Heavens Above [http://www.heavens-above.com], created and maintained by Chris Peat, is a somewhat comparable, privately operated site that covers astronomical events, objects, and ephemeris and provides predictive locations for orbiting satellites and the International Space Station.
Astronomers deal with such massive volumes of data that I'm not surprised they have well-developed systems for organizing and retrieving information about the objects they and their scientific ancestors have been observing for centuries. Individual celestial objects outside our solar system are documented in star catalogs; more than 9,000 such catalogs are available online through the Centre de Données astron omiques de Strasbourg's VizieR's service. Another systematic technique used by astronomers is sky surveys, which form the backdrop for some of the virtual astronomy applications.
The first systematic astronomical observation compilation of its kind, you'll find various versions of the Messier Catalog on the web, Named after its compiler, the 18th-century French astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817), the thoroughly documented site covers his list of 110 nebulae and star clusters observed from Paris. The Messier Catalog was created by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) [http://www.seds.org/messier]. The SEDS group has also created many other useful resources based on historical astronomical data.
In the century following Messier's work, other astronomers, such as England's William Herschel and Australia's James Dunlop, were influenced by his example. These astronomers created their own catalogs of deep sky objects. The culmination and standardization of all this work arrived in 1888 with the publication by Danish astronomer J.L.E. Dreyer (1852–1926) of New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. This title was abbreviated to NGC or NGC/IC after the supplemental Index Catalogues he issued. At the time Dreyer was working at the Armagh Observatory in Ireland; he later undertook to publish the work of his scientific ancestor Tycho Brahe (1546–1601).
The best web overview and resource on the NGC/IC, the aptly named The NGC/IC Project [http://www.ngcicproject.org], also includes its own version of the Messier Catalog and other historic observational lists, as well as more current catalogs submitted by other astronomers. The mission of The NGC/IC Project is "to correctly identify all of the original NGC and IC objects, starting with the original discoverer's notes and working forward in time to encompass the work of contemporary astronomers, both professional and amateur …" [http://www.ngcicproject.org/mission.htm].
SEDS also maintains The Interactive NGC Catalog Online [http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.html], based on NGC 2000.0 by R.W. Sinnott (Sky Publishing), with links to various other catalogs and databases, including the massive NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) [http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu]. The latter "contains positions, basic data, and over 171 million names for 163 million extragalactic objects, as well as more than 6,100,000 bibliographic references to over 76,500 published papers, and 66,700 notes from catalogs and other publications" [http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/help/allfeats.html]. Images are retrieved by either object name or through the NED Image Data Atlas [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/NED].
The Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg in France maintains three essential astronomy databases: SIMBAD [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad], an "astronomical database [that] provides basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system"; the AladinSky Atlas [http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr], a Java-based sky atlas linked to SIMBAD records which you can also download for local installation; and VizieR [http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR], a bibliographic database of more than 9,000 online published astronomical catalogs and data, with individual entry points linked to Aladin content.
You can access archived data from ground and space optical and radio observatories through MAST, the Multimission Archive at STScI [http://archive.stsci.edu], "with a primary focus on scientifically related data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum." MAST offers a variety of search strategies, including cross-mission (cross-correlation) as well as mission-specific searches. Selecting image types on the basic search page is as simple as checking a box. You can preview images as either a GIF or a FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) image.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey [http://www.sdss.org], operating since 2000, calls itself "one of the most ambitious and influential surveys in the history of astronomy. … it obtained deep, multi-color images covering more than a quarter of the sky and created 3-dimensional maps containing more than 930,000 galaxies and more than 120,000 quasars." Data, gathered from a telescope at the Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico, is released annually, and you can query or browse through the images using a variety of tools at the multilingual SDSS SkyServer sites (http://cas.sdss.org for the public and http://cas.sdss.org/astro for professional astronomers).
The Digitized Sky Survey [http://stdatu.stsci.edu/dss], the first version of which appeared in 1994, is based on digitized photographic plates created by the Space Telescope Science Institute from observations at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory (Palomar Astronomical Images) [http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/astrophotos.html] and the UK Schmidt Telescope in Australia. Data from these observatories was also used to create the first Guide Star Catalog for the Hubble Space Telescope. You'll find a link here to a few other DSS sites, each with its version, sometimes with additional data, of the source imagery. The DSS is also only one of several resources available for searching within the Multimission Archive at STScI or MAST [http://stdatu.stsci.edu].
The 2MASS Atlas Image Gallery at IPAC [http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery] contains processed images from the Two Micron All Sky Survey, a 1997–2001 joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, which mapped nearly all the Northern and Southern Hemisphere skies through ground-based observatories in infrared. The 2MASS images are one of the data sets at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive [http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu], where you'll find various kinds of tools for querying. Cool Cosmos [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu], an award-winning education and outreach site from the California Institute of Technology's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), features excellent image galleries on infrared and multi-wavelength astronomy. IPAC also maintains a Gallery of images [http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/gallery] from several space telescopes, such as Spitzer and Herschel.
I found the Hawaiian Astronomical Society's Constellations: Stories and a Deepsky Atlas [http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky] one of the more unusual and useful tools. It provided me with an easy way to use this "online atlas of the heavens, combined with photographs of significant objects, and their descriptions," that is, stories or myths and information about the constellations and other deep sky objects between 45 degrees latitude north of the equator and 45 degrees latitude south of the equator based on any month and time. You can print a version of any of the maps for field observation. Obviously this site has limited use for those of us living north or south of those latitudes.
NASA's PlanetQuest: Exoplanet Exploration [http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov], located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, is among the best sources of information for the general public on the search for an Earth-like world. While I was researching and writing this article, the discovery by a Canadian space telescope of yet another "super-Earth" planet, called 55 Cancri e, was announced ("Tiny space telescope reveals 'super-Earth,'" Vancouver Sun, April 29, 2011 [http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Tiny+space+telescope+reveals+super+Earth/4694986/story.html]).
