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Bluehost provides shared hosting, on Linux/Apache. The standard configuration only permits what Apache calls "dynamic server" FCGI, which appears to be the one in the FCGI spec. The others, static and external, seem to be extensions to the spec, that do have some nice properties, but are not supported at Bluehost. [Possibly External would be supported, if you buy your own IP address -- then you are allowed to use ports, and run programs longer than a few minutes.]
This writeup could use a reviewer that wants to deploy CherryPy at Bluehost. That was my goal... and it is close to being achieved, once http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/894 is resolved. I had some false starts, but will try to prune what I did to what I think was necessary...
I'm not in to using old versions of software, when newer ones will do! I suppose you _could_ use the ancient version of Python preinstalled on Bluehost, if CherryPy and flup work with it. But you will need the latest CherryPy with this bug fix, or else you will have to retrofit the patch to the older version.
So here are the pieces:
* Obtain SSH access to bluehost, or painstakingly do this stuff via cron jobs or CGI scripts.
* Software to install: Python 2.6, CherryPy 3.1.1 + patches, flup 1.0.1
* Configurations to create: .htaccess, cherryd
Assuming you already have a CherryPy configuration and CherryPy application tested locally on your own box, with a configuration file called myconfig and an application file called mycherrysetup.py. Of course, any paths in them should be tweaked to fit your Bluehost account.
Step 1
Bluehost cPanel has a widget for obtaining SSH access, but it has some obscure behaviors. See the writeup at http://nevcal.com/eclectic/bluessh/bluehost-ssh.html for help with that, and for setting up PuTTY, so you can get to a shell script.
Step 2
To install Python 2.6 (or whatever version), login via SSH, and follow the instruction #1 at http://alextreppass.co.uk/blog/2008/11/14/getting-django-working-on-bluehost/ but substitute version 2.6 instead of 2.5.2. Or substitute whatever version of Python you want. I'll repeat his instructions here, editing for version 2.6, and dropping the Django stuff.
Wonder over to the Python download page, and copy the URL to the compressed tarball for your version of choice (at the time of writing, I would recommend 2.5.2 final as this works well with Python mysqldb).
SSH into your box, and make a 'src' directory just inside your home dir. You could paste the stuff below into a shell script.
mkdir src # Download and unzip the source: cd src pyv=2.6 wget http://python.org/ftp/python/$pyv/Python-$pyv.tgz tar xzf Python-$pyv.tgz # Install Python to your home directory. We're going to run everything out # of your home dir instead of using the default (older) Python that bluehost # have installed. To do this, we need to tweak the the install script slightly: cd Python-$pyv ./configure --prefix="$HOME" make make install
Get your shell running the new Python. To do this, we need to edit your '.bash_profile' located in your home directory. Open it up with vim: cd vim .bash_profile Use the arrow keys to move around, and press i to insert. Make sure the export statement looks as follows: export PATH=$HOME/bin:${PATH} Save by pressing Escape then type ':wq' to write and quit the editor. If you make any mistakes, pressing Escape then typing ':q!' will quit without saving.
Reload your shell, and run the python interpreter: source ~/.bash_profile python If all goes well you should see "Python 2.6 at the top. Quit the interpreter with Ctrl+d.
Step 3
Download and install appropriate versions of flup and CherryPy.
Note that presently, you need CherryPy 3.1.1 and any patches for http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/891 (to work with Python 2.6) & http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/894 (to work with Bluehost/Apache/dynamic FCGI). Hopefully, the CherryPy trunk, or a future versions 3.1.2 will be available soon, containing all the patches, and you can use that.
flupv=1.0.1 cd ~ mkdir src cd ~/src wget http://www.saddi.com/software/flup/dist/flup-$flupv.tar.gz tar -xzf flup-$flupv.tar.gz cd flup-$flupv python setup.py install chv=3.1.1 cd ~ mkdir src cd ~/src wget http://download.cherrypy.org/cherrypy/$chv/CherryPy-$chv.tar.gz tar -xzf CherryPy-$chv.tar.gz cd CherryPy-$chv python setup.py install
Step 4
.htaccess configuration. Bluehost offered the following help for FCGI configuration:
For fcgi files to work on Bluehost you just need to make sure that 1) apache is using the right handler (AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi) 2) that the script has 755 permissions 3) that the script has the right shebang at the top of the file (/usr/bin/sh , /usr/bin/perl etc..)
To that I add: (don't use /usr/bin/env in the shebang, Apache has a different environment than ssh)
The .htaccess file must be in or below the public_html directory, and the cgi-bin referred to must be in the public_html directory, or the corresponding subdirectory for the subdomain or add-on domain. I used .htaccess and cgi-bin in the public_html, and the paths in the examples reflect that.
So in .htaccess, I have the following lines (for testing):
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi RewriteRule ^(errdoc.cgi(.*))$ /cgi-bin/$1 [last] RewriteRule ^(cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi/.*)$ - [last] RewriteRule ^cp/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi/$1 [last] # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi/$1 [last]
The first line corresponds to bluehost's step 1.
The second line is to allow my error-document-generating script to be served by Apache, without use of CherryPy. You could have different or more files here as needed, or include any static files you do not want served by CherryPy. Or you could be more restrictive which URLs you want to have served by CherryPy in the subsequent lines. This depends on whether you want CherryPy to do a small part, or the lion's share of your web serving. Apache is good at serving static files, if you have a bunch, and if you can keep write one or a few regular expressions that separate the URLs for static files from the URLs for CherryPy to process. This example shows how to migrate from "all Apache" to "all CherryPy" by flipping a switch.
The third line causes any URL that are are already explicitly invoking cherrypy to be resolved without going through the rest of my (complex) .htaccess. [If you go the replacement route, any fancy stuff you are presently doing in Apache and CGI will have to be rewritten using CherryPy. I'm closing in on that!]
The fourth line is just a shorthand for testing. By prefixing the URL path with "/cp" I can have both the Apache configuration running live, and the CherryPy configuration behind it, for testing. Note that any absolute URLs referenced in static pages will be served by Apache, even if the original was served by CherryPy. For production, this line could be commented out.
The final line, commented out, redirects ALL other URLs to CherryPy. Once I have all the desired functionality implemented in CherryPy, I can flip this switch (uncomment the line), and the site will be live with CherryPy.
Step 5
Create an .fcgi file so Apache will start the FCGI process.
In the CherryPy distribution, there is a file cherryd, which allows/demonstrates starting and configuring a CherryPy server daemon (I think that is where the "d" comes from in the name) in a variety of environments.
Since cherryd starts with #! /usr/bin/env python
and that won't work when launched from Apache, you need to do one of the following:
A) use a shell script called /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi to set up a path (to give /usr/bin/env something to work with) and then invoke cherryd
B) invoke cherryd with an explicit python, using cherryd as a parameter, something like the following, but change /home/myaccount to your home directory for your account. This assumes your CherryPy application is in mycherrysetup.py in the same directory as cherryd. Again, the script should probably be named /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi
/usr/bin/sh /home/myaccount/bin/python /home/myaccount/src/CherryPy-3.1.1/cherrypy/cherryd -c myconfig -d -f -i mycherrysetup
C) edit cherryd and put in a hard-coded path to the python you want. Rename cherryd to /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi.
Thinking that fewer steps are faster, I opted for the latter, and first copied cherryd to /cgi-bin/cherryd.fcgi, changed the shebang line to /home/myaccount/bin/python, and ripped out the parameter parsing at the bottom (because Apache isn't going to pass parameters either).
I replaced the parameter parsing with one line:
start( configfiles=["myconfig"], daemonize=False, fastcgi=True, imports=["mycherrysetup"])


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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Not Just Folding Wings and Tails
An insight into one manufacturer's approaches to the issue of marinization of military helicopters reveals the depths to which OEMs must go to protect aircraft against saltwater ingress and corrosion.
|Sikorsky CH-53 through a Bell-Boeing V-22 at Marine
Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, Calif.
Corrosion in aircraft operating in the maritime environment is a particular problem that manufacturers have worked at reducing. One of the main problems is that where joints in the construction of the airframe are located, each poses a potential access point for water ingestion and therefore corrosion.
Seawater contains around 3.5 percent sodium chloride and is usually more corrosive than fresh water due to its higher conductivity and the penetrating power of the chloride ion through surface films on metal.
