Fedor Vs Rogers Video

Fedor Vs Rogers Video: View online Fedor vs Rogers stream live television Omnisport. This applies ONLY $ 5.99! If in case you do not know where to find it, we will provide the link this evening. Fedor vs Rogers will be broadcast live on CBS Network. Fedor vs Rogers begins at 10:00 PM ET (DST) tonight at 7 November 2009 Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. This event is promoted by Strikeforce and M-1 Global.

Besides the heavyweight fight between Fedor Emelianenko vs Brett Rogers are the other main card fight middleweight championship between Jake Shields vs. Jason Miller, the light heavyweight bout between Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and fighting weight weighed between Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva.

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Fort Hood Victims List

Fort Hood Victims List: The following is a list of victims of the shooting Thursday at Fort Hood slaughter that left 13 dead and 38 wounded, of whom 30 were hospitalized. The list is compiled from various media reports around the country. Authorities have not released the names of victims until Friday at noon.

Dead:
Grant Michael Cahill, 62, of Cameron – before Spokane, Washington, – was a medical assistant who was working at the post of civilian contractors
Sgt. Justin M. Crow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind.
Reservist John Gaffaney, 56, of Serra Messa, California
SPC. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Tipton, Oklahoma
Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wisconsin
PFC. Nemelka Aaron Thomas, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, was killed.
PFC. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Illinois
Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wisconsin
PVT. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was pregnant.
Military medical assistant Juanita Warman, 55, of Pittsburgh,
SPC. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minnesota

Injured:
Eclectic officer Chris Birmingham, Alabama, was shot three.
Sgt. Patrick Blue III, 23, of Belcourt, ND, was beaten in the face by bullet fragments during the attack,
Amber Bahr, 19, of Random Lake, Wisconsin, was shot in the stomach.
Bono Keara Torkelson, 21, of Ostego, Missouri, was shot in the shoulder again on the left.
Alan Carroll, 20, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, was shot three.
U.S. Army Reserve Dorothy “Dorita” Carskadon of Rockford, Ill., was seriously wounded.
Sgt. Joy Clark, 27, of Des Moines suffered a gunshot wound
SPC. Matthew Cook, 30, of Binghamton, New York, was shot in the abdomen
Sgt. Chad Davis, of Eufaula, Ala., was injured.
PVT. Joey Foster, 21, of Ogden, Utah, was shot in the hip
Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 26, of West Lafayette, Indiana
Justin Johnson, 21, of Punta Gorda, Fla., was shot in the chest and leg.
Staff. Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, Richmond County, North Carolina, was shot several times.
Shawn Manning, 33 years before Redman, Oregon, was shot six times
Army 2nd Lt. Brandy Mason, of Monessen, was wounded.
Reserve SPC. Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi, Wis., was shot in the leg.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, of Killeen is the police officer in Fort Hood, in civilian was shot several times by the suspect.
Royal Warrant Officer Christopher Elmore County, Alabama, was shot three.
Major Randy Royer, of Dothan, Alabama, was shot.
PVT. Raymundo “Ray” Saucedo, 26, of Greenville, Mich., had a bullet grazed his arm.
George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, Idaho, was shot in the shoulder.
Patrick Zeigler, 28, Orange County, Fla., was seriously injured.

Dean Cage

latest News Updated, Dean Cage : Dean Cage, it was an agonizing 14 years in jail for a crime he never committed, yet no one listened. Finally this father of 3 was exonerated in 2008 after DNA test conclusively proved that he was not the person who committed the criminal act on a 15 year old in 1994.

The assault took place on a dark day on  November 14, 1994, in an alley along  South Wabash Avenue. The victim was a 15 year old white girl who provided the description of an African American. After generating a computerized sketch,  police received an anonymous tip and Dean Cage was arrested. There was not a single piece of evidence that linked Dean to the crime scene. Not only did he not match the description on the police sketch there was no physical evidence that linked him to the crime. Even the  blood testing was negative and moreover, his own girlfriend insisted that Dean was at home at the time of the crime. The prosecutors and law enforcement were only interested in solving the crime and Dean was sentenced.

Cage had no prior criminal record and throughout his time in jail he never proclaimed guilt. In 2005, the innocence project took on his case and sought  DNA testing of saliva recovered at the crime scene. That testing positively proved that Cage did not commit the crime. Dean Cage was released from prison in May of 2008.

“If you believe in something, fight for it,” Dean said the day he was released, adding, “The truth will come out in the end.”

Legal aides for the wrongfully convicted said this was the 57th mistaken eyewitness identification in Illinois. The Innocence Project’s Web site mentions that Dean Cage is the 29th individual in Illinois and the 217th person in the country  to have been freed based on DNA evidence.
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Dick Vitale

Dick Vitale: I know, I know. The college basketball season doesn’t start for several months. But I am so excited about the 2009-10 season. People come up to me and ask if I think their favorite team will do well.

So I sat down and drafted my early rankings for the upcoming campaign. Here’s the list, the elite class that I consider the top in the land. Disagree with some of my choices? It’s college basketball, baby, so let the exciting debates begin!

