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Aftermarket Outlook
Out of the Crisis of Costs, Opportunity
The problem with predicting the size of the aftermarket industry is that it depends heavily on the price of fuel. Crank up the price of fuel and the aviation industry takes a dive, and with that plummet goes the aftermarket industry. Then again, hold the line or slightly decrease the price of fuel and the aftermarket industry is looking at a viable environment.
The aftermarket industry might be described as the maintenance and upgrade activity on an airplane after it leaves the factory. As Dr. Morris Cohen, founder and chairman of the board of MCA Solutions, a decision support company specializing in aviation, said, "We are dealing with capital intensive products, airplanes, that are in service for many years. They have to be maintained and repaired over an extended period of time, and at the same time there is pressure on the industry to cut costs." (See p. 9 for related story on MCA Solutions.)
The big three costs, he said, are fuel, labor and maintenance. "The question is how do we keep flying at the lowest cost?" he said. "The maintenance and repair side is a major cost driver, and that represents an opportunity to improve performance and cut costs," he said. "The fundamental problem is that you've got a piece of equipment that costs millions of dollars; it has to be kept flying, and it has to be done safely."
Or, as one wag quipped, "An airplane is the most expensive piece of machinery that goes higher than a 12-story building."
Having said this, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides virtually no insight into the size of the aftermarket industry. What it does do is provide estimates of the overall health of the aviation industry. Its latest projections, for years 2006-2017, show that the industry is very sensitive to the price of fuel. As FAA Marion Blakey says in the introduction to the forecast, "We face challenges, but ... we're confident that the future holds promise."
"The future" she talks about is over the long term, not short term. As in the case of Pentagon weapons planning, the "outyears" always look better, budgetarily, than the near term, with lower costs to buy and operate glitzy new weapons platforms. Put another way, the aviation industry in the FAA's forecasts looks much healthier in future years than it does, say, next year. Consider the price of oil, which is expected to decline in future years despite recent increases. The FAA forecast says:
"[The] OMB [Office of Management and Budget] forecasts the price of oil ... to increase by 15 percent in 2006 following the 40.5 percent increase in 2005. The cost of oil is expected to decline by between 0.6 to 2.5 percent annually between 2007 and 2012 and then rise by just over 2 percent for the balance of the forecast period."
The rosy scenario
By this means, both the transport category and general aviation segments of the industry are expected to grow during the forecast period. The FAA's optimistic forecasts are also based on the lack of a successful terrorist attack on aviation, and the absence of "major contractions" of the industry through bankruptcy, consolidation or liquidation.
This last may be optimistic, given the parlous economic straights of the commercial airline industry. Consider that legacy carrier Delta Air Lines is in bankruptcy, and low-cost start up carrier JetBlue Airways has been losing money, despite a relatively new fleet of aircraft and outsourcing of maintenance (see AM, March 2006, p. 14). Both carriers, among others, have been afflicted by high fuel costs. The FAA clearly regards high fuel costs as a major risk to its forecast:
"Higher fuel prices cost U.S. commercial air carriers $9.6 billion in ... 2005, essentially wiping out the significant improvements made by the legacy carriers in reducing their operating costs. The legacy carriers, which currently account for 62 percent of the industry's domestic capacity and carry 52 percent of the industry's domestic passengers, are at most risk from higher fuel prices. If oil prices (and jet kerosene prices) had stayed at 2004 levels in 2005, most carriers ... would have been profitable. This years forecast assumes $54/barrel oil in 2006, falling gradually to under $51/barrel by 2010. With oil prices in the $50-$55 range, it is unlikely the industry will return to profitability in 2006."
"In a high oil price scenario, the potential exists for major supply disruptions/dislocations and/or increased passenger inconveniences, either of which could significantly lessen capacity and passenger demand and reduce competition in many markets. In a $70/barrel plus scenario, supply disruptions would most likely occur through liquidation and/or further contraction of mainline carrier route structures."
In other words, high fuel prices are quite likely the norm, and carriers must look to reducing labor and maintenance costs to achieve or preserve profitability. This imperative lies behind the airlines' pugnacious efforts to pay less for labor and to cap maintenance costs.
Up but aging
Regarding general aviation (GA), the FAA says it relied heavily for its forecasts on "discussions with industry experts." According to the forecast, general aviation manufacturers shipped 2,606 aircraft on 2005, a 10 percent increase over 2004. But as Clint Crookshanks of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) noted at a recent symposium about the aging general aviation fleet, "Airplanes coming off the production line are not reducing the average age of the GA fleet."
He pointed out that there are presently an estimated 210,000 GA aircraft in the U. S. fleet, with an average age of 35 years. By 2020, he said, the average age will by 50 years. "So we're not affecting the average age of the fleet with new production."
Various speakers at this symposium lamented the lack of maintenance, the poor maintenance, and the bad maintenance that compromises the safety of many GA aircraft. "We are beginning to provide type-specific training for mechanics," said Neil Probarz of the American Bonanza Society. Whether that will be enough to assure the safety of the aging GA fleet is an open question.
John Goglia, a former member of the NTSB, pointed out that in 2004 "we produced 6,400 A&P [airframe and powerplant] mechanics; 10 years ago we produced about 14,000." This reduced number of mechanics is going primarily to the airline industry, not to the maintenance of GA airplanes. Thus, at a time when GA airplane structure, wiring and other components is likely to come under increasing scrutiny (and FAA mandates), there are going to be fewer A&P technicians to do the work.
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With respect to helicopters, Rolls Royce predicts for the 2006-2015 period that some 10,900 turbine rotorcraft will be delivered worldwide, a slight increase. However, most are military. Scheduled civil helicopter service is likely to remain a niche market; the real growth is likely to be in emergency relief operations. As the Rolls Royce survey recounted:
"When Hurricane Katrina hit the South coast of the U.S. in August 2005, helicopters were ... first to the scene, performing medical evacuation missions and bringing in much needed supplies. Paramilitary and military rotorcraft provided a range of capabilities, including search and rescue, heavy lift delivery and law enforcement, but civil-owned helicopters were also heavily utilized, highlighting the importance of the commercial fleet during disaster relief."
