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Bill Gatheridge, Product Manager
Yokogawa Corporation of America
RTCA Inc, (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) Washington, DC, is a non-profit corporation that functions as a Federal Advisory Committee to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Its recommendations serve as the basis for policy, program and regulatory decisions. Sub-committee SC-135 produces the RTCA/DO-160E document titled Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment. This document defines the test conditions and procedures for testing airborne equipment and is the standard by which Boeing, Airbus and other manufacturers require avionic components and sub-systems to be tested.
Section 16, Power Input, includes new tests to address the issues of AC Harmonic Distortion and Variable Frequency AC Power Systems. Section 220.127.116.11 defines the AC Voltage distortion test requirements. Section 184.108.40.206 defines the AC Current distortion test requirements. These requirements cover both Single Phase and Three Phase equipment. Voltage and current measurements and harmonic analysis for each phase must be performed. Aircraft electrical systems are defined in three categories. A(CF) designates Constant Frequency 400 Hz AC power system. A(NF) is the Narrow Variable Frequency AC power system with a frequency range of 360 to 650 Hz. A(WF) designates the Wide Variable Frequency AC power system with a frequency range of 360 to 800 Hz.
These tests require the measurement of the current and voltage harmonic components of magnitude and phase (optional) over the frequency band. DO160E requires harmonic analysis over 40 orders from the fundamental frequency. Requirements from Boeing and Airbus may require harmonic analysis out to 50 orders. The latest standard from Boeing, B787 Power Quality Specifications, requires harmonic analysis out to 62 orders from a fundamental frequency up to 800 Hz. Certain requirements by Boeing and Airbus may require looking at the harmonic spectrum out to 150 kHz.
The Yokogawa precision Power Analyzers provide an excellent solution for making the required Voltage and Current measurements and harmonic analysis of magnitude and phase for each harmonic order.
The WT3000, PZ4000 and WT1600/Z are capable of making THD and Harmonic Analysis up to 50 orders on fundamental frequencies of 800 Hz and higher. Measurement accuracy and analysis functions meet or exceed the requirements outlined by the DO-160E test standard. Analysis capability up to 62 orders on an 800 Hz fundamental are available with Yokogawa's Model WT3000 Power Analyzer.
Yokogawa Model WT3000 Power Analyzer
The Power Analyzer can provide complete power measurement functions on the avionic component, as required by DO-160E, such as the Voltage, Current, Real Power (W), Apparent Power (VA) Reactive Power (VAR), Power Factor and efficiency, over the operating frequency of the aircraft power system. The advantage of using the Power Analyzer is that both AC Power and Harmonic Analysis functions can be performed in one instrument. Also the Power Analyzer is designed for making high accuracy Current measurements which cannot easily be done with other types of harmonic analysis instruments.
Yokogawa can also provide precision high frequency Current Transformers with a wide band frequency response out to 150 kHz for applications requiring high current measurements.
Harmonic magnitude values for both Voltage and Current must be measured, and the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) calculated, as well as the Individual Harmonic Content (Harmonic Distortion Factor %hdf) expressed as percentage of the fundamental. The Yokogawa Power Analyzers provide a numeric data display of each of the harmonic orders with magnitude and %hdf measurements.
Sample Numeric Display of the harmonic Voltage magnitudes and Individual Harmonic Content (hdf%) for each harmonic order out to 62 orders.
The below table provides a brief outline of the DO-160E requirements and the solution provided by the various Yokogawa Power Analyzers.
You must choose the proper type of test instrumentation to make accurate Current, Voltage and Power measurements, and AC Harmonic Distortion analysis on aircraft electrical systems and equipment, as defined by DO-160E, Airbus ABD0100.1.8, and Boeing B787 Power Quality Specifications.
Yokogawa precision power analyzers offer a measurement solution that will meet or exceed the industry test requirements and provide the following benefits:

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Salute gentlemen! We cordially invite you all to come celebrate the happy news of Rise of Flight's continued development from
Jason and the team! Years of uncertainty and doubt have been vanquished and we have much to look forward to with the
recent announcement of the Flying Circus package coming soon. This week's Sunday Vintage Mission will take us to a classic battle
in the vicinity of Roye-Montdidier, France in mid June 1918.
Historical Background: The Battle of Noyon-Montdidier, 9-13 June 1918, was the fourth of General Erich von Ludendorff's great
offensives of the spring and summer of 1918 that came close to breaking the Allied lines on the western front, but instead
critically damaged the fighting capacity of the German army.
The first and third of those offensives (Second Battle of the Somme and Third Battle of the Aisne) had created two giant salients
in the Allied lines. The Noyon-Montdidier offensive was designed to link these two saliants. This would straighten out the line
and potentially threaten Paris. Two German armies – the Eighteenth under General Oskar von Hutier and the Seventh under General
Max von Boehn were allocated to the attack. They were opposed by two French armies – the Third under General Georges Humbert and
the Tenth under General Charles Mangin. The French also had access to American troops, who would play a part in defeating the
The French had sufficient warning of the German attack. On 9 June the German Eighteenth Army attacked the French Third Army from
the north. Its attack was disrupted by a French counter-bombardment, but was still able to make some progress, although not on the
same scale as in the earlier offensives.
The German Seventh Army joined the offensive on 10 June, attacking the French Tenth Army from the east. This attack failed to make
any significant progress. The two armies were meant to meet at Compiègne, but only Hutier made any progress towards the
On 11 June the French and Americans launched a counter attack which pushed the Germans back from their most advanced positions. On
13 June the battle came to an end. It was a clear German failure, and was a clear sign that the German army was wearing down. It
would launch one more offensive, on the Marne in mid July, but that would soon be followed by the great Allied counterattacks that
would push the German armies back towards the French border.
Roye - June 16, 1918
Mission Start: 1800GMT (map will be up before this, we will restart at 1800GMT)
Location: Front lines between Montdidier and Roye, south of the Somme.
Mission objectives: Each side will be given orders every 30 mins.
The mission objectives are photo reconaissance and bombing.
Scouts units should fly offensive patrols or provide cover for the two-seaters
-Two-seaters can take off during a 10 min window, every 15 mins.
-For photo recon missions only the designated planes can trigger the photo sequence!
Take at least 10 photos. Photo recons need to land safely at their base and hit "Finish" to complete their mission!
Winning conditions: Complete all six objectives first. Targets may be bombed either before or after they are photographed.
A triangle pointing to the left designates the target has been photographed.
A triangle pointing to the right means the target has been destroyed
Weather report: Cloud base at 1200m. Wind 2 m/s, from the north
Good luck all pilots and observers!


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Travel to France
Croissants and châteaux, prehistoric caves and bubbling Champagne
The sheer physical diversity of France would be hard to exhaust in a lifetime of visits. Places to visit in France range from the fretted coasts of Brittany and the limestone hills of Provence to the canyons of the Pyrenees and the half-moon bays of Corsica, and from the lushly wooded valleys of the Dordogne and the gentle meadows of the Loire valley to the glaciated peaks of the Alps. Each region looks and feels different, has its own style of architecture, its own characteristic food and often its own dialect. Though the French word pays is the term for a whole country, people frequently refer to their own region as mon pays – my country – and this strong sense of regional identity has persisted despite centuries of centralizing governments, from Louis XIV to de Gaulle.