DICK VITALE: PRESEASON TOP 40 FOR 2009-10 SEASON

1. Kansas: Bill Self’s team is led by Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins, two members of my All-Rolls-Royce first team. The Jayhawks are loaded with the Morris twins, Tyshawn Taylor and newcomer Xavier Henry.

2. Kentucky: John Calipari has made a major difference and his first season in Lexington should be special. The Wildcats were aided with the return of Patrick Patterson. Then check out diaper dandies like John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins. Fans of Big Blue will be jumping with joy.

3. Michigan State: Tom Izzo’s squad made it to the finals last season, creating excitement galore in Detroit. Kalin Lucas is arguably the premier player in the Big Ten. Look for big things from Delvon Roe, while Raymar Morgan needs to return to earlier form.

4. Texas: AJ Abrams is gone, but Rick Barnes still has reason for optimism. Damion James pulled out of the NBA draft to return to Austin. The Longhorn recruiting class, led by Avery Bradley, is outstanding. The Big 12 will have a great battle between Kansas and Texas.

5. Duke: Gerald Henderson is gone, but Coach K has the dynamic duo of Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer back. The Blue Devils will also miss Elliot Williams, who transferred to Memphis.

6. Purdue: If Robbie Hummel can stay healthy, watch out. Matt Painter has a lot of returning talent to challenge the Spartans in the Big Ten.

7. Villanova: Jay Wright had to be thrilled when Scottie Reynolds said no to the NBA and came back to the Big East. Wright has a super class coming in, plus Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes among the returning talent.

8. North Carolina: The Tar Heels will not have to rebuild; they will simply reload. Most schools would fall way down after losing Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. Roy Williams has one of the best recruiting classes coming in, while players like Ed Davis will step up big time.

9. West Virginia: Devin Ebanks and Da’Sean Butler lead a tough Mountaineer squad. Bob Huggins believes he can contend for a Big East title.

10. Illinois: Bruce Weber has a solid nucleus returning, plus a fine recruiting class. Most look at Michigan State and Purdue as the top threats in the Big Ten. Don’t sleep on the Illini as a challenger.

11. Michigan: John Beilein has rebuilt the Wolverines. Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims are back as Michigan will be dancing again.

12. Tennessee: Tyler Smith decided pull out of the NBA draft to come back to school. Bruce Pearl was happy with that decision.

13. Connecticut: Jim Calhoun lost the likes of Hasheem Thabeet and A.J. Price. The Huskies will remain a solid team with Jerome Dyson and Stanley Robinson leading the way.

14. California: The Golden Bears will have one of the best backcourts in America in Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher. Mike Montgomery’s team is capable of winning the Pac-10.

15. Florida State: Leonard Hamilton lost star guard Toney Douglas, but he has depth and talent. Solomon Alabi has a world of potential up front.

16. Washington: Lorenzo Romar’s club bounced back last season. Even without Jon Brockman, the Huskies will make noise this season.
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Lalah Hathaway, Live Lalah Hathaway

Eulaulah Donyll Hathaway (born on December 16, 1968)[2] best known as Lalah Hathaway is a contemporary R&B and jazz singer. She is the daughter of soul singer Donny Hathaway and classically trained vocalist Eulaulah. In 1990, Lalah Hathaway released her self-titled album, Lalah Hathaway. The album’s first single was “Heaven Knows,” produced by Derek Bramble. The follow-up single was “Baby Don’t Cry,” produced by Angela Winbush.
In 1991, Hathaway released her extended play, Night & Day in Japan. A Moment was released in 1994, debuting at #34 on the Top R&B albums chart. The lead single “Let Me Love You” charted on the Hot R&B charts at #37. In 1999, Lalah Hathaway colloborated with Joe Sample and released her third album The Song Lives On. After a five year hiatus, Hathaway returned with her fourth album Outrun the Sky. The single “Forever, For Always, For Love” peaked #1 on the Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

In 2007, Hathaway signed to Stax Records and in 2008 released her fifth album Self Portrait. Self Portrait released on June 3, 2008 in the United States, debuted at #63 on the Billboard’s Hot 200 and reached the top ten on the Top R&B albums chart, making this album, Hathaway’s most successful album to date.

Early life and career beginnings

Lalah Hathaway was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1968. Hathaway is the daughter of Donny Hathaway, a R&B and soul singer, and Eulaulah Hathaway, an accomplished musician. Her sister Kenya Canelibra Hathaway is one of the three backup singers of the TV program American Idol. In 1979, Hathaway lost her father, Donny Hathaway at the age of ten. His body did not have any indication of struggle, and the glass from the window in Hathaway’s room had been removed; investigators determined Hathaway had committed suicide.

The Chicago native first put pen to paper, “with the music,” as a 10th grader. In 1989, Hathaway signed to Virgin Records and released her first song “Inside the Beat”, which was released as a promo single. Later, as a student at Berklee College of Music, she recorded her self-titled debut in 1990.

