Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Time: 03:58 AM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 15°
Approach: 15° above N
Departure: 15° above N

Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Time: 04:38 AM
Duration: 1 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 18°
Approach: 17° above NW
Departure: 15° above N

Date: Monday, August 09, 2010
Time: 04:11 AM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 35°
Approach: 35° above NNE
Departure: 23° above NNE

Date: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Time: 05:18 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 19°
Approach: 16° above WNW
Departure: 16° above N

Date: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Time: 03:45 AM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 19°
Approach: 19° above ENE
Departure: 16° above ENE

Date: Saturday, August 07, 2010
Time: 04:51 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 57°
Approach: 47° above W
Departure: 25° above NNE

Date: Friday, August 06, 2010
Time: 04:24 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 32°
Approach: 32° above SE
Departure: 17° above E

Date: Thursday, August 05, 2010
Time: 05:30 AM
Duration: 3 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 69°
Approach: 16° above WSW
Departure: 33° above NE

Date: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Time: 05:03 AM
Duration: 3 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 27°
Approach: 15° above S
Departure: 20° above E

Date: Monday, August 02, 2010
Time: 05:45 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 22°
Approach: 16° above S
Departure: 19° above ESE

The 2010 VHTRC Volunteer Party will be held on August 7. Joe and Michele are our hosts for this annual, ah, event. All volunteers and club members are invited. Please be sure to RSVP so we can plan. More information and to RSVP

The third great VHTRC event, the Women's Half Marathon, will be held on September 11. As with the other events, volunteers are critical to the success of the run. We are now ready for you to volunteer.  For more information and to volunteer

Congratulations to Greg and Anne on the arrival of Jason Michael Loomis, born Tuesday July 20, weighing in at 7lbs 15oz and measuring 21 inches long!

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Sabrina Moran fiinished the Lone Ranger 24 Hour in Philadelphia on Saturday with 125 miles, good for second overall. Serge Arbona was first overall with 146 miles. The race was a 8.45 loop along the Skuylkill River in 100 degree temperatures. Lone Ranger results | Sabrina's race report on her blog

Neal finished the Vermont 100 in 16:33, about 30 minutes behind winner Andy Jones-Wilkins and just nine minutes ahead of top female Kami Semick. He is now 2-for-2 in the Grand Slam. Justine Morrison was the top VHTRC female, finishing her first 100 miler in 23:23. Prasad Gerard, Tammy Massie, Tammy Bagdhassarian, and Twila Brown also finished. The results indicate that there were many drops; perhaps they had the heat and humidity we had here as well? Vermont 100 website

It seems that the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum is no more. But all the stuff is for sale. Among the items on the auction block are movie posters like those in the snack bar at the Skyline Ranch Resort. In yet another connection to trail running, the museum used to be in Victorville, California (before it moved to Branson). Victorville is the biggest city near Wrightwood, the start of Angeles Crest.  It was the place to stay if you wanted to "sleep low" before AC!  Happy trails!

VHTRC member Alisa Springman finished Badwater in 42:17:28 for 48th place. Badwater runs 135 miles from the lowest point in the United States in Death Valley to the trailhead to the highest point in the United States (minus Alaska), Whitney Portal.  Badwater Webcast.

Scott Brockmeir was the leading VHTRC finisher at the Hardrock 100 in Silverton, Colorado.  Other VHTRC finishers included Jack Kurisky, Mike Bur, and Robert Andrulis. Leonard Martin finished, but over the time limit by two minutes. We are not sure how they are counting that, but it is an impressive achievement regardless. Live Hardrock Reports

Mike Bailey and John Hayward were the top VHTRC finishers at the Skyline Challenge held near Gore, Virginia on July 10. The top female finisher was Regan Petrie. Gary Knipling and Pam Gowen won their age groups. Event Web site

'I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.'

'When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.''

'And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.'

'A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.'

'Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.'

'Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.'

'The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.'

'Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.'

'Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.'

'I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.'

'Anything too stupid to be said is sung.'

'It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.'

Russian authorities arrested at least 135 opposition protesters, including a leading Kremlin critic, at rallies demanding freedom of assembly, state media said.

New documents released by a congressional subcommittee indicate that Coast Guard officials allowed BP to use excessive amounts of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico.

The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday which would lift the current $75 million liability cap for oil spills while imposing new safety standards for offshore drilling.

Brazil President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media reported Saturday.

Three convicted murderers who broke out of a Kingman, Arizona, prison Friday night got help from a woman who was on a visitation list for one of them, authorities said Saturday.

Protesters are planning to demonstrate Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the detention of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces near the Iraqi border.

The Army private charged with leaking an airstrike video and suspected of leaking documents to WikiLeaks is in solitary confinement, officials tell CNN.

A senior Hamas member was killed during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Hamas security forces said Saturday.

President Barack Obama hopes embattled New York congressman Charlie Rangel can end his career with dignity.

Great things can happen to those nominated as CNN Heroes:

Chelsea Clinton - New York City - New York - Bill Clinton - United States

Pentagon has added staff combing through documents leaked by WikiLeaks to determine whether sources have been unmasked and to protect them from Taliban revenge.



Wikileaks - Afghanistan - Politics - Asia - Taliban

Rangel support fading: Obama calls charges troubling, some House Democrats raise resignation



Barack Obama - President - United States - History - President of the United States

People familiar with the investigation say California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial.



Ethics - Philosophy - Applied - Charles B. Rangel - Business

Infornmant Adrian Lamo says Wikileaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning had civilian help.



Wikileaks - United States - Bradley Manning - New York Times - Military

St. Petersburg famous museum The Hermitage has a secret collection, a tradition of allowing a herd of cats to roam over much of the grounds and live in the basement.



Saint Petersburg - Hermitage Museum - Russia - Administrative Regions - Museum

Over 800 dead in Pakistani floods as rescuers struggle to reach the marooned, disease looms



Flood - Earth Sciences - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Past Floods - Pakistan

Ben Nelson - United States - Government - Senate - Republican

scams, schemes, work-from-home scams



Telecommuting - Fraud - Business - Home Office - Small Business

Small business - Business - United States - Barack Obama - Republican

Connecticut attorney general began investigating Tedd Collins after The New York Times disclosed a trail of lawsuits and fraud accusations against him from people across the U.S. who claimed the doctor had duped them out of large amounts of money in investment ventures well before he created the Become My Hero and Natasha's Place charities.



United States - Fraud - New York Times - Attorney general - Connecticut

Former Vice President Al Gore will not be prosecuted by the district attorney in Portland, Oregon, on allegations that he tried to sexually assault a masseuse sent to his hotel room there in 2006. The district attorney's office wrote, 'This case is not appropriate for criminal prosecution. The matter is closed.'



Al Gore - United States - Government - President - Elections

Dutch 14-year-old to set out next week for round-the-world solo sailing attempt



sail - Laura Dekker - Single-handed sailing - Recreation - Education

Boarding a plane without an agent to inspect or take your pass has arrived in the USA. Continental Airlines has confirmed it's testing the procedure at a gate at its hub in Houston Intercontinental. It's the first experiment at what's called 'self-boarding' in the U.S.



Continental Airlines - United States - George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Airline - Business

Girl injured falling 40 feet to ground when Wis. amusement park attraction's safety net fails



Amusement park - Recreation - Free fall - Theme Parks - Defunct

When successful businessman and attorney Jim Cannon's lifeless body was found naked and stuffed in a closet of his West Nashville home in late June 2008, authorities soon would zero in on his estranged wife, Kelley Cannon. A story of love, privilege, drug addiction and death.



Drug addiction - Death - Nashville Tennessee - Businessperson - Jim Cannon

Fergie's films, Taboo's shoes, and Will.i.am and apl.de.ap crush on NYC.



