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Singapore: Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), US, have reported the development of a molecular compound, CLR01, which has been found to prevent toxic proteins from binding together to kill the brain's neurons. Though the research first focused on Parkinson's disease, they believe Alzheimer's disease may be triggered in part by a similar binding, with different proteins involved.
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Seated around tables in Prescott, Ariz., Yavapai elders swap stories, learn who's related to whom, and gossip in their fluid tongue.
Ladies with a lifetime of experience etched on their faces converse in "Yavaglish" when the right word just isn't available in Yavapai. Elders from the Prescott, Camp Verde and Fort McDowell reservations compare notes on pronunciation, terms and location names, rapidly switching between Yavapai and English. But there's more to this gathering than simply giving people a place to chat and exchange information: This meeting of minds seeks to keep their 10,000-year-old language and culture alive.
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Freida Ann Eswonia, who lives at the Yavapai-Apache Nation's community near Camp Verde, points out one big challenge. Yavapai fluency skipped a generation because of Indian boarding schools, forced adoptions and attempts at cultural assimilation. Although Yavapai language classes are held at the three reservations, Eswonia says that one child wistfully asked her, "When we learn Yavapai, who are we going to talk to?"
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Keeping Native languages vital also has implications off the reservation, says Greg Glassco, cultural resources director of the Prescott tribe.
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Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota places a high value on corporate and convention photography. We aim to make you, our clients, look their best. Corporate and convention assignments at Andeamo usually come from companies' public relations departments, their advertising agencies, or their graphic designers. Executives with titles such as advertising manager, public relations director, and director of communications—as well as those who report to them—authorize corporate and convention assignments. These assignments may also come from advertising agency account executives and designers who have been assigned projects that require photographic illustrations for publications such as annual reports.
With a varied number of backdrop options, you can custom-tailor a shoot and print or step and repeat photo session to each type of corporate event.
Annual report photography is also a highly prized assignment. This type of photography creates the visual image of a company's executives, facilities, workers, products, and so on. Depending on the style and length of the particular annual report, the photo shoot may take a couple of days or several weeks to complete.
Other corporate and convention assignments handled by Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , might include photographing employees on and off the job for recruitment brochures; photographing a company's facilities and services for a capabilities brochure; or photographing just about anything related to the company, its employees, and its customers for internal and external publications. It might be helpful to have on-site printing available such as what is done with shoot and print or step & repeat sessions so that your client can get some immediate feedback as to the types of photos being taken.
Meeting the various deadlines and delivering images that capture the philosophy of the company (or something better than was expected) are essential ingredients to success in corporate and convention photography, as is an ability to work with all kinds of people. This is what Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota strives for – to not only meet our client's expectations, but to exceed them. For this work to be considered successful, corporate and convention pictures must create a positive impression that reflects well on the corporation.
An event photographer interested in this type of work should locate someone within the corporation who assigns projects and make an appointment to show his or her portfolio. Ideally, the portfolio should be a powerful presentation of the photographer's best work, with every marginal picture edited out. Since corporate and convention photographic needs are so diverse, a substantive portfolio may be appropriate. Newcomers to the field may offer a corporation some economy or flexibility they need to pursue a particular communications task. They also may offer the corporation access to special subject matter or certain techniques. Such techniques may include shoot & print or step and repeat capability.
One young event photographer won a major assignment to photograph the alphabet for a large corporation because he had an extensive collection of old display type. The term "event photography" covers a range of subjects for Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota – from photographing your best friend's wedding to recording the perfect holiday celebration.
No matter what the event, there are some techniques photographers can use to make sure their shots are beautiful, memorable and special. Giving your clients the option of on-site shoot and print or step and repeat capability may be a big plus.
Some of the many tried and true tips for successful include:
Consider using the continuous shooting mode on your camera to capture those great shots.
Most of the midrange and high end point and shoot digitals on the market include the ability to turn on continuous shooting, and some budget models include this feature as well.
Become familiar with the features of the camera well before the event.
Shoot and print capabilities with on-site printing of photos is popular at corporate events and trade shows
The wedding day is not the day to start experimenting with your new digital camera.
Be sure to read the manual carefully and take lots of practice photos before the big event.
Know where the buttons are located so you can find them quickly when its time to start shooting.
When shooting Christmas parties and other holiday celebrations change the focus of the photos as you go.
Make the Christmas tree and its many presents the subject of one photograph, and the celebrants gathered around the punchbowl the subject of the next.
Shoot some photos from unusual angles for a different look.
Step and repeat (step & repeat) is when photos are taken, such as at a meet and greet session, and then printing on-site so your customers can take their photos home immediately.
Different lighting situations require a different approach to digital photography.
Many of the most popular shoot and print events, including parties, concerts and theatrical performances, take place after dark, so be prepared for these lighting challenges.
Experiment with the lighting settings on your camera before the big event, and use flash sparingly.
Try to avoid the use of flash by changing the other settings on the camera.
Take lots of practice shots in similarly dark environments until you find the right combination of settings.
Get to know the effects of weather in different regions of the country and how it affects event photography, such as the difference between Sioux Falls, South Dakota and other areas.
Many cameras allow photographers to save their settings, so be sure to look for this time saving feature.
When shooting sports and other fast action events, try pushing the shutter nearly all the way down a split second before the action you plan to capture — This will help to overcome the shutter lag inherent in many digital cameras.
Get to know the sport or event so that you can anticipate the action and be ready to capture it.
Always ask permission before taking photographs at private events or in public buildings.