Recording career

Lalah Hathaway and A Moment (1990-1995)

In 1990, Lalah Hathaway released her self-titled and first album, Lalah Hathaway. The album debut at #191 on the Billboard’s Hot 200 and #18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The album’s lead single Heaven Knows became a top ten single peaking at #3 on the Hot R&B charts. The album’s second single “Baby Don’t Cry” only charted at #18 on the Hot R&B charts. The follow up single “I’m Coming Back” received moderate success, possibly due to no music video. The album’s final single “Something” debut at #21 on the Hot R&B charts. In 1991, Hathaway released an extended play, entitled Night & Day. The EP was only released in Japan but the single “Night & Day” was released in America. Night & Day debut at #110 on the Hot R&B charts. In 1992, Hathaway appeared on Grover Washington’s album “Next Exit”. The song “Love Like This” which featured vocals from Lalah Hathaway, was chosen to be the lead single of the album. The single charted at #31 on the Hot R&B charts.

In 1994, Hathaway followed up her success with her sophomore album, A Moment. A Moment debut at #34 on the Top R&B albums chart and #23 on the Heatseekers chart. The release of her sophomore album, A Moment saw Hathaway embracing an even more progressive sound as producer Brian Alexander Morgan was enlisted for her upbeat single “Let Me Love You”. The lead single, Let Me Love You, debut at the #37 on the Hot R&B charts. Later that year, the songs “Separate Ways” and “Family Affair” were released as singles, with which neither of songs charted. Still, the album did not sell as well as her first release, and eventually Hathaway parted ways with Virgin.

The Song Lives On (1998-2000)

She continued working with many other established artists, including Take 6, Mary J. Blige, The Winans, and Marcus Miller, writing, producing and doing background vocals. In 1999, Hathaway joined GRP Records and collaborated with jazz legend Joe Sample on the album The Song Lives On. The Song Lives On, topped the jazz charts at #2. The album became Hathaway’s second debut on the Billboard’s Hot 200 and later charted on Top R&B album chart. The single “When Your Life Was Low” charted only on the Hot R&B charts at #118. The album’s second single “Fever” failed to chart.

The Song Lives On went on to become one of Hathaway and Joe Sample’s most successful album to chart. In response to the album’s success, Hathaway and Sample were honored with Billboard/BET On Jazz Award for “Mainstream Jazz Album”.

Outrun the Sky (2003-2006)

In 2003, Lalah Hathaway appeared alongside Sanctuary, Pyramid, Mesa, and Blue Moon Records. In 2004, Hathaway released a cover version of Luther Vandross’s song “Forever, For Always, For Love”. The song later appeared on the all-star tribute album “Forever, For Always, For Luther” and on Hathaway’s fourth album Outrun the Sky. The song was released the lead single and peaked #1 on the Adult R&B charts. Forever, For Always, For Love became Hathaway’s first single to chart on the Billboard’s Hot 100, charting at #112 and #37 on the Hot R&B charts. Hathaway’s first solo album in five years featured production from Rex Rideout, Mike City, and Chris Parks. The album’s second single “Better and Better” peaked #121 on the Hot R&B charts.

Also in 2004, Hathaway was featured on Donald Lawrence’s debut solo album I Speak Life as a lead vocalist on “Don’t Forget to Remember”. In 2005, Hathaway was seen on the international Daughters of Soul tour along with Sandra St. Victor, Nona Hendryx, Indira Khan, Simone, and Joyce Kennedy. Continuing her forays into the gospel realm, she could be found on Israel and New Breed’s 2006 Christmas album A Timeless Christmas, which also featured Marcus Miller.
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Immigration activists call for reform

Expressing frustration with the lack of action by the Obama administration and Congress, hundreds of immigration activists staged a rally Tuesday on Capitol Hill, pressing for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws to offer a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States. The event, featuring participants waving the U.S. flag and flags of several Latin American countries, coincided with the release of a new immigration-reform blueprint released by Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat and chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigratio

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Lcross Impact Video

Lcross Impact Video
Sci-Quest Museum
102-D Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805
www.sci-quest.org
Overnight lock-in at the Museum. Evening of Thursday, Oct. 8 with viewing opportunities Friday, Oct. 9 (Impact week is also Fall Break for our local schools). We will have LCROSS programs and activities throughout the evening and show NASA TV live coverage in the Sci-Quest auditorium. Members of the Von Braun Astronomical Society will bring out telescopes for observations. Sci-Quest can accommodate 80 children and 40 adults. LPRP is working with MSFC Academic Affairs to select the students for participation.
Tentative: live feed to MSFC auditorium for employees.

Von Braun Astronomical Society Planetarium, Monte Sano State Park
Monte Sano State Park , Huntsville, AL 35805
www.vbas.org
October 9th – LCROSS Mission’s Lunar Impacts — Early Friday morning (Gathering at around 5 – 5:30 am), October 9th, VBAS Members and news media only are invited to join us at our observatory facilities located within Monte Sano State Park to view and record the two plumes for the LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observatory and Sensing Satellite) mission’s lunar impacts! Watch for additional details to be posted soon.
October 10th – Astronomy Day — On Saturday, Oct. 10th from 3 pm to mid-night, VBAS will host our annual “Astronomy Day” which will include children activities, planetarium programs, an outdoor concert from 5 to 9 pm that the entire family will enjoy featuring the Maple Hill Band & Moondust Big Band, and a star party from 9 pm to mid-night that any one with a telescope is welcome to attend! During our event, we will be showing the video footage of the lunar impact’s plume and will celebrate, share the exciting historical moment with the public. Admission is free for children and students, with a $10 donation for adults. Members wishing to help this year should contact Melissa Snider at 256.684.9036 and those with telescopes who would like to reserve a spot for the star party from 9 to mid-night should contact Eric Johnson at 256.682.2401.