Industrialization came relatively late to France, and for all the millions of French people that live in cities, the idea persists that theirs is a rural country. The importance of the land reverberates throughout French culture, manifesting itself in areas as diverse as regional pride in local cuisine and the state's fierce defence of Europe's agricultural subsidies. Perhaps the most striking feature of the French countryside is the sense of space. There are huge tracts of woodland and undeveloped land without a house in sight, and, away from the main urban centres, hundreds of towns and villages have changed only slowly and organically over the years, their old houses and streets intact, as much a part of the natural landscape as the rivers, hills and fields.
Despite this image of pastoral tranquillity, France's history is notable for its extraordinary vigour. For more than a thousand years the country has been in the vanguard of European development, and the accumulation of wealth and experience is evident everywhere in the astonishing variety of places to visit, from the Dordogne's prehistoric cave paintings and the Roman monuments of the south, to the Gothic cathedrals of the north, the châteaux of the Loire, and the cutting-edge architecture of the grands projets in Paris. This legacy of history and culture – le patrimoine – is so widely dispersed across the land that even the briefest of stays will leave you with a powerful sense of France's past.
The importance of these traditions is felt deeply by the French state, which fights to preserve and develop its national culture perhaps harder than any other country in the world, and by private companies, which also strive to maintain French traditions in arenas as diverse as haute couture, pottery and, of course, food. The fruits of these efforts are evident in the subsidized arts, notably the film industry, and in the lavishly endowed and innovative museums and galleries. From colonial history to fishing techniques, aeroplane design to textiles, and migrant shepherds to manicure, an array of impressive collections can be found across the nation. Inevitably, however, first place must go to the fabulous displays of fine art in Paris, a city which has nurtured more than its fair share of the finest creative artists of the last century and a half, both French – Monet and Matisse for example – and foreign, such as Picasso and Van Gogh.
There are all kinds of pegs on which to hang a holiday in France: a city, a region, a river, a mountain range, gastronomy, cathedrals, châteaux. All that open space means there's endless scope for outdoor activities, from walking, canoeing and cycling to skiing and sailing, but if you need more urban stimuli – clubs, shops, fashion, movies, music – then the great cities provide them in abundance.
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Situated on a high plateau over 600m above sea level, ringed by mountains and watered by a tributary of the Büyük Menderes, Aphrodisias is one of Turkey's most isolated and beautifully set archeological sites. Acres of marble peek out from among the poplars and other vegetation that cloaks the remains of one of imperial Rome's most cultured Asian cities. Late afternoon visits have the bonus of often dramatic cloud formations, spawned by the elevation, and the attendant dappled lighting.
It's quite easy to find your way around – most of the site's main features are accessible on a path that loops around the complex, maps are dotted around, and all signage is in English as well as Turkish. In general, it's best to follow a clockwise route, which will allow you to finish your visit in the air-conditioned cool of the museum. What's more, that route means that the short climb to the theatre will come when you're fresh, at the start, rather than adding to the sweat at the end.
Brief history
Aphrodisias was one of the earliest occupied sites in Anatolia. Neolithic and Bronze Age mounds have been found here, and there has been some sort of fertility cult here for just as long. The Assyrian goddess of love and war, Nin, became meshed with the Semitic Ishtar, with the Hellenic Aphrodite eventually assuming the goddesses' combined attributes.
Despite a strategic position near the meeting point of ancient Caria, Lydia and Phrygia, and its proximity to major trade routes, for many centuries Aphrodisias remained only a shrine. However, during the second century BC, its citizens were rewarded for their support of the Romans during the Mithridatic revolt. Imperial favour bestowed, various emperors patronized the burgeoning city. Aphrodisias became particularly renowned for its school of sculpture, sourcing high-grade marble from nearby quarries, and local works soon adorned every corner of the empire, including Rome itself.
Perhaps because of this fixation with graven images, paganism lingered here for almost two centuries after Theodosius banned the old religions. The reputation of its Aphrodite love cult had served to protect Aphrodisias since its inception, but by the fourth century AD, two earthquakes and sundry raids began to take their toll, and decline was the dominant theme of Byzantine times. The town was abandoned completely during the thirteenth century, its former glories recalled only by the Ottoman village of Geyre – a corruption of "Caria" – among the ruins.
Only since 1961 has work by a New York University team permitted a fuller understanding of the site. The intention is to render Aphrodisias on a par with Ephesus and the eventual results will certainly be spectacular, though for now some of the more interesting areas remain off-limits.
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Anime adaptions of classic literature are not unheard of. I'm rather excited for Disney's movie The Secret World of Arrietty to open in U.S. theaters on February 17th. This Japanese animated fantasy film is based on Mary Norton's classic story The Borrowers. From the look of the previews, the classic story is updated, and "the Borrowers" live in a modern, suburban setting. The film was originally released in Japan in 2010 and did well in the box office. I'm interested to see how it fairs with U.S. audiences. Due to the animation style, I imagine it will appeal to a broader age range than the typical Disney animated movie.
Hopefully the release will also ignite a renewed interest in Mary Norton's original book! I'm reading The Borrowers aloud to my daughter this month. If you own a Kindle, you can download a copy of The Borrowers by Mary Norton for only $1.59 on Amazon.com.
A number of well-known celebrities provide the voices of the characters in the U.S. movie release including Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Bridgit Mendler and Carol Burnett.
Here's the studio's summary of the movie:
Residing quietly beneath the floorboards are little people who live undetected in a secret world to be discovered, where the smallest may stand tallest of all. From the legendary Studio Ghibli ("Spirited Away," "Ponyo") comes "The Secret World of Arrietty," an animated adventure based on Mary Norton's acclaimed children's book series "The Borrowers."
Arrietty (voice of Bridgit Mendler), a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents (voices of Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper (voice of Carol Burnett). Like all little people, Arrietty (AIR-ee-ett-ee) remains hidden from view, except during occasional covert ventures beyond the floorboards to "borrow" scrap supplies like sugar cubes from her human hosts. But when 12-year-old Shawn (voice of David Henrie), a human boy who comes to stay in the home, discovers his mysterious housemate one evening, a secret friendship blossoms. If discovered, their relationship could drive Arrietty's family from the home and straight into danger.
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Unlike Copenhagen, which was deluged with Presidents, Prime Ministers, and high-level Cabinet officials, heads of state and top officials mostly stayed away from Cancun. UN bigwigs even downplayed the significance of the talks, dampening hopes of any major deal being reached. In comparison to the 2009 confab, where more than 5,000 journalists instantly reported every little detail to the world as it happened, large swaths of the world press basically ignored, or even ridiculed, the Cancun conference. The UNFCCC did not even fill the smaller quota of 2,000 slots it had allotted for the world press corps at COP16.
