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MAYVILLE – The largest grant ever received by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office is expected to help the county update its lagging communication system.
The county was awarded the unprecedented grant through the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services totaling $6 million, the maximum amount. The money will be used to update the county's long-since outdated radio system used by police, fire and state emergency officials.
Sheriff Joe Gerace, who chairs the county Radio Communications Advisory Committee, was made aware of the grant award earlier this week. He said the radio system will be upgraded at some point this year to fall in line with new state regulations.
"This is exciting, and the fact that the money is not coming from the backs of local taxpayers is even more rewarding," Gerace told the OBSERVER on Thursday. "… For the Sheriff's Office, this is the largest grant we have ever seen, as far as I can tell."
The county for years has looked into upgrading its outdated radio communication system, but setbacks and costs have slowed progress. The County Legislature in 1995 began funding a full-blown conversion of its communication system, which included installing microwave loops.
However, as the county began its implementation, the state in 2000 announced it was developing a wireless network of its own. The legislature stopped its funding, and the advisory committee turned its attention to partnering with the state.
State officials, though, later dropped the plan after luke-warm results in Erie and Chautauqua counties, although Gerace said the system tested would have been a major upgrade here.
The Federal Communic-ations Commission required this year that all public and business radio systems be reduced, or narrowbanded. The requirement was done to eliminate outdated and inefficient technology. The county secured a year-long waiver as it sought a new system.
The grant should help bring the county in line with the new mandates, Gerace said.
Once installed, fire and police officials from across the county will have the ability to communicate on one platform.
"We're going to make it happen this year, no matter what," Gerace said, praising Matt Trusso, communications project coordinator with the Sheriff's Office, in writing the 100-page grant application. "I cannot say enough of him. He did a superb job getting us this funding."
The county last year unsuccessfully applied for a similar – yet smaller – grant to update the radio system. County Executive Greg Edwards was tipped off on Tuesday that the county had secured the funding this time around. The excitement level was palpable.
"I enjoyed every second it took me to digitize the letter and send it over to the sheriff," Edwards said. "They have put in so much time and effort and they never gave up."
The county executive said without the grant, the county likely would have turned to raising property taxes to offset the required upgrade. Securing the funding without turning to taxpayers for the state-mandated upgrade was essential, Edwards said.
"Dollar for dollar you cannot overstate its importance," he said.
Fire officials, too, are happy to see the grant come through. Charlie Smith, Chautauqua County deputy fire coordinator for technical rescue, said the upgrade has been sorely needed for decades. With 42 fire departments in the county, communication is vital, he said.
"Saying it's been overdue is putting it mildly," Smith quipped. "But it's a good start and should cover most of the costs for the county."
Smith said some components of the county's current system are utilizing technology from the 1950s. Gerace over the summer went as far as saying the system was being held by "wires and duck tape."
"We have done some upgrades over the years, but we're using a lot of old technology that isn't being used anymore," Smith said. "This new system should help bring fire and police together."
Gerace said a request for proposal is out for the installation of a narrowbanded radio system. The bids are expected within a few weeks, and the grant is expected cover the county's end of the upgrade.
"I look at it this way: We are going to build the highway. It's up to everyone else to buy the cars to drive on it," Gerace said, noting the Sheriff's Office will seek additional grants to purchase radios to work with the new system.
The Jamestown Police Department last year took out a $1 million bond, more than half of which will go toward the purchase of new radios for city fire and police officers.
"The biggest thing with all of this is the interoperability we will have with fire and police from one end of the county to the other," Gerace said. "This has been needed for two decades."


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Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport
BEIRUT — Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing Syria's largest dam.
With the back-to-back blows to President Bashar Assad's regime, opposition fighters appear to be regaining some momentum, expanding their northern zone of control while at the same time pushing deeper into the heart of the capital, Damascus.
Rebels have been attacking Aleppo's civilian airport, which remains in regime hands, for weeks. They now appear to have removed the main defenses around the facility. Civilian flights stopped weeks ago because of the intensity of the fighting.
In New York, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said the number of people killed in Syria is probably now approaching 70,000. Her comments came less than six weeks after she said the death toll had exceeded 60,000, a figure that at the time she called "truly shocking."
She told the U.N. Security Council that there have probably been almost 10,000 new deaths in recent weeks. Pillay said the council's deep division and inaction over the nearly 2-year-old conflict had been "disastrous" and that civilians on all sides had paid the price.
As rebels made new conquests in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Raqqa, they also fought street by street in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, near the border with Iraq. They were trying to capture the city, a provincial capital of an oil-rich region that carries the same name.
Rebels control wide areas in the three provinces. But if they can fully capture them, it would put them in control of the country's water and oil resources as well as wheat fields.
"If they (three provinces) fall in the hands of the rebels, it will be a strategic strike against the regime," said Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-regime activist group.
Abdul-Rahman said that after days of sporadic clashes around the Jarrah airfield, rebels launched a major assault on the base on Monday and had overrun the facility by Tuesday morning.
He said several regime troops in the area were killed or wounded in the fighting, while others fled as the rebels advanced. There was no word on opposition casualties.
The airfield, which is located near the Al-Furat dam captured on Monday, housed fighter jets used in airstrikes on rebel held-areas.
A video posted online by activists showed several military aircraft at Jarrah, some parked on the tarmac and another in a hanger with boxes of ammunition piled up against a wall nearby.
"These warplanes are now in the hands of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement," one rebel says in the video, referring to a rebel unit.
The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting on the events depicted.
The air base is located near the northeastern town once known as Tabqa. The town's name changed to Thawra, Arabic for revolution, after the Al-Furat dam was built there in the late 1960s.
Earlier this month, the Observatory said rebels seized another smaller dam in Raqqa province, the Baath dam, named after Syria's ruling party. In November, Syrian opposition fighters captured Tishrin hydroelectric dam near the town of Manbij in northern Aleppo province, which borders Raqqa.
Rebels also stormed a second base on Tuesday.
The Observatory and the Aleppo Media Center said opposition fighters captured large parts of the "Brigade 80" base near the city's main civilian airport.
The rebels were also attacking another major air base, Nairab, adjacent to the international airport and took control of al-Manara army checkpoint just outside it, the Observatory and AMC said.
The Observatory said there were dozens of casualties, adding that Syrian warplanes bombarded areas around the airport after the rebel advance.
Reporting from Aleppo, Syrian state TV correspondent Shadi Halawi said the city's international airport was "100 percent safe," although he acknowledged that rebels were able to enter the "Brigade 80" base. Government troops were pushing them out, he said.
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Bath time can be an intimidating undertaking for new moms and dads. Many young babies are frightened of the water and cry the whole time and handling a squirming, slippery baby can cause the most confident parent to break out in a nervous sweat. But with a little preparation, practice, and patience, bath time can become one of those treasured routines of raising a baby.
You should stick with sponge baths for the first several weeks after birth, or until the umbilical stump has fallen off and the area has healed, and (if applicable) the circumcision site has healed. You can sponge-bathe your baby anywhere that is convenient, but it's best to choose somewhere warm and free from drafts so your baby doesn't get cold. You can also keep your baby's clothes on any part of him you're not washing, and put them back on as soon as each area is cleaned and dried. Simply use a warm, damp washcloth to wash your baby all over, paying special attention to the folds of skin on the neck and knees, her fingers and toes, and the diaper area.
Once the umbilical stump and circumcision sites have healed, it's time for your baby's first real bath. Until babies start crawling and getting into messes, they really don't need more than one or two baths a week; however, many parents give their baby a bath everyday because they and their baby enjoy the special time. Some baby's love the water, while others wail until it's over. If your baby is content in the water, take your time and let him play; but if he's scared and crying, wash him and get him dried and dressed as soon as possible.
The big adult bathtub may be uncomfortable and awkward for you to maneuver in and overwhelming for your baby, so you may want to try the kitchen sink as a baby bath or buy a special baby tub. A baby sponge will also help contain and cushion your baby, which can be a great help as wet, wiggling babies are slippery. If you use a sponge, make sure it dries out after each use to prevent the growth of germs, and if you line the tub with a towel, make sure you wash and dry it after each use.
Before you begin, collect all the items you will need for the bath: dry towel, baby wash, baby shampoo, washcloth, baby lotion, clean diaper, and clothes.
Fill the tub with 2 to 3 inches of warm, but not hot, water (about 90 degrees F is comfortable and safe). Always test the water with your elbow or wrist before submerging your baby. It's a good idea to turn down your home's water heater to 120 degrees F as part of your baby-proofing process - a child can get third-degree burns in less than one minute in 140 degree water. Click here to read more about baby-proofing your home.
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Are you a better superintendent than a fourth-grader?
