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Freedom to play ball: Camarillo park adds diamonds

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Freedom Park is a mark of Camarillo's rising sportsprofile.

The park near the Camarillo Airport has been remade into five baseball fields, all with lights, including Veterans Field, a full-size field. The latest upgrades come after the opening of the 55-acre Pleasant Valley Fields to soccer leagues and tournaments in January2010.

To celebrate the completion of the new baseball fields, the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District will hold a grand opening at Veterans Field at Freedom Park onFeb.2.

The fields have only been used on a try-out basis during a recent tournament by Pony Baseball players. Park district officials stood by to see how play went and how the fields heldup.

The renovation took nearly a year, though planning has been in the works for more than a decade, according to Daryl Wagar, superintendent of parks for thedistrict,

(View the Freedom Park: Camarillo diamonds slide show.)

"The park was designed around Camarillo Pony Baseball League's specifications," Wagar said. "Veterans Field is the only full-sized lit baseball field in Camarillo and maybe in VenturaCounty."

The five fields were created by eliminating the three original softball fields, which had been part of the former Oxnard Air Force Base, and creating two more fields from grassy open space, according toWagar.

The Camarillo Pony Baseball League donated about $180,000 to the district, covering about 10 percent of the cost ofrenovation.

The overall construction costs added up to just over $1.8 million, including change orders, according to park district General Manager DanLaBrado.

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Freedom National Insurance Company, Inc. Appoints New Regional Marketing Manager over Arizona

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Freedom National Insurance Company, Inc. appoints new Regional Marketing Manager.

Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) January 24, 2013

Maricela joins Freedom National as a Regional Marketing Manager to continue Freedom Nationals recent success providing cutting edge insurance offerings to many of the top agencies in Arizona. Maricela comments I am excited to start a new challenge within Freedom National and look forward to working with the team to further develop their auto insurance book profitably while adding new agencies to their network of offices. I am fortunate to be joining such a respected company that prides itself on top quality service and leading edge technology.

Jason Wootton, VP of Sales and Marketing said Maricelas wealth of experience and industry knowledge has already made her a key addition to the Freedom National family. We view her addition to the company as a sign of our commitment to being the leading company in Arizona. Our new innovations and the increasing demand from our agencies and producers led us to look for an addition to our team who will fit in with our ethos of innovation, integrity and exceptional service, and it is very fortunate that we were able to find someone of Maricelas caliber to fulfill this role. Im confident that Maricela will play a key role in growing our auto insurance book working with our existing agents and new agents.

About Freedom National Insurance Company, Inc.

Freedom National Insurance Company is a technology driven, service oriented company focused on the non-standard auto insurance market.company which Freedom offers customers, producers and agencies a range of quality products and services to suit their auto insurance needs. They currently offer auto insurance products in Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah with up to 12 more additional states being added in 2013. Freedom National Insurance Companys focus on technology,technology advanced underwriting, service and innovation has led to exceptional growth as of late and will continue to provide a stable platform for expansion and profitable growth.

Jason Wootton Freedom National Insurance Services, Inc 949-862-8407 Email Information

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GGN: Star Trek Was Rand Programming, Females Destroyed by Eugenics, 300M Y/O Aluminum Found – Video

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Color-Blind Man Is Now A Cyborg Who Can Hear Color

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When Neil Harbisson was a kid, he could only see in black and white.

In fact, he wasn't totally convinced that colors actually existed.

But now, Harbisson can sense color.

He still can't see colors. But now he can hear them with a device he helped create in 2004 called the Eyeborg.

The device can detect 360 colors the human eye can normally perceive. It also detects infrared light.

"Hearing colors changes the way you see everything," Harbisson says in a Cyborg Foundation video.

Harbisson says he finds the sounds generated by colors in supermarkets "stimulating."

He also turns music, like Justin Bieber's "Baby," for example, into vibrant paintingstranslating the sounds of the song back into the colors he's learned to associate with them.

Harbisson says that he is the first legally recognized cyborg in the world, as his passport photo shows him with the Eyeborg attached to his head.

"It's not the union between the Eyeborg and my head what converts me to a cyborg," Harbisson says. It's "the union between the software and my brain. My body and technology have united."