Apropos for UN events, COP16 began with a lavish climate "Fiesta" on the beach, paid for by taxpayers around the world. While preaching austerity for the rest of humanity, the self-anointed Earth saviors lived it up: gourmet food; fancy drinks; excellent service; expensive entertainment, including a live mariachi band; and, of course, carbon emissions aplenty. Americans for Prosperity got in the party and filmed the giant gala; their video, entitled "Bureaucrats Gone Wild," is posted online for your edification. But it wasn't all party time; eventually the global "civil servants" had to get down to business.
The serious work of the summit began with a particularly bizarre start. The UN's new climate boss, Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica, kicked off the climate festivities with a prayer to the ancient Mayan jaguar goddess known as Ixchel. Describing the mythic entity as a goddess associated with the moon, reason, creativity, and weaving — while carefully omitting Ixchel's association with war, human sacrifice, and cannibalism — Figueres called on Ixchel to "inspire" the climate delegates.
"May she inspire you, because today, you are gathered in Cancun to weave together the elements of a solid response to climate change, using both reason and creativity as your tools," Figueres said in the opening speech, conveniently glossing over the massive sums of taxpayer money also being used as tools. "Excellencies, the goddess Ixchel would probably tell you that a tapestry is the result of the skillful interlacing of many threads.... I am convinced that 20 years from now, we will admire the policy tapestry that you have woven together and think back fondly to Cancun and the inspiration of Ixchel."
Fear Mongering & "Solutions"
The doom and gloom started right away. Another introductory speech, this one by host-country President Felipe Calderon, painted an approaching dire apocalypse. "If we don't act to prevent climate change, the cost will be much higher to reverse its effects," claimed "His Excellency" Calderon (the UN really refers to distinguished delegates like that). "Approximately five to 10 percent of world GDP would have to be dedicated to alleviate the devastating changes." Even worse: "The disasters caused by climate change are threatening the survival of human beings," Calderon opined. He cited a hurricane, a fire, and a drought — phenomena that have plagued mankind for thousands of years prior to the invention of SUVs — as evidence of his claims and the need for massive wealth redistribution and a global carbon regime. It's for "the children," of course, he concluded.
Meanwhile, a coalition of more than 40 island nations was claiming that, without big money and drastic regulations, it would soon be "the end" for them. "We are facing at this moment the end of history for some of us," claimed Antonio Lima, vice-chair of the Alliance of Small Island States. "All these countries are struggling to survive. They are going to drown." The solution, according to another alliance representative: "dramatically increase funds for the smallest and poorest of us."
Socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales said delegates needed to fight a "battle between capitalism and life." Without a strong agreement, global warming "will keep getting worse," he warned. Some of his proposed solutions: a "Climate Tribunal" for "climate criminals," implementation of his "Declaration of Rights" for "Mother Earth," and, of course, lots of capitalist money transfers. His sentiments were echoed by representatives of tin-pot dictators around the world — most of whom love to blame the problems they have created in their own countries on global warming and "evil capitalist" countries. Morales' counterpart in Venezuela, socialist strongman Hugo Chavez, blamed a downpour that washed away some shanty towns in his utopia on "capitalism," too. Their supposed solution: world socialism.
This, naturally, was music to the ears of the Socialist International (SI), the worldwide organization of socialist and communist parties, which plays an important role at all UN conferences. The Socialist International — which counted Obama's "Climate Czar" Carol Browner among its leaders until she left SI to join the new U.S. administration — joined the call for committing at least $100 billion per year into a United Nations "Green Fund," ostensibly to save the poor.
A proposal by Professor Kevin Anderson, director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the U.K., made a splash at Cancun. Anderson authored a paper for the Royal Society urging the adoption of a draconian World War II-style rationing system — for carbon emissions. "The Second World War and the concept of rationing is something we need to seriously consider if we are to address the scale of the problem we face," he explained in the article, urging world rulers to limit electricity and prohibit food imports, among other things. His suggestion would involve a total freeze on economic growth in developed countries and "carbon rations" for every person on the planet. Unbelievably, at least one of his "Royal Society" colleagues said even that would not be enough.
Another remarkable proposal came from media baron Ted Turner. Like the climate delegation from China, Turner urged planetary overlords at a luncheon in Cancun to adopt a global one-child policy modeled after the brutal communist Chinese system. "If we're going to be here [as a species] 5,000 years from now, we're not going to do it with seven billion people," claimed Turner, who has five children of his own.
Skeptics Enlighten With Reason — and Pranks
Despite the avalanche of alarmism coming out of the summit, a few cooler heads did show up to offer their opinion. The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), a market-oriented non-profit organization that deals with development and environmental issues, put on several events. They appeared to be the only well-represented group at the whole conference that could be classified in the "skeptic" category, which is to say they don't buy into the false "consensus" that human activities are significantly causing a heating of the planet and therefore must be curtailed. Not surprisingly, their message was generally not very well received by conference participants.
Among the CFACT activities was a press conference promoted as "an opportunity for journalists to balance their coverage of COP16 by listening to all points of view." Very few reporters, however, bothered to show up — let alone balance their coverage. The event included talks from several "skeptical" experts including Lord Christopher Monckton, the chief policy advisor to the Science and Public Policy Institute and science-policy advisor for Margaret Thatcher when she was British Prime Minister. "I think the world is in danger of throwing away its democracy, prosperity and freedom if it carelessly accepts what seems to me unresolved science and economics," he told the press conference. "To try to stop this problem by cutting carbon is like King Canute [a King of England] trying to stop the tide [by commanding it to stop]."
University of Alabama research scientist, best-selling author, and former senior scientist in climate studies with NASA, Dr. Roy Spencer, was easily among the most qualified experts at the entire COP16 summit. He also spoke at the CFACT press conference. Among other things, Spencer told the assembled journalists that it would be irresponsible to force poor people to stop burning fossil fuels in favor of expensive and inefficient alternatives. He also attacked a paper published in the journal Science about clouds and their effect on climate change, calling the paper "a step backward for climate research."
Some youth CFACT activists — their group is called Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow — also showed up. And they exhibited a sense of humor in battling the alarmism, getting delegates, activists, and other conference "experts" to sign a petition for banning "Di-Hydrogen Monoxide," otherwise known as water. Nearly every delegate they asked readily signed on to banning the evil substance, often while drinking water from a nearby watercooler. "There's kind of this aura about the conference that these are experts meeting," CFACT executive director Craig Rucker told The New American from Cancun. "But they are not people endowed with some sort of special scientific understanding of the natural world. They're very ordinary folks who, in our opinion, have much more of a political agenda than they do a scientific one. That's what the video on di-hydrogen monoxide revealed." CFACT also obtained the signatures of climate delegates on a bogus petition to reduce the U.S. GDP by six percent via trade restrictions if the U.S. does not cooperate with the international community on carbon reduction.
The CFACT video of the Cancun attendees signing these farcical petitions has been posted all over the Internet, powerfully demonstrating the mindset of the green true believers who are demanding to control the planet.
