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British actors Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom will transform into southern men in the new indie flick Main Street . Which other star who has adopted an accent for a role do you find the most successful?
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Alan Rickman (Severus Snape in Harry Potter) is making the Movie Gambit with Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Cameron Diaz (Bad Teacher) for release in 2012, how likely are you to go see the movie
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Quick Quiz: What's Your "State" of Mind?
Does your personality fit where you've chosen to live? Over more than a decade, researchers surveyed 1.6 million Americans to create personality profiles by state. Curious to know which state is the best match to your personality? There's a quiz for that...
In broadest terms they defined three groups of states and three general states of mind: New England/Mid-Atlantic ("temperamental and uninhibited"), South/Midwest ("friendly and conventional") and West Coast/Rocky Mountains/Sun Belt ("relaxed and creative").
I'm helpless against online quizzes so when a friend posted a link to this on Facebook, of course I clicked. It's quick - just 10 questions - so take it and come back if you want to share your result and your impression of your result.
Take the quiz on Time.com → America's Mood Map: Find Which State Matches Your Personality
I've lived in New York City for almost twenty years and my result came back..D.C. Hmmmnnn...I do like free museums.
Time's accompanying article (at the same link as above) pulled out some interesting data from the study (led by psychologist Jason Rentfrow and published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) including that the least neurotic state is Utah and people in South Carolina are most likely to finish their homework on time.
So, what did you think of your quiz result?
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HA! I took the test and it placed me in Oregon. I'm a native Oregonian, lived here my whole life and love it. No matter where I travel, I'm always happy to come home.
Georgia!? Weird. I can't see myself as anything other than Northeastern.
Possibly a bit off-topic but that quilted map is wonderful and hilarious!
I live in Georgia and the test listed me as "Georgia". Guess I'm in the right place:)
Georgia. Not surprised at all. Have lived in Tennessee most of my life and married a guy from GA. I'm only moderately adventurous, not too creative, but very disciplined and warm. That seems pretty Southern to me.
Montana! I've always been fascinated with Montana but never visited.
Quite suprised after having spent most of my life in NYC (Manhattan) & Los Angeles with some years in Boston, Chicago & Houston. Who woulda thunk?
Oregon! I grew up in Washington to the north and now live in California to the south. I have ALWAYS loved Oregon, especially the coast and have often thought I'd love to live there. Funny! Maybe I can retire there some day and truly be at home. :)
I got Georgia too. But I see myself as only Southwestern, namely Californian. Very weird.
Mine came up Georgia - strange for someone who has spent his life in Western Mass and the Upper West Side of NYC. Stupid test.
I knew even before I took the test it would say California. (You've heard that old adage about how there are two kinds of people, Texans and Californians....)
But I would freaking love to live in many other places too. Georgia and Oregon have always sounded so lovely!
I'm a Georgia, too. Perhaps the test defaults to Georgia. Or, maybe we should all move to Atlanta! Lived there for many years but moved back home to Nashville about 10 years ago.
I belong in Florida. Ilive in the South of France. ??
LOL, Cosifantutti, do not under any circumstances leave the South of France for Florida. Apologies to all Floridians. but still.
I'm a life-long New Yorker (and love it). Quiz puts me in VERMONT. Now, I love Vermont, I do. But it's, uh, rural. And I am a very urban girl. So yeah, no plans to relocate!
double-ditto to susan peabody's advice: Lord do NOT move from France to Florida.
Hmm, 14 comments and 7 came up with Georgia? I know, it's a fluffy magazine test. But anyway, I was curious to see how it came up. I'm very happy in Western Mass.
Oh and by the way: Georgia. That's 8.
You belong in New Jersey! I live in New Jersey, I am trying to get OUT of New Jersey.
My husband got Georgia!!!
I got New Mexico. Huh. I know zero things about New Mexico.
Weird. I got Georgia too. I've lived in New York City for almost 10 years, and I would only ever move to another large city, or a tropical island somewhere. Not sure about the Georgia connection!!
Hmm, Maybe the quiz was funded by the Georgia State Tourism Board?
i got Georgia, too. I hate hot weather and would never want to own a car again, so am not sure I agree that this is the place for me.