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PWD, Corporation encroach on city beaches for parking lots

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Study establishes over 15 acres have already been converted; space for vehicles and roads being developed on sands by dumping debris

Beaches in various parts of the city are being converted into parking spaces and roads, according to a study.

The research commissioned by the Save Chennai Beaches Campaign was carried out by faculty members of various institutions, such as the Indian Institute of Science. It has established that over 15 acres of beach sands have already been converted into parking lots and roads by agencies such as the Public Works Department (PWD), the Chennai Corporation and private entities.

Around 2.6 acres of beach sands have been converted into parking lots at Pattinapakkam by dumping and compacting of debris in the past few years. The study has found that the Chennai Corporation and the PWD were responsible for the dumping.

A 0.4 acre-area of sands in Srinivasapuram beach has been converted into a shed for migrant labourers and this too was through the dumping of debris. The identity of the agency behind this is as yet unknown. Another 0.3 acre area of beach sands in the same locality has been encroached upon by the PWD for construction of a road leading to the Adyar estuary.

The Chennai Corporation and PWD have also dumped debris in an intertidal zone of Adyar creek to create a bund in an area measuring 5.78 acre, the study found.

At present, debris has been dumped on the mudflats of the Adyar river in Anna Sathya Nagar. Over 5.71 acre area of beach has already been covered by the civic body, PWD and private contractors.

A private entity has dumped debris on Thiruvanmiyur beach to construct a road in an area of 0.28 acre. The same entity has encroached upon another 3.4 acre of area, according to the study. The Chennai Corporation has dumped debris to construct a road from Kapaleeswarar Nagar beach to Periya Neelangarai which has eaten up 0.35 acre of beach area.

Chennai Corporation lorries have been found to have dumped debris on many of the coastal stretches, according to the study. However, the civic body officials said they were getting rid of the debris only in dumping yards.

Google Earth images from 2001 to 2004 show that a stretch of beach in Pattinapakkam was covered with sands. The study has found that the area has now been filled with two-metre-high construction debris which has been compacted and made into a parking space. Researchers in the team said, this was unauthorised and a violation of CRZ notification.

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Red tide presence strengthens along Naples beaches, but fish kills decline

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Corey Perrine/Staff The footprint evidence is clear where a fish was picked away by birds Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at Barefoot Beach State Preserve in Bonita Springs, Fla. An agal bloom, known commonly as red tide, is a phenomenon where high concentrations of Karenia brevis, a microscopic marine algae, contain toxins that paralyze the nervous system in fish. In large quantities, they cause the water to appear red or murky, hence the name. The blooms can affect humans causing eye and respiratory conditions such as coughing, sneezing, tearing and itching.

NAPLES Fewer dead fish linked to red tide are washing ashore at Naples beaches compared with several days ago, but tests indicate the microscopic algae has a stronger presence than last week, according to Collier County officials.

The latest red tide report Thursday from the county's Natural Resources department said water samples taken near the Naples Pier show a high level of red tide.

At Barefoot Beach, Vanderbilt Beach, Seagate and south Marco Beach, tests showed red tide was at a medium level at all four locations.

The latest finding indicates the presence of red tide has heightened compared to a week ago when it was at low levels at Seagate and elsewhere.

Red tide is an algae that releases a toxin that can kill marine life and aggravate respiratory problems for people who suffer from asthma and emphysema.

Water samples were collected Tuesday, with newer samples collected Thursday as part of the county's twice-weekly testing to keep beachgoers up to date.

There have been reports of dead fish washing ashore near the Moorings and as far north as Barefoot Beach, but the overall number of dead fish decreased in recent days.

"It is possible the wind is a little bit offshore and so it could be pushing the fish offshore," said Alina Corcoran, a research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in St. Petersburg.

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year calls for entries

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Run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in association with Sky at Night Magazine, the competition is an international search for images of the cosmos, from photographs of galaxies millions of light years away, to dramatic images of the night sky taken closer to home.

Entrants have until 13 June to submit their entries, with the winning images due to be showcased in a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, from 19 September to 23 February 2014.