The different alloys of aluminum used in the construction of helicopters have varying strengths, with A1-clad aluminum being the strongest. Anodizing aluminum will also give it a protective coating. Primers and paints also include chromate coating.
|Bell-Boeing V-22 flying around MCAS
|Electrical connector showing
corrosion from marine
This engineering involves good drainage and ventilation as well as avoiding crevices and water traps. It is about material selection, good access for maintenance, and the use of corrosion inhibitors and sealants. The replacement of sheet metal components by high-speed machined airframe components takes away opportunities for water ingestion. This helps eliminate a number of historic problem areas including mating surfaces, which were prone to crevice corrosion, and holes in the sheet metal, which allowed corrosion and the gradual elimination of dissimilar fasteners prone to galvanic corrosion.
|MH-60R Sea Hawk from HSM-70 raises a fuel line
for an in-flight refueling from the USS Roosevelt.
The physical differences occur in the design and configuration of the landing gear and its footprint on the deck. The difference in tail structure of the Black Hawk verses Sea Hawk, for example, where the tail wheel on the Army version is at the end of the tail boom and has a heavy duty shock absorber. The Sea Hawk's twin-tail wheels are at the root of the tail boom and are taller to allow space for the drum radome.
Sikorsky's international maritime chief engineer, Reshma Shanku, added that the objective is to eliminate points that provide the potential for water to get trapped. The use of sealants and polyurethane paint does help in corrosive protection.
|Deteriorating glass-fiber composites on
a helicopter fuel tank.
But individual users can specify the treatment that they require in addition to the basic aircraft. Said Shanku: "There are specific things that are available for individual users. There is a range of coatings that can be sprayed on the inside of a tail boom or the on the floor of an aircraft and all have different properties optimized for various environments." Black Hawk and Sea Hawk helicopters have a different material protecting the inside of the aircraft.
Flotation Equipment
Sikorsky's Shanku said that flotation equipment was a natural consideration for any aircraft that was to perform in the maritime environment. Calculations are made not only on the weight of the aircraft, but also on the time it needs to stay afloat to allow the crew to escape in a variety of sea conditions. "We do egress testing to ensure the crew can get safely out of our helicopters," she stated. Location is important: the Sea Hawk flotation devices are housed in the stub wings. She added that no decision has yet been made on the flotation equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K.
GKN Aerospace supplies flotation devices for both military and civil helicopters designed to FAR/JAR 27 and 29 including the AgustaWestland's AW101, Sea King and Sea Lynx, as well as Sikorsky's UH-60, S-70A and S-92, together with a wide variety of Bell helicopters and even Russian Mi-8/17s. GKN conducts computer simulated stability analysis followed by scale model testing before installation. The materials used for the manufacture of flotation devices also need to be light and reliable.
Over Water Equipment
A representative from Eurocopter provided a few points about preparing helicopters for operating over water: Operating at sea (ships, oil rigs, etc.), the helicopter needs flotation gear, anti-corrosion measures, AIS (automatic identification system – to know where ships are); a kind of maritime IFF, a radar (for weather as a minimum), and communications suitable for maritime channels (maritime VHF).It should have the tie down points so it can be secured to a deck through bad weather or ship rolling.If the aircraft is to operate from the ship, it needs folding rotors and, ideally, wheels rather than skids. A naval aircraft should have a deck lock such as the Harpoon system.

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Telling our stories: Sudie
Watch these stories of young adults sharing stories of God's movement in their lives.
For best results, right-click the Download link (or click and use "control" key for Macintosh) and save the file.
- Topics: Vocation
- Tags: christian vocation, faith stories, video, young adults
- Departments: Christian Vocation
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Dimension spectrum and graph directed Markov systems.
Date: May 2006
Creator: Ghenciu, Eugen Andrei
Description: In this dissertation we study graph directed Markov systems (GDMS) and limit sets associated with these systems. Given a GDMS S, by the Hausdorff dimension spectrum of S we mean the set of all positive real numbers which are the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set generated by a subsystem of S. We say that S has full Hausdorff dimension spectrum (full HD spectrum), if the dimension spectrum is the interval [0, h], where h is the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set of S. We give necessary conditions for a finitely primitive conformal GDMS to have full HD spectrum. A GDMS is said to be regular if the Hausdorff dimension of its limit set is also the zero of the topological pressure function. We show that every number in the Hausdorff dimension spectrum is the Hausdorff dimension of a regular subsystem. In the particular case of a conformal iterated function system we show that the Hausdorff dimension spectrum is compact. We introduce several new systems: the nearest integer GDMS, the Gauss-like continued fraction system, and the Renyi-like continued fraction system. We prove that these systems have full HD spectrum. A special attention is given to the backward continued fraction ...
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Exhaustivity, continuity, and strong additivity in topological Riesz spaces.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Muller, Kimberly O.
Description: In this paper, exhaustivity, continuity, and strong additivity are studied in the setting of topological Riesz spaces. Of particular interest is the link between strong additivity and exhaustive elements of Dedekind s-complete Banach lattices. There is a strong connection between the Diestel-Faires Theorem and the Meyer-Nieberg Lemma in this setting. Also, embedding properties of Banach lattices are linked to the notion of strong additivity. The Meyer-Nieberg Lemma is extended to the setting of topological Riesz spaces and uniform absolute continuity and uniformly exhaustive elements are studied in this setting. Counterexamples are provided to show that the Vitali-Hahn-Saks Theorem and the Brooks-Jewett Theorem cannot be extended to submeasures or to the setting of Banach lattices.
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Generic Algebras and Kazhdan-Lusztig Theory for Monomial Groups
Date: May 2006
Creator: Alhaddad, Shemsi I.
Description: The Iwahori-Hecke algebras of Coxeter groups play a central role in the study of representations of semisimple Lie-type groups. An important tool is the combinatorial approach to representations of Iwahori-Hecke algebras introduced by Kazhdan and Lusztig in 1979. In this dissertation, I discuss a generalization of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra of the symmetric group that is instead based on the complex reflection group G(r,1,n). Using the analogues of Kazhdan and Lusztig's R-polynomials, I show that this algebra determines a partial order on G(r,1,n) that generalizes the Chevalley-Bruhat order on the symmetric group. I also consider possible analogues of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.
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Hamiltonian cycles in subset and subspace graphs.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Ghenciu, Petre Ion
Description: In this dissertation we study the Hamiltonicity and the uniform-Hamiltonicity of subset graphs, subspace graphs, and their associated bipartite graphs. In 1995 paper "The Subset-Subspace Analogy," Kung states the subspace version of a conjecture. The study of this problem led to a more general class of graphs. Inspired by Clark and Ismail's work in the 1996 paper "Binomial and Q-Binomial Coefficient Inequalities Related to the Hamiltonicity of the Kneser Graphs and their Q-Analogues," we defined subset graphs, subspace graphs, and their associated bipartite graphs. The main emphasis of this dissertation is to describe those graphs and study their Hamiltonicity. The results on subset graphs are presented in Chapter 3, on subset bipartite graphs in Chapter 4, and on subspace graphs and subspace bipartite graphs in Chapter 5. We conclude the dissertation by suggesting some generalizations of our results concerning the panciclicity of the graphs.
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Hyperbolic Monge-Ampère Equation
Date: August 2006
Creator: Howard, Tamani M.
Description: In this paper we use the Sobolev steepest descent method introduced by John W. Neuberger to solve the hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equation. First, we use the discrete Sobolev steepest descent method to find numerical solutions; we use several initial guesses, and explore the effect of some imposed boundary conditions on the solutions. Next, we prove convergence of the continuous Sobolev steepest descent to show local existence of solutions to the hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equation. Finally, we prove some results on the Sobolev gradients that mainly arise from general nonlinear differential equations.
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Level Curves of the Angle Function of a Positive Definite Symmetric Matrix
Date: December 2009
Creator: Bajracharya, Neeraj
Description: Given a real N by N matrix A, write p(A) for the maximum angle by which A rotates any unit vector. Suppose that A and B are positive definite symmetric (PDS) N by N matrices. Then their Jordan product {A, B} := AB + BA is also symmetric, but not necessarily positive definite. If p(A) + p(B) is obtuse, then there exists a special orthogonal matrix S such that {A, SBS^(-1)} is indefinite. Of course, if A and B commute, then {A, B} is positive definite. Our work grows from the following question: if A and B are commuting positive definite symmetric matrices such that p(A) + p(B) is obtuse, what is the minimal p(S) such that {A, SBS^(-1)} indefinite? In this dissertation we will describe the level curves of the angle function mapping a unit vector x to the angle between x and Ax for a 3 by 3 PDS matrix A, and discuss their interaction with those of a second such matrix.
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Nonparametric Estimation of Receiver Operating Characteristic Surfaces Via Bernstein Polynomials
Date: December 2012
Creator: Herath, Dushanthi N.
