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|Indonesia annual coconut cooking oil imports volume and value in tons, dollars, and percent change for 2006 to 2010
|Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
|Jul 2011
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Indonesia 's imports of coconut-based cooking
oil, 2006-2010
Year Volume Growth Value Growth (tons) (%) (US$ XXX) (%)
Sources: Plantation directorate general, processed
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As a tropical country, Indonesia is a fertile land for coconut palms. The low lands of its coastal areas from Sumatra in the west and Papua in the east are lined with the swaying slim tall plants. However, the potential has not attracted enough big investors to produce major export commodity from coconut palms like crude palm oil, coffee and cocoa.
Currently Indonesia has X.X million hectares of coconut plantations expanding from X.XX million hectares in 1969. The vast majority of XX% or X.X million hectares of the plantations are made up of smallholdings of individual farmers. Plantations owned by state companies total around X,XXX hectares with private plantation companies owning the rest. Or owned by state plantation companies and the rest by private companies.
Most of the plantations, owned by farmers are left to grow naturally without proper fertilization. They are not well tended, therefore, they remain small not up to commercial scale.
Around XX% of the country's coconut production is disposed of on the domestic market XX exported either in the form of fresh fruits or processed products. No much progress has been made in the development of downstream industry
One factor causing the sluggish development of coconut industry is that its has lost ground in competition with palm oil industry. Oil palm trees produce more and much cheaper vegetable oil. Crude palm oil (CPO) has even become a major world commodity and gained greater domination in the market of edible oils.
However, a number of copra-based products have good prospects as they could not be substituted with CPO-based products. Among the coconut-based products that could not be substituted with other products include coconut milk powder, coconut jam, liquid coconut milk, coco chips, desiccated coconut, coconut pith, coconut vinegar, frozen coconut meat, nata de coco, virgin oil, fresh coconut and coconut water concentrate. Other copra-based products like cooking oil and coco chemicals could not stand the competition against those from palm oil and soybean oil.
Copra-based industrial scheme
Almost parts of coconut palms have commercial value--its trees, fruit meat, fibrous husk, the shells and the coconut milk.
Among the products from coconut fruits having high commercial value are Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), activated carbon (AC), coconut fiber (CF), coconut charcoal (CCL), and oleo-chemicals in the form of fatty acid, metal ester, fatty alcohol, fatty amine, fatty nitrogen, glycerin, etc. Coconut trees are used as raw material for furniture.
Among coconut products which have been developed in the country include Coconut Crude Oil (CCO) and derivatives Desiccated Coconut (DC), Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), activated carbon (AC), coconut fiber (CF), coconut charcoal (CCL).
Around XX% of coconut meat is processed to turn out CCO and the rest for other products. However, the percentage has tended to decline in favor of other products such as oleo-chemicals (OC), which are the derivatives of CCO.
Other than OC, the products from the coconut fruit meat having good prospects are VCO, DC, CM and CC. The four products have high commercial value. VCO could improve health (immunity to degenerative disease) and as basic material for high value natural cosmetics.
DC is a product of food mixture hygienic and practical. CM is a isotonic drink that could substitute milk, and CC is a practical and hygienic material for cooking to substitute milk from manually scraped coconut.
Derivatives of coconut shells having commercial value are AC, CCL, shell flour (CP). Activated carbon could be used in oil and gas industry, water distillation, pulp processing, fertilizer industry and gold mine.
The fibrous husk could be used as material for furniture, like luxurious car seats, spring beds and geo-textile (GT). From coconut fruits--the fiber, the meat and the milk could be processed into various products as follows:
Plantations dominated by smallholder's estates
Coconut plantations have been dominated by smallholdings accounting for XX% owned by individual farmers, traditionally managed and not well tended that they are not up to commercial scale.
Altogether there are X.X million hectares of coconut plantations in the country including X.X million hectares owned by smallholders X,XXX hectares owned by state companies and XX,XXX hectares owned by private companies for about XX years, from 1969 to 2011, the coconut plantations expanded from X.XX million hectares to X.X million hectares.
The largest plantations are found in Riau, Central Java, east Java and North Sulawesi.
No significant increase in production
The country has the world's largest coconut plantations but production is not proportional with the size of the plantation areas. The country's production of coconut in 2010 reached X.XX million tons. The production has not increased much from the previous years.
In 2003, production totaled X,XXX million tons. Until 2008, the production fluctuated with the lowest at X.XX million tons in 2004 before rising to X.XX million tons in 2010.
The production was relatively small given the size of the plantations. In 2011, production is only X.X ton per hectare as against the potential production of X.X tons per hectare.
Plantations owned by smallholders are generally traditionally managed without proper fertilization. As a result the productivity remains low.
The productivity even declines from years before. In 2001, the production averaged X.X tons /hectare, down to X.X ton in 2005. The productivity is much lower than coconut plantations in India and Sri Lanka.
The plants in around XX% or XXX,XXX hectares of the coconut plantations have been too old and no longer productive. Rejuvenation has been attempted by the government, but no much headway has been made.
By 2009, replanting reached only XX,XXX hectares in XX regencies of XX provinces. Replanting has been made in frontier or isolated areas far from processing facilities.
No large scale coconut processing industry
Traditional, in addition to modern system is still used in the coconut processing industry in Indonesia. No industry with certain products dominating coconut processing in the country.
The processed products of coconut in the country include copra, cooking oil (Refined Bleached Deodorized), milk squeezed from coconut, Virgin Coconut Oil, Nata Decoco, palm sugar, charcoal, Geo textiles, etc. Coconut processing factories are located mainly in coconut producing areas such as West Java, East Java, Central Java, North Sulawesi North Sumatra, etc. Jakarta, however, has many coconut processing factories although it has no coconut plantation.
The industry ministry has three categories for coconut industry in two classes upstream industry with products including fresh fruits and copra (black and white copra) ; intermediate industry with products including coconut shells, copra Meal, desiccated coconut; and downstream industry producing cooking oil, coconut cream/milk, activated carbon (AC) , etc.
Coconut oil less competitive
The productivity of coconut plantations is below other sources of vegetable oils like crude palm oil as a result the derivatives of coconut especially coconut cooking oil is not competitive in price.
Coconut oil is superior in quality with high content of lauric acid needed especially in detergent industry and cosmetic industry and friendlier to the environment.
Coconut fruits could serve as substitutes for palm kernel, on the contrary, oil palm fruits could not be processed to produce substitutes for coconut milk, desiccated coconut, oriental food, spry dried powder, and hair oil. Oleochemicals, bio-diesel and fatty alcohol could also be produced from coconut although not as efficiently as from CPO.
From XX edible oils and fats traded as international commodities in 2005, coconut oil ranked the Xth, with a market share of X.XX% as against soybean oil's share of XX.XX%, CPO XX.XX%, rapeseed oil X.XX%, sunflower oil X.XX% and animal oils/fats X.XX%.
The position of coconut oil has not improved with production of coconut oil grows only X% per year. There is no big investment in the coconut sector and the government has not show interest in encouraging investment in the sector.
The market of coconut derivatives in the world is dominated by the Philippines, known as the world's largest copra producer. The Philippines accounts for XX% of the world's supplies of coconut oil. Most of its processed products of coconut are exported.
