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Has sailing died?
Is sailing on its way to the graveyard?
Did the marine industry just commit suicide?
- "Thats It! For real, I am giving up sailing and I am selling the yacht! I have had enough of chasing down parts and mechanics. I am tired of paying too much for too little time on the water and the level of service is terrible"
- Such are the words in more than several heated and emotional post I have read in social media this summer. The outbursts have popped up among pictures of bikini and shorts clad people with drinks in hand on sunny teak decks. With the hottest summer on record in much of Europe, it is no wonder the temperature between the leisure marine industry and its customers are record high.
It is clear that new generations of sailors have different needs and expectations from the leisure marine industry. This raises the question: is the industry meeting those expectations?
Is DIY over?
My old man could fix anything. My friends dads were also a talented bunch of odd gentlemen who would pull out the tool box if anything broke down. Our mothers were educated and often held full time employment while still carrying with them traditional skills like sewing together a pair of torn jeans. Some of my friends even had a full home made wardrobe and did not know the inside of a hairdressers before well into their twenties.
Today, when facing a problem, my generations first response is to pull out the iPhone. Born in the seventies, we know a spanner from a hammer, but think internet is greatest invention since the printing press.
Younger generations seems less adapt to fixing stuff. They instead deliver the broken goods to a service station or buy new. Not because they are lazy, but society has changed and they have a different skill set than their parents.
This is nothing new but technology has indeed progressed faster in the last 20 years than ever before in history.
On the other hand, it is inspiring to see so many young YouTubers getting older boats and documenting sometimes advanced refits with limited funds. Posting your problem in one of the many sailing groups on Facebook you usually get dozens of helpful advice.
Like this article so far? Lets connect on Facebook so you never miss out.
Is something rotten in the marine leisure industry?
One sailor on Facebook was particularly angry because he could not get hold of a mechanic all summer. The holiday was ruined and he had been stuck in port for some time while the rest of the family had long since gone off on a land based holiday.
The comments offered interesting reading. Several sailors could share identical stories and marine mechanics were compared to an arrogant gang of hostage takers. While others, a clear minority, thought it was only fair that mechanics should also enjoy some time off in the sun.
"Mechanics are not doctors and the local shop is not the emergency room", one sailor wrote. There was also a stroke of nostalgia. An older gentleman reminded the others that things were much better in the old days of simple - non electronic diesel engines. Another old salt wrote in response to the original poster that he certainly didn't have any business being at sea because he relied on an engine in the first place when he bloody well had a mast and sail
Todays sailors have unrealistic expectations - or do they?
Owning a car today in the western world represents few problems. The service industry and infrastructure revolving around private car ownership is fantastic. The level of expertise is high and todays mechanics are highly educated and are tech savvy. Competition is high and prices are fair.
When I book a service for my car, I usually do everything online. As do most these days. An appointment is made and you deliver your car at the workshop at an agreed time and date. A written contract is in place beforehand where scope, time and price is fixed. For a quick oil change or minor repairs I often sit in the lobby and enjoy free coffee and wifi while I wait for the car to be ready.
This type of service and level of organisation is seldom seen in the leisure marine industry. Why?
As long as one of the favourite quotes among sailors is "A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money" we all have a problem.
Is it really fair towards the thousands of dealerships, workshops, yards and marinas to expect the same level of service that of the car industry? Many will say yes.
The objective notion of good customer service is when expectations are met.
Lawmakers and consumers have have accomplished laws of compensations towards airlines where you actually get something if your flight is delayed or cancelled?
Imaging getting a 100 Euro refund if your sailmaker is a few hours late with delivering your new mainsail?
The quote above suggests that all the money spent returns no value. And if that is the case, how can sailors expect anything more than poor customer service?
Or are we just getting the service we deserve?
Disparity grows because of a very fragmented industry
It seems the demand for more comfortable, faster and more economical yachts has left us with a problem that needs immediate attention.
All yachts are made up of a series of compromises. Even custom builds by the worlds best naval architects and builders are full of them.
Yachts are often designed within three parameters: Speed, comfort and price. One can have a fast, comfortable yacht but it won't be cheap. One can have a cheap and fast boat but it won't be comfortable. Or you can have a comfortable and cheap boat but it won't be fast.
A modern car is a very complicated beast. The car manufacturer Toyota says their cars consists of 30 000 parts. Not knowing if they count the individual strands in the wires or not, but the number is impressive.
Modern 40 ft sailing yachts may have less than 30 000 parts, but the sea is a powerful destroyer of all things man made.
And of course there are more cars on the roads than yachts sailing. So, the sheer scale of the automotive industry represents a huge upside to aftermarket business.
As yachts are becoming more technologically advanced, the less one can expect from an owner to fix on his or her own. Therefore todays generation of service men and women already need a whole different set of skills to repair and maintain a yachts systems.
The problem today is that if you have an issue with your rig, a software bug in your chart plotter and need a new impeller, you need to make at least three phone calls/Google searches and make three seperate appointments. That is time consuming and unnecessary.
The marine leisure industry is more vulnerable to disruption than ever before
The leisure marine industry have traditionally operated with narrow margins and are subjected to seasonal variations in many parts of the world. When the season is peaking in the consumer segment, the supply side is often understaffed. There might be a window of a few weeks in the spring and autumn where supply and demand are harmonised.
That is a not a sustainable business model and hurts the industry and the consumer.
The disparity between a new modern, well equipped yacht and the level of land based service stations represents a huge business potential. But the source of the problem might lie elsewhere than in between the two.
The first fax machine was worthless. What good would a fax machine do if there was no-one to send faxes to?