Interestingly, according to Rolls Royce, high oil prices are good for helicopters that support offshore oil exploration:
"Studies have shown that the helicopter market as a whole tends to benefit from higher oil prices, due to the effect of increased hydrocarbon exploration. Given continued instability in the Middle East and the resurgence in deepwater oil exploration, the outlook for the offshore helicopter market is expected to increase."
It may be the only segment of the aviation industry to benefit from higher oil prices.
Rationalizing maintenance
For the rest of the industry, there will be continued pressure to contain labor and maintenance costs. Kevin Michaels, a principal with AeroStrategy, a management consulting firm, said the maintenance industry is more efficient today by some 30 percent. That's for transport category aircraft, based on the maintenance, repair and overhaul stockage per airplane, today compared to 1997. Presently, about $2.5 million per airplane inventory is stocked, compared to $3.6 million in 1997.
Among the factors behind this trend to greater efficiency, Michaels said, is the application of "enabling technologies," in addition to the emergence of third-party logistics suppliers. Michaels estimated the commercial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market will grow to $55 billion by 2015, up from $38 billion today (see box, right).
We present here highlights of two enabling technologies. One, provided by Cohen's company, is called "Service Planning and Optimization (SPO)," which determines the optimal deployment of support resources, such as spare parts and repair capacity, to support a fleet of aircraft to achieve flying hour requirements in the most efficient manner. The system is known in the military as Performance Based Logistics (PBL). Analogous to "power by the hour" arrangements for engines, part of the payment for logistics support of the airplane is based on use of the airplane - in other words, the time it is not in maintenance.
"SPO aligns the incentives of the maintainer and the operator," Cohen explained.
Part of the methodology behind SPO is determining what will break and/or require maintenance. "It's analogous to high stakes gambling," assessing what will require maintenance, Cohen explained. Making the right bets are required if operators and providers are to prosper.
"Because labor is so expensive, more operators are opting for outsourcing. However, when maintenance is outsourced, "managing the flow of materials and parts is more complicated, so we need to improve the management of these resources," said Cohen. "You have to track down to the piece-part level."
"Our SPO software answers the questions about what parts should be stocked, and where?" Cohen said. "The objective is to maximize the uptime of the aircraft at the lowest cost." According to a paper on PBL authored by Cohen, the value of PBL has been shown in military programs. For the F/A-18 strike fighter, the U.S. Navy had a PBL contract with Boeing and achieved 85 percent aircraft availability compared to 67 percent for those managed under traditional programs. Also being applied to Lockheed's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, PBL is just now seeing application in the commercial sector, as in the SPO software offered by Cohen's company. Over the coming years, such software could significantly improve the efficiency of the supply chain. In civilian application, PBL often goes by the title "broad component support" or "total aircraft support." Both terms are likely to be in increasing vogue as further efficiencies are wrung out of maintenance.
Retrofitting efficiency
As an example of efficiencies achieved in upgrading airplane systems, consider the flat panel displays Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) has installed in ABX
Air (formerly Airborne Express) B767s (see box below). The two companies have teamed together to obtain a supplemental type certificate (STC) on the B767. The flat panels replace the old "steam gauge" instrumentation.
"I sent a challenge to our engineering department about six years ago," said Geoff Hedrick, chairman and chief executive officer of IS&S. "No custom glass; use commercially available glass. Put it into the cockpit without forced air cooling, and reduce the cost by a factor of 2-4."
According to Hedrick, the turnkey cost is about $250,000, or well under the $1 million typically required to upgrade the cockpit displays. The company has provided about 50 sets of hardware and has orders for 200 more. "We're seeing incredible interest in this upgrade and believe 30,000 airplanes are eligible," said Hedrick.
Mike Glover, in charge of IS&S flat panel programs, said the display retrofit takes about four days. "Our goal is to get it down to under two days," he vowed.
He described the retrofit as "removing 20 part numbers and installing four flat panel displays." Glover said the new installation saves 200 pounds of weight, only 45 wires were added to the airplane, the new displays provide more information, and "an order of magnitude reliability improvement," Glover said.
Hedrick recounted that the flat panel satisfied the most stringent military requirement and the same part number applies to military, commercial and general aviation. The next step, he says, is to enable customers to standardize flight decks across various fleet types. In other words, he wants to achieve further efficiencies, and his retrofit kit, by the way, is in keeping with the SPO concept, as the time to install it decreases and as ever more components are standardized and yield greater reliability.
Thus, while fuel costs are prompting the industry to look for ways to decrease maintenance costs, these two innovative programs show how that can be done.
The key MRO market trends:
Getting more efficient
AeroStrategy's analysis suggests inventory worth $44 billion (book value) is now held in the air transport MRO supply chain. But in whose hands?
Worth noting is that this inventory nominally valued at $44 billion supports an active air transport fleet of nearly 17,000 aircraft - the same valuation, without adjusting for inflation, as 1997 when the air transport fleet was roughly two-thirds as large. That means $3.6 million of inventory was available for each aircraft in 1997 compared to $2.5 million today.
Clearly, a decade of ongoing overhaul of the industry has made the commercial aviation MRO supply chain vastly more efficient.
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3 Positive, Uplifting Stories That Could Unfold in 2013
Such meaningless small potatoes, man. But what do you do?
In the general flow of life, things like stocks, sports and music -- while they serve a few practical and righteous purposes -- exist for times like these. When you cannot make sense of the serious, of the tragic, of reality, you turn to the inane crap that you know really doesn't matter when perspective knocks you upside the head.
So, here it goes. Three positive, uplifting stories -- pertaining to Yahoo! (YHOO) , Apple (AAPL) and the fiscal cliff -- that, if there's any justice in this crazy world, will unfold, like storybook stories, in 2013.