Process, Protests, Progress
In the press, the hottest topic throughout the summit was the Kyoto Protocol. The 1997 agreement expires in 2012. Currently, it is the main mechanism used by the warmists internationally to limit emissions and raise money. It basically forces developed countries, accounting for less than one-fourth of total global emissions, to cut back on releasing carbon dioxide through the Clean Development Mechanism. The money raised by selling "carbon credits" is used to finance "green" projects in poorer countries.
But in Cancun, there was a problem. Japan's climate delegation steadfastly refused to renew its commitments, complaining that China, India, and the United States — some of the world's largest "emitters" — were not participating. "It does not make sense to set a second commitment period," Japanese Environment Vice-Minister Hideki Minamikawa told reporters. "[Signatories] to Kyoto only represent 15 per cent of global emissions, but the countries who have signed up to the Copenhagen accord cause 80 per cent of emissions. We want a single binding treaty.... We should jump ship to a more effective framework." Canada, Russia, and some other governments were also opposed to renewal. But Third World governments on the climate dole, including the communist Chinese regime and other, smaller ones, demanded the renewal of Kyoto as a precondition for "progress." Climate delegations had reached an impasse — or so it seemed.
Final Agreements
The summit in Cancun failed to produce a binding deal or even a concrete renewal of the Kyoto Protocol. However, the UN climate dignitaries did finally reach an "agreement" of sorts, citing the accord as evidence of progress and vowing to expand the climate regime later. Almost every government in the world signed on to what the global body is calling the "Cancun Agreements." And similar to the process used to create the COP15 Copenhagen Accord last year, wealthier regimes simply bribed rulers of poor nations with continued promises of free technology and at least $100 billion per year by 2020 to fight "climate change." Exactly where the money will come from has still not been determined, however.
"Cancun has done its job," claimed UN climate boss Christiana Figueres in a statement at the summit's conclusion. "The beacon of hope has been reignited and faith in the multilateral climate change process to deliver results has been restored." She said the Cancun Agreements represented a "new beginning," not the end. "It is not what is ultimately required, but it is the essential foundation on which to build greater, collective ambition," she said.
Predictably, the agreements were attacked by far-Left greens for not going far enough fast enough, many of whom were out in force at Cancun, serving as a foil to make the delegates appear as "capitalist" stooges by comparison. However, critics on the Right noted that even though the summit did not accomplish what the protestors and even the summit's most ambitious advocates had hoped, the agreements are far from being the harmless documents described in most media accounts.
"Notwithstanding the carefully orchestrated propaganda to the effect that nothing much will be decided at the UN climate conference here in Cancun, the decisions to be made here this week signal nothing less than the abdication of the West," declared science-policy expert Lord Monckton after reading one of the draft documents. "The governing class in what was once proudly known as the Free World is silently, casually letting go of liberty, prosperity, and even democracy itself," he added. "No one in the mainstream media will tell you this, not so much because they do not see as because they do not bloody care."
Cathie Adams, Sovereignty & Security chair for Eagle Forum and a correspondent at COP16 for IRN/USA Radio Network, has been attending UN summits since 1995. "The United Nations knows what they want and they put facilitators in place to accomplish their end goal," she told The New American. "It really has never been a process of nations joining together. It's a process of nations submitting to an international authority." She said the finalized Cancun Agreements were "huge" for the UN. "What they came up with in the final draft was a process to begin the scheme where they're going to be able to have a global tax," she said, referring to a plan to have a UN body collect taxes on shipping and aviation to supposedly fund "climate" action. "It is incredulous for the UN to demand that a sovereign nation pass laws to fit the UN's political agenda, but that is essentially what they did," Adams noted. She also said 2012 — the 20-year anniversary of the climate hysteria — will probably be the big date for a final, binding treaty.
The next COP climate summit is scheduled for early December 2011 in Durban, South Africa. And while some observers are already predicting the imminent collapse of the alarmist movement and ridiculing the scam in the world press, other analysts claim that the UN climate "monster" is still far from dead — especially with the tens of billions of dollars already invested in it.
Photo of Socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales at Cancun: AP Images


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(This directive requires that all EU member states co-operate in the field of taxation. Specifically, Amendment DAC4 requires multinationals to report certain financial information, now to include Country-by-Country Reporting, in every country in which they operate).
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It's Good to be Number Three
Americans are sometimes criticized for being ignorant of the rest of the world. I guess the fact that most Americans can't locate Canada on a map tends to confirm that. (It's somewhat south of the North Pole) Along the same lines, we tend to forget that there are consumer markets other than ours. Moreover, those markets can be surprisingly different from ours. Something that's hot here, might not be hot somewhere else. And vice versa.
Take 3D TV, for example. Interest in 3D TV is, at best, tepid in North America. But a report from NPD DisplaySearch finds that 3D TV is gaining traction in China, as well as Western Europe. Apparently those regions appreciate the exciting viewing experience that 3D provides. Or else they didn't get the memo that the glasses make you look dorky.
On one hand, it seems sad that two other markets are forging ahead with new 3D technology while America sticks with crappy 2D TV. But that's not necessarily bad. If we let those early-adopter consumers amortize the research costs and ramp up the volume, maybe 3D sets will be cheap when we finally decide to buy them. Sometimes it's good to be #3. Or, maybe we'll never buy 3D at all. While in China the penetration rate of 3D TVs in the 3rd quarter was twice the rate in the 2nd quarter, in North America the percentage of 3D televisions shipped actually declined.
So if it's not 3D, what do Americans want? NPD says we prefer large, inexpensive TV sets with fewer features. In my mind, that description somehow seems unflattering. So, I consulted another research group, Parks Associates, and they say that Americans like TVs with built-in internet connectivity. That sounds better, so let's go with that. Interestingly but not surprisingly, Americans who intend to buy a connected TV are more likely to downgrade or cancel their pay-TV subscription within the year. So, to help offset the cost of a new TV, we are trading cable for connectivity. In contrast, perhaps 3D just seems like another door to higher content costs.
Still, I hope 3D makes it here. I call on Brazil, Switzerland, Ireland, Uruguay, Guam, Hawaii, Des Moines, and all my other fellow countries in North America to give 3D TV another look. Let's show the world that we are #1.
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A Combined 268-831 (.323) in Buffalo the past two seasons, is currently the Bisons second-best Modern Era batting average.
The New York Mets today announced that they have signed OF JESUS FELICIANO to a minor league deal. The Bisons' major league affiliate also announced that INF CHRIS SHELTON and RHP KENT TSUJIMOTO have been signed to minor league deals.
Feliciano, 31, has played more games during the Bisons-Mets affiliation than any other player (219). The 2009 Bisons Most Valuable Player has hit .323 (268-831) in his two years with the Herd, the second-highest average in the team's Modern Era. The outfielder led the International League with 154 hits during the 2009 campaign and posted a .339 (114-336) average during the 2010 season that fell just 20 points shy of qualifying as the IL's second highest mark. In two seasons, Feliciano has also compiled 112 runs scored, 48 doubles, 70RBI and 19 stolen bases with Buffalo.
