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Another Global Warming Genius
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Deloy, Obviously, Danny Glover is NOT a scientist. So who cares what he thinks regarding global warming. What he states regarding the earthquake in Haiti is like Lebron James saying jelly beans is the cause of cancer. However, that does not change the fact that 98% of the scientific community are onboard with the fact that global warming, climate change, whatever you want to call it, is occurring and it is exacerbated by human fossil fuel use. The ones that do not agree with that are bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry. Let's see if this makes it past the moderator. It appears in the recent past, others can post off topic statements, but I am bring filtered. Have a good day, Jon

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Another Global Warming Genius (Chuck Hards)
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Hi Chuck, I would never state anything demeaning to anyone on this list or anywhere else, regardless of political or personal philosophies... this being one of the very few blogs I am associated with. I believe the last posting I made that never saw the light of day was a passive reply to I believe it was Joe, when a while back he mentioned something about he was not going to post anymore on this blog for some reason or another. Frankly I forget, since it was many, many months ago. My reply to him was basically that there were people on this blog that perhaps posted very rarely, but still appreciated his postings, I being one of them. Joe, if was not you, I apologize. I simply can't be sure who it was. Jon

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Another Global Warming Genius
by D P Pierce 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Danny Glover blamed the Haitian earthquake on global warming. As we know, all Hollywood types are science experts. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/15/danny-glover-haiti-earthq_n_425160… Deloy

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vintage mobile astronomy
by garrard55＠xmission.com 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Came across this in my web wanderings, thought the list might enjoy: http://www.astb.se/cassiopeiabloggen/?p=31657[1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.astb.se/cassiopeiabloggen/?p=31657

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Expertise on an old Meade clock drive?
by Richard Curtis 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Hi all, Looking for a little expertise and/or advise. Last year my older brother bought a practically new, but 25+ year old 10" Meade SC telescope from an acquaintance. I believe it is an LX3, with tripod, wedge, and quartz clock drive for the RA. Optics are in great shape, and we got drive tracking fairly well, at least for visual use, last fall. He got it out last weekend, and the clock drive appears not to be functioning now - no light, no buzzing, etc. He opened up the drive and there are no visible problems with the motor. He used a meter, and it is getting DC current OK, but is not sure where to go from here. Is there anyone local with some expertise in repairing these old drives? If not, does anyone have experience sending something like this back to Meade for service? Thanks, Richard Curtis

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L & O Mtg, 3/9
by Ray Druian 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

I hope I can make it, but I've had a bit of a problem this past week. Last Thurs., after my class, I apparently lost consciousness rather suddenly, and I fell on my face, breaking a whole bunch of bones that hold my left eyeball in my head. I woke up in the ER and spent the next 4 days in the U of U hospital, where a whole bunch of other problems asserted themselves. Seems I was pretty lucky because I also broke my neck, but still managed to go home on my own steam Sunday night. Sadly, I'm sore all over, and one of my problems, BPH, threw the hospital staff into a tizzy and they overtreated me by shoving a tube up my wanger and telling me that it had to stay there for a week until an urology appointment nest Monday. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed and I was just back there and had it removed, much to my joy. So I'm now peeing on my own, which I wish they'd had let me do ever since last Thursday. But what the hey, I'm not a medical doctor so I obviously don't know anything about my own body and what it can do and not do. Point is, after I get done checking out my mail and other comfuser stuff, I'm headed home and plan to stay there for most of the rest of the week. I may or may not venture out on Saturday. Incidentally, I have a history of fainting from low blood sugar, but these yahoos didn't bother to check for that, and they essentially told me that since they didn't look for it, they didn't find it, and thus I can't possibly have that problem, even though it's well documented in my medical records from when I was still living in California. Since Ca is a blue state, anything in my records there is suspect here in Utah, anc can't possibly be believed. So now I've been fitted with a heart monitor too, since it must have been a heart problem that caused me to faint. They did an echocardiogram and it showed that my heart is pretty strong for a guy in his seventies, but they also found that I have a right atrial bundle block, which is actually a congenital condition that I was told about when I was in my early twenties. But no, I couldn't possibly have known about it before they found it here. I'm obviously imagining that my brother, who is ten years older than me, has the same condition. Do I sound bitter? Let me add that I was treated by a "team," one member of which badmouthed another when he contradicted that other person's findings about my prostate. Sure does give one confidence about these guys! Anyhow, the bottom line is, I'll either show up Saturday or I won't. . -- Thanx, *Ray *

