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LAKE PLACID - Dr. Carl Eberl, composer, conductor, viola/violinist and teacher, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
Carl was a veteran of World War II and served in the Army Air Corps.
Dr. Carl Eberl's life was music and the people he loved. Born in Reading, Pa. on Feb. 3, 1925, to Joseph and Anna Eberl, he began playing the violin at the age of nine. In 1941, inspired by Glenn Miller, and the 1941 movie, "Sun Valley Serenade," the 16-year old concertmaster of the Reading High School Orchestra began the path that would lead to his founding the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho in 1985.
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Now the largest free-admission symphony in the Intermountain West, the 100-piece orchestra celebrated its 25 Anniversary in 2009 with the performance of Dr. Eberl's Viola Concerto, and his arrangement of "It Happened in Sun Valley" from the film that inspired him 68 years prior. He was designated Conductor Laureate of this festival and was selected Citizen of the Year in 1994 by the Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber of Commerce.
His path included 27 years in New York City, from 1953 to 1980, as Professor Emeritus of Queens College of the City University of New York, where he directed the Queens College Orchestra and the Queens Choral Society in ground-breaking repertory that included Boito's "Mephistophele," Prokoviev's "Alexander Nevsky," Puccini's "Turandot," and Brahms' "Rinaldo." He conducted Vaughan Williams' "Dona Nobis Pacem," the evening of the Kent State shootings of students, and the piece was dedicated to their memories. Two of his conducting students at that concert, David Stahl and Joann Falletta, went on to distinguished conducting careers, and have often acknowledged his influence in their lives.
During his New York years, he was violist with the Beaux Arts String Quartet, participating in the landmark classical/jazz fusion recording, "The Third Stream," with John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet, with the music of Gunther Schuller, in 1959.
His conducting career included an Adler Fellowship and Fromm Foundation Award at the Aspen Music Festival, where he conducted the premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom's Symphony No. He was twice recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, attending the International Conductors' School in Hilversum, Holland, under his revered conducting mentor, Franco Ferrara.
His compositions currently reside at the William Primrose Library at Brigham Young University in Utah. He performed the premier of his Viola Concerto with the Eastman Rochester Orchestra, with Dr. Howard Hansen conducting. William Primrose was Carl's viola teacher, and also gave him chess lessons and flying lessons in the summers in Camden, Maine, while Carl was music director at the New England Music Camp in Lake Messalonski, (where Carl's beloved sisters, Betty and Louise, also spent summers as student musicians.)
Whether touring with Frank Sinatra or Leonard Bernstein, his love of music covered all genres. He particularly enjoyed the Beatles, and wrote many arrangements of their songs for viola and cello, that he played with his wife, Julianne.
He received his Ph.D. in Composition from the Eastman School of Music, and at the invitation of his conducting mentor, Dr. Paul White, then conductor of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, Dr. Eberl came to the Adirondacks in 1960. He was principal viola of the Sinfonietta until 1972, when Dr. White, appointed Carl as his successor to the then 70-year old orchestra. He directed it from 1972 to 1984.
During that tenure, and through the generosity of his friend, Beth Master, with Saranac Lake architect, Arthur Wareham, he oversaw the building of the Village Park Shell where he instituted the free open-air concerts on Mirror Lake that continue to this day. The shell was dedicated to and named for his mentor, Dr. White, and it became one of the sites for the 1980 Winter Olympics' Awards Ceremonies. The Sinfonietta's historic home at the Lake Placid Club would change with the club going into foreclosure in the late 1970s; in that transition, he saved the priceless 100-year old Sinfonietta library, significantly added to it, and brought to the Center for Music and Art, where it is conserved and maintained. He began collaborations with the Lake George Opera and the Gregg Smith Singers, recording Victor Herbert's operettas, "The Red Mill" and "Sweethearts."
He also found time to play tennis, swim Mirror Lake daily, bicycle and hike through the Adirondacks, ski Whiteface Mountain, and be "Uncle Carl" to his dear friends and families there. Gordon and Ellie Wilson and their three children, Denise, Marcy and Steve, became his second family; he enjoyed 27 summers in their boathouse. The quiet on Mirror Lake would sometimes be interrupted when Mrs. Nettie Marie Jones, from her home across the lake, would remind him that he hadn't practiced his violin that day. Friends would swim up to the dock all summer and find gin and tonics at the ready.
In 1980 he became the conductor and music director of the Idaho Falls Symphony. Concerts included guest appearances by Burl Ives, Doc Severinsen, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Sharon Isbin, any many others.
During this creative time, he made lifelong friends, who participated in the founding of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony Jerry and Rickie Brady, and Marian Brady, Timothy and Anne Hopkins, and Carol and Bill Evans.
In 1989, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He and Julianne moved from San Francisco to Portland, Maine, in 1996 to be closer to family and friends. His last composition was a commission by the Longfellow Sonnet Society, "Casting the Nets," with music set to Thomas Carper's poetry, and premiered at the Bowdoin College Chapel by Julianne's orchestra students in the Deering-Portland High School Orchestra April 30, 2005.
He was the subject of the Portland-based Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2009, in the piece for radio, "Fortissimo," by Erin Calabria, at www.prx.org
He has coached Julianne's students in the Portland Public Schools for the past 10 years, preparing them for auditions, scholarship applications, and performances.
He also enjoyed playing jazz violin with Bobby Laine at the Bridgeway and playing "I Wish I Were Single Again," at the Sawyers' annual White Star Cabin Party in South Portland.
Since February, 2007, he was a resident of The Cedars, and was beloved by all. They were so much a part of his life, and all who could, visited their Maestro to say goodbye on his last day of life. Special thanks to Kim McGowan who was with him and Julianne when he died; and to nurses Katie Earley and Anne Scollins and the Hospice team who also were with him. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Cedars in 2010, his most cherished award.
He leaves behind his beloved wife of 35 years, Julianne; his sister, Louise McCutcheon, of Warwick, N.Y.; nieces and nephews: Nancy Warner, Susan Irwin and Brian Engelhardt; seven brothers and sisters-in-law; 12 nieces and nephews; 12 grandnieces and grandnephews; three great-grand nephews and nieces; as well as many friends and colleagues around the country.
He was predeceased by his parents, Joseph and Anna Eberl; his sister, Elizabeth Engelhardt; and his niece, Julia Engelhardt McAfee.
A funeral Mass at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Lake Placid.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Carl Eberl to the Dr. Eberl Scholarship Award, Portland Public Schools, given to high school seniors planning to continue music studies in college, 196 Allen Avenue, Portland, ME 04103, or to The Cedars, 630 Ocean Avenue, Portland, ME, 04103.


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Local Entrepreneur Launches Art Studio…with a 'Twist'
Kimberly and Casey Wells Open Painting with a Twist, Unique Art & Social Studio
Longview, Texas – Aspiring to bring a new kind of art to Longview, local entrepreneurs Kimberly and Casey Wells are about to open Painting with a Twist of Longview, a new place where friends come together to paint, drink wine and discover their inner artist.
A pioneer in the Paint and Sip industry, Painting with a Twist, located at 100 Tall Pine Ave, Ste. 5, behind the Longview Mall, is part of a fast-growing national franchise that provides guests a unique 'getaway' through art. A Painting with a Twist class includes friends, paint and the option to BYOB. Led by local art instructors, guests paint on bare 16" by 20" canvases using paint and brushes provided by the studio. The artwork ranges from landscapes, abstracts and cityscapes, to creative renderings of animals, iconic buildings and florals. Friends gather for an evening of laughs, creativity and camaraderie as they create one-of-a-kind pieces of art to take home and, often, discover a newfound talent.
All it took was one trip to a Painting with a Twist location for Kimberly to fall in love with the concept. Captivated by the positive and creative experience that the classes offered, Kimberly, along with her husband Casey, made it their mission to bring the unique concept to Longview.
"Our new studio is designed to provide guests with a fun night out—a chance to escape from reality," said Kimberly. "We are offering lighthearted entertainment that merges creativity and a social gathering where friends come together to create memorable pieces of artwork."