Included among these truly far-out exoplanet detection, research, and dissemination efforts are the following:
•NStED [http://nsted.ipac.caltech.edu], the NASA/IPAC/NExScI Star and Exoplanet Database, is the most reliable and comprehensive database for information on exoplanets. In between April 15 and May 15, 2011, the number of such planets went from 531 to 535, and the number of planet-hosting stars grew from 444 to 448. According to the Overview page, "All data in NStED are vetted by a team of astronomers and are linked back to the original literature reference. Data are searchable either for an individual star or by stellar and planetary properties. NStED also offers direct access to frequently accessed tables, including [a] list of all known planets [and a] list of all known planet-hosting stars" [http://nsted.ipac.caltech.edu/NStED/docs/intro.html].
•NExScI or the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute [http://nexsci.caltech.edu] at the California Institute of Technology is the command and control center for NASA's exoplanet research program. In addition to helping administer the NtSED database, NExScI also manages NASA's time slice of the W.M. Keck Observatory [http://www.keckobservatory.org] on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
• The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia [http://exoplanet.eu], created in 1995 and currently maintained by Jean Schneider, CNRS-LUTH (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire Univers et Théories), Paris Observatory, offers through its interactive catalog a wealth of data and explanations about planets orbiting other stars which have been discovered by space observatories such as Kepler and CoRoT. I was impressed by the list of ongoing and projected ground- and space-based searches for exoplanets.
• The University of California spearheads the California Planet Survey [http://exoplanets.org/cps]. Users can query and view data through its Expoplanet Data Explorer [http://exoplanets.org/index.html]. Since 1995, this research team has "discovered 115 Jupiter-like and Saturn-like planets orbiting nearby stars."
• The Anglo-Australian Planet Search [http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~cgt/planet/AAPS_Home.html] uses a telescope at Siding Spring, New South Wales, to search for gas-giant planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn and establishes their existence through a technique called "Doppler wobble." The group announced its first exoplanet discovery in November 1999 and has more than 240 nearby sunlike stars to search. It claims to have achieved "the highest long-term precision demonstrated by any Southern Hemisphere planet search."
• As its name implies, the Exoplanet Transit Database (ETD) [http://var.astro.cz/ETD], operated by the Czech Astronomical Society's Variable Star and Exoplanet Section, is strictly devoted to planetary bodies discovered through the transit method. As of May 15, 2011, ETD documents 122 such observations, the earliest from 1997.
• A number of robotic telescopes specifically designed to hunt for transiting planets have been hard at work. One of the most recent to come online was TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) in Chile, which released its first test observations in 2010; it is controlled from a station in Belgium as part of the European Southern Observatory [http://www.eso.org].
• Taking a page from the SETI@home (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu] program and similar "citizen science" projects, PlanetHunters.org [http://www.planethunters.org] is a collaboration between Yale University and the Zooniverse [http://www.zooniverse.org]. It provides you and your computer with an opportunity to assist in the analysis of data from the Kepler space telescope. As of May 15, 2011, according to the Planetometer [http://www.planethunters.org/planetometer], 2,913,458 observations have been analyzed and 69 potential planets identified. Maybe you will find the next exoplanet!
Based in Paris, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) [http://www.iau.org] was created in 1919. Today, its "mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation." Members are professional astronomers with at least a Ph.D. As part of its promotional endeavors, the IAU site includes a section on Astronomy for the Public [http://www.iau.org/public] that covers trendy and enduring topics such as "Buying Stars and Star Names" (you'd be wasting your money) and "Careers in Astronomy." The IAU and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also co-sponsored the International Year of Astronomy 2009 [http://www.astronomy2009.org].
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) [http://aas.org] was established in 1899 and boasts around 7,000 members. The society publishes four journals. The Education Services section features a general introduction to astronomy, annotated resource links for educators and students, and general links.
Among the several English-language publications devoted to astronomy, I found these to offer a wealth of online resources:
Astronomy [http://www.astronomy.com] features a Java applet called StarDome, which lets you track throughout the day and night the position of the sun, planets, and other astronomical objects. Magazine subscribers get a better version plus access to an interactive version of the magazine's Star Atlas. The News and Observing section provides an array of helpful information, such as The Sky This Week, The Sky This Month, a glossary, an introduction to astronomy, and tips for photographing the night sky.
Sky & Telescope [http://www.skyandtelescope.com] bills itself as the "essential magazine of astronomy." You'll find an Interactive Sky Chart here along with several other online tools to make the most of your viewing time.
Australian Sky & Telescope [http://www.austskyandtel.com.au] is the somewhat equivalent edition for stargazers Down Under.
Astronomy Now [http://www.astronomynow.com] is a British publication with an Interactive Sky Chart, a weekly night sky guide, and a planetary calculator all keyed to the British Isles.
Sky at Night Magazine [http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com] is another British publication, this one produced by the BBC.
Terence Dickinson's SkyNews [http://www.skynews.ca] is named after the founding editor, who is still there, and described as "Canada's leading author of astronomy books for both adults and children." The Resources section focuses on amateur observing and public education about astronomy. If you'd like to know your chances of seeing an aurora, check out the Aurora Watch that's updated daily via the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center [http://www.swpc.noaa.gov]. The Canadian government also maintains its own Space Weather Canada watch [http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca].
Other magazines devoted to the amateur astronomer are the Amateur Astronomy Magazine [http://www.amateurastronomy.com], "written by amateur astronomers, for amateur astronomers" and published for nearly 2 decades; The Astronomer [http://www.theastronomer.org], marketed to the "advanced amateur" and published since May 1964; the more recent Practical Astronomer Magazine [http://practicalastronomy.com], a British publication founded in 2009 and distributed for free online.


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Top 7 Restaurants - Maui
Categories: Maui
Topics: Restaurants
Maui is a beautiful place to visit and enjoy some beaches. However, one aspect that is overlooked quite a bit is the wide range of foods that are available. With that being the case, we have ranked the top 7 restaurants in Maui for you to enjoy.