Coconut processing industry producing coconut oil from copra has expanded in the Philippines. That country even imports part of its copra feedstock from Indonesia. Coconut industry in that country also produces CCO-based oleochemicals such as fatty alcohol, fatty-add, methyl ester and alkanola-mide.
The market demand for coconut products is quite encouraging especially to be used for organic foods, functional drink, cosmo centicals, oleo chemicals, and bio-fuel and bio lubricants.
Around XX% of coconut production exported
Indonesia is one of the world's largest producers of coconut, but it is also a large consumers of that commodity. Most of its production, therefore, is disposed of on the domestic market. Only XX% of its coconut fruits are exported. The Philippines exports XX% of its coconut production. Indonesia's coconut exports are almost entirely in fresh fruits, while exports by the Philippines are dominated by processed products Even Malaysia, which produces no coconut is an exporter of coconut based cooking oil importing feedstock from Indonesia.


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The five-year old video showing President Barack Obama talking bluntly about race, Hurricane Katrina and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a source of worry for a campaign that's already on a knife's edge over Wednesday night's high-stakes debate in Denver and thinning leads in national polls.
Obama's aides and top Democratic officials projected an air of nonchalance and nothing-to-see-here Tuesday night as Fox News and Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller promoted the 2007 speech at Hampton University as a racial rant with the capacity to change the game. But the reelection campaign is concerned especially by the possibility of re-litigating Wright's role in Obama's life — a storyline long seen in Obamaland as among the most damaging to the president.
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( Also on POLITICO: Media gives little play to Obama 2007 tape)
That's made even stronger by the new focus on the tape coming at a key moment in the run-up to the debate — timing that could become a distraction for the campaign as the president prepares to take the stage.
The larger threat posed by the video isn't its content — many of the statements Obama makes have been made by the president or other Democrats — but its capacity to stop the campaign's accelerating momentum. Taken in combination with several other pre-debate problems for Obama — from tightening polls in Florida and Wisconsin and Vice President Joe Biden's declaration Tuesday that the middle class has been "buried" over the last four years — the tape could be part of a movement that might make the race not the blowout many pundits have been predicting.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's 2007 speech: How they covered it)
Robert Gibbs, the former White House press secretary, called the video a "distraction," but added on CBS's "This Morning," "If Republicans want to defend the Bush administration's response to Katrina, I'm sure the president would give them his time during the debate to do that."
And sources inside the campaign tell POLITICO that they believe Carlson — and the Drudge Report — risked a backlash by emphasizing Obama's use of church-pulpit African-American cadence. One top Democrat called that a "gift from our enemies."
The video promoted by several conservative outlets was of then-Sen. Obama addressing a crowd at historically black Hampton University in Virginia in 2007. In it, Obama's speaking style is markedly different as he spoke bluntly about race, Wright and the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
( See also: 10 facts about the Katrina response)
The Romney campaign said Tuesday that it played no role in distributing the video, which has shifted the focus of an important news cycle thanks to Drudge's hypnotic command over much of the national media. And unlike after the last Drudge video leak – a 1998 clip of Obama saying he is for the redistribution of wealth that Drudge unearthed in September – Romney didn't himself appear on Fox News to talk about the video.
Romney is seeking to draw a bright-line contrast with the president on tonight's debate stage and the distracting, Drudge- and Hannity-promoted video doesn't help that goal.
( Also on POLITICO: Romney camp moves away from tape)
To that end, his team spent Wednesday touting the latest misstatement from Vice President Joe Biden, even selling $30 T-shirts with Biden's face and his Tuesday quotation that the middle class "has been buried the last four years" over an all-caps "honest Joe" flag.

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But there's more than titillation behind all those views. This is a research-based, fun, accessible talk that focuses on what, for many speakers, would be a difficult topic to get through. Here's how Roach handles one of her more unusual examples, in a talk full of them:
I think the most curious one that I came across was a case report of a woman who had an orgasm every time she brushed her teeth. This was something in the complex sensory-motor action of brushing her teeth was triggering orgasm. And she went to a neurologist who was fascinated. He checked to see if it was something in the toothpaste, but no -- it happened with any brand. They stimulated her gums with a toothpick, to see if that was doing it. No. It was the whole, you know, motion. And the amazing thing to me is that now you would think this woman would like haveexcellent oral hygiene. Sadly she -- this is what it said in the journal paper -- "She believed that she was possessed by demons and switched to mouthwash for her oral care." It's so sad.Here's what you can learn from this often-viewed talk:
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The 24-cent airmail stamp with the inverted Jenny, originally issued May 10, 1918, was scheduled to be reissued as a $2 stamp on September 22 to commemorate the opening of the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the Smithsonian Postal Museum near Union Station in Washington, D.C. The stamp might as well have been captioned, "Lieutenant George Boyle's unfortunate adventures."
Boyle was not one of the U.S. Army pilots chosen by airmail service founder Maj. Reuben H. Fleet for the first "official" flight of airmail from Washington, D.C., to New York via Philadelphia. Instead postal officials were allowed to pick two, and they chose pilots with fewer than 60 hours total flying time. Boyle was one of those. He used his influence as fiancé of the Interstate Commerce Commissioner's daughter to make the first flight on May 15, 1918. With President Woodrow Wilson looking on, he tried to start the airplane—but it had no fuel. With that corrected, he took off, turned the wrong way and crash-landed in Waldorf, Maryland, 25 miles south of Washington. Once again using his influence, he won a second chance. This time he was given an escort pilot to get him out of the city and was told to follow the Chesapeake Bay. He crossed the bay, ran out of fuel, and landed on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He was thrown out of the Army pilot service. "The conclusion has been reached that the best interests of the service require that Lt. Boyle be relieved from his duty," wrote his boss, Maj. Fleet.
Other pilots that day made their trips successfully.
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A single inverted Jenny stamp—in which the Curtiss JN–4 airplane appears upside down—sold for more than $977,500 in 2007. A block of four stamps sold for $2.7 million in 2005 at auction. The center image was printed first and the frame added second, so it is actually the frame that is printed upside down. Only one pane of 100 stamps was ever printed. The new stamps have a $2 denomination to make them easily distinguishable from the 24-cent originals. The original engraved dies used to produce the are being used for the new stamps.
By Mike Collins
Sign up to vounteer at Summit: AOPA needs volunteers to help with parking 1,000-plus attendee aircraft, directing ground transportation, and managing the flow of people and vehicles (www.aopa.org/summit/volunteer).
Mark Baker, the new president and CEO of AOPA, will provide updates on the current state of general aviation, share AOPA's vision for the future, and present the AOPA Able Flight scholarship award during Thursday's opening keynote for Summit 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas, October 10 through 12.
On Friday, baseball legend and pilot Ken Griffey will speak during the keynote, which also features the director and producer of Disney's Planes. Director Klay Hall and producer Traci Balthazor-Flynn will discuss how the movie's characters were developed, how they chose the airplanes and models, and who they went to for the research and aviation expertise. Also scheduled for Friday's keynote is Dr. Jonathan M. Sackier, medical counsel for AOPA; Earl Weener of the NTSB; and Michael Whitaker, deputy administrator of the FAA. On Saturday, join Baker and other AOPA key leaders for "Pilot, Planes, and Pancakes" at the Meacham Airport.