At a top-secret mountain retreat in an undisclosed lodge somewhere in Colorado, The Elite Hundred have gathered to discuss a matter of utmost importance to Pueblo:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Powers What Be would like to welcome you to the school superintendent selection process. As you know, there are those who would try to steer us from our current unfailing push toward excellence, saying that somehow our schools have failed Pueblo's youth. But we all know that it is better to celebrate the success stories than dwell on dated concepts such as No Child Left Behind. Sure, some of our schools are struggling, but we could fix that if they'd just leave us alone.
"So, the time has come to think outside the assignment folder and roll up our sleeves. We have a new concept known as 'speed interviews' that will give each of you one minute with each of our 60 finalists. We'll shift paradigms to a quantum matrix, evolve the lineage through a vision statement/goals/outcome filter and run a final inter-deterministic categorizing analysis to determine who we hire.
"In an hour, we should have a new superintendent.
Each member of The Elite Hundred is seated in a comfortable chair in a cubicle by a fireplace as the parade of contenders begins.
"They call me the teachernator. My goal is to develop a lean, mean fighting force competent enough to overcome the challenges caused by having actual students in the classroom."
"I have lived in Pueblo all of my life, and love it. But I am not influenced by the city's propensity to merely accept what is barely good enough. I want to strive to create a school system we all can be proud of. And, I want to fulfill my lifelong dream of being in charge of that system. Oh, and I would abolish homework forever."
Follow-up question: Aren't you awfully young?
"Yes, but I'll be a fifth-grader next year."
"Integrating with new technology will be the most important thing in the future. We need to maximize our interaction with electronic media. Hang on, I've got this text to take care of."
"Of course, I would want to keep my summer home in Aspen and apartment in Denver. I'd commute from the D.C. area, where my husband works. But who else could provide the kind of credential-driven leadership I am prepared to offer you?"
"Teamwork. Vision. Strategy. Pounding the message until we cross the goal line. Regroup. What went wrong? Then get out on the field and try harder."
Follow-up question: Have you had a leadership position in education before?
"You betcha. Been a coach for 30 years."
"I want to make it work like a factory. We'd replace all the desks with work tables, assemble products throughout the day and use some of the smart kids at the high schools to market stuff. I'm looking forward to a self-sustaining K-12 system."
"The real problem is the parents. I'd make them take the tests too, and ground them if they flunk."
Follow-up question: Aren't you the fourth-grader who was just here?
"Yes, but some of you guys won't talk to me."
"I'll give you what you want."
Follow-up question: And what is that?
"Yes. It is what it is."
Follow-up question: No. What would you do?
"Yes. I'll show you what I can do!"
Follow-up question: I mean, what would you do to improve schools?
"Yes. I'll strive to continue to improve schools."
"The public must never know what we are up to. The schools need to be put in lockdown to keep students safe. More money for guards, dogs and towers."
"It's really simple. We make enrollment competitive, then slowly sell off the unproductive assets. We outsource the problem children to neighboring districts."
Follow-up question: What line of work are you in?
"Global corporate reorganization."
"If a teacher isn't doing her job, I'll send her home to give her time to think about her behavior. I'll tell her to make sure she is getting enough sleep, eating right and leaving her personal problems outside the classroom. The job of education is, after all, education. We need to instill that attitude."
Follow-up question: Do you consider yourself mature, for a fourth-grader?
"I have to confess that I practiced my delivery for today's interview a full 40 minutes last night in front of a mirror. Most of my friends consider me old-fashioned that way. But I know that if I'm going to be a superintendent someday, I have to keep my grades up and make a sparkling first impression."
Follow-up question: So if we offered you the job, when could you start?
"That's really the problem. I'm estimating that I'll need at least 15-18 more years of school, but would be available immediately if the district was willing to work with me and allow me to finish the coursework on a correspondence basis. Really, I'm pretty flexible like that. Oh, and I suppose my mom and dad would have to OK it. I think we have a vacation or something planned for summer."
Follow-up question: Do you think you would be a good investment of resources for the district?
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We're getting towards crunch time for our area teams and there's a lot on the line for each school this weekend. Here's the quick breakdown:
Kaneland: The Knights have never lost a Northern Illinois Big 12 East conference game since the conference was created in 2010. They'll put that, and a 20+ regular-season game winning streak, on the line tonight against DeKalb.
Sycamore: The Spartans are hoping to bounce back after a tough 10-6 loss to Ottawa. A win at home over Morris would clinch a playoff spot for Sycamore and make it three consecutive trips to the postseason. It won't come easy against the No.1 ranked team in Class 5A.
Genoa-Kingston: The Cogs need a win to get back to .500 after a Week 5 loss to Rockford Christian. A victory would also delay any must-win situations for G-K until at least Week 8.
Hiawatha: (See G-K). The Hawks suffered a tough Week 5 loss as well and are trying to get back to 3-3. A win over Mooseheart would be a statement victory for this group.
DeKalb: The Barbs have to win out for a chance at the postseason. They will try to stave off playoff elimination for one more week when they travel to Maple Park.
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Striker Matt Smith chose the perfect occasion to score his first goals at Boundary Park as his first-half double helped npower League One Oldham produce an FA Cup upset in beating Liverpool 3-2.
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The 23-year-old, who 18 months ago was playing non-league football with Solihull Moors, had the best day of his fragmented professional career after giving the Reds' defence a torrid time.
He scored either side of Luis Suarez's 21st of the season in the first half before Reece Wabara's header put the Latics into the last 16 despite Joe Allen's goal 11 minutes from time.
It was the first time Liverpool had been beaten away from home in the FA Cup by a team at least two divisions below them since defeat at non-league Worcester City in 1959.
Leeds United continued the trend for fourth round upsets in the FA Cup after holding on to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Elland Road.
Ross McCormack's goal five minutes into the second half sent Leeds into the last 16 and ensured Spurs befell the same fate as Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers, who were knocked out on Saturday.
Luke Varney had given the Whites a first-half lead and, though Clint Dempsey pulled a goal back, Spurs were unable to find an equaliser as some brilliant last-ditch defending denied Jonathan Obika in the last minute.
Fernando Torres' late goal salvaged Chelsea a replay with Brentford after an enthralling 2-2 draw in their fourth round tie at Griffin Park.
League One Brenford twice took the lead as they threatened a major shock, but cup holders Chelsea responded to keep themselves in the competition.
Marcello Trotta, who is on loan from Fulham gave Brentford a deserved half-time lead only for Oscar to draw Chelsea level with a fine solo effort early in the second half.
Harry Forrester restored Brentford's lead from the penalty spot on 73 minutes after Ross Turnbull brought down Tom Adeyemi.
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The Columbus Dispatch - June 29, 2013 01:06 PM
The Cleveland Indians optioned pitchers Trevor Bauer and Carlos Carrasco to the Clippers yesterday following their starts in a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox.
Bauer had an awful outing in Game One. He allowed five runs, six hits and one walk before exiting with two outs in the first inning. The indians optioned him after the game - a 19-10 victory - so that they could recall relief pitcher Matt Langwell from the Clippers.
Carrasco pitched into the sixth inning in the nightcap but wound up being nicked for 10 hits and six runs in the 9-8 Cleveland win. Langwell registered his first big-league victory.
Both Carrasco and Bauer should rejoin the Clippers in Durham for the four-game series against the Bulls. The two will likely pitch Wednesday and Thursday in Toledo.
In other news, Columbus returned relief pitcher Benny Suarez to Class A Lake County today.


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Cumbria's A-Level results are on course to improve on last year's, early indications have revealed.
This is based on data from approximately a third of the county's secondary schools.
However it must be stressed these are unvalidated results and may well be subject to change.
Of the nine local authority maintained schools and academies whose results have so far been collated, eight have seen an improvement on last year's results.
Cllr Duncan Fairbairn, Cumbria County Council's cabinet member for schools and learning, said: "While not all the results have yet been verified, these appear to be excellent results and are testament to the dedication and hard work of our students and teachers across the county.
"To improve yet again year on year is a fantastic achievement and my congratulations go to all involved.
"As the local authority we will continue to strive to help improve educational standards for every pupil in the county."
Julia Morrison, Cumbria County Council's corporate director for children's services, added: "The results seem to suggest that Cumbria is on course for another set of great results.
"We are hoping those who want to progress onto higher education will have done enough and that students have achieved the results they were hoping for.
"With regard to attempting to secure university places we would urge young people to consider the range of options available to them and to talk to their school for advice if grades are not what they had expected."
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Nvidia Corp.'s chief financial officer said that lower-cost Fermi graphics chips would emerge sometime in the middle of the year and around the same time the company would release its next-generation Quadro professional graphics accelerator based on the Fermi micro-architecture.