If you want to learn more about Maui, check out our Maui travel page.
7. Cool Cat Cafe @CoolCatCafeMaui -
Cool Cat Cafe will remind you of the older style diners, but set in paradise to make it even better for you to have a great vacation that you are going to enjoy the food. What is really great is this is a place that is very famous for the burgers and we have to say we completely agree.
6. Ka'Ana Kitchen @Kaana-Kitchen-At-Andaz-Wailea -
Are you in the mood for more of a family style Maui restaurant? Then you cannot go wrong at Ka'Ana Kitchen that is one of the traditional family style restaurants you will find in Maui. Our favorite time to go here is for the Sunday Brunch that has some of the best food possible and very filling meals.
5. Flatbread Company @Flatbread-Company-Maui -
Are you in the mood for pizza while traveling? If you are like most people you are going to love the Flatbread Company. This is a wood fired pizza location that uses as many organic ingredients that you can find. Our favorite pizza from here is the Jay's Heart flatbread that is amazing.
4. Merrimans Maui @MerrimansKapalua -
Merriman's is a place to go to if you want to have some great seafood that will provide you with a filling meal. The restaurant has a lot of locations in Hawaii and it is easy to see why this place is so popular. Our favorite dish from the restaurant is Ahi Ginger Poke that is simply a mind blowing dish.
3. Star Noodle @StarNoodle -
Star Noodle is a place that is going to feature the Japanese style of noodles that everyone is going to love. This restaurant has taken these noodles to the next level even and made the food taste great. Our favorite dish from the restaurant is the Rib Eye if they have it available on the menu, because it sells out quickly.
2. Mama's Fish House @MamasFishHouse -
The Polynesian decor is going to remind you of the fact that you are in paradise, but the real shining star from this restaurant is the great food. The food follows the traditional Hawaiian food for seafood. Our favorite dish from the restaurant is the Traditional Hawaiian dish that we absolutely love.
1. Monkeypod Kitchen @MonkeypodKitchenByMerrimanMaui -
Traditional food is something that is going to provide you with a unique and cultural experience, but it is hard to find. In Monkeypod they follow along the farm to table tradition, but also attempt to get the food to match the traditional styles that are so familiar with what the Hawaiians eat. Our favorite dish is the Bulgogi Pork Tacos.
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The buttons themselves are a little less mystery meat now, when you click them it puts a description of what you just did on the screen. Now if we can just get that in there when you mouse over the buttons.
They've also put an author credit next to the title of the flash. Lots of flash authors had been complaining about how the new layout basically removes the author credit from immediate view, so I guess that was warranted.
The boxes that obscure parts of the page are still there, so I wrote a quick style in Stylish to hide them. If userstyles.org was functioning properly right now I'd submit it, but it isn't, so I'm not going to.
Other news... let's see.
- -3 on Story of My Life
- -6 on Hotel California (Solo A with its blue/orange trill that isn't actually a trill (the second blue clearly sounds like it's being strummed) but is charted as HO/POs anyway)
- Finally FCed Livin' On A Prayer on Bass (the only issue ever was the very end, it has two slides that sometimes get me)
- Almost FCed the Chugging Riffs in Hier Kommt Alex
- Google still hasn't fixed the location of the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station so they'll be giving proper directions
- For some reason I'm still not a moderator on Outlawstar.net yet. I guess it's because the site is dying and nobody really cares. Not even me. Whatever.
- We still haven't taken the few active members we have and made an entirely new general anime community yet. Nobody really wants to pay for hosting it seems. I would if I could but I can't so I won't.


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9/27 Shine 13 iPPV results from Ybor City, FL
1. Su Yung defeated Taeler Hendrix, La Rosa Negra, and Xandra Bale. Bale was submitted with the Yellow Fever
2. Nikki Roxx (w/Daffney) defeated Leah Von Dutch. Roxx won with the Barbi Crusher.
3. The S-N-S Express of Sassy Stephie & Jessie Belle Smothers defeated The American Sweethearts of Santana & Amber O'Neal. SNS won with a dropkick/Kiss My Sass combo.
4. Mercedes Martinez defeated Solo Darling Martinez with the Fisherman's Buster.
5. Nevaeh defeated Leva. Nevaeh won with a Chin Checker after interference by Sassy Stephie & Jessie Belle. SNS Express & Nevaeh attacked Leva afterwards until the American Sweethearts make the save
6. Mia Yim defeated Nikki Storm. Yim won with a 450 Double Knee Drop.
7. Valkyrie of Ivelisse & Allysin Kay (w/April Hunter) defeated Jessicka Havok & Amazing Kong. Valkyrie via The Vertigo Kick from Ivelisse to Havok.
8. Rain (w/April Hunter) defeated Angelina Love to retain the SHINE Championship. Rain retained with the Implant DDT.
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Ted Michaels (performer) is an alum of the performing company at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles where he was featured in their main stage shows. Other stage credits include One Word Improv with Eddie Izzard and the one man show Cochlon the Voltan. In addition to many commercial appearances, his television credits include roles on The Comeback, Campus Ladies, According to Jim, Girlfriends and Mad TV.


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Need your help to identify whether or not the computer system support virtualization.qiubosu Oct 23, 2013 11:43 PM
Dear Intel Support,
Actually the computer system with D945GCCR motherboard and Intel Pentium 935 SL9QR 3.20GHZ CPU I bought 6 years ago can create Virtual Machine under VirtualBox and MS Virtual PC. I created many VMs under this machine in the past. But this is just the software level virtualization, not the hardware level. In the BIOS, there is no option to enable virtualization.
Another computer system I bought 5 years ago, with "ASUS P5K SE" motherboard and "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 2.66GHz", support virtualization in the hardware level. In the BIOS, there is a VT option for enable/disable virtualization. To set up a private Cloud Computing environment, I installed OpenNebula, KVM, qemu, libvirt, virt-manager etc in this physical machine. When enable virtualization in BIOS, can start the virtual machines controlled by KVM, qemu and libvirt, when disable virtualization in BIOS, can not start VMs.