By Thomas A. Horne
It seems like yesterday (September 2012) that we took delivery of what was then our creaky-but-serviceable Debonair. Now, its transformation is nearly complete. We put in a new windshield, tinted side windows, flap and aileron gap seals (thanks to D'Shannon Aviation), replaced the agglomeration-of-the-ages (sixties through nineties) instrument panel with the latest and greatest (thanks to principal contributors Aspen Avionics; Garmin; R.C. Allen; Alpha Systems; Electronics International; PS Engineering; CO Guardian; and master installer Santa Fe Aero Services), put in a new 70-amp alternator from National AirParts, then had KD Aviation paint Scheme Designer's inspired design treatment that features amusing decals bearing facts about the Deb in an often humorous vein. Then we put the airplane on display at EAA AirVenture. Whew, lotta work. And travel.
But now we're entering the home stretch. Immediately after AirVenture I flew the Debonair—now renumbered N75YR in honor of the upcoming seventy-fifth anniversary of AOPA's founding in 1939—from Oshkosh to Batavia, Ohio's Clermont County Airport. That's the home of Air Mod, perhaps the best of the interior shops in the entire world. "We're dedicated to keeping these old airplanes alive," says Air Mod President Dennis Wolter. "And this 50-year-old Debonair is a lot like plenty of airplanes we work on. It's had a lot of neglect and deferred maintenance over the years, it hasn't been kept clean, and corrosion is taking many of these old airplanes away from us. So we address all that—and believe me, it's a big, expensive job." Air Mod has been in business since 1973.
In the Debonair's case, any deferred maintenance is deferred no more. But as Wolters' crew dismantled the battered old interior it became clear that dirt was an issue. "Look, the glue for the side panels has turned to a tarry mess. And they used roofing shingles at one point to shore up the sidewalls! That's all got to go," Wolter said. "And in the belly there was a thick layer of indistinguishable dirt, mixed with what I think was an anticorrosion treatment done years ago."
After the interior is cleaned, Air Mod will install a brand-new leather interior of its own design, complete with pilot and co-pilot headrests. There will be four-point restraint systems for the front seats, courtesy of B.A.S. Systems. For me, this will be a most welcome addition. Back in 1963 shoulder harnesses weren't required in light aircraft. So I have been flying the airplane for some 30 hours, feeling somehow naked with just a fraying, discolored lap belt that is probably original—holding me in a seat that has virtually no lumbar support. And a wafer-thin, dry-rotted seat cushion that wants to fuse your derriere to the metal below. That, too, will be set right.
The rear seat will be reupholstered as a single-bench design, in a nod to nostalgia—and the original design. The original headliner, which unceremoniously dropped down on me and a passenger in flight, will be replaced, and so will the carpets. When Air Mod is done with it, the interior will look orders of magnitude better than it did when it rolled off the factory floor back in 1963. And it will be safer, too.
All this will take about two months. As we go to press it's late August, so work is still in progress. But you'll receive this magazine—the October issue—in late September. This means that work will have finished by then, and any of you going to this year's AOPA Summit in Fort Worth will be able to see the completed interior on display there. In fact, almost all the restoration work will have been completed by then.
So far, the reports from Air Mod have been good. No corrosion under all that gunk in the belly, for example. But a bulkhead in the tailcone will need to be inspected. A minor tail strike in the distant past has bent the bulkhead, and it needs to be checked for cracks. Here's hoping the answer is in the negative. Otherwise, it will mean repair or replacement of the bulkhead.
The perils of sitting
Oil analyses for the Debonair's Continental IO-470 engine have turned up signs of elevated concentrations of iron, copper, chromium, nickel, and silicon. These are signs of potential wear at the cylinders, camshaft, and valve guides. The silicon is from dirt ingestion. The consensus of opinion is that these signs are consistent with an engine that has not been flown very much. From 2007, when the engine was overhauled, until 2012 the airplane flew approximately 140 hours. That's about 28 hours a year, which is not much. Then I come along and fly it across the country and back. In the process, all the deposits accumulated from the years of sitting are now abrading and showing up in the oil. Following oil analysis firm Blackstone Laboratories' recommendations, we'll be changing oil at 10-hour intervals for a while. An Airwolf spin-on oil filter will be installed (the Deb's engine has no filter, just a screen), and so will a Donaldson Company dry air filter, which should lower the silicon levels. The moral: fly often, people! And the longer the trip, the better.
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On the web: Follow Tom Horne's sweepstakes blog for updates on the renovation, as well as related news.
Paul Poberezny, the energetic, charismatic, and personable founder of the Experimental Aviation Association, died August 22 at the age of 91.
Poberezny was a military pilot for 30 years and served during World War II and Korea before retiring as a lieutenant colonel from the Wisconsin Air National Guard in 1970.
He was born in Kansas in 1921 and taught himself to fly at age 16 in a single-seat Waco glider he helped restore. He founded the EAA in the basement of his Milwaukee-area home in 1953 with wife Audrey, and they built it into a vibrant organization that now boasts 170,000 members in more than 100 countries, and its annual gathering—EAA AirVenture—is one of aviation's premiere events.
"Paul Poberezny was a true original who embodied aviation's best attributes of teamwork, craftsmanship, achievement, and service," said AOPA President Craig Fuller. "He never stopped learning and never stopped striving, and he imbued EAA and all of aviation with his own optimistic and forward-looking sense of purpose."
Poberezny designed and built a long series of original aircraft including the Pober Pixie and Acro Sport I and II, and he helped build a Pitts Special biplane that his son Tom Poberezny flew to victory in national and international competitions in the early 1970s. Tom later served as EAA president from 1989 until 2010.
Paul Poberezny attended EAA AirVenture every year and was a familiar sight waving from the chop-topped Volkswagen Beetle in which he drove throughout the sprawling airport grounds. He flew hundreds of aircraft types and logged more than 30,000 flight hours in more than 70 years of flying, but he always said that it was people—not aircraft—that inspired him.
"I've learned more about people through my association with aviation than I ever did about airplanes," he said.
By Dave Hirschman
We all know that emergency checklists ought to be accessible in flight, and now there's an easy way to make sure that's the case in the airplanes we own or rent. Dan Shamir, a corporate pilot based in New Jersey, has developed a series of transparent, stick-on checklists for $17.95 that adhere to aircraft windows or sun visors so they stay in the pilot's field of view.
A quick glance at the unobtrusive lists gives an overview of the steps that should be taken in case of an engine failure or in-flight fire. The lists also include the essentials for normal pre-takeoff and landing checks, as well as emergency transponder codes.
The non-adhesive material makes the lists simple to attach and remove, and they leave no residue on aircraft windshields.
I've attached a Thru-View checklist to the left-seat windshield of the AOPA's Diamond DA-40, and it's especially useful for reviewing emergency actions during the cruise flight when pilot workload is low. My only criticisms are that it doesn't address avionics or electrical failures—scenarios that require seldom-practiced steps in a G1000-equipped DA40; and best glide speeds are curiously paired in the same box as transponder codes.
A stick-on gear-down warning also is available, as well as a plastic iPhone holder.
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The FAA continues to harp on runway incursion avoidance, partly because it's such an avoidable problem. Follow the signs and markings, instructions, and standard procedures and we should be OK. Unfortunately, it's not always that easy, even though many of the problems can be traced to a lack of basic knowledge of the system.