California (CA)

Lewis Center for Educational Research
17500 Mana Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307

http://www.lewiscenter.org/

Doors open to the public beginning at 4am. The Lewis Center can accommodate ~320 and has a small overflow area as well. NASA Channel will all be on all TVs and computers in Mission Control area. The Lewis Center will also have 65 students in house all night. They will be tracking, from the in house mission control, the spacecraft as it impacts the Moon using a 34-m radio telescope. You can see the Mission Control from their website at: http://gsc.lewiscenter.org/gavrt/mission_control.php

Antelope Valley Astronomy Club
P.O. Box 8545, Lancaster, CA 93539
Antelope Valley – LCROSS Lunar Impact Event Page
The Antelope Valley Astronomy Club is planning a star party for the morning of the impact. The party will be at a private residence in Antelope Acres and some really cool observing equipment will be present.

Lucerne Dry Lake
Lucerne Valley, CA
LCROSS Viewing Party at Lucerne Dry Lake
There will be an 8″ Celestron telescope with a low-light video camera going to a projector, so many people will be able to view the event. Camping is allowed on Lucerne Dry Lake, and portable toilets will be available. The event will occur a day before the Rocketry Organization of California (ROC) rocket launch at the lakebed. Directions and camping information can be found on ROC’s website at www.ROCstock.org.

NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 94035

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2009/10.08.09.html

Ames will be hosting an all-night event that is open to the general public and free; however, no-cost tickets are required for each guest wishing to stay overnight. See site for details and schedule of events.

Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd. – Oakland, CA 94619
Chabot – NASA/LCROSS Lunar Impact Event
As NASA’s LCROSS Mission to investigate the presence of water on the Moon comes to a close, get up early and join us at Chabot to view the impact of the spacecraft and the debris plume it is expected to produce through a special live NASA broadcast in our Planetarium, and through the eye of Chabot’s own 36-inch telescope, Nellie. Advanced registration required — Members FREE / Guests $3 — Register: (510) 336-7373

California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
LCROSS event during the day Oct. 9
For those who aren’t early risers, drop by the California Academy of Sciences to attend one of four debriefings during the day. At 10:00 a.m., noon, 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., Academy educators will highlight original footage of the impact as well as up-to-the-minute results as the day progresses. Visit the “Science in Action” exhibit on the first floor for updates. Free with Academy admission.

The Fremont Peak Observatory
PO Box 1376, San Juan Bautista, California 95045
LCROSS Lunar Impact
The observatory will open to the public starting around 3:00 a.m. and continue until about 5:00 a.m. The telescope is a large 30″ f/4.8 modified Newtonian style telescope. We will be attaching a sensitive video camera and recording the event. The recorder will be connected to the projector in the classroom adjacent to the observing room. This way, we can accommodate about 50 or more people with the ability to see the event live. If more interest picks up, we might move the projector screen outside to the amphitheater — that configuration can accommodate over 100 people. Other members will have smaller telescopes set up around the observatory also. Campsites are available on first come first serve basis. State Parks requires RSVP’s. See www.fpoa.netfor details.
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Tierra Del Sol Remote Observation Facility
Tierra de Luna Rd, Tierra del Sol, CA 91905

http://sandiegospace.org

The San Diego Astronomy Association will host a special star party event at the Tierra Del Sol remote observation facility 90 minutes east of San Diego. Members of the public who wish to attend should call 858-877-3103 or send an email request for a ticket to publicity@sdaa.org to RSVP, as the event will be limited to a total of 300 attendees. Overnight camping is available and full details about how to reach the Tierra Del Sol site, and what to bring with you to the event will be emailed to those who RSVP in advance of the event. You must RSVP to attend.

Colorado (CO)

Fiske Planetarium
Regent Drive, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80301

http://fiske.colorado.edu/

Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory will hold a Lunar Bagel Breakfast. The observatory has 16″, 18″ and a 24″ telescope that will be used for the general public to view the impact.

Star Light–Star Bright Observatory
2015 Wickes Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
www.gateway2space.com
Will have a 10″ Mac-Newtonian telescope and video camera system to display the impact to students, teachers, and members of the public who plan to come out early in the morning on the 9th of Oct., weather permitting.

Connecticut (CT)

Discovery Museum and Planetarium
4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604

http://www.discoverymuseum.org/

Discovery Museum and Planetarium will be hosting an LCROSS breakfast to view the impact event. Light breakfast will be served, planetarium show, short lecture and live impact downlink followed by discussion and celebratory toast.

District of Columbia (DC)

Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001
www.newseum.org
Will present the NASA TV live coverage, will open up the museum free at 6:30 a.m. EDT.