The virtualization we have been discussing about is the one in the "ASUS P5K SE" scenario? The "ASUS P5K SE" motherboard, "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 2.66GHz" and enabling software etc do support hardware virtualization, but I don't know whether or not the other parts, e.g. chipset, RAM, network cards etc support virtualization. Can we say the whole ASUS P5K SE computer system support virtualization?
I bought this ASUS P5K SE computer system in 5 years ago and aimed to use it as a server (and I did run it 24 x 7 everyday for the latest 1.5 years and it still works well now), but didn't aim to use it virtualization feature and didn't realize it can support virtualization either. Just recent few months used it to setup a Cloud Computing environment and notice it support hardware virtualization, apart from supporting software level virtualization. I will be very surprised I bought a computer system in 5 years ago (sounds economical), which support the hardware virtualization.
Please help to confirm this.
To have another computer system supporting hardware virtualization for Cloud Computing setup, I decide to buy one from a local computer store.
I found one "PB 1417 Upgrade Box intel Pentium Dual core G2020 2.9Ghz , 4GB DDR3 Ram , 500GB HDD,DVDRW,Cooler master quality case ( NO Windows Included )", from http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=WKSPB1417&name=PB-1417-Upgrade-Box-intel-Pentium-Dual-core--G2020. The motherboard and CPU both support virtualization, but I don't know whether or not the other parts, e.g. chipset etc, support virtualization. I asked the technical support staff there, but they don't know, so I need to ask the Intel experts to help on this.
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John Adams
Wife: Abigail Smith (1744-1818), on October 25,
Kids: Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813); John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848);
Susanna Adams (1768-70); Charles Adams (1770-1800);
Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832)
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Bio: JOHN ADAMS
Second U.S. president. Born October 30, 1735, in Braintree
(now Quincy), Massachusetts. His father, John Adams
was an influential citizen, serving as selectman and
officer of the militia. The Adams' ancestors were from
England and had come to the New World in about 1640.
Although John had planned on being a farmer, he received
and excellent education and went on to become a teacher
in Worcester and then a lawyer after graduating from
Harvard. He began courting Abigail Smith, a reverend's
daughter and they were married on Oct. 25, 1764.
As a prominent citizen, he struggled to define his allegiance.
Often, he spoke out against England, but then in 1770
he defended the British soldiers accused of murder in
the Boston Massacre. This was quite a controversy. Later,
however, he supported the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and
became a delegate to the First Continental Congress
in 1774.
In 1779, he wrote the Massachusetts constitution. Adams
served as Washington's vice-president from 1789-1797,
before he became president in 1797. His presidency was
not very successful. He did not have the support of
his cabinet and made enemies by enacting the Alien and
Sedition Acts (1798), which did not allow the people
to criticize the government.
In 1800 he lost the election, and retired from political
life. He died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary
of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the
same day that Thomas Jefferson died! Adams' son, John
Quincy Adams, went on to become president from 1824-
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New York City bar menu blends comics and cocktails
The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in New York City may not only be one of the best bars in the country, it may also have one of the best bar menus. For evidence, look no further than Esquire's spotlight on what can only be called a book — or, in the magazine's words, "half-menu, half-graphic novel."
On the right-hand pages are the bar's numerous cocktails; on the left-hand pages, a comic detailing the story of John Morrissey, aka Old Smoke, a 19th-century Irish immigrant who in his colorful lifetime was a petty thief, a bouncer at a brothel, a prizefighter, a member of the notorious New York City gang the Dead Rabbits (from which the bar takes its name), a casino owner, a state senator and a U.S. congressman.
The menu was designed by Drinksology and Mark Reihill, and it looks pretty great.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Night Heir - A Maze Of Evenings (2013)
July 28th, 2013
Genre: Experimental/Avant-garde Black Metal
Region: USA
NOTE: These hard working fellows are looking for a label of some kind that would be interested in releasing this record in physical form, so I'm putting the word out. If you think you could help them out I suggest you contact them (email@example.com) because this is a record I'd very much like to see on wax or tape or something. A release very much deserving of a physical home.
I'm excited! The new Night Heir album has finally appeared. It's funny because I was wondering a few months ago if this year we'd see something new from Night Heir. Their last album Wind In My Dream Mist In My House is a sleeper gem of 2010, it's impression grew on me significantly since I first heard it — so I've been wondering what exactly this now growing collective would come up for a follow-up.
Well, it's quite brilliant. Overall it's stronger and more generous than the aforementioned record. This new effort quickly ensnares you with it's charm, unique atmosphere and bold approach which has been refined and expanded since last we encountered Night Heir.
A Maze Of Evenings brings more members (or contributors) into the circle, and with them more sounds and textures along with extended life; it hits about an hour and twelve minutes. While it was largely a one and two person project last time this record brings a swath of different vocal contributions and styles which enhance their tradition of wide scope in that arena, smoothly buttressing the swooning progressions both in the traditional guitar/bass/drums threesome, but also in the synth/keys and noise. These last two elements come to play an even bigger role than last time overall.
All of this thickens the already eerie atmosphere, new and larger amounts of varied, layered vocals add new dimensions to this records sound. The production was handled by the band rather than Colin Marston resulting in a more coarse, lo-fi quality compared to a surprisingly finer one on the previous record. This leaves the distorted and loud moments sounding grittier and the quiet valleys are a little more crisp.
It has made the drumming (snare for sure) a little more distant and thin but this hasn't dampened the impact of those gripping bass grooves which played a prominent part on their Wind In My Dream... and now do so here. Especially on a lot of the clean sections, but also for instance on the the opening ritual "Inamorata", and later on "Inner Female", "Daymare" and "Draw Me Down The Moon" where those licks stick out and play prominently.