Feliciano also received the 2010 Jimmy Griffin Hometown Hero award for his excellence during home games. In two years, Feliciano has averaged .333 (132-396) at Coca-Cola Field.
Shelton, 30, spent the 2010 season in Houston's organization. Playing primarily for Triple-A Round Rock of the Pacific Coast League, the 6-0, 215-pounder hit 10 home runs and drove in 42 in 82 games. He last appeared in the major leagues in 2009 with Seattle.
Tsujimoto, 22, pitched last season with Maui of the Independent Golden League. The 6-1, 180-pounder went 3-2 with a 2.88 ERA in 34.1 innings, 32 games. He struck out 48 and walked 13.


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In the darkness of any given movie theatre, from Main Street USA to MLK Boulevard, they surround us: white America's Hollywood objects of desire, playing romance and adventure in full amnesiac bloom. They taunt and entice, radiating spunk and derring-do in the face of strenuous man-hunting, universe-saving, dragon slaying and average hardworking Americana family-hood. Missing from the studio green light rosters are the tales of the ambitious, play by the rules black girls and boys newly-minted in the job market and beat down by underemployment. The ones who are initiated into adulthood on reverse discrimination screeds heralding the white working class as the last acceptably dumped on "minority." The ones who are promised that the legions of Talented Tenth blacks armed with college degrees will level institutional racism. The ones who must quietly "absent" themselves from their resumes as white convicted felons, cashing in on their birthright, waltz through corporate doors.
A recent New York Times article on black college grads' struggle to find jobs should be sobering for anyone with the deluded belief that Obama's Talented Tenth magic will rub off on them. According to the Times, some black college grads, fearing that they will forever be consigned to fast food fryers or professional irrelevance, are changing their names from Rashida to Heidi, Omari to Chip (or Barack to Barry). Staggering black unemployment rates five percent above the national average have made black job applicants desperate to preempt racist discrimination by potential employers. In some instances, graduates of historically black colleges and universities have deleted all reference to their tenure and omitted mentions of involvement in ethnically suspect groups.
These trends point to the larger paradox of black invisibility. The Congressional Black Caucuses' (CBC) futile White House lobby for targeted initiatives to address black unemployment underscores the divide between the image of black assimilation suggested by the hyper-telegenic Obama family and the reality of post-Jim Crow segregation. Jockeying for a white norm, blacks must effectively water themselves down, evacuate their social histories and memorialized sense of self and accomplishment. Racist death threats against Obama, coon/welfare mother cheat references on AOL news posts and Fox News fueled tea party insurgencies offer a steady avalanche of evidence that representations of blackness remain fixed in the white mainstream mind.
Indeed, the current crop of mainstream film narratives about blackness, from the blockbuster white woman's burden romp The Blind Side to the lurid ghetto pathology of Precious—offer powerful affirmation of the seductive lure and redemptive powers of whiteness. Released in an era where the rhetoric of post-racialism has reached surreal fever pitch, both films are essentially bookended portraits of the perils of being an orphaned black child in a dysfunctional racial "subculture." The character Precious initially achieves agency by fantasizing herself thin, "pretty" and white, while Blind Side protagonist Michael Oher escapes the "Moynihanian" churn of black poverty into the healing arms and tough love of a benevolent white mistress, or, rather, adoptive mama. Although Precious gets props for spotlighting the subjectivity of a non-traditional black female protagonist, it does nothing to disrupt patriarchal assumptions about black femininity or challenge the masculinist culture of violence that underlies Precious' sexual abuse by her father. The unrelenting bleakness and solipsistic vacuum of Precious' swaggering welfare mother's den in the projects effectively lets the dominant culture off the hook. Lacking historical context or socioeconomic critique of the complicity of racist sexist social institutions, these films offer comforting retrograde portrayals of good and evil, where transformation of individual circumstance is the bellwether for social change.
Ultimately, these triumphal human spirit over adversity morality plays go down well with prevailing conservative bromides of bootstraps enterprise and white (or, in the case of Precious, light-skinned black) patronage. Popular culture messages such as these also bolster Obama's trickle down doctrine of "benign" ghetto neglect. Bailing Wall Street and his corporate cronies out to mega-billions while kicking the CBC to the curb, Obama has symbolically wagged his finger and reminded us hardheaded Negroes once again that he never promised black America any kind of Rose Garden.
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Success breeds imitation. Apple's iPad is a massive success, selling millions every month. It's been so successful that it's actually putting a bit of a damper on PC sales this year. As such, every PC maker seems compelled to release its own tablet, and every tablet seems compelled to be the iPad. Only a few tablets have dared stray from Apple's super-thin, minimalist style. Most notably, PC-makers Acer, Asus, and Toshiba have decided to put functionality above design, to a degree. We're not yet sure if this PC mentality will be a hit with consumers, but hey, we like it. Below, we've compared two Android tablets: the Acer Iconia Tab A500 and the Toshiba Thrive, both of which try to bring a few elements of the PC world to the tablet experience, with varying degrees of success.
For an in-depth look at each tablet's own merits, read our reviews of the Toshiba Thrive and Acer Iconia Tab.
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Winner: Toshiba Thrive
From a design point of view, the Acer Iconia Tab stands out more with its gray coloring and long lines, but the design has some drawbacks. The rounded-yet-sharp design of the tablet make it easy to hold the tab from its sides, but holding it in landscape mode is not as comfortable as it could be. Toshiba's tablet is more traditional in its shape, with a rounded back like the iPad, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Despite being a hair thicker (about 0.10 inches, to be exact), the Thrive feels more natural to hold. It's still awkward to type with your fingers on either 10.1-inch device, mostly because you have to prop them up on your lap and the on-screen Android keyboard just isn't quite big enough to get the job done as well as a real laptop. We wish that, like the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Acer and Toshiba had some kind of keyboard dock for their tablets. Both have a docking port, but there are few good accessories that make use of it.
We also like the rippled plastic back shell of the Thrive. The Iconia Tab has a slick metal feel to it, and it always felt a bit slippery in the hands, which is sometimes the last thing you want when you're carrying around a $400 to $700 electronic device. We haven't tested this theory, but we would gamble that the Thrive could take more of a tumble than Acer's tablet due to cushioning from its removable (customizable in multiple colors) back cover.
Finally, both tablets weigh in at roughly 26oz, meaning they're pushing past 1.5 lbs already, but the iPad 2 weighs a good 1.33 lbs, so there's no huge weight bump from these devices. They're simply a bit thicker than the iPad, which leads the pack at .34 inches thick. For reference, the Thrive is .62 inches thick and the Iconia Tab is .52 inches thick.
