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October 30, 2009
October 30, 2009 - November 5, 2009
Volume XII, Issue 32
In This Issue...
State Park Budget Cuts Hit Home
Capitola Says No to Another Rispin Extension Request
Capitola City Manager To Retire
Planning the New Scotts Valley Library
Surfing Comes Home to Boulder Creek
More Trouble at the Brookdale Inn
Loma Fire Contained
VCUM Kicks Off Thanksgiving Food Drive
SV's Red Ribbon Week Promotes Drug-Free Lives
Plaque Commemorates Lime Works
Bounty of Pjs
Water Manager Praises Conservation Efforts
Wells Fargo Gives $24K to Local Schools
Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries
Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussion
Crimebeat
Crime Beat 10/30/09
No Charges in High School Sports Fundraising Money Theft
Environment
Rain or No Rain? Forecasters Don't Know
The Weather Twins
Mark Stone Advocates Banning Single-Use Bags
Newsmakers
Scotts Valley High Haunted Hospital Raises Money to Fight Cancer
New Boulder Creek Business Board Continuing Most Seasonal Events
Monning Holds Office Hours
Redwoods League Announces Grants
People
Scotts Valley Chamber Announces 2009 Honorees
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Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussion
The Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), which is slated to be built on the inactive volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii, will be the subject of a free public lecture by UCSC astronomer Jerry Nelson at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz. Nelson is a project scientist for the TMT.

The TMT will be the most powerful telescope ever constructed, allowing astronomers to peer back to the very origins of the universe, look for planets around nearby stars, and test many of the fundamental laws of physics.

Nelson helped pioneer the use of adaptive optics, which lets astronomers sidestep the problems of blurred light traveling through turbulent air, permitting sharp images from ground-based telescopes. The TMT will use a segmented mirror design to correct for that effect, with each mirror correcting independently.

Nelson's talk will be titled "The Thirty-Meter Telescope: Galileo's legacy 400 years later." The TMT is currently scheduled to begin operations in 2018. For more information, call 831-459-2844.
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