Getting Around on the Ground is a new computer program (Windows, Mac, or iPad) that provides an in-depth resource and simulator for every ground situation that pilots could encounter. The program is divided into two parts—lengthy chapter-based lessons that cover all the knowledge and theory of ground operations, and a simulator that allows the user to move an imaginary airplane on the surface of an airport while trying to follow air traffic control instructions.
Although there are many other quality resources available on this topic, Getting Around on the Ground is probably the most thorough one you'll find. If you're at all unsure about how to get from point A to point B on an airport, this is the program to try.
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What it is: A new way to complete a flight review. WingsRealityEDU recently launched what we believe is the first online flight review ground school.
The concept is simple. Take an online course, get an endorsement, take that endorsement to an instructor for the flight portion of the flight review, fly, and then get the instructor to sign you off for another two years. Online training has been used effectively in everything from calculus to flight instructor renewals for years, so it only makes sense that we should be able to conduct our minimum one hour of ground training remotely and at our own pace.
The course is broken up into chapters that cover a number of different topics pilots need to maintain currency and safety. The presentation is basic, but the information is solid.
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The Pen Pal
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What it does: Made of a soft, rubbery material, The Pen Pal slides over a pencil or thin pen, serving as both a soft grip and providing a small amount of direct light. It turns on with a press of a button on the grip, and turns off by pushing the light back up. Given that it will be forever affixed to a pen, finding one means finding the other. To make it even easier, a small hole allows it to hang from a lanyard.
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Classic Flight Bag
What it is: A new messenger-style bag trying to completely change the way we think about carrying around our gear.
What it does: Each hand-made bag features two large sections and two smaller, divided pockets on the inside. The outside also has a pocket for quick-grab items. It is unquestionably beautiful, but its thick leather is heavy, even empty. The buckle-style latches are better for show than work, and the bag won't hold enough for the pilots who like to pack every chart and accessory they can find. Those issues aside, The Classic Flight Bag is one of the best options we've seen for pilots for whom style is important.
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Here comes another personal jet, this one a single-engine aircraft from Metal-Master in Podgórzyn, Poland, that you'll keep in your garage and operate from grass runways. Here's how it works.
"Your aircraft is waiting on the trailer in your garage," the company website says. "It is enough to tow it to the nearest aerodrome, install the wings—and on the way. For takeoff and landing, the Flaris LAR 1 requires only 250 meters [820 feet] of a grassy airstrip." Should the engine fail, the aircraft can glide nearly five nautical miles per 1,000 feet. It may be powered by a Pratt & Whitney PW615F engine, but others are under consideration.
The five-passenger, 378-knot true airspeed, single-engine jet operates at 29,000 feet and has a claimed range of 1,350 nautical miles. It has an airframe recovery parachute in case of an emergency.
The designer is Andrzej Frydrychewicz, former head engineer for PZL Warszawa-Okeciewho who created the Wilga, Raven, and the Orlik trainer that was in development when it was abandoned in 1990.
This is the first aircraft project for Metal Master. Until now it has made electrical equipment for cars and metal projects. —AKM
Web: You can see more online.
Here comes another personal jet, this one a single-engine aircraft from Metal-Master in Podgórzyn, Poland, that you'll keep in your garage and operate from grass runways. Here's how it works.
"Your aircraft is waiting on the trailer in your garage," the company website says. "It is enough to tow it to the nearest aerodrome, install the wings—and on the way. For takeoff and landing, the Flaris LAR 1 requires only 250 meters [820 feet] of a grassy airstrip." Should the engine fail, the aircraft can glide nearly five nautical miles per 1,000 feet. It may be powered by a Pratt & Whitney PW615F engine, but others are under consideration.
The five-passenger, 378-knot true airspeed, single-engine jet operates at 29,000 feet and has a claimed range of 1,350 nautical miles. It has an airframe recovery parachute in case of an emergency.
The designer is Andrzej Frydrychewicz, former head engineer for PZL Warszawa-Okeciewho who created the Wilga, Raven, and the Orlik trainer that was in development when it was abandoned in 1990.
This is the first aircraft project for Metal Master. Until now it has made electrical equipment for cars and metal projects. —AKM
Flaris LAR 1 Specifications
Composite construction
Wingspan 28 feet
Length 27 feet
Height 8 feet
Max gross weight Less than 3,000 pounds
Empty weight 1,433 pounds
Stall speed 62 knots indicated airspeed
John Slemp, 57, of Tucker, Georgia, has 20 years of commercial photography experience and a passion for aviation. Six years ago he turned his skills not only to airplanes but to the people in aviation, capturing astronauts and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
One of his more memorable shots came during the most recent Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Florida. It was a late-morning shoot of a Lockheed 12A in smooth air and perfect light. He remembers thinking in his excitement, "Just get it in focus." He cites his military upbringing—his father was a Green Beret—for his interest in aviation and plans to get his pilot certificate. His ultimate goal is to become the first commercial photographer in space.
Tips for amateur photographers include not bothering to make photographs at airshows. They're too cluttered with fuel farms, hangars, and hot-dog stands, Slemp says. He can't control the background, so he makes arrangements at shows to take photos later, in a better environment. He "makes" photographs, rather than takes them, by assuring the background is not "messy."
He has already gotten recognition for his work. He has an exhibition on "Early Flight to Today's Technology" at Georgia's second-largest museum, the Tellus Science Museum, in Cartersville, just outside Atlanta. It will run until the end of November. —AKM
Web: See more of John Slemp's work at http://www.aerographs.com.
By Alyssa J. Miller
Is this the beginning of the end of VFR flying? Will AirVenture shrink to a fraction of its current size? What's so bad about the "dive and drive" approach? Leaders in aviation and their readers are sharing their opinions on these topics and more in AOPA's new Opinion Leaders blog.
AOPA has brought together 10 leaders in different segments of aviation ranging from business aviation to flight training to share their opinions, analysis, and forecasts of the industry. They tackle controversial topics—subjects you may have spent hours debating at the hangar with friends. Will you agree with their points of view? Share your own viewpoint in the comments area of each blog to generate a dialogue with your fellow pilots.
"We brought together a diversity of leaders from different segments of aviation to one platform for AOPA members to be able to join the conversation on issues at the heart of our community," said AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines.
The blog is aimed at starting a dialogue about the future of aviation, sharing ideas, and building a sense of community. You might even find a new author you want to follow on a regular basis. (Readers should note that the opinions expressed by the bloggers do not reflect AOPA's position on any topic.) If you find a blogger you want to follow, sign up for email alerts when a new post is added to the Opinion Leaders blog. Two posts will be added to the blog each week.
The 10 writers on the blog are: Jamie Beckett, Florida Polk Aviation Alliance; Amy Laboda, editor of Women In Aviation magazine; Jolie Lucas, vice president of the California Pilots Association; Jack Olcott, past president of the National Business Aviation Association; John L. Petersen, chairman of the Lindbergh Foundation; Dan Pimentel, who writes the Airplanista Aviation Blog; Rod Rakic, cofounder of OpenAirplane; Ron Rapp, a Southern California-based charter pilot; Martin Rottler, a lecturer at The Ohio State University Center for Aviation Studies; and Max Trescott, the 2008 National CFI of the Year.


