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Empire and Dark Elf Warhammer Online players rejoice! Two of the classes cut from the game back in July are set to make their triumphant return in December, and your races shall soon have tanks! In his first State of the Game post, Mythic's Mark Jacobs announced that the Dark Elf Black Guard and Empire Knight of the Blazing Sun are both returning in a big way.
I'm happy to announce that in December, the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun will officially be part of WAR. We have very special plans around their appearance and in our next newsletter we will provide full details about that exciting and rather novel event.
Having played a Dark Elf for a good 10 levels, I can say that yes, we noticed we had no tanks, and it hurt, badly. Soon those damn High Elf Swordmasters will get what's coming to them! (*hides his Swordmaster alt*) State of The Game - Mark Jacobs [Warhammer Online - Thanks Demonknightinuyasha!]


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All aboooooard! Join the Albuquerque Tourism & Sightseeing Factory (AT&SF) and the New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society for a magical evening on The Piñon Express. Board the ABQ Trolley at Hotel Albuquerque and sit back and enjoy an audio reading of Chris Van Allsburg's classic book, The Polar Express, as we transport you from Old Town Albuquerque to the North Pole Depot.
Guests will disembark the Trolley at the home of a massive 120' long steam locomotive! Children will visit and take photos with Santa Claus on the AT&SF's steam locomotive Number 2926. A FREE professional family photo with Santa is included for each guest (provided by Liz Lopez Photography). Guests will also enjoy story time with Mrs. Claus and learn about the giant 2926 steam locomotive from Santa's engineers as they ready it for Christmas Eve. Hot cocoa and cookies from Rude Boy Cookies round out this holiday experience.
Children (and parents) are encouraged to come in pajamas and don't forget your camera; you'll want to capture all the memories!
Space is limited to 34 seats per tour. Get your tickets early before they sell out! November/December evenings in Albuquerque can be quite brisk; please dress for 30 degree weather as we will be riding in an open sleigh, er Trolley (blankets, long underwear, mittens, knit caps, wool socks, etc. will be necessary).
NOTE: There are no refunds for tickets. Due to the high demand for these tickets, there will not be any refunds for anyone who misses the tour. By the time the tours are upon us, we've turned down many riders who are interested in joining us because the tours are "sold out." Having a rider cancel the week of or the day of does not give us enough time to resell that ticket. Tickets are fully transferable. Thank you for your understanding.

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Can modern, solar-powered design be livable? That was the concept behind the University of Minnesota's ICON Solar House team.
Students from disciplines ranging from business to design to engineering took up the challenge of designing, building, and operating the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Next month, the team and the house will travel to Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon contest, in which the house will be displayed on the National Mall for three weeks along with 19 other houses from competing colleges.
It's called a decathlon because the students' house will be judged from a set of 10 criteria (including appliances — we love these people!).
The Icon Solar House's Dan Handeen was gracious enough to give a tour of the project Wednesday, so we could see how far the house had come since we got involved some months ago when the house didn't even have walls!
The combination of livable design and airtight engineering impressed us. We all laughed at the concept of a "sleeping alcove" — which is basically a room sized to the dimensions of a full-size bed — but the high ceilings and amenities (towel warmer?) surpassed our expectations for a
800532-square-foot home. (Update: Dan said the finished floor area of the house was even less than I had read about in other stories about the house.)
Dan said the team wants the ICON Solar House to stand out from the sterile-type designs they witnessed at the last contest. Rather, the students want to create something that people can actually see themselves living in. (See more on the team's ideas for the ICON Solar House.)
Solar panels help power the house, Dan explained. But the house is already super energy-efficient, so teams that roll the meter backward — producing more energy than they consume — are awarded 100 points. The team that produces the most energy gains an extra 50 points, Dan said.
Obviously, we're cheering for them. We're so proud to be a part of such an inspiring project and help select the right appliances to help the team score the trophy and the bragging rights. All of the appliances in the ICON Solar House have the highest Energy Star ratings.
Dan startled me when he pulled out that wide, far-right cabinet to reveal a dishwasher, which is embarrassing because I work for Warners' Stellian and knew all about the Fisher & Paykel DishDrawers. But these were so well-integrated (re: paneled) and perfect for the small kitchen space that I confused them for cabinets.
The 24-inch-wide Liebherr refrigerator (left) will also be paneled and was cooling lunch for the crew in the meantime.
Perhaps the most strategic choice of appliances in the kitchen was the Wolf 30-inch induction cooktop. Each team competing in the Solar Decathlon must perform the same set of tasks, which mimic things people do in every day life.
One task is to boil 5 pounds of water. Induction cooking is extremely efficient because energy is only supplied to the pot. And no wasted heat means water generally boils faster on induction cooking surfaces.
Dan says the team was planning on selling the house, but the U of M has been so impressed with the project it might want to keep the house all to itself. I certainly would.


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It was the kind of hot summer day when you could close your eyes and let your mind drift onto a sea of pleasant thoughts. The Dodgers could be in first place at the All-Star break. Yasiel Puig could be the most valuable player of the National League. The Dodgers could tap a kid with a 101-mph fastball for the eighth inning.
Yet this was not a hallucinogenic heat wave. This was reality at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, a day anything could happen.
Anything, apparently, except Puig hitting for the cycle. He didn't miss by much, though. He needed a home run in his last at-bat, swung from the heels three times, and struck out. Then he received a standing ovation and "M-V-Puig" chants, despite the fact that the ball stayed in the park.
"It wouldn't leave," Puig said on television. "I tried to hit it. It just didn't happen."
The Dodgers, all but left for dead a week ago, are four games out of first place in the National League West after Sunday's 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Dodgers have won eight of their last nine games, and they have gained 51/2 games in eight days. Their lineup is healthy, and so is their offense.
This is why Dodgers management paid no heed to cries to fire Don Mattingly, according to co-owner Todd Boehly, who disdained an air-conditioned luxury suite to sit outside and sweat through the whole game.
"This is what we were supposed to be, on paper," Boehly said. "That's why all the chitchat that was going on was so off base. We never had the team that we were supposed to be on the field."
The Dodgers trail the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks by four games, the second-place Colorado Rockies by two, with 10 of the final 13 games before the All-Star break against those two clubs.
"We were just trying to get within striking distance at the break," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "Things went a little quicker than we had planned. Now it's up to us to maintain this level."
The Dodgers got seven scoreless innings Sunday from rookie Stephen Fife, who wrapped June with a 2.21 earned-run average, the lowest of any Dodgers starter in the month — lower than Clayton Kershaw (2.65), than Hyun-Jin Ryu (2.70), than Chris Capuano (3.07), than Zack Greinke (3.66).
If the Dodgers trade for a veteran starter, Fife could lose his spot in the rotation.
"If I can prove I deserve to stay, maybe I will," Fife said.
Puig will stay, after 44 hits during his first calendar month in the big leagues. The only player with more: Joe DiMaggio, with 48, in May 1936.
Puig had four hits Sunday, his first four-hit game in the majors. He has been so extraordinary that Mattingly did not automatically laugh when a reporter goofily asked whether Puig could maintain his .436 batting average all season.
"Honestly, I shouldn't doubt him at all," Mattingly said. "But .440 is a pretty tough clip. You kind of expect him to do something every day."
On Sunday, Puig singled twice, scored twice, stole two bases, doubled and hit his first major league triple — a pop fly over the head of Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard.
"You know things are going good when you get a bloop triple like that," Matt Kemp said jokingly.
Seriously, Kemp said, how could you keep Puig out of the All-Star game?
"I think he would bring a lot of excitement to the All-Star game," Kemp said. "Everybody needs to see what this kid is doing. It's pretty amazing."
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captain america - animated
This was also done for my portfolio.
I had intended to do a lot more, but I just didn't have the time for it.
17 comments:
- Erik Johnson said...
I love the size and weight of your characters. I'm digging Nick Fury's Sterling Cooper suit, but who is the blonde in the white spandex?
- April 11, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Sophie Diao said...
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- April 11, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- Ian Jacobson said...
I just want to say I think that design of red skull is probably the best that I have seen. I love it!
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Gosh i love how you rendered Caps and Blondie! I need to see these in movement. Please have DC or Marvel throw money at you to make it happen.
- April 11, 2012 at 4:08 PM
- samacleod said...