Winner: Acer Iconia Tab
Both units have a 2-megapixel front camera and a 5-megapixel rear camera that can capture 720p video. We aren't impressed with the video quality from either tablet, but hey, you shouldn't be buying a tablet for its cameras. In both cases, the video and image quality are on par with the iPad, which has set the standard quite low with its especially meager camera. However, the placement of Toshiba's camera is a bit awkward. See that giant half-circle on its front and back? That's the camera. It's so low that you can guarantee that you'll probably hold the tablet right where the camera is, smudging up the lens on a constant basis. There's no other way to hold it in landscape. The Iconia Tab's camera is similarly on the left side, but it's up high enough so that when you're holding the tablet, you aren't smudging the camera lens up. Also worth noting: the Thrive has no LED flash; the Iconia Tab does have a small flash.
Winner: Acer Iconia Tab
We weren't blown away by either of these screens. At 10.1 inches and 1280×800 pixels, they're identical in size and resolution–neither holds up well at wide viewing angles. Toshiba's screen is a bit brighter (we found Acer's to be somewhat dim) and can display more colors (16 million as opposed to 256,000 for the Tab), but it has an Achilles heel: the Thrive's screen is a fingerprint magnet. Where most phones and tablets like the iPad and Xoom tend to repel fingerprints to a livable degree, a simple grazing by your hand will leave a nasty smudge on the screen. Don't get caught stealing a Thrive, because the police will have a perfect set of fingerprints to track you down. And unfortunately, due to the design, there's no good way to hold the tablet without putting your fingers on the shiny black edges of the screen. Bottom line: it's going to get dirty. Smudges don't ruin the experience, but it does remind you how much our glass technology has advanced in the last few years. The Iconia Tab does not attract fingerprints as fiercely.
Winner: Toshiba Thrive
Both of these tablets have a full-sized USB port, which couldn't be more welcome on a tablet. This means you can plug in a mouse or external keyboard and use them without any hassles or adapters. The Thrive takes it a step further though, and includes a full-size SD card reader, full-size HDMI port, and a Mini USB port for cameras. This is great. We had no problem taking our SD card out of our camera and snapping it right into the Thrive. This just isn't easy to do with the Iconia Tab's MicroSD card reader. The HDMI port also means you can plug this thing right into a TV and watch video on the big screen. Not bad. There are still some issues with Android. For example, we weren't able to get the tablet to recognize any of our MP3 players (Zune, Motorola Droid, etc), but such support will undoubtedly come in the future.
Hardware Specs
Winner: Tie
Both of these tablets run on Nvidia's dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, which seems to power most Android tablets on the market right now. Screen resolution is also identical at 1280 x 800, as is RAM, which stands at 1GB. The only real difference here (unless you dig deep) is storage. The Iconia Tab comes with 16GB or 32GB of memory, starting at $449, while the Thrive has an 8GB option that starts at $429. If storage isn't at the top of your list, this may be a good deal, especially considering that you can buy a multi-gigabyte SD card on the cheap to augment your memory.
Battery Life
Winner: Toshiba Thrive
The Toshiba Thrive does not get quite as good of battery life as the Iconia Tab. Both are rated at 10 to 11 hours, but neither exceed eight to nine in any tests we've performed. However, Toshiba has a secret weeapon: a removable battery. If your battery dies in the middle of a browsing or movie-watching session, you can pop in a backup for the somewhat affordable price of $80. We wish that tablet, phone, and laptop batteries lasted a lot longer than they do today, but they don't. A replaceable battery is our best option and the Thrive is the only tablet we've seen with this option.
Winner: Toshiba Thrive
We like the Acer Iconia Tab A500, but the Toshiba Thrive is currently the most flexible tablet out there that doesn't run Windows 7 (and nobody wants a tablet that runs W7). It has a removable battery and enough ports to satisfy consumers looking for easy multimedia support. Both of these tablets are hefty, but we found the Thrive easier to hold and use. At the same time, however, though it's cheaper and has a lot of benefits, the Thrive has some downsides, most prominent of which are the placement of its camera and how much of a fingerprint magnet its screen is. But if you're not in the mood for an iPad, these are two good options. And if you need a keyboard, check out the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
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What I'm Wearing
Double Breasted Coat: H&M ($5)
Earrings: ALDO | Belt: Wet Seal |Bracelet: H&M
Scarf: closet swap
White & Black Blouse: H&M ($10)
Leather Shorts: H&M ($13)
Tights: Express (gift)
Blue Suede Wedges: F21 (my sister's closet)
I spent a good amount of time dancing while these pictures were being taken. I love dancing. I really do. There was just something about this day that made me want to move. Could've been the shoes. They're darling, no?
November is finally over! I can't believe how quickly time is flying! December will be such a crazy hectic month for me. On top of blogging and working, I have finals coming up, I have a fashion/social networking event in which I will be styling a few lovely ladies from my closet, I'm going to be participating in a poetry slam, AND I have to make sure I can get everyone's presents! Oh jeez! I will survive!
P.S. I don't know what it is about leather, but I am in love. You'll soon see! I made a Christmas list that I'll share with you all soon. The obsession is real!
P.P.S. I have a new hair style so wave goodbye to the yarn! It's been real! (Not really though, lol).
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Andrew Cuomo's favorite columnist is up in arms
Andrew Cuomo's post-Newtown, post-Webster gun-control package was approved by the coalition-run State Senate late last night, and is being taken up by the Assembly today. The legislation puts limits on sales of high-capacity magazines and requires background checks for all gun sales, among other things.
The new laws will make Cuomo the first governor in the nation to pass gun-control legislation following the massacre in Connecticut, and will help brandish his credentials nationally both as a progressive and as a leader who can get things done.
But Cuomo's well-timed push for gun control, an issue which he, like most other Democrats, had mostly avoided until recently, has given rise to a fascinating sub-plot: open revolt by Fred Dicker, Cuomo's closest and most influential ally in the media.
Dicker, the veteran state editor for the New York Post, has been a consistent booster of Cuomo and serves as a useful clearing house for Cuomo's proposals, personnel decisions and political threats, which often appear first in Dicker's column as lightly attributed offerings of sources close to the governor.
When Cuomo comes under attack by the rest of the Albany media for, say, being hyper-controlling of information, Dicker will counterprogram, writing that in fact the governor is extraordinarily transparent, and everyone should quit their whining. If a group of legislators angers Cuomo, Dicker will report shortly afterward that, according to his sources, the governor is considering a course of action that would be very bad for that group.
Dicker is currently writing a biography about Cuomo with the cooperation of the governor and his staff.
Dicker, who is for broad gun rights and low taxes, has criticized Cuomo in the past, like when the governor rejiggered the state's tax codes and effectively raised the permanent tax rate on high-income earners. But even then his objections were overtaken by his admiration for Cuomo's political acumen and chutzpah in pulling off the hike and selling it as a cut.
This is different, at least in tone.
Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns. He speculated that Cuomo was seeking national headlines and seeking primarily to placate the left, and then wondered whether it was even worse, and Cuomo was using the latest shooting tragedy as an excuse to push a radical gun agenda he wanted to advance "all along."
On his daily radio show, Dicker warned listeners that "a major attack is underway."
"It's all in secret, typical Albany, behind closed doors," said Dicker. "The governor had promised to make it transparent, out in the open. Now the rush is on."