"Fermi will show up as the GeForce and Tesla first and it will definitely show up first in the highest-performance configuration. Sometime in the mid-part of the year we will see a lower-cost version of that come out both for Quadro and Tesla," said David White, chief financial officer of Nvidia, at Goldman Sachs Technology Conference.
Traditionally Nvidia released its Quadro graphics accelerators considerably later than the GeForce graphics cards for consumers, hence, there is no surprise that there will be no new Quadro at the launch of the GeForce GTX 400-series on the 26th of March, 2010. Still it is a surprise that Nvidia, perhaps, even decided not use its flagship GF100 graphics processor for the next-generation Quadro graphics boards. Of course, Nvidia does have very good positions on the market of professional graphics accelerators and can allow itself to postpone the launch of a new Quadro in case it has issues with software or thermals. However, Nvidia has had the GF100 (NV60, G300, GT300) chip for over six month now and the drivers should be more or less polished off.
There will be one chip – GF100 – powering high-end GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GTX 480 high-end graphics cards as well as Tesla C2050 and C2070 add-in computing boards, it will only have different configuration. It is rather clear that GF100 is an expensive chip and it will not be able to power mainstream solutions. As a result, it is completely expected that Nvidia will tape out and release a new graphics processing unit (GPU) – some call it GF104 – for more affordable accelerators. It is a surprise that Quadro FX 6000-series will not feature the GF100, at least, based on the information provided by the CFO of Nvidia. Nvidia also confirmed that in Q2 – Q3 2010 graphics processors powered by Fermi architecture would become mainstream for the company.
Nvidia's financial chief reaffirmed that the company's Fermi architecture is equally good for computing, graphics processing or professional usage thanks to "modular design".
"We did something different when we announced Fermi: we announced it at a compute conference, not a graphics conference. A lot of people interpreted that announcement to mean that this is compute device and we are giving up gaming. That is not the case. Fermi is an entire architecture and it is a modular architecture that allows us to scale the feature-set depending on the market need. So, we will taping out and announcing a whole stack of Fermi products that will be very specific for computing at the very high-end of the stack and others will be targeted at desktops and personal computing," added Mr. White.
The first graphics cards based on Fermi architecture are projected to become available in late March, 2010.
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I am also wondering whether you could keep a starter on your countertop indefinitely if you were to feed it once a day.
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Skip to comments.Maureen Dowd: President Obama is No Bully in the Pulpit
Posted on 04/21/2013 11:19:01 PM PDT by Cronos
THE graying man flashing fury in the Rose Garden on behalf of the Newtown families, the grieving man wiping away tears after speaking at the Boston memorial service, is not the same man who glided into office four years ago.
...he still has not learned how to govern.
How is it that the president won the argument on gun safety with the public and lost the vote in the Senate? Its because he doesnt know how to work the system. And its clear now that he doesnt want to learn, or to even hire some clever people who can tell him how to do it or do it for him.
..Even House Republicans who had no intention of voting for the gun bill marveled privately that the president could not muster 60 votes in a Senate that his party controls.
..The White House had a defeatist mantra: This is tough. We need to do it. But were probably going to lose.
When you go into a fight saying youre probably going to lose, youre probably going to lose.
The president once more delegated to the vice president. Couldnt he have come to the Hill himself to lobby with the families and Joe Biden?
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Someone needs to tell Ms. Dowd that Obama didn't win the argument for gun control with the public. Figments of the imagination running rampant.
All she's doing here is stamping her feet in disappointment and trying to coach her hero, give him sage advice, etc..
Heck, she even has to lie to herself:
"...the president won the argument on gun safety with the public and lost the vote in the Senate."
I don't think there are very many issues that 90% of Americans agree on to begin with, let alone on guns.
Hell, I'd wager that if you asked a random sample of US citizens if they think that America is the greatest country on earth, probably 30% would say no.
So she wants a black, homosexual LBJ?
The real poll is that only 4% thought gun control was a major issue.
Maureen Dud.
"The Presidency,even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses" ,A. Lincoln(W).
Inexperienced politicians don't count, Maureen.
A slap on the wrist from MoDo?
How amusing.
Oh, I don't read what MoDo says in her column- I'm just here for the CZ-J photos.
Catherine Zeta Jones? Now that is one good looking woman.
Dowd. Now an onion-sucker face and personality to match.
Because he didn't win the argument with the public! MoDo believes those polls taken of her fellow Manhattan libs.
Can't someone please cut that finger off Odumbo?
yiminy.... Who knew..?
First of all, Americans are not going to disarm because some want to be dictator says so. Some of us older folks have read some history that says that it is not a good idea. A lot of Germany, etc. did that and many got dead as a result. And they disarmed them for "safety",
She used to be invited on the Sunday shows round-tables weekly but they dont want her anymore since she is talking down Obama.
These people are delusional.
Hah! She thinks politics is a frickin movie script, like she can tell them how it ought to go down, what a loon
Like water to a thristy man.
Proof stupidity comes in all shapes and sizes.
"Oh, I dont read what MoDo says in her column- Im just here for the CZ-J photos."
Ditto. You beat me to it. Who cares what MoDO says, anyway. But those pictures ... :):):)
You mean the movie starring Michael Douglas? Really?
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Written by Francis Scott Key nearly 1,999 years ago after he'd witnessed the attack on Fort McHenry just outside Baltimore during the War of 1812, everything about it is a reminder of just how tricky a business anthem writing can be. The words themselves have proven stumbling blocks for even some of the nation's best singers. Its supporting music was cribbed from "The Anacreontic Song," the official song of 18th century London men's club The Anacreontic Society, whose original lyrics included the following: "And, besides, I'll instruct you like me, to intwine, the Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."
Even with roots as an English drinking song, "The Star-Spangled Banner" had a tough time taking root here. In the late-1880s it served only as a Navy anthem. President Woodrow Wilson started using it for formal functions in 1916, but it wasn't declared the nation's official National Anthem until President Herbert Hoover signed legislation making it so in 1931.
Eighty-two years later, the thought of one song casting a wide enough shadow to cover everyone in the United States is the antithesis of the modern music industry.
The listening experience first confined to Sony's
Music hasn't just been reduced to the individual, but to that individual's DNA. To what we've already experienced, processed and stored away. As my editor Carlton Wilkinson so keenly observed a few weeks back, the music industry has just about killed the communal, tribal experience that built it.
This isn't an argument for "The Star-Spangled Banner" to be removed or replaced. It may just require people to explain why, like the tattered flag that inspired it, it's still there. Foremost, there's far too much blood and loss attached to it to get rid of it now. It debuted just before World War II and just about every veteran since attaches significance to its words that others just don't. It's what they went through, the people who helped them through it and the people who didn't make it.


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Daniel Henninger
What if Obama can't lead?
That's the question headlining a Ron Fournier article in National Journal. My first reaction was to laugh out loud. My second reaction was to wonder why it has taken all this time for someone in the press to actually ask that question.
The evidence of his lack of leadership has been on the table for 4 plus years. And for me that's a double edged sword. On the one side, I'm happy he's such a dismal leader because it limits what he can destroy. On the other side, especially the policy side both foreign and domestic, it has led to a decline in almost all areas. A decline a real leader will have to address when Obama is finally relegated to history.
Anyway, here's Fournier's take:
In March, a reporter asked Obama why he didn't lock congressional leaders in a room until they agreed on a budget deal. Obama's answer was based on two assumptions. First, that his opinion is supreme. Second, he can't break the logjam. What a remarkable combination of arrogance and impotence.
"I am not a dictator. I'm the president," he said. "I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that's been floating around Washington; that somehow, even though most people agree that I'm being reasonable, that most people agree I'm presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don't take it means that I should somehow do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right."
Obama could still do great things. But not if he and his advisers underestimate a president's powers, and don't know how to exploit them. Not if his sympathizers give Obama cover by minimizing his influence. Cover to fail. Not if the president himself is outwardly and boundlessly dismissive of his critics, telling The New York Times, "I'm not concerned about their opinions."
To say the situation is intractable seems akin to waving a white flag over a polarized capital: Republicans suck. We can't deal with them. Let's quit.
I'm afraid they have quit—all of them, on both sides. At the White House and in Congress, most Democrats and Republicans have abandoned hope of fixing the nation's problems. If leadership was merely about speaking to the converted, winning fights and positioning for blame, America would be in great hands. But it's not.
Well I'm not so sure they've quit … or at least Obama hasn't quit. He has no desire to persuade or do the hard work of a leader and work with Congress. Instead, where he's headed does give lie to his claim of not being dictator. That's precisely what he'd prefer to be. And Daniel Henninger brings you that bit of insight:
Please don't complain later that you didn't see it coming. As always, Mr. Obama states publicly what his intentions are. He is doing that now. Toward the end of his speech last week in Jacksonville, Fla., he said: "So where I can act on my own, I'm going to act on my own. I won't wait for Congress." (Applause.)