Description: Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis is one of the most widely used methods in evaluating the accuracy of a classification method. It is used in many areas of decision making such as radiology, cardiology, machine learning as well as many other areas of medical sciences. The dissertation proposes a novel nonparametric estimation method of the ROC surface for the three-class classification problem via Bernstein polynomials. The proposed ROC surface estimator is shown to be uniformly consistent for estimating the true ROC surface. In addition, it is shown that the map from which the proposed estimator is constructed is Hadamard differentiable. The proposed ROC surface estimator is also demonstrated to lead to the explicit expression for the estimated volume under the ROC surface . Moreover, the exact mean squared error of the volume estimator is derived and some related results for the mean integrated squared error are also obtained. To assess the performance and accuracy of the proposed ROC and volume estimators, Monte-Carlo simulations are conducted. Finally, the method is applied to the analysis of two real data sets.
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The Pettis Integral and Operator Theory
Date: August 2001
Creator: Huettenmueller, Rhonda
Description: Let (Ω, Σ, µ) be a finite measure space and X, a Banach space with continuous dual X*. A scalarly measurable function f: Ω→X is Dunford integrable if for each x* X*, x*f L1(µ). Define the operator Tf. X* → L1(µ) by T(x*) = x*f. Then f is Pettis integrable if and only if this operator is weak*-to-weak continuous. This paper begins with an overview of this function. Work by Robert Huff and Gunnar Stefansson on the operator Tf motivates much of this paper. Conditions that make Tf weak*-to-weak continuous are generalized to weak*-toweak continuous operators on dual spaces. For instance, if Tf is weakly compact and if there exists a separable subspace D X such that for each x* X*, x*f = x*fχDµ-a.e, then f is Pettis integrable. This nation is generalized to bounded operators T: X* → Y. To say that T is determined by D means that if x*| D = 0, then T (x*) = 0. Determining subspaces are used to help prove certain facts about operators on dual spaces. Attention is given to finding determining subspaces far a given T: X* → Y. The kernel of T and the adjoint T* of T are used ...
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Quantization Dimension for Probability Definitions
Date: December 2001
Creator: Lindsay, Larry J.
Description: The term quantization refers to the process of estimating a given probability by a discrete probability supported on a finite set. The quantization dimension Dr of a probability is related to the asymptotic rate at which the expected distance (raised to the rth power) to the support of the quantized version of the probability goes to zero as the size of the support is allowed to go to infinity. This assumes that the quantized versions are in some sense ``optimal'' in that the expected distances have been minimized. In this dissertation we give a short history of quantization as well as some basic facts. We develop a generalized framework for the quantization dimension which extends the current theory to include a wider range of probability measures. This framework uses the theory of thermodynamic formalism and the multifractal spectrum. It is shown that at least in certain cases the quantization dimension function D(r)=Dr is a transform of the temperature function b(q), which is already known to be the Legendre transform of the multifractal spectrum f(a). Hence, these ideas are all closely related and it would be expected that progress in one area could lead to new results in another. It would ...
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Spaces of Compact Operators
Date: May 2004
Creator: Ghenciu, Ioana
Description: In this dissertation we study the structure of spaces of operators, especially the space of all compact operators between two Banach spaces X and Y. Work by Kalton, Emmanuele, Bator and Lewis on the space of compact and weakly compact operators motivates much of this paper. Let L(X,Y) be the Banach space of all bounded linear operators between Banach spaces X and Y, K(X,Y) be the space of all compact operators, and W(X,Y) be the space of all weakly compact operators. We study problems related to the complementability of different operator ideals (the Banach space of all compact, weakly compact, completely continuous, resp. unconditionally converging) operators in the space of all bounded linear operators. The structure of Dunford-Pettis sets, strong Dunford-Pettis sets, and certain spaces of operators is studied in the context of the injective and projective tensor products of Banach spaces. Bibasic sequences are used to study relative norm compactness of strong Dunford-Pettis sets. Next, we use Dunford-Pettis sets to give sufficient conditions for K(X,Y) to contain c0.
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Topological uniqueness results for the special linear and other classical Lie Algebras.
Date: December 2001
Creator: Rees, Michael K.
Description: Suppose L is a complete separable metric topological group (ring, field, etc.). L is topologically unique if the Polish topology on L is uniquely determined by its underlying algebraic structure. More specifically, L is topologically unique if an algebraic isomorphism of L with any other complete separable metric topological group (ring, field, etc.) induces a topological isomorphism. A local field is a locally compact topological field with non-discrete topology. The only local fields (up to isomorphism) are the real, complex, and p-adic numbers, finite extensions of the p-adic numbers, and fields of formal power series over finite fields. We establish the topological uniqueness of the special linear Lie algebras over local fields other than the complex numbers (for which this result is not true) in the context of complete separable metric Lie rings. Along the way the topological uniqueness of all local fields other than the field of complex numbers is established, which is derived as a corollary to more general principles which can be applied to a larger class of topological fields. Lastly, also in the context of complete separable metric Lie rings, the topological uniqueness of the special linear Lie algebra over the real division algebra of quaternions, ...
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Ice EducationNovember 27, 2012 by Bruce Landsberg
The Air Safety Institute's newest Real Pilot Story is now online—just in time for a winter flying refresher. The ice-coated Cessna 182 depicted is sobering. The pilot is wiser for his experience, and so are we.
The number of reportable icing accidents isn't large—the latest Nall report shows a total of 12 in 2010. However, I suspect that the number of icing encounters is much higher—we just don't hear about them. Remember that ice has the potential to nail much larger aircraft than just C182s, and assertiveness with ATC may be needed in working to get out of it. Most controllers are very understanding—but you have to advise them of your predicament.
If the weather is clearly unsuited for non-ice approved aircraft, have a backup plan. In more than a few cases, you have to wonder what the pilot was thinking. In others, there's a plausible reason as ice forecasting is still as much art as science. That said, the NWS Aviation Weather Center has a great tool for showing pilots the probability of icing across the country at a chosen altitude.
From now until April, in many parts of the country, we just have to have a viable Plan B.
Here's a synopsis of my first ice encounter: Piper Arrow headed south out of New Hampshire with Mom on board. We were IFR at 8,000 feet in solid IMC. The freezing level was at 6,000, and MEAs were around 3,000- 4000, but there were no reports of icing. My out was a descent, if needed.
About 10 minutes after leveling off, it became obvious that rime ice was starting to build. Called Center—no response. Called again—no response. Several more calls—no response. I started to transmit in the blind that I needed to descend when another pilot in the vicinity said that the primary center frequency was down and to try a different one—which he happened to have.
Switched freqs and ATC was most accommodating to let me descend to the warmer air. Note to self: try other surrounding ATC frequencies or 121.5 (they don't charge you for using that, I'm told).
Mom just kept reading her book and never said a word.
The Air Safety Institute is able to bring you educational tools such as Real Pilot Stories and the Nall report through contributions from generous pilots through the AOPA Foundation. If you value these programs to help keep us all safely flying, please consider a contribution today.
Now it's your turn. Tell us briefly about your first ice encounter and, most importantly, the lesson learned?
Bruce Landsberg
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I'm not sure I see eye to eye with the poster's interpretation of history. It was the Republican Party that Lincoln belonged to. It was the Republican Party that enacted Reconstruction.
jwkoenig: It would be virtually impossible to place slavery on the political continuum during the 18th and early 19th centuries...it was all but universally endorsed. However, there were a few who spoke out against it and refused to participate in it. They were often religious liberals who refused to accept the conservative interpretations of the Bible that took the Old Testament literally.
hherbert, I am aware of the history. I also don't completely agree that conservatives "fear" people with other backgrounds. In different situations I would argue that they maybe don't "like" some of those groups but it would be far from fear. As far as the Bill of Rights and Jefferson being liberal, they were but in some contexts but in the context of this specific question (civil rights), they were not. Many of our founding fathers (including Jefferson) and others that pushed for the bill of rights were not and owned many slaves, implemented the three fifths compromise, etc. This was just the time period and that is why I said that the beliefs were pretty universally held.
To jwkoenig: I'm glad you qualified your response with "pretty universally." In all times political beliefs can be identified as liberal and conservative. The more conservative a person is the more likely that person is to fear people who are different while liberals have always been more willing to accept "others"...even within the church. Democrats started moving to the left in 1948 when Truman integrated the armed forces and Strom Thurmond created the Dixicrats. Liberals, not conservatives pushed for the Bill of Rights and religious freedom...some founding fathers were liberal while others were conservatives. In his day and among his peers Thomas Jefferson was a liberal, not a conservative. Therefore, you are missing quite a lot.