Marissa Mayer Turns Yahoo! Around
If you follow tech, you better be rooting for Yahoo!. They're not the New York Yankees. You don't either love or hate Yahoo! You root for Yahoo! like you root for a not-all-that-far-under underdog.
Almost everybody I talk to uses Yahoo! I keep tabs for TheStreet and Yahoo! Finance open on my browser all day, everyday. Outside of these sites, there's email (Gmail and, you guessed it, Yahoo! Mail), social media feeds and an open tab or two for hitting other sites I need to see and conducting searches.
While I most often use these free tabs to conduct Google (GOOG) searches, I, with almost the same frequency, pop over to a Yahoo! site. When news breaks, I hit Twitter first, Yahoo!'s homepage second (it used to be Yahoo!'s homepage first!). I need a sports update, I automatically go to the appropriate Yahoo! Sports property.
As Marissa Mayer explained durnig a recent Yahoo! conference call, Yahoo! has the user base and traffic, it just needs to do a better job leveraging what is already a "daily habit" for millions.
But, beyond the fact that it's a great platform that deserves a grand revival, it will be good for the entire tech space if Yahoo! succeeds. Victory at Yahoo! could -- well, I sure as hell hope it does -- inspire other companies to do like Yahoo! did and make a bold move at the top. No more pulling a Best Buy (BBY) and overpaying a glorified consultant to play CEO.
Tim Cook Produces 'The Next Big Thing'
I understand long-term Apple bearishness. It makes sense to feel and express concern that Apple can't possibly keep the magic alive post-Steve Jobs. But, to root for Apple to fail like so many haters do just doesn't make any sense.


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Denis Leary as Barry Switzer, and other funny Dallas Cowboys tidbits from "Draft Day"
A Hollywood movie set in the NFL world is bound to have some Cowboys references, and sure enough Draft Day, opening Friday, doesn't disappoint. Some of the shout-outs are direct, some less so. And some are unintentionally funny.
Take the hot-headed Cleveland Browns head coach played by Denis Leary. A former Cowboys coach who won a Super Bowl with Dallas, he faces down his general manager (Kevin Costner) with some words about his old team: "They win. A lot." When they're not going 8-8 every year, anyway.
The same coach, we're told, inherited his Cowboys championship team from the previous head man and "babysat" his way to a ring. Only in Hollywood could Denis Leary play Barry Switzer.
Leary's coach reminds us that "Dallas is a great city full of fancy people." (Hey, that's us). Another character snidely comments that "the Cowboys have great helmets" (chalk one up for the star). Then there's the Browns' meddling owner (Frank Langella), who insists on dealing multiple draft picks for a splashy star. Jerry Jones could relate.
Some other Draft Day NFL tidbits:
Former can't-miss quarterback Ryan Leaf, who flamed out big time (and had a brief stint with the Cowboys), is mentioned as the ultimate you-never-know cautionary tale.
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster has a major speaking role as…a running back prospect.
We're treated to a lengthy retelling of the famous Joe Montana/John Candy Super Bowl story.
Browns fans can relive their glory days, such as they were, with cameo appearances by Jim Brown and Bernie Kosar (also briefly a Cowboy).
The movie has a number of soaring overhead shots featuring NFL stadiums in Houston, Cleveland, Seattle, Kansas City, Jacksonville and Buffalo. Sadly, no Jerry World.


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University or Organization: University of North Texas Health Science Center Department: Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, SPH Rank of Job: Research Assistant Professor Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition, Health Applied Linguistics Required Language(s): Spanish (Code = SPN) Description: Job Opening: Program Coordinator Hablenos de su salud project Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation University of North Texas Health Science Center Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Public Health Responsibilities: The Hablenos de su salud project at the University of North Texas Health Science Center is seeking a Program Coordinator for a multi-faceted program geared to improving health access to Spanish speakers through effective language services. Hablenos de su salud is a program sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Program Coordinator will be actively involved in assisting the Principal Investigator with the research component of the project, including collection and analysis of language data. The candidate will also be responsible for coordinating and overseeing project activities, including preparation of all deliverables (Quarterly Reports, Financial Reports, etc.). Duties also include assisting the PI with recruitment of students for the Health Interpreting and Health Applied Linguistics program under development; review of student applications; language proficiency test administration and scoring; arranging monthly meetings with collaborating healthcare providers, arranging workshops and seminars, and developing a newsletter for collaborating providers and students. Preferences: A Master's or PhD in translation and interpretation, applied linguistics, second-language acquisition or related field, and experience in translation and interpretation in the health fields. The ideal candidate will have previous experience and interest in language research. Candidates must have excellent reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in both Spanish and English. -Part-time or full-time. -Salary is commensurate with experience. -To begin immediately. Please send CV, three letters of recommendation, a 2-3 page essay in Spanish describing your research interests, and a sample of scholarly work in English to: Holly E. Jacobson, PhD Research Assistant Professor University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, EAD-711 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Telephone: (817)735-2365 E-mail: hjacobsohsc.unt.ed Also, please contact Dr. Jacobson if you would like further information about the Hablenos de su salud project. Address for Applications: Attn: Dr. Holly Jacobson UNTHSC SPH Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, EAD-711 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107 United States of America Position is open until filled Contact Information: Dr. Holly Jacobson Email: hjacobsohsc.unt.edu Tel: 817-735-2365 Website: http://www.hsc.unt.edu This announcement was accompanied by a donation to the LINGUIST List!Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue


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Public voting of the State Department's new blog name has begun! Click here to make your voice heard. You can vote on the name until Friday, December 14. The result will be announced when the new blog launches in early 2013. The official blog of the State Department launched in 2007 and has since become the main online platform where the Secretary and other senior Department leaders can discuss foreign policy issues. Since the blog's launch, it has amassed a following of thousands and its content is shared across the Department's flagship social media properties to reach an audience of millions. For more information, read the media note.