Although the concept of Paint and Sip has been around for years, Painting with a Twist founders Cathy Deano and Renee Maloney have perfected it into a successful business formula. As the art and wine trend continues to pick up steam, Painting with a Twist, the pioneer in the Paint and Sip segment, has both guests and franchisees alike lining up at the doors.
In keeping with the founders' fundraising roots, Painting with a Twist of Longview is passionate about supporting their local community. With the Painting with a Purpose program, Painting with a Twist of Longview donates 50 percent of their proceeds to local non-profit organizations every month. The first Painting with a Purpose event is scheduled for May 19, 2013, to benefit the local Habitat for Humanity.
In addition to supporting the local community, Painting with a Twist of Longview also offers private parties for corporate outings, bachelorette parties, sorority functions, date nights and special events. The studio is able to accommodate up to 54 people per gathering – 38 people in the main studio and 16 in a party room – making painting accessible for a few friends or a private gathering.
Painting with a Twist of Longview, located at 100 Tall Pine Ave, Ste. 5, behind the Longview Mall, is open Tuesday – Saturday from 12:00pm – 6:00pm and during scheduled class times, and can be reached at 903-236-8585. For more information, please visit www.paintingwithatwist.com/longview/.
About Painting with a TwistPainting with a Twist, based in Mandeville, Louisiana is the leading Paint and Sip franchise with more than 80 locations throughout the United States. Founded in 2007 by Cathy Deano and Renee Maloney, Painting with a Twist began franchising in 2009 and provides customers with paint, a canvas and brushes that lead to a fun evening with friends and a finished piece of art. For more information about Painting with a Twist, visit www.paintingwithatwist.com.


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February 17, 2012
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The 2011 Bluffton University men's and women's cross country teams were recently recognized as All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). It marked the third time in the past four seasons that Bluffton's women have received the honor, including a 2008 squad that finished with the highest GPA (3.859) for a cross country team in the nation. Bluffton was one of just three Heartland Conference schools to be recognized on the men's side and one of six on the women's side.
A total of 187 institutions represent 38 conferences that compose the women's honorees. The NESCAC and MIAC each had ten institutions make the list to lead all leagues in Division III. The Centennial, NCAC, and WIAC followed with nine.
Of the 32 teams that participated in the national championship meet, 31 of those earned All-Academic status, including all eight regional champion teams.
A total of 131 institutions represent 34 conferences that compose the men's honorees. The NESCAC led all conferences with ten institutions on the All-Academic list. The MIAC followed with nine.
Centre College leads the nation with a 3.71 cumulative team GPA through the 2011 fall semester. Cal Tech follows at 3.65. Seven of the top ten finishing teams at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships earned All-Academic status. Of the 32 teams that participated in the national final, 21 of those earned All-Academic status.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 through the 2011 fall semester.


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By Gary Every Special to the Crier
In the southwest, there are legends about a mysterious light and the invisible lady who holds the lantern. The story always begins with a lost cowboy on horseback, parched without any water, leaving the desert terrain for the rugged canyons on the edge of the mountains in hopes of finding a watery oasis that will spare his life.
The lost and wandering cowboy sings himself a song, hoping to buck up his sagging spirits while his horse keeps plodding along unaware of the danger they are in. The cowboy sings loudly trying to pretend he is not afraid.
The cowboy is lost and thirsty, in danger of dying alone. He whistles and sings until his parched throat stops him and then the echoes of the song ricochet for a little too long. The echoes take the song an extra verse longer than the cowboy does and he realizes someone else is singing along. The cowboy rejoices, he is lost no more, he has been saved!
This voice which is singing along, singing the same song as the cowboy is melodious as the song of an oriole and it belongs to a beautiful female. Of course, the cowboy has not yet seen her. He never will.
All he will ever see is the light of the lantern held about horse high but all women are beautiful to a cowboy especially one who is lost and wandering. When he spurs his horse to find her all he ever sees is a bright light, a light bright as a lantern held about the same height as a woman on horseback would hold a lantern to guide herself through the night.
The woman only keeps singing as long as the cowboy keeps following. When the cowboy halts his horse, the lady with the light stops singing and silence fills the twilight darkness. Many a lost and lonely cowboy has followed the singing light needing to find a drink of water from a mountain oasis to save him from his thirsty plight.
To tell the truth some cowboys have been rescued by the singing lady who led the cowboy and his thirsty horse through the labyrinth of narrow canyon and giant boulders to discover a hidden spring or unexpected tinaja still filled with sweet fresh rainwater, before she, her lantern and her invisible horse ride away into the sky, slowly climbing the stars.
However, the lady with the light has also led some cowboys through the darkness to the edge of a precipice and beyond, to where they tumble to their death.
So the next time you are lost in the desert and hear the singing voice, see the light being held horse high will the lady lead you to your death or guide you to safety? I suppose maybe that it all depends on exactly how you treat your ladies.
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WASHINGTON — Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to announce on Thursday a lifting of the ban on women in combat roles on, a watershed change that removes the remaining barrier to a fully inclusive military, defense officials said.
Panetta made the decision ''upon the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,'' a senior defense official said Wednesday, an assertion that stunned female veteran activists who said they assumed that the brass was still uneasy about opening the most physically arduous positions to women. Officials said the decision was influenced by women's valor in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Army and the Marines, which make up the bulk of the ground combat force, will present plans to open most jobs to women by May 15.
The Army, by far the largest fighting force, currently excludes women from nearly 25 percent of active-duty roles. A senior defense official said the Pentagon expects to open ''many positions'' to women this year; senior commanders will have until January 2016 to ask for exceptions.
''The onus is going to be on them to justify why a woman can't serve in a particular role,'' said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the plan before the official announcement.
The decision comes after a decade of counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women demonstrated heroism on battlefields with no front lines. It dovetails with another seismic policy change in the military that has been implemented relatively smoothly: the repeal of the ban on openly gay service members.
Lawmakers and female veterans applauded Wednesday's news, saying the ban on women in combat roles is obsolete.
''This is monumental,'' said Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine captain and executive director of the Service Women's Action Network, which has advocated for the full inclusion of women. ''Every time equality is recognized and meritocracy is enforced, it helps everyone, and it will help professionalize the force.''
Critics of opening combat positions to women have argued for years that integration during deployments could create a distracting, sexually charged atmosphere in the force and that women are unable to perform some of the more physically demanding jobs.
Advocates and experts say women are unlikely to flock to those positions, such as roles in light infantry and tank units and Special Forces — although some may. More substantively, they say, lifting the ban will go a long way toward changing the culture of a male-dominated institution in which women have long complained about discrimination and a high incidence of sexual assault.
Advocates have long pressed the Pentagon to create a more inclusive force, yielding incremental changes. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Pentagon over its policy, calling it discriminatory.
Last year, military officials opened numerous job categories to women after a study concluded that the Defense Department was ready for greater inclusion in combat units. That made it easier for women to be assigned, for example, to combat brigades as radio operators. It also gave commanders a sense of how a broader integration process could work, said an Army general who played a key role in last year's effort to open new positions for women.
''The average professional will say, 'I've served with women at all levels, and based on my experience, women have done a phenomenal job,' '' said the officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the change had not been formally announced.
The debate over the supposed pitfalls of women and men sharing close quarters has been rendered moot by the recent wars, he said, adding: ''If you were having this debate in peacetime, it might be more emotional.''
The fact that women have excelled in de facto front-line roles in Iraq and Afghanistan has proved such concerns unwarranted, Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan and the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in an interview.
''The reality is that so many women have been, in effect, in combat or quasi-combat,'' he said. ''This is catching up with reality.''
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and a member of the Armed Services Committee, said he supports the decision but alluded to some thorny implementation issues to be addressed.
''It is critical that we maintain the same high standards that have made the American military the most feared and admired fighting force in the world — particularly the rigorous physical standards for our elite special forces units,'' he said in a statement.
The senior defense official said the Pentagon expects to have gender-neutral standards for combat jobs.
Overall, women make up about 14 percent of the active-duty military. According to the Defense Department, 152 female troops have been killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars.