Many companies and event organizers will have special rules that prohibiting the taking of photographs at some events and in some locations.
Asking beforehand is often the best way to get permission to shoot in those venues.
Try to become familiar with the layout of the venue prior to the event.
If possible it is a good idea to visit the site of the event ahead of time.
This will give you the opportunity to become accustomed to where everything is located.
And last but certainly not least – relax and have fun — Even if you are serving as the official event photographer try to join in the celebration and have a good time. Watch the partygoers having a great time and get into the spirit of the moment. Your enthusiasm will show through in the images you capture.
Digital Photography Workflow:
Digital photography requires a solid workflow, allowing for professional preparing of digital photo files for the web and print.
For the Digital Photography Workflow series, we consulted with a number of experienced professional photographers who are also stellar photo.net members and frequent contributors to have them walk us through their specific digital photography workflow.
The website about Digital Photography Workflow includes example images from Andeamo Event Photography's portfolio. Whether you are just entering the world of digital photography and need some tips and advice on how best to post-process your images, or are a seasoned pro, the insights shared here should be helpful with your own digital photography workflow.
Photography: Pre-Capturing and Capturing
Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota handles many events in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota region including celebrity athletes, weddings, corporate photography and convention photography, events and headshots, and some events that defy description. Most performance events take place under sub-optimal lighting conditions. Stages are often poorly lit, lit with lights through colored gels, and a multitude of distracting background elements. This presents a challenge for the photographer, as the results are often blurred, impossible to white balance in the camera, and very cluttered.
It's common to have a very large number of images due to the difficulty of capturing something just right. For Andeamo Event Photography, the role of post-processing is to obtain a number of images that are viewable, printable, and marketable.
Because some venues are too dark, it is sometimes necessary to capture with flash. One of the benefits of photographing with a digital camera is that the ISO can be flipped quickly for capturing with and without flash. We prefer to photograph both with and without flash in order to present a variety of images, especially if they are being published it provides some significant benefits in this situation. With the right tools, the difficult lighting can be balanced better than a JPEG, even with a custom white balance setting.
When Andeamo Event Photography goes out to a photo shoot, we pack a fairly simple kit. We do a lot of shoot and print, also known as step and repeat, jobs. Andeamo uses a Canon professional camera most of the time due to its low light capability. Weather and water proofing is also useful as occasionally liquids may be spilled or splattered in the venues where Andeamo Event Photography Sioux Falls, South Dakota works. Andeamo Event Photography always takes multiple lenses, depending on job requirements and light variables. Zooms are too slow. If the Andeamo Event Photography crew is going to be working on the stage, we will pack a 24-70 lens. If there is a balcony, we take a 7200 lens. Multiple Canon flashes go along too, as well as lots of batteries for everything and anything.
Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota also photographs outdoor events including street festivals, demonstrations and music stages. These present far fewer problems with post-processing and are generally easier to deal with.
When the crew from Andeamo Event Photography, Sioux Falls, South Dakota , gets back from photographing an event, they immediately download the images. All our cards are numbered and we photograph in order, which helps if there is something that needs to be processed immediately. Andeamo Event Photography, downloads the cards using Canon software. We've been using it since our first digital camera, and are comfortable with its folder/file naming conventions.
Although Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , usually files everything by date (more on that in a minute), events that will present additional sales opportunities are usually stored with the event name also. All files are stored in date-specific folders, as we mentioned above. Rather than tagging, Andeamo creates web galleries for each event, some of which are stored only locally.
The web galleries contain all the processed images and either have the original file name or full EXIT data so that the original images can be quickly located at a later date. If images are prepared for a client for printing, the final images reside in a separate folder. While this means asset management is somewhat manual, it is our desire at Andeamo Event Photography, Sioux Falls, South Dakota to control every step that drives the organizational methodology.
We prefer full-screen viewing, particularly if it's in the early morning immediately after an event and we're fatigued. A second window with thumbnails can be opened with rapid scaling of thumbs. A single keystroke opens the current image in Photoshop. Andeamo Event Photography uses a dual-monitor setup with a color-managed monitor for image files and a second older monitor for tools and other things like email that I usually keep open.
Images are chosen for use and then processed directly into Adobe.
White Balance
The first step is white balance with the dropper. Most images from the events Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , photographs require white balancing unless flash was used. The default is almost never useable and the settings from the dropper are usually fairly extreme.
Most of the time we balance for as neutral a skin tone as possible, although there are times when the off-color appearance has look. White balance really is the most critical step for club/event shots. Andeamo post-production crews also do some mild exposure control and use the vibrancy and clarity controls cautiously. A mild sharpening is also done at this point along with minor tonal adjustments.
Adjustments in Photoshop
Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota prefers to do most adjustments in Photoshop. The primary reason is that we use layers for almost all images, which simplifies making changes later in the processing. Also, we do a lot of local adjustments and quite a bit of cloning for performance and events. In a situation where there is no control over the background and the photos are not being published as news or journalism, this activity can significantly enhance the effectiveness of the results.
Typical cloning needs for event photography images will be for distracting lights, microphone stands, and clutter on the stage. For photos that will end up in color, the process is:
- Curves layer, adjust for overall appearance
- Clone layer to take out clutter and distractions
- Layer for localized contrast adjustment
- Layer for localized sharpening
- Sometimes a layer for blurring background elements
The layer for localized contrast adjustment is often one of the most important.
In quite a few images, light value relationships need to be adjusted to emphasize a subject that was photographed in changing and sometimes weak light.