Florida (FL)

NASA Kennedy Space Center
FL 32899-0001
www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
KSC guest operations is considering options to open one of their theaters at the Visitor’s Complex and dedicate it for the week of impact to show various LCROSS launch videos and replays of press conferences. This would be available for viewing by the general public during their visits.
Hawaii (HI)
The State has declared that the week of October 2-9 is Hawai’ian Aerospace Week.

Mauna Kea
Great University of Hawaii-owned UH-88 telescope on Mauna Kea is going to be made available for outreach. Details in the works: Andy Chaikin will be at the telescope, amateur involvement with the gathering of the images. John Herrington and Todd May will also be there.

‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i
600 `Imiloa Place, Hilo, HI 96720
Free NASA LCROSS Mission Talk and Presentation.— Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM to Noon

Lanihuli Observatory
Windward Community College, 45-720 Keaahala Rd, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
Observatory open and free to the public from 10:00 p.m. Oct 8 through 2:00 a.m. Oct 9.

Maui Astronomy Club
Institute for Astronomy, 34 Ohia Ku Street, Pukalani HI 96768
www.mauiastronomyclub.org
Open to the public from 11:30 pm to 2:30am. Astronomers are advised to arrive early to set up telescopes, video and CCD cameras. Attendees will be instructed and educated as to timing and nature of event. We will be watching the NASA TV live feed on line as well. Hot chocolate will be served.
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Idaho (ID)

College of Southern Idaho’s Herrett Center for Arts and Science museum
315 Falls Ave, Twin Falls, ID 83301-3367
‘Moon Bomb’ breakfast at the Herrett Center
The Center is planning a public event to view the LCROSS impact. The Center has a public observatory with a 24” f/8 research-grade telescope, and a 144-seat planetarium theater with multiple video projectors. Event includes sky gazing, viewing the impact in the auditorium and a breakfast. The Herrett Telescope will be focused on the point of impact by 4:30 a.m. when the doors open.

Illinois (IL)

The Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/special/index.shtml#lcross

The Adler Planetarium will show the planned impact of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) live on the morning of October 9, 2009 in the Definiti Theater. The event will begin at 6:00 a.m., alongside a live feed from the Adler’s own 20-inch Doane Observatory telescope (weather permitting) as we attempt to see the impact plume through our telescope, as well. This event is FREE, but advance registration is STRONGLY encouraged. Registration is ONLINE ONLY. If space is available on October 9, seating will be first come, first served, based on the capacity of the theater, though there is no guarantee that day-of space will be offered. Doors open at 5:50 a.m.; the event ends at 7:00 a.m.

NIU Geology Department
Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall Room 308, Normal & Locust Rds., DeKalb, IL 60115
The Northern Illinois University Geology Department, hosted by Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Geologic Honor Society) will be hosting a NASA TV viewing party for the LCROSS impact on October 9th. The viewing will be from 6:00am until whenever there is nothing left to see, and the event will be catered by a local restaurant. For more information on attending the event (and having hot food!) please email niu.sge.info@gmail.com for more information.

NIU Observatory
Northern Illinois University, Normal & Locust Rds., DeKalb, IL 60115

http://www.niu.edu/physics/observatory/

The NIU Davis Observatory will be hosting an event from 5:00am—7:00am on October 9 to attempt to view the dust plume resulting from the impact. We expect this to also be an excellent time to observe other objects, including Mars and Venus. For more information or for directions to the observatory, please e-mail observatory@niu.edu, call 753-1305 or go to www.niu.edu/physics/observatory.

Kentucky (KY)

Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY, 42101
The WKU Physics and Astronomy Department, Hardin Planetarium and the Hilltoppers Astronomy Club will host a Star Party starting at 5:00 am Friday October 9th. There will be bagels and juice, talks by professional astronomers and more. Come and be a part of this unique event and watch NASA’s video broadcast of the LCROSS spacecraft impacting the Moon live from the Hardin Planetarium. Adults and children welcome. Free. Please contact Dr Rachel Campbell if you would like more information.

Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
University of Louisville, 108 W Brandeis Ave, Louisville, KY 40292
LCROSS Public Viewing Event
The free, public event starts at 7 a.m. EDT (the crash is scheduled for 7:30 a.m.) and will feature a live broadcast of the collision, behind the scenes videos and a question and answer session with planetarium director Rachel Connolly. Light refreshments, including “moon rocks” (donut holes), will be served. Those planning to attend the event should check to make sure details of the mission have not changed by calling the planetarium at 502-852-6664.

Morehead University Space Center
4133 Us Highway 60, Morehead, KY 40351
LCROSS Public Viewing Event
Join the Faculty and Staff of the Morehead State University Space Science Center Friday October 9th at 6:30 am CDT to witness the culmination of the LCROSS mission, part of NASA’s revived robotic exploration of the Moon. Live coverage from NASA TV will be shown on the Star Theater dome as the LCROSS satellite observes the impact of its Centaur upper stage into a crater permanently shadowed near the moon’s South Pole at approximately 7:30 a.m. CDT, followed four minutes later by the impact of the LCROSS vehicle itself.