Tesla launched its electric car and changed the automobile industry forever. There were other electric cars on the market, but Tesla did something the others hadn't done.
They provided the infrastructure the owners needed: Charging Stations everywhere!
With the infrasturcture in place they effectively removed the biggest barrier owners of electric cars had. Range Anxiety.
So, why aren't more boatbuilders supplying the infrastructure to provide safe and predicable sailing?
In a previous article in the magazine, The Digital Economy and Future of the Sailing Industry - Where is the Tesla of Yachting? we touch upon both what is preventing massive disruption in the yachting industry and why yards can be vulnerable for disruption.
What makes them vulnerable for disruption is that most yards have core legacy business models which often generate the majority of their revenue. They are not diversified enough to meet emerging competitors with a more diverse business models.
Diversification is about building new products, exploring new markets, and taking new risks. Of course diversification is not the answer to everything.
Taking financial risk in uncertain times and/or if you are already market leader in a narrow field are examples where it can be smart to focus on your core business.
At the same time, history is littered with companies that failed to adapt to a massive change in the market such as Kodak and Nokia.
Instead some companies should adapt a second strategy and create a new division focused solely on the growth opportunities that arise from the disruption.
Some research even suggest this new division should be organised outside of core structure creating an environment detached from the incumbents culture.
The Sailing World is struggling with recruitment in the young adults and young families bracket. Sailing Clubs are usually quite good at children's sailing schools and sailing is becoming an old mans activity.
Can it be that the reportedly bad level of service in the industry must take part of the blame? Or does the fault lie somewhere else?
We think those who knows their customers best will survive.
Over the next weeks we will focus on companies that are now offering a 360 approach to meet the service needs of the modern sailing family. We will also carry out a survey to map the the apparent and true levels of service and present the findings in future articles.
Please share your experiences with dealing with the marina/yard/workshop. Both negative and positive experiences are welcome.


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"I think being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the point that it makes it difficult to be around other people. For instance, if I'm hanging out with you, I can't even tell whether I like you or not because I'm too worried about whether you like me." — David Foster Wallace
People don't believe me when I tell them I'm an introvert. Based on MBTI I'm 82% introverted. I guess because I'm friendly (or at least, I try to be), outspoken and not unwilling to do public-speaking. The reason, I believe, is simply because I'm not shy. Well this quote sums things up pretty easily on how I feel about shy people.
I can understand it when people are that way initially (eg. meeting new people), but will never accept it as an excuse to deny opportunities presented.
I'm an INTP.
What are you?

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Us three. Us brothers. Us kings, inseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood, in the midst of their young parents' volatile love that makes and unmakes the family many times over. While Manny and Joel grow into versions of their loving and unpredictable father, Ma seeks to shelter her youngest, Jonah, in the cocoon of home. More sensitive and conscious than his older siblings, Jonah increasingly embraces an imagined world all his own.
With a screenplay by Dan Kitrosser and Jeremiah Zagar based on the celebrated Justin Torres novel, We the Animals is a visceral coming-of-age story propelled by layered performances from its astounding cast – including three talented, young first-time actors – and stunning animated sequences which bring Jonah's torn inner world to life. Drawing from his documentary background, director Jeremiah Zagar creates an immersive portrait of working class family life and brotherhood. (c) The Orchard
Zagar builds a world that is simultaneously deeply authentic and dreamlike — the perfect combination to express a child's deeply felt but inherently distorted view of the universe he inhabits.
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|Scientific name: Phoenicurus ochruros
|Length: 14-15 cm
|Status: Scarce breeding resident, passage migrant and winter visitor
|Wingspan: 23-26 cm
|Breeding pairs: 19-44
|Weight: 14-20 g
|Wintering birds: 400
|Conservation status: Red
Description: Adult male black redstarts have slate-grey upperparts, with darker markings on their wings. The flight feathers form a white patch when the wings are closed. The rump and tail are rusty-orange and the upper tail feathers are black with rust edges.
Their underparts and face are black and they have rictal bristles surround their bills which are black, as are their eyes, legs and feet.
Female black redstarts are a duller brown-grey colour. Juvenile black redstarts are similar to females, with scaling on the throat and breast.
Nesting: Black redstarts nest in holes and cavities in rocks and walls or sometimes in piles of stones on the ground. The females construct a cup-shaped nest from grass, moss, wool, hair and feathers.
Black redstarts lay 4-6 white eggs that are incubated for 12-13 days by the female alone. Chicks leave the nest after about 12-17 days but are unable to fly for several days and stay near the nest.
Feeding: Black redstarts have a varied diet feeding mainly on invertebrates such as grasshoppers, flies, ants, beetles, spiders, insects, worms and snails. They will also eat fruit, berries and seeds.
Where to see them: Black redstarts can be found during breeding season in urban areas in London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool.
During spring and autumn migration they can be found along the coast
Credit: Timo Tschentscher
Did you know? Black redstarts began colonizing Britain after World War II, when heavy bombing in London and other cities gave them a plethora of potential nest sites.


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Talk:Crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17/Almaz-Antay investigation
In May 2015 Novaya Gazeta published online a confidential report prepared by Russian military engineers. Later the same material was published by Almaz-Antay.