If the image is going to be multi-purposed:
- The file is saved back in a folder inside the date folder with the original
- Resize to purpose, flatten, and global sharpening, if necessary
- Additional local sharpening as required
- Final global sharpening is done with PhotoShop's Smart Sharpen, which I find quite effective, even with slightly blurred images
B&W Conversions
Quite a few photographs end up in black and white. The process here is somewhat different. Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , does our conversion to black and white with Convert to Black and White Pro Photoshop plug-in.
What's nice about this tool is that it uses darkroom analogies for its operations. For Andeamo post-production crews originally trained in the darkroom, it's quite easy to use; it has a lot of range along with toning and filtering options. Unfortunately, it's no longer available, so we are starting to work with the black and white conversion adjustment that arrived in CS4. It can produce equivalent conversions to the plug-in, but there is a learning curve.
After the conversion, Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , uses an action of our own that layers scanned Tri-X grain on the image and adds a curves layer. After that, the process is similar to the color image process except that I may add another layer of grain to enhance the effect.
Our post-production crew in Sioux Falls, South Dakota also usually adds a layer for dodge and burn and a soft light layer with the brush for dodge and burn. Given that some of the photo shoots Andeamo Event Photography Sioux Falls, South Dakota works are located in dark places, one would expect high ISO usage to result in the need for a noise reduction program. However, with the camera I currently use for most performance (Canon EOS-1D Mark IV), this is not necessary due to the quality of the high ISO images.
Although Andeamo Event Photography, NV, owns Photoshop software, we don't always use it. We find its gallery software too limiting, and because we use layers on most photos we find the type of image manipulation we do to be difficult or impossible. It does have some nice benefits for asset management, but it adds time over my current workflow.
At Andeamo Event Photography, we manage our own web site on a private server and use a mix of software to generate galleries. Because our galleries are event-specific and we have to put up client galleries, we are constantly building them rather than having one site that we change every few years.
At the time this is being written, we sometimes use Jalbum, a very flexible free gallery generator that is programmable. We don't program our own skins so we use a programmed gallery skin that provides plenty of options. One of our favorite features with Jalbum is Smart Upload. If you make some changes to a gallery you have already uploaded, it only uploads files that have changed so you do not have to upload an entire gallery every time.
This is a feature that other software makers (hint, Adobe!) should emulate as it can speed up workflow significantly. Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , links galleries together and creates splash pages through our own hand-coded html.
Archiving and Backup
All original files are backed up in at least four locations and cards are not scrubbed until there is at least three of the four backups are performed. At Andeamo Sioux Falls, South Dakota , we archive to external hard drives and two DVDs. When hard drives fill up, one is sent to the same relative who also copies it to tape. I have yet to lose a file, but it's always better to be on the cautious side with backup.
In our case, living in an earthquake-prone area drives the remote storage strategy, but there are plenty of other reasons to do similarly. Also, the hard drives are disconnected from power when not writing or reading. All the drives at our Sioux Falls, South Dakota site, are logged by date and an index number.
Event Photography is a fun and challenging profession. Digital photography has made many aspects of the profession more accessible, including toggling between using flash and available light photography. At Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , workflow is unique to the type of event photography we do and the tools we use to post-process. As an event photographer, you may find it simpler to provide shoot and print or step and repeat functions to your customers. This does away with the need for timely post-production editing.
Guidelines For Choosing an Event Photographer
Andeamo Event Photography Sioux Falls, South Dakota , captures the actions of participants involved in any particular event. The essence of event photography for different events such as sporting events, corporate and convention events, gatherings, weddings, exhibitions, festivals, business meetings, and so on is completely different from typical magazine or newspaper assignments whose goal is to tell a story of a particular time.
You need an experienced, creative and professional event photographer for getting excellent photographs of different events. That's why you call Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , Andeamo Event Photography specializes in Corporate Event Photography, Convention Photography, Conference Photography, Trade Show Photography, Editorial Press Assignments, Corporate Portraits, Public Relations, Press Conferences, Corporate Incentive Programs, Award Programs, Social Events, Sports, and 60 second On-site Printing, also known as shoot & print or step & repeat.
In this article you will find some guidelines for choosing best event photographer for particular event.
Whether you looking for an event photographer that can capture more spontaneous shots at particular event or you are interested in traditional types of photography with formal poses; the style of event photography you want will help choose the photographer. When hiring someone to shoot your special event, make sure you are aware of his or her specialty. Many photographers specialize in one type of work or another, such as event photography, corporate photography, trade show photography, or shoot and print, also known as step and repeat photography with on-site printing.
Check out the portfolios of various event photographers to judge the efficiency of photographer. Ask event photographers to show the photographs of similar type of events. Give proper information about the event like location, lighting arrangements etc. and your expectations. And definitely consider Andeamo Event Photography in Sioux Falls, South Dakota . Andeamo Event Photography specialized in corporate event photography with our on-site shoot and print and step and repeat capability.
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Ask most current farmers over 40 years old in the Upper Midwest about the worst drought that they remember, and 1988 would be a common response. However, that could potentially change after this year, as the drought in many areas of the Midwest in 2012 is setting up to be quite severe. Large portions of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri and other states are indicating potential for major crop losses, while growing areas of Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota are facing serious extended dryness that could lower crop yields.