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Since a lot of you have asked, (and in the spirit of Banned Books Week,) I thought I'd let you know that I recently received word that Lifeway has decided not to carry A Year of Biblical Womanhood in stores, presumably in the wake of the "vagina" controversy over the summer.
In case you're not up to speed on the backstory, here's what happened:
- In March, I mentioned in a blog post that my editor had suggested I remove the word "vagina" from my manuscript in deference to the standards of Christian bookstores. While I was prepared to make the edit, you guys encouraged me to keep "vagina" in. You started an Amazon petition. You contacted my publisher. You made t-shirts. You coined the term "vaginagate." And I ended up engaged in some of the strangest conversations of my writing career.
- Bolstered by your response, I decided to put the word "vagina" back in the manuscript, though I knew this might compromise the book's chances of being carried in Christian bookstores, which accounted for a large percentage of projected sales for A Year of Biblical Womanhood.
- In the wake of Lifeway's highly-publicized ban of the movie "The Blind Side," and after speaking with some industry insiders, I wrote a blog post in July about Lifeway's influence on the Christian publishing industry, explaining how its standards not only affect the highly sanitized inventory we find on Christian bookstore shelves, but also which books are contracted by publishers, what content gets edited in the writing and editing process, and the degree of freedom authors feel they have to speak through their own platforms.
- A few weeks ago, I got word that the book will not be carried in Lifeway stores. (Although it appears you may be able to order it online or upon special request...I'm not entirely sure.)
- Update: I've heard from an unofficial source at Lifeway that it might have been something other than the word "vagina" that resulted in the book not being carried in stores. Lifeway will not be officially weighing in, from what I understand, but I thought I'd pass this information along because I don't want to leave everyone with the impression that we know exactly why the book will not be carried when we don't. All I know to do is to share my experience and the events as they unfolded from my perspective as an author. (As you can see from this article, mine is a common experience for authors in the Christian publishing industry. ) I mentioned in a previous post that it appears Lifeway allows some uses of the word "vagina" by some authors in some contexts. (Mark Driscoll's Real Marriage is an example.) However, I took out every other word or content issue that was challenged as problematic for Christian bookstores by my editor, so I am unclear as to what else might have led to the decision.
The good news is that every other major Christian bookstore plans to carry the book. Come October 30, you will be able to find A Year of Biblical Womanhood just about everywhere books are sold. If you aren't sure if your favorite bookstore will carry the book, be sure to check with your local retailer. (In fact, actually walking into a bookstore and requesting a book makes a big difference in initial sales, so if you want to support the book—or a Christian bookstore that's willing to carry it—that's a great way to do it.)
I'm disappointed, of course, and not just because I'll take a hit in sales. While Lifeway certainly has every right to choose its own inventory, I think the notion that Christians should dance carefully around reality, that we should speak in euphemisms and only tell comfortable, sanitized stories, is a destructive one that has profoundly affected the evangelical culture as a whole.
I hope that by being honest about this journey through the publishing process, we can start engaging in conversations that will bring about change.
Thanks so much for your support and encouragement! It means the world to me.
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I did go into the eastern part of Fourr Canyon. I found a dandy of a mine that I will keep nameless. It still looks like it's full of goodies and I don't want to give the scavengers a green light.
It might need some plumbing done before anyone else moves into it.


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There once was a wedding confection
That failed the bride's final inspection
So we grabbed an airbrush
Painted it in a rush
And told Yanks it was for their election!
I'm finding it rather outrageous
That I have to spend some of my wages
On a cake for my Dad
Of a girl, partly clad
Is it me, or does she look contagious?
I hope you don't find me neurotic
But I'm sure my new heart is necrotic
It rattles and shakes
And I think that it's cake...
Did I mention my surgeon's psychotic?
Clap your hands for poor Tinkerbell
A bee sting has caused her to swell
Grab a fresh EpiPen
And inject her again
For she's really just not looking well.
If you just can't spell "congratulations"
And your piping skills won't win ovations
You should find a career
Where you won't end up here
Or at least take extended vacations.
I once saw a cake in Nantucket
That had frosting applied by the bucket
Though it's called a nice gift
It's too heavy to lift
So I guess that I'll just have to chuck it.


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Kids These Days
"They just grow up so fast." [wiping away tear]
"I mean, first Holly was asking for thongs for her 8th birthday, and now her very own Playboy-themed party at 12. Wow. Can you believe it? I'm just so...so... proud.
[blowing nose] "I mean, every parent wants her little girl to grow up dreaming big dreams, padding her trainer bra, and looking to attract men as a means of personal validation, but to see it actually happening...[sniffle] I'm sorry, it's just a dream come true. Why, in another 6 years she could even be on The Girls Next Door - not that I want to get her hopes up too much, of course; there's no telling how much longer Heff's gonna be around, after all.
"I know, right? It IS unbelievable. You know, the Smiths over there made their Jenny wait until she was sixteen to have her playmate party. Isn't that awful?
"I mean, geez, how stifling can some parents get? Although, to be fair, I hear they had a great pole-dancing instructor come in for the girls. In fact, I need to get that number for Holly's party, if you'll excuse me..."
Now, Karen P. & Sarah G., remember to keep everything in perspective: these cakes still aren't as bad as this one.
UPDATE: Apparently the prosti-tot pole-dancing class includes an age-inappropriate audience. Check it out, and don't miss all the priceless expressions on the kids in the crowd!


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Wall Street braces for an Obama win
NEW YORK — Mitt Romney was Wall Street's dream candidate, a former private equity executive committed to lower taxes and less regulation who would never rip bankers as "fat cats" as President Barack Obama famously did.
But now many masters of the universe concede they may not get their man.
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Across Wall Street and the broader landscape of corporate America, even strong supporters of Romney acknowledge that swing state polling numbers and the direction of economic data and markets suggest it's time to brace for a second Obama term.
"It looks right now like it's probably going to be Obama, so you have to start planning for that, even if it's not what you would prefer," said the chief executive of one of the largest companies in the United States who has criticized the president and spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to give a frank assessment of the state of the race. The executive added that plans were under way to work with a second Obama administration on selling a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff with major tax and entitlement reform that includes some new revenues.
"We don't really care if our taxes go up a little if we can just get this done and take this threat away from the economy," the executive said, adding that support from CEOs could give cover to Republicans in Washington concerned about supporting any new taxes and angering tea party hardliners and anti-tax advocates such as Grover Norquist.
They still go to Romney fundraisers, open their wallets and hope for the best, especially in the upcoming debates. It's just that Wall Street and the business community tend to follow data and play percentages. And right now they favor the president.
It makes for an uncomfortable moment for Wall Street, which came out much more aggressively for Romney than Obama this year, after Obama made significant inroads with the finance sector in 2008.
The shift in tone among executives toward Obama was on display at the Clinton Global Initiative this week, where several CEOs softened their criticism of the president. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein acknowledged there had been widespread "disappointment" with Obama within his firm and across Wall Street.
But he also said that it was time to move on and finally deal with rising debt and unsustainable entitlement programs. "People who have been pouting and holding their breath aren't going to want to do that for four more years," he said.