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Billie June (Sherie) Johnson, age 86, a long-time resident of Northport, passed away on October 27, 2013 of a stroke at Buena Vista Assisted Living in Colville. Sherie was born on August 11, 1927 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sheri traveled to many places during her young life. As an adult, she spent many years in Alaska fishing and living off of the land. She had many adventures there and many good friends and relatives. In 1972, Sherie and her husband, Chuck Johnson, moved from Alaska to the Colville area where they purchased and ran the stockyards. After selling the stockyards, Sherie settled outside of Northport on her property called "Whithaven". She spent many years there growing and tending her garden and beautiful flowers. She loved to cook and entertain at her home and had many gatherings there. Sherie also loved to sing. She remembered singing and entertaining people from a young age. She was still singing and entertaining at Buena Vista until her passing. Sherie was a wonderful, warm person who will be missed greatly by those who knew and loved her. Sherie is survived by her son, Michael Johnson, and lots of extended family. There will be a celebration of Sherie's life at the Northport C.E. Building on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 1 p.m to 3 p.m. Right after the celebration ends, for those who would like to join in, Sherie's ashes will be spread on her property for her final resting.


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I dunno, the NTSB usually drags their feet before stating anything. They usually don't make statements about suspicion of what may have happened without specific evidence. This seems like an unusual announcement from them, not their usual style. I wonder if they are compelled to state a truth that they fell won't be properly addressed otherwise. After all, Airbus is built in Europe not the US.
Personally I wonder if they were compelled to state a suspicion that might otherwise not benefit business interests in the US. After all, Boeing is built in the US not Europe.
See how these stupid slurs work in both directions?
I think you both are thinking of the FAA. The whole purpose of the NTSB is to research and investigate civil transportation accidents. They then present their conclusions and recommendations to the regulating authority in that industry. For the airline industry, the FAA then has to implement any recommendations. For the most part, the FAA does not always implement all the recommendations due to cost, business concerns, practicality, national concerns, politics, etc.
In this case, the black boxes have not been recovered and it might be very difficult to pinpoint a cause without them. But the NTSB knows of similar cases that may have occurred in the US that did not lead to accidents. If there job wasn't to ensure that the fleet of aircraft in the US is safe, they may just sit on their asses and do nothing. But it is their job to ensure safety so they will investigate whether this might have led a situation similar to the Air France flight. They will probably share their data with Air France, the Brazilian authorities, Airbus, the FAA, etc when the investigation is concluded.
The NTSB is the national transportation safety board. The criticism isn't that they shouldn't share their conclusions, it's that they may be politically/economically motivated to "share" mere suspicions which are detrimental to a foreign aircraft manufacturer.
They just investigate and report which is what you want in an investigative body.
What the NTSB doesn't normally do is report unsubstantiated rumor to newspapers about investigations they have no direct jurisdiction over. While their job is certainly to get to the truth of why a plane crashed, in the absence of good evidence they can spin their version whichever way they choose. Unsurprisingly they have chosen to tell the story in a way that is detrimental to the design philosophy of the A330, just as European investigators would tend to blame Boeing if a 767 crashed and no reliable evidence was available as to why it crashed. Being dedicated to the pursuit of truth and being political are not at all mutually exclusive you know.
Except there's no good evidence here to show that the NTSB is in any way being political; the statement isn't political in and of itself, and there's no evidence that there was any political pressure anywhere being applied.
Here's the facts: other organizations investigating the Air France crash have pointed to possible airspeed malfunctions as a contributing cause. Meanwhile, the NTSB has looked into similar matters and has announced it's looking into two completely separate cases in which it appears that t
In this case, the black boxes have not been recovered
And at 26 days elapsed time since the crash, its pingers batteries are probably gone to the battery graveyard, never to be seen or heard from again. I doubt by now if it could be heard 100 yards away even by Alvin. One of the ways to save money is by not replacing those batteries on a fixed schedule. And I wouldn't be surprised to have the NTSB admit they can't find that maintenance log either.
I hate to say it, but the detective work to see what happened may well depend on similar instances the pilots managed to handle & restore control.
The comments so far re windows would seem to be a bit premature since even windows can have month + uptimes if the programs it is asked to run are clean. Flight certified software is generally tested till it can handle anything without a people killing failure.
That might surprise some to hear me say that since I'm a fairly famous anti-windows person, given that the only windows install here (XP on my laptop) was nuked and Mandriva-2009.1 installed a couple of months ago & everything else has been some flavor of linux since 1998.
The thing that burns me is that Airbus knows about the problem with the frozen pitot tubes, but didn't insist they be replaced with the retrofit kit at the first overnight stop. So CEO's did what CEO's do best, maximized profits by keeping the engines spooled up & flying. "This" was something that could be handled at scheduled maintenance times in their minds. The question about that for this flight is probably never going to be answered given the black box hasn't been found and likely won't be. But they have at least 2 other flights where only quick action by the pilots saved the day, & they should be acting on it as we read this, not waiting for the NTSB to pronounce guilt before they cut checks. That lack of action should be criminally prosecutable IMO.
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Good observation.
The NTSB made an unexpected announcement on the B777 crash in LHR due probably to ice slurrie
in the fuel with uncalled for blame shifting just before the primary investigators in the UK
did their public announcement.
The NTSB going for partisan announcements is a very bad sign directly connected to
Boeing being in dire straits these days. So any published findings of the NTSB
may be completely worthless.
Actually, the NTSB should be involved in this investigation. I think you can get up to 5 organizations joining to investigate a crash.
1) Country of Origin (Brazil)
2) Country of Destination (France)
3) Country of Carrier (France)
4) Country of Airframe Manufacturer (France/Germany/EU)
5) Country of Engine Manufacturer (US)
Notice that #5 was US. The engines on the plane in question were GE.
The articles are pure FUD, and the summary is worse. The A330 doesn't need computers to "stay aloft" any more than your PSU needs an OS to power your motherboard. The rest of the functionality is pure gravy.
All these hysterical articles about computer failures always forget that the computers are a BONUS, and it is quite frankly becoming less and less insane to start believing in anti-Europe propaganda. It may indeed be true that pilots are becoming too accustomed to their presence, but in the meantime their high uptime has saved more lives from pilot error than the resulting complacency will ever cost.
This case is especially ridiculous, because modern computer controlled aircraft will actually handle sensor failures BETTER than ones without them. Had the Air France plane had the most up to date equipment, the computers would have used other sensors to estimate a safe range of approximate speeds and provided the pilots with a fast/slow indicator. It's even possible that this is exactly what happened, but something else went wrong.
Even if the computers just shut themselves down, it was still the sensor info that was invalid, so how would a plane without computers have fared any better?
It's also complete bullshit to say that the pilots can't override the computers. In normal flight, the computers *aid* the pilots. For example, avoiding a collision is easier in an Airbus, because pilots can just pull the stick back hard and the computers will automatically give the best possible climb performance, closer to the stall speed than a Boeing pilot would ever dare to go. Meanwhile, the pilot can look out the window instead of at an instrument panel!
This is what happened with the "infamous" crash into the forest. The pilot was too low and slow, and when he did pull up, the aircraft didn't "let him" because even maximum performance wasn't enough and the plane would have dropped like a stone had it been a Boeing. The computers probably saved everyone who did walk away from that crash!
IF the computers actually malfunction, they will turn themselves off. If they don't, the pilots can turn them off manually.
> I dunno, the NTSB usually drags their feet before stating anything.
> They usually don't make statements about suspicion of what may have
> happened without specific evidence.
The United States' NTSB conducts extremely thorough and detailed investigations, with careful intermediate releases of information and preliminary conclusions prior to the issuance of a complete final report. It very deliberately does not leap to conclusions since first impressions and quick conclusions are often wrong. It m
"The fancier they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." -Scotty
"The fancier they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." -Scotty
An excellent quote, but it doesn't really the problem. For years, aircraft manufacturers have had a philosophical debate over who should be in ultimate control of the aircraft. Boeing says that the pilot should be in direct control of the aircraft, and the computer should assist the pilot. However, many NTSB reports conclude with "pilot error" as the cause of accidents. Therefore, Airbus puts the computer in direct control and the pilot directs the computer on what to do. This was a controversial move,
It is claimed that although on Airbus aircraft the computer usually prevents the pilot from doing anything stupid, the pilots can still override the computers if necessary. And furthermore, Boeing has apparently adopted similar computer controls as well.