Novaya Gazeta
Novaya Gazeta has published online a confidential report prepared by Russian military engineers. This is the most thorough forensic analysis of of the airframe damage so far. For a description of the damage, see our list of MH17 airframe parts. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:04, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
- Sources
- Это был «Бук-М1» (Report of Expert Engineers) - Novaya Gazeta, May 5, 2015
- Rusvesna 06.05.2015 (summary)
- "It was Buk-M1"--Classified Russian report on MH17 published - Fort Russ, May 9, 2015
- Russian engineers' report on MH17 crash 'based on fake photos from Russian General Staff' - UNIAN, 06.05.2015
- ...please add more here. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:04, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
"Novaya Gazeta" (full) confidential document publication "The result of peer review of the investigation into the plane crash Boeing-777 (flight MH17) 17.07.2014 in the south-east of Ukraine", said the editorial. "To our knowledge, this work of Russian engineers MIC (including that of NGOs, which designs and manufactures missiles such as" Buck ") should be directed to the Dutch experts leading the investigation terrible tragedy", - said the material edition. The editorial said that felt it necessary to disclose the document in view of its social significance.
Conclusions (referring to "Novaia Gazeta" text)
- 9М38М1 missile, 9Н314М warhead. There are 3 types of elements, heavy and light 1,2; heavy elements were I (double T) shaped ; light 1,2 are parallelepiped. For those dumbheads on internet: Figure 3A: wrong type, 3 B: correct type.
- Figure 12 give their version of elements motion. 70 degrees horizontally, intersecting flight path from the right and back, 20 degrees vertically down. This indeed explains heavy damage to the left side of the cabin and give streaking damage on the wing and engine. So this is a good version matching many things overall. They do not address detailed shape of crater on the left wing, which appears to be more consistent with motion forward, not backwards.
- Snezhnoe launch is inconsistent with the damage, illustrated in Figure 16
- From angles of approach, they identified the launch area as Zaroshenskoe (to the south from the impact).
- And by the way, this is where Ukrainian Buk was located.
- Interesting Figure 9 (have not seen it before), with a comment: "Analysis of the damage elements of mechanization (flap) of the left wing can confidently say that it was mainly the field covering fragments. This is due to the presence of multiple lesions (striking elements of different fractions, light and heavy), and the amount of damage (density of holes per 1 sq. Meter, taking into account the distance from the point of detonation of a missile, and the effective area of the element is even higher than on the port (=left) side of the hull near the cockpit ).
- They did not seem to really explain forensic-wise why, if coming at such angle, it was approaching from the South and not from the North. Seems to be it could be coming along that or nearby line but from the North, not from the South (with direction modified a bit as it now moves closer to the plane, not overshooting it). This crudely gives their location but reflected about the flight path, giving launch somewhere in the area of Fasheevka. So the argument for the South seems to be really resting on the known Ukrainian Buk location.
- Agree that Snezhnoe does not fit.
- With approach from the front, missile moves relative to the plane approaching at 4 Mach; that gives some forward bias to the cone of elements; exactly how much bias depends on elements velocity. They do not discuss it though. On the figure, very slight bias seems to be shown (that would be true for element velocity much higher than 3-4 Mach... but it could well be also about 4 Mach, and not much higher...a bit strange that there seems to be no discussion of it). Elements flying off perpendicular at 4 Mach from the frontally incoming missile will move at 45 degrees relative to the plane frame...
- --Resup (talk) 12:47, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
For any BUK theory to be valid, the direction of all projectiles should be traceable to a single point source. This would need to be somewhere near the upper left side of the cockpit. The report explains the narrow band of heavy damage by the shallow angle of the belt of shrapnel flying out of the warhead.
I am not convinced at the conclusions about the direction of the missile. It seems that the report assumes that the shrapnel flies sideways from the warhead. This does not take into account the Mach 3 speed of the missile. Combining the explosion pattern with the speed produces a forward directed cone. This 3D simulation describes such a cone and concludes that the missile came from 20 degrees to the right, i.e. from the direction of Snezhnoe. This direction is rejected by the Russian report. All this analysis assumes that neither the plane nor the missile turned before impact. If the missile came from ahead, then the wing damage could be explained by the missile body itself, not shrapnel. The left wind flap with
apparent shrapnel damage may be a crucial piece of evidence. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 02:18, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
P.S. - The holes in the left wing flap are not BUK shrapnel damage. They have several orders of magnitude less energy than the holes on the side of the cockpit. (If these were BUK, then the cockpit holes would need to be armor-piercing autocannon.) More likely the holes are caused by debris from somewhere, maybe the missile. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 03:44, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
- Most of shrapnel will stay behind blast wave, which slows down with the distance (e.g. there is a slow motion experiment here on cnn-very little gets in front of it, if any at all). Also shrapnel is incoming at ricocheting angles. Either of those makes low penetration not too surprising. But more than one event not excluded also. --Resup (talk) 13:36, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
- Regarding video, cone of course will depend on both missile speed and projectile elements speed. Speed of elements is not in open sources; whoever produced the video had no clue and just draw some nice picture fitting the damage. This is not a simulation, as key info is not known and not easily simulated from what is known. That's OK for a youtuber, but engineers doing the report really should have addressed this at least. But with frontal approach, there will be considerably heavier damage in front, this is essentially what they said, and damage-amount-wise I agree.
- Indeed, wing and flap damage are important overall --Resup (talk) 03:19, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Direction Cones
If what they use has energetics of TNT/gunpowder, element speed will be under 2500 m/s (gunpowder) , 3000 m/s (TNT) by conservation of energy, and less than that in reality as some is going to get wasted. (Novaia gazeta mentions in one place a velocity of 2400 m/s for elements passing through towards the other side of cabin --this sort of matches up) --Resup (talk) 04:09, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
- Cone is said to be +/- 20 degree with respect to perpendicular to the hull direction, in the missile reference frame. Taking projectile speed at 2200 m/s, and knowing plane and missile speeds, allows to redraw the cone as seen in the frame moving with the plane. With Snezhnoe (-20 degrees counterclockwise from the path), the cone misses the wing. With Zaroshenskoe (-110 degrees) everything works direction-wise. 20 degrees approach, kind of works, but impact is nearly perpendicular into the cabin. At 110 degrees, may be possible -along the wing towards the cabin, and half of the cone having a miss. Zaroshenskoe seems to be the best overall direction-wise fit; and Snezhnoe not working. --Resup (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
- I have tried to find sources for fragment velocity from HE shells and warheads. Little luck. Wikipedia does not even have an article for high-explosive shell. It would be possible to estimate the speed of shrapnel, if we knew the total amount of explosive, the weight of the shrapnel and the thermal efficiency of the design. In fact there is an online Gurney equations calculator on the UN site that does just this, using only the first two of the parameters, the "charge-to-metal ratio".