The question is fundamentally flawed, since there were times in history when those beliefs, however wrong, were held pretty universally. Even in more modern times, it wasn't until LBJ that civil rights were pushed by the Democrats. Additionally, the poor are hardly a minority with about 50% of people on some some of government assistance, and women aren't a minority either. As far as religious minorities, I am pretty sure that it was conservatives that included freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights. Am I missing something?
My argument is that they cannot. When the Tea Party advocates complain that they have been unfairly tagged with being Lilly white and are identified with racial prejudice, they are attempting to deny the anti-civil rights history of conservatives. Conservative Republicans cannot shake the charge that they use charged words like "foreign" or "not American" because the have been preempted from using racial slurs against President Obama.


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They came off the bus in front of the Verizon Center in their white SportsUnited T-shirts. They were 12 Burmese basketball players -- six girls, six boys and two coaches -- participating in a sports exchange program that started last summer in Rangoon. Their excitement grew as they sat courtside to watch a real professional basketball game -- and see the pro's warming up beforehand. It grew even more when Washington Wizards Bradley Beal and Kevin Seraphin came over to greet them and pose for photographs.
Then they experienced the unique American pastime of a classic NBA basketball game -- complete with cheerleaders, acrobats, chants, crowd applause, and overhead announcements asking people to clap, stomp, and even kiss for the Jumbotron.
Their U.S. experience didn't stop there. In Washington, our visitors attended a basketball game at DeMatha High school. They attended classes, ate lunch with American peers, and played with a coed varsity team at Walter Johnson High School. And they strapped themselves into wheelchairs to scrimmage with a wheelchair basketball team. Then they travelled to Charlotte, NC, to undergo skills training with an amateur club, watch a UNC-Charlotte game, and spend time with Rich Cho, General Manager of the Charlotte Bobcats. A Burmese American, Cho tipped off this exchange last August, when he visited Rangoon last summer as a sports envoy.
Sports have the unique ability to connect people in nonverbal ways. And our sports exchanges work to create positive learning experiences through the joy and connectivity of that experience. Our Burmese visitors engaged in sessions focused on conflict resolution and peace building. They did exercises and games that reinforced healthy competition with their counterparts, and they learned values of diversity and inclusion. And since the group represented so many parts of Burma, they learned much from each other too.
When they go home, it is our hope they'll do so with passion and energy for America, sports, and people-to-people exchanges. They may even return in the future or host Americans in their own courts -- inspired perhaps by Cho's visit.
As with all of our public diplomacy programs, we try to start conversations that continue over whole lifetimes, build networks that extend for generations, and grow relationships that enhance our ties with people from around the world. And it can all start with something as simple as a love of basketball.
Related Content: Visit SportsUnited's Facebook page to view photographs from this exchange program.
Olivia D. in Massachusetts writes:
I would love to be a part of this diplomacy program. The past two summers I served as a Senior Program Facilitator for World Learning's Youth Leadership and Peacebuilding Programs. As a college basketball player this is right up my alley. I attached my email if you need a staff member!


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I saw a free preview of this movie last night, and I couldn't stop laughing. The funniest, most politically incorrect movie I've seen in a long, long time. There was even a bit in there about the baby seal thing. There's an artsy movie theater not far from my apartment, and sometimes they host free previews of films just to get everybody's reaction afterwards. (For the press, publicity, etc.) I was lucky to get a free pass to see this one. I seriously haven't laughed this hard at a movie in a long, long time. If you haven't seen the previews, it's a movie about a tobacco lobby spokesman who keeps defending cigarettes in the late '80s/early '90s. (Right when all of the lawsuits were being filed in America)
This guy meets with two other lobbiests each week at a bar just to shoot the bull, etc. One of them is an NRA-type spokesman, and the other is a lobbiest for the alcohol industry. They call themselves the MOD squad - Merchants of Death.
They talk about about defending the undefensable - ie people who club baby seals, etc. (The NRA guy condemns the practice BTW, so at least somebody shows a little heart. )
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With the richest biodiversity in the world per hectare, Ecuador has abundant natural capital. But in the last 50 years, it's ecological surplus has dwindled to almost zero. Its Ecological Footprint currently is almost equal to its biocapacity, the amount of resources the land and sea area within its borders is able to produce.
Dania Quirola Suarez, Advisor to the National Secretary of Planning and Development of Ecuador, told attendees of an important step Ecuador has taken to address its ecological balance sheet. It has included the metric in its National Development Plan, setting a target to reduce the nation's Footprint to a level at or below biocapacity by 2013.
In keeping with that commitment, Ecuador has launched a plan to keep 846 million barrels of oil under the Amazon rainforest permanently in the ground, Suarez told attendees. The plan would keep 407 metric tones of CO2 out of the atmosphere, and preserve one million acres of forest preserved. It also preserves the livelihood of those belonging to the indigenous cultures from the region. "In this way, we can move from an extractive economy to sustainable development, that includes broader use of energy sources and increasing social equity," Suarez said.
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I find that shower curtains pretty problematic. They aren't recyclable, I haven't found any that are made of recycled materials, and they are hard to wash once they get mildewy (putting them in the laundry machine tends to destroy them, I've found). Does anyone have either an environmentally-friendly or a washable shower curtain solution?1
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Washable, and when it gets a bit mildewed, I add some bleach to the wash. I agree with the three reviewers on the site.
Instead of dumping a vinyl shower curtain into the wash, try this method. It only takes a few minutes.
Locate or purchase an expandable curtain rod. Install the rod 3" or 4" from the wall of the shower area. Remove the curtain including the clips so that the left inside part will be on the right side facing you. Spray a product such as Clorox Cleaner with Bleach onto the dry interior surface. Start at the top and evenly coat the vinyl until it runs. Let stand for a few minutes. The mildew and soap residue should wash off in the first hot water rinse (use your handheld shower head). Apply a second coat on the now wet surface and allow to stand for several minutes. Rinse off with another hot water rinse. Allow to dry. Rehang the shower curtain back on the original rod in the reverse method so the interior portion faces inside of the tub. Takes a lot less water and time than a machine wash.
? Put six inches of water in the tub and wash it there with the ingredients described above, plus a brush. ?
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Chesterfield's Rtes. 9 & 63 intersection a safety concern for town officials
CHESTERFIELD — The Select Board plans to ask the Department of Transportation for an audit of Routes 9 and 63.
The decision was made last month and the board has just sent the request, said Town Administrator Rick Carrier.
Residents know the intersection is dangerous and warrants caution, he said.
Many motorists traveling the major east-west highway of Route 9, though, are unaware of the danger when they approach.
"The posted speed limit is 50 miles per hour through there and people sometimes go faster than that," Carrier said.
Eastbound traffic comes over a knoll about 500 feet from the Route 63 intersection where the Route 63 traffic has stop signs to adhere to.
But it is common for motorist to shoot straight across Route 9 without stopping. The intersection can also be dangerous when Route 9 traffic is traveling too fast to react to slowed, stopped or crossing traffic at the intersection, Carrier said.
"We've accidents there ongoing," Carrier said.
The Select Board members are hoping DOT would give the OK to their idea that a flashing red light be installed facing Route 63 traffic to reinforce the stop there, with a flashing yellow light for Route 9 traffic to indicate motorists should be cautious, Carrier said.
"Citizens who've had close calls there are concerned. It's well-known in the town that it's an intersection to be careful at," Carrier said.


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The 'Elvira' Boys do it right
A band that's been up and running since the 1940s must be doing something right.
The Oak Ridge Boys, the harmonizing quartet best known for the early 1980s radio hit "Elvira," performed for 3,000 fans Thursday in the Southwest Motors Events Center.
Amazingly, the current lineup — Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban — is this year marking its 40th anniversary with a tour and television special.
Backed by a youthful six-piece band, ORB weaved smoothly from pop to country to gospel. This reflected the band's numerous Grammy, country and Christian music awards and hits.
"We still have friends in Colorado!" said Bonsall, noting that the band last played the State Fair in 1998. "Everyone's been so nice to us. We appreciate the welcome."
The country stomp of "You're The One" opened the set, followed by two more signature songs, the driving "American Made" and "Come On In." The peppy vibe continued with "Love Song" before the twangy "Yall Come Back Saloon" and the gospel-themed ballad "Ozark Mountain Jubilee" slowed things down a tad.
But just a tad. The up-tempo jams continued with "Leaving Louisiana" "Down Deep Inside," sung, fittingly, by the Boy with that really deep bass voice, Sterban, and the uplifting "No Matter How High."
The country shuffle of "Louisiana Red Dirt Highway" was countered by the gritty "Up on Cripple Creek," the sweet piano ballads "Mama's Table" and "Thank God For Kids" and the almost rock of "What'cha Gonna Do" and "Boom, Boom, Boom."