Amazing amazing. My favorite Cap Amer by far. Awesome.
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All of these are GREAT, EXCEPT for the Absorbing Man. Come on he fought Thor for god's sake and he looks like a fat wrestler. And I don't mean that in a good way.
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- April 11, 2012 at 10:33 PM
@Erik Johnson
That's Captain America's primary love interest, SHIELD Agent Sharon Carter.
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the blond is sue storm from FF -__-
im loving winter soldier btw
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Analysts hammer away at candidates vying to become the next Secure Hash Algorithm
RESEARCHERS have begun looking for flaws in candidates for a new Secure Hash Algorithm in the first round of a competition to select the next government standard for the cryptographic tools.
In the weeks since their selection, three of 51 initial candidates have been taken out of the running, as their submitters have conceded that the algorithms are broken. That number is expected to grow, said Bill Burr, manager of the Security Technology Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is conducting the competition.
"There are probably more than three or four broken" that have not yet been withdrawn from consideration, Burr said.
The competition seeks to harness the collective brainpower of the cryptographic community to identify strengths and weaknesses of possible hash algorithms.
A hashing algorithm is a cryptographic formula for generating a unique, fixedlength numerical digest — or hash — of a message. A hash can be used to securely confirm that a document has not been altered because the contents of the message cannot be derived from the hash and the hash is, to a high degree of probability, unique for each message. Hashes can also be used to effectively sign an electronic document and link the signature to the contents.
The new standard, which will become SHA-3, will augment and eventually replace the algorithms now specified in Federal Information Processing Standard 180-2. The standard now uses SHA-1 and SHA-2. The latter is composed of SHA-224, SHA- 256, SHA-384 and SHA-512. Officials decided to open a competition for SHA-3 in 2007 after weaknesses were discovered in the existing algorithms. The final selection of a new standard is expected in 2012.
SHA-3 candidates must:
"Of the 64 submissions we got, 51 satisfied our minimum criteria," Burr said. "There is a tremendous range of entries from a huge range of individuals" — from high school students to professors and cryptographic professionals.
This is the third cryptographic competition conducted by NIST. The first, to select the Digital Encryption Standard in the 1970s, drew just two submissions, only one of which was seriously considered, Burr said. In the 1990s, the competition for the DES replacement — the Advanced Encryption Standard — drew about 15 submissions.
The level of interest in the SHA-3 competition reflects the satisfaction in the community with the AES process, Burr said. Cryptographic standards are different from most other technical standards, which are developed through accommodation and compromise. "Cryptography doesn't work that way," he said. "It has to be really tightly designed."
The process suits cryptographers, Burr said. "Cryptographers are the most competitive people in the world. They love it."
NIST will hold a series of public workshops to narrow the field, beginning next month with a conference Feb. 25-28 in Belgium in conjunction with the 16th International Workshop on Fast Software Encryption.
NIST officials hope to winnow the contestants down to 15 by late summer and from those select a final five in 2010. "We want to give people about a year to bang on 15 of them. Fifty-one is too many," Burr said.
The candidates are posted online at NIST's Computer Security Resource Center.
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Bo's enviable relaxed day last Thursday made me reflect on my own experience of the same day. He got the better deal, I reckon.
Thursday 23 July 2009.
I'm awake at three forty-five as usual, groggy of mind and heavy of body, feeling as if I were pressed to the bed by centrifugal force. By four forty-five a sense of urgency is beginning to stir, a need to be up and getting on with things. This is very irritating because athough the feeling is real, the fact is that my train doesn't leave until five past eight and I live precisely seven minutes walk from the station. There is absolutely no need to rise three hours before I leave the house. Nevertheless I am up and preparing a great big cafetiere of powerful black coffee by five fifteen. This I take back to bed and absorb it whilst doing the rounds of the blogs on my blogroll and half listening to Farming Today on radio four, possibly the world's least interesting programme.
By six, my neighbour is also up. I know this because we live in a jerry-built eighties building with thin walls, and I can hear the bugger pissing. It is a source of unending exasperation and wonder to me just how often and how copiously this man can slash; every twenty minutes and he's staling like a shire horse. If only, pace Pastor Steven L. Anderson (q.v.) he could be prevailed upon to do it sitting down, it wouldn't put me off my Weetabix. I don't have the effrontery necessary to ask him to do this, though.
As I am getting dressed after the shower, Thought for the Day comes on the radio. 'We all know about that terrible thing that happened last week. But if people thought more like Jesus, it wouldn't have. Thank you very much.' If changes are proposed to this regular slot, such as allowing humanists to deliver a little homily now and then, or better still, scrapping it altogether, listeners have a fit. Out there beyond my unopened curtains, thousands of people are sipping their tea and nodding gravely through this three minutes of platitudinous tripe. Very depressing.
I go to the bathroom looking for high protection-factor sunscreen. You cannot stop the ageing process, but neither need you aid and abet it. I haven't got my glasses on and so pick up the wrong can and squirt minty green shaving gel between my eyes.
On the train I read an improving book, the content of which I will have forgotten by the time I get to the university.
On the last course I had a delightful, talkative group of students who got on with each other like the proverbial house on fire. My present lot are subdued. We are not helped by the room we have been allocated, which could accommodate a ballroom dancing championship. If you are seated at one end of the horseshoe arrangement of desks you need a walkie-talkie to communicate with the person at the other end. Material that my last lot took and gleefully ran with now divebombs. They go through it with all the joyful enthusiasm of civil servants rubber stamping invoices, so I put the session out of its misery five minutes early.
'Excuse me, sir?' This is the new Chinese boy. I have already asked the new Indian ladies to call me Steve, not 'sir', as I dislike this sort of deference. Now I discover that from a cute male twink, it fairly turns me on. He shows me the rambling introduction to his essay. Here we go... I once spilled a bowlful of beaten egg all over the kitchen worktop, and when someone shows me their work in progress for my comments, I am reminded of the tedium of mopping up that sloppy, viscous, shapeless mass.
Afternoon class. Same room, but livelier students. In groups they have prepared Dragon's Den style pitches. The presentations vary from one unspeakably dull one that actually fails to mention the product once, to a hilarious one that begins with a song and dance routine led by Annie the Taiwanese livewire, who is a delight to have around.
My afternoon sessions are planned around making a quick getaway. You can forget anything that requires me to return mounds of dictionaries, or CD players or laptops to various offices around the building. There's only one train each hour and I want the earliest I can dive onto.
At home there is another book and CD from Amazon waiting to be unwrapped. Much as I love opening these, I really must stop ordering them, as there isn't room for many more books, either in my flat or in my head. I shower off the dust and crash onto the bed in front of the computer again. It will all be much the same tomorrow, and the day after, and the month after. It's a depressing thought, making me nostalgic for Greece, where just about everyone I know still lives.
It won't be soon – not this year and probably not next – but I will be jacking this in eventually. I don't want this routine until I retire.


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Corporate Sponsored Cakery
With the economy the way it is, companies are having to get pretty creative with their advertising dollars. So, I suppose it was only a matter of time before the corporate-sponsored wedding cake came along.
Now, I was going to make some sarcastic remark about TiVo making all the wedding guests wear fuzzy antennae and providing logo-riddled party favors, but when I checked the photo source I discovered they actually did.
Reality, you win. I just can't compete with your superior level of absurdity.
"Uh, girls? When I suggested a 'diaper cake' for the shower, I meant those cutesy things made of actual diapers. But hey, this is...nice. Really."
I can't be certain, but it looks like there's a beer can embedded in this cake. Which, from the ad exec's perspective, is perfect: the customer gets a cake AND a sample of your product. From the look of that cake, though, I think I'd just take the beer.
Besides, in the battle of the beers you know the one that teams up with Playboy is gonna win every time:
Now that thur cake is Classy with a capital "C", but you can't deny that the can placement is a stroke of genius. Srsly, is there any location on earth that gets more of men's undivided attention than a woman's chest? [waving] Hey, fellas, I'm up here. Hellooo! I said...oh, never mind. I think you just made my point anyway.
(Note: Yes, even the beer can is cake. Amazing, right? [shaking head] It's sad to see great talent wasted - I mean, c'mon: Coors Light?)