As of July 9, only 40% of the U.S. corn crop was rated good to excellent, which was a drop of 16% in the past two weeks, while 30% of the corn was rated poor to very poor. A year ago in early July, 69% of the U.S. corn crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition. In the July 9 crop condition report only 40% of the U.S. soybean crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition, which compares to 66% at the same time a year ago. In 1988, the good-to-excellent crop rating dropped below 20% for both corn and soybeans in early July.
In Illinois, only 19% of the corn was rated good to excellent, and 48% was rated poor to very poor in the crop conditions report released on July 9. In Indiana, only 12% of the corn was rated good to excellent, which was the lowest corn rating since 1988, and 61% is rated poor-to-very poor. In Nebraska, which has a large amount of irrigated corn acres, only 47% of the corn was rated good to excellent, which is well below the five-year average of 80% good to excellent in early July. Iowa's overall corn condition has also been dropping rapidly; only 46% was still rated as good to excellent on July 9, which was a drop of 16% in just one week.
Minnesota has been the only major corn-producing state that has maintained a strong rating for corn conditions since the start of the growing season. As of July 9, 77% of the corn crop in Minnesota was rated as good-to excellent; however, that high rating level dropped 5% from a week earlier, following an extended period of hot, dry weather in many areas of the state. Seventy-two percent of Minnesota's soybean crop was rated good-to-excellent as of July 9.
The week of July 2-8 featured very high temperatures in most of Minnesota until late in the week, with several record temperatures being set across the state. Much of the state remained very dry, with only minimal rainfall; however, there was some significant rainfall on July 5 in southern portions of southwestern Minnesota, as well as some isolated rainfall in a few other locations. Crops on lighter soils, which received little or no rainfall during the week, began to show significant crop stress by week end. Crops on heavier soils in very dry areas continued to survive and look quite well, drawing on the ample subsoil moisture that resulted from above normal rainfall earlier in the growing season. However, the stored soil moisture is being rapidly depleted, and much of the soil moisture is below the 2-ft. level in the soil profile.
Yield prospects & market prices
Most of the Minnesota corn crop is currently at a very critical stage, with much of the corn tasseling and pollinating during the first 10 days of July. Heat and moisture stress during that phase of development can affect pollination and kernel development, which can ultimately lower corn yields. It is too early to assess how much damage has already been done to the corn crop by the very hot, dry weather in most areas during this important phase of corn growth. However, corn yield potential in many areas of Minnesota is likely to start dropping if we do not get significant rainfall soon.
Earlier this year, USDA estimated a record U.S. corn crop in 2012 of 14.79 billion bushels, based on 95.9 million planted corn acres and a national average corn yield of 166 bu./acre. Many experts have already lowered they estimated U.S. national corn yield to 150-155 bu., with some estimates even lower. A 150-bu./acre national average corn yield would produce about 13.27 billion bushels of corn this year, which is very near the expected corn usage for the year.
The corn and soybean market prices have responded to the U.S. drought with dramatic market increases. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures prices rose to near $7.75/bu. for the nearby July contract on July 9, and to $7.30 for the 2012 new-crop December futures contract. The December CBOT futures price was $5.06/bu. as recently as June 15. Similarly, the new-crop November soybean futures reached to near $15.50/bu. on July 9, which is an increase of nearly $3/bu. since mid-May.
Local cash corn prices in southern Minnesota were near $7.30/bu. on July 9, and cash soybean prices were above $15.60/bu.; however, there is very little 2011 corn or soybeans left to be priced. Most of the grain now being delivered was forward priced earlier. New-crop harvest-time cash prices for corn and soybeans are near $6.90/bu. for corn and approaching $15/bu. for soybeans. Of course, grain producers in areas severely impacted by the drought need to be very cautious when forward contracting new-crop corn and soybeans, with final corn and soybean production levels very much in doubt. Producers with revenue protection (RP) crop insurance do have some protection when forward contracting up to insurance guarantee.
Editor's note: Kent Thiesse is a former University of Minnesota Extension educator and now is Vice President of MinnStar Bank, Lake Crystal, MN. You can contact him at 507-726-2137 or via e-mail at email@example.com.


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A crash injured two Maryland Transportation Authority police officers Wednesday night on Interstate 95 in Howard County.
The crash was reported about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on southbound Interstate 95 near Elkridge.
Authorities said the officers were investigating a possible stolen vehicle when a pickup truck slammed into one cruiser, causing a domino effect.
Tyrone Darby Jr., 34, faces driving under the influence and other related charges. It was also reported that Darby failed to obey the state's new "Move Over" law.
State police said two of four southbound lanes of I-95, as well as the ramp to Maryland Route 100, were blocked by police and fire/rescue crews.
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What do the chief executives of a longstanding U.S. helicopter manufacturer, a London-based emergency medical services, offshore and SAR operator, and a hoist and winch supplier from New Jersey have in common? All of them sat down with Rotor & Wing during Heli-Expo in March for exclusive interviews that are part of our ongoing series featuring CEOs from the top companies around the helicopter industry.
Rotor & Wing: To what do you attribute Sikorsky's success during 2012?
Maurer: We have some pretty solid franchises, in terms of products. The single biggest order is the multi-year contract with the U.S. government on the H-60s, the Army and Navy contract for Black Hawks and Sea Hawks. It's very nice to have that base volume, to have that predictability, which allows you to invest in some other things. It also allows you to use that product to sell into other countries.