Oh, I've been all over the US & have enjoyed every place I've lived. There are good neighbors & bad everywhere. There is unemployment & employment everywhere. Poor neighborhoods & rich... So it's hard for me to know if my personality is better suited in one area over the other. But I do know that as I've gotten older the colder environments are becoming more difficult to navigate- even if the people are warm & friendly and the landscapes are breathtaking.
But that QUILT IS ADORABLE!!!! And I love that every state sports a smile!!! Only criticism: Where's Hawaii and Alaska?????!!!!!
I scored "Utah"...As someone who was born and raised in Seattle, and has lived in California for ten years, I find Utah an unusual result. I'm a Washingtonian through and through...can't wait to get back home!
As my handle indicates, I live in Canada but I took the test nevertheless. It placed me into Vermont. I love Vermont through my heart (I made several trips to New Hampshire and ever time I got off the I-90 somewhere around Albany/Troy to follow the scenic route through Vermont) but yes, it is a bit too rural for me as well.
Funny thing that the test has an option for extroverts but not for introverts.
I'm a South Carolinian that scored Utah too. I totally expected someplace coastal, probably Pacific NW. .
I got Georgia too. I live in the Deep South and I've always itched to get out!! Job and family have kept me here. I find it odd that the quiz doesn't ask ANYTHING about preferred climate since that's what I dislike the most about living here -- it's way too hot, for far too long and with my very very fair skin I can't even enjoy the beach or lengthy outdoor activities. I'm also a liberal and an atheist and those are hard to come by down here. I think my husband and I are the only two in existence. We spend a lot of time keeping our mouths shut and bowing our heads in non-prayer.
I got New Mexico. I hate hot weather, cars, I love trees, and I think it's ethically wrong to build cities in the desert. I will not be relocating anytime soon!
Oregon for me. I live in Colorado, near Boulder. This didn't seem like too much of a stretch. Still in the category of West Coast/Rocky Mountains/Sunbelt. Oregon is really lovely and I could see myself living there. My husband got Vermont. Hmm...should we get divorced based on this quiz?
I also got Georgia.. and was really thrown off by that! What is with Georgia?? Are we all missing something???
It told me I should live in California. I grew up in California, live in DC now, and have pretty much renounced my west coast roots. It doesn't feel like home anymore. Crazy algorithm!
I got Florida. Used to live in Jersey and now VA but Florida? Maybe it's 'coz I like the tropics?
As a native Georgian I was very happy to get my home state. Maybe all of the people who are so concerned that the test told them they might actually enjoy living in the state should try it for themselves. I promise I won't say "I told you so" when you never go home.
I got Georgia too! What the hell? It looks like half of us did as well. I'm definitely never moving there. I hate heat and suburban sprawl.
I've lived in georgia for 8 years now, but I didn't get georgia lol, I got california! Which is exciting because I plan to move there when I graduate from grad school :). I don't really take these quizzes too seriously, though.
I guess I should move to North Carolina from Wyoming. Weird...
Oregon, where I've never been.
I guess I belong in New Mexico. I live in NY and I knew the test wouldn't say I belong here. I've definitely got the attitude, but I'm not a liberal.
I'm placed in Vermont! The total opposite of where I live! May have to take the test again later on tonight.
Add another one for Georgia...
Scored Montana; native New Englander!
I never expected to love Utah, but I've now been in Salt Lake for 5 years. It's a surprisingly complex and interesting place to be, especially if you love food preservation, tattoos, or the out of doors ;)
Oh, and I scored New Mexico. I've lived in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, and most recently Utah. I'm getting closer to my final destination, I suppose?
New Mexico. There's a NEW Mexico?!
Another Georgia result here! Surprising since I'm a multi-generation Southern Californian who has never been to the South except for some conferences in Atlanta. My theory is that the outgoing friendliness of SoCal persons is getting lumped into Southern hospitality.
Georgia, like the rest of them.
Regarding Gillianne's comment, she sounds "tempermental and uninhibited" like a Northeasterner.
If you leave all the answers at 4 and hit enter you get Texas.
For some reason that made me LOL.
Born, raised and presently in So. Cal, but got New Mexico. That said, based on the things that are most important to me and their survey of each location, I think I'd be more of a Tennessee or Georgia girl.
California? Hokum! I'm from Texas, lived a few places, but always come home.