For years, aircraft manufacturers have had a philosophical debate over who should be in ultimate control of the aircraft. Boeing says that the pilot should be in direct control of the aircraft, and the computer should assist the pilot.
Oft repeated nonsense. The ultimate control of an Airbus, during fault conditions, is Direct Law, where the pilot control inputs are transmitted unmodified to the control surfaces, providing a direct relationship between sidestick and control surface.
However, many NTSB reports conclude with "pilot error" as the cause of accidents.
That's too vague to be useful...
Looking at the chart, from 2000-2008, the number of "mechanical failure" crashes exceeds those of simple "pilot error". In other decades, the distribution has been similarly very close.
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm [planecrashinfo.com]
This was a controversial move, but until now has worked well for Airbus.
I wouldn't quite say that. Airbus is pretty notorious for issues like 10lbs of force being the minim
"The fancier they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." -Scotty
Sounds nice, but statistically the truth is exactly the opposite here. Over the years, planes have become increasingly safe and reliable with more technology (complexity), accident rates have steadily declined. And even today, the highest-tech aircraft are the safest ones - the big new ones flown by major airlines. Colgan Air 3407 [npr.org] wouldn't have crashed if the pilot hadn't been allowed to nose-up in response to a stall - a patently stupid thing to, which the A330 prevents [slashdot.org] according to another post in this thread.
Meanwhile, on the other side, we have the argument that this Air France A330 crash was due to a software failure that forced the crew to fly without the autopilot. This is theory is highly speculative, yet even if true, all it means is the autopilot is not directly to blame because it wasn't operable during the crash, i.e. humans were in control. So I don't understand the anti-automation spin on this story at all.
Once, just for amusement, I counted up all the Boeing and Airbus crashes over a given period of time (I forget how long it was, but it was long enough for the effect of chance to balance out). Airbus and Boeing had a near-enough identical number of crashes. (I think Boeing had one crash more over the period I looked.)
Since then, I've kept a tally of what planes crash. The two corporations have remained at a dead heat. (No pun intended. Or maybe it was.) Whatever superiority one has in one area is totally ca
Ironic - sure. Personally I'll wait for the final report.
But looking at safety statistics it seems those systems, at the least, don't make things worse, overall. And in the long term they might only become better (systems improving, tricking down to smaller and smaller planes)
Also, those rumors might have something to do with litigation craze in some parts of the world. It's much more convenient to allow 100 accidents due due to "unfortunate circumstances/force majeure" (harder to point out the blame...or t
Nah. This is all about designing to handle faults you can imagine, and failing to handle faults you can't. Imagining roll-over or stalls are easy. Imagining everything that could go wrong in a wind storm, probably not so much.
Second, the US announcement of the two computer failures, neither of which caused an accident, presumably has nothing at all to do with Boeing's recent embarrassment over continuing delays and cancellations to the Dreamliner, and a desire to damage Airbus?
Flights are getting more and more automated. It used to be up to the pilot to take off and land, and the autopilot would fly the bit in the middle in good conditions. Now the autopilot takes off and lands too. The pilot is there in case of emergencies. But I would still wager that a computer would statistically be better than a human overall, otherwise the airlines wouldn't deploy this.
This case is of a plane travelling at such high speed and altitude that it only has a tiny window of opportunity between breaking up, stalling, or falling into the tempest below. If the computer systems keeping it in that window fail, then the pilot has little chance of actually fixing things. The alternative is to fly a lot more conservatively, with bigger margins of error. That would mean flying slower, and at lower altitude. Which means longer flights, that burn more fuel, hence cost more.
Well, the plane won't just fall out of the sky if they slow down a little - they should have erred on the side of slowing down and losing some alititude.
However, that isn't without issues if they don't resolve the problem quickly. At lower altitude they burn more fuel - which means there is a good chance they'll need to divert. That's better than disintegrating over an ocean, but it has risks of its own if you're 3 hours away from land.
Airbus has taken enough damage from their delays with the A400M - Boing hardly needs to heap on. Not to mention that your conspiracy-theory train of thought it beyond absurd.
So the trains in DC collided because even while the human operator tried applying the breaks the computer overrode the engineer and kept the train moving at a good speed.
Actually the brakes were on for 400 metres before the crash.
...the way aerospace (life critical and specialized or specific field oriented) software is created, it is highly bug free, quite the opposite of feature creep bloat you see everywhere else, but even at the code level there is avoidance of function calls that can introduce another level of abstraction and complexity and contribute to bugs and failure. It is in this way that using the process of elimination we can come to some conclusions about where error is or can most certainly exist, philosophy.
On a hardware level, we have redundant backups and check system....
As such there is one area that neither software nor hardware has but only as a secondary or implimentation of, position.
Human error in concepts, beliefs, philosophies, abstraction definition variation, etc... That which exist before the hardware and software and often what hardware and software creation is inspired by, directed by, guide lined by, etc..
If the philosophy base is wrong then its limitations will manifest through the software and hardware created under such a philosophy and eventually show the limitations, via failure to perform.
There are plenty examples of human philosophy errors, such as how it wasn't until the early 1990's that the Catholic Church exonerated Galileo over his observation the earth revolved around the sun.
The Atlanta Centennial park bombing where the 911 system failed because no-one gave the park an address..... or is the philosophy of programming a 911 system to require an address the error? Or is it a good thing that all things needing 911 are at an address?
My pet peeve of the computer industry, the button on the front of the computer marked with a 0 & 1 symbol(s), yet over engineering has resulted in the meaning of those symbols to be more than "off & on" and this went further in removing the hard on off switch so that when the software based power switch failed, you have to physically unplug the computer from the wall, or take teh battery out.
The correct philosophy for such a switch would be a multi position switch, which the consumer doesn't have to know more than is obvious... And ultimately the motivating philosophy behind the software switch is that of creating an OS that needs a shutdown sequence and time for it. When you think of this "0&1" switch, what better representation of distorting the most basic and fundamental concept of computers with overcomplexifabulocation can there possible be?
Software and hardware is not where the error lies in this Air France tragedy, even if there is failure or limitations found there in hardware and software, but the failure is in not providing a manual override. And if the technology has been made to complex for manual control.... then let grandma crawl under the desk to unplug the damn computer....shut it down until the real problem is fixed.
BTW, due to the competitive commercial nature of aerospace software development tools, there is a level of incompatibility between them and as such there is also motive for playing the lockin game regardless of any "unforseen" risk to others. Perhaps there is a place for open source software here!!!
Don't bow down to the stone image (Stone = computer hardware - Image = software) of the beast of man, for the beast is error prone and his image can be no better. Instead take a closer look at the code.... with many eyes.....
Good points.
I will also point out though that systems should be simple to operate, hence Apple for example would never think of having more than two positions for an on/off switch: but in order to achieve that, the system has to be engineered to be truly robust. (I am not saying that Apple equipment is.)
It used to be that equipment had well-defined states, but nowadays everything is programmed using procedural code, and nothing works right anymore.
Electrical engineers are trained in how to design things that really work: they assume asynchronous behavior and concurrency from the outset, and they have design methodologies to create a system that has well-defined states. Procedural code has indeterminate states, unless one uses design paradigms that pair those states, and simulation to test the design. Programmers don't use these techniques: generally speaking, procedural code is hacked together, and so we have laptops OSs that freeze, cellphones that lock up, and airplanes that crash.
The software that exists today is by and large all crap. Procedural programming is appropriate for business apps, but for a reliable real-time system you need an asynchronous design methodology, and you need to prove correctness for critical functions. This is not always done, in aerospace and even for spacecraft software.
Today's programmers don't even have a culture any longer that espouses design and design verification, as opposed to hacking together "code". In their purported quest for "clean code" they have culturally inculcated an obsolete and broken approach.
Your comments are close to two decades over. Today its all objects which defers the issues yet another step away from reality.
I agree with your other comments.