If you look at the global war on terror, it has turned into a helicopter war. The use of helicopters over the last 10 years has grown, the tactics have been validated and the effectiveness of the Black Hawk has been proven, and so we've seen a lot of demand come as a result of that. Then in the other two major product platforms that we have, the S-92 and S-76—a lot of it depends on the oil business. The oil and gas industry is doing well, the demand is there and also the need to have larger aircraft that can fly farther out to oil rigs as they explore deeper and deeper, that's been a real positive.
Then with the S-76 we transitioned from the C++ to the D, so on a relative basis we went out of production on the C++ and down to pretty low volume as we transitioned, and now we're ramping back up on the D. We've also been pretty strong on aftermarket. It's kind of been spread around, there's not one single element.
Rotor & Wing: What impact will sequestration have on Sikorsky?
Maurer: It won't be good, and it will probably affect our spares and aftermarket business a little sooner than the other sectors. But with or without sequestration, there's going to be a general downward pressure on U.S. military budgets. We have to be ready for that. The problem with sequestration is that it's a little tough from an uncertainty standpoint, but to the extent that the other pressures unfold slowly and predictably enough, we should be able to compensate. Aerospace is a cyclical business, they tend to be long cycles. We've been around for 90 years, and we'll still be around.
Rotor & Wing: What's the forecast look like for the commercial sector?
Maurer: There are two levels. On a relative basis, we'll experience a big increase because we're introducing the S-76D. On an absolute basis, it still looks very strong going forward because the oil market is the biggest, but we're also seeing lots of interest from search and rescue, and that's for both the S-92 and the S-76. We're getting demand from parapublic-type missions—interior ministries, homeland defense, coastguards, things like that—so pretty good trends in a number of areas. The other thing we're starting to see, and it will take a while, is that the S-92 is a multi-role utility aircraft that could be used [in an armed role], and there are some militaries that are starting to look at that. We think there's some potential there, essentially taking a base aircraft and modifying it for military applications.
Rotor & Wing: Has Sikorsky examined any commercial applications for the X2/S-97 Raider?
Maurer: We're considering that, but I wouldn't put that as a front-burner item. You've got to have a lot of fortitude to go out and speculatively develop a commercial aircraft of any kind.
Without some major launch customer or group of orders to pull from, it doesn't happen often, while that approach is much more typical on the military side. So long-term, absolutely—we're in the commercial business and over time we have to introduce new products and there's no doubt that we'll continue to do that. But in terms of some front-burner commercial application for X2, probably not, it looks like the military is going to be first for that.
Rotor & Wing: How did the partnership with Boeing on Future Vertical Lift develop?
Maurer: We've always had relationships with Boeing over the years, not just on new aircraft but with the aftermarket. We looked at where the Future Vertical Lift/Joint Multi-Role was going and just started to have conversations about "Where do you see it going? What's your appetite for investment?" and that sort of thing. It really started as a much about a business deal as opposed to a discussion about whether we're going to go with a certain aircraft configuration.
It wasn't about that [compound vs. tiltrotor or other design], it was about do Boeing and Sikorsky want to collaborate on medium lift? Because we're both in there now, we both would like to stay there and it's just a massive program—right now, the government's ability to invest is a lot less than it used to be. So if you look at our collective ability to invest, tolerance for risk, things like that, we thought that collaborating in this program made a lot of sense.
We're going with an X2 configuration, but it's bigger. From a gross weight standpoint, it's roughly three times what an S-97 Raider is. That's one of the big things that we're going to have to prove out in the JMR technology demonstrator program, and that's one of the questions the customer has—is this thing scalable to something that big?
Rotor & Wing: As CEO, what are your personal goals for Sikorsky?
Maurer: I've talked about having these big franchises. We really have to do well in executing and introducing the CH-53K so that we have that fourth pillar in the business. That's critically important in the long term, the way we're going to win or compete on anything else in the U.S. government—they're going to look at past performance and the 53K is really our key. We want to have a real program we can hold up and say, "Here's how to do it." That will help us with any other competition we have. So I look at that, and with FVL, it will happen long after I'm gone, but I want to make sure that whatever replaces the Black Hawk, that it's us.
The other thing is anything to do with globalization. We've evolved from being really centered around the U.S. military while being an opportunistic exporter, to now where we need to become a real multi-local company that has an industrial presence in key parts of the world. That is part of the fabric in our key markets that we don't just ship things there—we make things there, we service things there, we develop products there, and we start to expand the footprint of the company so that we operate in these other international markets. So I'd put that as my top three.
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Rotor & Wing: Please elaborate on the recent restructuring of the company.
Drummond: When I joined the business in July 2011, we actually had two groups of companies—there was the Inaer group of companies and the Bond group. They were held under a financial controlling company called World Helicopter Group. One of the things we had to do quickly was work out what to do with the two groups, and we decided that we only needed one group of companies [under a single umbrella]. So we created the Avincis Group. We think it's very important to maintain the individual operating companies within the group, and that's why the group is branded Avincis, but we're retaining Inaer, Bond, Australian Helicopters and Norsk Helikopter Service (NHS), because we firmly believe that proximity to the customer is really important. They need to understand [local needs] at a very deep level. The customers know that that responsibility's sitting right next to them—it's not sitting somewhere remote in some centralized location, but it's where they are, and that's really important. But there are clearly advantages of scale that we can deliver to the operating companies, and that's the purpose of Avincis Group—we determine the strategy and deliver the advantages of scale to the operating companies so they can provide better value to the customers. The most obvious is in terms of fleet strategy and acquisition costs, services, insurance and the like. We can manage that on a global basis and deliver that benefit to the operating companies. Similarly, we make sure that the operating companies have everything they need.