I feel like this quiz would be better if it asked you what you value, not how you currently are. To some degree, we're all (victims???) of our environment. I never drove like a jerk until I started working in West LA. Now it's practically a requirement to survive.
Ha! I got North Carolina! We moved to Charlotte last year and I've never been happier than I am here (and I've moved a lot!). Glad to see I fit right in :)
No big surprise - another Georgia here! Born and raised in San Francisco, where I always knew I didn't fit in.
Come on over!
I got New Mexico and I'm from Oklahoma. This isn't a surprise since I'm a liberal who loves hot weather, art, and crafty things.
Montana - a place I have no desire to even visit. Obviously flawed, since so many are told to go to Georgia.
Additional point - I belong where my husband is. He belongs where I am. We can make anywhere a home, as long as we are together. Sappy, but true.
Hmm. I got Oregon, and I live in Montana. Close enough, I can cope with that! Always wanted to visit Powell's Bookstore in Portland.
New Mexico, but I am a Canadian living in central Canada and know nothing about New Mexico.
Live in Washington, got North Carolina! I think Washington is the place for me, though :)
Another Georgia. Quite wrong - I am an Oregonian and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. and yes, Puddleglum, Powell's is wonderful!
I'm a California girl, born and raised. According to the test, I'm perfect for North Carolina. Seems like a beautiful place...maybe I should visit :)
New Mexico, apparently. ...My sole experience with New Mexico is an overnight Greyhound from Texas to Arizona, so I cannot judge how accurate that is. I prefer California!
(Also, Australian, so I don't 'belong' to any.)
Another Oregon. I changed a few of the answers around to see what would change and I got an awful lot of Georgias no matter how I skewed things. Then I got one New Jersey, two Floridas and a New Mexico and a Texas.
I got Georgia. I live in Oregon. The only other state I might move to is Washington because it's so similar to Oregon!
I live in Australia but apparently I should be living in Oregon. Now, where did I put that suitcase...?
I'm New Mexico, but I live in England...
I love living in the temperamental and uninhibited Northeast, but I got California. Not surprising, since I've considered moving there twice. Unfortunately they don't factor in your income when telling you where you should move, ha ha.
Georgia! So glad it wasn't North Dakota!
Tennessee! Never been there. Guess i should go.
Hmmm... So no one got New York.... I think I live here because there's a lot going on an I hate to drive, not because of extroversion or neuroses.... My result came back as Colorado.
I was also born and raised in California and got North Carolina. I'll have to add it to my list of places to visit.
Maybe this is an advertisement for Georgia, and they are trying to get people to move there. I got Georgia too.
Florida...no way...I love the ocean (which wasn't a choice), but hey, too hot, flat and sandy.
In my adult life ('cause I didn't choose my childhood locations), have lived in Chicago and Boston (for educational purposes), DC (moved there only because off job offer), and, mainly, New York City - so big city person, for sure.
Maybe because old New Yorkers (and I'm not getting any younger) retire to Florida... But is this true of the retiring older boomers, though? I don't know...think they're likely going somewhere else, if not staying put right there in NYC.
My husband and I both got New Jersey, not sure what it says about us
I got New Mexico which I'm OK with given the sentiment the state has according to the quiz. I live in Kansas (born and raised, and can't wait to leave it... even if it's for neighboring Missouri...), was hoping for Washington or Oregon- where I dream of living.
I got Vermont, and I live in Sydney, Australia.
I've travelled around the states but never to Vermont so I can't tell how accurate that would be.
And maybe lots of people on this site are getting Georgia because the same people who read a home design blog and spend effort creating a home they love are testing similar to someone with family values/nesting instinct in this test - hence the Georgia hits.
It would be really interesting to see how the results skewed if the participants all came from a travel site or an art blog.
I'm from and live in Illinois. The test placed me in North Carolina, one of my favorite states! Hmm, something to consider...
I got New York. Apparently my recent relocation to NYC from Texas was a good move!
I got District of Columbia, which is close to MD, which is where I'm trying to relocate! Sounds about right!
Got Massachusetts, and I've lived here my whole life. Good deal! This test is a little weird though, I expected it to be longer.
I've lived in the West all my life (Washington state, New Mexico, Idaho) and it put me in Massachusetts. Huh.