Lucinda M., Joy D., Kyla Z., and Summer R., I'm thinking I should get in on this racket. Tell you what: write www.CakeWrecks.com all over the next wedding cake you see, and I'll give you...well, nothing. But I might post the photo here if you send it to me. How's that?


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The arrest of the leader of a City Heights mosque, a man described as a revered figure who was known for advocating nonviolence and tolerance, has stunned the close-knit Somali community in City Heights, where many refugees of the war-torn country live, work and pray.
Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, 38, appeared in federal court Wednesday to answer to charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to provide money and other aid to al-Shabaab in Somalia, which U.S. authorities have designated a foreign terrorist organization.
Mohamud and co-defendant Issa Doreh, 54, pleaded not guilty. A third defendant, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, 33, pleaded not guilty to similar charges Tuesday.
Mohamud has been the imam — the religious leader — of Masjid Al-Ansar on Winona Avenue for 10 years, said Bashir Hassan, secretary of the small mosque that primarily serves Somali refugees. Doreh and Moalin both attended the mosque, Hassan said.
Mohamud is married and has several children, Hassan said Wednesday.
"He is the center of the community here," Hassan said. "Everyone likes him. When anyone needs help, he is the first person to help. His arrest was very shocking. He is a godfather person to the community."
The reaction was similar throughout the community, where thousands of Somalis live in sprawling apartment complexes and work in local stores and restaurants. Most did not want to give their names, but they expressed a similar theme: They want to refrain from judgment about guilt or innocence until the case is decided in the court system.
"This is very, very sensitive," said one longtime area resident. "We come from a place where the government is always fabricating the truth." But he said he has faith in the U.S. justice system, adding that "no one is above the law."
Abdi Mohamoud, executive director of Horn of Africa, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to local refugees, said the majority of Somalis here reject al-Shabaab.
"Most everybody can point to someone in their family who has been killed or affected by al-Shabaab," Mohamoud said. "The families all have scars of what this group has done to their families. To talk about such a group in good terms would get people upset."
San Diego's Somali community, estimated at more than 10,000 people, is the second largest in the United States, behind Minnesota's Twin Cities.
A federal indictment filed Oct. 22 accuses Moalin, Mohamud and Doreh of collecting and sending nearly $9,000 to al-Shabaab in 2008 to fund the group, known for using violence in its war against Somalia's weak transitional government. Moalin is also accused of providing a house in Somalia that was intended to be used in a conspiracy to kill people.
Doreh, a longtime San Diego resident, was at one time president of the now defunct Somali Community of San Diego, one of many nonprofit organizations that were launched in the early 1990s when many Somali refugees came to the area.
Hassan said Doreh is a graduate of San Diego State University and has children who have attended the school. He did not know his current profession. He said he did not know much about Moalin, other than seeing him at the mosque.
According to the indictment, Moalin in April 2008 asked Mohamud to "hold back 20 or 30 trusted people at the mosque to tell them to contribute money" for al-Shabaab.
Hassan, who said he believes Mohamud is "100 percent innocent," said no one at the mosque was ever asked for money, and that Mohamud did not have access to money at the mosque, which is governed by a board.
All three men, who are being held without bail, are expected to appear at a hearing scheduled for Friday.
Prosecutors contended Wednesday that the three men should be denied bail because they represent flight risks. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Gallo said they also may pose a danger to the public, based on the allegations contained in an indictment.
More than two dozen of the defendants' relatives and other supporters attended Wednesday's arraignment and several more waited outside the courtroom, unable to find seats. They declined to speak to reporters after the hearing. Defense lawyers also declined to comment.
Staff researcher Merrie Monteagudo contributed to this report.


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Pancreatic Cancer Stories of Life and Hope
After hearing that someone you care about has pancreatic cancer, one of the first things you confront is the reality of statistics. But there are long-term survivors. They do exist – and often thrive. And their stories are important beacons of hope for others confronting this serious foe.
If you consider your journey a source of inspiration and are interested in sharing, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
In her book, There's No Place Like Hope, "terminal" cancer survivor Vickie Girard observes, "I have often thought of cancer as the schoolyard bully … the mere thought of him can send people running. But all it takes to diminish his power is for a couple of people to stand up to him. That's what a cancer success story does – it stares down the bully."
Such is the long operating principle of Cancer Patients Alliance and the Pancreatica resource. The aim from the outset has been to shine a hopeful and informational light at this disease. It is also the motivation of the stories of inspiration page on this site. And, as the personal accounts here will attest, it is the meaningful goal for these long-term survivors too, as they transform their private challenges into social good.
Due to the self-selective nature of those who feel moved to tell personal stories and why, there are often recurring themes. Multi-generational families tell stories to bequeath history and values to their children. Founders of organizations tell them to transmit their original visions in hopes that those will live on. Military veterans do so because they finally have enough distance from their wars that they feel ready to speak about them. Patterns always emerge. Threads intertwine.
For this particular series, we wanted (primarily) to help people share the details of their exceptional medical journeys. We know what clinical factors make pancreatic cancer survival more likely: overall age and good health, early diagnosis, tumor location, eligibility for surgery, world-class hospitals, skilled doctors. Most (but not all) of our initial interviewees had many (but not all) of those things going for them. But so do many people who still aren't so lucky. We wondered whether there were also other, non-medical situations or attributes that these survivors would turn out to have in common.
There were. And they're not news bulletins. But they do leap off the page as you read these stories. Positivity. Indomitability. Spirituality. Appreciation of the little things. A craving for information. Continuing things they love doing. Not taking no for an answer. Strong, devoted and ever-present caregivers. Hope in the face of (what often seems) no hope. And humor, always humor. One survivor has had this magnet on his refrigerator since the very beginning: I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
And even now – when it seems that the hard part may be over, and the coast clear:
All have an impassioned, downright mission-driven determination to share their experience with people who are taking this journey after them. To continue helping others.
And – they share a certain thankfulness for the experience they've been through. As one wife and caregiver put it, "there was a special sweetness and richness about that time, as we were forced to focus only on each other for a change, and to talk and reflect about what really mattered."
In many cultures, stories have been told out loud and handed down for centuries, from one generation to the next, in order to communicate and preserve the significant. In the telling of those stories, there is respect and honor accorded to those who speak. For those who listen, there is an implied stewardship… the responsibility to receive, embrace, respond, learn, and pass on what they've heard.
We hope you'll feel that too, in these tales – whether you have your own connection to pancreatic cancer, or just want to be inspired and humbled – and reminded – about our daily problems. And about the triumph of the human spirit.
Alison Wiley is a close friend of Ralph and Mary Jo Edwards, who have their own stories of inspiration. She is also an oral historian who helped the initial survivors on the www.pancreatica.org website tell their stories.


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The folks in Kansas City are lucky ducks for getting Google's high-speed Internet Fiber project deployed there. But what about the rest of us?
When will Google bring us Internet that's 100 times faster and an awesome new high-def pay-TV service?
Answer: Someday. While the company didn't have details, a spokesperson confirmed that Kansas City is just the beginning. "We'll be looking at ways to bring ultra high-speeds to other communities," a PR person told us.
Now, Google's Fiber project isn't the only gigabit-per-second Internet around. Chattanooga, Tenn.'s public utility, EPB, has offered a gigabit fiber-to-the-home connection for about three years. But it currently costs about $300 a month. Ditto for Paxio, which offers a gigabit Internet connection in the Bay Area for $245.00 a month.
So Google Fiber is unique because it is 1) affordable and 2) includes pay TV.
People in Kansas City (both the Kansas and Missouri sides) can get the Internet service for "free" after paying a one-time $300 connection fee (or $25/month for a year). High-speed Internet service plus TV will cost $120 a month.
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It has been a busy real estate year for former "Friends" cast mates. Actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry have both sold places. Now actor-director David Schwimmer has put his home in Hancock Park on the market at $10.7 million.
The roughly 11,000-square-foot gated Mediterranean sits on slightly more than an acre. The house was built in 1926 by architectural firm Koerner & Gage, which also contributed to the design of Beverly Hills City Hall.
The restored main home features nine bedrooms, six bathrooms, a wood-paneled library, a den, a state-of-the-art screening room, a formal dining room, two powder rooms, five fireplaces and a butler area.
The backyard includes a swimming pool, spa, north/south tennis court and a pavilion. The detached loft-style guesthouse contains a bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen.