Taboo - Will.i.am - Apl.de.ap - Shopping - Fergie

Microbiologists run tests to see how mold forms inside homes



Mold - Business - Polymers - Chemicals - Processing Methods

Chicago clerk was shot in the arm during a struggle with the robber.



Chicago - Robbery - Police - Business - Closed-circuit television

Sixty cats live with art at the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.



Saint Petersburg - Russia - Hermitage Museum - Administrative Regions - St. Petersburg

Store manager Nayara Goncalves stopped a robbery at her Metro PCS store in Pompano Beach, Florida by talking to the would-be robber about Jesus and her Christian faith.



Florida - Christianity - Pompano Beach - Religion and Spirituality - Jesus

Wildfire smolders in high desert north of Los Angeles as crews work to contain 2-day-old blaze



Fire retardant - Wildfire - United States - Business - Kamloops

Behind the wheel of a glossy black Chevy Volt plug-in car Friday, President Obama sought to drive home some good news about his 2009 bailout of the auto industry on the same day the country learned that the growth of the economy as a whole is slowing down.



Barack Obama - Chevrolet Volt - President of the United States - Automobile - President

After 19 combined seasons of 'The Bachelor' and its sister spin-off, 'The Bachelorette,' only two couples have found true love. For many of the show's stars and contestants, the quest for true love and eternal happiness hasn't been easy since 'The Bachelor.'



Bachelorette - Bachelor - Arts - Television - Spin-off

Andrew Zimmern's day job has a unique list of occupational hazards attached to it, but he manages to keep a good sense of humor about it. One has to, if they're in the business of eating things most people would cringe at.



andrewzimmern - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern - Recreation - Travel Channel - Humor

A new genre of advertisements cropping up have some people questioning if perhaps these ads go too far. AAA of the Carolinas is currently airing one of these 'shock ads,' a powerful public service announcement (PSA) that delivers its message in a realistic, disturbing way.



Public service announcement - Advertising - PSA - Language - Health

John Berman puts his taste buds and waistline on the line for food reporting.



Nightline - Business - Recreation - John Berman - Home

By the time the average American child is potty trained, her parents will have shelled out upwards of $2,000 on diapers. That's more than $27 billion spent on disposables nationwide each year. But with the ongoing decline of the U.S. birth rate, the two industry giants, Pampers and Huggies, are socking it out.



Diaper - Huggies - Pampers - Baby - Shopping

Bill Weir will be joining Terry Moran and Cynthia McFadden as a Nightline anchor. He was previously co-anchor of weekend Good Morning America. Martin Bashir will be leaving ABC News after six years.



ABC News - Cynthia McFadden - Terry Moran - Martin Bashir - Good Morning America

This Week anchor Christiane Amanpour sits down with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.



Nancy Pelosi - Speaker of the House - United States - California - Government

Geithner projects how future unemployment numbers will look



United States Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy Geithner - Government - United States - Business and Economy

Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, Stephen Hayes and Donna Brazile.



Sam Donaldson - United States - Cokie Roberts - Arts - Television

NJ Gov. Chris Christie on Snooki and the rest of MTV's 'Jersey Shore.'



Jersey Shore - Snooki - United States - New Jersey - MTV

The Treasury Secretary weighs in on who should head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau



United States Secretary of the Treasury - United States - Home - Consumer Information - Advocacy and Protection

Recalling Daniel Schorr, Kenny Guinn and Denise Jefferson.



Kenny Guinn - United States - Denise Jefferson - Nevada - Arts

ABC News' 'This Week With Christiane Amanpour' premieres Sunday Aug. 1. As announced in March, Amanpour joins ABC next month to anchor the network's pre-eminent Sunday morning public affairs program from its home at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. A highly respected journalist recognized around the world for her reporting, Amanpour brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, as well as a deep commitment to bringing the news of the world to the American people.