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems and a strong Romney supporter, spoke of bridging partisan divides on taxes and spending should Obama win a second term. And in an interview with Reuters, Chambers said whoever wins should govern like Bill Clinton. "There's a lot to learn from President Clinton. It kills me as a strong Republican saying it, but he was the most effective president during my lifetime," Chambers said.
The Obama administration has already begun laying ground work for improving its soured relationship with corporate America in a possible second term.
To be sure, there are still plenty of Romney partisans across Wall Street and the business community who are far from giving up and dismiss talk that the former Massachusetts governor is fading.
"I don't think donors are reacting at all," to the negative poll numbers said Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets. "We had Romney here three weeks ago and had the biggest three events we've ever had. We raised $8 million. We had a breakfast where we would normally do $1.5 or $2 million and we did $4 million."
Johnson added that executives know a campaign ebbs and flows and that there is time for a late comeback win. "They know in business and politics things are very fluid. I'm extremely confident and the people I talk to are cautiously optimistic."


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Bullish momentum continued on Wall Street today, with the S&P 500 closing near the 1600 level and the Dow Jones Industrial Average inching towards 15,000. Boosting equities was an encouraging labor report, which showed that initial jobless claims fell more than expected last week, to 346,000, marking the first decline in four weeks. Meanwhile, investors paid close attention to earnings reports; banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are slated to post their first quarter earnings on Friday [see Free Member Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time].
Global Market Overview: Stocks Log In Fresh Closing Highs
Following an upbeat jobless claims report, all three major U.S. equity indexes managed to close in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA, B) gained 0.45%, as its underlying index advanced for the fourth-consecutive session. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY, A) rose 0.33%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ETF (QQQ, A-) slipped 0.04% (though its underlying index closed up 0.09%).
In Europe, markets were mostly higher; the Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.6%. Meanwhile, Asian markets were broadly higher; Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 2.0%, while Australia's S&P ASX 200 inched 0.8% higher.
Bond ETF Roundup
U.S. Treasuries reversed slight gains from earlier in the session after an auction of 30-year bonds showed lackluster demand. Yields on 5 and 10-year notes fell less than 1 basis points, while 30-year bonds traded flat at 3% [see also Seven Simple & Cheap ETF Model Portfolios].
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In Annapolis, some conservative Republicans — having apparently not taken notice of the 2012 election and the conundrum facing their party over its hard-line immigration stance at the national level — are lambasting a proposal to expand and make permanent a two-tier driver's license system in Maryland. One even warned that Maryland could soon become a "Disneyland" for illegal immigrants.
But it is opponents who are living in a Disney-like fantasy land if they can't see who the chief beneficiary would be of any system that seeks to ensure all Maryland drivers meet minimum standards of knowledge and competency and are eligible for insurance. That would, of course, be everyone who ever chooses to drive on roads in this state.
The Senate approved the driver's licensing measure this week with that pragmatic goal in mind. There are approximately 275,000 immigrants living in Maryland who lack lawful status. Many of them drive (and even have licenses now). Do we bar them from renewing or acquiring a license? That only increases the likelihood that they will not be properly trained and insured.
On the other hand, would such hardship cause these immigrants to vacate the country they now call home — and may have called home for a generation or more? One need only look to the rest of the United States, where an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants reside with or without a driver's license, to know that's not the case.
When President George W. Bush signed the REAL ID Act into law in 2005, we warned that forcing the Motor Vehicle Administration to enforce federal immigration policy was unwise. The law stemmed from the need to create a de facto national identification card, particularly to verify the identity of passengers on planes or visitors to federal facilities.
But evolving federal regulations also allow states to offer a second-tier driver's license, one that won't necessarily be accepted at airports (at least not after this summer, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) but will do what a driver's license is designed to do — make sure the applicant meets minimum safety standards.
That seems like a reasonable accommodation. And far better than encouraging a black market for fake Maryland driver's licenses or having to deal with a lot of unlicensed drivers. This isn't a handout; it's a matter of self-protection. Until Congress crafts immigration policy that provides a future for the nation's undocumented immigrants, states will likely have to make more such choices. At least a dozen states are contemplating similar plans.
Immigration opponents tend to conjure up images of illegal immigrants as criminals or welfare layabouts. In reality, they are people like the recent 18-year-old high school graduate who came to the U.S. as a baby and who President Barack Obama has pledged not to deport.
Last year, voters endorsed in-state college tuition rates for such taxpaying individuals under the Maryland Dream Act. Don't we also want to ensure that these future college graduates — young adults who may have no memory of living anywhere but the United States — have a way to go to work and live a productive life? What could possibly be the point of denying them a driver's license?
The notion that this accommodation might endanger national security is laughable. To suggest that implies that Transportation Security Administration agents are incapable of reading a driver's license properly. If so, those responsible for airport security have bigger issues than a two-tiered license to worry about.
Admittedly, this is not the ideal solution. Far better for Washington to finally craft some sensible immigration policy that provides a path toward citizenship for those who are living here, leading productive lives and deserving of that opportunity. Then a two-tiered driver's license might not even be necessary.
But that probably won't happen until the GOP puts less energy into vilifying immigrants and more into coalescing behind a compromise with the Democrats. Immigration reform would be better for the future of the Republican Party, for the nation's economy and for the safety of our highways. In the meantime, stop-gap efforts like a two-tier driver's license are going to be needed.


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XBOX(4) NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual XBOX(4) NAME xbox -- SPARC SBus Expansion Subsystem SYNOPSIS xbox* at sbus? slot ? offset ? sbus* at xbox? DESCRIPTION The xbox driver provides support for the Sun SBus Expansion Subsystem. This device consists of an SBus card and a chassis which has three addi- tional SBus slots. SEE ALSO intro(4), sbus(4) HISTORY Support for the xbox first appeared in NetBSD 1.4. NetBSD 8.1 March 31, 2004 NetBSD 8.1
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on this note I'd like to get rid of the 'you must enter text to your opinion to get it submitted'. I'd like to just rate it, like a star rating, and be off. Unlike star ratings though, ops are optional.MycathatesyouAMV wrote:Just reposting this from the other thread so it gets noticed.
I would like the option in opinions of being able to make your video opinion invisible. This idea is for the Opinion Exchanging because it always seems like who ever OPs someone's amv first, their score can effect the score of the opinion the other person will give them. Alot of people seem to be self conscious about not being the one to op first because of what I stated. Maybe just make it so it stays invisible for a short amount of time, as I think this would greatly help op exchange.
You know what?? get rid of star ratings all together! I don't think anybody necisarily likes them.


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February 1, 2013 10:11 AM EST
The February unemployment report included revisions to baseline data, showing that more jobs were added in the final months of 2012 than initially estimated. This news follows consistent right-wing speculation on the validity of pre-election jobs data.
The Bureau for Labor statistics released its unemployment situation summary for the month of January, showing that unemployment has remained "essentially unchanged" at 7.9 percent, adding 157,000 jobs.
More interesting in the report, however, were the revisions to previously estimated jobs data. The number of jobs was revised upward for every month in 2012 except August and July. Overall, the revisions showed a net increase in the number of jobs when compared to initial estimates.
Furthermore, over-the-month changes in total employment were revised upwards in the months leading up to the election. Over-the-month changes for September, October, and November were revised upward by 6,000, 23,000, and 86,000 jobs, respectively.