The July 24 speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., has at least four references to his intent to act on his own authority, as he interprets it: "That means whatever executive authority I have to help the middle class, I'll use it." (Applause.) And: "We're going to do everything we can, wherever we can, with or without Congress."
Every president since George Washington has felt frustration with the American system's impediments to change. This president is done with Congress.
The political left, historically inclined by ideological belief to public policy that is imposed rather than legislated, will support Mr. Obama's expansion of authority. The rest of us should not.
And Obama is engaged in the systematic demonization of the other two coequal branches of government in order to sway the public toward his dictatorial inclinations:
To create public support for so much unilateral authority, Mr. Obama needs to lessen support for the other two branches of government—Congress and the judiciary. He is doing that.
Mr. Obama and his supporters in the punditocracy are defending this escalation by arguing that Congress is "gridlocked." But don't overstate that low congressional approval rating. This is the one branch that represents the views of all Americans. It's gridlocked because voters are.
Take a closer look at the Galesburg and Jacksonville speeches. Mr. Obama doesn't merely criticize Congress. He mocks it repeatedly. Washington "ignored" problems. It "made things worse." It "manufactures" crises and "phony scandals." He is persuading his audiences to set Congress aside and let him act.
So too the judiciary. During his 2010 State of the Union speech, Mr. Obama denounced the Supreme Court Justices in front of him. The National Labor Relations Board has continued to issue orders despite two federal court rulings forbidding it to do so. Attorney General Eric Holder says he will use a different section of the Voting Rights Act to impose requirements on Southern states that the Supreme Court ruled illegal. Mr. Obama's repeated flouting of the judiciary and its decisions are undermining its institutional authority, as intended.
Clearly, Obama's arrogance leads him to believe that a ruler is what we need, not a president. And he's up for that job, because it doesn't brook interference and it doesn't require leadership. Tyranny is the the usual place people who couldn't lead an alcoholic to a bar end up. And we're watching that happen now.
Henninger ends his piece with a final, ironic quote:
"To ensure that no person or group would amass too much power, the founders established a government in which the powers to create, implement, and adjudicate laws were separated. Each branch of government is balanced by powers in the other two coequal branches." Source: The White House website of President Barack Obama.
Our Constitutional scholar is now involved in a process to wreck that balance and enhance executive powers to the point that he really doesn't need Congress or the courts. And a compliant media along will the left will do everything in their power to enable the transition. Because their ideas and ideology would never pass the test of a real democracy and they have little chance of persuading the population to go along with them. So imposition is truly the only route open. That's precisely what you're going to see in Obama's remaining years as president. Executive imposition of his version of laws or, if you prefer, a brand of executive lawlessness unprecedented in our history.
But then, that's what dictators do, isn't it?


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Sunriver Realty Story - The Smiths
The Smith family kindly shared their Sunriver Realty story of 30 years of visiting Sunriver and the five homes they now own here.
Our Sunriver Journey - An owner's story
How do you get from the Cluster Cabins to Caldera Springs? For Randy and Barbara Smith, that journey has taken more than 30 years.
The Smith family first discovered Sunriver from a co-worker who had rented a home here. They heard about the extensive bike trails and sunshine, and thought it would be a perfect vacation spot for their young family.
Their first rental experience was in 1980 at a Cluster Cabin - the rustic detached units on Sunriver's south end. They loved Sunriver from the start. Their two children learned to bike here because their home in Seattle was on hilly street that was too steep and dangerous for their fledgling cyclists. They also enjoyed the whitewater rafting on the Deschutes and sunny family skiing on the slopes of Mt. Bachelor.
The vacations to Sunriver continued year after year. Why Sunriver, instead of other destinations nearer to home? "There is nothing like Sunriver," says Barbara. "It offers better summertime activities - more variety. And a superior ski area to anything near home. Being close to Bend is great - shopping, restaurants and cultural activities so close."
In the late 80's they purchased a vacant lot to "have a foothold in Sunriver," according to Randy. "We were convinced that values would go up over the long term."
In 2007 they noticed a for sale sign on a Meadow House. "We called Sunriver Realty and wanted to see Meadow House 33. The unit needed some upgrading, but we saw the possibilities right away."
After an extensive remodel to their Meadow House, the Smith's discovered Caldera Springs. They are now completing their new home on Trailmere Loop, which will be their seasonal residence.
In all, the Smiths have completed five real estate transactions over their 30 year connection to Sunriver. Randy says, "We've always been happy working with Sunriver Realty. Their people are receptive, helpful and professional."
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This is the only pie where I put the speck, prosciutto, etc. on before the bake. For this pie, it works. It would not be anywhere near as good if added post bake.
I blame Craig.
i had to look up gourmand... here's what wikipedia has to say about it;A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure in food; a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater. The word has different connotations from the similar word gourmet, which emphasises an individual with a highly refined discerning palate, but in practice the two terms are closely linked, as both imply the enjoyment of good food.this suggests that any pizza that accommodates the highly refined discerning palate would be gourmet. your level of pizza making would surely meet that criteria.
To me, pizza is simple food - peasant food as it is often described in Naples - even if you ramp up the toppings. That it can be so simple and yet so difficult at the same time is what draws me to pizza.


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Good Reasons to Stay in the Market
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The markets haven't crashed for a reason, Jim Cramer told his "Mad Money" TV show viewers Tuesday, and that's because there are plenty of reasons to still own stocks. There is no panic in the air, he said, as many are still hopeful for a deal that can avert the fiscal cliff.
Cramer said there's a new feeling in Washington, one that says our politicians better not stand in the way of a budget deal or they'll be called out and chastised by their party and their constituents. No one wants higher taxes, massive layoffs and lower stock prices, Cramer said, which is why he's keeping spaces on his "Wall of Shame" for any congressman that refuses to cooperate.
So why haven't stock prices cratered in the meantime? Cramer said there are many reasons. Many investors simply aren't aware of drastic consequences if a deal is not reached, while others have their investments in IRAs and other tax-favored accounts that may not be affected by the fiscal cliff. Those investors are buyers into weakness and help provide a cushion for the markets, Cramer said.
Then there are the earnings, strong earnings, from the likes of Home Depot (HD) and Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) , which prove that Americans are still spending, especially on their homes. Other big moves, including from biotechs like Celgene (CELG) and Gilead Sciences (GILD) , are hard to pass up, Cramer continued.
In the end, being out of the market when a deal is reached would be a huge mistake, Cramer said, as even a bad outcome is better than no outcome at all. That's why at the beginning of the Iraq war in 2001, stocks rallied as the troops crossed the border, because after months of waiting and anticipation, a resolution was finally at hand.
All of these are reasons to stay in the markets, Cramer concluded, and not to panic as the wrangling in Washington gets under way.
Clean Energy CEO: Fiscal Cliff, Nat Gas
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer once again sat down with Andrew Littlefair, CEO of Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) , a stock that's been cut in half since its highs earlier this year, but also one that received a boost Tuesday on the news that the company is building two liquefied natural gas plants with General Electric (GE) to help it become more vertically integrated in becoming the leading natural gas provider for heavy trucks.
Littlefair said that Clean Energy Fuels is excited to have General Electric as a partner and will be building two plants to liquefied gas plants to start. He said these plants are not huge and sit on just a few acres of land. They will pull our abundant natural gas from pipelines and cool it into a liquefied form, where it can then be shipped up to 250 miles to Clean Energy stations and partners.


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Topic: How to handle one object related to multiple objects (eg comments)
Let's say you want to create a comment object/table and you have multiple objects/tables that have a relationship (one to many) to that comment object.
Can you have multiple belongs_to definitions in the comment object:
belongs_to :news_articles
belongs_to :people
Or am I better off rolling my own and creating a join table with
(understanding the limitations on enforcing database integrity
through foreign keys in this situation).
I'm just wondering if rails has a nifty way of dealing with the issue
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Beaten Paths Percussion Duo presents "An Evening of Trios" at Tenri on Friday, October 29th at 8PMPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Beaten Paths, Bergen, Cerulo, Hillbrand, Marinetti, Negron, percussion, Raikhel, Siegel, Tenri
Formed in the Spring of 2008, The Beaten Paths Percussion Duo is a New Jersey based group to the performance of today's most cutting edge music. Presenting a diverse repertoire ranging from newly commissioned pieces to modern classics, improvisations, and multimedia collaborations, Beaten Baths relishes in it's original programming, helping reshape today's fast-paced contemporary music scene. In the fall of 2008, they collaborated with the Red Light New Music premiering works by Vincent Raikhel, Kyle Hillbrand, Scott Wollschleger, and new music icon Nils Vigeland. Beaten Paths has has performed at Tenri Cultural Institute, Monkeytown, The Player's Theatre, and William Paterson University.