- The results produced by the calculator do not depend on the size of the warhead, only the proportion of "Mass of Case" to "Mass of Explosives" and the explosive material used. With a 1/1 ratio of case to explosives the velocity is 2986 m/s for TNT and 3584 m/s and 3640 m/s respectively for RDX and HMX. The problem with the equations is that they give unlimited velocities at high C/M ratios, surpassing the detonation velocity of the explosive, although C/M ratios of under 2 seem to be safe. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 02:39, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
- My numbers shall be called Gurney constant than--assuming that shrapnel is dragged by the blast and so explosive have to set itself to that speed --Resup (talk) 03:12, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
- In wikipedia version--which references a book-- that safe m/c =1/2, cylindrical case, just means that v = Gourney constant; and according to wikipedia (probably = book) Gourney constant is 2440 m/s for TNT and does not seem to go over 3000 m/s for anything... UN calculator is messed up, (m/c) =0 is supposed to return 1.4 Gourney, not infinity; and infinite m/c supposed to return zero, but it does not. It should compute 1/( m/c+1/2 )^(1/2), but instead it computes (I think) 1/(m/c)^(1/2) + (1/2)^(1/2) . (Somebody please tell them it is not the same! Or somebody may break the speed of light limit!). --Resup (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
The missile has a forward single point detonator. This causes the explosion front to travel backwards and imparts a rearward velocity component to the warhead fragments.
The Almaz Antey presentation is confusing, but essentially the blast pattern is as shown in the diagrams for a missile travelling at usual velocity That is there is no forward vector component caused by the missile velocity. In actual fact most of the particles are thrown backwards relative to the missile vector.
This 'backwards throw' is not a significant penalty as slower particles are more likely to engage with the aircraft structure and impart energy compared to hypervelocity particles simply punching through without depositing much energy.
The Almaz Antey presentation makes perfect sense if you realise what they meant but perhaps got lost in translation.--Charles Wood (talk) 01:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
- Detonation velocity is some 4000-7000 m/s so delay in detonation travelling front to back is negligible. Slight backward bias is possible; but in missile frame it is likely quite symmetric (as it detonates quicker than flies off). Cone computation assumed it is symmetric, no back bias. --Resup (talk) 09:56, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
- The striking fragments have a velocity 2000 to 2500 m/s. This is approx half the VOD of the main charge so the direction of the wave front will have had a significant effect on the direction of the particles. If the wave front velocity was infinite the particles would eject perfectly perpendicular to the charge. If the VOD was zero the ejecta would fly perfectly rearwards. However it's not infinite and actually similar (double?) to the ejection velocity, so there is a direction component of the ejecta that points significantly rearwards --Charles Wood (talk) 20:43, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Other NG articles
18.05.15 Another publication, different author, of opinion that missile launched from NEE. --Resup (talk) 16:24, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Novaia Gazeta published its third version, journalist investigation, now back to its opposition roots and blaming Russia (they want to have funding from all sources in the world or what?) No real new evidence is presented, replay of old things with some twists (old missiles left over by Ukraine, and Russian-origin launcher)...evidence is of sort that two unnamed persons made such a claim... but than one commentator is saying that no missiles were left over (in Luhansk, I guess)--so than this new twist appears dead on arrival or close to this... Saving the link; picked up by dw in an instant... --Resup (talk) 08:39, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
Almaz-Antay press conference
Russian concern Almaz-Antay held a press conference, aimed at quashing sanctions against them, to say that (if it was Buk, then) it was Buk missile 9M38M or 9M38M1 with missile warhead 9М314 or 9М314М1, because only those have X shape elements. That was taken off production in 1999, while the concern was formed in 2002, so they did not provide this missile to anybody; but Ukraine has it. Their conclusion is based on publicly available photographs; they also participate in the investigation and has exclusive competences. They say that Snezhnoe is inconsistent as that will take cabin off at once; offer to do an experiment to prove/establish who is responsible (an experiment seems right thing to do-and interesting how you account for movement)- interfax. They seem to repeat the version given in Novaia Gazeta (discussion), placing launch in Zaroshenskoe. They essentially say that some 40% of elements go perpendicular to the missile and so it needs to be on intersecting course to (have a chance to) account for all the damage. --Resup (talk) 13:33, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
- Severe damage to the flap, illustrated in NG, with less damage to the wing, raises a possibility of a multiple event. --Resup (talk) 16:33, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
- Their presentation is on youtube now in Russian and with English translation. --CE (talk) 15:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Full presentation by Almaz-Antey ( Buk-m2 manufacturer ) about the incident [1]. Still only in Russian. Unfortunately even in Russian somebody the diagrams are not self-explanatory. But main arguments are clear. It includes calculations of the attack angle of the rocket in order to cause such damage. - --Antidyatel (talk) 09:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
They say it was incoming at about 78 degrees; they reject Snezhnoe at 20 degrees; schematically in 2D cones are smth like this, with one extra alternative at -110 degrees shown
--Resup (talk) 05:12, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Speed calculation?