Schwimmer, 45, played Ross Geller on the comedy series "Friends" (1994-2004). Each member of the six-person cast was paid $1 million an episode in the show's two final seasons. More recently, Schwimmer directed the movie "Trust" (2010).
The Multiple Listing Service shows that the house previously sold in 2001 for $5.5 million.
Magali Bergher of Westside Estate Agency and Arleen Ruby of Rodeo Realty in Beverly Hills are the listing agents.
Where a teenage Steve McQueen once hung out
A triplex in Silver Lake that was once home to a teenage Steve McQueen is listed for $599,900.
The updated Spanish-style building, constructed in 1923, contains three one-bedroom units in 1,660 square feet on two levels. The landscaped property is walled and gated with a lawn and deck. There is also a storage room, wine cellar and laundry.
McQueen, who died in 1980 at 50, was known for his tough-guy persona. The box-office star appeared in such films as "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "The Great Escape" (1963), "Bullitt" (1968), "Papillon" (1973) and "The Towering Inferno" (1974).
Last month, the then bank-owned building sold for $360,000. McQueen lived there in the 1940s, according to the biography "Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon."
Alazar Asmamaw of A-Squared Property is the listing agent.
Place with a past in the Hollywood Dell
Actress and author Michele Greene has sold her longtime home in the Hollywood Dell for $931,000.
The classic Spanish-style house, built in 1923, was restored and upgraded in 2004. Once home to director King Vidor, and later actress Helen Hayes, the residence retains coved ceilings, arches, expansive windows with original glass and a Batchelder tile fireplace.
The 1,800-square-foot house includes an eat-in kitchen, four bedrooms and two bathrooms. Outside are two patios, rose and vegetable gardens, and a roof deck.
Greene, who had a recurring role on "Brothers and Sisters" in 2009, starred on "L.A. Law" (1986-91) and "The Unit" (2006).
As an author in the young adult market, she has published novels with HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. Her latest is "Keep Sweet."
Greene, 49, sold to relocate and write her next novel. Her house came on the market late last year at $1.05 million.
Rose Ware and Terry Canfield Schmidt of Prudential California's Pacific Design Center office were the listing agents. Linda Morrow Hadley and James R. Hutchison of Coldwell Banker's Hancock Park north office represented the buyer.
Late talent agent Sue Mengers' home is listed
The Beverly Hills home of talent agent Sue Mengers, who died last month at 79, has come on the market at $4.995 million.
The Hollywood Regency house, built in 1959, is a showcase of John Woolf's signature style. Centered on a rounded portico with Greek Revival columns, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home features an open living room with a fireplace, high ceilings and French doors that open to an oval pool. The 4,434-square-foot house sits on nearly half an acre.
Mengers, considered a trailblazer for female talent agents, represented such stars as Faye Dunaway, Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds.
All offers must be submitted by Dec. 7, according to the listing. Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates is the listing agent.
Voice-over artist chimes in in Encino
Actor, voice-over artist and writer Brian Bloom has purchased a house in the Encino area for about $1.2 million.
The gated, Zen-inspired property is on a knoll with grounds developed over a 30-year period that feature mature trees, a waterfall, fountain, deck and black-bottom pool.
The one-story house, built in the early 1960s, contains nearly 2,400 square feet of living space with three bedrooms, four bathrooms, formal living and dining rooms, a breakfast room and a den. The kitchen and bathrooms have been remodeled.
Bloom, 41, co-wrote "The A-Team" (2010) and played the character Brock Pike in the film. He also appeared in "Smokin' Aces" (2006) and "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984). He does voice-over work for numerous video games and animated television series.
Gary Krieger of Ewing & Associates, Sotheby's International Realty, was the listing agent. Pat Phillips of Rodeo Realty's Encino office represented Bloom.
Singer put his spin on Studio City digs
Martin Johnson, the lead singer and songwriter for Boys Like Girls, bought a home in Studio City for $737,000 earlier this year and recently finished remodeling it.
The contemporary house, built in 1978, features canyon views, a bonus/entertainment room and a spa. There are two bedrooms, 21/2 bathrooms and nearly 2,700 square feet of living space.
The band released the album bearing its name in 2006 and Love Drunk in 2009. This year Johnson debuted some of the solo material he has written while the band is on hiatus.
Sharona Alperin of Sotheby's Sunset office had the listing and Scott Patterson of Nourmand & Associates, Beverly Hills, represented Johnson, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
It has been a busy real estate year for former "Friends" cast mates. Actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry have both sold places. Now actor-director David Schwimmer has put his home in Hancock Park on the market at $10.7 million.


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Aguero seals opening win for City
Sergio Aguero came off the bench to ensure a winning start for defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Newcastle.
- Post-match reactions: Pellegrini | Pardew
- Delaney: Three Points from Newcastle vs. Manchester City
City were hanging on to a 1-0 lead with the Magpies going for broke when the Argentina international struck in stoppage time to end the home side's hopes.
David Silva had fired the visitors into a 38th-minute lead, making the most of Edin Dzeko's intelligent backheel, and Manuel Pellegrini's men will feel they were good value for the points after creating the better chances although the result remained in doubt until Aguero struck.
Their movement and passing were characteristically impressive -- their finishing less so -- although Newcastle were unable to work City goalkeeper Joe Hart to any real extent despite enjoying their fair share of possession in front of a crowd of 50,816 at St James' Park.
New boys Jack Colback and Remy Cabella were impressive on their debuts, while lone striker Emmanuel Riviere showed flashes of his talent before fading as he found himself locked in a physical battle with Vincent Kompany.
But while there were positives for Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, and appreciative applause from the home fans on the whistle, it was Pellegrini and his club's followers who were wearing the smiles.
Captains Fabricio Coloccini and Kompany, along with former Sunderland goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery, laid wreaths in the centre circle as they were joined by relatives of fans John Alder and Liam Sweeney, who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
When the game kicked off, City ripped into their hosts from the off and might have established a commanding lead within the opening 11 minutes.
Goalkeeper Tim Krul had to be at his most alert to keep out Dzeko's close-range second-minute effort after Steven Jovetic had played him in with a delicately lofted pass over the top, and the Dutchman was in action again nine minutes later.
Samir Nasri and Aleksandar Kolarov played a long-range one-two before the Frenchman teed himself up to unleash a rasping drive which Krul had to dive full-length to turn away.
But as they warmed to their task, the Magpies started to make an impact.
Coloccini and central defensive partner Mike Williamson managed to get to grips with Dzeko and Jovetic to allow the men in front of them to prosper, but while there were flashes from Cabella and Riviere and a series of surging runs from Moussa Sissoko, there was little of note to trouble Hart.
Cabella drifted a chipped 16th-minute effort over Hart's crossbar and Riviere, who showed plenty of endeavour but slightly less composure, scuffed wide from distance and blazed across goal when he might have done better.
At the other end, Williamson denied Jovetic with a perfectly-timed block, but the respite was temporary and City took the lead with seven minutes of the half remaining.
Coloccini and Williamson were both drawn to Dzeko as he chased down a long ball, and both were left stranded when he backheeled it between them for Silva to exploit the space and fire left-footed past Krul.
Newcastle responded in determined fashion immediately after the restart, with Yoan Gouffran seeing two shots blocked in quick succession after Colback's 50th-minute corner reached him beyond the far post, and Cabella scooped over under pressure from Sissoko's pass.
Full-back Paul Dummett headed over after reaching Colback's corner ahead of Hart, but it took a good block by Coloccini to prevent Jovetic from extending the visitors' lead on the hour.
Dzeko headed onto the roof of Krul's net 25 minutes from time and Yaya Toure, who had one of his quieter afternoons, floated a free-kick just over eight minutes later.
The Magpies threw caution to the wind as time ran down, and substitute Ayoze Perez saw a shot deflected just wide of the far post before Sissoko blazed wastefully over at the death.
But substitute Aguero wrapped up the win in stoppage time when, after Krul had blocked his initial effort, he stabbed the rebound home from close range.