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What a hideous and offensive generalisation: "everything is programmed using procedural code, and nothing works right anymore." That may be how *some* programmers work, but I give a sh*t, and I write concurrent (and more generally concurrency-safe) code all the time. And I can do that procedurally or by graph reduction or however you like.
As to: "Electrical engineers are trained in how to design things that really work"; do you have any snooty views about all EE grads being better people than all CS grads for example? My first interest was electronics but I don't see a halo.
Any other bigotry about "natural rhythm" or "education shrivelling the uterus".
I must be new here: I expect better reasoned objectivity from someone apparently able to type with reasonable spelling and grammar.
While I agree with some of what you say - I don't buy it fully.
Ok, I'm making a smartphone. It should have a simple on-off button - not a 3-way toggle where you get data corruption if you switch it to the 3rd position. It should be hard to bypass the proper shutdown routine (removing the battery counts). So, then the counterproposal is - get rid of the need to do a proper shutdown. Sure, we can do that - no write cache and everything is transaction isolated so that corruptions are impossible. Now the t
"So you're nominated because you crashed Word 2007 three times in 20 minutes? Pussy.
This post reminded me of an article [fastcompany.com] that was written a couple years ago about the people who program the space shuttle. I couldn't find a link to it, but I recall a similar article about the software on the Boeing 777; essentially the pilots are sitting in front of a computer screen that they can bring up any piece of data about the airplane, and how these systems must all co-exist without interfering in any way with the flight systems, etc. Pretty interesting reads.
Frankly, the pressure in such an environm
There are a couple of aspects about the A330 problems that amaze me:
1. How can an airplane be allowed to carry passengers when the margin to airframe disintegration is so narrow? I can understand falling out of the sky if it stalls, but to be able to tear the airplane apart in level flight? What happened to margin of safety in airframe construction -- or is that whole concept now obsolete?
2. If the airplane can send fault messages home, why don't blackbox data streams get sent as well? At least that way there would be some situation info available as opposed to none.
3. In some ways reliance on flight computers is like reliance on spreadsheets or calculators -- if you do not understand what is going on and are not capable of doing it yourself then you cannot tell if the software is correct. Essentially, if the computer says it is so then it is, and you either survive or not.
There are a couple of aspects about the A330 problems that amaze me:
1. How can an airplane be allowed to carry passengers when the margin to airframe disintegration is so narrow? I can understand falling out of the sky if it stalls, but to be able to tear the airplane apart in level flight? What happened to margin of safety in airframe construction -- or is that whole concept now obsolete?
2. If the airplane can send fault messages home, why don't blackbox data streams get sent as well? At least that way there would be some situation info available as opposed to none.
3. In some ways reliance on flight computers is like reliance on spreadsheets or calculators -- if you do not understand what is going on and are not capable of doing it yourself then you cannot tell if the software is correct. Essentially, if the computer says it is so then it is, and you either survive or not.
1. Don't underestimate the power of wind shear. This plane may have been flying straight and level from the grounds point of view (we don't know that), but it was flying in the middle of a storm according to news accounts, likely experiencing some extreme wind forces.
2. The amount of telemetry and logging data generated by any aerospace system (air or space) is humongous, and even with an aircraft (as opposed to low data rate spacecraft), to large to transmit in real-time. In this case, the system did aut
How can an airplane be allowed to carry passengers when the margin to airframe disintegration is so narrow?
There are certification bodies in the US, Europe and many other countries that define what that margin is. The greater the margin the heavier the plane will be, the more fuel it will need and the less load it will be able to carry. So your question really is asking if all these certification bodies are idiots. They are not and are definitely better at it than your armchair speculation. Simple evidence is looking at the rate of crashes and fatalities over time despite the increasing amount of air travel.
How come you don't walk around always wearing a bulletproof vest? Why aren't all your house doors, windows and walls armoured? Because there are costs and benefits and they all have to weighted together to come up with something appropriate.
but to be able to tear the airplane apart in level flight?
It would not tear apart in simple level flight within the normal speed range. It could be torn apart going too fast (ie beyond the certification limits imposed by those national bodies) but even then would not be in level flight but likely dropping. It was a massive thunderstorm with huge air currents they were going through. This [wikipedia.org] is an example of what planes can survive where the plane looped, parts flew off and the wings got permanently bent. This [youtube.com] is an example of a certification test for wing strength. FAA regulations require that wings survive 1.5 times (150 percent) of the highest aerodynamic load that the jet could ever be expected to encounter during flight for 3 seconds. That applies to all airliners. The pitot tubes keep being mentioned because they tell you how fast you are going relative to the surrounding air. If they iced over then you don't know and going to slow will result in a stall, going fast increases discomfort and going too fast can result in bits of the plane breaking off.
But to be clear it required abnormal circumstances to break apart. Way beyond anything normally or abnormally encountered. If the circumstances happened with any regularity then you would hear about this kind of accident more often.
If the airplane can send fault messages home, why don't blackbox data streams get sent as well? At least that way there would be some situation info available as opposed to none.
The fault messages are generally intended for maintenance so that when the plane arrives they can be repaired as quickly as possible and the plane turned around. They also help with long term tracking of wear and tear. Current blackbox recorders record a huge amount of data which would be infeasible to transmit, especially when it has to go via satellite such as when over oceans. Plane crashes are very rare (that is why they make the news) and it is even rarer to not find the blackboxes.
In some ways reliance on flight computers is like reliance on spreadsheets or calculators -- if you do not understand what is going on and are not capable of doing it yourself then you cannot tell if the software is correct. Essentially, if the computer says it is so then it is, and you either survive or not.
You overestimate the ability of humans. We are long gone from the days of the lonesome hero sweating it with the control stick. A flying plane is a complex mechanism. You have many control surfaces, air pressures and speeds, centre of gravity, fuel consumption, engine abilities, aerodynamics etc all to take into account. A computer program can do all of that so many times better than a human which includes being both more economical and reacting quicker. The people who make planes are not idiots. Ultimately you have to take the underlying tools you use as is. For example I don't see you insis
This is why I really want any airplane I'm flying to LISTEN to me, not argue with me... At no point should a computer be able to override pilot input. Also, i want a solid mechanical link between the controls I'm pushing on and the control surfaces on the wings... That way, even if EVERY computer on the plane dies, I can still control the damn thing...
And yes IAAAP... (I Am An Airline Pilot)
> Also, i want a solid mechanical link between the controls I'm pushing on and the control
> surfaces on the wings...
You aren't strong enough to control an A330 with your muscles.
Last time I checked the air france black box recorder hasn't been located let alone pulled out of the ocean. Without having the black box how can the NTSB be making speculations as to the cause of the downed flight?
Well, considering the NTSB is a part of the US government, it could be in their interest to make speculations that make a foreign plane manufacturer look bad in order to make a domestic manufacturer look more desirable.
Investigators suspected the computers a good 3 weeks ago, so I'm not sure how this qualifies as news.
What about, you know... manual control?
Sure there are no mechanic cables anymore, but a wire controls the low-level hardware.
But at least it has to have just as basic piece of electronics that has no software or big complexity, and that allows you to manually steer the plane.
(No, that is not too hard to do, even on such big jets. You just have to be more careful about quick actions, stalling the plane & co.)
A piece of electronics that is so simple, that the only thing killing it, is an electric shock right into its mainboard.
Electronics failure is never a cause! (Because: What would that be?)
The reason usually is a software error, that electric shock, or some other external source.
Why are crashes caused by pilot error better than ones caused by software error? Yes, the computers screw up sometimes. If they screw up less often than the pilots would we are better off. Better yet, how about letting the computer fly the plane while the pilot supervises, ready to intervene if the computer goes wrong? Oh. Wait. That's exactly what they do!
I did RTFA, and from what i understand of it it was impossible to get a reliable reading from the instruments in the cockpit, because the computers were failing and the airspeed-detector was unreliable (what seemed to be the primary cause of the failing of the computers). Manual control is fine, IF you know your altitude, airspeed etc. Try driving a car with blinded windows and a defective speedometer and an unreliable rev-meter.