M.A. Jaleel in India writes:
How about "V SHARE" for the State Dept's blog name?
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
I'll go with Statecraft.
For me it best describes the ultimate goal of the Department of State's mission.
I also have to admit that I picture Secretary Clinton each time I hear either 21st Century Statecraft or QDDR for that matter:)
Tom in Colorado writes:
View Abroad.
Edwyne R. in Texas writes:
Blues News
Christy M. in New York writes:
Try: 1)"QODUS" for The Quarter of Diplomacy in United States; or 2)"DOQUS" for Diplomacy Operation Quarter of United States; or 3) USDOQ for United States Diplomacy Operation Quarter; or DUSQ for Diplomacy United States Quarter; or USDOQ for United States Diplomacy Operations Quarter...Let me know if you like it.
Mike S. in Pennsylvania writes:
"State It"
Sometimes in naming you need to start all over. None of the lowest common denominator proposed names has any life or zing. It promises that the blog might be the same. Please find a name with zip such as the above suggestion or another submission. Good luck!
Jason M. in Washington writes:
History Now
Jason M. in Washington writes:
History Now is a name that could of used a bit of research. "Present Minded""Historic Rhetoric""International Post" - historical rhetorical (maybe not) - Thank You for the opportunity.
Scott P. in Massachusetts writes:
New Blogt Name --- State of Affairs @StateofAffairs
Lol in Virginia writes:
Spin Department
Propaganda Machine
Richard S. in Indiana writes:
What is the State Department going to do about the situation with Jon Hammer being held in a Mexican jail for bringing a shotgun into their country. The shotgun was presented at the US border to US Customs Agents and he was told there was no problem with taking the weapon into Mexico. When he declared the weapon to the Mexican authorities he was arrested and is now being held in a Mexican jail. Why did this happen? Why isn't the State Department doing anything to resolve this situation? Why does he continue to fear for his life? What are you going to do about it?
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
@ Richard S. in Indiana
I saw that news report about the Marine that crossed the border into Mexico with a shotgun. He was driving an rv and carried a weapon into Mexico. It's against the law to carry a weapon across the border to any country without obtaining permission from their Government. The United States could put some pressure on the Mexican Goverment to process the case that meets with US/Mexico relations and see if they can get the Marine released back to the United States. I think anyone would fear being in a Mexican Prison eating beans daily. 1 billion commerce is traded daily on our Mexican US border so I think Richard your right, the United States State Department should help the Marine, considering the Marines help protect the United States Government.
Robert G. writes:
We thank for God. And We say God Bless America.
I have heard to Mrs Hillary Clinton and Her Family. To may, I am wanting to sayings
THE CHRISTMAS for all the Christians...
Mr Robert W.G.
Joe W. in Missouri writes:
I hope the State Dept is doing something behind the scene in regards to the marine imprisoned in Mexico. It is disgraceful to allow this to continue. The Mexican government should be pressured into this soldier's release. According to a news story, this country sends millions of dollars of aide to Mexico. Is this how we are repaid? If a favorable resolution is not forthcoming, I think the U.S.'s relationship with Mexico should be reconsidered.


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With an explosion of users on smartphones and other portable devices, SUNY Oswego recently rolled out a new enhanced mobile website while launching complementary apps in the Apple and Android stores.
Mobile-enabled websites focus on user tasks. The college developed its first such site in-house in summer 2011. The original site's most popular features have included an online directory where users can call or email contacts directly, an interactive map, dining menu and modules supporting events like Reunion or Orientation.
For the new mobile site, academic enhancements are on the horizon, such as better integration to support online and hybrid learning, as well as opportunities to better allow students to check grades and register for classes via mobile devices.
Web analytics demonstrated the need to adapt to mobile technologies. For the 12 months ending October 2011, 2.9 percent of all campus visits to oswego.edu came via mobile devices—smartphones and tablets. For the 12 months ending October 2012, the figure more than doubled to 7.8 percent. By last month, 10.1 percent of visitors to the website were on mobile devices. Sift out internal traffic—such as in computer labs and personal computers on campus—and the external mobile traffic for the past month leaps to 17.3 percent.
The college's Public Affairs Office and Campus Technology Services partnered to work with Modo Labs, which provided a mobile Web framework and designed and implemented the new mobile site.
"Modo also adapted the mobile site into two native apps—one for iPhones and iPod Touch devices, and one for Android devices," said Rick Buck, Web support specialist in SUNY Oswego's Office of Public Affairs.
Ongoing development
Buck developed the early mobile website from Mobile Web Open Source Project, "a cousin framework of Kurogo, which Modo Labs uses," he said. "Kurogo has a very active developer community and Modo Labs encourages its developers to continue building upon and improving its open source framework. It means there is a lot of community and professional support, more so than our previous framework."
James Daniello, a student employee majoring in computer science until his summer 2012 graduation, developed the new dining menu and weather modules in the mobile Web and native apps. "We were very fortunate to have a student of James' skill level and problem-solving ability to take on parts of the project," Buck said.
One challenge the boom in the mobile marketplace brought was providing a presence that represents the college as a whole in a way that makes smart use of resources, said Tim Nekritz, associate director of public affairs and director of Web communication.
"For the past few years, you'd have vendors contacting various offices and departments trying to sell them one-off apps that just addressed a small niche at what were, honestly, outrageous prices," Nekritz said. "And that was just for set-up fee. Once someone goes with them, they are stuck with additional costs any time they would want to change something, which would be often."
Such a decentralized approach also would have yielded different silos with no central representation of the college that can answer all of a student's questions or problems, he added.
"The elephant in the room is that we're one college where our students, faculty, staff and visitors should have one mobile site or app that can address needs across departments and offices," Nekritz said.
Users can find the mobile site at m.oswego.edu or the apps listed as "SUNY Oswego Mobile" in the App Store and on Google Play.