There are four main categories in the competition Earth and Space, Our Solar System, Deep Space and Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year taken by photographers under the age of 16. There are also three special prizes: People and Space, Best Newcomer and Robotic Scope, awarded to the best photograph taken using a computer-controlled telescope.

Photographers can enter the competition online by visiting http://www.rmg.co.uk/astrophoto and may each submit up to five images. The overall winner will receive 1500, with category winners each receiving 500. There are also runner-up cash prizes and all winning entries will receive a one-year subscription to Sky at Night Magazine.

In a press statement, competition judge and Sky at Night Magazine editor Chris Bramley, says: The fantastic standard of entries last year showed that you don't need expensive equipment or decades of experience to take stunning astrophotos. I'm really looking forward to seeing what new astro-imagers submit in 2013.

Also on the judging panel this year isspace scientist and TV presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Dr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and science and astronomy writer Will Gater,among many others.

The winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Observatory on 18 September.

To view the entries online, visit: http://www.flickr.com/groups/astrophoto.

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Astronomy Prizes Award Cosmic Achievements by Scientists

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Scientists who have helped further our understanding of cosmic phenomena from gamma-ray pulsars to galaxy formation have been awarded top prizes from the American Astronomical Society. The following are recipients of the 2013 awards, announced by AAS this week:

Kenneth C. Freeman, an Australian National University astronomer who has studied the structure and evolution of galaxies, won the AAS's top award, the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, for a "lifetime of seminal contributions" in the field.

"Through his many PhD students and his generous interactions with countless colleagues, his influence on galactic and extragalactic astronomy has extended far beyond his own research," AAS officials said of Freeman.

Jason Kalirai, of the Space Telescope Science Institute, was honored for his work in stellar and galactic astrophysics. Among other achievements, he devised new methods to measure the age of the Milky Way galaxy using white dwarf stars and described the fraction of mass that stars lose over their lives. Kalirai, who is 34, received the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize for outstanding achievement in observational research by an early-career astronomer.

"Being a professional astronomer is the most rewarding profession in the world," Kalirai said in a statement. "I get to use some of the most advanced tools that humans have ever created to address the universes biggest mysteries. It doesnt get cooler than that!"

Eiichiro Komatsu, of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, was awarded the Lancelot M. Berkeley - New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. Komatsu's 2011 report that placed tight new constraints on the standard cosmological model was the most highly cited astronomy paper last year, according to AAS.

For his theoretical work on how massive stars are formed, Mark Krumholz, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, was given the Helen B. Warner Prize for a significant contribution to astronomy by an early-career scientist.

The Annie Jump Cannon Award for outstanding research and promise for future research by a woman went to Sarah Dodson-Robinson, who studies the formation of planetary systems and teaches at the University of Texas, Austin.

Caltech's Keith Matthews was recognized with the Joseph Weber Award for instrumentation for his achievements in infrared astronomy at the Palomar and Keck observatories. Among other feats over his career, Matthews' NIRC2 camera in the Keck 2 telescope allowed scientists to characterize supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

The Dannie Heineman Prize in Astrophysics for exceptional work by mid-career astronomers went to Rutgers University's Rachel Somerville for her scholarship on galaxy formation and evolution.

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New Astronomy Thesaurus Could Help Future Research Projects

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January 25, 2013

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online

A new astronomy thesaurus called the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) will help improve future information discovery for researchers.

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and IOP Publishing (IOP) collaborated on the new thesaurus, making it a gift to the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

AAS will be making the UAT freely available for development and use within the astronomy community, while ensuring the thesaurus remains relevant and useful.

Further development of the thesaurus will be done by the John G. Wolbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in collaboration with the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA). The collaborative effect by these institutions will help to enhance and extend the thesaurus to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the astronomy community.

Adopting the UAT within the ADS will result better linking with the astronomer research journal articles through a common vocabulary, helping to improve the accuracy of information discovery.

Creating the UAT is a result of the combination of two separate initiatives to develop thesauri as part of semantic enrichment projects by AIP and IOP.

Thousands of resources are being published each year in the field of astronomy, and these kinds of tools can be vital for researchers to continue finding relevant information quickly and helping to improve the discoverability of research.

Access Innovations Inc, a privately held company that specializes in information management and database creation products, is working to combine the thesauri.