Dicker warned, "This is a Trojan Horse. This is not about semi-automatic rifles. This is a sweeping set of gun laws the governor is using. The governor is using the tragedy … as a justification for sweeping changes in gun laws including regulating every single gun millions of New Yorkers now own. ... It's another reason people are going to be leaving New York."
"They're giving New Yorkers reason to actually feel proud about Albany." — Bill Hammond
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The New York State Senate Senate passed Cuomo's gun bill 43-18 minutes after receiving it. [Erik Kriss]
Republicans will only allow about a dozen amendments to the Sandy aid package, which should clear the way for quick House action. [David Rogers]
Former comptroller Bill Thompson had his strongest fund-raising period so far, with $1 million raised, though there still are no details on how much he's spent. [David Chen]
It looks like Bloomberg is breaking his part of an implied deal to support City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as his successor. [Michael Powell]
A sick game from the N.R.A. [Daily News]
A majority of Americans support new gun laws, including armed guards in schools and an assault weapons ban, and nearly 90 percent support background checks at gun shows. [Washington Post-ABC News]
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Obama suggested the gun industry benefits when there's fear about gun control. [Reid Pillifant]
State Senator Greg Ball was on the radio talking about state police entering homes to confiscate weapons. [Azi Paybarah]
"When Lautenberg's age met Booker's ambition: An elegy for the Swamp Dog" [Steve Kornacki]
The M.T.A. is considering platform screen doors. [Dana Rubinstein]
"Governor Andrew Cuomo is in Albany."
11 a.m. Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and others are expected to give testimony at a New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's hearing on campaign finance disclosures, at 250 Broadway, in Manhattan.
6 p.m. Rev. Al Sharpton has a forum on public safety, featuring many, many elected officials, at the National Action Network headquarters, 106 West 145th Street, in Manhattan.
8 p.m. Sharpton holds a mayoral forum, featuring Quinn, de Blasio, Liu, Thompson and Albanese, at the National Action Network headquarters, 106 West 145th Street, in Manhattan.
On "The Road to City Hall" tonight: New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, Republican mayoral candidate Tom Allon, and the Wise Guys: Eliot Spitzer, Al D'Amato and Ed Koch.
Former M.T.A. chairman Joe Lhota is running. [David Seifman]
Nobody was surprised by Lhota's remarks about the mayor's race. [David Chen]
Chung Seto, a top political aide to City Comptroller John Liu, owes more than $100,000 in federal back taxes. [Carl Campanile]
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The deadline for approving a teacher evaluation deal, and tapping into $250 million in state education aid, is approaching. [Yoav Gonen]
Tomorrow is the start of the school bus driver strike. [Yoav Gonen]
All the major mayoral candidates support mayoral control. [Carl Campanile]
Assemblyman Vito Lopez returned to work, grumbling about his lost perks. [Danny Hakim]
Cuomo's gun bill passed the State Senate late last night. [Glenn Blain and Ken Lovett]
The passage of the gun bill is celebrated. [Daily News]
President Obama is preparing for one of the biggest legislative fights in decades over new gun laws, but will also consider 19 executive actions. [Michael Shear and Jennifer Steinhauer]
The executive actions might include more gun research, increased enforcement of existing laws and better sharing of gun databases. [Reid Epstein]
"The next few weeks represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity to harden the nation's gun laws and reduce the threat of rapid-fire violence in America." [New York Times]
After Chuck Hagel sent a detailed letter to Barbara Boxer reassuring her about his views on Israel, Iran, and Don't Ask Don't Tell, she pledged her support. [Manu Raju]
Chelsea Clinton will be the honorary chair for the National Day of Service this weekend. [Chelsea Clinton]
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This kept the mechanicals very simple. No transmission or gears or metal linkages to disengage the rotor or drive wheels. It just had a system of valves and ducts inside it that redirected the air from the turbine to turn the blades or blow out the back for propulsion. This is a pretty good way to keep things light, and with few moving parts.
However, the challenge that is still... uuh.... challenging designers is the "car" part of the plane/car/boat vehicle. Governments have a lot of laws and requirements to make a car street legal. This article doesn't say whether the Monte-Copter is street legal or not. I'm not familiar with NHTSA regulations from 1961 But I bet it would have a hard time meeting regulations here in The Future.
The article talks about the compact size of the Monte-Copter, but never mentions what you do with the huge rotor when you're in "car mode". Supposedly, the vehicle is fifteen feet long, but the rotor looks way longer.
Then there's the noise generated by a gas turbine. Here's a FaceTube video of a model train powered by a gas turbine engine. Jump to 11:54 when the guy shuts the hell up and turns the thing on. Frikkin' loud. Can you silence a turbine engine like you can with an internal combustion engine? Imagine how loud the Monte-Copter was.
Then there's speed. The Monte-Copter had a top land speed of 40 mph. And since it's motivated purely by jet thrust, it would have been slow to get going from a dead stop. Air is squishy, and pushing against air takes a while to build up speed.. Wheels are much quicker off the line. Top Gear once raced a very fast car against a very fast jet fighter. Ultimately the plane was faster, but right at the start, the car just walked away from the plane. Scroll to 6:20 to see the start of the race.
Imagine trying to use the Monte-Copter as a car, even for a special trip from the lake to your house or whatever. At every stop light people would be flipping you off and honking. Then, some more finger honking on the highway because you can only do 40 and you're causing a traffic jam. Your huge rotor would probably be hitting things and causing clearance problems when you turn corners or drive through a town. If you want to fly later on in the day, you'd be carrying the wing extensions (required for flight)... where? In a trailer? The vehicle's too wide to use on a road (almost 11 feet wide) with the wings on. Even if it's not your daily driver, the Monte Copter would be almost useless on the road.
As an engineering demonstration, the Monte-Copter was a job well done. As an attempt to solve a transportation problem, it was silly. Nice dome, though!
Best of all, Science and Mechanics chose to ignore the Monte-Copter's real name in the headline of the article. They called it the Drive-and-Fly Tri-Phib. At last! A name as complicated as the machine.
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Interpreting Folklore
Indiana University Press, 1980 - Social Science - 304 pages
..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture.
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Who was in theacting troup i think i saw the gut that played mr.wick from drew carry in it
Im going blind in my right eye so my spelling is bad becouse i can hardly see my other eye is allways wet like im crying.....So sometimes i will push the wroung kyes or something so pleses dont jump down my neck.......
WOW!!!! I never noticed that.
it is amazing how u can over look these things.
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Rykrof Enloe Chapter 28 - TRANSGRESSION
June 5, 2009, 02:06 PM »
The peaceful citizens of Braatos VII have found their planet abruptly pulled into the reality of the galactic turmoil as a legion of Republic clone troopers have arrived on their planet.
Weary of the overwhelming military presence, the local security on the small planet keeps a close eye on the invasion force occupying their home world.
On an independent mission of their own, Jedi Masters Bassius and Redwind have found their plan to locate Kala Mly Shundi jeopardized by the arrival of the clones.