The journey feels more contemplative in its pace and volume this time around — even when it is being loud. Night Heir has not lost anything by doing this as their strengths buoyed further in the longer treks on the album allowing them to explore both parts equally and more fruitfully it seems; where the builds can be big and slow with just as much pay-off.
I'm talking about tracks like "Giver & Receiver" and "Inner Female". The former is a perfect example of tricking the listener into thinking the metal has taken a back seat, crafting an alluring chorus haunting sounds; somehow incorporating twinkling pianos and not sounding annoyingly out-of-place. Quite a beautiful track. The latter is the climax of the record, possibly my favorite and very enchanting. Quiet and ghostly and ramps up to overwhelming but never coming unhinged.
Rainfall and silence. Remember that bass? Damn do the riffs on "Inner Female" kill. By the time the female vocals split through the distortion those grooves have begun their spell in full force; a few choice harmonics punctuating the heavy rhythm satisfyingly. It definitely has a very ethereal atmosphere by the end, aided greatly by those synths.
Having said that, a lean towards the rapt has not loosened the grip of metal on this project. As is made clear in tracks like "Daymare", the change in production can allow that more fundamental 'black' metal quality to return with full force, scratching and galloping into some stunning territory. It's a bright track and one of my favorites and rivals "No Sympathy For Demanding Idols" off the previous record. Excellent vocals, it's a monster by the end that whirls and roars coldly with a melancholic tone thriving in the lo-fi environment.
Yes the opener "Inamorata" shows a different side of this, the anguished cries over a looping rhythm unceasing with a final spectral push into the wicked "Daymare". So too do "Draw Me Down The Moon", "Solar Piexus" and "The Curator" (both nearly nine minutes) which all bring the aggressive chime-like tremolo progressions, chunky rhythms, and stormy percussion as they have evolved between records.
The assault of "The Curator" accompanied by creepy, slithery singing, is only interrupted midway through for ambient/noise manipulation, and that leads into some really chunky riffing and modulated female screams to close. Some of the lead's vocals after the gap stray into quirky Daughters territory and amongst the crushing, dragging cacophony it works to their advantage.
So by the time we're stretching into the second half of A Maze Of Evenings after multiple listens things are becoming clearer. Night Heir have given themselves both the span of time between records and the overall length on this record to allow for growth and breathing room. The clean and quiet elements taking as strong a role as the louder metal infused ones, but far more concentrated and focused than in their previous effort.
The result is some contrasting and very stunning sounds on both ends of their unique spectrum. The two "Inviolate" intros, "Theme From Slowland", "Inner Female", and "The Wheel" all creep on you but are no less captivating and creative than the more blunt attack. Tracks like "The Wheel", a gentle throb bursting with radiance that starts quiet and almost loses control, but never dropping the meditation while gaining in aggression. A wobbly and entrancing trip.
Even "Solar Piexus" which contains mounting craggy riffs for a time (almost in oldschool Melechesh fashion) dives deep into a dark and contemplative chasm for a time. The gulf of quiet after the shredding just over three minutes in is breath-taking, the gentle atmosphere is thick and cool with organ keys and the splashes of percussion lighting up the dark. When the return to distortion is made over mourning hymns it's heavy as the ocean from which their bursting forth.
I think near the end of this record is where it gets more intriguing, the contrasts continuing.
First we have "The Snakewife" which I think is one of the more interesting or surprising songs here just in terms of the switch off in styles and tones from the beginning to middle, and then the slow change thereafter. At seven minutes it's almost noise-scape-y at first with a slight creeping horror veneer: off kilter, severely slowed-down, almost twilight-circus styled tones melt through feedback which in turn builds into howling and screaming synth — really nice — and finally gives way to bleak, hypnotic riffs as the build behind gets louder.
Suddenly the style changes again into something that feels more oldschool death-thrash, and the vocals fall in line as well. It's bizarre but enjoyable especially as the track progresses, the drumming becomes more complex and the vocals are spiked with clean howls.
Then you follow this up with "Theme From Slowland", which is somewhat self-explanatory I suppose, and you have a decent span of music in just these two tracks that tries and succeeds at exploring new ways of combining influences. This track is simple, clean and smooth in the vein of True Widow but less groove oriented, employing some beautiful vocals from both genders as it slinks along. I'd even say it begins to develop a slight Neurosis flavor (Enemy of the Sun era perhaps) just after halfway but it recedes by the end.
A huge and memorable song for sure. Subtle effects behind the build at points really make the track powerful. There's not confusion or haphazardness in their placement or structure either, it works quite well. Right into the more shrieking blackened gloom of "Draw Me Down The Moon" (Beherit pun?) which when combined with "Inner Female" make for a fuckin wicked climax on this record's end.
Final verdict? Fucking home run all the way for this humble outfit and A Maze Of Evenings. Black metal? Maybe, how about yes just to bug people. Regardless of its label it's a wonderful record that will probably be passed over and be relegated to lost gem status years from now much like their first. It will no doubt be on my year end list.
All things considered there's not a lot wrong with A Maze Of Evenings (length is debatable, after a few listens it doesn't seem long at all) and a whole bunch right with it. The time and effort over the last few years have clearly paid off with a rewarding record that retains originality. Night Heir continue to be awesome and interesting, and hard to place.
Please go support this project by paying what you can for this record if you're able to, of course over on bandcamp. It is up for free for now, no physical release yet but I assume (like the previous album) a cassette may be in the future so keep an eye on that. I'll update this post once that shit's a reality.
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"May was the most unusual month in the U.S. auto industry since August 2008's "cash-for-clunkers" anomaly. The typical springtime updraft had no wind. Executives said a year-to-year decline in sales was only a temporary respite in the industry's building recovery, and they made a good case. Pickup-truck sales declined. Ford sold all the small cars it could make for the California market. The Chevy Malibu was the country's best-selling car. And for the first time since February 2006, Chrysler outsold Toyota. Even high-flying Hyundai threatened the pre-eminent Japanese brands. The domestic Big Three actually ranked 1-2-3 in U.S. sales in May for the first time in many years."