I am not a pilot, but even I can understand that for manual control one has to have reliable data on what the plane is doing, which is exactly what was missing in this case (if the theory we are talking about is right).
Scary stuff.
The Wall Street Journal article oversimplifies the problem with the Airbus
design philosophy. In effect; Too Damn Much reliance on the automated flight
control system for basic safety-of-flight.
A prime example?
Rudder hinges.
Airbus has notoriously
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587 [wikipedia.org]
underbuilt the rudder hinges on the A300 (and, no doubt, the A330) in the
interest of lightness and efficiency. They have chosen to rely on the
automated flight control system to limit loads on the structure, instead of
building the necessary robustness into that structure.
This is great when flight conditions are all peachy, but in a thunderstorm, at
night, with sensors (iced-up pitot tubes?) that are prone to failure, well
then you have a failure scenario that the designers never built into their
simulations, and the rescue/recovery teams in the south Atlantic find the
rudder 37 miles from the rest of the wreckage.
Forwarded from a colleague (names redacted);
>> This from a friend and NWA pilot I flew the B-757
>> with out of our Tokyo base.........Now obviously on the A-330
>> Well, I'm sure you have all heard of the Air France accident. I fly
>> the same plane, the A330.
>> Yesterday while coming up from Hong Kong to Tokyo , a 1700nm
>> 4hr. flight, we experienced the same problems Air France had while
>> flying thru bad weather.
>> I have a link to the failures that occurred on AF 447. My list is
>> almost the same.
>> http://www.eurocockpit.com/images/acars447.php [eurocockpit.com]
>> The problem I suspect is the pitot tubes ice over and you
>> loose your airspeed indication along with the auto pilot, auto
>> throttles and rudder limit protection. The rudder limit protection
>> keeps you from over stressing the rudder at high speed.
>> Synopsis;
>> Tuesday 23, 2009 10am enroute HKG to NRT. Entering Nara Japan
>> airspace.
>> FL390 mostly clear with occasional isolated areas of rain,
>> clouds tops about FL410.
>> Outside air temperature was -50C TAT -21C (your not supposed to get
>> liquid water at these temps). We did.
>> As we were following other aircraft along our route. We
>> approached a large area of rain below us. Tilting the weather radar
>> down we could see the heavy rain below, displayed in red. At our
>> altitude the radar indicated green or light precipitation, most
>> likely ice crystals we thought.
>> Entering the cloud tops we experienced just light to moderate
>> turbulence. (The winds were around 30kts at altitude.) After about
>> 15 sec. we encountered moderate rain. We thought it odd to have
>> rain streaming up the windshield at this altitude and the sound of
>> the plane getting pelted like an aluminum garage door. It got very
>> warm and humid in the cockpit all of a sudden.
>> Five seconds later the Captains, First Officers, and standby
>> airspeed indicators rolled back to 60kts. The auto pilot and auto
>> throttles disengaged. The Master Warning and Master Caution
>> flashed, and the sounds of chirps and clicks letting us know these
>> things were happening.
>> The Capt. hand flew the plane on the shortest
>> vector out of the rain. The airspeed indicators briefly came back
>> but failed again. The failure lasted for THREE minutes. We flew the
>> recommended 83%N1 power setting. When the airspeed indicators came
>> back. we were within 5 knots of our desired
Like any other part of the plane, the computer is just another instrument designed and manufactured by people. Blame the programmer, the tester, the lack of analysis. The cause of this accident has nothing to do with computers. They just do what we tell them to. Leave them alone.
Still human error. [...] Blame the programmer, the tester, the lack of analysis.
If you arbitrarily redefine terms, anything can become anything else...
You're really stretching it to the breaking point, however, as any act of god can be written off as humans not making everything so unbelievably robust as to withstand all possible events.
Okay. That's just silly.
There is clearly some major pressure to build a presentable story to the public if they're floating ideas like these ones. If the PR is successful, Official Culture will soon include passenger jets which will break up from 'excessive' flying.
A significant air blast from one of the increasingly frequent falling rocks from outer space could easily account for this disaster, and could explain some of the more peculiar details.
Within a few days of the crash the first piece of evidence that something other than high technology and weather destroyed AF 447 came in.
A Spanish pilot with Air Comet (which flies from South and Central American countries to Madrid) flying the Lima to Madrid route reported a bright descending light in the region of AF 447's last position:
"Suddenly we saw in the distance a bright intense flash of white light that fell straight down and disappeared in six seconds.
At the time of the sighting, (the copilot and a passenger who was in the front kitchen area of the airplane also saw it), the Air Comet aircraft was located at seven degrees north of the equator and at the 49th meridian West. The estimated location for the A-330-203 until the moment of its disappearance is at the equator and around the 30th meridian West."
It seems reasonable to suggest that an aircraft would not produce a bright and intense white light for six seconds as it fell from the sky. The many dozens of meteorite and fireball sightings over the past few years however are often seen as bright white flashes of descending light.
--Quoted from this article [sott.net] which digs into the idea of this event being another case of "Is it just me ore do there seem to be a lot more ROCKS FROM SPACE falling around our ears lately?".
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What a reward
Cook at Pittsburgh Steelers' headquarters given car in recognition of good customer service.
Why is good customer service important? Well, in addition to the obvious benefits that happier customers return more frequently and tend to spend more money, you never know when a loyal customer will reward you in ways you couldn't imagine in your biggest fantasies.
Maurice Mathews, a cook at the Pittsburgh Steelers corporate offices and training facility on Pittsburgh's South Side, learned the value of good customer relations when Ray Horton, the Steelers' secondary coach, left to take a job with the Arizona Cardinals. According to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mathews had been friendly with Horton and often joked about how much he'd love to drive the coach's 1999 Mercedes SL 500 convertible.
Horton left the team in February but returned to Pittsburgh recently to pick up some possessions he had left behind. He walked into the Steelers' cafeteria, which is managed by Parkhurst Dining Services, and approached Mathews. According to the story, Horton told the cook he'd lost his wallet and wanted to borrow some money. Mathews reached into his pocket and gave Horton $20. In return, Horton tossed Mathews the keys to the Mercedes.
"You take care of people who take care of you, whether it's your family or friends," Horton was quoted as saying in explaining why he gave the car to Mathews. "You take care of good people."
The Mercedes, which reportedly has 64,000 miles on it, has a "Blue Book" value of more than $17,000. Even assuming Mathews is liable for the taxes on the car's true value, it would still be a steal at about $1,100. And all because a cook made friends with a customer.


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Lithium-ion batteries sparked a crisis for Boeing's Dreamliner 787 — but the crisis is not an unprecedented one. Four decades ago, a very similar transition to new battery technology in airplanes yielded similar problems. Audie Cornish describes what happened then — and what lessons might be learned as lithium-ion batteries become the next generation that power planes.


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Name: F. Gregory (Greg) Wilder
Age: 69
Family: Single parent raising my 16-year-old son (Joshua), grown daughter, brother, nephews, nieces living locally
Occupation: Retired (45 years of local, tribal, county government, and professional consulting service)
Career/educational background: 45 years as a public works and planning director, city administrator, and development consultant. Coulee Dam graduate.
WSU bachelor of science awarded cum laude (civil engineering and geology, Sigma Tau engineering honor student), WSU BA degree cum laude (architecture and planning), continuing education in public policy, administration and finance.
• How should the city address economic development?
The town of Coulee Dam has a geo-political urban growth boundary that limits its "separate" and individual economic development options.
However, there are "common" opportunities for targeted economic development if it is considered as a "shared" or integrated growth-related resource.
The communities (cooperating with tribal, county, state and federal agencies) need an effective balance between a robust marketing/outreach effort and sustainable multi-seasonal tourist/conference destination attractors and facilities.
There are also "regional" opportunities for attracting commercial, manufacturing and service-related development.
Additionally the town and community must have/develop resources that "retain" families and offer services/resources that have a local focus.
• What should the city do about its wastewater treatment plant?
The Coulee Dam-Elmer City Wastewater Treatment Facility is aging and utilizes antiquated technology… it needs to be replaced.
However, in order for the communities to determine the "how," "where," and "what-with" options, the project needs a fair, open, and partnered approach for the analysis, planning and financing.