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To write critically in English is to aspire to neutrality, to the high style of, say, Lionel Trilling or Edmund Wilson. In the high style, one's loves never seem partial or personal, or even like "loves," because white novelists are not white novelists but simply "novelists," and white characters are not white characters but simply "human," and criticism of both is not partial or personal but a matter of aesthetics. Such critics will always sound like the neutral universal, and the black women who have championed Their Eyes Were Watching God in the past, and the one doing so now, will seem like black women talking about a black book. When I began this piece, it felt important to distance myself from that idea. By doing so, I misrepresent a vital aspect of my response to this book, one that is entirely personal, as any response to a novel shall be. Fact is, I am a black woman, and a slither of this book goes straight into my soul, I suspect, for that reason. And though it is, to me, a mistake to say, "Unless you are a black woman, you will never fully comprehend this novel," it is also disingenuous to claim that many black women do not respond to this book in a particularly powerful manner that would seem "extraliterary." Those aspects of Their Eyes Were Watching God that plumb so profoundly the ancient buildup of cultural residue that is (for convenience's sake) called "Blackness" are the parts that my own "Blackness," as far as it goes, cannot help but respond to personally. At fourteen I couldn't find words (or words I liked) for the marvelous feeling of recognition that came with these characters who had my hair, my eyes, my skin, even the ancestors of the rhythm of my speech. These forms of identification are so natural to white readers—(Of course Rabbit Angstrom is like me! Of course Madame Bovary is like me!)—that they believe themselves above personal identification, or at least believe that they are identifying only at the highest, existential levels (His soul is like my soul. He is human; I am human). White readers often believe they are colorblind. I always thought I was a colorblind reader—until I read this novel, and that ultimate cliché of black life that is inscribed in the word soulful took on new weight and sense for me.
Zadie Smith. "Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean?" Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays.


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July 11, 2013
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Aerospace and defense oranizations advance unmanned avionics to amplify system safety, security, efficiency, and interoperability.
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for years has been a focal point of the aerospace and defense community, as well as a bright spot in an otherwise bleak economic picture. The impressive growth and advancement of unmanned technologies show few signs of slowing, as militaries worldwide continue to adopt and adapt unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for a variety of missions.
Operational efficiency
The role of UAVs continues to expand, as aerospace and defense technology firms enhance the capabilities of unmanned vehicle, system, and payload electronics. The focus of military organizations the world over, especially in times of economic pressure, is on operational efficiency. As is the case today with manned military aircraft, UAVs can no longer assume just one role or function; rather, militaries increasingly require multi-role systems.
The focus is on interoperability and re-use, explains Chip Downing, senior director of aerospace & defense at Wind River Systems in Alameda, Calif. "Next-generation systems will need to prove they have a systems architecture that can rapidly integrate a wide range of capabilities from a vast ecosystem of hardware and software suppliers.
"Static, single-source capabilities will quickly be replaced by platforms that can rapidly morph into the chal- lenge of the hour," Downing adds. "The excellent work by the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) and the Unmanned Control Segment (UCS) teams will drive and accelerate this platform expansion."
|Image courtesy Northrop Grumman
Drones no more
"Some early UAVs are called drones because they are no more sophisticated than a simple, radio-controlled aircraft being controlled by a human pilot (or operator) at all times," says Donald Palmer, chief technology officer, General Micro Systems (GMS) in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. "More sophisticated versions have built-in control and/or guidance systems to perform low-level human pilot duties, such as speed and flight path surveillance, and simple pre-scripted navigation functions such as convoy and warfighter tracking."
Unmanned aerial vehicles and systems continue to grow in sophistication and complexity, spurring the aerospace and defense community to increasingly abandon use of the term "drone"-which often carries negative connotations. Yet, infusing compact UAVs with advanced, capable electronics, and the necessary power and thermal management systems, is no mean feat.
UAVs present some of the most difficult design challenges, Palmer says. "It is because of the need to package a high level of computing power and data collection/distribution components within minimal size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints-all while preserving ruggedized capabilities to operate in very demanding environments."
GMS electronics systems have been deployed in no less than four UAV models, in the UAV itself or as part of the ground station. "Command and secure communication is the major theme in the deployment of these products," Palmer reveals. "The GMS S802 (Golden Eye II) and GMS S902 (Golden Eye III) have been selected as high-performance computing platforms for UAVs. These lightweight, rugged systems are designed from the ground up to perform in the harsh environments that UAVs operate."