PHOTO CAPTION: On the move—Through a partnership with Modo Labs, SUNY Oswego recently launched a new custom mobile web site (pictured), as well as mirroring apps in the Apple and Android stories. The move comes as visitors to SUNY Oswego's web properties via mobile devices continue to skyrocket.
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DC Comics 101: What's the Difference Between the Justice Society...
Who's Who at DC Comics-The New 52: Eddy Barrows
Who's Who at DC Comics-The New 52: Ivan Reis
FLASHPOINT FRIDAY: The End of Hal Jordan?
Assigned to drop the Green Arrow Industries bomb, Hal Jordan has the chance to become the ultimate hero. The only obstacle? Carol Ferris refuses to let him take on the risks of this challenge alone.
FLASHPOINT FRIDAY: Britannia vs. Wonder Woman
The Resistance has found their ultimate weapon: Britannia. Listen as Penny Black tells the story of her origins as the biotechnologically armored warrior and watch as she joins the Resistance to bring down those who've destroyed her homeland.
FLASHPOINT FRIDAY: Kid Flash vs. The Speed Force
In order to catch up to his grandfather, Bart Allen will have to race against the speed force itself.
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With our series of Who's Who interviews this week we wanted to not only continue to get people excited for DC Comics The New 52 but also turn the spotlight on the creators that are telling the stories.
FLASHPOINT FRIDAY: Subject Zero vs. Subject One
Neil Sinclair is no more. His transformation into Subject Zero has destroyed his former self and turned him entirely into a merciless warrior with an unquenchable thirst for power and vengeance.
FLASHPOINT FRIDAY: Fan Expo Canada Exclusive - FLASHPOINT #1 Variant Cover
If you attended San Diego Comic Con last month, you may have picked up a copy of FLASHPOINT #1 with a rare, wraparound SDCC exclusive cover.
Midnight Madness Comes to a Comic Store Near You
We told you yesterday about the great Midnight Madness event happening at Midtown Comics in New York City marking the official launch of DC Comics - The New 52. We know, though, that not everyone will be able to make it to New York City on August 30th.


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The NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform delivers battery-powered nodes that offer industrial certifications, reliable communication, and optional outdoor enclosures to satisfy a variety of measurement and monitoring applications.
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Browse through detailed documentation to understand the concepts and techniques you need to develop your application using NI WSNs and LabVIEW.
NI wireless measurement devices can meet a wide variety of remote application challenges where a cabled solution may be impractical or infeasible.


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Tampa Bay Bucs Game Against Philadelphia Eagles Will Be On TV
In what has been a rebound season for the Tampa Bay Bucs, the only thing missing has been the fans. As we all know, the Bucs have had a problem with blackouts the past three seasons. We've gone over all the reasons before: economy, bad team, etc. But for this upcoming Sunday, the fans are back. And what a game they picked. When the Bucs take on the Philadelphia Eagles, the team WILL be televised in the Tampa Bay market.… Read More »


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The men's basketball team (16-10, 5-4 Ivy) hit the court Friday night against Brown (13-10, 5-4 Ivy) coming off consecutive weekend splits. In order to put themselves back on the right side of .500 in the Ivy League, the Lions needed to notch a win in Levien against the third-place Bears. They did just that, getting a pair of clutch free throws to pull out the win, 70-68.
The win came with sophomore guard Grant Mullins out of the lineup. Although Mullins played last weekend against Harvard and Dartmouth—albeit in limited minutes—Light Blue head coach Kyle Smith said Mullins was still not fully healthy. His absence opened up an opportunity for junior guard Meiko Lyles.
"He does two things really well: He defends and he bangs threes," Smith said. "And he's grown into a good rebounder this year."
Lyles was on his game against the Bears, going 8-for-10 from the field—including 5-for-5 from downtown—and finished the game with 21 points. Only junior forward Alex Rosenberg, who led all players with 23, scored more points.
Lyles, who played a game-high 35 minutes, credited his team's ability to penetrate for his night's success.
"It was one of those nights," he said. "My teammates found me. They [the Bears] were really converging on the penetration, so a lot of shots were available tonight."
The first half opened up with hot shooting from the Bears. Brown slowly increased its lead to as much as 11 on consistent mid-range shooting and solid interior post work from forward Cedric Kuakumensah. Smith said he makes sure his team is always aware of where the 6-foot-8 reigning Defensive Player of the Year is, especially because he tends to play beyond his norm against the Lions.
"Kuakumensah is awesome against us," Smith said. "He's a career 37 percent shooter and he just drills jumpers against us like it's nothing."
As the half progressed, the Light Blue was able to slowly narrow the gap, and even gained the lead near the end of the period. The closely contested half ended with Brown having a narrow edge, 37-36.
The second half opened up with the Bears and the Lions trading baskets again, neither team able to gain any sizable advantage. The teams took turns holding the lead, with most of Brown's second-half offense coming from All-Ivy guard Sean McGonagill, who began heating up as the period progressed.
"He has pretty much everything. He can drive left, right, or he can pull up. He can catch and shoot," Lyles said. "It's a team effort to try to contain him."
With three minutes remaining, some words were exchanged between first-year forward Jeff Coby and Kuakumensah, which resulted in a double-technical. This led to Kuakumensah getting relegated to the bench, leaving a huge defensive gap in the post for the Bears.
The teams kept it close down to the very end, and in the last couple of minutes, Columbia and Brown were back and forth. With the game tied and under a minute remaining, the Bears fouled sophomore guard Maodo Lo on a scrap for a loose ball, sending him to the line for a one-and-one. Lo, who finished with 15 points, proved himself to be clutch, knocking down both crucial shots from the stripe and giving the Lions a two-point advantage.
With only a few seconds left, a well-defended McGonagill chucked up a high-arching airball fadeaway from 25 feet, and the Light Blue emerged victorious again in Levien.
Although he said that it means a lot for Columbia to have won two in a row after its tough loss to Harvard and that he is happy with his team, he said he still expects more.