Rotor & Wing: How did you come up with the Avincis name?
Drummond: It was one of the more difficult decisions in the last two years. The board decided on the strategy for the group, and that was far easier than deciding what we were going to call it.
What I thought would be a 30-minute discussion turned into something a great deal longer and more difficult than that. In the end, we decided to put the question to everyone in the company, please tell us what you think the group should be called, and whoever picks the name that the board thinks is the best gets dinner for two at a restaurant of your choice and a bottle of champagne.
One of our people in Spain picked the name, he thought of it in the context of Leonardo da Vinci, the concept design for helicopters and also the concept of advancing. He thought Avincis sounded pretty good, and we agreed.
Rotor & Wing: What have you been hearing about new Sikorsky S-92 that just entered service with NHS?
Drummond: We took delivery of [two S-92s] in early February, and they went into revenue service in early March. We're very excited about it, it's a great helicopter and it provides vital diversity to the fleet. Our previous heavy fleet had been entirely Eurocopter—of course we have tremendous confidence in Eurocopter and they will always be a part of the future of the business, no question—but as we grew the business, we needed some diversity within the fleet to avoid overly concentrating the risk of the business.
Rotor & Wing: What are the global trends you're watching and where do you foresee growth in emerging markets?
Drummond: We operate in Chile and Peru right now, and we see Latin America as a very strong and attractive market for growth, not just for the energy services business, but also the life/rescue and firefighting business, both services we're operating there right now. All the countries in the region are investing heavily in building infrastructure as their economies grow, and this is the part of that infrastructure that we're providing. We continue to invest ourselves and see a good future there.
Other growth at the moment is in Australia and northern Europe. Those areas are we see most of the growth coming from in the medium term. Beyond that, there's areas elsewhere like Africa, where there's tons of investment going into infrastructure and energy services. But we can't be everywhere all at once, so we will look at those markets in another 12 months' time as we build the businesses in our current regions. Both Africa and India are really attractive. Southeast Asia is exciting, we just can't get all of these regions at once, unfortunately.
Rotor & Wing: What are your personal goals as CEO for the company?
Drummond: The vision for the company is we want to be seen as the best mission-critical aviation service requirement in the world. And seen not by ourselves, but by our customers, regulators, our workforce and our competitors. That's a fairly lofty goal, but I think it's realistic and it's achievable, and we believe we're making progress with that, so the [U.S. Transportation Safety Institute] Moral Courage award is one example. It's not the entirety, but it's a very significant step and important recognition, Richard [Mintern, Bond CEO] and Simon [Stuart, Bond's safety director] have done a great job.
That's what we want to achieve. If we're seen as the best services provider, we're not going to have a problem growing the business. If we're generally a very high standards operator, then we will not have a problem providing value to our customers, and making money. So that safety goal is not motherhood and apple pie, it's a real objective and it requires real investment over a sustained period of time. That's exactly what we're doing.
Related: Operator News
By Andrew Drwiega, International Bureau Chief
Brad Pedersen is Breeze-Eastern's new president and CEO and has been in place since the first week of June 2012. His aviation experience includes 17 years as a helicopter flight test engineer with Boeing, progressing to director of international Apache programs among other titles, and six years with Sikorsky where he was the Canadian Maritime Helicopter program manager, the UH-60M program manager and director of advanced programs. More recently he was president of the New Jersey-based Airborne Systems Group.
Pedersen says that his business sense started being accumulated from those early days. "We did flight testing off site and got to know that if I didn't have something, often something small, then we couldn't fly. So logistics and support were factors that I appreciated from an early stage." At Breeze-Eastern he wants to ensure logistics and customer support are made cornerstones of the business: "Some components have lead times up to a year or more so we have to anticipate the demand and have to have our own orders in with suppliers."
He emphasizes that expectations in business have changed, often from what we demand outside of work. "The people buying our parts, whether in Australia or wherever, are used to going online and buying a book, for example, and as soon as their order is in they receive a confirmation e-mail that the order has been placed. Then it's in shipping—positive affirmation along the line. That's what we need to aim for." Pedersen states that he hopes to lead the company through a mindset change "to make sure that our customers questions have been answered when we go home at night."
"We want to get 24-hour response time anywhere in the world. That takes work—our suppliers as well as distributors—to be in sync. You can't do it right nine times, then get it wrong on the 10th time, because it is the last one your customers remember you by. You have to keep doing it right."
He continued: "At Boeing and Sikorsky I learned the benefit of standard process. You need four things to make a change: the people; the organization; the tools; and the process. So the process serves the customer, not just individuals. If you don't have all the pieces in place, change is difficult."
Pedersen said that Breeze-Eastern is fortunate in that most of its suppliers are small companies and are fairly agile with the ability to respond. "Most of them are happy to support us in the direction we want to go. Every one of our distributors is on-board. Once we have shown them how much we are committed, they are prepared to respond."
The new factory has allowed the company to better organize its customer support: "We get things focused in one line, not two separate groups. We can pool our spares and repair requirements. Operators can make better real-time decisions."
He explained that the company is trying to introduce more transparency of where stock is being held. The objective is to release inventory quicker if customers have more visibility. "It's not rocket science, the software is there we just need to apply it," he states.
There have already been changes he pointed out. "A year ago, perhaps 18 months, overall repair turnaround times were 160-plus days—we are now down to 60 days (plus or minus). Our deliveries to people like Sikorsky have been close to 100 percent over the last six months."