UAV engineers must also ascribe a high priority to security, Palmer says. "Secure communication links are vital for UAV operation, both to control the UAV based on mission objectives and to deliver data reliably to mission controllers on the ground. Encryption and decryption are inherent requirements, adding complexity and cost in the UAV electronics."
Onboard data processing
Advanced UAV sensor payloads are acquiring a wealth of data, including full-motion video (FMV) and high-definition (HD) images. Bandwidth is often limited, however, and can prevent the transmission, sharing, and display of mission-critical information. Such network limitations are driving the need for efficient data processing directly on the UAV.
Militaries and technology firms worldwide are focused on: the ability to do as much autonomous onboard processing as possible and to reduce the volume of data exchanged between the UAV and ground station, says Michael Carter, chief executive officer of Sabtech Industries in Yorba Linda, Calif. The goal, he adds, is to exchange processed information instead of a raw data stream.
"Per the recent Office of Naval Research (ONR) Navigation Sensor Fusion solicitation, the challenge was for precision landing on a pitching deck with low/zero visibility (night, weather) with no electronic emissions so as to avoid detection," Carter says. "It required highly accurate fusion of data from multiple sensors (optical, infrared, lidar) in real time.
"While it did not specify that the data had to be crunched onboard the UAV, the only way it could be done while meeting all the objectives would be to do it autonomously onboard the UAV itself," Carter continues. "It requires high-performance, low-power, low-weight processors and sensors that are scalable for the vehicle payload size."
Sabtech is working with an un- named UAV manufacturer on an avionics system that can provide data input/output (I/O) interfaces for RS-232, 422, 1553, STANAG, and other outputs for various on-board sensors converted to Ethernet for processing on a high-performance single-board computer with a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) that will perform configurable operations.
|The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 10 Global Hawk UAV surveillance aircraft employs high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas.
Integrated operations
"The key to the future of drones and robots will be their ability to work together," predicts Nelson Paez, CEO of DreamHammer in Santa Monica, Calif. Aerospace and defense firms are working to deliver enabling technologies to facilitate integrated operations, such as swarms or tiered systems of UAVs, whereby various aircraft systems work together in a coordinated effort to support the warfighters on the ground.
DreamHammer has unveiled a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based, intelligent control platform that integrates unrelated unmanned vehicles from different manufacturers into a single system. Managing multiple drones is a unique challenge, given that each UAV type has proprietary control systems.
"In the past, anyone wanting a unified system had to develop the actual drone hardware. Ballista allows government or commercial customers to link together machines from numerous developers performing a variety of tasks," Paez describes. "Some unmanned systems take as many as 200 people to manage a single drone, much more resources than manned vehicles. Ballista allows a single user to manage multiple drones simultaneously.
"Until now, there has been no way to tie [UAVs] together," Paez says. "A user who previously required extensive training to manage one drone or robot can now manage multiple drones or robots simultaneously-all to achieve a single task or coordinated mission."
DreamHammer's Ballista COTS software is designed to military and safety-critical standards, works with all unmanned drones and robots, and can be used to link multiple drones into one master system, all controlled by one person. Ballista is built on an open software platform which allows for autonomous and simultaneous control of multiple unmanned vehicles across all domains-space, air, sea, and land-and can be run from virtually any computer, including a tablet or smartphone.
Elbit Systems Ltd. in Haifa, Israel, unveiled its Hermes Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS), capable of controlling two concurrent missions when allocated two ground data terminals. Elbit's UGCS is built to enable the control of any type of UAV, providing mission debriefing and simulation as well as in-flight mission editing and payload control. The UGCS system includes: a ground data terminal, a remote video terminal, and a flight line tester/loader.
The UGCS features side-by-side identical and redundant operator consoles with ruggedized COTS hardware and commercial software tools for mission planning, management, and control. Built-in data exploitation and dissemination and an advanced system concept enable single-operator ground control station use. In fact, Elbit UAVs, such as the Hermes 450 UAS, are equipped with an autonomous Auto Takeoff and Landing (ATOL) system for auto-landing and advanced digital communication systems for transmitting data in real time to ground stations.