The positive benchmark revisions come after months of right-wing speculation that -- somehow -- Democrats were "cooking the books" to produce positive reports, ostensibly to help President Obama win the election. Right-wing media figures repeatedly claimed that the October jobs report was phony, claiming that the number of jobs added would certainly be revised downward after the election.
Today's data shows that right-wing media was right - the jobs numbers were revised, just not in the way they predicted.


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WATSONVILLE — A Watsonville man is expected in court Tuesday to face charges of assault to commit rape and indecent exposure after his arrest Friday in the Apple Hill neighborhood.
It"s not the first time 27-year-old Joseph Louis Roisman has been arrested and charged with a sex-related crime.
Roisman was arrested in 2006, as part of a sting featured on NBC Dateline"s "To Catch a Predator" show, after taking a bus to Petaluma to meet a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported at the time.
Roisman, then a 21-year-old serving in the Navy, was found not guilty of the charge during a trial in 2011.
Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Arthur Wick ruled midway through trial that prosecutors failed to prove Roisman had specific intent to commit the crime, attempted lewd acts with a child under age 14.
In Watsonville, Roisman was arrested Friday afternoon when a neighbor reported that he exposed himself to her and then committed an unwanted sexual advance, said Watsonville police detective Albert Lopez.
Roisman stopped when the 50-year-old woman protested, and she reported it a short while later, Lopez said.
Lopez said Roisman reportedly exposed himself while outside a condominium complex off South Green Valley Road, and that his behavior escalated as they approached a residence there.
Roisman remained in Santa Cruz County Jail on Monday with bail set at $25,000. He told jail officials he worked in construction.
The Santa Cruz County District Attorney"s Office filed assault to commit rape and indecent exposure charges against Roisman Monday, prosecutor Steve Moore said.
In the 2006 case, Roisman"s attorney, Stephen Turer, had argued that his client"s online chats were innocuous and that he intended nothing other than "cuddling and watching movies" when he rode a bus 110 miles to meet the girl.
Turer argued it was the online watchdog group Perverted Justice, Dateline"s partner, who steered the conversation toward sex. Although Roisman was told the girl"s age, he was doubtful because of her mature-sounding voice and sophisticated talk, Turer said.
The judge also criticized tactics used by Perverted Justice, whom he suggested lacked credibility and engaged in entrapment, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
Prosecutors argued there was enough evidence to bring Roisman to trial.
In an online chat, Roisman allegedly had questioned the teen about the oldest person she had sex with and suggested they "cut up some fruit and eat it off each other," according to court documents reviewed by the Press Democrat.
Roisman eventually agreed to a rendezvous at a home, where he stripped off his shirt upon entering the backyard.
However, instead of the girl, he was met by cameras and Dateline host Chris Hansen, who made a name and reputation for himself from his confrontations in the show. After a brief conversation, which was recorded for TV, Roisman was arrested by Petaluma police, also recorded for the show.
Of 28 people arrested during the sting, Roisman was the only one found not guilty.
One juror interviewed by the Press Democrat said the show induced Roisman to act the way he did. The juror said she would have found him not guilty had the case made it to the jury.
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When testing items (such as a pump) that have a starting capacitor in them- my PTE (Apollo 600) shows a warning splash screen- "Voltage detected on external probe" and won't perform an Earth Continuity test. Likewise, when testing a data router that has data cables plugged into it that have a signal boaster connected to one of them, it does the same thing.
This is a bit of a PITA, is there a way of suppressing the warning and running the test?


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MARTINEZ, Ga. - The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) recently released the first PBC Women's Soccer All-Academic Teams, with nine members of the Georgia College & State University soccer team being named to the three squads. The nine marks the most by any PBC program to make the three teams.
Earning first team honors was senior midfielder Beth Coughlin (Douglasville, Ga.), junior forward Jamie Nevin (Grovetown, Ga.) and sophomore midfielder Ally Treat (Fayetteville, Ga.). Sophomores Mary Rob Plunkett (Augusta, Ga.), Jessica Binkowski (Cumming, Ga.) and Kelli McLane (Lawrenceville, Ga.); as well as junior Lyric Burnett (Douglasville, Ga.) and senior Jeni Day (Marietta, Ga.) all earned spots on the second team, with senior Hayley Ferrell (Hampton, Ga.) taking a third team spot.
Nevin leads the way with a 3.91 GPA in math, with Coughlin (3.82 in nursing) earning the program's first Academic All-American trophy a year ago. Binkowski's 3.89 in biology earned her third team All-District this season.
Joining her with success in biology was Treat at 3.83. McLane owns 3.77 in psychology, Day a 3.76 in health education and Plunkett a 3.70 in business. Burnett and Ferrell are both mass communication majors, earning a 3.52 and 3.37, respectively.
All nine were key members of the 2008 Bobcat soccer team, with Ferrell earning NSCAA All-Region honors as well as an All-PBC trophy. Joining her with All-PBC honors were Treat and Plunkett.
The team was also recently honored by the NSCAA with a team academic award for the 2007-08 season thanks to their 3.52 GPA as a team for that school year. The Bobcats were 14th of 262 schools, and were the seventh-best among Division II programs.
The three teams are the first in a new season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The Sports Information Directors from around the conference oversee and select the teams.
This season the Bobcats enjoyed the best campaign in school history, setting school marks for wins (13) and goals against (10) while getting a league-high seven players on the All-PBC teams. Making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament, Georgia College also earned the first national ranking in school history, reaching as high as No. 19 as well as the best region rank (4) and conference finish (3) in the school's five years of varsity soccer.
The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Follow the Bobcats and their positive impact on the Milledgeville community at www.gcsu.edu/bobcats. Those interested in nominating former Georgia College student-athletes for the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame can find the nomination form on the web site as well.


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This sounds lovely! I love brown butter...this is a must-try very soon!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for your sweet comments ~ honestly, this is one of those recipes you can put together in just a few minutes but the pay-off is terrific!
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Mari, this is my favorite pasta dish. I have been making this since I had it at Spaghetti Factory in 1980. I add garlic to my brown butter, sprinkle with lots of mizithra, then chiffonade basil and cut grape tomatoes in half on top. So delicious, so easy, and so fresh tasting with the raw tomato. Sometimes, if I have green onions, I will even thinly slice them over the pasta.ReplyDelete
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Sunday Sweets: Cake Nouveau
I love seeing online bakery galleries with consistently gorgeous, creative, and impeccably detailed cakes. Too often I'll find a great cake, only to visit the original site and discover it's the one stand-out in a gallery of otherwise lackluster specimens.
That said, I was thrilled when a reader tipped me off to Courtney Clark's work over at Cake Nouveau; every entry is so amazing, I couldn't pick just one favorite! So here are six samples, but I highly recommend you visit her site to see the rest of her work: it is well worth your time.
That scroll work is perfection, and I love the tiny roses peeking out.
As a self-proclaimed Disney Geek, I'm loving Courtney's interpretation of Snow White here. (There's also a Toy Story version on her site.)
Doing what I do, I've seen a lot of amazing purse cakes. I mean, a LOT. But this has got to be my all-time favorite:
I'm not really sure why this is called "rattlesnake", but for you non-bakers out there: look at the way the sides of this cake are shaped. See those cartoony curves? And how the bows look like actual fabric? That, my friends, is called talent. Sweet, sugar-coated talent.