This Week - ABC News - Amanpour - United States - Newseum

Rachel Clark, an OB-GYN resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, says there's no margin for error on the labor floor. Work comes first, her life comes second.



Boston - Medicine - Health - United States - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Berger operates on a young woman with a mysterious disease. Thursdays 10/9c.



Crohn's disease - Inflammatory bowel disease - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Digestive Disorders

Doctors and health care providers may be accustomed to treating life-threatening diseases daily, but that doesn't mean they're immune to the emotions involved in caring for patients.



Health care - Medicine - Health - United States - Health Policy

Boston Med: Sara Dumas, a teenager with a congenital heart disease, is awaiting a heart transplant. Her younger brother, Ian, has the same disease and is expected to need the same surgery soon.



Surgery - Health - Heart transplantation - Conditions and Diseases - Cardiovascular Disorders

Jet lag is hard to beat because every organ keeps time with its own clock.



Jet lag - Travel - Health - Recreation - Preparation

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which has survived for 6-1/2 years on the cold Martian surface, may finally have died, NASA managers said.



Mars - Mars rover - Rover Spirit - Space - Technology

BlackBerry gears up for major changes.



BlackBerry - Smartphone - Handhelds - Business - Wallpapers and Themes

Adult industry sees potential in iPhone's FaceTime video chat.



iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Wallpapers and Themes - Video

Dick DeBartolo shows how cats and dogs can get in on the gadget action.



Dick DeBartolo - People - Shopping - Gadgets - Recreation

Study: People are drawn to others who resemble their kin or themselves.



Books - History - Sexual attraction - Health - Reproductive Health

Amazon reveals the new Wi-Fi, smaller and cheaper Kindle.



Wi-Fi - Amazon.com - Peru - Loreto - Departments

Amazon and Facebook are teaming up to aid sales.



Facebook - Amazon Kindle - Peru - Loreto - Departments

U.S. government says iPhone jailbreak is legal, over Apple's objections.



Apple - IPhone - Jailbreak - Smartphone - Handhelds

CIA, Google both back company that monitors Web in real time to predict the future.



Google - Searching - Search Engines - Real-time computing - Central Intelligence Agency

It's one hot summer. Becky Worley, 'Good Morning America's' technology contributor, discusses gadgets that can help you beat the heat, and tells you how to keep your cell phone, laptop and other gadgets working well in hot weather.



Becky Worley - Mobile phone - Technology - Good Morning America - Weather

Qasr Al-Yahud is one of the most popular baptismal sites on the River Jordan. But it has found itself this week at the center of a bitter battle over its cleanliness. Officials closed the site and then cleared it for visitors after conducting water-quality tests.



River Jordan - Middle East - Jordan - Baptism - Water quality

Tuesday at Facebook's Palo Alto, Calif. headquarters, Kanye West hopped on a conference table to debut tracks from his upcoming fifth album. No band, no back up emcees, no DJ, no sound system -- just West in a dapper black suit against a stark white wall. Today, he joined Twitter, amassing more than 50,000 followers in a just a few hours.



Facebook - Kanye West - Twitter - California - Music

Group suggests people are being exposed to BPA in paper receipts.



Business - Environmental Working Group - Pulp and Paper - Materials - United States

Serving in Iraq, Sgt. Tyler Bates uses Skype to watch his wife give birth.



Skype - Baby - Iraq - Shopping - Children

A new poll finds that iPhone users like AT&T service.



IPhone - AT&T - Smartphone - Handhelds - Yankee Group

WikiLeaks website at center of one of the largest intel leaks in U.S. history.



Wikileaks - United States - Whistleblower - United States armed forces - White House

We knew this time would eventually come. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, which runs the two Mars Exploration Rovers, acknowledged today that Spirit, which has been exploring the Martian surface since March 2004, may have been heard from for the last...