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Astronomy to go: University of Washington readies new portable planetarium

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The University of Washington astronomy department is readying a traveling planetarium to take to schools for outreach -- and collaboration -- in Seattle and beyond.

It may look like a carnival bouncy house or an inflatable igloo, but the portable planetarium is in fact an innovative tool for teaching and spreading interest in astronomy.

The circular fabric dome, made by GoDome, is about 10 feet tall and 20 feet across -- big enough to hold a classroom of young astronomers -- and stays upright with the help of a high-powered fan.

It's a fully functional planetarium and then some, revealing the cosmos in multiple wavelengths and frequencies and over time, with three-dimensional simulations of the movement of planets, stars and galaxies, all powered by a laptop computer and Microsoft's freely downloadable Worldwide Telescope software.

The planetarium is the creation of a team of UW students and faculty originally led by post-doctoral researcher John Wisniewski, who has taken a faculty post at the University of Oklahoma. The team continues with doctoral student Phil Rosenfield as principal investigator. Joining him in the work are astronomy lecturer Oliver Fraser, undergraduate Justin Gailey and fellow doctoral student Nell Byler.

Rosenfield said recent department surveys show that while many students bus in to visit the UW planetarium, few are from the Seattle area. So the team decided to bring astronomy to the schools instead of the other way around.

This traveling planetarium will be more interactive than most.

"We are all working on curriculum for the students to create their own shows and use our planetarium like a presentation tool," Rosenfield said. The team is looking to Gailey and future undergraduates to keep the project going when Rosenfield finishes his degree.

Gailey helped develop the planetarium's mirror-based optics and wrote curriculum for its use in a high school setting.

"You essentially make little stops," Gailey said. "You can say, I want to look at this planet and you can pause the tour and talk about it, then move on and it will pan to the next subject."

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Ball Aerospace finishes facility expansion

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BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. spacecraft manufacturer Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has completed its $75 million expansion, effectively doubling its production capability.

The company on Friday said its advanced satellite manufacturing center in Boulder. Colo., added 90,000 square feet and can handle simultaneous satellite and spacecraft builds for NASA and the U.S. Defense Department.

The expansion included a 60 percent increase in clean room space, state-of-the-art environmental testing systems and build-out capacity for a larger thermal vacuum chamber to test spacecraft.

"Ball Aerospace plays a vital role on many of our nation's most critical programs and is committed to meeting customer mission needs for decades to come," said David L. Taylor, Ball Aerospace president and chief executive officer. "The expansion we proudly unveil today also affirms our commitment to growing Colorado's dynamic aerospace economy."

Expansion of another Ball manufacturing facility -- in Westminster, Colo. -- was completed in 2011.

Ball Aerospace is a major provider of remote-sensing satellites as well as space-based systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information.

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Ball Aerospace Completes Final Phase of $75M Manufacturing Expansion

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BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. opened the door today on a new era of space programs by celebrating the completion of an advanced satellite manufacturing center that more than doubles current spacecraft production capability. The 90,000-square-foot expansion is designed to accommodate larger and more sophisticated satellites and simultaneous spacecraft builds to fulfill new NASA and the Department of Defense contracts for space-related assets.

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The $75M capital investment includes expansion and improvements underway since 2005 at Ball's Fisher Integration Facility, 1600 Commerce Street, Boulder, Colo., and comes on the heels of the opening of expanded facilities at the company's manufacturing center in Westminster, Colo., in 2011.

"Ball Aerospace plays a vital role on many of our nation's most critical programs and is committed to meeting customer mission needs for decades to come," said David L. Taylor, Ball Aerospace president and CEO. "The expansion we proudly unveil today also affirms our commitment to growing Colorado's dynamic aerospace economy."

The larger aerospace manufacturing complex in Boulder includes a 60-percent increase in clean room space, state-of-the-art environmental testing systems, and build-out capacity for a larger thermal vacuum chamber to test spacecraft. These spacecraft include NASA's Joint Polar Satellite System, the WorldView-3 remote-sensing satellite for DigitalGlobe, the Sentinel Mission for the B612 Foundation and multiple Department of Defense and national security missions.The new facilities enable Ball to provide the full range of manufacturing, assembly, integration and test capabilities needed to be the industry's go-to partner for high-performance satellites and instruments.