Resup, thanks for shifting my comment to more relevant location. I would like to add here one more analysis. Minimum Distance between Hit point (based on Dutch castrated report) and Snizhne is 24 km (Bellingcat magical tricks placed the launch spot even further). Buk-M1 missile goes at 860m/s, but let's assume 1km/s. Let's also assume that missile immediately travels at highest speed. For such distance the trajectory will be parabolic (slide 49 from Almaz-Antey). Than the time of flight will be way more than 30 sec and it will even intersect the pilot's vertical field of view. Dutch officially declared that there is nothing interesting on black box voice recorder. How is it possible for the pilot not to notice a 5 meters lobg rocket, that ejects violent plume behind, flies directly at him for more than 30 sec and even goes across his vertical field of view? And according to Dutch report, pilot was informed of another airliner in proximity, that he had to watch out for. So he was alert and paying attention to the surroundings. It is just impossible for the pilot not to comment on it, at least WTF. Even cloudy day doesn't explain the issue. --Antidyatel (talk) 09:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
- Last radio transmission at 13:19:56-13:19:59 UTC – MH17: ROMEO NOVEMBER DELTA , MALASYAN 17 p15, p29 (MH 17 speaking; RND=waypoint)
- Both flight recordings ended at 13:20:03 UTC-- from the preliminary Dutch report (preliminary report discussion link)--Resup (talk) 16:22, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
- The BUK missile burns out at around 14-15 seconds (from memory - it may vary but not much, it also depends on model, but I'm talking about the one alleged in this instance). The missile spends much of its flight in an unpowered ballistic trajectory but uses fins to make minor adjustments to strike the target.
- The missile is much smaller than an ordinary aircraft so very hard to see. There have been numerous head-on collisions of large aircraft where the pilots never saw anything despite being on lookout. It's not surprising at all the MH17 pilots didn't see anything. --Charles Wood (talk) 10:11, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
- We are in confused state with this -discussed at the end here. On some web pages, we can read about 15 seconds engine run, but there is a video out there which looks like old (long fins) model fired, and looks like firing engine for 40 seconds. Antey shows some trajectories which gives some clue, but not saying explicitly. --Resup (talk) 13:44, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
The 15 second for missile is from Wikipedia that quotes one Russian BUK that is about different military technologies. I've never seen it in some official document. Every source that talks about it eventually boils down to this book. But I strongly suspect that there is a typo.it should be 50 sec. Otherwise it doesn't make sense. Missile is using proportional navigation and is supposed to chase manuvouting targets with speeds up to 830 m/s, while maximum missile speed of this kind is 860m/s. And it is supposed to catch those targets at distances up to 30 km. It just doesn't make sense that after 15 seconds it is basically a stone with minor control indirection. Simple wind or requirement for slightly sharp turn will make it useless. Can you give an example of head on collision of planes? All I can find were either in the thick clouds or when one of the planes was ascending and another one during descending. They never crossed each other's field of view. Your comment about 5 meter rocket obviously relies on the assumption of 15 sec, meaning no plume behind. Youtube videos of Buk launches show plumes plumes staying way longer than 15 seconds. --Antidyatel (talk) 13:41, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
For those who still think that pilot of Boeing 777 is looking at the world through some kind of pinhole [2] --Antidyatel (talk) 00:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
It is rare for pilots to see oncoming aircraft. Usually the first thing they get is an ATC warning or a TACAS warning. Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 is a classic example of planes heading directly towards each other and colliding without either pilot noticing anything --Charles Wood (talk) 08:17, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
Charles, it is an interesting example. Thank you. However, there was no crossing of the field of view, and pilots were not particularly looking around for danger, as testified by journalist Joe Sharkey on that flight "And it had been a nice ride. Minutes before we were hit, I had wandered up to the cockpit to chat with the pilots, who said the plane was flying beautifully. I saw the readout that showed our altitude: 37,000 feet. I returned to my seat. Minutes later came the strike (it sheared off part of the plane's tail, too, we later learned". It was 5 pm in Brazil, so it was already getting dark, but still bright enough to minimize contrast for light indicators on incoming jet. I would imaging pilots were relying on electronics, to tell them that something is wrong. In case of MH17 Pilots were informed by ATC of incoming traffic. So they were alert. Looking at this problem I also found out an interesting thing. When we say that plane was at particular hight it is no based on direct hight measurement but on response of barometric sensor at this location. Although the radar will give a direct measurement. So there can be conflict between what ATC operator instructs tot he pilot and how pilot controls the height. [3]. Not sure how do they deal with such issue. What if the pressure sensor is faulty?