These Boys do have the versatility part down pat.
After a tribute to the late George Jones ("Same Old Me,"), the pure gospel of "Lead Me To That Rock" was a refreshing sermon. The soaring "I Get By," "Touch a Hand, Make A Friend: and "Before I Die" were thought-provoking meditations on life.
And the last two songs? Well, they were just fun, catchy and inescapable. Bringing the crowd to its feet, "Elvira" sounded just as fresh as it did decades ago, as did the equally iconic "Bobbie Sue."
"Papa-oom-mow-mow" indeed.
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James, Ryan, Ariana, Mike, susanna…..
1) new people…. What they want
2) tech needs
3) money
4) website work
5) updates?
• ariana has just done a play in London and has a company in Portugal and wants to come to this thing. They have a new play in Lisbon and they want to do stuff. Wants to do site specific stuff.
Action: ryan will put ariana in touch with Debbie via email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike just interested. Has contacts with the syrianians and would like to get more involved… email@example.com
2) tech needs:
action: james will measure the hall.
Action: ryan will ask for seats in forest. James will go to great junction st.
Stage Blocks:
Action: james will propose size.
Lighting and Sound
LIGHT: looking at £1,500 to but but may be cheaper to rent.
SOUND: will need to hire / buy or borrow another PA? Any Ideas?
Action: ryan to ask forest about how we blacked out the space?
Action: James to measure windows?
3) Money stuff:
We should have a program.
Action: Mike will check out the arts college and see what they do?
Action: James will find out the plan from idil?
4) Jame's WIKI:::::
it is for people to share information! Use it if we can. So we can update it and use it…..
it is central and good.
it is private.
6) Sharing:
Debbie is in control of programming with our assistance etc. and we get the final say.
Ryan is working with forest to make things happen.
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Lower the speed limit on 23
To the editor:
Marshall has experienced three semi-truck/car crashes on Highway 23 in less than three months. Everyone including MnDOT knows that speed kills and is the major contributing factor to traffic accidents so why are our elected officials, transportation committee and MnDOT refusing to lower the speed limit on Highway 23 through Marshall from Lyon County Road 7 to Lyon CR 33 down to 40 mph?
Originally, Highway 23 was designed as a bypass highway, but with the growth in Marshall over the last 15 years on both sides of Highway 23 the speed limit through must be lowered to 40 mph to prevent serious accidents in the future.
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I will be visiting family today, and with it comes the challenge of drinking TEA. I will be taking tea, teaware, water...and haven't figured out what else. But I will drink TEA today.
If you are visiting family, etc this Easter Sunday, I hope you are able to have enjoy your tea as well.
So, welcome to TeaDay! Please stop by throughout the day and share what is in your cup. Check out what other TeaChatters are sipping today as well.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic...I guess I was thinking about all the food I will eat today. Do you ever cook with tea? Share where you stand on this edible subject. If you do use tea in cooking, maybe share some example(s) with us.
I hope where ever you spend this Sunday, that you enjoy your tea.


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Rambus, a developer of memory and interconnection technologies, on Monday announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an order dismissing the remainder of its case against Rambus. This follows a recent denial of the Commission's request for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to review the Rambus case and brings the seven-year matter to a close.
"We are pleased to have finally put this matter behind us. Rambus has prevailed on similar JEDEC-related claims at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in front of a jury, and before a federal district court. The FTC's decision to drop its remaining JEDEC-related claim against us was the right one," said Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus.
In its order, the FTC indicated it would not pursue further proceedings against Rambus in this matter, stating "the Commission finds that further litigation in this matter would not be in the public interest".
The FTC originally brought charges against Rambus in 2002 relating to Rambus' 1992-1995 participation in an industry standard setting committee, the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council ("JEDEC"). A three-month trial was held in the spring of 2003 before then Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Stephen McGuire, who issued his initial decision exonerating Rambus with over 1,600 findings of fact in its favor in early 2004. The FTC's own Complaint Counsel appealed the ALJ's decision to the full Commission, which reversed the ALJ and found Rambus liable for violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Following Rambus' appeal of that decision, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (CADC) vacated the FTC orders and the Supreme Court denied the Commission's request for review.


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In September 2010 Xbox launched Halo Reach. Just three years prior, Halo 3 had set the record for highest-grossing entertainment launch of all time. However in the two years that followed, subsequent Halo titles failed to replicate Halo 3's success. With the launch of Halo Reach, Xbox sought to reinvigorate the Halo brand and reverse that sales decline.
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A Catholic high school in New Jersey has asked girls to take a "no-cursing" pledge, reports NBC. Boys have been asked not to swear when girls are within earshot.
School officials want "ladies to act like ladies," said Lori Flynn, a Queen of Peace High teacher who organized the campaign.
Brother Larry Lavallee, the school's principal, says girls use the foulest language.
. . . Dana Cotter, 16, thought that male students should join the pledge because "boys should be more like gentlemen."
Teachers said they hoped that if the girls focused on cleaning up their speech on campus for a month, their improved manners would take hold and rub off on the boys. They timed the initiative to Catholic Schools Week and the old-fashioned romance of Valentine's Day, promising lollipops as rewards and handing out pins showing a red slash through a pair of pink lips.
Nicholas Recarte, 16, said, "It's unattractive when girls have potty mouths." But Recarte, a pitcher on the school baseball team, said "he can't help shouting obscenities" when things go wrong in a game.


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Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, will be sharing access with fans to behind-the-scenes event coverage for the Oscars in a new semi-weekly video series called "Inside The Oscars". In the first installment, Academy insiders give fans the scoop on everything involved in nominations, including how the nominations list is protected, what goes on inside the theater, how the hosts reveal the names of the nominees and more.
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To be filed in the mostly overlooked quirky stats category...
The Indians will have no one hit 25 homers, drive in 90 runs, score 90 runs, or hit .300 this year.
BUT, they may match the all-time MLB record for "Most Players Hitting 10 or More Homeruns on the Same Team in One Season." Basically, Mike Aviles, Michael Brantley, and Drew Stubbs would each need to homer once this week to get it done. If Jason Giambi somehow adds 2 of his own before the season ends, we'd break the record of 11 players set by the '04 Tigers.
1 Swish: 20
2 Santana: 19
3 Kip: 17
4 Raburn: 16
5 Reynolds: 15 (as an Indian)
6 Droobs: 14
7 Chiz: 11
8 Gomes: 10
9 Brantley: 9
10 Stubbs: 9
11 Aviles: 9
12 Giambi: 8
Michael Bourn (6) is the only regular contributor without a realistic shot at double digits on the entire team.
By comparison, none of the Tribe teams of the "Era of Champions" ever had more than 8 guys with 10+ homers-- for whatever worth that may or may not have.


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Few wins, but parking still free
The Rays lost 101 games in 2006. But as they rebuild, fans can save their money for souvenirs.
By AARON SHAROCKMAN
Published October 5, 2006
In New York, October baseball excitement is about the World Series.
In St. Petersburg, the only baseball excitement involves free parking.
Coming off the Devil Rays' ninth consecutive losing season, team officials announced Thursday that parking at Tropicana Field will again be free in 2007. The promotion extends a 2006 fan giveaway, where the Rays waived the $10 charge for all of the team's 6,882 spaces around Tropicana Field.
Call it a consolation prize for Rays fans, who weathered a more enthusiastic, but still miserable, Rays 61-101 season this year.
Team president Matt Silverman said the organization hopes to continue to build its fan base in 2007, using free parking as one of several enticements. Parking will not be free in 2008, Rays officials said.
"We believe that any revenues we lose will be made up in future years as we create lifelong fans," Silverman said. "It's a nice welcome to the ballpark not to have to open your wallets."
Team surveys and polling said the free parking paid off in 2006, Silverman said, drawing more first-time fans and more repeat traffic. Attendance figures rose about 20 percent in 2006.
Fan Patrick Kennedy, a Clearwater High School student who attended 33 games in 2006, said he wouldn't mind paying $10 to park. At the same time, "it's an added treat for the fans, which I appreciate," he said.
Jake Larsen, who runs the Rays fan blog www.draysbay.com , said the new ownership slowly is changing the baseball culture in St. Petersburg. Free parking is just one step.
Former general manager Chuck Lamar and former owner Vince Naimoli "ruled an iron fist regime," Larsen said. The new ownership, led by Stuart Sternberg, is more willing to accept ideas, Larsen said.
"They're trying to build a general foundation of a fan base," he said. "It's not going to happen overnight. But the time will come."
But what about that record?