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McDermott, Rodney and Stong, Alan (2015) Health, safety & welfare: excuses used to argue, fuss & to get away with doing little or nothing? In: Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) Construction, Ulster University Jordanstown. EEI Publishing. 8 pp. [Conference contribution]
McDermott, Rodney, Hegarty, Lynda and Strong, Alan (2010) Sustainability through the TEAM EFFORT Formula. In: Proceedings of All Ireland Symposium on Built Environment Education [AISBEE], University of Ulster. University of Ulster, Centre for the Study of Conflict. 16 pp. [Conference contribution]
Nursetiawan, N, Woodward, David and Strong, Alan (2009) Predicting the effect of rainfall on asphalt surfacing materials. In: Sixth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, Politechnico di Torino, Italy. Politechnico di Torino, Italy. Vol 1 10 pp. [Conference contribution]
Stong, Alan and Hemphill, Lesley (2009) Communicating sustainability in a higher education environment. In: Sustainability in practice from local to global: Making a difference. (Eds: Corrigan, Nicola, Sayce, Sarah and Taylor, Ros), Kingston University Press, pp. 200-220. ISBN 978-1-899999-44-6 [Book section]
Woodward, David, Strong, Alan and Nursetiawan, Nor (2008) The effect of rainfall on asphalt surfacing materials. In: Geotropika 2008 International conference on geotechnical and highway engineering, Seri Pacifi Hotel, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Avaialble on CD ROM. 4 pp. [Conference contribution]
Woodward, David, Strong, Alan, Phillips, Paul and Allen, Bob (2008) Research into sustainable highway surfacing materials in the UK. In: Geotropika 2008 International conference on geotechnical and highway engineering, Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Available on CD ROM. 5 pp. [Conference contribution]
Strong, Alan, Nursetiawan, Nor, Woodward, David and Woodside, Alan (2007) Sustainable drainage characteristics influenced by environmental and topographical conditons. In: 4th International conference on bituminous mixtures and pavements, Thessaloniki, Greece. Conference. 10 pp. [Conference contribution]
Hemphill, Lesley and Strong, Alan (2006) Sustainability of Health Buildings. Health Estates and South & East Belfast Trust. 192 pp. [Research report (external)]
Strong, Alan and Hemphill, Lesley (2006) A Sustainable Development Policy Directory. Blackwell Publishers. 672 pp ISBN 978-1-4051-2150-7 [Book (authored)]
Hemphill, Lesley and Strong, Alan (2003) A Sustainable Development Evaluation of Mossley Mill Regeneration. Newtownabbey Borough Council. 169 pp. [Research report (external)]
LYLE, P, Strong, Alan, Woodside, Alan and Woodward, David (1994) ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF DISUSED QUARRIES TO IMPOUND WASTE ON LAND-FILL SITES. In: ENGINEERING FOR PROFIT FROM WASTE IV, London. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PUBL. Vol 1994 (10) 5 pp. [Conference contribution]
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Sleeping Dogs PC demo released; Square Enix 'incredibly supportive' of platform
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The PC edition of Sleeping Dogs is, so They say, a fine piece of work--no quick and sloppy port. This, developer United Front has said, is thanks to support and encouragement from publisher Square Enix. The PC demo was released yesterday, so you can see how it turned out for yourself.
"When the game changed hands from Activision to Square Enix, Square was incredibly supportive of the PC version and actually wanted us to do more with it," senior producer Jeff O'Connell told The PA Report. "It was at that point that we began to focus more resources on the PC version and it became what it is."
Under Activision, the plan was for the PC edition to be outsourced, but United Front got to develop it internally and "make sure the PC version was everything it could be," O'Connell explained.
He noted, "the PC gaming audience can be very influential" and "respect and appreciate when effort is made," helping get word out about the game in general. Ultimately, though, the amount of love lavished upon PC often comes down to how much of a return publishers expect on it.
"In some areas of the world, the PC version outsells the console version. If I'm not mistaken, Germany is an incredibly PC-centric market. [Publishers] make the decision on whether to do the PC version or not somewhat dependent on what they have in their sales forecasts for those particular areas."
So cheers, Germany, for this fine PC version. To see it yourself, head on over to Steam, where the demo's a 2.84GB download. I don't know if it includes the high resolution texture pack released as free DLC, so the full game may be even prettier.
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IFS Upgrade Kit And Problem Solving
The wrenches are starting to turn on our friend Joe's '51 Fleetline project and we're pretty excited. After the previous owners had the near-stock Chevy hauled to Los Angeles from the eastern U.S. a bunch of years ago, there hadn't been much progress on the car. Joe owns it now and is eager to build it up into a mild custom and get it back on the road where it belongs. The plans are to keep it low-key. That means keeping the inline-six engine and the stock three-on-the-tree transmission and a generally stock look, but making a few upgrades to let the Fleetline compete with 2008 traffic on Southern California freeways and streets.
The first finished upgrade was a Fatman Fabrications Stage II hub-to-hub front suspension setup. We were at CMC Designs to follow along as Craig Chaffers and Jake Encinas pulled out the stock suspension and assembled the new Mustang II kit. They had already removed the inner fenderwells when we got there, so the car was on jackstands and the stock suspension was ready to come out. The installation on the new pieces was straightforward and quick, but, as with many hot rod projects, there was a lot of preparation work required before that could happen. Take a look at what's involved in the job.


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State Department employees rally to keep government open, but say morale has been irrevocably harmed.
Foreign Service workers and civilian employees at the State Department organized a rally Friday to keep government open, pleading with Congress not to "shut down diplomacy."
Members of the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees held up signs with slogans such as "Diplomacy Matters" and "Let us do our jobs!" outside State's headquarters in Washington. Organizers called on Congress to act swiftly to protect employees' paychecks as well as the nation's security.
"We know that in order to be leaders overseas, we need to be leaders here at home," said Robert Silverman, president of AFSA. "So we ask Congress to show that leadership today."
Sharon Wayne, AFSA's vice president for the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the federal workforce should not be used to score political points. "The threat of shutting down the government and giving the perception of faithful federal employees being used as pawns in a political showdown should not be an option," Wayne told the crowd.
Anthony Bishop, head of AFGE's local at State, said furloughing some employees during a shutdown, while exempting others who are identified as "essential" to government operations, sends a terrible message to the workforce.
"You're telling someone we need you, telling someone else we don't need you, and they're sitting side by side in the office," Bishop said. "That ruins morale."
Silverman agreed, saying that message will be sent even if Congress is able to pass a spending bill by Monday's deadline. "The damage is already done," he said after the rally. "The contingency plan has to be in place for Tuesday. You're already told your nonessential; what does that tell you about what your mission is?"
Employees took time out of their lunch break on Friday afternoon to attend the protest. Michael Thomas, director of State's Special Issuance Agency and a member of AFSA's board of governors, said he sandwiched his stop at the rally between two meetings. According to Thomas, State employees generally work 10 to 12 hours a day and many come in to work on Saturday.
"The indignity of being told on top of all this uncompensated overtime, which we are happy to do, we're either going to lay you off or expect you to keep working for free, is really unconscionable," he said.
Federal employees who are deemed essential and work during a shutdown are guaranteed pay for that time, but they would not receive a paycheck until after the government reopens. Congress can decide to grant retroactive pay to furloughed workers, and have in the past, though there is no requirement to do so.


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If you ask pilots about Night Vision Goggles (NVGs), you will normally get one of two responses: I wouldn't fly at night without them or I have no interest in flying with them, period! Perhaps you are undecided about whether NVGs fit into your program.
Night vision goggles, NVGs or simply "goggles," certainly have their share of controversy, but not if you speak to the pilots that routinely fly with them. If you are currently undecided, please read on, and hopefully after our visit you will have a better appreciation of where the technology, resources and regulatory process resides today.
A discussion about night vision goggles would not be complete without first understanding the limitations of the human eye. The eye has many components, the pupil, iris, cornea, retina, optic nerve and other factory-installed components that all work together creating an interpretation by the brain we understand as vision. Focusing on night vision requires a look at the receptor cells, called rods and cones, located in the retina. These cells absorb and process the visible light that enters the eye.
According to the American Optometric Association, "the dual receptor system of rods and cones allows the human eye to maintain sensitivity over an impressively large range of ambient light levels." Rods control dark adaptation and cones provide more refined detail and show color resolution. To get the best night vision it can take upwards of 30 minutes to allow the photo pigment chemical rhodopsin (also known as visual purple), to take shape in the rods and provide the benefits of illumination and adaptation in darkness. Once the adaptation is complete, it can be quickly reset if you are exposed to bright light. If you have ever exited a movie theater into daylight, or had a cop shine his flashlight directly into your eyes at a drive-in theater, well the reaction is the same — you lose your night vision, and may not be able to see anything until the light and photo pigments return to equilibrium.