"This should be a confidence booster," Smith said. "Hopefully we can build on it because we're still not satisfied."
The Lions are back on the court Sunday, when they host league leader Yale at 1:30 p.m. in Levien.
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A BOXING DAY swim across the Thames in Henley is set to be called off.
The Environment Agency says that following the recent rain and floods, the river is still flowing too fast for even motorboats to navigate it.
For the past two years, a group of hardy souls has taken part in the challenge, crossing the river from Red Lion Lawn to Leander Club.
Organisers of this year�s dip say they will wait until Boxing Day morning to decide whether to go ahead.
The challenge was started in 2010 by Skirmett-born siblings Doug, Beatrice and Rosie Heller, who were joined on their maiden swim by neighbour Simon Moyle and cousin Henry Collett, from Russell�s Water.
When they repeated it last year, they drew in more than 20 last-minute participants, including film stuntman Gary Connery, who somersaulted into the Thames from Henley Bridge.
Beatrice, 26, came up with the idea after moving to London and becoming a keen outdoor swimmer.
She swims at least twice a week in the Serpentine in Hyde Park and is training for next month�s Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido.
She said: �Anyone who knows our family just expects this sort of thing. Other people think we�re totally bonkers but cold water swimming is actually very good for your health.
�The first time we did it, we didn�t quite anticipate it being as cold as it was. We ended up swimming through big blocks of ice.
�We do it purely for the fun and excitement. If it keeps getting bigger we might consider doing it for charity but we don�t want it to become commercialised. It�s just something light-hearted that anyone can take part in.�
She added: �I�m crossing my fingers that the Environment Agency will take down the caution by Boxing Day.�
If the challenge does go ahead, swimmers should meet at the Angel on the Bridge pub in Thames Side at 11am with the swim starting at 11.30am.
The swim will be called off if there are red board warnings on the day. For the latest advice, visit riverconditions.environment-agency.gov.uk
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Office of Budget and Evaluation
Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program
411 Elm Street, 3rd Floor, Dallas, Texas 75202
Prepared by: Melissa Watts, Budget and Policy Analyst
December 14, 1999
On August 26, 1999, the Office of Budget and Evaluation briefed Commissioners Court on the Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program (JCDTP)'s request for County funding over and above its CJAD grant. That briefing explained that JCDTP needed additional funding to maintain service at the same level in large part because the program had drawn on other sources to cover expenses in FY99 that would no longer be available in FY2000.
Ultimately, Commissioners Court approved, through the FY2000 budget process, $47,274 in County funding. This amount covers the cost of one counselor for the full year and the community resource coordinator through December 31, 1999, pending evaluation of the program by the OBE. The purpose of this briefing is (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, in terms of inmates' success at sustaining their recovery from addiction and avoiding reincarceration; (2) to examine the capacities of the program, in order to suggest maximum utility; and (3) to address obstacles to filling all the currently authorized counselor positions.
Description of Current Program
The Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program operates on a modified therapeutic community model. Participants are housed separately from the general population in tanks of 24-28 inmates each, who together take part in group sessions, educational forums, and AA/NA meetings. The inmates also receive two one-hour individual counseling sessions each month and discharge planning prior to release. Group sessions meet four times each week for 2 ½ hours each.
The program's current capacity is 100- one maximum security men's tank of 28 inmates, two moderate security men's tanks of 24 each, and one moderate security women's tank of 24. The program also has two men's tanks for inmates on the program's waiting list. These individuals receive AA/NA meetings and educational programming but have no counselors assigned to them. CJAD- JCDTP's main funding source- requires that at least 90% of participants be court-ordered, CSCD inmates. As a result, JCDTP has a maximum of ten places for volunteers.
Prior to the CSCD requirement, most program participants were volunteers. Statistical studies show that volunteers are more likely to succeed upon release, due to motivation and readiness to alter thought and behavior patterns. Inmates court ordered to the program are generally more resistant to treatment. While they may achieve somewhat lower rates of success than volunteers, on average, they receive treatment they would not otherwise have had. Furthermore, recidivism rates have changed very little from the time that JCDTP admitted mostly volunteers to its present enrollment of mostly court-ordered clients.
Staffing consists of 6 FTEs: the program director, four substance abuse counselors, and one community resource/aftercare coordinator. The program is licensed by TCADA, which requires that each counselor have an LCDC license. Caseloads per counselor equal the number in the tank to which they are assigned, either 24 or 28.
This non-medical treatment program relies on principles of rational behavior therapy and 12 step programs. The aim is to make inmates aware of and capable of interrupting their own patterns of thought and feeling that keep them dependent on drugs and alcohol. This curriculum is supplemented by drug and alcohol education, HIV-related education, anger management workshops, and the AA/NA meetings mentioned above.
In FY99 the total cost of the JCDTP was $238,539. The program was funded by a grant from CJAD ($179,992), Sheriff's Commissary funds ($31,040), and carryover from its FY98 CJAD grant ($27,507). In FY2000, JCDTP again received a grant from CJAD in the amount of $179,992. The County has matched this with $47,274 for $227,716 total funding.
Program Efficacy
The chief measures of the program's effectiveness are reincarceration and recovery rates in the first 12 months following release from jail. Since 1996 (one year after the first participants were discharged), the Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program has maintained a consistent program of recidivism measurement by monitoring jail reports and contacting graduates at the two-, six-, and twelve-month periods following their release. As shown in Figure 1, reincarceration rates below 15% have been observed. Between 60% and 80% of program graduates have sustained their recovery (or "clean") status (see Figure 2). Employment rates have hovered around 35% (see Figure 3). (JCDTP have been unable to recover data from January to September of 1996.)
JCDTP measures favorably with other jail- and prison-based programs in the country. Recidivism figures in other program evaluations cluster around 20% (recidivism variously defined as criminal justice involvement- parole/probation violations, arrest, conviction, and/or reincarceration). In two more closely comparable jail programs, the rate of reincarceration in the first year post-release was approximately 24%. The County's DIVERT Court program, though only roughly similar to the JCDTP, aims to keep recidivism (defined as arrests) to 20% this year.