Silverman just points to the Bronx, where the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees on Thursday in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.
The Tigers lost 119 games in 2003, the eighth-worst professional season in Major League Baseball history.
Three years later, they're in the playoffs.
"When you execute a plan, it can happen," Silverman said of a Rays turnaround. "Talent can go further than what you can spend on a payroll."


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The hot button for Microsoft PowerPoint makes for a quick start of the presentation. With the arrow buttons, the presentation can easily be advanced or rewound and with a push of a button it is possible to switch between programs and documents. Because of the intelligent, power-saving function, a minimal power usage is guaranteed. With an LED indicator, a low battery status is displayed. PinPoint Pro offers an operating range of up to 10M and is ready for use in an instant thanks to Plug & Play. The USB connector can easily be stashed in the casing. PinPoint Pro is shipped with a user's guide, a pouch for transportation and 2 AAA batteries.


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Punkcast is a long running series of videos of live underground music in NYC shot by Joly MacFie. Each video is usually one song. The Internet Archive hosts its videos and offers downloads in a variety of formats. MacFie also has a YouTube channel with 480 videos and a video podcast [iTunes link, feedburner link]. Here are a few bands that caught my fancy: The Icicles and The Besties, The Slits (1, 2 ), Andrew W. K., Oneida (1, 2), The Long Blondes, The Gossip, Acid Mothers Temple & Cosmic Inferno, Art Brut, Be Your Own Pet, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Fall, Fred Frith, Rose Melberg and Jennifer O'Connor, The Horrors, The Homosexuals, Bat for Lashes, Radio 4 and Teddybears, Kimya Dawson and Tiny Masters of Today, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Nikki Sudden.
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Grilled Eggplant Salad
- 1 Italian eggplant, cut into 1-inch thick slices
- 1 large red onion, cut into rounds
- Canola oil
- 1 avocado, halved, pitted and flesh chopped
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped oregano leaves
- Honey
- Olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, zested
- Parsley sprigs, for garnish
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Brush the eggplant and red onions with canola oil and arrange on the grill. Cook the eggplant until soft and grill the onions until they have a slight char. Remove from the grill to a cutting board and let cool slightly. Once cool, roughly chop and add them to a serving bowl along with the avocado.
In a small bowl, whisk together the red wine vinegar, the Dijon, and oregano. Add honey and olive oil, to taste, and blend until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Add the dressing to the eggplant mixture and toss. Garnish with lemon zest and parsley sprigs and serve.
Recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay
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On a diplomatic mission, the crew visit a planet that is waging a destructive war fought solely by computer simulation, but the casualties, including the crew of the USS Enterprise, are supposed to be real.
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The USS Enterprise is en route to star cluster NGC 321 to open diplomatic relations with the civilization there. After several unacknowledged overtures, a message comes from the planet Eminiar VII, the principal planet of the cluster: code 7-10 – stay away at all costs. Ambassador Robert Fox overrides Kirk's wish to honor the request, and forcibly orders him to take the Enterprise into the system. Kirk orders that the Enterprise go to yellow alert and in an intercom message to the crew of his ship, Kirk announces: "We're going in gentlemen. Peacefully, I hope, but peacefully or not... we're going in."
Act OneEdit
Kirk's orders (as he is reminded in no uncertain terms by Ambassador Fox) are clear: establish diplomatic relations at all costs. He, Spock, Yeoman Tamura, and two security officers, Lieutenants Galloway and Osborne, beam down; they are met by Mea 3 at the Division of Control, seat of the Eminian Union. There, Kirk learns that he is in grave danger. Mea takes him to the High Council, whose leader, Anan 7, rejects Kirk's diplomatic overture – because of the war. Anan reveals that Eminiar has been fighting a war with the third planet of the system, Vendikar, for almost 500 years. But despite a hit, right in the city, Kirk and his landing party can find no evidence of war. No explosions, no radiation, nothing that would suggest the damage he is assured is occurring.
Spock finally deduces the truth: the war is fought with computers. Casualties are calculated, and the victims have twenty-four hours to report to a disintegration station so their deaths may be recorded. This tidy solution preserves the civilization, despite the cost in lives. Kirk is incredulous that people would simply walk into disintegration machines and never come out; Anan assures him that his people have a high sense of duty. And then Anan tells Kirk that when the Enterprise entered orbit, it became a legitimate target, and it has been destroyed by a tricobalt satellite explosion. Like the victims on the surface, Kirk's crew has twenty-four hours to report for disintegration. Kirk and his party are imprisoned to ensure compliance.
Act TwoEdit
Mea, herself declared a casualty, defends the system. She insists that she values her own life, but tells Kirk that if people don't report for disintegration, then Vendikar will be forced to launch real weapons, and Eminiar would be forced to retaliate, and both civilization and the population would die.
The Eminians attempt trickery. Using a voice duplicator to approximate Kirk's voice, Anan 7 tries to lure the crew to the surface, contacting the Enterprise through Kirk's communicator. Montgomery Scott, suspicious, analyzes the message at Spock's science station and discovers the duplicity. Meanwhile, on the surface, Spock employs trickery of his own: using a form of telepathy, he plants a suggestion in their jailer's mind through a wall. Thinking the Federation prisoners have escaped, he opens the door, and is quickly overpowered.
Moving about the Division of Control, the party encounters disintegration station 12, and destroys it. In response, Anan 7 institutes a full search, and orders the planetary defense batteries to open fire on the orbiting starship.
Act ThreeEdit
Scott's cautious approach to the situation proves most fortunate; the batteries open fire on the Enterprise but the shields are able to turn aside the sneak attack. Without the shields they would have been destroyed. Looking for options to respond to this unprovoked attack, Scott decides to respond with a barrage of photon torpedoes, but Ambassador Fox halts any attempt at retaliation. Ignoring protests by Scott and McCoy, Fox takes command of the situation and opens communications with the planet.
Kirk realizes the only way he can save his ship and his crew is to put a stop to the fighting. To this end, he inveigles help from Mea 3, while at the same time solving their shortage of weapons needed for the task, with an added bonus of two Eminian security uniforms commandeered by both Osborne and Galloway. Meanwhile, Ambassador Fox, still unaware of the treachery of Anon 7 and the danger to the lives of the Enterprise crew, attempts to salvage the situation. He contacts the planet, offering to have the ship lower its shields and to beam down personally to discuss the matter; Anan apparently agrees. However, this is a trick to enable the Eminians to destroy the ship and meet the terms of their treaty with Vendikar. Fortunately, Scott, with McCoy's support, bluntly refuses Fox's order to have the ship stand down. He notes that the landing party is obviously still being held prisoner, and the ship was just fired on without provocation. Fox is furious; he vehemently threatens to have Scott court martialed for insubordination and proceeds to the planet with his aide alone. Although he's in the hot-seat, Scott stands firm on not lowering his defenses until he knows what has happened to the captain.
Anan retreats to his office to prepare and has a drink of trova. Kirk, hidden there, confronts him, demanding to speak with his ship. Anan is more interested in saving his world, and refuses to yield. But finally, Anan tells Kirk where the communicators can be found; in the war room. Kirk, correctly suspecting trickery pushes Anan into the corridor ahead of him. But it is no good; the guards overpower him after a brief struggle.
Act FourEdit
Fox beams to the surface with his attaché; they are escorted – but not to the council chamber. Instead, Anan and his guards herd them to a disintegration station. Fortunately for the ambassador, Spock learns he has beamed down, and effects a rescue, with Galloway and Osborne posing as guards; destroying disintegration station 11 in the process. After the rescue, Fox admits that he has been dangerously mistaken about the situation and although has no experience being a soldier, he offers to help in the fight. Spock replies that they will need all the help they can get.
With Kirk held in the council chamber, he learns that Eminiar is falling behind its quotas, and Vendikar accuses it of violating the treaty, escalating the tension between them. Anan pleads with Kirk; if his crew doesn't report for disintegration, the civilizations on Eminiar and Vendikar will be destroyed in the very real war that will erupt. Kirk is unmoved. Anan opens a channel to the ship; Kirk takes advantage of the opportunity to order Scott to implement General Order 24 in two hours, before being restrained. Anan threatens the hostages' lives if the crew does not report immediately. Kirk informs Anan that his threats are academic, since in two hours, the Enterprise will destroy Eminiar. Anan immediately orders the defenses to fire on the Enterprise but the Constitution-class starship has moved out of range.
In a corridor, Spock, Ambassador Fox, the two lieutenants, and the ambassador's aide all come under fire by security. While Spock, Osborne, and Galloway manage to dispatch the two attacking guards, Fox's aide is seriously injured in the firefight, unable to go further.