Another key component on the anterior wall of the eye is the fovea. The reason it's worth mentioning is that during reduced visible light, there is a central blind spot. This occurs because of the concentration of cones in the center of the fovea. This phenomenon can also be called the night blind spot. To eliminate this, one must look 15 – 20 degrees above, below or to the side of the object to engage the rods. To defeat this limitation one can be trained to use the proper scanning procedures. Knowing the limitations of human eye can greatly prepare pilots to overcome night vision design flaws.
Just in case you were wondering how animals get around so well at night without goggles, many animals are manufactured with an extra layer of tissue in the anterior wall called a tapetum lucidum. This tissue reflects the incoming light, increasing the light level for the photoreceptors and creating "eyeshine." We have all seen a dog, deer or maybe a larger (hungry) critter's eyes glowing at us in the night hours. This is a result of the tapetum lucidum.
Since the human eye was not designed to see in the dark as well as animals, especially nocturnal ones, we rely on strategies and technology to get the most effective vision. (Hopefully your drive-in theater date didn't have eyes that "eyeshined" back into that flashlight.)
Night vision technology dates back to the 1950s and is based on photocell imagery of electromagnetic radiation. Initially created for the infantry, it was adapted for aviation use by the helicopter community. I received my introduction to NVGs while attending flight school in the U.S. Army (Purple Flight 83-11) during the Aeroscout phase of training.
At the time, it wouldn't have mattered if there was any controversy or mixed feelings about NVG flying, since if the Army would have wanted you to have feelings, they would have issued them, and the Army removed mine, along with my wisdom teeth. I would relate flying a helicopter with these early AN/PVS-4 goggles to flying a helicopter with a large cardboard refrigerator box over my head. Even worse was having to fly NVGs during the day with "day filters" installed at the end of the tubes, with an unaided safety pilot. It was like staring into a murky green swimming pool!
Amazed by the ability of NVGs to amplify ambient light, and eventually transitioning to "cut-away" goggles, we forged an uneasy, if not resilient relationship that would outlive a couple marriages, three services and a multitude of different aircraft.
In the Army we were able to fly night, low-level, contour and nap-of-the-earth (NOE), in familiar and unfamiliar terrain. In early night vision goggles, the power supply all hinged on just one battery. A battery that might fail without warning, and had the minor issue of overheating and exploding.
If I experienced goggle failure while in a hover, the technique called for the pilot to smoothly lower the collective and apply some forward cyclic until locating the ground, and the motion stopped, kind of like my last Boeing 767 landing in Hong Kong. Since the goggle assemblies were designed for use by ground troops, they were adapted to attach to our flight helmets with Velcro, metal snaps and surgical tubing. When properly installed, the "full face" would completely cover our eyes, eliminating all prospects of peripheral vision. Did you know that much of our vision is peripheral?
Then there was the issue of visual acuity and goggle focus. NVG pilots had to either "fly the blurs" in order to read the flight instruments, or reach up and focus one of the goggle tubes out of the infinity position to see the gauges. To offset the weight of the goggles on the front of the helmet, pilots would fashion their own counterweights derived from Velcro-covered pouches or even metal bandage boxes, filled with lead fishing weights. Since none of the aircraft lighting was compatible, the crew chiefs would cover interior lighting with cardboard and 100 mph tape, using chem sticks to illuminate the cockpit.
Even so, the goggles required some illumination to provide adequate resolution of the terrain. Yet, in an urban setting or area of heavy illumination, the goggles tubes would shut down. It was almost impossible to see "wires" contributing to the mounting number of NVG accidents in that time. While not easy to use or particularly comfortable, we all quickly adapted and learned to work within the limitations of the NVG equipment of that era. Tremendous credit goes to the early pioneers of who developed these goggles for aviation use and created the early training programs that evolved into what we enjoy today (see related story on NVG training on page 48). I mention this history because much has changed since then, and if you've only heard the war stories, you are truly missing out. As I mentioned, the "full face" NVGs eventually gave way to "cut-aways," which restored unaided peripheral vision in addition to allowing the NVG pilots to tilt their head to scan the instruments or recover from an NVG failure. The AN/PVS-4 gave way to AN/PVS-5, providing lighter, more capable goggles.
Helmets and mounting brackets became standardized with clip on, swing away NVG mounts, connected to switchable, non-exploding dual battery packs, lasting 80 – 100 hours today. Aircraft lighting was vastly improved both in the cockpit and along the aircraft's exterior. The advent of adjustable intensity "slime lights" made NVG formation much easier. The latest generations of AVS-9/4949 and NIVISYS NVAG-6 are extremely capable, robust devices, resulting from decades of experience and improvements.
During my tenure in the Air National Guard, we flew HH-60 NVGs single ship, two ship formation and during in-flight refueling. I also flew the HC-130 on NVGs and found the same principles of helicopter NVG flying worked equally as well. We flew both training and tactical missions over water, desert, urban and mountainous terrain, and everything in between. I've flown NVG chase to HMX-1 carrying more than one U.S. President and a visiting Pope, all in urban areas without experiencing any of the goggle tubes shutting down as in earlier models.
We transitioned between instrument and NVG flight with much precision. Oddly, during a long oceanic rescue mission, we were asked not to refuel at night. But if we did, the preference was for the crew not to use the NVGs. Fortunately, we had all brought NVGs with us, and chose to wear them since we were far more comfortable flying at night with NVGs, especially mid-air refueling, than flying unaided. Although we had several other great contributors on this 15-hour mission, the NVGs really helped save our bacon that December night in the North Atlantic.
I had the opportunity to attend a night vision goggle training session at Bell Helicopter at the invitation of Capt. Scott Baxter, assistant chief flight instructor. Baxter is a former Army (Royal Blue Flight 85-31) OH-58D pilot, and a current Bell Helicopter production test pilot. He started the first FAR 141 NVG training program, which created the first FAA accredited NVG training curriculum.
For the first time, pilots could participate in a standardized night vision goggle training program, producing a durable, industry-wide, recognized standard with FAA's accreditation. This qualification as an NVG pilot is recognized wherever you operate. As a NVG pioneer, Baxter has been eager to share his hard work with anyone that is interested in starting a FAR 141 NVG school of their own, and promoting the safe and professional use of night vision goggles.
Baxter's student that evening was Capt. Rick Fletcher, who was attending the NVG instructor pilot course. This is a week-long curriculum and I was joining them on the third night. Fletcher is also a former Army aviator (Maroon Flight 76-11) with a diverse flying background with the military, airline, government and manufacturing. He has experience with both night vision goggles and forward looking infrared (FLIR) night vision systems from his tenure as an AH-64 Apache pilot.
Today, Fletcher is a factory pilot for AgustaWestland helicopters. With more than 600 hours of NVG time, he was both experienced and discerning as an instructor student. Now, you might think this is easier because of Fletcher's experience, but it takes the same level of dedication and professionalism regardless of experience and occasionally even more to avoid negative habit transfer and adapt to new skills and standards.
After a through briefing and roundtable discussion, we boarded one of Bell's B206B training aircraft, and goggled up using 4949's. Aside from the NVG panel, the helicopter was equipped with air conditioning, making this training flight very comfortable, even in the Texas heat.
Observing Baxter conduct his lesson was amazing; like watching a skilled surgeon at a teaching hospital. Fletcher demonstrated several maneuvers and then instructed Baxter (in the role of student) in these same maneuvers.
Normal approaches, steep approaches, confined areas, out of ground effect hovering, slope landings and emergency procedures were all part of the syllabus that evening. I was very impressed by the organization of the syllabus and the quality of the equipment and instruction. If you investigate this method of training, you will not be disappointed, and you will have a blast!
The FAA recognizes the significant role that NVGs are having in civil aviation, and submitted proposed changes (NRPM) to FAR Part 61 on Feb. 7, 2007. The FAA acknowledges the significant improvements in NVG equipment, improved ease of use, and lower acquisition costs of NVG equipment. Under FAR 61.31(k) and 61.195(k), NVG training and qualifications are delineated for pilots and flight instructors for the first time. Visit FAA's website — www.faa.gov — and look for the publication of the final rule, expected later this year.
