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Estimate the load to be lifted. ... If there is ANY doubt about your ability to lift a load by yourself, get assistance...it will save time in the long run and protect your back. TEAM WORK - when lifting with another individual, lift smoothly to avoid strain produced by jerky movements. ... When lifting from a lower level, kneel or squat by bending the knees to get close to the level of the object. ... LIFTING : Bend with your knees, not your back. ... Lift objects only chest-high. ...

... In 1945 Miller (having lost his night vision) gave the telescope to UofL as per Charles Strull's suggestion. ... LAS members James Burke, Stanley Thorpe, Lewis Aker, Charles Bruce and Richard Holzbog initially worked with Dr. Moore on the mirror. ... On the observatory: Dr. Moore and the LAS entered into a formal verbal agreement that the telescope could be put on his property on Star Lane but Dr. Moore could order it be moved and the LAS could move it at any time. ...

... a journal of his thoughts and experiences, some two million words in . ... The boy's sled gets put away in the barn or shed, and there it lies . dormant all summer, like a woodchuck in winter. ... sees a sled, nor a sled a woodchuck, unless it were a prematurely risen . ... Journal, 25 March 1860 . ... Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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