Anan is at his wits' end; helpless, he faces certain abrogation of his planet's treaty responsibilities. Anan pleads with Kirk to de-escalate the situation, but Kirk is counting on escalation, and has no intention to stop it. The situation goes from bad to worse for Anan as Scott informs the council that all cities and installations on the planet have been fed into the Enterprise's fire control system, and will destroy the entire planet if they don't release their captives. Realizing that Kirk does indeed intend to carry out General Order 24, Anan collapses on the table in agony as he is trapped between the Enterprise and Vendikar. Chance favors Kirk, who manages to overpower all of the armed guards and the council. Spock and his party arrives moments later. Kirk hails the Enterprise informing them to standby to transport the party in ten minutes or carry out General Order 24 on schedule. Then, Kirk tells Anan his plan: to save his crew, he plans to end the war. The captain asks Ambassador Fox to hold the people outside while Spock, one other councilman, and Lieutenant Osborne remain. They retrieve their phasers and communicators and locks the master computer. Spock details that the computers are in constant contact with their Vendikan counterparts. Terminating that contact abrogates the agreement between them, and by destroying the master computer, the others will go. Kirk orders Osborne to escort the councilman, Sar 6, out and destroys the master computer with his phaser.
With the machines destroyed, Kirk paints a very frightening image to Anan 7: those on Vendikar will assume Eminiar has broken the treaty, and will plan for real war. The next attacks, by both sides, will be very real. Kirk offers an alternative: they could change five hundred years of theoretical fighting, and make peace instead. Kirk tells Anan that if they contact Vendikar, they will quickly realize that they are just as horrified at the prospect of a real bloody war. Anan remembers that the communication link with Vendikar is still in existence, though it has been unused for centuries. There might be a chance to save both planets if they put it to use. Fox offers to serve as a mediator between Eminiar and Vendikar, and Kirk leaves him behind to negotiate the peace.
Later, on the bridge of the Enterprise, Spock remarks on the big chance Kirk took in destroying the computers running the war between Eminiar and Vendikar, risking real war. Kirk disputes that, noting that a real attack would not have killed as many as the computer simulation, but it would have ended both planets ability to make war – permanently. Kirk, however, acknowledges that it was a calculated risk, but had a feeling that an orderly society such as the Eminians would not have risked war, since it is a very messy business and would have done anything to avoid that. Spock tells Kirk that a feeling is not much to go on and Kirk replies that feeling is sometimes all Humans have to go on. Spock tells his captain that he makes him almost believe in luck. "Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles," Kirk retorts.
Memorable quotes Edit
"There is a certain scientific logic about it."
"I'm glad you approve."
"I do not approve; I understand."
- - Spock and Anan 7, on the voluntary disintegration of citizens declared to be casualties of war
"An entrance, captain, but no exit. They go in, but they do not come out."
- - Spock, describing a disintegration station
"Sir, there's a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder."
- - Spock, before applying the Vulcan nerve pinch on a guard
"Diplomats! The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank!"
- - Scott, after Fox leaves the bridge
"Diplomacy, gentlemen, should be a job left to diplomats."
- - Fox, to Scott and McCoy
"Of course I could treat them to a few dozen photon torpedoes. "
- - Scott, to McCoy, before Fox arrives on the bridge
"The haggis is in the fire for sure."
- - Scott to McCoy, after disobeying Fox's order to lower the ship's defenses
"That popinjay Fox went down a couple of minutes ago."
- - Scott to Spock
"Millions of people horribly killed! Complete destruction of our culture, here yes and the culture on Vendikar. Disaster, disease, starvation! Horrible lingering death! Pain and anguish!"
- - Anan 7, describing how an actual war would devastate his planet
"Are those five hundred people of yours more important than the hundreds of millions of innocent people on Eminiar and Vendikar! What kind of monster are you?!"
"I'm a barbarian. You said so yourself."
- -Anan 7 and James T. Kirk
"A killer first, a builder second. A hunter, a warrior. And let's be honest, a murderer. That is our joint heritage, is it not?"
- - Anan 7, to Kirk
"What are you doing, Mister Spock?"
"Practicing a peculiar variety of diplomacy, sir."
- - Fox and Spock, before Spock destroys a disintegration station
"I've never been a soldier, Mister Spock. But I learn very quickly."
- - Fox
"I didn't start it, councilman. But I'm liable to finish it."
- - Kirk to Anan 7, on the Eminiar-Vendikar War
"Death, destruction, disease, horror. That's what war is all about, Anan. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided."
- - Kirk
"We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes."
- - Kirk, persuading Anan 7 to make peace
"Captain, you almost make me believe in luck."
"Why, Mister Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles."
- - Spock and Kirk
"They've also extended an invitation to all personnel to come ashore for shore leave – they've assured me that our people will have a wonderful time."
- - Anan 7, being somewhat repetitive while impersonating Captain Kirk
Background information Edit
- This episode was assigned to be filmed as Production #23, and "Space Seed" as Production #24. However, as problems arose with the script, needed to be solved by further re-writing by Gene Coon, the staff switched productions with "Space Seed", whose script was in a shootable condition. This resulted in "Space Seed" being filmed first, before "A Taste of Armageddon". However, the switch was so quick, they never bothered to change the production numbers, therefore it was believed for decades that this episode was filmed first. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One) Clapperboard images from both episodes also confirm that "Space Seed" was the first to be filmed.
- This episode includes the first use of the name "United Federation of Planets". "The Federation" had previously been mentioned in "Arena", but the organization's full name was first revealed in this episode. Ambassador Fox refers to "Federation Central" when angrily warning Scott he will be reported for not dropping the shields.
- George Takei (Sulu) does not appear in this episode.
- David Opatoshu (Anan 7) was considered by Gene Roddenberry for the role of Doctor Boyce in "The Cage". [1]
- Bantam Books published a series of novelizations called "foto-novels," which took photographic stills from actual episodes and arranged word balloons and text over them, to create a comic book formatted story. The fourth installment was an adaptation of this episode.
- The computer banks on Eminiar VII are also used in Starbase Operations in "The Menagerie, Part I" and aboard the shuttlecraft in "The Immunity Syndrome". The necked viewscreens used on Eminiar VII are the same ones that appear on the ship in the two pilots and in Mendez's office in "The Menagerie".
- The actor portraying Lieutenant Osborne is not credited in any sources. The Star Trek Concordance incorrectly credits regular extra Frank da Vinci in the role.
- The statue seen in Anan's room can be seen in Sam Kirk's lab in "Operation -- Annihilate!". It is also very similar to the statue on Scalos in "Wink of an Eye".
- Another beautiful matte painting was created for this episode by Albert Whitlock; unfortunately, it is the last painting in the series into which live actors were inserted. This matte of the Eminiar city was re-used as the backdrop of Scalos in the third season episode "Wink of an Eye".
- When Mea 3 escorts the landing party from the beam-down area to the council chamber, the transition of scenes is conveyed not through a cut or a dissolve, but through a wipe – the only time such an effect was used in the original series.
- According to David Gerrold, the computer tallies of war dead in this episode was a statement about Vietnam War deaths that began to be registered on nightly newscasts in 1967.
- The sonic disruptors used in this episode would be slightly modified to become Klingon disruptors in "Errand of Mercy", and in other episodes featuring the Klingons ("Day of the Dove" and "Friday's Child"). The Romulans also used them in "The Enterprise Incident". The props' emitters were reworked for the Klingon/Romulan versions. The original Eminian emitters were reused on the large three-headed scanners used in Engineering, as seen in the episodes "The Doomsday Machine" and "The Ultimate Computer".
- Anan 7's sash seems to be the same material as the Klingon vest. Similarly, Ambassador Fox's aide appears to be wearing the suit later worn by Arne Darvin in "The Trouble with Tribbles".
- The Eminian flip-top communicator was also re-used as a Klingon item. It became a Klingon communicator as seen in the episodes "Errand of Mercy" and "Elaan of Troyius".
- The identity of the actor who played Ambassador Fox's attache is unknown.
- Also unknown is how Fox and his attache beam down to the planet's surface at the beginning of Act IV while the Enterprise is still fully shielded.
- At one point, Scott states that he cannot fire full phasers with the shields up, but that he could "treat" the Eminians to "a few dozen photon torpedoes." These restrictions and capabilities are mentioned in no other episodes.
- This episode, "The Naked Time", and "This Side of Paradise" begin and end with the same shot of the Enterprise.
- Spock mentions the telepathic capabilities found "among Vulcanians." In "Mudd's Women", Harry Mudd referred to Spock as "part Vulcanian." Spock also uses the term "Vulcanian" in "Court Martial". Later episodes identified them as Vulcans.