Autonomous activity
Engineers at Piaggio Aero Industries in Italy have completed testing of the autonomous engine control capability, normal and auto brake features, and complete ground handling control of the company's new Piaggio Aero P.1HH HammerHead, a multi-role unmanned aerial system (UAS).
The P.1HH HammerHead UAS mission management system (MMS), based on Selex ES SkyISTAR technology, is designed to be modular and flexible to enable a wide selection of payloads to be integrated and aligned with customers' concept of operations (CONOPS). "The P.1HH mission management system is fit for a multi-role UAS, allowing the HammerHead to perform missions including but not limited to wide-area territorial and aerial surveillance, maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and electronic warfare," says a Piaggio Aero Industries spokesperson.
Selex ES provides the vehicle control and management system (VCMS), the remote-piloting ground control station (GCS), and the UAS datalink and communications systems "to ensure safe operations during all flight activities, throughout the whole chain of UAS command and control," the spokesperson adds. "Due to the high level of functionality and multiple redundancies, the P.1HH UAS is able to perform command and control and data exploitation for multiple UAVs, operations in line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) conditions, and flexible asset usage for the pilots and ground crew."
The advanced MMS combines with the VCMS to manage the HammerHead UAS and its mission-specific equipment. HammerHead's VCMS, controlled from the GCS via an airborne data-link system, commands the aerodynamic control surfaces and manages the on-board equipment with a triple-redundancy Flight Control Computer and multiple remote Servo Interface Units (SIUs), designed to achieve a high level of safety and mission reliability. The VCMS also features an ATOL system offering dual redundancy external sensors for reliability and safety.
|The MQ-4C Triton UAV, a maritime version of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, is in development for maritime patrol, surveillance, and anti-submarine warfare applications.
Control compatibility & data drowning
A number of challenges exist in a rapidly growing UAV secure command, control, and communications area, admits Val Zarov, director of program management at Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in Ashburn, Va. "Most prominent and widely debated issues are associated with control compatibility with other UAS ground stations, ability for UAV to directly communicate with various ground and air support in the area (regardless to which UAS architecture they belong), secure down-link bandwidth limitation as more UAVs are streaming data at the same time and at a higher throughput, and timely availability of relevant, post-processed data.
"From a technology trend perspective, there is a significant movement toward a Data Guard/Cross Domain technology and utilization of open architecture hardware and software (OS, BSP, drivers, applications)," Zarov describes. "Advances in these areas will enable more generic/open-source ground command-and-control stations while protecting highly sensitive/classified data from unauthorized access."
One of the major challenges in the software application area that's deployed in the ground segment is the critical and proprietary element that requires third-party licensing, Zarov says. "That, in itself, is a challenge especially when UAS can be deployed and established in any geographical location and in many cases undisclosed. It creates an issue with proper licensing, support, and availability. Use of open-source software solves this issue, but not unless streaming hardware/data is originated/packaged in a UAV by a special application that is readily compatible with its open-source receiving application counterpart. But that's not the end of a challenge: UAV hardware must be smart enough to segregate relevant and authorized sections of the data before it gets sent to an open-source ground segment in order to protect classified sections of gathered data."
All leading indicators of the technology trends are pointing toward a highly networked UAS infrastructure that will enable any UAV (small, medium, or large) to exist on the network, stream relevant data (not raw data), and be able to accommodate multiple securing enclaves for control and data transfer, Zarov affirms. "On the ground segment front, the trends indicate specialization for control and gathering of highly sensitive data along with the ability to support wider variety of UAVs and more at the same time. Other and current uses for the ground segment, such as data processing, imagery extraction of the non-sensitive data, and basic control, most likely will be scaled down to an Apple iPhone or Google Android app and available as an authorized access subscription to enabled end users. Most of the intelligence in image/data post-processing and relevant feature extraction will be preprogrammed by the user and only relevant end results will be streamed down for bandwidth conservation and timely reaction by the user.
"It is a huge topic that has branches into various areas that deal with commonality with various platforms, multi-user authorization with different access levels depending on the agency, and wider expansion of the visible grid created by a system of UAVs and perhaps tying in other visual infrastructures (such as traffic/city cameras) to create a very efficient and sophisticated communication infrastructure that will enhance overall surveillance experience without raw data drowning," Zarov says. "Data drowning is a serious issue; there is more and more data to process and not enough trained personal. Raw data loads our existing communication infrastructure and becomes perishable if timely processing isn't done. It results in higher costs to build, expand, and maintain heavy bandwidth demand links and support hardware, along with tremendous storage to keep the data."