Although it cannot offer rigorous statistical proof of success, the Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program's follow-up data is strong and consistent enough to support a positive evaluation. In the future, it may be possible to utilize the County database to track both the 100 inmates in the program as well as 100 inmates with similar profiles (in terms of reasons for incarceration) to provide a control group.
In 1996 members of the Department of Psychiatry at UTSW Medical Center presented preliminary findings for a study of the JCDTP. Unfortunately, the project ran out of time and funding before it could complete the study. The findings derived from interviews and assessments conducted with inmates at the start of treatment and after one month in the program. The study was able to establish that, in this one-month period, inmates in the treatment program were more likely to change behaviors, attitudes, and thought processes associated with substance abuse than were their counterparts in the untreated control group. Although the preliminary results seemed positive, the project was abandoned before outcome data could be gathered to validate the study's predictive findings that treated inmates were more likely to succeed after discharge than untreated ones.
Program Capacity
Studies by the National Institute of Justice estimate that, since 1987, 60-85% of arrestees are illicit drug users who could benefit from treatment. According to the Sheriff's Department, JCDTP regularly has a waiting list of 40-50 male volunteers and 30-35 female volunteers. The number of court-ordered participants on the waiting list varies with court activity, but ranges from 2-15 per week. This number could be much greater if an aggressive effort were made to alert judges to the availability and benefits of the program.
Forty-eight of the wait-listed inmates are housed in holding tanks (both male) reserved for JCDTP. There they at least can participate in AA and NA meetings and receive some educational services from the Ethel Daniels Foundation. The other fifty volunteers for the program wait in the general population. The Sheriff's Department estimates that approximately half of all those wait-listed get into the program eventually. The other half are released or transferred to another correctional facility without treatment. There currently is no follow-up information on these individuals.
How long each individual remains in the program depends on whether the inmates are awaiting transfer to another facility and how soon the transfer comes. Some inmates remain for six weeks, some for as long as six months while waiting on the backlog at TDC for transfer to prison. Approximately four months in the program is considered necessary, with increased lengths of stay improving outcomes, according to statistical studies.
If approximately half of the waiting list inmates complete the desired four months, then at least 40 volunteers remain on the waiting list without ever benefitting from JCDTP. (Court-ordered inmates have placement priority over volunteers, and they must complete the program as a condition of their release.) At least one more (male) tank could be supported by this volume, two tanks if the number of court-ordered inmates rose even slightly. Furthermore, because research indicates that volunteers are more successful in treatment programs than court-ordered inmates, the program would improve its outcome measures-- and the savings to the County-- if it could serve more of these volunteers.
Recruiting Qualified Staff
To increase capacity, the County would first have to address the program's difficulty in hiring and retaining LCDCs (licensed chemical dependency counselors). The program now has four tanks available for its use, not counting the two waiting tanks. To meet licensing standards, the program needs one counselor for each 24-person tank. The program has a long history of difficulty in keeping its positions occupied. Presently there are only two counselors- one LCDC and one counselor intern- leaving inmates in two tanks without the treatment program. They are offered AA and NA meetings and some educational programming, just as the inmates in the waiting tanks.
The Sheriff's Personnel Section posted the position in September and has run ads in the newspaper since October 26, just as the Juvenile Department does for its substance abuse counselor vacancies. Counselor positions in the jail and at Juvenile are graded the same (EE), yet Juvenile reports no difficulty in hiring LCDCs. The JCDTP director adds that he and his staff have also posted the position at the Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and regularly announce the opening at professional meetings. Greater Dallas Council has itself been having trouble hiring LCDCs. Its chief means of recruitment is also an ad in the Dallas Morning News.
According to Sheriff's Personnel, there have been only four applicants for the most recent jail counselor vacancy, and a second position is unfilled due to extended medical leave. Of the four applicants to date, one was not qualified on educational requirements, one rejected an offer because of unsatisfactory salary, one has just been polygraphed and interviewed, and another has just submitted his application.
Although a scarcity of qualified LCDCs has been confirmed by community substance abuse treatment providers, the dearth of applicants suggests that new recruitment tactics must be considered for JCDTP. Among the possibilities, Juvenile's Personnel section could share applications with JCDTP when its own positions are filled. JCDTP's director could then call those applicants directly to encourage them to apply at the jail, while also answering questions and concerns about the jail setting. Formal and regular use of professional organizations' newsletters might advertise positions more reliably than word of mouth. Internet sites may also be located for posting job openings.
After discussing the issue with staff in the Sheriff's Personnel Section and JCDTP's director, three issues appear to be most responsible for the difficulties in filling these posts, once applications arrive:
(1) Salary range - Sheriff's Personnel reports that the only applicant for the recent vacancy to be offered the job rejected the offer on the basis of pay. Although the salary range available for this position is commensurate with LCDC salaries available at community treatment providers, it may be that the additional burden of working in the jail causes applicants to expect more. Sheriff's Personnel staff also suggests that the newspaper ad, which announces the upper limit of the range, may distort the expectations of applicants whose background does not qualify them for the maximum in-hire salary.
Applicants are also disappointed to find that their many hours of pre-certification experience (4,000 hours in order to obtain the LCDC license) do not count in Personnel's calculations to determine entry-level salary. A change in Personnel policy regarding qualifying experience could improve the salary range for applicants.
(2) Jail setting - As mentioned above, the fact that the job is set in the jail-- with its intrusive security procedures, drab therapeutic environment, and criminal clients- is likely to turn away potential applicants. Others have accepted jobs in the jail only to find that they are not comfortable after all and quit, according to Sheriff's Personnel staff. One possible way to compensate for this obstacle is to reclassify the positions, which would involve distinguishing the jail from juvenile detention as a secure setting imposing additional difficulties on counselors.