May Sales Bring Back Big Three (AutoObserver)
"May was the most unusual month in the U.S. auto industry since August 2008's "cash-for-clunkers" anomaly. The typical springtime updraft had no wind. Executives said a year-to-year decline in sales was only a temporary respite in the industry's building recovery, and they made a good case. Pickup-truck sales declined. Ford sold all the small cars it could make for the California market. The Chevy Malibu was the country's best-selling car. And for the first time since February 2006, Chrysler outsold Toyota. Even high-flying Hyundai threatened the pre-eminent Japanese brands. The domestic Big Three actually ranked 1-2-3 in U.S. sales in May for the first time in many years."
May Sales Bring Back Big Three (AutoObserver)
motorcity6 Posts: 427Another fluke is that the V-6 was the choice of power for F-150 buyers by a slim margin..
Honda and Toyota will return after they get the homeland suppliers rolling again..Hope Nissan stays down..
It's good to see the Big3 on a little roll, rooting for Ford, GM has so much Govt connection it will fade behind Ford once the Govt stops pumping money and Chrysler is a real puzzle in predicting it's future..
Only time will tell, but the city of Detroit is quiet for there is nothing left to steal, folks are waiting on the Obama dollars...They just line up at CoBo Hall..0
Chrysler has surprised a lot of people. They are humming on all cylinders, except Town and Country sales are in the dumpster for some reason.0
A NY Times reporter is looking to talk with someone who traded in a car - or plans to trade one in - because the value had gone up or because the dealer contacted them asking if they would trade in. If you'd like to discuss this experience, please contact [email protected] by noon this Friday.0
""If gas prices go up, full-size-pickup sales will drop, but typically they'll bounce back, as they did," explained Don Johnson, GM's U.S. vice president of sales."
May Sales Blip Shows Pickups' Steadiness (AutoObserver)
June Car Sales Sluggish; 11.9-Million SAAR (AutoObserver)0
Industry Sales Momentum Downshifted In June (AutoObserver)
General Motors: Steady As She Goes
Ford: Small Cars In Demand
Chrysler: Trucks Carry The Load
Toyota: Turning Point
Honda: Hit Hard In June
Nissan: Up, Infiniti Hurt By Quake
Hyundai: Record June
Kia: Record June, Second Quarter
Volkswagen: On a Roll
BMW: Higher Sales; New Mini Record
Daimler: Smart Downer; Mercedes Up
Subaru: Inventory Struggle
Mazda: Buoyed by People Movers (where I come from, people movers are buses)
Audi: Another Record Month
Volvo: Much-Improved Performance
Mitsubishi: Sales Double From Year Ago
Jaguar Land Rover: Land Rover Up; Jag Down
Porsche: Strength From Cayenne
Suzuki: Kizashi Sales Dip; Others Rise
Saab: Tough Business Month
gagrice Pahrump, NevadaPosts: 31,432Cars are better suited for young people. SUVs are more for comfort of us old people. Where would Chrysler be without the Grand Cherokee? What a money maker that has to be. I would consider a Cayenne if they offered the TDI like the Q7 and Touareg. Just because I love Porsche.
I don't think the gas prices have been as much an influence as they went up gradually vs 2008. I still see a good market for econoboxes. Just not in my market and the boomer market.
If not for the Pilot and Highlander, HonToy would really be in the toilet. No mention of Lexus. Is Toyota dropping the nameplate. :P0
I wonder when they'll get their production back to 100%?2018 Acura TLX 2.4 Tech 4WS (mine), 2018 Honda CR-V EX AWD (wife's)0
There was a paragraph buried in that article:
"Lexus has been especially wracked by the supply disruptions after March 11, and sales were down by 40 percent in June. The impact cost Toyota's luxury brand its first-half crown for segment leadership, which was taken over by BMW."0
hpmctorque Posts: 4,600I expect that Volkswagen will come on strong in Q4 '11 and Q1 '12, after the new, Tennessee built Passat and redesigned '12 Beetle are introduced.
Toyota should get a strong boost from the all-new Camry, which I believe will be introduced before year-end. That should coincide with when production has recovered from the earthquake/tsunami.
Then, in Spring '12, Chevy will introduce the all-new '13 Malibu. The Passat will have plenty of competition, but I expect that it will do okay.0
fintail Posts: 45,751Probably Crosstour sales :shades:
Weird chart, so are Lexus and Infiniti under their parents, or "other"?
Surprised about the Koreans, so some would have us believe are slaughtering the automotive establishment with their daring original designs and lack of federal coddling...0
berri Posts: 8,908I heard someone on TV today (maybe on CNBC?) refer to the koreans as the new old Japan. They said they are stealing everyone's patents and copying products for a lower price (and of course getting embroiled in numerous lawsuits!).0
Dunno, sometimes they lump Lexus and Infiniti in with Toyota and Nissan and sometimes they break it out by make.
And the Korea number surprises me since Hyundai sales are reportedly up.0
hpmctorque Posts: 4,600"Dunno,..."
The same question could be asked about Acura.0
Honda is bouncing back nicely.
September Sales Finish Strong (AutoObserver)0
anythngbutgm Posts: 4,277But, but but!!! I thought we were foolish to believe that Honda (and Toyota) was affected by the tsunami disaster? What happened to those folks who gloated the single month the Snuze and Rentabu were at the top of the monthly sales chart?
I thought these Japanese companies were on a permanent slide because nobody no longer wanted them?
Ya... :sick:0
Well, I think some of it is that the Japanese suppliers are favoring their domestic manufacturers. Lost the link but there was a recent stink with some German company over getting some pigments.
Be curious to see how sales go next year. There's a lot of pent-up demand for new cars and it remains to be seen who's going to take advantage. VW may yet beat them all.0
September Auto Sales Defy Economic Headwinds (AutoObserver)0
robr2 BostonPosts: 8,863Lost the link but there was a recent stink with some German company over getting some pigments.