P.S.: I hope you are convinced that 15 seconds for BUK missile is not reasonable. --Antidyatel (talk) 15:49, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
September, 2016
Presumably another release by Almaz Antey. A brief entry for now. Note page 9: only Buk M1, 9M38M1 missile, 9H314M1 warhead, have bow-tie fragments. Those are 13x13x8.2 mm , and 8.1 g weight (after impact may be a bit lower but not a lot). 1870 of those in the warhead, and there are two other types of pre-formed fragments in that missile. Also noted that investigators have a messy story on bow ties, claiming some were found, but too light, and (apparently) changing the weight subsequently. Weighting photo on early find, page 24 of this Almaz report, shows 5.5 g weight; this is Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands, Feb. 2015. In the published investigation report, October 2015, p.92, two bow ties listed, cockpit, 6.1 g, and human remains (pilot), 5.7 g. Also listed is 'cubic', in human remains, 12x12x1, 1.2 g weight. That's strange as it looks as a slice of a big cubic fragment from another warhead, 9H314 (13x13x8 mm, 10.5 g), and such size cubics are not present on other warheads. On 9H314M1, there are 8x8x5 cubes, and turning those into 12x12x1 would be 'rather difficult' (and it's 0.45 of volume). There are also 6x6x8 posts on M1, need to hugely deform to make into 12x12x1, and it's 0.48 of the starting volume... --Resup (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
- Публикуем текст, который может быть положен в основу российской реакции на выводы Нидерландов об обстоятельствах гибели рейса МН17 - Novaya Gazeta, September 14, 2016
- We publish a text that can be the basis for Russia's reaction to the Netherlands conclusions about the circumstances of the death of MN17 Flight
- Bellingcat ответил на доклад «Алмаз-Антея» об обстоятельствах гибели рейса МН17 - Novaya Gazeta, September 14, 2016
- Bellingcat responded to the report of the "Almaz-Antey" on the circumstances of the death of MN17 Flight
- English-language video highlighting some of the issues raised (many tangential hits on MH17, fragments mass, shape) , 16 Sept. 2016. --Resup (talk) 16:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
Radar data "found"
In a press release on September 22, 2016, the company announced that they "found" relevant primary radar data from the day of the crash that was hidden in their archives due to quality control reasons. They handed it over to Russian authorities who will hand it over to the Dutch-led investigation. --CE (talk) 17:54, 25 September 2016 (UTC)


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The Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington last week was an elegant exercise in short-term realpolitik. Very short-term.
US President Barack Obama needs urgently to project an image of tranquility, friendship and cooperation in his relationship with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu. This helps his administration ensure the support of a variety of pro-Israel sectors of American society as mid-term congressional elections approach. It also seeks to correct the impression that Obama has simply mismanaged his relations with Netanyahu and Israel and fumbled the peace process from the start.
Netanyahu, after a series of problematic meetings with Obama and against the backdrop of prolonged failure in the peace process, needs to demonstrate to the Israeli public that he is maintaining a high level of traditional Israeli-American friendship and strategic cooperation. He knows from personal experience (the 1999 elections) that Israel's citizenry will punish any leader suspected of undermining US support. He also presumably understands that the specter of American pique with his government is bad for Israel's deterrence posture.
The two leaders confront two deadlines of immediate relevance. First comes September 27, when the current settlement-construction freeze ends. Washington wants to find a formula to make that deadline irrelevant by moving Israel and the PLO into direct final-status talks whose momentum overshadows whatever gestures Netanyahu must make to his right-wing coalition. This requires a series of confidence-building measures on Israel's part, involving territory and security in the West Bank–enough ostensibly to assuage fears on the part of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lest he be maneuvered into pointless negotiations that he cannot defend against criticism from within his own Fateh party. Second is November 2, election day in the US, after which–whatever the results–Obama will regain greater freedom of maneuver regarding Israel.
An additional deadline of less urgent but more important relevance concerns Iran's possible emergence as a nuclear power. Netanyahu asked for and received from Obama assurances regarding Israel's military freedom of action and American support for Israel's independent nuclear status. He presumably "paid" in commitments to advance the peace process through confidence-building measures and the like. Only time will tell whether either side's commitments last beyond September and November.
Perhaps the most tell-tale indication of the problematic nature of the two leaders' relationship even after last week's meeting was the body language. As their White House press conference began, Netanyahu leaned far forward, elbows on knees, in what looked like a characteristic gesture of submission. Obama, for his part, leaned as far away from Netanyahu as possible, arms crossed, demonstrating both disdain and defensiveness. After a few minutes, both caught themselves and assumed more conventional poses. But the careful observer could not avoid the impression that their one-on-one conversation had in no way created a genuinely positive relationship–despite the words of praise and admiration they heaped on one another.
Then there was what went unsaid. In opting for direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at an early date, Washington as much as admitted that proximity talks had failed. Publicly, settlements and the settlement freeze were never mentioned. Nor were the administration's abortive efforts to bring Israel into peace talks with Syria.
Just days later, Netanyahu confronts the suspicions of a majority of his hawkish "Cabinet of Seven" in seeking approval for a relaxation of Israel's security operations in the West Bank in favor of Palestinian Authority security forces. Obama must still convince Abbas to move to direct talks. Netanyahu has somehow to finesse an uneventful complete or partial end to the settlement freeze. Further afield, tension on Israel's border with Lebanon continues, as do attempts to send additional aid flotillas to Gaza. And the US is supposed to proceed with its withdrawal from Iraq next month despite the absence of a government there and the possible negative consequences for regional stability.
In short, the atmospherics in Washington were positive, but realities on the ground in the Middle East could make us forget this summit meeting very quickly.


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FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION INITIATED BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates the Officers and Directors of First American Financial Corporation - FAF
NEW ORLEANS, June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).
On May 24, 2019, KrebsOnSecurity reported the discovery of a massive data leak involving the Company that may have allowed unauthorized access to more than 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003 including "bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images." The Company later confirmed its knowledge of a "design defect in one of its production applications that made possible unauthorized access to customer data."
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6598 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, California: This 1,728-square-foot, 36-seat restaurant opened on April 10, 2009, and is located at the intersection of Cherry and Artesia in Long Beach.
14308 Prairie Boulevard, Hawthorne, California. This 1,360-square-foot, 30-seat restaurant opened on April 27, 2009, and is located at the intersection of Prairie and Rosecrans in Hawthorne. A Grand Opening Event is scheduled on May 9th, 2009 and will feature radio personalities and fun for the whole family.