The community outreach by the town of Coulee Dam has been dismal.
The planning/engineering reports produced by the town's engineer have failed to meet the requirements of most grant funding agencies. This project needs to be re-scoped, multiple alternatives considered, partnerships developed and a synergy built around a meaningful group of stakeholders.
• With Coulee Dam divided between three counties, how can the city partner with the counties, surrounding cities and Colville tribe for the benefit of the community?
A portion of Coulee Dam lies within the Colville Reservation and within three different counties. The coordination of our planning under the Growth Management Act naturally requires more effort and communication.
This layer of diverse complexity may be an opportunity… each county, the city, the tribes, may have diverse interests and as with diversity among people, there are benefits to what some would consider impediments.
Weaving the diverse geo-political interests into a fabric that serves us all better is a matter of "persistent" and "informed" leadership. Sharing within a regional context can lead to a more cohesive provision of service.
Gayland (Quincy) Snow, the incumbent mayor of Coulee Dam and a candidate for reelection, did not respond to The Chronicle's candidate questionnaire.
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Fair scores 20, No. 9 Syracuse tops Colgate 69-50
Fair scores 20, No. 9 Syracuse tops Colgate 69-50Syracuse's Ron Patterson, right, shoots over Colgate's Auston Tillotson in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Syracuse won 69-50. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Ninth-ranked Syracuse beat Colgate for the 48th straight time in the series between upstate New York schools, and Orange coach Jim Boeheim seemed OK with another so-so performance by his young team.
C.J. Fair scored 20 points and freshman guard Tyler Ennis hit four 3-pointers as the Orange won 69-50 on Saturday.
Syracuse (3-0) dominated the glass 52-34, including 26-7 on offense rebounds, its active defense forced 21 turnovers that led to 18 points, and the Orange outscored the Raiders 30-10 inside.
''It was a learning experience. We were pretty solid defensively,'' Boeheim said. ''Offensively, we got the ball inside. There were more positive things.''
And a few negatives, to be sure.
Ennis was 4 for 6 from behind the arc for his first 3s of the season, but the rest of his teammates were a paltry 3 for 18 from long range as Colgate focused on sharpshooting Trevor Cooney and Fair.
''When you're playing a game like this, you've got to risk something at some point,'' Colgate coach Matt Langel said. ''A little bit of the philosophy was don't let Trevor get going, try and make some other guys shoot the more difficult ones.''
Cooney, who had a career-high 27 points and hit 7 of 8 3-pointers in the season opener against Cornell, was 1 for 5 on 3s. Fair was 2 of 6 from behind the line against the Raiders.
''They were coming out on Trevor and C.J., so I was wide open,'' said Ennis, who didn't have an assist and committed two turnovers in 21 minutes. ''I'm comfortable shooting the 3.''
The Orange also were 12 of 28 (42.9 percent) from the foul line.
''We can't miss free throws and layups,'' Boeheim said. ''We got a lot of good looks from the 3-point line. We've got to shoot it better.''
Syracuse leads Colgate 121-45 overall in the longest-running series for both teams. Colgate (0-2) was coming off an 89-78 road loss to Wake Forest last week in the Raiders' season opener.
Michael Gbinije had 11 points in 18 minutes and Cooney scored 10 for the Orange.
Colgate led for much of its first game of the season and had six players score in double figures. It also led the Orange in the early going before Syracuse used its superior athleticism to take control.
Ethan Jacobs topped Colgate with 13 points and Austin Tillotson, a transfer from Monmouth who had 14 points and nine assists against Wake Forest, finished with nine points and four assists.
Syracuse failed to put together two straight consistent halves in winning its first two games against Cornell and Fordham. The Orange dominated the second half against the Big Red after trailing by 14 in the first and pounced on the Rams in the first half Friday night to gain a 25-point halftime lead and won by 15.
They were a little more consistent this time but still shot just 36.8 percent - a tick better than the Raiders.
Fair scored 11 of Syracuse's first 13 points, but the Orange still trailed midway through the first half as the Raiders excelled from beyond the arc and reeled off nine straight points, smoothly passing the ball around until somebody was open.
''I thought offensively we moved it well,'' Jacobs said. ''We needed to get it into the zone more. I think we got some good shots at times.''
Pat Moore, who sank 5 of 6 from beyond the arc against Wake Forest, made his first two long-range attempts against Syracuse and the 6-foot-11 Jacobs hit another for a 15-11 lead. The Orange missed six of their first seven free throws.
Fair hit five of his first nine shots while the rest of his teammates were 2 for 11.
A follow by Fair and a floater in the lane by Gbinije tied it at 15 and sent the Orange on a 15-0 spurt that was keyed by a pressing defense. Consecutive 3-pointers by Fair and Cooney also played an important role in the spurt.
''They're more athletic, they're longer, they're bigger and they can force you into that,'' Langel said. ''We practiced against seven guys in the press and it's still not the same.''
The Raiders trailed just 36-26 at the break due in part to Syracuse's 9-for-20 start from the free-throw line.
Fair scored twice inside and Ennis hit two more 3-pointers to start the second half, boosting the Orange lead to 46-31 with 16:19 left. Cooney then stole the ball and threw down a resounding two-hand slam dunk over Murphy Burnatowski after a court-long dash.
The Raiders rallied to 51-40 midway through the period behind a pair of 3-pointers by Tillotson and another from Damon Sherman-Newsome.
Syracuse responded with a 10-1 rush to seal the triumph.
''The press helped get us going,'' said Fair, who's averaging 21.6 points. ''Free throws are not a concern, but we have to be more consistent.''


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Gossip Girl Spoiler: The Kiss to End All Kisses ...Steve Marsi at . Comments
With Dan's novel taking over this week's episode of Gossip Girl, fans were given a brief reprieve from the question that has dominated this season so far: Who got Blair Waldorf pregnant?
The latest Gossip Girl promo shows Blair revealing to her mom that she's about to make her a grandmother, with the obvious implication that the father of her unborn child is fiance Louis.
Fans, however, know that's not exactly a sure bet. Far from it, in fact.
On the subject of who the father is, TV Line's Michael Ausiello writes:
"I honestly don't know. What I can say, however, is that there's a kiss coming up. A kiss that will whip a passionate 'shipper base into a frenzy ... A kiss that will have office water coolers buzzing for weeks to come."
He continues, even more cryptically, "A kiss so hot it's followed by a [spoiler alert]!"
Well, that's certainly a lot of hype, but the show has lived up to it so far this fall.
We have to assume the kiss involves Blair, given everything else going on... but who will she be locking lips with? Furthermore, what will bring about this epic kiss, and what implications will follow?
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This Steuben rosé is a dry labrusca wine made by none other than our very own Howie Hart.
Pale salmon-rose colour. Intensely fruity/flowery nose - strawberries and roses with secondary candied-spice aromas from the grapes. Crisp, balanced acidity with a healthy grip and a clean, dry texture. Lighter in colour than the previous Steuben that Howie gave me, but no less intense in aroma. Very slight candied musk on the finish - not nearly as much as either Concord or Niagara.
All in all, Steuben makes a wine that to me often seems very similar to Catawba.
Howie, I have to say that after trying your regular off-dry Steuben rosé and this dry one, I honestly feel the dry version to be a superior wine: its acidity is completely unfettered and its structure comes through as firm and bright. I really like this one much better than the other.


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Captiva and Jensen's Beach is a behive of activity with the arrival of the 23rd annual Caloosa Catch & Release fishing tournament.
The Caloosa tournament, based on Captiva launching out of Jensen's Marina, is the first qualifier for the Caloosa Tournament Series that also includes the Summer Slam on Sept. 21-22 and Grand Championship on Nov. 2-3. Many of the same anglers also fish the offshore Grouper Grab in August.
To be eligible for the Grand Championship event anglers must have scored points with a legal fish in either the Caloosa or Summer Slam tournaments or both.
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Tournament director Ron Riley (left) sits with Caloosa Elite Guide Capt. Glen Brownleee, Brian Stauder, tournament coordinator Kristi Riley and FGCU intern Sammi Bidlack on a flats boat before the 22nd Caloosa Catch & Release Tournament on Captiva.