Beaten Paths is very excited to present this concert. All of the evenings works have been written explicitly for this concert by five of New York's best composers. Beaten Paths will be joined by Nathan Koci (accordian and French horn), Taylor Levine (electric guitar), Megan Schubert (mezzo-soprano), Aaron Siegel (spoken voice) and Christa Van Alstine (bass clarinet). A portion of the evenings proceeds will be given to the Food Bank for New York City. Please join us for what will be a fantastic evening of music.
Concert Information:
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street
New York, New York 10011
Suggested Donation: $15/$10 students
Four Ways to Eat Cereal by Angélica Negron
VITRIOL by Kyle Hillbrand
Calleman Underworlds by Chris Marinetti
Composition with a Black Arch by Vincent Raikhel
Kitty Hawk (Brother's Tears) by Aaron Siegel
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While eating in Eden is forbidden, Sundy House Restaurant in Delray Beach (561-272-5678) offers the next best experience. The historic inn's lush gardens create a comfortable ambiance for relaxing with a glass of wine and soulful dishes like Florida snapper with roasted butternut puree or smashed fingerling potatoes with crème fraîche and chive. The menu by Chef Lindsay Autry is a blend of Southern and Mediterranean cuisines, made with seasonal ingredients from local farms and the Sundy gardens themselves. Come before the sun sets on a clear evening, and enjoy a meal as the lights begin to glow in the shady trees.
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Sheriff's deputy killed in shooting incident identified
Victor Ripplinger
Victor Ripplinger, 85, of Minot, formerly of Selz, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at the Souris Valley Care Center in Velva. His funeral services will be held at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church of Harvey on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held at Hertz Funeral Home of Harvey on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Prayer services will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Hertz Funeral Home of Harvey. Burial will be at the St. Cecilia Catholic Cemetery, of Harvey.
Victor was born in Esmond on April 10, 1927. He was the son of John J. and Cecilia (Kunnanz) Ripplinger. Victor was raised and educated in the Selz and Harvey area. He entered the United States Army in 1945. He served in Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Victor married Annemarie Hilerhaus on Oct. 28, 1947, in Mannheim, Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1947. They returned to the family farm and began his passion and career as a farmer. In Victor's early years of farming he purchased a new barn and enjoyed hosting several barn dances with local entertainment. Victor enjoyed his passion for farming and repairing his farm machinery. He also enjoyed fishing, playing cards, and other outdoor activities. He loved to go out and drive the neighborhood fields and view the crops and see the results of his hard labor.
Victor was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church of Selz, where he sang in the church choir. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and the Wells Aerie 3080, all of Harvey. Victor was active with the board of directors and past president of the Farmers Union Elevator of Harvey.
Victor loved his family, his community, his church and his choir. Victor is in a good place now probably singing with the angels.
Victor is survived by: his wife, Annemarie Ripplinger, of Minot; sons, James (Bonnie) Ripplinger, Hank (Roberta) Ripplinger, Thomas (Virginia) Ripplinger, all of Minot, John Ripplinger, Mesa, Ariz., Ted Ripplinger, of Cecilia, Ky., Richard (Selena) Ripplinger, Boise, Idaho, Todd Ripplinger, of Bemidji, Minn., Scott (Susan) Ripplinger, of Fargo; daughters, Sharon Albert, Talihina, Okla., Mary O'Leary, Boca Raton, Fla., Dolores (Greg) Adams, Black Hawk, Colo., Darlene (George) Harris, Sacramento, Calif., Rosemary (Richard) Freeh, Jamestown; 27 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; brothers, John B. (Virginia) Ripplinger, of Harvey, LeRoy (Mildred) Ripplinger, Rice Lake, Wis., Eugene (Marlene) Ripplinger, McClusky, N.D.
Victor was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Henry Ripplinger and Bill Ripplinger; and sister, Leona Voyles.


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Topic: polymorphic quandary
Maybe someone can help me. I'm relatively new to rails and can't figure this one out.
I've read the very good tutorials on using two models within a form.
Now, here's my situation:
I have lots of models. Most of them have an address associated with them. Instead of using 'city - state - zip' for each model, I set up a polymorphic association using an address model with the addressable id and type. This makes perfect sense not to duplicate columns in each model.
Now- on to my form (with two models for now). How can you save out two address fields within one form. Each going to the address model with the correct id and type.
My form has a dealership model that contains a city, state, zip.
In the same form, I have a bank model. That too needs to have fields for city, state, and zip.
My simple 'create' does the great job of updating the address model and assigning the addressable type and id as dealership correctly...but how can you save out banks also to the address model? So upon hitting create, two rows would be created with one being dealer type (with correct address), and the second address as bank type (with the banks address).
def create
@dealership = Dealership.new(params[:dealership])
@bank = @dealership.banks.build(params[:bank])
@address = @dealership.addresses.build(params[:address])
if @dealership.save
flash[:notice] = 'Dealership was successfully created.'
redirect_to :action => 'list'
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Aviation News by IMC News
EAA Providing IMC CLUB Flight Proficiency Programing to its Worldwide Membership
IMC chapters and members to be integrated into EAA
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (November 3, 2015) — A newly formed Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) subsidiary and IMC Club International, Inc., have entered into a license agreement that will provide IMC flight proficiency programming to EAA and its chapters around the world.
The agreement comes three months after EAA and IMC Club signed a letter of intent to explore an EAA acquisition, a possibility that was announced during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. The license agreement will result in IMC Club's chapter resources and offerings being created and distributed as new programs produced by the EAA subsidiary (EAA IMC, LLC) to EAA chapters and members.
"This agreement means additional resources will now be made available for the popular IMC Club program offerings that evangelize the benefits that enhanced pilot proficiency creates for pilots of all skill levels," said Jack Pelton, EAA's chairman of the board. "Adding these programs is a further strong indication of EAA's commitment to aviation safety while also expanding the value offered by EAA's chapter network."
As result of the agreement, IMC Club's 2,350 members will become EAA members immediately. For IMC's 126 chapters, beginning in the first quarter of 2016 those with neighboring EAA chapters will be encouraged to merge into the EAA chapter, while IMC Club chapters without a nearby EAA affiliation will be encouraged to become new EAA chapters.
In addition, IMC Club founder Radek Wyrzykowski will join the new EAA subsidiary as Manager of Flight Proficiency and continue to develop programs and activities to promote flying proficiency, including the build-out of EAA's Pilot Proficiency Center at AirVenture. Additionally, Wyrzykowski will carry forward the IMC Club's legacy by providing real-world scenarios (both IFR and VFR) to actively engage EAA members in becoming safer pilots through progressive training and curriculum development.
"It is important to maintain and expand the reach of IMC Club programming while allowing the content to remain free of charge. This integration into EAA allows us to do exactly that," Wyrzykowski said. "At the same time, this agreement brings our flight safety programs and scenarios to more aviators through the worldwide reach and visibility that only EAA can provide."
IMC Club members have received additional information regarding their EAA memberships, which will include all EAA services and EAA's monthly flagship publication, Sport Aviation. IMC Club International, Inc. will discontinue its separate programming and new memberships.
EAA embodies the spirit of aviation through the world's most engaged community of aviation enthusiasts. EAA's 190,000 members and 1,000 local chapters enjoy the fun and camaraderie of sharing their passion for flying, building and restoring recreational aircraft. For more information on EAA and its programs, call 800-JOIN-EAA (800-564-6322) or go to www.eaa.org. For continual news updates, connect with www.twitter.com/EAA
Our monthly Columbus, OH Chapter IMC Club will
be held on Wednesday, October 28, from 7:00PM to 8:30PM at Quest Conference
Center, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, OH 43240. Go to http://www.quest-centers.com
for a map and/or directions to the Quest Conference Center. Light refreshments
will be served.
The meeting will showcase
"Pilot Edge" simulation to enhance currency and proficiency with instrument
flight. Discussion will follow. An award ceremony for "Lifetime
Achievement to Instrument Flight" will be presented to Marvin Easter.
Register at FAAsafety.gov, following the
links for events within a 50 nm radius of zip code 43229. Bring a pilot friend
with you. WINGS credit will be awarded to attendees. Bring your iPad or tablet
if you want to follow the simulation.