Louisiana (LA)

Highland Road Park Observatory
13800 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810

http://www.bro.lsu.edu/

Public event from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. For more information, contact hrpodesk@brec.org
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Massachusetts (MA)

Boston Museum of Science
61 Science Park, Boston, MA 02114
“Target: Moon!”
Watch a NASA video broadcast of the experiment, and join Museum staff and guest scientists in a discussion on its implications for future human exploration of the Moon. Our guests include Nick Gross, PhD, Boston University Astronomy Department; and Tony Case, graduate student from Boston University Center for Space Physics. Starts at 9:00 a.m. EDT, with the re-broadcast of the LCROSS impacts at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

Minnesota (MN)

Jackson Middle School Observatory
6000 109th Avenue North, Champlin, Minnesota 55316
www.anoka.k12.mn.us
Public event from 5:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. Please check the Web site to make sure the session is still on as planned (due to weather conditions) or call 763-506-5372 to listen to the recorded message.

Willmar Senior High
2701 30th St. NE, Willmar, MN 56201
www.willmar.k12.mn.us/srhigh
Willmar Senior High’s Earth Space Science class will have 2 telescopes set up 1 – 8″ Celestron Scmidt-Cass with digital camera and a 10″ Orion Skyquest light bucket at 6:00 a.m. for the 6:30 a.m. EDT impact.

Mississippi (MS)

Rainwater Observatory & Planetarium
1 Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745
www.rainwaterobservatory.org/
Talk and public observing event the night of Oct. 8. Our telescopes will be observing and imaging the event on Friday morning. We will have an open house on Saturday afternoon and another talk Saturday evening at 7pm followed by observing.

Montana (MT)

Montana State University – Northern
300 West 11th Street, Havre, MT 59501
www.msun.edu/
Montana State University – Northern is hosting an observation of the LCROSS impact ejecta plume Oct. 9th, starting at 4:30 am CDT on the campus at the Student Union Building (Sled Hill). We will be setting up several large telescopes and pray for good seeing. Contact info: Professor Trygve “Spike” Magelssen trygve.magelssen@msun.edu; 406-265-4123, and Dr. Virgil Hawkinson hawkinson@msun.edu. We’ll have the hot chocolate and coffee on!

Nevada (NV)

University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557-0208
www.unr.edu/home/
The University of Nevada, Reno will be offering public viewing in the parking lot south of the campus baseball field from 4:00 AM to Dawn on October 9th 2009. The University will have its 11″ Meade, equipped with a CCD camera to try to get an image of the impact, and Tahoe Star Tours will have an 11″ CPC for visual observation, with an additional 8″ telescope for general viewing.

New York (NY)

Inwood Astronomy Project
Inwood Hill Park, W 207 Street and Seaman Ave, New York City, NY

http://www.moonbeam.net/InwoodAstronomy/events-20091009.shtml

Early morning stargazing then breakfast and watch the Impact on NASA TV.

Hirsch Observatory
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180
www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/observatory/
Event starts at 6:30 a.m. EDT. We will attempt imaging the event with the Hirsch Observatory’s 16″ telescope and live video feeds from NASA and major observatories will be presented. Event is weather permitting. In the event of clouds the event will be canceled. You can email astro@union.rpi.edu for more information. The observatory phone number is 518-276-6090.

North Carolina (NC)

High Point, NC
Astronomy Lecture featuring LCROSS
(more info forthcoming)

Ohio (OH)

Cleveland Museum of Natural History (in partnership with NASA Glenn)
1 Wade Oval Drive University Circle Cleveland OH 44106-1767
www.cmnh.org
CMNH has a planetarium and a 10.5” refractor telescope. Because sunrise is at 7:32 a.m., they are not optimistic in being able to see much, but they are going to try. They will put a TV camera feed to a public viewing area (as well as to a video recorder) and allow visitors to walk through the observatory. Media will also be invited to the event. NASA TV will be broadcast in the planetarium and perhaps an auditorium. Glenn will provide an LPRP banner it has been in storage since the Oshkosh air show, a model of the Centaur rocket, a pop up exhibit on Centaur history, and possibly a “speaker” to answer questions from a NASA perspective.

Nielsen Observatory
12882 Diagonal Road, Elyria, Ohio 44050
www.BlackRiverAstro.org
We will open the gates at 5:30 a.m. We will have live NASA Broadcast feeds, canned video, and a camera attached to a C-14 telescope, hoping to capture the plumes as they occur. Other telescopes will be setup so our guests can view the Moon before and after the LCROSS events occur, weather permitting.

Oregon (OR)

ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland
1500 E. Main St., Ashland, OR 97520
www.scienceworksmuseum.org/
The ScienceWorks preview of the impact, illustrated with NASA mission video and new lunar images, will be held October 8th, 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the ScienceWorks auditorium. Admission for the event is free.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214

http://www.omsi.edu/events

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will offer space exploration enthusiasts the opportunity to watch the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) crash-land on the Moon Friday, October 9. The LCROSS will crash into the Moon in order to gather data from the 6-mile-high impact cloud it will create. OMSI will be showing the impact in the auditorium live via satellite on NASA TV beginning at 3:30 a.m., with the impact scheduled at 4:30 a.m. PDT. Admission for the televised impact is free.

Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory
57245 River Rd, Sunriver, OR‎ 97707
www.sunrivernaturecenter.org
The Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory will be open  for viewing to watch the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) crash-land on the Moon Friday, October 9. The observatory will have up to 10  telescopes viewing the event. We will also be showing the impact on our big screen TV via satellite on NASA TV. Doors will open  beginning at 4 a.m., with the impact scheduled at 4:30 a.m. PDT. Admission for the event is free, donations gladly accepted.

South Carolina (SC)

Copeland Auditorium
The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409
Reveille on the Moon
Friday, October 9th: 7:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. A live view of LCROSS’s impact and resulting regolith plume will be shown using streaming data from the LCROSS spacecraft via NASA. Also a live Earth bound view will be projected from the large telescope at the MMT Observatory in Arizona.
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Texas (TX)

El Paso Community College
Valle Verde Campus, 919 Hunter, El Paso, TX 79915

http://www.epcc.edu/collegeinfo/campus/vvindex.cfm

The college will open its dome at 4:30 a.m. CDT to the public to watch the LCROSS impact. The dome is in front of the North Loop entrance of the Valley Verde campus.

Administaff Observatory – Humble ISD
2505 S. Houston Ave, Humble, TX 77396

http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/observatory.htm

The Administaff Observatory will be recording and projecting the event as seen on their 20-inch Planewave CDK telescope and viewing it with our eyes on the 16-inch Meade LX-200 telescope. Aaron Clevenson – aaron@clevenson.org, Observatory Director, Adminstaff Observatory

Nova Hill Observatory
San Angelo, Texas

http://www.AngeloAstronomy.com

The San Angelo Astronomy Association will have an Impact Party on Friday morning, Oct. 9. Impact is 6:30 a.m. CDT. There will be 20″ and 30″ Dobsonians aimed at the moon, as well as two 12′ scopes.

Scobee Planetarium
1300 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, Texas

http://www.accd.edu/sac/ce/scobee/

The Scobee Planetarium will be taking live video feeds through their CCD video cameras and displaying them on various screens at the observatory.

Utah (UT)

Clark Planetarium
110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/news.php

On Saturday, October 10 from 3:30-4:30pm, the Hansen Dome Theatre at the Clark Planetarium will present its original fulldome digital mini-show “Flight to the Moon: LRO and LCROSS” followed by a live-narrated presentation by Programs Manager Mike Murray. The presentation will include images, video and other feedback about the impact of the Centaur rocket booster and LCROSS in the crater Cabeus-A near the lunar south pole.

Washington (WA)

Central Washington University Astronomy Club
400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926
www.cwu.edu/~astroclb
This event will be hosted by the CWU astronomy club and physics department in Lind Hall on the southeast corner of the CWU campus. (See the campus map for details.) Doors open to the public at 3:30 am PDT. NASA channel will be showing the event in room 204. We’ll be tracking the collision live with our 12-inch telescope on the roof of Lind Hall (weather permitting). There will be various smaller telescopes available for general sky observing, as well. For more information, contact Bruce Palmquist at palmquis@cwu.edu.

Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church
4102 S. Crestline, Spokane, WA 99203
www.hamblenpres.org/
We will have 4 telescopes set up for the event; two 8 inch schmidt cassigrains, a 12 inch dobsonian and a 16 inch dobsonian. One of the 8 inch scopes will be hooked to a camera and a projector. Viewing will begin approximately one hour before impact.

W.M. Keck Observatory
Pacific Lutheran University, 10th Ave S and 124th St S Tacoma, WA
LCROSS Breakfast Bash
The Tacoma Astronomical Society will be hosting an LCROSS Breakfast Bash at the PLU Observatory from 3:45 am PDT to 30 minutes post impact. We will stream NASA LCROSS footage as well as our own images from the 16″ W.M. Keck Observatory.

CANADA

Alberta (AB)

TELUS World of Science
11211 – 142 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 4A1 Canada
www.edmontonscience.com
The public observatory will be open from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. (MDT) for the viewing of the event (weather permitting).

British Columbia (BC)

H.R. MacMillan Space Center
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC
www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com/observatory.htm
The public observatory will be open starting at 4:00 a.m. PDT for the viewing of the event (weather permitting).
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Ontario (ON)

Cronyn Observatory
Cronyn Observatory, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada

http://clrn.uwo.ca/

The Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) of the University of Western Ontario and the Canadian Lunar Research Network (CLRN) will be hosting “LCROSS for Breakfast,” a public event at the Cronyn Observatory. The event will include early morning stargazing followed by breakfast and watching the live coverage of the Impact from NASA TV. Breakfast will be provided.

INDIA

Nehru Planetarium
Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli Mumbai 400018 India
www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium.html
Live coverage from NASA TV of this event will be screened in Nehru Planetarium from 4 p.m. on 9 October 2009. The impact shall take place around 5:01 p.m . We shall continue screening of NASA Webcast till 5:30 p.m. All interested persons are invited to view the event on a large projection screen in the exhibit area of the planetarium. There is no entry fee.