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June has shown to be a landmark month for Sony. Despite being outsold by the NES Classic Edition in terms of units, the PlayStation 4 has officially come out on top in total dollar sales in the June NPD report. This comes off the heels of the system passing 80 million units, officially outperforming its predecessor. God of War also makes history, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation exclusive.
It's no secret that the PS4 has dominated this generation of games. Despite some fierce competition lately, Sony's console refuses to relinquish its throne. It is the best-selling console of this year, and of this generation.
Despite Mario Tennis Aces being the best-selling game of June, God of War sits very comfortably at second place. God of War quickly became the PS4's fastest-selling exclusive after its April release. It has performed phenomenally well thus far, but it just broke another record. Speaking with IGN, Mat Piscatella of the NPD group confirmed that God of War is the fastest-selling PlayStation exclusive since tracking began in 1995.
The previous record-holder was The Last of Us. Piscatella also notes that if God of War continues selling like it does, it may even exceed expectations more than it has already.
Here is the list of June NPD report of best-selling games:
- Mario Tennis Aces
- God of War
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- The Crew 2
- Far Cry 5
- Mario Kart 8
- LEGO Incredibles
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Detroit: Become Human
It's good to see that sales were up for Sony during the month of June. From a rocky E3 conference to the ongoing cross-play fiasco, things were looking a bit rough. But that has appeared to not dampened their momentum one bit. Even with PlayStation 5 inevitably on its way, it's clear the PlayStation 4 isn't ready to wind down quite yet.
[Source: IGN]
2018 June NPD Report Includes Significant PlayStation Landmarks


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Wed/21: Big Band, 7:30am
Thu/22: Jazz Lab, 3:30-4:30pm
Thu/22: Alumni Pep Band Night, 5pm call. Pizza served.
Sun/25: Band Concert, 2pm call. Dress, prep, then 3pm performance. Featuring Joliet All-City Band and the Joliet American Legion Band. Note: if any parents are willing to "chaperone" Central band students during the concert, please let me know. Volunteer job entails helping students with transitions, and sitting near concert band and symphonic band students in the auditorium when they are watching over bands to "encourage" positive behavior.
2/20/2018 Update and Reminders
Wed/21: Big Band, 7:30am


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Today's Blogger{view} Wednesday features Courtney Layne Brewer of Behind Her Monogrammed Macbook. Courtney is a Lexington-based high school student, fashion and lifestyle blogger, and all-around cool girl. I'm just so impressed that she manages her blog along with schoolwork and normal high school stuff (like her school's production of Legally Blonde!). She is just the cutest!! Thanks so much to CLB for joining us today!
How did your blog get started? I started blogging in February of 2014 for a multitude of reasons. I had always loved fashion, always been a writer, and the inspiration from friends-of-friends starting blogging sparked something in me. I had just moved to a brand new house with a brand new room, and I started BHMM out of pure inspiration to change along with my new house.
What's your favorite thing about Kentucky? Oh so many things, all depending on the season. In the fall my life centers around Kentucky football and our huge tailgates. Once the new year comes, I live for basketball and cheering on my Cats. But if I had to pick one thing, it's Keeneland. Spring and fall meet seasons are my favorite parts of the year and Keeneland is my happy place.
What advice do you have for someone who wants to start a blog? Never be afraid to make the ask. The biggest part of blogging is reaching out and making connections, and you can't be afraid. No matter how big the company or how "impossible" the dream, you never know what could happen, the worst answer you can get is no.
Now for the important questions.
Cats or Cards: C-A-T-S CATS CATS CATS! I've been going to UK games since I was three and can never imagine cheering for the Cards.
Louisville or Lexington: Lexington is my home, wouldn't have it any other way.
Favorite Local Restaurant: Malone's and Dudley's are two of my classic favorites, but North Lime Donuts is slowly becoming an addiction.
Favorite Local Shop: Bluetique is my favorite local boutique, but I love Kentucky brands like Shop Local Kentucky.


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(AllHipHop News) The surviving members of A Tribe Called Quest partnered with Pharrell Williams' Billionaire Boys Club brand for The Space Program capsule collection. Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Consequence stopped by Sway In The Morning to introduce the new clothing line.
"We thought it would be great to merge the two musical properties and ideas," stated Ali about collaborating with BBC. "Tribe always [says] 'this is it, we're done' - but this is the send-off in terms of our body of work."
A new music video for A Tribe Called Quest's "The Space Program" coincides with the release of the BBC X ATCQ attire. The track is off the record-setting 2016 album We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, the legendary Hip Hop group's final full-length music project.


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Concert to aid Miry Brook fire company volunteers
Letters to residents in the district seeking donations. Selling flowers on Easter Sunday. For a couple of years, president Ray Sherwood said, they held "Biker Breakfasts" for motorcyclists attending Super Sunday events at nearby Marcus Dairy.
"We've tried just about everything," Sherwood said.
But on Sunday, volunteers and friends of the firehouse will unveil a new tactic -- "Fire House Rock," a rock concert featuring 10 bands, most comprised of area residents.
"There are going to be all kinds of events, including dance contests, karaoke, and food and non-alcoholic drinks," said Lisa Drenckhahn, who is helping publicize the fundraiser. "The firehouse is very important to our community."
The musicians are members of RockonAmerica, Eastcoast Music Mall's group music program for adults and kids age 6 and older, said creator Gary Broderson.
Each band is coached by a professional musician who gently guides the members "toward rock 'n' roll greatness," the RockonAmerica Web site says, before they play at a jam like this one.
The fundraiser will run from 2 to 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Kids under 12 will be admitted for half-price.
Even the musicians will be chipping in, Drenckhahn said, although they only have to pay $10 each.