- The first woman and man who enter the disintegration machine and die can later be seen standing in the corridor near it as Kirk and Spock blast it with disruptors.
- The actions of the Enterprise crew seem to be violating the Federation's Prime Directive of non-interference in this episode.
- As a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery, James Doohan was threatened with court martial for real for saying "No sir, I will not," to a visiting colonel when he realized a training exercise order would entail blowing the heads off some of his own men. Fortunately, his immediate superiors backed him up and, like his fictional character, he was eventually promoted to captain.
- In the film Star Trek Generations, though not heard on screen, the name of the Lakul's counterpart was the SS Robert Fox, named for Ambassador Robert Fox from this episode.
Production timeline Edit
- Story outline by Robert Hamner: 12 September 1966
- Revised story outline: 23 September 1966
- Second revised story outline: 26 September 1966
- Third revised story outline: 28 September 1966
- Staff revised story outline: early-October 1966
- First draft teleplay by Hamner: 17 October 1966
- Second draft teleplay: 9 November 1966
- Revised script by Steven W. Carabatsos: 23 November 1966
- Final draft teleplay by Carabatsos: 28 November 1966
- Revised final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon: 12 December 1966
- Additional revisions: 15 December 1966, 21 December 1966
- Filmed: 27 December 1966 – 4 January 1967
- Original airdate: 23 February 1967
- Rerun airdate: 20 July 1967
- First UK airdate: 2 August 1969
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original US Betamax release: 1985
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 13, catalog number VHR 2306, release date unknown
- US VHS release: 15 April 1994
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.8, 2 December 1996
- Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 12, 23 May 2000
- As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection
- As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection
- As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Guest star Edit
Co-starring Edit
- Gene Lyons as Ambassador Fox
- DeForest Kelley as McCoy
- James Doohan as Scott
Featuring Edit
- Barbara Babcock as Mea 3
- Miko Mayama as Tamura
- David L. Ross as Galloway
- Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
- Sean Kenney as DePaul
- And
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Majel Barrett as the computer voice
- William Blackburn as Hadley
- John Burnside as Eminian Guard 5
- Frank da Vinci as
- Walker Edmiston as the Eminian security (voice)
- Malone as Fox's aide
- Jeannie Malone as
- a yeoman
- an Eminian woman 1
- Eddie Paskey as Leslie
- Ron Veto as Harrison
- Unknown actors as
References Edit
1 million years ago; 18th century; 2217; 2247; Anan 7's wife; Argona II; barbarian; builder; casualty list; central channel; Code 7-10; decibel; disintegration station; Division of Control; Earth; Eminian; Eminian High Council; Eminian Union; Eminiar-Vendikar War; Eminiar VII; Federation; fusion bomb; General Order 24; haggis; hostage; hunter; instinct; logic; luck; miracle; monkey wrench; murderer; orbital bombardment; Osborne; popinjay; NGC 321; penal colony; phaser bank; phaser gun crew; phaser number 1; Prime Directive; priority one; quota; Scots language; shore leave; sonic disruptor; space detail; standard orbit; star cluster; star cruiser; starvation; subspace transmission unit; suicide; tricobalt satellite; tricorder; treaty port; trova; Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant star systems; Valiant, USS; Vendikar; Vendikar High Council; voice analyzer; voice duplicator; Vulcanian; Vulcan mind meld; Vulcan nerve pinch; warrior; yellow alert
External links Edit
- "A Taste of Armageddon" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "A Taste of Armageddon" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "A Taste of Armageddon" at Wikipedia
- "A Taste of Armageddon" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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Erin Popovich is the picture of a typical college graduate. Dressed casually in jeans and a sweater, Popovich had just finished her morning swim workout. But there are two things that set Popovich apart - she was born with achondroplasia, a genetic disorder and the most common form of dwarfism; and at just under 4 feet 5 inches, she is a world and paralympic champion swimmer.
Erin Popovich has won numerous Paralympic gold medals for her swimming prowess.
Popovich, a December 2007 Health and Exercise Science graduate, is quick to smile and laugh, and her sense of humor shines through as she describes growing up with a disability in Butte, Mont. She describes Butte as a great place to grow up - full of down-to-earth people where everybody knows everybody.
Popovich learned to ride a horse at an early age on the 80 acres of land her family owns. "I just shortened the stirrups, got a leg up, and off I went," she says with a laugh. Showing horses was one of many athletic pursuits she took part in as a child.
Typical childhood
The youngest of three children, Popovich describes a typical childhood with sibling arguments and a family who never made special exceptions for her. She was diagnosed at six months and went through several treatments that helped her develop physically. She wore a cast around her trunk for a few months when she was only six months old to keep her back straight.
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Joined the swim club at age 12
When the other children on her team started hitting growth spurts, Popovich decided to quit playing competitive soccer, one of her favorite sports. Getting kicked in the face was becoming a likelier prospect, so she decided to join the swim club in 1998 at age 12.
She went to swim meets around the state, and soon she achieved qualifying times for the national disability championships. In June 1998, she swam at the nationals in Minneapolis after swimming competitively for only six months.
Popovich describes the nationals as an eye-opening experience. She says, "Everyone was either on crutches, in a wheelchair, or had a prosthetic. But they were fast! I walked in focusing on disabilities, but came away amazed at what people can accomplish." In spite of being terribly nervous, she qualified for the world championships.
Popovich's achievements since she began swimming are nothing short of phenomenal. At her first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships in New Zealand in 1998, she won four gold medals and a bronze. At the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she won three gold medals, three silver medals, and set four world records.
Popovich's achievements in swimming are nothing short of phenomenal.
Dominance in paralymic swimming
But her most inspired performance was at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, where she competed in seven events (five individual and two relays) and brought home an astounding seven gold medals. In 2006, she came close to topping that at the IPC World Championships in Durban, South Africa, setting two world records and winning six gold medals and two silver medals.
In 2005, Popovich was recognized for her dominance in paralympic swimming. She won an ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability from ESPN, and was named Individual Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.
Trained at Colorado State
Growing up, Popovich always loved Colorado, and when she visited CSU, she fell in love with Fort Collins. After learning about the Department of Health and Exercise Science and talking with swim coach John Mattos, she decided to attend CSU. The potential to train with a Division I swim team, ski, and be outdoors sealed her decision.
Mattos says, "Erin is not your typical collegiate student-athlete. She is determined to succeed, works hard, and displays a positive 'can do' attitude. She's respected, admired, and loved by her teammates because she trains tall even though she walks small. She is an inspiration to all of us."
Next up for Popovich is the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Sept. 6-17. In April, she qualified for her third Paralympic Games as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team. She participated in a goodwill tour in Beijing last summer in anticipation of the 2008 Games.
"The best thing about the Paralympic Games is that stereotypes are dispelled."
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"The best thing about the Paralympic Games is that stereotypes are dispelled," says Popovich. "You see someone in a wheelchair or with a certain disability and instead of dwelling on their problems, you see they are focused on what they can achieve. I'm blown away by their abilities."
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As far as accommodations, Popovich says she has pedal extenders in her car so she can drive, and often uses a foot stool at home. But in a world designed for taller people, kitchen cabinets and grocery store shelves provide a particular challenge, which she manages with laughter and optimism.
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USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail (MUT) chair Nancy Hobbs says she knew Canaday would do well, but that even she was surprised by his runaway victory. "He was definitely my pick to finish top 10. I saw him the day before, and he looked extremely focused and ready to run," says Hobbs.
The top six American men at Mount Washington qualified for the USMRT and the World Championship. Canaday, who recently relocated to Boulder, Colorado, finished in 58:27, the second-fastest time in course history. USMRT veterans Joseph Gray of Newcastle, Washington, and Eric Blake of New Britain, Connecticut, finished second and third, respectively, in 1:00:33 and 1:00:54.
Rounding out the top six were first-time qualifier Glenn Randall of Mesa, Colorado, who clocked a 1:00:58 for fourth; USMRT veteran Tommy Manning of Colorado Springs, who finished sixth in 1:01:52; and newcomer Tim Chichester, of Mount Morris, New York, who finished seventh in 1:02:06. Six-time World Mountain Running Champion Marco De Gasperi of Bormio, Italy, finished fifth in 1:01:38.
Defending U.S. and World Mountain Running Champion, Max King of Bend, Oregon, was battling an illness and finished one spot short of qualifying in 1:02:21.
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Hobbs is excited about the prospects of the team, which won a team silver medal at Worlds two years ago and placed fourth last year. "I'm thrilled to have three veterans and three newcomers," she says. "It is a great mix."


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