For further information or details, contact
Tim Heron, IMC Columbus Chapter co-leader at 614.620.5868 or
IMC CLUB, EAA Sign Letter of Intent Regarding Acquisition of IMC Program
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (July 20, 2015) — The IMC Club and the Experimental Aircraft Association have signed a letter of intent regarding EAA's possible acquisition of the IMC program. This letter, signed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, is a preliminary step toward further discussion with no legal commitments yet made.
"Our discussions with the IMC Club began as all of us looked for a way to give long-term stability for the IMC concept, which enhances safety for aviators with instrument ratings and others involved in flight," said Rick Larsen EAA's vice president of communities and member programs. "EAA has always been about the sharing of knowledge and information among its members, and the IMC Club concept is another way to bring that to EAA members and other aviators by possibly leveraging the EAA chapter network."
Continuing the IMC program in connection with EAA might include such components as providing EAA chapters with the ability to incorporate IMC programming; monthly scenarios within IMC programming that would facilitate discussion and learning; and shared resources within EAA membership and chapter affiliation that would increase the reach and impact of IMC programming.
"Ultimately, we all share the same goal: making better and safer pilots throughout the flying community," Larsen said.
"As a president of the IMC Club, it is my responsibility to work and develop strategies for the benefit and the best interest of our members. Our members and chapters could gain access to a significant additional benefits, resources and communication channels to promote our mission of aviation safety to much wider audience. I am very excited about this potential" - said Radek Wyrzykowski the President of the IMC Club.
As this Letter of Intent is only a preliminary document with no legal commitments, further information will be released when and if any formal agreement or transaction is completed.
EAA embodies the spirit of aviation through the world's most engaged community of aviation enthusiasts. EAA's 190,000 members and 1,000 local chapters enjoy the fun and camaraderie of sharing their passion for flying
Joining Forces to Expand the Pilot Proficiency Center During AirVenture Oshkosh 2015
Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Flight instructors and aviation companies are joining forces during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 to bring back the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center and build on last year's success in improving pilot skills and enhancing safety with participants at the "World's Greatest Aviation Celebration."
Last year the IMC Club and EAA partnered to create a new skill-building center at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The IFR Proficiency Center which was a hub for instrument pilots. The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center will continue to partner with the IMC Club, which is dedicated to improving the skills of instrument-rated pilots. During EAA AirVenture 2015 (July 20-26) the center will feature "Tech Talks," IFR and VFR flight scenarios in Redbird flight simulators, the opportunity to talk with certificated flight instructors and more. The Pilot Proficiency Center will be open to all pilots instrument and non-instrument rated, and flight students who want to improve their flying skills and will feature IFR and basic airmanship challenges and forum programs. Topics will include glass cockpit secrets; weather planning; instrument chart tips and tricks and will also cover stick and rudder skills. In addition, each day at 11:00 AM the IMC Club will conduct a model chapter meeting, open to all, to demonstrate the "organized hangar flying".
"While we're all here in Oshkosh enjoying everything flight has to offer, the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center is a superb opportunity to sharpen those year-round flying skills in a fun, non-intimidating way," said Joe Brown, president of Hartzell Propeller; member of EAA's board of directors and the IMC Club Board of Directors who is among the leadership group for the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center. "Our goal is that pilots will see the value of using simulator-based scenarios to hone basic piloting skills and will add this kind of recurrent training to their annual regime, just like the pros do. I encourage all aviators to take some time in one of our 14 simulators and join us for a great lineup of Tech Talks."
"This is a unique attraction and a great way to help pilots feel more comfortable and capable. IMC Club is happy and excited to be a part of this greatly expanded project and build on last year's positive response from many pilots" - said Radek Wyrzykowski, founder and president of the IMC Club.
Along with EAA and the IMC Club, the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center is supported by Jeppesen, Hartzell, PilotEdge, Mindstar Aviation, FLYING Magazine and Redbird Flight Simulations. Members of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) will also assist at the facility, which will be located just east of the FAA control tower on the AirVenture grounds.
IMC Club Opens a Manhattan Chapter
New York, NY - You have probably read or heard about pilots coming to their local airports to participate in so called organized "hangar flying" by the IMC Club. Now the newest chapter comes to you. Located in the heart of Manhattan, New Your City at 99 Madison Ave, IMC Club Manhattan Chapter is hosted by the Manhattan Flight Club and is intended to serve pilots who's work and the New York City traffic prevents them from trying to get to their local airport on a regular basis and stay proficient and current.
Staying proficient as a pilot in New York City presents a number of unique challenges...from long commutes to the airport to a limited flying season and the unpredictable northeast weather. The Manhattan Flight Club (www.manhattanflightclub.com) was launched to create a home for aviation right here in the center of Manhattan. Their focus is on building the aviation community, facilitating educational opportunities, and providing access to FAA approved training devices in their SIM Lab.
"I've been lucky to have been around aviation since I was a kid, and was able to get my Private and Instrument by age 18. Flying provided a solid foundation and exposed me to a sense of responsibility and adventure that still drives me to this day. " - said Taylor Jobe, the Manhattan Flying Club president, founder and the IMC Club Manhattan Chapter Leader.
"I want to say thank you to Taylor for volunteering his energy and resources and I can't express enough how excited I am. It probably takes longer to drive a few blocks in New York City than to fly to maintain your proficiency once you are at the airport. Bringing Simulator resources and a discussion forum to the pilots is a genuinely great idea." – said Radek Wyrzykowski, IMC Club President
IMC Club, through its worldwide chapters, provides organized "hangar flying" focused on building proficiency in instrument flying. It's the only organization of its kind. The IMC Clubs concept is to bring together IFR-rated pilots who fly in the real-world "actual IMC" and provide them an opportunity to share stories, network with the larger pilot community, and gain valuable insights and tips for their IFR flying. All stories and scenarios produced by the club for use during chapter meetings are real and based on submission by their members. IMC Club Meetings provide a forum for promoting participation and discussion of IFR flying.
The first meeting of the IMC Club Manhattan group will be held in May of this year at Manhattan Flying Club (www.manhattanflightclub.com), the host of the IMC Club Chapter there. The IMC Club meeting is open to all current, non-current, and future instrument pilots. At the meeting, prospective members will be given the opportunity to interact with IMC Club founder and President Radek Wyrzykowski.
Since its inception in 2011 supported by the aviation industry members like Hartzel Propeller and Jeppesen a Boeing Company, IMC Club International grew from 4 pilots in Norwood, MA to over 2700 registered members and over 125 Chapters globally.
Larry Levin of Providence, RI This Years Winner of the IMC Club "Brown Jacket Award"
Lakeland, FL - This years winner of the IMC Club "Brown Jacket Award" was announced today. This year's award goes to Larry Levin, instrument pilot from Providence, RI
The IMC Club International awards the Brown Jacket to one general aviation pilot each year. The award recognizes excellence in three areas: Flight proficiency, Continuing Education and Service to the aviation Community. The designation identifies and publicly recognizes those pilots who are demonstrating an ongoing commitment to excellence, professional growth, and service to the aviation community and it sets standards to which all instrument pilots can aspire.
The designation requires a process of continuing aviation activity and it is awarded annually to one individual only. In addition to the "Instrument Master" leather flight jacket, the winner will receive valuable prizes provided by the IMC Club supporting aviation industry corporate members.
The award is announced each year during the Sun-n-Fun aviation show in Lakeland, Florida starting in 2014 and presented at the AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI.
Larry began flying in 1981. He received his commercial rating in 1989, and an ATP rating in 1992. Last year he received his commercial glider rating. He is flying a 1998 Socata Trinidad which, he said - "is a great aircraft due to its nice combination of relative speed, useful load and beauty." Larry makes 4-6 trips to the Bahamas each year and the Trinidad makes it a very comfortable flight.
"I am a very strong believer in maintaining flight proficiency and doing as many instrument approaches each month as possible." - said Larry Levin - "During flights with my instructor, I especially enjoy having to deal with most any non-standard or emergency situation that can be incorporated into the instruction in order to always keep me prepared. I congratulate the IMC Club for the great work they do in promoting instrument flying, proficiency and safety. I very much look forward to the monthly IMC local chapter meetings." - he added
Larry, was born in Providence, RI and presently lives in Lincoln, RI with his wife Lisa and son Alex. He is practicing Dentistry full time in Providence, RI but when not at work or flying, he enjoys playing tennis and following his Providence College Friars.
"I want to congratulate Mr. Levin on being the recipient of this prestigious aviation award. I would like to also thank him for his contribution to the General Aviation safety by his commitment to his personal flying excellence" – said Radek Wyrzykowski the President of the IMC Club.
Article published in the "Absolute Altitude" a SFEC's member's newsletter
East Meets MidwestBoston flight instructor visits Spencer Flight & Education Center for new club.