Ball Aerospace has more than 2,800 employees and reported sales of $784 million in 2011. In the past five decades, the company's strength has grown in several areas, including space science and exploration; space-based monitoring of the Earth's weather and environment; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; supporting the military in creating an integrated battlespace; and building space superiority for the nation. Ball is also a leading provider of commercial remote-sensing satellites.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical missions for national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial entities. The company develops and manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments and sensors, components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions for strategic, tactical and scientific applications. For more information visit http://www.ballaerospace.com.

Ball Corporation (BLL) is a supplier of high quality packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide and reported 2011 sales of more than $8.6 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please visit http://www.ball.com.

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Nikita Review: Broken, But Bionic

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It really happened! Michael lost his hand after the run in with Amanda in Canada. Wow!

"Aftermath" was aptly titled, as we saw how Michael dealt with the shocking new impediment in his life and career. As much as he tried to act like he was going to be as good as new, he was wasn't physically or mentally the same.

Owen with a Gun

At first, Michael approached the situation with Nikita pragmatically without any feeling. It was war, it happened, let's move on. While he said that and probably believed it to some extent, it was so far from the truth. He was lying to himself and those around him, yet was determined to be the same soldier he always had been just with a metal hand.

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It wasn't just Michael's new hand that was made of metal, it was as if he was surrounded in the solid material. Stoic for all to see. When Ryan assigned the mission to go and get the rogue cleaner, Liam, Michael was all set to go with Nikita and Owen. Even though Nikita knew it was a mistake for him to accompany them, she also understood that it would do greater harm to deny him.

The mission didn't go as planned, but that couldn't be blamed on Michael. Liam outwitted the Division agents by infiltrating their communications and then setting the building to explode. If Michael hadn't been there, Liam still would have gotten away. But, Michael was there, his hand didn't work, he shot erratically, and Liam drove away.

The strong face that Michael had put on was quickly fading away. It was painful to watch Michael lie about what happened with Liam and isolate himself from those that care about him. The loss of his hand is a tragedy and he was dealing with it the only way he knew how. 

It seemed odd though that Ryan wouldn't have forced Michael to have therapy. Alex was sidelined not because of her addiction, but due to her health. She's not allowed in the field again until she brings her heart rate down. Why wasn't Michael being required to talk to someone about what happened? 

Poor Nikita went from being closed out by Michael to being his punching bag. Not unexpected behavior, but still painful to see. She's such a strong person and is amazing at helping others. She helped Alex kick her addiction when they first met and also helped rehab Owen. How long until Michael let's go of what she did and let's her in?

Michael led a successful mission to kill Liam and get the laptop, while keeping both Nikita and Owen safe. Even that accomplishment wasn't enough to boost Michael's self-confidence. He could still do his job, just perhaps in a different way.

At least, Michael isn't giving up and hiding in a closet somewhere. He's a fighter and even if he is pushing people away, he hasn't retreated. He went to Birkhoff for other options. And, then after his fight with Nikita, feeling love and emotion, his robotic fist closed! An incredible feat for Michael, but not so great for that metal wall! That's a positive sign of Michael's recovery and maybe he will be better off with a robotic metal hand, right?

Nikita Season 3 was starting to get a little stale with the rogue agent of the week and never-ending battle with Amanda. While unfortunate, Michael's plight adds to the emotional stakes of the new Division. It provides an amazing opportunity to explore the relationship between Nikita and Michael. Why are they together? And, more importantly, can they withstand the good and bad times together?

They love each other enough, it's a question of whether Michael can let down his guard enough to let her in. Will his ego let her button a shirt if it's easier that way? I'm confident they will recognize they need each other and that moment when they do will be spectacular.

Michael's limitations in the field will also add complexity to their missions. Or, will he stay and help the field inexperienced Ryan back at Division? Regardless, this is an exciting story that Nikita is going to tell!

How long until Michael accepts that Nikita took his hand out of love for him and apologizes to her? Will Michael be able to work out in the field again? With the struggles Alex is facing, where is Sean?!?!

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/nikita-review-aftermath/