IIRC, that German company is the manufacturer of a key ingredient used in some pigments. That German company manufactures that ingredient only in a plant they own in Japan.0
A reporter would like to interview anyone who has used Edmunds.com's Car Match.
Please email [email protected] by November 4, 2011 with your daytime phone number and a comment about your experience.0
So far this month:
Auto Sales 2011: Everybody Gaining Except Japan (AutoObserver)0
"The days-to-turn rate, which counts the days a car is on the dealership lot before it is sold, is at the lowest point we have on record," said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds.com senior analyst. "Production is a lot leaner for the domestics these days, while Honda and Toyota are still rebuilding inventory after the earthquake."
2011 Vehicle Inventory Running Dry (AutoObserver)0
Seems like Mazda might be getting some traction with Skyactiv--they're up 20%
Hyundai and Kia have had a great year--yet again. But at this point with their factories going flat out, I'm not sure show many more they can produce next year.
I think I read somewhere that the KIA factory in Georgia is now running three 8 hour shifts--24 hours a day! That alone boosted their capacity something like 100k units to c. 300,000+ a year....2018 Acura TLX 2.4 Tech 4WS (mine), 2018 Honda CR-V EX AWD (wife's)0
If you finally replaced an old car, please email [email protected] to share your story with a reporter.0
"An estimated 866,655 new cars will be sold in January, for a projected Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 13.4 million units, forecasts Edmunds.com.... This sales pace is relatively flat from the 13.5 million SAAR recorded last month, but up from the 12.6 million SAAR from January 2011."
Edmunds.com Auto Sales Forecast: Analysts See Chrysler up 35 Percent (chron.com)
"The inventory of Elantras is down to the single-day level.
Nissan North America said its March U.S. sales rose almost 13% to 136,317 vehicles, a record for any month in the company's history."
Toyota up 15%. Chrysler up 34%. GM up 12%. Ford up 5%. VW up 35/5.
"The only major automaker missing the March sales parade was American Honda Motor Co. Its sales fell 5% to 126,999 from the same month a year ago."
March auto sales leave Hyundai looking for more cars to sell (LA Times)0


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JERUSALEMA trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is providing the first physical evidence of a Jewish community that thrived there a thousand years ago.
On Thursday Israel's National Library unveiled the cache of recently purchased documents that run the gamut of life experiences, including biblical commentaries, personal letters and financial records.
Researchers say the "Afghan Genizah" marks the greatest such archive found since the "Cairo Genizah" was discovered in an Egyptian synagogue more than 100 years ago, a vast depository of medieval manuscripts considered to be among the most valuable collections of historical documents ever found.
Genizah, a Hebrew term that loosely translates as "storage," refers to a storeroom adjacent to a synagogue or Jewish cemetery where Hebrew-language books and papers are kept. Under Jewish law, it is forbidden to throw away writings containing the formal names of God, so they are either buried or stashed away.
The Afghan collection gives an unprecedented look into the lives of Jews in ancient Persia in the 11th century. The paper manuscripts, preserved over the centuries by the dry, shady conditions of the caves, include writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judea-Arabic and the unique Judeo-Persian language from that era, which was written in Hebrew letters.
"It was the Yiddish of Persian Jews," said Haggai Ben-Shammai, the library's academic director.
Holding the documents, protected by a laminated sheath, Ben-Shammai said they included mentions of distinctly Jewish names and evidence of their commercial activities along the "Silk road" connecting Europe and the East. The obscure Judeo-Persian language, along with carbon dating technology, helped verify the authenticity of the collection, he said.
"We've had many historical sources on Jewish settlements in that area," he said. "This is the first time that we have a large collection of manuscripts that represents the culture of the Jews that lived there. Until today we had nothing of this."
CBS News' Jere van Dyk reports it will most probably show, if the dates are true, that Jews and Muslims once lived together in harmony in Afghanistan, as they did at one point in the modern era. If the manuscripts can be shown to be older than 1,000 years or make references to previous centuries, then this will change many perspectives; Islam has only existed for 1,500 years.
There is a famous Pakistani Pashtun quote: "I am a Pakistani for 50 years, a Muslim for 1,500 years and a Pashtun for 5,000 years."
There is a fascinating amount of writing out there on the theory that the Pashtuns are descended from a lost tribe of Israel. Kabul is mentioned in the Old Testament.
This discovery will put pressure on the Taliban who, while not anti-Jewish, are political and thus, like their mothers and fathers in the Mujahideen, are pro-Palestinian. They have adopted some of the anti-Israeli sentiment that comes from the Arabs who have been there, and are now in Pakistan, since the 1980s.
The documents are believed to have come from caves in the northeast region of modern-day Afghanistan, once at the outer reaches of the Persian empire. In recent years, the same caves have served as hideouts for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
It remains unclear how the ancient manuscripts emerged. Ben-Shammai said the library was contacted by various antiquities dealers who got their hands on them.


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So I have had a total of 3 trials so far, and two have been complete disasters and the third was just okay, something I could do myself. I am getting married in a more remote area of upstate NY in the Hudson area. I grew up in Chicago and live in Orange County so perhaps my standards and expectations are higher but the prices I was charged for the trials and the contract quotes are not at all small town prices these are prices I'd expect to pay in NYC! The first two stylists completely butchered the volumized half up half down look I wanted and the third one only attempted a simple one and said she would ask another stylist if she could do the complex one I wanted but she wasn't sure if she could do it, trial was almost 90, and another hundred for the other two. I'm back in California now and won't be able to do another trial with someone else until about a week and a half before the wedding, I have gotten in touch with a stylist by word of mouth and she seems excellent but she can only handle 3 hairdos out of the 7 or 8 we will need due to the time constraints, does anyone have an excellent updo stylist they can suggest near the Albany area willing to work with another stylist? The ones I have talked to seem to want to try and spend only 30 minutes on each lady so that they can get money for the entire party and I am not okay with that and the ones I've tried so far have been extremely mediocre and incapable with a more challenging half up half down style. I am also looking to incorporate clip in extensions. All of my girls would like their hair done as well, I'm not dictating that they do but they've all elected to have a stylist, their styles won't be quite as complex as mine but I would still like to find an excellent stylist for the remaining 4 people. Money is not really an issue minus my already having spent hundreds on unsuccessful trials but I will just be happy to pay someone capable! Thank you in advance.