Now, I know this next one is fairly simple, but I had to include it - I just HAD to:
It's orange and pink and perfect all over. Jen likes.
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Eisenmenger syndrome is a condition that affects blood flow from the heart to the lungs in some babies who have structural problems of the heart.
Eisenmenger syndrome is caused by a defect in the heart. Most often, babies with this condition are born with a hole between the two pumping chambers -- the left and right ventricles -- of the heart (ventricular septal defect). The hole allows blood that has already picked up oxygen from the lungs to flow back into the lungs, instead of going out to the rest of the body.
Other heart defects that can lead to Eisenmenger syndrome include:
Over time, increased blood flow can damage the small blood vessels in the lungs. This causes high blood pressure in the lungs. As a result, the blood backs up and does not go to the lungs to pick up oxygen. Instead, the blood goes from the right side to the left side of the heart, allowing oxygen-poor blood to travel to the rest of the body.
Eisenmenger syndrome usually develops before a child reaches puberty. However, it also can develop in young adulthood.
The doctor will examine the child. During the exam, the doctor may find:
The doctor will diagnose Eisenmenger syndrome by looking at the patient's history of heart problems. Tests may include:
The number of cases of this condition in the United States has dropped because doctors are now able to diagnose and correct the defect sooner, before the irreversible damage to the small lung arteries occurs.
Older children with symptoms may have blood removed from the body (phlebotomy) to reduce the number of red blood cells, and then receive fluids to replace the lost blood (volume replacement).
Children may receive oxygen, although it is unclear whether it helps to prevent the disease from getting worse. Children with very severe symptoms may need a heart-lung transplant.
How well the infant or child does depends on whether another medical condition is present, and the age at which high blood pressure develops in the lungs. Patients with this condition can live 20 to 50 years.
Call your health care provider if your infant develops symptoms of Eisenmenger syndrome.
Eisenmenger complex; Eisenmenger disease; Eisenmenger reaction; Eisenmenger physiology
Pulmonary hypertension. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 433.
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During this week in October, teens will be reading for the fun of it, as hundreds of libraries, schools, and bookstores celebrate Teen Read Week. This year's theme is "It's Written in the Stars: READ." Library staff, afterschool providers and educators can use this theme to encourage teens to think and read outside of the box, as well as seek out fantasy, science fiction and other out-of- this-world reads.
Celebrate this year's Teen Read Week by encouraging your middle or high school students to:
- Join a book discussion group at their school or public library.
- Read biographies of their favorite musicians, comedians, politicians, or sports figures.
- Read books about a hobby that interests them.
- Read books that approach a subject through humor.
- Read what they want to read, just for the fun of it.
For more information on this week-long celebration, including ideas and tips, visit the Teen Read Week page.
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Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Perennial from woody taproot
Stems 1many, decumbent to erect, generally red-tinged
Leaves alternate, simple, glabrous to tomentose or glandular; basal petioled; cauline generally clasping, reduced
Inflorescence: heads generally radiate, 1many; involucre hemispheric to bell-shaped; phyllaries in 26 ± graduated series, herbaceous
Ray flowers 1080; corollas 235 mm, yellow
Disk flowers 20100+; corollas 515 mm, cylindric to funnel-shaped, yellow
Fruit 34-angled, generally hairy; pappus bristles 1560, generally rigid, unequal
Species in genus: ± 10 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: reddish pappus)
Reference: [Mayes 1976 PhD Univ TX]
Formerly included in Haplopappus.
Plant generally ± (sub)glabrous (densely glandular upward)
Stems 1550 cm
Leaves ± (ob)lanceolate, sometimes glandular; basal petioled, 630 cm, dentate; cauline sessile, reduced
Inflorescence: heads 425, in flat-topped clusters; involucre 922 mm wide, hemispheric; phyllaries overlapping in 34 series, 611 mm, unequal, ± lanceolate
Ray flowers 1840; ligules 612 mm
Disk flowers many; corollas 57 mm
Fruit ± 4 mm, 4-angled, silky; pappus ± 57 mm, tan
Ecology: Alkaline meadows, marsh edges, open places
Elevation: 13002800 m.
Bioregional distribution: Modoc Plateau, n East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to Oregon, Idaho, south-central Canada, c US
Synonyms: Haplopappus l. (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
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Infographic Events Calendar 2011-2012
Outstanding calendar-map infographic from Infographer.ru, a Russian infographics site and design agency in Moscow (view in English). The Infographic Events Calendar 2011-2012 shows many (but not all) visualization, data and infographic conferences and events around the globe.
For everyone who is interested in information design we prepared the events calendar. We found over 44 conferences and workshops, dedicated to infographics and visualization topic all over the world.
The idea to make this kind of 'map-calendar' of events appeared in our mind a long time ago, we started to collect data in 2011 and suddenly 2012 started. So we decided to combine both years and show the history for 2011 and actual events for 2012, which you can use for your personal planning.
They collected over 40 conferences and workshops dedicated to information visualization for last year and the upcoming schedule for 2012. The calendar-map color codes the events by month and obviously connects them to the correct location on the world map.
If you know any corrections or additions to the event included, please post them in the comments! I know they will be reading them, and would welcome all feedback. Here are a few events I think they should add to their list:
South by Southwest Interactive, Austin, TX, March 9-13, 2012
TDWI World Conference (Tableau), Las Vegas, NV, February 13-15, 2012
Big Data 2012, Paris, France, March 20-21, 2012
I like the text of the city name included in the connecting lines, and the months with no events are gray so they don't add to the visual noise of the bright colors. Somewhere on the design they should have included the URL for people to find their original posting. When this get shared online, readers will have a hard time finding the original site.
Infographer also posted some behind-the-scenes information about the development of the design. Check out their early drafts in the complete blog post.
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Bill Parcells has informed the New Orleans Saints that he will not replace suspended coach Sean Payton on an interim basis for the 2012 season and is staying retired, a league source said Tuesday.
Parcells' agent, Jimmy Sexton, declined comment to The Associated Press. Saints spokesman Greg Bensel said the team had "nothing to report" on its search for an interim coach.
The Saints now will look to hire from within the organization. By promoting an assistant on the team, the Saints will not have to interview a minority candidate in accordance with the NFL's Rooney Rule.
The Saints' coaching search is being led by general manager Mickey Loomis and owner Tom Benson, who will make the final decision on who will replace Payton next season, a source with knowledge of the situation told NFL.com's Steve Wyche. Payton is serving in an advisory capacity in discussions about what the team's course of action will be, Wyche reports.
Assistant head coach Joe Vitt, who has been suspended for the first six games of the upcoming season, and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo are among the internal candidates who could fill in for Payton.
On Monday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Payton's suspension for the 2012 season, along with an eight-game suspension for Loomis and a six-game ban for Vitt.
Payton and Parcells spoke in March about a possible role with the Saints for the retired coach. Parcells, who's a finalist for this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class, said he felt "an obligation" to assist Payton, but he remained coy about if he'd fill in for his longtime friend.
Payton's season-long suspension without pay will begin April 16. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told NFL Network's Albert Breer that Payton will not "be involved in any coaching activities, he can't be at the facility or with the team at games" once his suspension begins.
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