By Shelby Alyssa Mettlen - The Spencer Flight & Education Center is bringing the East to the Midwest, proving there's a whole lot going on in western Kansas - and it doesn't (directly) involve farming or feedlots.
The SFEC hosted IMC Club president and founder Radek Wyrzykowski at its annual (2015) board meeting (…). The decorated pilot and Boston, Mass., resident made the 1,800-mile journey from Norwood, Mass. to Scott City, Kan. to guide the club's newest chapter through its first meeting.
With more than 120 chapters and over 2,400 members worldwide, Wyrzykowski says the IMC Club is the fastest-growing aviation organization of its time - measuring in the same trajectory as the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA) when it was formed. Born as a vision of Wyrzykowski, the IMC Club is a membership-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering resources and training to instrument-rated pilots. The Spencer Flight & Education Center is proud to be the first aviation entity to bring the IMC Club to Kansas.
The Right Tool
Located in the center of cattle feed yards and corn fields, Scott City and the SFEC offer something no other facility in the area can: a Redbird FMX motion simulator.
"With aviation, people travel," Wyrzykowski says. "A lot of times we think locally, and we should not. If you have something good, people will travel. You just have to get the word out that you have it, and it has to be unique."
The Redbird is a vital tool for instrument training, Wyrzykowski says.
"We have to position ourselves in space and then use those needles to know what is happening," he says. "Needles are just to fine tune, to know exactly that certain position. It's all in your brain. [The Redbird] is the perfect machine to practice in."
Humble Beginnings
A native of Poland, Wyrzykowski has served as Chief Flight Instructor for four different flight schools and has logged over 6,000 hours in the cockpit. He is a Master Certified Flight Instructor Instrument and Multiple-Engine Instructor.
Earlier in his aviation career, Wyrzykowski sat down with three friends near his home in Norwood and discussed a particularly rough instrument situation he'd run into. The four men decided to form a "support group" for instrument-rated pilots to share their experience and knowledge - and the IMC Club was born.
A press release outlining the idea of the IMC Club was picked up by the AOPA and the organization became an overnight success.
"Next morning, I come to work and I'm not kidding, I was getting an email every minute," Wyrzykowski says. "My inbox was flooded with people asking how to sign up for the organization and open new chapters. I had absolutely no idea, because I wasn't expecting that."
From four men with a vision to more than 2,400 members, IMC Club continues to evolve and grow. At the 2011 EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wis., Wyrzykowski and his team did little more than wear their "IMC Club" t-shirts, he says. Last year, the club had its own pavillion with eight Redbird FMX flight simulators, complete with PilotEdge software, running full time. This year, Wyrzykowski says, it'll be even bigger.
Keeping It Interesting
"What IMC Club does is address this forgotten group of pilots," Wyrzykowski says. "We want to address the biggest mistake flight schools make. With most flight schools, we go after private pilots, they get their licenses, we get them instrument training, then we try to convince them that they should go commercial, CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and become airline pilots."
The trouble is, many pilots lack interest in becoming commercial pilots, he says. Too often, if pilots don't want to go commercial, they drift away and fail to remain current on their training.
"With IMC Club, we want to bring them back," Wyrzykowski says. "We want to bring this group back and show them that it could be a lot of fun to use that instrument training."
It doesn't matter how many hours a pilot acquires, he says - it's about how current he remains; how much practice he has and how recently that practice has taken place.
"I always compare it to going to a gym," Wyrzykowski says. "Let's say you stop walking altogether. After a few months, you have to learn how to walk again. If you stop flying instruments, it doesn't matter if you have your instrument rating, you have to go back. It's extremely important to do this systematically. A lot of instrument flying is not really moderate skill; it's in your brain. It's a mental exercise."
Sharing Experience
IMC Club meetings are all about the exchange of practical knowledge, Wyrzykowski says.
"When you have an experience and you tell your friend, "You won't believe what happened to me," two people will learn," he says. "We took it to a global level. We're putting all those brains together."
Becoming a member of the IMC Club offers many benefits, including discounts on U.S. military-grade Randolph sunglasses, access to MyGoFlight apps and software, IFR Refresher and IFR Magazine. However, Wyrzykowski says he wants the IMC Club to avoid becoming a subscription service.
"All those benefits are extra, but that is not what we are," he says. "We're about real, human face-to-face contact."
Leave your Smartphone at home, Wyrzykowski says. The IMC Club is all about sharing experience, good and bad.
"You don't need [your phone]," he says. "What we want you to do is come over here to your local chapter and participate in those chapter meetings. Because good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement."
IMC Radio's "Plane Talk" Comes Back on the Air Broadcasting Live Daily From The Sun'n Fun In Florida
Lakeland, FL - IMC Radio's "Plane Talk", a
live-streaming aviation internet radio talk show sponsored by the IMC Club
International, will be back on the air broadcasting live from its remote studio
in Lakeland, FL during the 2015 Sun 'n Fun, International Fly-In & Expo
starting April 21 and continuing through April 25.
by the new Executive Producer Howie Marlin, the live broadcasts of "Plane Talk"
will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (EST) on their Spreaker radio platform. Listeners
can listen to the show at the IMC Club website, spreaker.com or an easy to use
iPhone/iPad or Android Spreaker interface which is available for download on
the iTunes store.
(Howie) B. Marlin, the newly appointed Executive Producer of the show was born
in NJ in 1954. He keeps his tricked out PA28-180 at 1B2 on Martha's Vineyard
where he is an Psychotherapist and Emergency Services Clinician. Howie started
flying in 2007 and he is a member of the
Air Crew with USCG Aux Air. He is also an on-air talent at Sun 'n Fun Radio,
IMC Radio, cheerleader for Uncontrolledairspace.com; Flying Musicians Association, and
documentary video producer at Aviationisland.info.
He is also helping to lead the charge at the Arthur M. Godfrey Aviation
Association (AMG-AF.org)
with the hopes of helping fund kids who look skyward - and want to be there.
the show listeners will be able to interact with the hosts, Derek Lagasse,
commercial pilot and student of an Aviation Degree College Program; Jon
Roberts, private pilot, musician, entertainer, one of the original founders of
the "Plane Talk" and their guests by
commenting in the show's live "online chats" which will be opened while the
show is broadcasting. They can also tweet at @theplaneguys or simply stop by
the Sun 'n Fun Radio's studio, at pavilion 29 and say hello.
starting its regular broadcasts in November of 2011, IMC Radio quickly became
one of the most popular stations in the entertainment/talk category on the
"Speaker Web Radio". In 2011 the show was nominated for the "Speaker Show of
the Year Award."
to stop its live programming due to an inability to broadcast from its studio
location at the Norwood, MA Airport, the
"Plane Talk" was off the air in a search of the new location since the fall of
last year. "Plane Talk's" recorded content of previous shows since then has
reached 70,000 plays and still maintains over 23,000 followers.
to the hosts and the producer the regular weekly live broadcast of "Plane Talk"
will resume shortly after the Sun 'n Fun on the air event.
To listen click here
Columbus Chapter IMC Club will be held on Wednesday, April 22
Our monthly Columbus, OH Chapter IMC Club will be held on Wednesday, April 22, from 7:00PM to 8:30PM at
Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, OH 43240. Go to http://www.quest-centers.com for a map
and/or directions to the Quest Conference Center. Light refreshments will be
The focus for
this meeting will be on single pilot resource management (SPRM) as it relates
to GPS "Vectors-to-Final Gotchas", demystifying IFR en route and approach
charts in complex airspace, including using GPS "shortcuts", and copying and
understanding ATC clearances. A social interaction and exchange of ideas will
Register at
FAAsafety.gov, following the links for events within a 50 nm radius of zip code
43229. Bring a pilot friend with you. WINGS credit will be awarded to attendees. Bring your iPad or tablet
if you want to follow and save en route scenarios.
For further
information or details, contact Tim Heron, IMC Columbus Chapter co-leader at
614.620.5868 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mastering Crosswinds Seminars Taking To The Road
Englewood, Colorado, April 8, 2015 — Crosswind Concepts, Ltd. (CC), a unique aviation training center based in Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado, is taking its popular "Mastering Crosswinds" safety seminar on the road.
With four scheduled seminar dates slated in late April at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Florida, Taylor Albrecht, CC manager, crosswind instructor and the IMC Club Denver South chapter leader conceived CC's first road tour to offer crosswind training seminars to pilots along CC's route of travel to the Sunshine State.
Albrecht viewed the road tour as a unique opportunity to highlight the FAA/NTSB's focus on reducing loss-of-control accidents, so he set about scheduling training sessions with two eager partners: Plane Available in Kansas City, Missouri, and Nashville Flight Training in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Kansas City seminar is slated for 6:30 pm, Tuesday, April 14, at the Wheeler Downtown Airport, followed by the Nashville seminar at 7 pm, Thursday, April 16, 2015 at the Nashville International Airport. While registration is still open, Albrecht said response to the seminar opportunities has already been strong with some 50 signed up in Kansas City and about 30 in Nashville.