Shore activities this weekend are centered at the Celebration Center of Capitva off Andy Rossi Lane. Many participants and spectators alike turn this popular event into a short vacation.
The mandatory captains' meeting Thursday followed check-in for the expected 35-plus fishing teams at the Celebration Center. The meeting also included a fundraising auction/raffle.
"There's no maximum on the number of teams," said tournament director Ron Riley. "Typically, we get a lot of last-minute entries. Most teams fish from flats boats with three or more anglers."
Fishing teams launch from Jensen's Marina from 5-8 a.m. Friday and Saturday and fish until the weigh station opens. Wade fishing is allowed as long as at least one angler remains on the boat.
The target species is redfish with a mystery fish announced at the captains' meeting. Fish must meet minimum measurement requirements and FWC slot regulations to be weighed.
Weigh-ins are only allowed from 3-5 p.m. each day. An awards dinner closes the event at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The tournament awards up to $10,000 in cash and prizes for the heaviest redfish each day and team with heaviest fish two days combined.


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Cominius played by Joseph Marcell
Coriolanus (2006)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Joseph Marcell played Cominius in the 2006 production of Coriolanus, in his first season at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Sunkissed Shawl is a traditional triangle shawl knit from the neck to the long edge. The shawl has a knit-on border which means it's not necessary to bind off 185+ stitches at once! The bold knit-on edging is worked back and forth over 20 stitches and a k2tog with the main body stitches every other row eliminates the large bind off stitch by stitch. This is a great shawl for beginning-intermediate Lace Knitters.
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… White Sox manager on should have plenty of say in whether that comes to fruition. While Guillen has been impressed with Hudson thus far, he said his biggest concern is monitoring Hudson's innings. Hudson threw 147 1/3 innings during his stints with four Minor League clubs, meaning Hudson's biggest opportunity to make an impression may not come until next Spring Training.
"I don't want to overuse this kid," Guillen said. "But I think it's great. I think, right now, our organization is moving quicker than they did in the past."
While Hudson said he was glad to get innings as a late-season callup with the White Sox, he has set some different goals for 2010.
Hudson, for one, would like to make the Major League club out of Spring Training. And maybe actually stick around for a while in Chicago as a more permanent resident.
"Hopefully," Hudson said. "We'll see what happens. This game will humble you really quick. You could go out there and be lights-out one time and then go three straight starts and just get lit up. I don't want to have anything too permanent because you get let down sometimes. I just want to go out there and do as well as I can and hopefully I'll be here for good next year."
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Trenticular painting otherwise called Triple Perspective Lenticular is a painting/printing technique where three distinctive pictures could be painted/printed on a solitary complex surface which when seen from a view will show one and only picture at once. The surface for the most part utilized as a part of Trenticular technique is a cluster of triangular pyramids. These pyramids are exceptionally planned and positioned to match with the plot of perspective of the Human Eye (Range from 120 degree to 200 degrees) and the central length of 22 mm. The viewpoint focuses or lines will be 120 degrees separated. Provided that the surface is turned around the middle or the viewer moves around the painting, a screen picture move could be seen which is comparative to the move in Lenticular Hologram.
In Lenticular Hologram the move is attained through minute crystals and is Only conceivable with specific supplies' or printers while in Trenticular it utilizes perceptible pyramids which empowers it to be painted or printed without the assistance of any specific gear's.
Trenticular idea was presented by the Guinness World Record winning Artist Limnesh Augustine in the year 2012 in Bahrain.:eek:


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|2007-04-27, 20:50
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I can't believe this is happening. This year has been so kind to me in terms of licenses. First Haruhi, now Air.
What's left is Code GREAT ASS, and I suspect some deal will have to get worked out with Pizza Hut XD
If ADV releases the Blu-Ray set, then I am absolutely willing to buy a PS3 just for Air.
I wouldn't do it for Final Fantasy 13 or Metal Gear Solid 4, but I'd do it for Air.
|2007-04-27, 21:02
|Link #42
Join Date: Dec 2005
This is madness!
"Madness? THIS IS ADV!"
Honestly, though, I am very happy that AIR is coming to US shores. This was my favorite anime of 2005, so I'll be sure to grab it when it comes over here. (Hopefully I won't be too broke from buying the Haruhi DVDs as well.) I admit that even I would be skeptical to license such a title because we're not too sure how the general audience in America would receive it. I know that there are some of us here that will buy it, but we represent only a small fraction of the entire anime-watching community.
Regardless, I must buy this.
|2007-04-27, 22:06
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One PUNCH!
Join Date: Dec 2005
--if AIR can be licensed, can Kanon be far behind? I hope that it's a resounding YES!!
Well, here's another series I'm going to get the "limited" discs for...
|2007-04-27, 22:55
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
When I read the news on ANN, I thought it was April Fools... then I realized that it was nearly a month ago.
This is my favorite series; it's an understatement for me to say that I am excited about this. I'll probably end up getting the movie too, even though I didn't enjoy it as much... just because I can. Since I know next to nothing about Kimi ga Nozomu Eien even when it was licensed, I can't say I even had more than a zero percent hope that AIR would ever make it statewide -- to me, it's kind of an acquired taste, even for anime. I want to see the 2006 version of Kanon licensed as well (it's great to see that there's some company out there who's not afraid to officially expose Key outside of Japan), but right now all I can think about is this. Fantastic news.
... On the downside, I'm going to have to forfeit buying One Piece boxed sets in favor for this...
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|2007-04-28, 02:57
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Bemused Scholar
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
I think we all know that this news is really the work of the License Note!
But seriously, I'm quite surprised, amused, and pleased to see that a Key adaptation may make it to the states. Like many of you, I'm crossing my fingers for Kanon and Clannad. ^_^
|2007-04-28, 03:15
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Dead Sexy
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NSW, Australia
Anyway, yay! I'll have a lot of saving to do so I can get these along with the TMoHS DVDs, but it's totally worth it. <3
|2007-04-28, 03:18
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
I'm trying to decide if I'm excited about ADV getting it or not (not really happy with them). I guess we'll see if they handle this property as well as their competitors have packaged series over the last year or so.
|2007-04-28, 07:32
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wingéd prettygirl
[edit] actually, now that I think about it, that couple of gig might not be wasted - if they release Air in Summer as *part* of the four disks, and not additional. That way the pattern could be 4,4,4,3 for the releases - first three disks with eps 1-12 of Air, and the final disk with ep 13 and Air in Summer. Which would rock ^^ [/edit]
This is of course assuming that ADV re-encode the video. I assume they probably will, but then I'm not sure whether that's typical for them? They would presumably make their own version though, as they do need to record at least a new audio track, and mux that in - probably preferable to work from a master than from an already-muxed MPEG source
Oh, and @ Sister Princess:
From your examples:
Shuffle! (Funimation)
Utawarerumono (ADV)
Fate/stay night (Geneon)
Sister Princess (ADV).
Happy Lesson.
Just a fyi
Oh, so excited right now ^_^
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|2007-04-28, 10:33
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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|2007-04-28, 14:56
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Easy Operation
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Age: 34
|2007-04-28, 16:51
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Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
|2007-04-28, 22:29
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Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
I could be completely wrong, though. Memory's a bit fuzzy, since I don't play eroge myself. I should probably drop the whole thing now
|2007-04-29, 01:22
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Chicago, IL
Cheers! The 1000th summer has finally arrived! Oh my dear Kamio Misuzu, so after almost 2 years of waiting, finally you have come to the US with your wings and your lovely "Gao..." ^^
Although the dub is gonna sound funny but who care, there's still the sub there in the R1.
ADV rocks! I wish that after "Gao", they will bring the "Uguu phenomenon" to the Western market in a near future, too. But first, we have a KEY's masterpiece to collect.
|2007-04-29, 01:30
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Join Date: Apr 2007
will they even keep "gao"?
only considering that mainstream peeps probably have no clue what it is....
i had to read what it was suppose to "mean" before understanding it myself... otherwise it would have been just a "cute bad-habit" phrase which can be replaced by any other of its likes.
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