U.S. Air Force ANG 101st Rescue Squadron (RQS)
I met with Maj. Rodney Lisec, chief of flight standards, aircrew standardization and evaluation for the squadron. Maj. Lisec is an instructor/evaluator pilot, flying NVGs for about 15 years, with over 800 hours of NVG experience, operating primarily in HH-60L helicopters as a special operations and combat search and rescue pilot. Lisec told me it takes about 10 hours to get comfortable flying with NVGs and about 100 hours to become seasoned in their many complex mission profiles as a NVG pilot. He explained that the Air Force doesn't fly much during the day. Most training and missions are flown using NVGs at night, and most of his pilots would not feel comfortable flying at night without them. The HH-60L has all NVG compatible interior and exterior lighting. This aircraft is also equipped with a "heads down" display with a FLIR, adding another dimension in night vision.
U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment, NTC-Fort Irwin
To see how much progress NVGs have made since I departed the U.S. Army, I visited with U.S. Army Capt. Josh Thompson. Capt. Thompson is a medevac pilot assigned to the air ambulance detachment at the U.S. Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. He is currently flying the military version of the Eurocopter EC-135, also known as the Lakota, and has considerable experience flying the UH-60 Blackhawk.
After discussing my Army goggle history with him, he chuckled and told me the Army has come a long way since then. Thompson told me "NVGs are essential to the medevac mission."
"The areas we operate in the California desert are terrain-challenged and dark. Brown-out landings are not uncommon. While most Army NVG operators have moon illumination restrictions of 23 percent illumination and 30 degrees moon angle to the horizon, medevac pilots are exempt. The glass panel displays of the Lakota are great for night vision goggle operations, providing great acuity of the instruments without compromising the sensitivities of the NVGs."
While this makes it easy to transition between NVG and instrument flight, Capt. Thompson reports this is not nearly as functional as the heads up display (HUD) image that was part of the Blackhawk NVG package. "Once you get used to flying the NVGs with the HUD, it's hard to go back," Thompson said.
If there was one thing he would change, it would be the size of the cockpit area he said. At 6 feet 4 inches tall, the extra room to maneuver the helmet with the goggles on can be challenging.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Office of Air & Marine (CBP OAM)
Recently I had the opportunity to meet with Supervisory Air Interdiction Agent Tim Bagot assigned to CBP headquarters in Washington, D.C. and discuss CBP's night vision goggle program. If you don't know Tim Bagot, he's a "pilot's pilot" who's been flying NVGs for more than 20 years, and just about every type of aircraft imaginable. Bagot has flown in combat, for two airlines and is a veteran of the early U.S. Customs Drug Air War.
Today, CBP operates almost 300 aircraft, performing missions around the clock in urban, desert, mountainous and maritime environments.
"We view the use of night vision goggles as both risk mitigation and a mission execution enhancement tool. NVGs enable us to perform law enforcement operations far more safely in environments where flying without them would severely limit our ability to successfully perform our mission," Bagot said.
CBP OAM possesses hundreds of Mil-Spec ITT 4949 Gen III NVGs, and is in the process of upgrading to Pinnacle image intensifier tubes. "Training depends on the experience of the crewmember," Bagot explained. "Agents who have no experience flying with NVGs are required, at a minimum, to complete a 10 qualification syllabus, where as experienced pilots only require a transition."
CBP also operates single-pilot NVG missions with pilots possessing more than 50 NVG hours in type, who have flown more than 10 NVG house in the past six months and three hours in the previous 30 days. However, in order to engage in an enforcement action, two qualified NVG crewmembers must be on board.
USCG Air Station Miami: "Busiest Air Sea Rescue Unit in the World"
Miami is an amazing place, and so is Coast Guard Air Station Miami. "Often a law enforcement mission turns into a SAR case," according to Cmdr. Don Taylor, operations officer at Miami Coast Guard Air Station. Within Coast Guard Aviation, Miami has always been innovative in the use of technology to accomplish their mission. Cmdr. Taylor told me they really enjoy the benefits of using goggles, and jokingly wonders how they got by before them. Today, the Coast Guard is 100 percent goggle flying in their helicopters and moving in the same direction in fixed-wing aircraft. The Coast Guard is also transitioning to HUD displays, increasing situational awareness and mission success.
Once reserved strictly for the military, there are a host of training and repair facilities, equipment manufactures and FAA support to help you get started. With many helicopter accidents occurring at night due to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), a business case can be made for a night vision goggle program in your company. If you are currently flying NVGs for the military or law enforcement, new equipment, techniques and applications continue to move forward, enabling new missions, increased safety and ownership of the night. So, if you've been thinking about starting a night vision goggle program, or getting back into goggles after not flying with them for a while, now is a great time to get started.
There are many terms floating around the industry as to what type of NVGs should be purchased.
Mil-Spec – This term means the NVGs meet the same stringent criteria established by the military for purchasing NVGs. Mil-Spec NVGs can withstand reasonable exposure to the elements and a wide variety of operational conditions and continue to deliver reliable performance. So, assuming you maintain your NVGs in accordance with the FAA's specifications, you can wear your goggles in a wide variety of temperatures, altitudes, hot and damp environments. Most goggles manufactured today meet the Mil-Spec requirements.
NVG Repair – There are several certified FAA Part 145 service centers that can repair, maintain and perform 180-day airworthiness inspections on NVGs and their subcomponents as specified in RTCA/DO-275. For small or medium size organizations that may not have the technical staff or equipment, these Part 145 repair stations can provide a turnkey cost advantage.
TSO – Technical Service Order issued by the FAA Administrator for parts, processes and appliances used on civil aircraft. NIVISYS currently has the only TSO-approved night vision goggle, under TSO-164, the NVAG-6. This goggle is certified and produced for civilian use in civilian aircraft.
Class A, Class B, Class C – These classes have to do with the type of coating or "filter" that is applied to the NVGs in the manufacturing process. The objective of these filters is to block certain frequencies of light, allowing for the illumination of cockpit instrumentation that would not affect the performance of the NVG. As cockpit lighting and instrumentation evolved beyond blue-green flood lighting and chem sticks to flat panel displays, Class A filters gave way to Class B filters. With the proliferation of HUDs, modified Class B filters and Class C filters became popular. Class B filters are the most common filters in use today.
Goggle Generations 0, I, II, III, IV – Like the Sham-wow and David Hasselhoff CDs, the Generation 0 NVGs were a product of WWII German engineering and not available in any store at any price. Generation I NVGs, such as the Starlight scope, were used during the Vietnam War by ground forces. The lines get a little blurry between Generation II, Generation III and Generation IV NVGs, depending on models and modifications. However, it was with Generation II that NVGs took to the skies with AN/PVS4 and the later AN/PVS5. As the goggle manufacturers evolved from earlier generations of goggles, the eyepiece was increased from 18mm to 25mm, enabling the goggle user to see more with less ambient light, and wear the goggles further away from the eye. This was great for pilots that wear glasses and a lot more comfortable for pilots who don't. Today, most NVGs are designated as Generation III or III+.
10. You will see what you are currently missing.
09. It will enhance your ability to see and avoid potentially hazardous obstacles.
08. Provides greater access to locations unreachable flying unaided at night.
07. Can prevent accidents resulting from CFIT.
06. Most new-delivery aircraft are equipped for NVG operations.
05. Several FAR 141 schools to choose from, making it easier than you think.
04. Pending NRPM mandating NVG use for night helicopter operations.
03. New TSO'd goggles are now available.
02. Today's NVGs work well in both urban and rural environments.
01. Tremendous increase in safety.


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"A" Picnic In The Park
More than 250 Model A's of every body style and configuration—from period-correct restorations to rusto rods—came together recently at Hart Park in the city of Orange, California. The occasion was the 52nd annual pancake breakfast hosted by the Orange County chapter of the Model-A Ford Club of America. Earlier and later early Fords are also welcomed, as pictured on both flanks, but the center stage is still reserved for cars and trucks that rolled off of Henry's assembly line between 1928 and 1931.