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L & O Mtg, 3/9
by Joe Bauman 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

OH NO! Now I see why won't be at L&O! I have had very bad low sugar spells. It's part of my diabetes problem. Sometimes I need to eat sugary things to bring the level back up. Heal fast. I'm so sorry to hear about this and I know Cory will be too when I tell her. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 7:38 PM MST Ray Druian wrote: >I hope I can make it, but I've had a bit of a problem this past week. Last >Thurs., after my class, I apparently lost consciousness rather suddenly, >and I fell on my face, breaking a whole bunch of bones that hold my left >eyeball in my head. I woke up in the ER and spent the next 4 days in the U >of U hospital, where a whole bunch of other problems asserted themselves. >Seems I was pretty lucky because I also broke my neck, but still managed to >go home on my own steam Sunday night. Sadly, I'm sore all over, and one of >my problems, BPH, threw the hospital staff into a tizzy and they >overtreated me by shoving a tube up my wanger and telling me that it had to >stay there for a week until an urology appointment nest Monday. >Fortunately, saner heads prevailed and I was just back there and had it >removed, much to my joy. So I'm now peeing on my own, which I wish they'd >had let me do ever since last Thursday. But what the hey, I'm not a medical >doctor so I obviously don't know anything about my own body and what it can >do and not do. Point is, after I get done checking out my mail and other >comfuser stuff, I'm headed home and plan to stay there for most of the rest >of the week. I may or may not venture out on Saturday. > >Incidentally, I have a history of fainting from low blood sugar, but these >yahoos didn't bother to check for that, and they essentially told me that >since they didn't look for it, they didn't find it, and thus I can't >possibly have that problem, even though it's well documented in my medical >records from when I was still living in California. Since Ca is a blue >state, anything in my records there is suspect here in Utah, anc can't >possibly be believed. So now I've been fitted with a heart monitor too, >since it must have been a heart problem that caused me to faint. They did >an echocardiogram and it showed that my heart is pretty strong for a guy in >his seventies, but they also found that I have a right atrial bundle block, >which is actually a congenital condition that I was told about when I was >in my early twenties. But no, I couldn't possibly have known about it >before they found it here. I'm obviously imagining that my brother, who is >ten years older than me, has the same condition. Do I sound bitter? Let me >add that I was treated by a "team," one member of which badmouthed another >when he contradicted that other person's findings about my prostate. Sure >does give one confidence about these guys! > >Anyhow, the bottom line is, I'll either show up Saturday or I won't. >. >-- >Thanx, >*Ray > >* >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L & O
by Ray Druian 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Hey Joe, You've gotta show up for L & O on Saturday because I may not be there. We can't both miss it or the world may stop spinning. -- Thanx, *Ray *

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Comets an these pesky comets
by D P Pierce 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2013/03/05 Make sure you have the March 5th comic Unfortunately the video has been removed due to copy right complaints http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/12/CNN-anchor-asks-if-global-warming-caused… She is a blonde, Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISON tonight, 2013 MAR 06
by Joe Bauman 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

You caught a galaxy too. NICE. ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 10:21 PM MST Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Maybe during next week's comet watch, once PanSTARS has set and it gets nice and dark we can try using the Grim to spot ISON. > >In the mean time, here's ISON tonight: > >http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013MAR06.JPG > >patrick >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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