Related: Component News


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Culture Shocks for an American in Canada
I suppose it was foolish of me to think I would not experience culture shock when I moved four hours away from Ohio to Ontario, Canada. Foolish or not, I was wrong.
Language Differences
My husband, who is Canadian by birth and lived most of his life in Canada, has no accent or strange speech habits. I've heard the "eh" jokes in reference to Canadian lingo most of my life and didn't get it when I became a resident. I've almost never heard "eh" in conversation. I have heard it, but not much. There are other things though.
Some pronunciations are different. For instance when I pronounce "been" it sounds like bin. But Canadian newscasters and educators say it like I say "bean." It makes my ears tickle.
Like Bostonians, the accepted proper Canadian pronunciation of pasta is "pass-tah". With an emphasis on the the first syllable. Again: ear tickles.
The article "a", as in I ate a single grape is pronounced the same as the a in apple. My youngest children learned to read in Canada and each would correct me when I'd correct them over their pronunciation of the article "a". It seems odd to me to say "a" like apple and not like ape. I don't hear this in everyday conversation, though.
The letter z has a name and it is not Zee. It is Zed. If you say Zee you are outing yourself as an American. (Though I cannot help but see an elderly, white-haired wizard anytime "Zed" is mentioned. "Bags!" Now if you get that reference, you're a nerd like me ;) )
The other ear tickler is the word drama. It's pronounced DRAM - uh here with emphasis on the first syllable and the first "a" is clearly an apple "a", unlike what I'm used to hearing which is more of a soft "o" sound or shortened "aw" sound.
Again! Oh man, this is like a gain. I'm used to uhgen with a hard g. Nope. They really emphasize that long hard A sound in the second syllable.
Sorry...actually I think Canadians probably pronounce things more like they should be pronounced based on the sounds of English letters, but still, I'm accustomed to different pronunciations so "sorry" to me sounds very much like sari but in Canada it's like sore- ee.
I'm sure there is more but I'll stop there and move on to something else.
Canadian Cigarettes
To an American these are weird. The Canadian government has gone to great lengths to curb smoking and prevent prospective new smokers from ever wanting to pick up the habit. In Canada the standard pack size contains 30 cigarettes (they do sell 20 packs, but people only buy those when they're short on cash.) Canadian cigarettes are very expensive. $10 a pack for decent ones. $7 a pack for economy ones. If you're adventurous you'll buy what's called "reserves" but I'll discuss that later.
Many years ago the Canadian government required cigarette manufacturers to cover HALF the cigarette package with graphic health warnings. Those warnings are:
Canadian cigarette packs also list all their toxic emissions and the percentage of each chemical: Tar, Nicotine, Carbon Monoxide, Formaldehyde, Hydrogen Cyanide and Benzene.
Those who wish to avoid the $10/pack fee for cigarettes, and those with Native status, will buy their cigarettes on a Native Reserve for about $15/carton. They come in giant ziploc bags which contain 200 cigarettes (pictured on the bottom two shelves):
And by the way, nobody smokes "cigarettes" in Canada -- they're called "smokes" here.
Highways and Byways
In the states I was accustomed to routing many drives many different ways. Going between two main cities, I could choose a few different routes based on traffic or construction or scenery if I wanted. That's not very likely here.
Canada's got a couple highways. I do mean a couple. There seems to be one going north to south in Ontario and another going east to west across the entire country. There are no more. That's it. Want to find a quicker route from Niagara to Toronto? Want to avoid the holiday weekend traffic? Want to avoid the construction? HA! Unless you're swimming or flying, there is ONE WAY to drive it and one way only.
And for those who weren't aware, Ontario is the center of the universe. Just so ya know. Other Canadians are a bit miffed that darned near everything in Canada is in Ontario, but it seems to have worked out that way. Sorry. I didn't do it. I just enjoy the benefits of it. (40% of Canada's population resides in Ontario. In a way this center-of-the-universe thing makes sense once you know that.)
Hopefully no one thinks I am poking fun at Canada. I love it here. I love the land, the scenery, the people, the sense of community in every community I've lived. There's more, but I'll save it for another day. Read more...


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My absence from my blog is due to the busy, busy month of November. Here are two rag quilts that I completed this month for two dear friends of mine.
The second one is for a baby boy. The nursery is in a western theme. When I went to the fabric store I couldn't decide on the prints. I wanted to use flannel, but I could only find the cow print in cotton. I settled for cotton fabrics. They ragged much better, but the blanket is not as soft as the flannel.
My husband found the print that we used on the back. He insisted that we buy that fabric, so I made the back out of one print and the front out of the three prints.
Overall I was pleased with both blankets and the mommies were very glad to have them.
I found a really great tutorial HERE on how to make the blankets. Instead of using 4" squares like she did, I used 6" for my outer layer and 5" squares for my batting. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for looking!!!


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New census: City growth rate climbs while County growth slows
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I think the growth in registered voters is very misleading. There's no secret that many people who had never voted in their life registered to vote in several elections locally over the last two years.
It would be interesting to see the growth of registered voters in many cities and counties nationwide over the last few years.
The population has increased, but water use has fallen 22% below what is projected for our 50 year water plan. Go to cvillewater.info for all the data.
Some claim that we have seen all the water conservation from changes in manufacturing products that we can count on . But the reality is - with federally mandated low flow plumbing fixtures this decrease in water use is sure to continue.
Given the uncertain economic climate, and continued drop in water use, it is foolish to proceed building a mega dam and energy fueled pipeline, instead of maintaining the resources we already own first.