Brad Whitsitt, president of Xwind, LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, will also participate in the road show sessions. Whitsitt invented the state-of-the-art Xwind stick-and-rudder skills training simulator that helps pilots develop superior crosswind skills in a safe, environmentally controlled setting. "I'm excited to join CC's road tour and am pleased to be part of their comprehensive program to help pilots gain critical skills necessary for successful crosswind operations," he said.
The "Mastering Crosswinds" seminar is just one way that CC helps pilots master what Richard Collins, noted aviation journalist, famously dubbed "the hardest thing to do in aviation," according to Albrecht.
"Knowledge helps overcome fear," Albrecht added, "so a review of weather and aerodynamics is foundational to our programs and we train toward successful crosswind operations, particularly during the landing phase of flight. This is why we combine our training in the incomparable Xwind simulator with seminars and comprehensive ground classes to round out a pilot's knowledge base."
Crosswind Concepts, Ltd. (CC) is a rare aviation training facility focused on extraordinary stick-and-rudder pilot training designed to reduce loss of control in the cockpit, a factor the FAA has declared one of the leading causes of aviation accidents. Because crosswind landings were documented factors in 98 percent of all landing accidents in a single year, a key component of CC's regimen is the highly effective Redbird Xwind flight simulator that utilizes powerful motors to produce life-like roll, yaw and drift motion in a realistic runway environment, allowing pilots to develop the skills to prevail during such landings. An Xwind student gains more crosswind landing experience in a one-hour session than a typical private pilot accrues flying over a two-year period. Information on Crosswind Concepts and how to o sign up for CC's road tour seminars in Kansas City and Nashville, is available online at www.crosswindconceptsltd.com or by calling 720.536.0543.
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While the exciting game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants may dominate discussion in the weeks following the Super Bowl, another program airing at the same time drew the attention of a notable number of pet lovers - the Puppy Bowl. Watching little canines play with one another may warm the heart, but potential pet parents must make sure they are prepared for adoption before picking up their own puppy.
Understanding what constitutes normal puppy behavior is an important part of raising a healthy pet. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, most puppies will be adopted between the ages of 6 to 8 weeks. They will be eating solid food and should be able to urinate and defecate unassisted. However, a new puppy owner will need to begin training right away—teaching acceptable areas for elimination, proper play behavior and manners when greeting new people and other pets. Exposing a new puppy to different people and environments is important for a puppy to grow up into a well-adjusted adult.
Dog vaccinations are another important aspect of puppy care. VCA reports that antibodies passed from mother to puppy protect young canines from many illnesses. However, these safeguards dissipate after a few weeks, which is why it's important to get all of the required dog shots. Puppies must be started on a routine deworming program and when they are old enough, monthly preventatives for fleas and heartworm disease should be started.
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I love her bag!!! "KS" like Kristen Stewart ;D And the cap is obviously Robs... Again ;) I'm so happy they're gonna be together soon...ReplyDelete
Has he worn that hat before?Delete
Does the hat say "ONLY" ?Delete
it's not rob's. rob was wearing his in australia. both hats say NY ONLYDelete
How cute, going home at the same time! there will be a sweet reunion tonight... :) and they both look soo gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
she has a bag with her name! so prettyReplyDelete
I wonder if it was a gift from a fan in Japan? (hey, that rhymes!)Delete
Very colorful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful travel pics of Kristen - so natually gorgeous young lady! Different continents yeah they leaving the same oversea DAY TIME ;-)!! So.oooo normal, mature, and scream fashion trends couple!! Love her bag! GOD BLESS Rob + Kristen!!ReplyDelete
OH yeah! kstew i really back!ReplyDelete
I like her her blue KS bag, sayonara Japan!ReplyDelete
Prada Initials Shopping Bag :)
Don't forget to vote for her and robert to the people's choice award,we can vote many times and make sure they made it to the top five nomines.Let's show the world there fans are still here.ReplyDelete
Come on!let's do it!they should win all the category that they are nominated with.I'm a little bit disappointed that they did not included them and need to add them to insure they get a nomination,so we really vote for them everyday to guarantee that they get in to top five nominee.Delete
Let's do it!!!come on!!we need to vote for them and hoping that they will win this year.Delete
She probably needs to take a break, after these difficult days she deserves it. Kristen was wonderful and I am glad that we'll see her beautiful person again soon.ReplyDelete
kristen more femine now, i like itReplyDelete
She's not a diva!she carry her own things.I just love this girl!!!have a nice trip kristen!!!!'ReplyDelete
That's the many reason why I love her!Delete
I really like her bag!she's cool!!ReplyDelete
omg i love her i hope they're together very soon in la ,go robsten you're perfect couple and you're man is an angel but i think you know that lol!!!ReplyDelete
I hope she's doing more appearance in any talk show I'm quite disappointed that she do appear one talk show only.She suppose to do more coz this is her time the main lead and become a vampire.I want the three of them rob,makienze and kristen doing interview together coz they are a family now in the saga and this is the last one that suppose to see them together.ReplyDelete
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It's been about a week and a half, maybe two weeks, and I've been working on force fetching my lab. She's obedient, she'll sit until told to move, heel, and everything I ask. But the only thing is, she loves to drop the bumper or whatever I throw half way back to me. She doesn't seem to show any improvement. Starting off, her jaw was really loose and she didn't want to hold it, so I hold her bottom jaw up so she has to keep it in her mouth. The way I was taught was to pinch her top jowl, say "fetch", put the bumper in her mouth, and tell her to hold. Then tell her to drop after a couple seconds while taking it out of her mouth, even knowing she really doesn't even hold it, but lets it sit in her mouth. Since then, I've moved into using pressure, like pinching her ear, and she just will not grab a hold of it no matter what. I put it in front of her face, and she just continues to move away from the ear pinching, and she'll roll to her side, or do everything she can, but just will not grasp the concept that she needs to grab the bumper for me to stop pinching her ear. Is there any tips or suggestions anyone could give me?
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Yes. Put her back up on the table and start again. Ff can take 4-6 weeks. Keep at it.
She will get it. When you think she's regained where she left off. Have her walk beside you with the bumper. If she's good with that do bumper fetching on a short leash. Then longer etc.
you have to be patient. Some parts of training can take more time.
If she is just plain stubborn, consider e collar with a pro.
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FF does take a long time. There are plenty of other ways to help out. When my guy would drop the bumper early, he wouldn't get a new one. I would send him back to get the one he dumped early. You can also give a tiny tap with the e collar the second that bumper leaves their mouth early. My dog caught onto that in a few days, and that was one of the biggest training meathods I found.
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Kodak's Second Life on the NYSE Begins (Update 1)
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Eastman Kodak
Kodak's shares gained 1% to close at $26.25, valuing the Rochester, N.Y.-based commercial printing company at a market capitalization of nearly $1 billion.
"This is a notable achievement," Kodak CEO Antionio Perez wrote in a memo sent to employees, obtained by TheStreet. "This re-listing validates we are moving forward as a technology company and that the NYSE believes we have the financial stability and market interest to rejoin other leading technology companies represented there."
Perez said that the company intends to ring the opening bell of the NYSE in the near future.
"As always, thank you for your efforts in helping Kodak reach this point," Perez said in the memo. "Now let's push for a strong close to 2013, and show the outside world the renewed energy and confidence we have as a new Kodak."
The company's shares last traded on the NYSE on Jan. 19, 2012, the day the over 100-year old film and camera pioneer fell into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Since then, Kodak has dramatically altered its business model, divesting most of its film, imaging and digital operations, and re-doubling its focus on commercial printing.
Kodak said in September it is on track to earn $167 million in 2013 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), an improvement of more than $300 million from last year. The company will also have a balance sheet with worldwide cash that exceeds debt by roughly $800 million.
The company believes that after decades of declines to its once-dominant film business, it now is in a position to grow. Kodak forecast in September that it may earn nearly $500 million in EBITDA by 2017.
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Kodak's return to the NYSE , the exchange where it traded for many decades and was once considered a blue-chip technological pioneer alongside the likes of IBM
In its heyday, Kodak's film business was also among the world's most recognizable brands, such as Coca-Cola
The bankruptcy process allowed Kodak spin off its non-core film and document imaging assets to its U.K. pension fund, in a crucial move that resolved liabilities with its largest unsecured creditor and presaged the firm's post-Labor Day bankruptcy exit. Kodak also sold Kodak Gallery to Shutterfly


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