(3) Polygraph testing - Unlike Juvenile substance abuse counselors, applicants for the JCDTP must undergo polygraph testing. Staff involved in the process have suggested that this often poses a problem for LCDCs, many of whom often have overcome addictions themselves prior to becoming counselors. Additionally, this past involvement with illicit substances may have also involved some criminal experience. For security purposes, the Sheriff's Office disallows applicants with certain kinds of criminal history from working in the jail, although past substance abuse does not disqualify an individual from serving as a counselor. In point of fact, many highly qualified counselors are former substance abusers. It may be that Sheriff's Personnel can get the polygraph requirement waived for counselor applicants, or at least make clear that truthful answers about prior substance use will not disqualify them.
Charles Beran has documented a turnover problem in the JCDTP as well, which he attributes to the issues of salary and promotion paths. The table below shows, for five recent employees, the length of tenure at JCDTP and the jobs for which they left JCDTP.
Substance Abuse Counselors at JCDTP
Financial Impact
Cost of Maintaining JCDTP - Funding for this program has come from CJAD, TCADA, and the County (through the Sheriff's Commissary and, in FY2000, match funds). In FY99, the program's expenses were covered by a $179,992 grant from CJAD, and salary lag from FY98 and FY99. For FY2000, JCDTP received the same grant funding from CJAD.
JCDTP submitted an application to CJAD for additional funding in FY2000, to a total of $274,326. When the increase was denied, JCDTP submitted a PIR to the County for almost $270,000 in funding beyond the grant amount. The additional dollars were to have provided the following:
Based on the OBE recommendation, the Commissioners Court approved $47,274 to fund one counselor for all of FY2000, and to fund the community resource coordinator through December, pending evaluation of the program. The cost to the County to fund the community resource position for the remainder of FY2000 is $33,100.
Separately, at the August 31,1999 meeting of the Civil Service Commission, some of the JCDTP positions were regarded, resulting in increased salary costs. The substance abuse counselors were upgraded from DD to EE. The program director, formerly an FF position, was changed to grade F (and will likely be upgraded to G at a future Civil Service meeting). The community resource coordinator position remained at grade CC.
Cost of JCDTP Expansion - The annual cost to the County of increasing the program's capacity by one (24-person) tank, at current caseloads, is approximately $38,000. At JCDTP's requested counselor-client ratio of 1:12, the cost is $76,000. Several thousand dollars could be saved by employing a counselor intern in the second counselor position (depending on classification of a counselor intern position). This arrangement would require time and effort on the part of the senior counselor to train the intern, while also relieving the counselor of the full burden of group and individual sessions.
Another option, employing part-time interns to handle all inmate assessments, would also allow more counselor hours per client. These positions would also need to be proposed and classified, but the cost of two interns at twenty hours each would not exceed $25,000 total. This would also save senior counselors the time involved in training counselor interns on a full-time basis. The JCDTP director is less inclined toward this option, arguing that it is best for counselors to be involved with inmates from assessment to program completion.
Savings from Treatment - A study by the RAND Corporation concludes that every dollar spent on treatment saves $7 on law enforcement. California's Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs has also published research demonstrating savings to citizens from crime reduction, as well as health care savings resulting from the treatment of addicted offenders.
TCADA has published extensive figures on the costs of drug and alcohol abuse as well as the cost of treatment in Texas (see Attachment 1). In 1997, the cost of treatment totaled $1.5 million, while the direct and indirect costs in death, disability, victimization, and disease came to almost $18 million.
For the County, the cost of drug-addicted offenders can be measured in terms of court costs and jail time. Total court costs, figured on an average one day per case, come to $1,824 (inclusive of court staff, DA and Public Defender representation). A typical day in jail costs the County a minimum of $21.66.
Given its proven efficacy in curbing recidivism and promoting addiction recovery, the Jail Chemical Dependency Treatment Program merits continued support by the County. Furthermore, funding expansion of the program outside the boundaries of the CJAD grant will allow more volunteers to be treated. This is particularly desirable as volunteer clients realize a greater degree of success, and so community savings, than court-ordered participants required by the grant. The Office of Budget and Evaluation recommends the following:
Allocation of $33,100 in match funds to continue, for the rest of FY2000, the community resource coordinator position held in contingency pending this evaluation.
Creation of a recruitment plan to overcome the counselor vacancy problems. The JCDTP director will be responsible for briefing the Court on the plan before any staff will be added to the program. The OBE will assist in devising the plan.
After the recruitment plan has proven successful (e.g., when the vacancies have been filled), creation of two intern positions for individuals in the process of attaining their LCDC license, thus alleviating caseload burdens for counselors. As interns complete their training and are licensed, they will also be eligible-- and particularly well suited-- for the counselor positions. Depending on Personnel's grading of the new positions, annual cost should not exceed $64,000.
Consideration of addition of two licensed counselor positions during the FY2001 budget process. Such consideration would depend upon the success of the recruitment plan and/or the potential for interns to move into counselor slots. Two additional licensed counselors would allow the program to expand by offering complete treatment to those 48 inmates currently in holding tanks. Annual cost is approximately $75,000.
JCDTP and the OBE grants planner will continue to search for grant funding to defray the cost of any expansion. As mentioned above, JCDTP requested- unsuccessfully-- a dramatic increase in funding from CJAD for FY2000 in order to double its staff. CJAD functions as the regulatory office of CSCD, which is why it requires that 90% of JCDTP's clients come from CSCD. The Director of CSCD explains that, despite his support for JCDTP and its benefits for probationers, CJAD is unlikely to increase the jail program's funds in the future, simply due to its own budgetary constraints.
The performance measures and targets below are suggested in order to monitor the effects of these recommended investments.
Outputs Targets
Additionally, a method for tracking inmates with similar offense profiles to those of inmates in the JCDTP is being devised. In this way the County will be able to compare recidivism rates between those discharged with treatment and those without. Such comparison will provide more definitive proof of the benefits of investing in treatment.


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