MEXICO

Sinaloa (SIN)

El Colegio de Sinaloa
Antonio Rosales No. 435 Pte. C.P. 80000, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

http://www.elcolegiodesinaloa.gob.mx

Public viewing of the NASA TV channel in the courtyard, with simultaneous translation.
Source: nasa.gov

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William H Macy

William Hall Macy, Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his Academy Award nominated role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as “sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy… Everyman”. He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

Macy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. His father, William Hall Macy, Sr., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta and worked for Dun & Bradstreet before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency when Macy was nine years old. His mother, Lois, was a war widow who met Macy’s father after her first husband died in 1943; Macy has described her as a “Southern belle”. Macy has a half-brother, Fred Merrill, from his mother’s first marriage.

Macy describes himself as a “joker”, though he was relatively shy until high school. After his brother taught him to play guitar, he sang a song in a talent show, much to the crowd’s approval. He later ran for class president, though he had a poor academic record. After graduating in 1968 from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland, he participated in the anti-war hippie movement, and took copious amounts of drugs, including marijuana and LSD. Macy studied veterinary medicine[1] at Bethany College of West Virginia. By his own admission, a “wretched student,” he transferred to Goddard College and became involved in theatre where he performed in ensemble productions of Threepenny Opera, Midsummernight’s Dream and a wide variety of contemporary and improvisational pieces. That is where he first met David Mamet. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, after graduating in 1971 and got a job as a bartender to pay the rent. Within a year he and David Mamet, among others, founded the successful St. Nicholas Theater Company, where Macy originated roles in a number of Mamet’s plays, such as American Buffalo and The Water Engine.

Career

After spending some time in Los Angeles, California, he moved to New York in 1980. While living there he had roles in over fifty off-Broadway and Broadway plays. One of his on-screen roles was as a turtle named Socrates in the direct-to-video film, The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984), under the name W. H. Macy. He has appeared in films that Mamet wrote and/or directed, such as House of Games, Things Change, Homicide, Oleanna (playing a role he reprised after originating the role in the play of the same name), and more recently, Wag the Dog, State and Main, and Spartan.

Macy may be best known for his lead role in Fargo, in a role for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and helped boost his career and recognizability, though at the expense of nearly confining him to a narrow typecast of a worried man, down on his luck. Subsequent roles gave Macy a break with Benny & Joon, Above Suspicion, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Ghosts of Mississippi, Air Force One, Boogie Nights, Pleasantville, Gus Van Sant’s remake of Psycho, Happy, Texas, Mystery Men, Magnolia, Jurassic Park III, Focus, Panic, Welcome to Collinwood, Seabiscuit, The Cooler, and Sahara.

Macy has also had a number of roles on television, the most recent being a guest appearance on The Unit as the President of the United States. In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, one for starring in the lead role and one as co-writer of the made-for-TNT film Door to Door. Door to Door is a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon, born with cerebral palsy. The film is composed of several stories, each taking up a whole period between commercials.

His work on ER and Sports Night has also been recognized with Emmy nominations. His character in ER, David Morgenstern, is responsible for a sage piece of advice that has been handed down throughout the series. In the pilot episode, when Juliana Margulies’ character, nurse Carol Hathaway, is brought to the hospital with a drug overdose, Morgenstern tells Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) that he needs to “set the tone” to get the unit through the difficulty of treating one of its own. “You set the tone” is repeated several times in the series, once jokingly by Doug Ross (George Clooney) to Greene and at two other key moments. When Greene, dying from a brain tumor, leaves the ER for the last time, he tells Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle), “You set the tone, Carter.” It was a moment that represented the passing of the torch.

And a few seasons later, in Carter’s farewell episode, he passes a drunk and nauseous Dr. Morris (Scott Grimes), a notoriously bumbling character on the show, and tells him, “You set the tone, Morris.” to which an ailing Morris replies, “What?” Carter, realizing that Morris is, to say the least, not cut out of the mold of Morgenstern and Greene, smiles and tells him, “Never mind.” This was referenced again in the Feb 2009 episode when Carter returns to the E.R.

In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy stated that he wants to star in a big-budget action movie “for the money, for the security of a franchise like that”. He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor (ISBN 0-394-74412-8), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet.

In 2007 Macy starred in Wild Hogs, a film about middle-aged men reliving their youthful days by taking to the open road on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Cincinnati to the Pacific Coast. He recently completed filming on The Lonely Maiden, a comedy that co-stars Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken.

On June 23, 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, will each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the upcoming year.

On January 13, 2009, Macy replaced Jeremy Piven in David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow on Broadway. Piven suddenly and unexpectedly dropped out of the play in December 2008 after he experienced health problems related to high mercury levels in his blood; Norbert Leo Butz covered the role from December 23, 2008, until Macy took over the part.

On August 18, 2009, Macy inspired the Funny or Die video “Macy Madness.”
Source: wikipedia.org

Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Ill., Texas (AP)

AP – A man who idolized American born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and a Jordanian national who frequented extremist Web sites are charged in unrelated cases after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, federal officials said.

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North Texans head to New York to protest Iranian president’s presence at the U.N.

They will protest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence at the U.N. in New York, in the belief that he’s not the legitimate president of Iran.

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