... Our everyday experience of the world around us is . ... An Inquiry-Based Classroom . I n our Everyday Classroom Tools project, we are seeking to immerse elementary school students in the Spirit of Inquiry, to help them begin to observe and learn from their experience. ... What the Everyday Classroom Tools project wishes to stress is that before there were encyclopedias, there were authors, and before there were scientific facts, there were curious people trying to explain the world around them. ...

. The tar command can be used to turn several files into a single tarfile . tar can also be used to bundle up whole directories before transferring them to another system. Use tar whenever you want to transfer a number of files or directories between different UNIX systems. Creating an archive file . Making a tarfile smaller . Examine the contents of a tarfile . Unpacking a tar file .

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Skysoft is a YAASD (Yet Another Astronomical Software Directory), but with a different overall approach. To be useful, Skysoft needs to be a long­lived pro ject, setting little pressure for maintenance, imposing a very low nuisance level to the developers community, and requiring a lowmaintenance cost. ... This site is designed so that software developers acquire more visibility because of astronomical context. ...

... specadd creates a multiple X-ray spectrum FITS file by stacking or putting together (``adding'') two single spectrum files. ... This type of spectral files is particularly useful when the user wants to simultaneously analyse different observations of the same object carried out with the same instrument or with different instruments. ... The Data extension for a multiple spectral dataset stores one single spectrum per row, instead of one channel per row as it is the case of single spectrum files. ...

... Get used to using the mouse and its buttons for such tasks. Figure out the function of each of the three mouse buttons. ... Fire up textedit application and practice editing text files. ... Figure out basic options like cut and paste of text around the file, saving and loading files, searching for strings in the text and replacing strings. ... Familiarise yourself with other UNIX functions by creating various files of text etc. and trying out the various functions listed in handouts. ...

... Vendors . ... Online Registration . ... Warren Rupp Observatory . ... The Hidden Hollow weekend Star Party at Warren Rupp Observatory is back again this year . ... As in previous years, speakers, contests, workshops, door prizes and vendors (we all love new astronomy toys) will be set up in Sky Lodge, along with tables and chairs - just right for a conversation on some of the finer points of astronomy. ... This year, we are offering group rates for clubs sending 4 or more members to Hidden Hollow. ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Orbits in Space . ... The ion rocket is another means of providing thrust, more gradually but also more efficiently than a conventional rocket. ... As in the nuclear rocket, the energy which propels the xenon jet comes from a different source; here it is electrical energy from solar cells. ... The XIPS ("zips") ion engine developed by the Hughes corporation was tested in the laboratory and then aboard a Russian spacecraft, launched 6 October 1997; it is the one shown on top of this page. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... VSA . ... CAT . ... The Very Small Array is a custom-built radio telescope (operating between 26-36 GHz), designed expressly to make high resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales around and below one degree. ... The VSA has been operated in ?compact array? and ?extended array? configurations (see the technical description below) and data collected to achieve high sensitivity in both regimes have been analysed. ... 1.75 GHz)...

... The ancient chronical said about the colour rings around the Sun and the Moon, about three suns in the sky, light columns, bright lightning, different "comets" rushing to the Earth, moving among the stars or round the Earth with the sky. All these occurrences may be divided into three categories: one that occur in the near or far space, processes going on in the Earth atmosphere under the influence of cosmic factors and at last the occurrences connected with the Earth atmosphere. ... Rainbow . ...

Thursday, November 13, 2014 ARCTIC Tech o con Discussion Attending: Alaina, Nick, Joe, Alysha, Bill, Conor, Suzanne, Mark, Russet, Russell - The camera is self-sustaining without the vacuum pump. Leach software is running on a different machine, all looks normal. ... It was a loaner from STA, and they asked for it back. ... Otherwise, we are 100% ready to go. ... Two weeks, says Mark) Suzanne says to give them a few more days, then go ahead. ... Need quotes for this from Custom, Astradon. ...

... We are in Huntsville, Alabama to speak with Michael Rudolphi, who has served in a number of NASA leadership and management positions. ... Thanks again for allowing us into the building and finding time to talk with us for this project. ... Rudolphi: I think when I go back to the Solid Rocket Booster Project, the most memorable impacting experience I had there?that was the time we introduced the United Space Alliance [USA] SFOC [Space Flight Operations] Contract to Shuttle. ... I'm not the only one. ...

back to "Astrology" . ... Russia under the Sign of Jackass . I'll venture to outspeak a truism: there is nowhere such a country except our Russia, where people zig and zag from one extremity to another. ... Lummy, where are the brain-convolutions of millions of people, who have been educated in secondary school? ... No, it is quite sufficient to be an average man with average intellect and average (secondary school) education. ... Another analogous question. ... and an average education . ...

... A group of children sang Russian folk songs. The songs were different: one was about the celebration of "Masleniza", another one was about our Motherland. Our guests really liked a young boy who played "balalaika". ... It helped British girls to learn more about our country, our traditions and culture. ... We also saw Russian Ballet. A nice beautiful girl was dancing for our guests. ... Last year when another group of British teenagers came to our school she also danced for them. ...

... The Elephanta island looks like an elephant that lies in the Ocean. ... We arrive at the island. ... There are monkeys on the island. ... This girl was officially recognized as the most beautiful girl on the island. ... But there are wild cows on the island. ... There was a big armed British garrison on the island. ... A Hindu rajah lived on the island before the Portuguese. ... The tickets that we have bought in Mumbai are valid to return. ... And here are Gateway of India. We arrive in Mumbai. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

P.O. Box 797 Sonoita, AZ 85637-0797 June 19, 2000 Prof. David Chalmers Philosophy Department Room 213, Social Sciences Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0027 Dear Prof. Chalmers: Well, here's another one from Mr. At-Least-I-Thought-Of-It-Independently. ... So as a thought experiment, let's imagine that instead of having our matter transporter actually move matter, what it moves is information. ... That will make it necessary to move the matter to move consciousness. ...

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... Meade Instruments Corporation . Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . ... Frequently Asked Questions: LX200GPS . When I align the telescope, the alignment star is not in the viewfinder. ... After I select an object and press GOTO, the Autostar displays "Slewing.....", but does not seem to move. Is my Autostar broken? ... Can I use my Autostar II on his telescope to access my user objects? ... Choosing A Telescope . ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...

... Institute of Solid-State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia . Received June 15, 2000) . Temperature dependences of the resistivity tensor components ab and c were measured for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - x single crystals with different oxygen contents. The resistivity anisotropy c / ab was found to grow exponentially with decreasing temperature. ... PACS: 74.25.Fy, 74.72.Bk ...