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Lesson 17 - Good Right and Left Hand Technique - V
Lesson: 17
Title: Good Right and Left Hand Technique - V
Level: Intermediate
Style: Technique
Instructor: Tim Fullerton
PART V -- Right hand position (cont.)
This series is the approach that I use to teach pick-style technique to all of my students. For best results, take these articles to an educated and experienced teacher who is stylistically broad based and who knows this approach, so that (s)he may coach you.
This approach is to attain the maximum possible cleanliness and articulateness in ones tone. Also, it will give, ultimately, the greatest speed with the least health risk. I am careful never to say that it is the CORRECT way to play. There is no such thing, and many people do great things with really sloppy technique. Wherever possible, though, I will indicate the exact benefits of each technique.
If you are left handed, please excuse my right-handed bias, and reverse all of the relevant direction and hand indications.
I) Right Hand Fingers
I recommend that the right hand not be braced against the strings or the surface of the guitar in any way, shape, or form. This is the single worst habit that I have to deal with in the right hands of my students. Most people start by placing one or more fingers on the surface of the guitar, and use that as a tactile guide to where the strings are. Furthermore, many rest their palm on the bridge. These are all bad! The fingers should be loosely curved into the palm, and the right hand should be off the strings and the bridge.
Any tension anywhere in the body will manifest itself in one's tone. It defies description. I cannot say it sounds more staccato or brighter or anything like that. It just sounds TENSE and less fluid. Bracing against the fingerboard is physically restraining the right hand; it produces a source of tension that one simply cannot remove while the fingers are planted there. Also, it directly interferes with crossing strings.
It's like riding a bike with training wheels on. You can get by okay with them, but they really get in the way during a slalom race.
This habit is very difficult not only because removing the training wheels is very awkward for a couple of days, people are more unwilling to give this habit up for some reason. Usually, they use as an example some Rock star that they revere -- that on MTV (grin) said Rock star is bracing his/her fingers against the guitar.
Again, my reply is that disclaimer that I put on each of these technique lessons. I acknowledge that some people have done a lot in the music industry despite what I would consider to be really sucky technique. Nonetheless, Pop guitarists are notoriously untrained. I cannot advise that you take what you see from one of them as the paradigm of technique. Also, what they do might produce appropriate tone for their style, but would sound bad for anything else. They could be completely incapable of producing the clean, pristine tone that I am selling.
In alt.guitar, there was a thread about this topic some time ago. Someone argued that some classical guitarist advocated bracing with the pinky. The obvious counter from me is that fingerstyle is in no way, shape, or form, anything like pickstyle. When I did try to brace my pinky with some fingerstyle playing, the tone did become tense though.
I hear the question coming from the world:
"But Tim... if you forbid my muting the strings with my right hand, when my Marshall stack is on ten (or eleven), how do I keep my strings from feeding back wildly??!" Obviously, sometimes you have to mute your strings with your right hand.
Class Assignment:
Since this addition is generally so loathed, and since it is a handful, let it be the only new point for this week.
Do the pseudo-chromatic exercise from Lesson II with the following criteria:
A) Guitar Position (see part I)
B)1. Left Hand Thumb Position and range of motion (midline [G string] to edge... see lesson II)
2. Left Hand Thumb Pressure (NONE! PERIOD! again, see lesson II)
C) Left hand wrist. (straight as a ruler, palm away from the neck... again, lesson II)
D) Left hand wrist. (parallel to the underside of the neck... lesson III)
E) Finger placement. (close to the neck... lesson III)
F) Overall position of right forearm. (lesson IV)
G) The pick, angled for the least noise (Lesson IV)
H) Alternate Pick (lesson IV)
I) Do not brace the right hand
RELAX RELAX RELAX more to come, although we're in the home stretch...
copyright 1993 by Tim Fullerton. Used by permission.
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Over at Boogie Woogie Flu, Will Rigby of the dB's reminisces about loving Big Star in the 70s, to the point of making a pilgrimage to Memphis to find the essence of the band. [via Setting the Woods on Fire]
It seems quaint now to have gone 600 miles in search of the secret of a band that had barely existed, got almost no radio play, and had no impact on the marketplace. We didn't want to go to Graceland, or Al Green's church, or the Stax studio; we did try to re-create the photo on the back of Radio City, at its original location, TGI Friday's.... There was no essence to be found.
Lots of obituaries for Klaus Dinger went up around the web yesterday, most of them sounding like they were written by people who have never listened to Neu! but know how to search Wikipedia and YouTube (not that I claim to be an expert). Ned Raggett's post is the exception.
[Michael] Rother's work deserves its own attention—the sounds he coaxes out of his guitars are breathtaking—but Dinger's playing is... truly that of a man-machine. It certainly helps that the brilliant Conny Plank's engineering captured it beautifully—Neu! is tactile music, Plank's clear but warm sound a near womblike cocoon holding it all in—but the point is, it's Dinger who gets the balance right. The striking thing about his performances—whether the brisk down-the-autobahn rumbles or the slower and steadier songs like "Weissensee"—is how beautifully Dinger is simultaneously man and machine, precise as hell but given to wonderful fills, breaks and other twists on the basic beat that never once disrupt the core flow. It helps to remember that this is in an era of drum machine and rhythm box infancy as well, and in contrast to that relentless focus Dinger showed a way that drumming and percussion could embrace minimal simplicity while still holding some amazing flair.


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