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Old February 3rd 07, 08:14 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Feb 3, 11:30 am, "Starboard" wrote:
They are coming out this year with some new telescope products that
those with open minds will find quite interesting.


You know something?
Give it up..
Give up the goods.....

Errol


Read their 1/31/07 SEC Form 8K ( Google ). No details yet; public
company, insider info, etc.

Also note than only about 50% of their revenues now are from telescope
products, cheap or otherwise, and they are drastically downsizing US
employment and inventories.

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Old February 3rd 07, 11:17 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Feb 3, 11:28 am, Jim Klein wrote:
What happened ?

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"RMOLLISE" wrote:
Hi Guys:


I don't know how many of your are aware of this...but...let's keep
David and Wendee in our thoughts.


Unk Rod


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Hello all,


I have some bad news to report
regarding David Levy. First of all, as a
physician I would never disclose private
confidential information. On talking
with Wendee (David's wife) this morning,
as the "news" is already out, she stated
it is OK to inform all of you of the
current status and thus avoid
speculation and misinformation.
David had a right hemisphere stroke
sometime in past week. It is a deep
white matter tissue stroke, so symptoms
were actually somewhat subtle, but CT
scan is clear, he did have a stroke. The
good news is ultrasound shows no
significant blockages in carotid
arteries, so no surgery is needed. An
MRA scan is tomorrow looking for any
hidden issues such as aneurysm's etc. He
is on aspirin, and recovering.
He had been recovering from spinal
surgery from October, had a setback with


a bout of tachycardia, set of by a
respiratory problem. He was nearly
recovered from all of this when the
Stroke occurred. I had the pleasure of
visiting David and Wendee at their home
just 2 weeks ago, and at that time David
was finally feeling well and getting his
strength back, in fact we observed
together most of the night.
Fortunately, though he has some left
arm weakness, the prognosis should be
good. (pending further studies).
Recovery should ensue (yet again for
him), and aspirin therapy may be all
that is needed. It is always hard to
discuss a close friend dispassionately,
but I will speak for all here and wish
him a speedy recovery, and an end to a
seemingly long string of health setbacks
he has had to endure. Our thoughts go
Wendee as well, who as I am sure you
understand, is worried sick and has her
hands full.
Please do not flood her mailbox with
e-mails as she is really quite busy
right now, but cards of sympathy by
close friends out there I am sure will
be appreciated by David and Wendee.


Mario Motta, MD


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Hmmm?

He's recovering from the stroke referred to in my original post.

Unk Rod

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Old February 4th 07, 03:10 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On 2007-02-03 08:47:58 -0500, "RMOLLISE" said:

On Feb 2, 8:36 pm, Johnny Borborigmi wrote:
On 2007-02-02 09:57:27 -0500, "RMOLLISE" said:

Please do not flood her mailbox with
e-mails as she is really quite busy
right now, but cards of sympathy by
close friends out there I am sure will
be appreciated by David and Wendee.


Mario Motta, MD


Got an address Rod? I wish him all the best.



I'll did around. May have some somewhere.

Unk Rod



It don't have to be a personal address naturally, somewhere where
they'll give or forward it to him. I respect people's privacy if they
want...

All the best to David....

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Old February 5th 07, 03:25 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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I had the surprise and pleasure of meeting David Levy one night in 1996 or
1997 at Skywatcher's Inn near Benson, AZ. He had a group of Boy Scouts
there for a night of observing, and I was there on vacation, enjoying the
dark night sky. I knew who he was because of Comet S/L 9 in 1994, and felt
shy to talk with him, but he smiled and asked about my travels and interest
in amateur astronomy before continuing with his lecture to the boys. During
the evening, there were two bright meteors, and it was interesting to hear
Mr. Levy and Doctor Vega, the owner of the Inn, estimating their brightness,
color and length.

I pray for Mr. Levy's recovery.

Steve


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Old February 5th 07, 05:12 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Errol,

How you guys doing down there?

Ed

P.S. former resident of Lake Charles, LA.

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Old February 5th 07, 02:14 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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How you guys doing down there?

Ed

P.S. former resident of Lake Charles, LA.


Ed,

Kind of you to ask. We, as in my family, are fine. We suffered minor
damage, roof, fence, etc... Things are mostly back to normal. I live
on the westbank which faired well.

We, as in the general metro area, did not fair well as everyone is
aware. The French Quarter area incurred minimal damages. No flooding.
The French Quarter is situated along the riverbank, which in
historical times, flooded frequently. The frequent flooding in past
deposited silt and sediment that steadily built up the land, hence the
Quarter is on high ground.

The inner city is not. There are some areas that are as much as nine
feet below sea level. For these folks, a breech in a levee in the
wrong place can be catastrophic.

In these areas, as well as some areas near the lake (you know, the
high rent district?), little has been done to restore them. It is
going to be a very slow, long, recovery. Many folks do not want to
rebuild their homes until their neighbors do. This is a circular
problem. Who would invest a load of money restoring their property in
the middle of a desolate subdivision? And many people still question
the Army Corp of Engineers ability to build a good levee. Of course,
the ACOE has a limited budget, yadda, yadda.

Which reminds me: Bush didn't even mention NO in his State of the
Union. I guess that means all's well....

Errol


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Old February 6th 07, 02:56 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Good to hear you are ok
Hang in there it will take a while but Bush and his ilk are
on the way out

Let folks know also that the rest of the country does care
even if the dolt in the White House doesn't.

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Old February 10th 07, 08:44 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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SZumbo wrote:

I had the surprise and pleasure of meeting David Levy one night in 1996 or
1997 at Skywatcher's Inn near Benson, AZ. He had a group of Boy Scouts
there for a night of observing, and I was there on vacation, enjoying the
dark night sky. I knew who he was because of Comet S/L 9 in 1994, and felt
shy to talk with him, but he smiled and asked about my travels and interest
in amateur astronomy before continuing with his lecture to the boys. During
the evening, there were two bright meteors, and it was interesting to hear
Mr. Levy and Doctor Vega, the owner of the Inn, estimating their brightness,
color and length.

I pray for Mr. Levy's recovery.

Steve


He's a rare commodity. We all wish for his speedy and complete
recovery.
....

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Old February 10th 07, 08:47 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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" wrote:


For sure. I met David last year when he came to New Orleans (UNO
Science BLDG) as a guest speaker at our monthly club meet. He brought
with him many scopes and eye pieces (donations from Meade / on David's
behalf) which the club raffled to raise needed funds.



Errol
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David uses a, gasp, Meade Schmidt telescope in his supernova and comet
hunts. How does he make this "junk scope" work?? He "coulda had" an
RC ;-)


He hasnt always used a Meade, I assure youz!


Meade has also made countless donations over the years of scopes and
astronomy gear to other local astronomy clubs and star parties.

They are coming out this year with some new telescope products that
those with open minds will find quite interesting.


 




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