Mars Exploration Rover - NASA - Mars - Spirit rover - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Everyone from book publishers to magazine concerns to TV networks have been trying to figure out their tablet and iPad strategies. And now the premium cable network Starz has partnered with book publisher Penguin in a deal that helps Starz...



Publishing - Ken Follett - Pillars of the Earth - United States - Business

Brand advertisers are increasingly asking Web sites and publishers to conduct intent-to-purchase studies that measure the success or failure of a Web video campaign. Break Media CEO Keith Richman tells Daisy Whitney in this week's New Media Minute how advertisers...



Video - Break - Business - Advertising - Marketing and Advertising

Baby animals: a Parma Wallaby from Australia, lion cubs in South Africa, and more.



Teddy bear - Shopping - Toys - Collecting - Bears

Planck satellite completes one-year survey, releases image of entire sky.



NASA - Space - Space observatory - Technology - James Webb Space Telescope

Ohio man sees image of Jesus in his tie-dyed shirt.

Plump skunk named Mr. Bumble tries to lose one-third his weight.

Ringlike solar eclipse was visible across a narrow stretch of Asia and Africa.

New laws may allow users to be able to unlock their iPhones.



iPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - Apple - Wallpapers and Themes

Inventors cash-in with their idea to fix iPhone reception problems.



IPhone - Smartphone - Apple - Handhelds - Steve Jobs

'Life in a Day' uses YouTube videos to document this Saturday around the world.



YouTube - Conversation - Video - Google - Shopping

Sales of Kindles and other digital books exceed those of hard cover books.



E-book - Book - Shopping - Amazon.com - Amazon Kindle

Becky Worley tests out the phone's hardware and software.



Hardware - Television - Video Games - Games - Arts

Motorola and BlackBerry CEOs respond to Steve Jobs' accusations and call for better cell reception.



Steve Jobs - Apple - Smartphone - IPhone - Pioneers

'The Social Network' movie trailer casts Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a negative light.



Social Network - Facebook - markzuckerberg - Online Communities - David Fincher

A UFO in China's skies forces Xiaoshan Airport to cease operations for one hour.



Unidentified flying object - UFO - People's Republic of China - Hangzhou - China

Apple schedules a news conference to address antenna problem with latest iphone.



Apple - IPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - Macintosh

Andrea Smith discusses electronic devices to improve your next trip.



Electronics - Shopping - Accessories - Technology - Mobile phone

Consumer Reports does not recommend buying the new iPhone 4 smart phone.



IPhone - Smartphone - Consumer Reports - Handhelds - Apple

Brendan McElroy is on call to fix NYC residents' broken iPhones.



iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Wallpapers and Themes - Arts

Class action suit against Apple for locking consumers into AT&T contracts.



IPhone - Apple - AT&T - Mobile phone - Smartphones

NYC artist David Kassan uses a $10 app to paint life models.



IPad - David Kassan - Art - Brushes - Visual Arts

Nashville residents are buying water barrel collection systems to save money.



Water - Environment - Water Resources - Drinking water - Business

Officials debate the cost and merits of buying on-person cameras.



Photography - Camera - Arts - Equipment and Services - Shopping

Tips on managing what comes up when you search your name online.



Reputation - Google - Search - Web search engine - Business

'David After Dentist' video on YouTube nets the DeVore family a handsome sum.



YouTube - David After Dentist - Business - Video - Television

A Florida company says it can breed about 2 million shrimp a month in tanks.



Shrimp - Fish and Seafood - Florida - Shellfish - Home

Dick DeBartolo shows off innovative and affordable travel gadgets.



Dick DeBartolo - Gadget - Shopping - Business and Economy - Recreation

NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.

Nasa Awards Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Support Contract

NASA has awarded a sole-source interim contract for electrical systems engineering services to MEI Technologies in Houston.

NASA mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet – trying to survive the harsh Martian winter.

NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp.'s, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md., for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract.

NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.

NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.

The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased.

A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 80. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 5. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds around 5 mph.

Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.