'70s Survivors
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park's recent NHRA Summernationals brought this eclectic group of famous artists together for possibly the first—and hopefully not last—time ever. Possibly no other five individuals in motorsports history have inhaled more paint fumes (among other things!) than (left to right) Bob Gerdes (Circus Custom Paints), Julian Braet (Mr. J Signs), Kenny Youngblood, Glen Weisgerber (Glen Designs), and "Jim the Painter" Hartner. A real, real good time was had by all, we presume.
Willy Rare
From age seven, Rob Ida knew he wanted a Willys. His father's shop, Ida Automotive, was a major force on the early East Coast gasser scene, and Bob himself was a regular winner in his own 409-powered A/GS Willys before retiring to concentrate on the Morganville, New Jersey, operation. Father and son have since amassed an impressive collection of Willys cars, trucks, and rare parts. Their shared dream of finding an original, unmolested coupe was realized with the discovery of a rust-free, 49,000-mile '42 Arizona car owned for two decades by fellow collector Eddie Belfour, the Stanley Cup–winning NHL goalie. Although it hadn't moved under power in more than 30 years, when Rob went to look at the car, he was able to turn over the engine. After a trip to the local parts store for a six-volt battery, fluids, hoses, and a few small parts, the four-banger fired right up. He's been driving it ever since, and even made one eighth-mile pass at the dragstrip (14.70 seconds at 49 mph)—where lovely Taylor Miller couldn't resist Rob's invitation to slide into the driver's seat.
Les Paul Lives
When Gibson Guitars' custom shop offered to loan out some background props for this issue's Parts With Appeal section, ad-guy and moonlighting musician Mark Dewey offered to bring them in to the photo session at Estrus Racing. These electric guitars were so impressive and period-perfect for HRD that we worked them both into this shop scene, along with cover-girl Crystal Bentley. Each instrument is a faithful, affordable reproduction of famous '50s originals that have escalated deep into six-figure territory. Crystal is holding the reissued Gold-Top Les Paul, whic comes complete with a patina finish and tarnished hardware. Beside her is the Tobacco-Burst model, also built to Les Paul's original specs. Get more information at GibsonCustom.com.
Cruisin' Customs
About 700 rods, customs, and low riders drew a huge crowd to the West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals in Santa Maria, California, on Memorial Day weekend. The 32nd annual event, featuring only pre-1961, American-made vehicles, kicked off on Friday with a cruise down the main drag, South Broadway. Located midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on California's central coast, Santa Maria is famous for its 58 wineries the other 51 weekends of each year, but not on Memorial Day weekend. This show and its host club are widely credited for helping ignite the resurgent popularity of customized cars. Head to WestCoastKustoms.com for more information on this great event.
Do your part to help two HRD contributors, Tommy Lee Byrd and Scotty Gosson, pay the rent by purchasing their respective CarTech books. Tommy's new Lost Drag Strips traces the births, lives, and deaths of defunct tracks including Lions, OCIR, Riverside, Bee-Line, Motion, Motor City, Oswego, U.S. 30, Dover, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, and Pocono in words and pictures. A bonus is the well-written foreword by Big Daddy himself. Scotty's latest is America's Wildest Show Rods of the 1960s & 1970s, featuring the good, bad, and ugly from the peak period of custom-car shows. Whoever laid out these colorful pages (not the author!) mismatched several photo captions, unfortunately, but historical details and 300-plus pictures more than compensate for that minor annoyance. Order both books direct from the publisher at CarTechBooks.com or (800) 551-4754. HRD was still just a gleam in our parent company's eye when The Business of Speed was released, but its well-researched content is timeless, and the 343-page hardcover is still available from Amazon.com. Published by the highly respected Johns Hopkins University Press, David N. Lucsko's textbooklike history of aftermarket speed equipment goes all the way back to the 1910s and its Midwestern origins, shedding long-overdue light on manufacturers that preceded southern California's eventual industry dominance.
Strip Ts
Two ambitious restoration projects are getting underway on the West and East Coasts. Photographer Tim Sutton (firstname.lastname@example.com), one of our favorite freelancers, is seeking photos for a friend who reportedly dug the Dean & White A/Altered "out of the ground" somewhere in California. He's got the big pieces, as you can see, plus valuable input from friends of the late drag and land-speed racer Nolan White, but needs help identifying and positioning the suspension and other components. The Eastern barn find belongs to an old friend of ours, memorabilia dealer Mike Goyda (Goyda.com). "It's not a famous hot rod, but then it never got the opportunity," Mike writes. "Everything you see was purchased in 1965 and has been sitting in a barn ever since. The guy who bought it back then mounted the brackets for the wishbones and cut out a plywood reinforcement for the firewall, then stopped working on it." We'll look forward to seeing and publishing photos of both completed projects.
Gravity Power
Among this year's entries into Show Low, Arizona's, annual Soap Box Derby race was Larry Robinson's homebuilt slingshot, made from wood (hand-carved engine block, heads, blower and manifold, pulleys, injector, fuel pump, magneto) and scrap metal. The chassis and body are reminiscent of Paul Sutherland's Charger, a leading contender to legitimately shatter drag racing's 200-mph "barrier" until the Race Car Engineering chassis builder crashed in the summer of 1964. Bicycle wheels are cleverly concealed inside the rear tires. Jill Tippin, the dragster's main sponsor, explains that the host town was named after a "show-low" card game between two men vying for ownership of the host city. The winner pulled the deuce of clubs and promptly renamed the town.
Scene at the Kumeu Car Festival
Auckland is New Zealand's answer to L.A.: great weather and beaches, a sprawling metropolis with the associated traffic problems, large enough size for various parts to have their own unique character. West Auckland's annual Kumeu Car Festival is known for attracting what Kiwis refer to as "bogans" of both sexes—recognizable for their black T-shirts and jeans, advanced partying abilities, and fascination with American iron—along with a wide variety of hot rods, muscle cars, and rare stockers. Anyone driving something interesting gets free entry to the two-day event, so the range of machinery dragged out of sheds is impressive. With no local car industry to protect, New Zealanders have always had relatively good access to and a fondness for American cars. Now, with the Kiwi dollar close to a 20-year high against the greenback, even more Detroit iron is being imported. Te event is always held on the third weekend of January (in the middle of the southern hemisphere's summer). Next year's 20th-anniversary show is sure to be extra special, well worth a hop across the Pacifc. Once you're over the jet lag, you'll feel very much at home, as illustrated by this overview of the 19th edition.


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SKorea: Ferry didn't take hard turn before sinking
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say their earlier conclusion that the sunken ferry had made a sharp turn shortly before the disaster was incorrect, and that the vessel changed course much more gradually.
Data from the ferry Sewol's automatic identification system, an on-board transponder used for tracking, shows that the ship made a J-shaped turn before listing heavily and ultimately sinking last week, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing.
A ministry of ocean and fisheries official had said Friday that the vessel had taken a sharp turn. But on Tuesday a ministry official said in a phone interview that the AIS data had been incomplete. He says the true path of the ship became clear when the data was fully restored.
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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
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An Alternative Look at the 37th NSRA Street Rod Nationals
It was a busy couple of weeks on the road for Kevin and me as we followed up our trip from SoCal to Lincoln for the Americruise with another week on the road in the same Roy Brizio '32 Ford roadster heading for the 37th NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. Perhaps too much excitement for the "average" rodder, but Team R&C took in the event a little at time as to not get overly excited and blow a piston.
As usual, our long weekend in Louisville started Wednesday night as we let Brian Brennan treat us to pizza at the Street Rodder builder's party. Our work officially began on Thursday at the fairgrounds where the newly expanded (to nearly 500,000 feet) Kentucky Exposition Center took center stage. Inside, just about every imaginable street rod vender showed off their wares, which also included the debut of over 150 brand-new products. And the swap meet was located right outside if for some reason you couldn't find what you were looking for or wanted a new project to hang all those new products on, featuring rows and rows of hard-to-find parts and a few great bargains on slightly used items.
For those not shopping and just wanting to gaze at beautiful machinery, there were thousands of different makes and models to drool over and mentally take to the driver seat and cruise into their wildest dreams. We found plenty to drool over, so much in fact that we have decided to present a selection of vehicles in this story that does not include any Blue Oval products that usually take up a fair portion of any event coverage. Do not worry, Ford fans, this is not something that will become a regular way of reporting events; we're just sharing the space a little and showing what cool rides are being built and enjoyed from the "other" camps. For now, enjoy the "alter-Nats!"


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