<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Happy New Year to all. I will miss this months meeting but the Gary's have planned a full agenda. If you have time you may also want to attend:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><h2 style="margin: 2.25pt 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); "><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">ASX's 10th Annual 'Expanding Canada's Frontiers' Symposium</span><br></span></h2></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><h2 style="margin: 2.25pt 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); "><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> "Life Beyond Earth\u201d</span> </span></h2></blockquote><br>On Jan 25th. See below for details. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Have a great day, all the best.</div><div style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Andy Blanchard</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">905-465-2031H</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">905-847-7777B</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">905-330-5626</div></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><h2 style="margin-top:2.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white;font-weight:normal">Dear</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white;font-weight:normal">Astronomy and Space
enthusiast,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;font-weight:normal"><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Season's Greetings!</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">The ASX is excited to inform you that the date
and time for our Annual</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Space Symposium has been finalized. This email
contains information </span><br>
<span style="background:white">about some upcoming events. Please see details
below: </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;font-weight:normal"><br>
<span style="background:white">1. Announcement - ASX Symposium (Jan. 25, 2013)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2. Call for Symposium Volunteers</span><br>
<span style="background:white">______________________________________________________________________</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">1. ASX's 10th Annual 'Expanding Canada's
Frontiers' Symposium</span><br>
<span style="background:white">"Life Beyond Earth\u201d</span> <br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">The Astronomy & Space Exploration Society
(ASX) at the University of</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Toronto is pleased to announce that our 10th
annual Symposium is set to</span><br>
<span style="background:white">take place on:</span><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white">DATE & TIME</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white;font-weight:normal">: Friday, January 25, 2013, 7:00 PM</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;font-weight:normal"><br>
<span style="background:white">(Doors open at 6:00 PM, reception at 10 PM)</span><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white">LOCATION</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white;font-weight:normal">: </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">2158 JJR Macloed Auditorium<br>
Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S
1A8<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white">FEATURING: We are honored
to be featuring these world-renowned speakers:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545"><br>
<span style="background:white">* Dr. Chris McKay, NASA Ames</span><br>
<span style="background:white">* Prof. Sara Seager, MIT University</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">The 10th annual Symposium organized by ASX aims
to educate the public</span><br>
<span style="background:white">on some of the current projects in astronomy and
space exploration.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">ASX's annual Symposium is the largest single-day
space related event</span><br>
<span style="background:white">in Canada, and in the past seven years it has
drawn a combined</span><br>
<span style="background:white">audience of about 6,000 people from across
Canada and the U.S.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">This event has featured world-renowned speakers
in the forefront of</span><br>
<span style="background:white">space research and programs, including:</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">- Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (Canadian
Astronaut)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Anousheh Ansari (First Female Private Space
Explorer)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Carolyn Porco (Space Science Institute)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Prof. Mike Brown (Discoverer of the 10th
planet)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Firouz Naderi (NASA JPL)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Prof. Peter Schultz (Brown University/NASA
LCROSS)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Bob Richards (Odyssey Moon; ISU
Co-Founder)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Darlene Lim (NASA Ames)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Alexei Filippenko (UC Berkeley)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Michel Lefebvre (CERN)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Dr. Gilbert Holder (McGill)</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">This event annually attracts audiences of more
than a thousand, so</span><br>
<span style="background:white">book your tickets early!</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">ADMISSION:</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Students: FREE with ID and pre-registration: Any
school, college or</span><br>
<span style="background:white">university student is welcome.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">General Public: $15 (before Jan 7, 11:00pm), $20
(Regular), $25 (at the door)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Tickets are now available at:<span class="apple-converted-space"> <a href="http://asxsymposium2013.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C">http://asxsymposium2013.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C</a></span></span>
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<span style="background:white">2. Call for Symposium Volunteers</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">We are looking for volunteers for our 9th Annual
'Expanding Canada's</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Frontiers' Symposium! If you would like to be
part of the organization</span><br>
<span style="background:white">that hosts the largest single-day space-related
event in Canada (yes</span><br>
<span style="background:white">that is us, ASX), send us an email to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:space.society@utoronto.ca"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2862c5;background:white">space.society@utoronto.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545;background:white">, with</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545"><br>
<span style="background:white">subject line "Symposium Volunteering".</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">You would not only get the opportunity to work
in a dynamic team and</span><br>
<span style="background:white">enhance skills for your resume and professional
purposes, but also</span><br>
<span style="background:white">meet and interact with the leaders in the space
and astronomy fields,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">in person!</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">We need help in various areas, including
promotion, poster posting,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">day of event tasks, and other logistics. Please
specify in the email</span><br>
<span style="background:white">if you would like to help in a particular area.
ASX will be holding a</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Symposium planning meeting soon, and will be
contacting volunteers</span><br>
<span style="background:white">about the details. Stay tuned for more
information.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">Clear Skies,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">ASX</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">University of Toronto Astronomy & Space
Exploration Society</span><br>
<span style="background:white">E-mail:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:space.society@utoronto.ca"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2862c5;background:white">space.society@utoronto.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545"><br>
<span style="background:white">Website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://asx.sa.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#2862c5;background:white">http://asx.sa.utoronto.ca/</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545"><br>
<span style="background:white">21 Sussex Ave, Room 427</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Toronto, Ontario</span><br>
<span style="background:white">M5S 1J6</span></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Anita Bahmanyar,</div><div>Symposium Director at Astronomy </div><div>and Space Exploration Society,</div><div>University of Toronto</div>
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