We should dredge our reservoirs now and repair our dam. Using the Water Authority's own data; dredging will provide 40 years of water supply capacity, and with new water saving technology probably much more.
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and do the smart thing- dredge now !
Dredging will give us an abundant supply of water for all the growth projected in the county comprehensive plan. Dredging is not anti growth it is anti cost and pro environment.
Here is a link with an indept analysis of population and water use
Election districts are based on population, not number of registered voters.
Doesn't state that districts where redrawn, that voting precincts may be because of the change in registered voters. By the way, don't like the new format for The Hook, don't like it at all.
The city elections are all at-large, so the "districts" maybe are based on voters.
Here's a link to population and water use data.
Save the reservoir - Save the forest- Get involved before it's too late !
The format is OK, but I miss the weather link. :(
Yes, as Betty Mooney says, dredge now. Dredging is, after all, basic maintenance that should have been done regularly ever since the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir was built.
And, while we're at it, let's please use those newly available votes to dredge City Hall. Elected officials who treat public resources as though they are theirs to dispense and members of the public as though they are dispensable nuisances have no place in office.
Again, City Hall behavior vis-a-vis Ridge-Cherry/William Taylor Plaza offers apt example. In 2009, moments after Planning Commission and City Council approved Southern Development's plan for William Taylor Plaza -- a massive mixed-use complex that would incorporate two City taxpayer-owned parcels on Ridge Street -- SD listed the five parcels it already owned at the site for sale at $2.3 million. In late December just past, we learned that SD planned to flip the property -- including the two City-owned parcels that SD had never actually purchased -- to Pinnacle Construction's William Park, who styled himself on a 15 December Rezoning Petition as "Contract Purchaser" of the entire Ridge-Cherry property, including the two City parcels.
Over the weeks since, more information has emerged even as the relationship between Park and SD has shifted. They now style themselves partners. Most important, however, the Rezoning Petition -- consistently described by Neighborhood Development Services as "changes to the [William Taylor Plaza] PUD" -- actually seeks approval for a completely different project. That project is much larger in square footage (120,000 rather than 80,000-100,000) and notably more intrusive on the site but lower in environmental standard. So if approved, it would have much greater impact on everything from trees and traffic to the people who call the surrounding historic neighborhood home.
But that isn't all. Only two days ago, we were able to learn from paragraphs buried in an attachment to the NDS staff report on the Rezoning Petition -- which will be open for public comment for the first and last time at an 8 February Joint Public Hearing before City Council and Planning Commission -- how very different in character the Park project is. To wit: The residential component of SD's WTP consisted of 50 units for sale. The residential component of Park's WTP, however, consists of 80 apartments available only for rent. Further, that enormous apartment complex -- clearly a clone of Treesdale Park (Affordable Multifamily Rental Community) developed by William Park and AHIP in Albemarle County -- would rely on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Virginia Housing Development Authority as well as on City Council rewriting its $253,000 sale contract with SD so that Park-SD would acquire the two City taxpayer-owned parcels on Ridge Street for no cash whatsoever.
And all of this has proceeded without one single act of outreach to neighbors -- most of whom have no idea what's afoot. Yes, let's dredge everywhere. First, though, please tell City Councilors and Planning Commissioners before Tuesday the 8th that this is not all right.
Someone needs to do there homework Mr.Spencer...the census show a DROP in population in C'ville .Of course "the city" states this is not true than it gained 3k...hmmmm....Do you think the census was that far off?????
I agree with Betty Mooney--we should be dredging, not damming!
So are Cville leaders just keeping their heads in the sand or is the census correct?
Here are some Presidential Election results (from C-ville City's website & 2008 from internet:
2000 Election total voters: 18,805 (58.8% Gore, 30.6%Bush)
2004 Election total voters: 21,335 (72.1% Dem, 27.2% Rep)
2008 Election total voters: 18,770 (78.465 Obama 20.63% McCain)
The story says there are 10,000 new registered voters in Charlottesville but does not say from what year. But in the last 10 years about the same number of people actually voted in 2008 as in 2000. The democrat percentage has increased but the total number of actual voters in Presidential elections (usually which pulls out the highest percentage voters is Presidential) was less in 2008 than it was in 2000 a census year.
If you look at the number of people actually voting there was a decease from 2008 vs. 2000
So now there will be comments removed with no note saying they've been "Deleted by moderator?"
Yes, Michael. When a media organization is doing back flips to protect and cover up those who were trying to aid and profit from a child prostitution ring, they have to do any number of things. That includes deleting online comments.
It sounds like the new tactics of ACORN excuse me UVA designed to increase a demacratic majority have been so successful they are being called into question, 10,000 additional, hmmm.
@Bryan: you misunderstand... I guess I don't actually have an issue with them deleting the comments (they were way off-topic), but I think I have an issue with them doing so without leaving a message that they have done so. In the past, when messages were deleted, the moderator would just edit out the comment and leave a note that said "deleted by moderator."
To me, this is a bit like editing a story without noting that a correction was made.
There is no relevant story thread to post on, Michael - and that is exactly the point. Nonetheless, it sure is making news elsewhere..
And, oh, they've been caught...........AGAIN.
I think (I don't know positively) the census showed the City lost 100 people from 2000 to 2010. The City came back and said that is not right we have registered 10,000 new voters, so the census was changed up 3,000. But if you look at the number of people actually voting 18,805 in 2000 and 18,770 in 2008 it backs up the original census of flat or no growth.


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