"Greetings," Master Bassius says to the armored troops.
"What brings you to Braatos VII?"
"Master Jedi, we have orders to search the city for insurgents," the lead officer reports.
"Intelligence revealed an underground movement preparing a strike against the Republic."
"If there was such a movement here, we would have sensed it," Redwind quickly points out in disagreement.
"Who is your commanding officer?"
"With all due respect,
," the trooper responds promptly, "We are under the authority of the
Supreme Chancellor
"I see. We will of course aid you in your efforts," Bassius tells him.
The two Jedi then wait until they are a safe distance away from the troops before discussing the matter further.
"Their presence has already compromised our mission," Redwind grumbles under his breath.
"If Kala
here, he's surely aware that an entire
garrison of troops
has landed. He'll have gone into hiding or may already be looking for a way off planet."
"We must act quickly," Bassius tells the younger Jedi.
"The Chancellor must have learned of our mission to find Kala; there is no other explanation."
"Kala has to be the insurgent they're referring to... he will kill the clones if we fail to find him first," he continues.
"We'll have to split up so we can cover more ground. It's the only way we'll get to him in time," Redwind concedes.
"Be careful," Bassius cautions.
"Kala has already killed several Jedi. Do not engage him on your own. And... I sense that he is not alone."
"You be careful too," Redwind says to the elder Jedi.
"Something feels terribly wrong in
all of this
"May the Force be with you."
Meanwhile the droid army has gained the upper hand in the Battle of Tanis.
The Republic forces find themselves badly outnumbered...
Moving in for the kill, the Separatists continue to push forward!
As the droids close in on the Republic line, Rykrof Enloe finds himself in a struggle for his very survival.
" Rykrof yells as enemy troops advance on his position.
"They're everywhere!"
"We're caught in a crossfire!"
Rykrof then sees a Quarren soldier charging right at him!
Without hesitation he opens fire at the fierce warrior...
...killing the deadly Separatist with a single shot!
"Sir, we should reinforce the left flank with Master Teltuu," trooper Dolin insists.
"Our men are getting torn to..."
Rykrof instinctively falls to the ground as a laser blast sizzles over the ground he had just stood!
As he looks up through the pouring rain, a Super Battle Droid stands over him!
The droid then takes aim at Rykrof's chest!
Suddenly the droid disintegrates under the heat of a skilled lightsaber attack!
"Thanks, that was
too close
," Rykrof says to the Duros Jedi.
"You are still alive," Teltuu Stabo replies.
"Which is more than I can say for most of the battalion!"
"I know!" Rykrof yells over the blaster fire.
"Why aren't you on the left flank?"
"The tide of the battle is about to change," the Jedi replies.
Nearly a kilometer to the west, the left flank of the Republic line is being crushed by the superior numbers of the droid army.
Moving in for the kill, the Separatists converge on the faltering Republic line.
Within moments the line is broken!
As clone troopers are slaughtered by the relentless attack, more droids move in!
The clones however know that holding the line for this moment is the key for a Republic victory...
In a blinding flash, a terrible explosion engulfs both the Republic and Separatist forces!
Countless droids advancing on the position are ripped to shreds from the blast!
"What the hell did you do?" Rykrof demands upon hearing the thundering explosion in the distance.
"The men knew what they were doing," Teltuu explains.
"They set timed detonators in place... it was a small sacrifice compared to the losses the droids have now taken!"
"That wasn't their decision to make," Rykrof insists.
"Or yours!" Rykrof growls in the frustration of losing more of his men.
"There will be plenty of time to discuss this later," the Jedi insists as the droids continue to press the attack.
"But now we've got a battle to win!"
Back on Braatos VII, Republic clone troopers continue to search the city for Kala Mly Shundi.
Meanwhile, the Jedi quietly conduct their own investigation to find their troubled friend.
"Tell me when you saw him last," Redwind says to a friendly Nikto merchant.
," the alien insists. "
"Just yesterday afternoon, as a matter of fact. But I only caught a glimpse of her."
"As soon as that Republic cruiser appeared in the sky, she was on the move," he says.
, I believe."
"Can you tell me why the Republic has sent so many clone troopers to our planet?" the Nikto then asks Redwind.
"Just for security," Redwind tells the citizen in a persuasive manner.
"There is no reason to be alarmed."
"Thank you for your assistance, good citizen," Redwind then says to the peaceful being as he walks away from the merchant's stand.
Once alone, Redwind contacts Master Bassius.
"Master Bassius, are you there?" Redwind calls into his commink.
"I'm here," the Jedi responds.
"Have you found anything?"
"Just as we feared," the young Jedi warns.
"Kala is not alone. I believe the other Jedi is in your vicinity."
"Yes... I can sense her," Bassius says.
"She's closing in on my position."
After the Republic's victory on Tanis, Rykrof has made contact with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine via holo transmission.
"I have to admit, I'm surprised by this request," Palpatine says to the battle hardened officer.
"Especially given the reports of the Separatists striking at core worlds recently."
"Intelligence suggests the Badoo Corba are on
. They had a deal with the Separatists to assassinate Senator Amidala, if you'll remember what happened on Naboo before I was recalled to duty," Rykrof says.
"The payment, whatever it was, would have potentially crippled the Republic had the Badoo Corba succeeded in their plot to kill Amidala," he explains.
"Ah, I see that Senator Tame Heem has reached you with the information he learned from the Badoo Corba prisoner," Palpatine points out.
"Traedon Cusiro may be a traitor, but in this case I believe him," Rykrof says.
"Everything makes sense now. The Separatists are still working with them."
"You have more experience dealing with the Badoo Corba than anyone," the Chancellor says after carefully thinking about what Rykrof has told him.
"Then you will grant me permission to assemble a team," Rykrof replies.
"On one condition," the Chancellor says thoughtfully.
"In exchange for this request, I ask for your loyalty Rykrof."
"With all due respect, I've
been loyal to the Republic," Rykrof tells him.
"Yes, I know you have. But things are...
," Palpatine says.
"Once the war is over, the Republic will need stability more than ever."
"If there is a vacuum in leadership, then we will face civil unrest... or worse. There would be a breeding ground for an even larger conflict than what we face today," he says sadly.
"Chancellor, you have my
unconditional allegiance
," Rykrof says proudly.
"Good. You will have your strike team, Commander Enloe. But let me make one thing
," he boldly says.
"I expect that this will be the last we hear of the Badoo Corba. They have been a threat to the Republic since long before the war began. There is no longer any place in the galaxy for their kind of terror. They must be eliminated ...for good."
"I won't let you down, Chancellor," Rykrof says.
"If you do, the price will be more than you can imagine," Palpatine says to himself once the transmission ends.
The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic then stands alone in his office, anticipating the coming events he has set in motion that will soon bring an abrupt end to the war.
For little do the Jedi know that everything that has transpired has done so according to
And so it begins...
The Enloe Trials: Chapter 10
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Re: Rykrof Enloe Chapter 28 - TRANSGRESSION
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Great work on all these chapters Chewie! Excellent stuff!
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