Although the firehouse receives grant money from the city each year, it only covers electricity and building maintenance, Sherwood said.
When it comes to buying equipment, which in a few years must include either the replacement or refurbishment of the department's pumper truck, the volunteers are on their own, he said.
Numerous local businesses have donated refreshments and supplies for the event, and 100 percent of the money raised will go to the volunteer company, Drenckhahn said.
"If this turns out, it's probably going to be an annual event," she said.
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- How long are your keynotes? Right around an hour, but plan for a little longer time slot if you have opening speakers, announcements, etc..
- Do you do breakouts as well? I can! Let's create something impactful together.
- How much of your keynote involves music? It varies, but about a fifth. I use music to engage, tell stories, get the audience involved, rock out. You know…learning. I try hard to balance it so it fits it just right.
- Why the music? Think about your favorite musicians…do you know what they all have in common? A unique way to engage audiences! And this is no different. Music, to me, is a way to open ears, hearts, and minds and a gateway to engaging people. It builds community, it generates and magnifies emotion, it is a language that we all speak and a great way to build a connection. And I like it.
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I'll be the featured performer at October's Catweazle! This is a sweet event held in my neighbourhood. Come out just to listen to some wonderful performers or sign up to play yourself! The second half of the evening the featured artist (that's me!) will play an intimate set for y'all. It's a cozy space filled with nice folk! Come on out.
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Who Needs a Power of Attorney?
I create a lot of Power of Attorney (POAs) documents—and I talk a lot of folks who don't really need one out of signing one. The worst, however, is untangling the legal mess that follows a POA that has been misused. A POA is a legally binding document. If you are creating one for yourself, you are potentially signing away a lot of independence. If you are agreeing to serve as a POA for another person, you are signing on for a big responsibility. Many times both are necessary—if that is your situation, just understand what you are signing, before you sign.
What is a Power of Attorney?
When you give Power of Attorney (POA) to another, you give an individual or institution (an agent) of your choosing the written right to act on your behalf. That's a big responsibility and Florida statutes place some restrictions, including:
A. A POA must be signed in the presence of two witnesses and a notary.
B. To serve as a POA or agent, you must be a natural person, at least 18 years old OR a financial institution that has trust powers, a place of business in the state and is authorized to conduct business in the state.
There are different POAs for different purposes
1. A Healthcare POA* gives an agent power over your healthcare decisions.
2. A General POA gives an agent power over financial or contractual matters, usually for a set amount of time. (You might use a general POA if you are heading out of the country and need an agent to pay bills or make investments.)
3. A Durable Power of Attorney stays in place if the principal loses mental capacity or cannot act on his or her own.
Bottom line, creating a power of attorney gives written power to one person (the agent) to act for another. Whether you are serving as an agent for someone else or need an agent to assume responsibility for you, a POA is serious business with far-reaching legal consequences in the event of misuse. It is important to understand which one best meets your specific needs. Online legal sites offer the forms, but don't always fill in every gap you need to make a strong decision.
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*A Healthcare POA is different than a Healthcare Surrogate, who is appointed for you in the event you become unable to make healthcare decisions. Both are different from a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) or Living Will.


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I have just completed reading a mystery novel entitled "Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions" by Mario Giordano. Surprisingly, the author is not Sicilian. He is German. A descendant of a Sicilian laborer who had left the Island seeking work and a better life in the Colossus of the North. The novel itself is no classic work of literature. In fact, it barely makes it as light summer reading. I liked it, however, because of the kind-hearted way it plunges into the history, landscape, and foibles of the people and places that I have grown to love.
The main conceit of the novel lies in the author's alter ego, a young struggling writer recording, at the behest of his Auntie Poldi, her adventures, and misadventures in Sicily. Auntie Poldi a dipsomaniac, over-sexed, bi-polar, caftan-wearing, overweight, sixty year old widow from Bavaria who, after the death of her Sicilian born husband, buys a home in a small coastal village in Sicily in the shadow of Mt Etna where she intends to "drink herself to death with a view of the sea." Unfortunately for everyone, Auntie Poldi is also loud, pushy, nosy and her father was chief of detectives in some city in Germany. As a result, when she discovers, on the beach, the dead body of her part-time handyman, the handsome young Valentino, she drafts her dead husband's three sisters and goes on a hunt for the murderer. Along the way, she also shags the handsome but mature local detective with the improbable name of Vito Montana.
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"[T]he worst thing that can happen to any Italian male, especially a Sicilian. Economic crises, volcanic eruptions, corrupt politicians, emigration, the Mafia, uncollected rubbish and overfishing of the Mediterranean—he can endure anything with fatalism and a bella figura. The main thing is never to present a brutta figura, a figuraccia. Bella figura is the Italian credo. The basic equipment for this includes a well-groomed, unostentatiously fashionable appearance, a pair of good shoes and the right make of sunglasses. Above all, though, bella figura means always looking good, never foolish. For an Italian this is a must, not an option, and quite indispensable. It also means you don't embarrass your fellow men. Impatience is unacceptable and direct confrontations are taboo. You share restaurant bills with your friends, don't put your foot in it, never receive guests in a dirty or untidy home, ask no intimate questions, address anyone with a university degree as dottore, bring some dessert with you when invited to dinner and—even at the risk of rupturing your abdomen—finish everything on your plate. You put your faith in beauty and proportionality and try to make the world a better place. Sometimes you even succeed."
Giordano, Mario. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (An Auntie Poldi Adventure). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Note: The Sicilian language has no future tense. It is scary to think about a culture that lacks the ability to express the future. It does have a special tense to express the remote past that has ended. Sicilians use it a lot in their conversations — Everything is in the present or the far past and there is no future.)