Advanced ground control
Various aerospace and defense industry firms are focusing on human- machine interface (HMI) solutions for UAV applications. The end goals of these innovative HMIs are often streamlined operator training and reduced pilot workload.
Computer tablets and other handheld systems are quickly becoming the HMIs of preference for unmanned vehicle command and control. UAV applications are moving away from laptop computers and joysticks in favor of tablet computers, "mostly because of portability and there's no keyboard to break, no parts to get damaged," says Jim Plas, vice president of marketing at Xplore Technologies in Austin, Texas. An Xplore C5 rugged tablet accompanies every Aeryon Scout UAV from Aeryon Labs Inc. in Waterloo, Canada, for use as a more modern control pad than the traditional joystick.
|The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAV is under development and expected to enter service in 2015 as a surveillance aircraft under the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.
Precision handling
"Over the last year, we have seen next-generation experimental aircraft, like the Northrop Grumman X-47B and the Dassault nEUROn unmanned combat air system (UCAS) platforms, make huge advances in unmanned operations," Downing says. The X-47B and nEUROn unmanned systems employ Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Wind River's RTOS platforms "with COTS certification evidence have enabled a new systems methodology for airborne systems. We see that success story duplicated and expanded in the unmanned space, where new programs are coming on line at a far faster rate than in manned systems."
The X-47B Control Display Unit (CDU) is a new handheld gadget, developed by Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy engineers, enabling deck operators to maneuver the unmanned aircraft wirelessly, using a handheld remote control, around the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier. Northrop Grumman is the Navy's prime contractor for the UCAS Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. The UCAS-D industry team includes GKN Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Eaton, General Electric, UTC Aerospace Systems, Dell, Honeywell, Moog, Wind River, Parker Aerospace, and Rockwell Collins.
The team demonstrated the CDU's ability to control the X-47B's engine thrust; to roll the aircraft forward, brake, and stop; to use its nose wheel steering to execute tight, precision turns; and to maneuver the aircraft efficiently into a catapult or out of the landing area following a mock carrier landing.
"The CDU is fundamental to integrating the X-47B seamlessly into carrier deck operations," says Daryl Martis, Northrop Grumman's UCAS-D test director. "It will allow us to move the aircraft quickly and precisely into the catapult for launch, or out of the landing area following recovery. Both of these activities are essential to maintaining the rhythm of the flight deck."
In practice, a deck operator works in tandem with the flight deck director to move the X-47B via the CDU to a designated flight deck location. Standing in front of the aircraft, the director uses traditional hand signals to indicate how, when, and where the aircraft should move, the same way he would communicate with a pilot in a manned aircraft. The deck operator stands behind the director and uses the CDU to duplicate the director's instructions as digital commands to the aircraft.
"Instead of towing the aircraft out to the flight line, we can now start the X-47B outside its hangar, and use the CDU to taxi it out to the runway or into a catapult for launch," Martis adds. "Use of the CDU is the most time-efficient way to move the X-47B into the catapult or disengage it from the arresting gear after landing."
The X-47B deck handling trials aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman used Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) from Rockwell Collins. A complement to existing tactical data link networks, TTNT provides high-data-rate, long-range communication links for airborne platforms; enables rapid, low-latency message delivery; and requires minimal network planning requirements, permitting participants to enter and exit the network without extensive preplanning.
"TTNT is part of the overall command and control architecture for the X-47B, and it plays an essential role in helping the aircraft perform vital functions," explains Bob Haag, vice president and general manager of communication and navigation products for Rockwell Collins. TTNT has been used in demonstrations of various aircraft platforms, including the F-16, F-22, F-15, F/A-18, B-2, B-52, Airborne Warning and Control System, Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, and E-2C Hawkeye.
COTS communications
Communication is key in UAV applications. Modern solutions enable constant communications between the UAV and ground control station, as well as provide a datalink for transmitting UAV-captured information, including image and video files. UAVs are also starting to deliver critical communications at the edge of the battlefield, helping deploy Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks in even remote locations.
"In today's battlespace, commercial communications technology is now crucial to military success. Combat soldiers need to understand surrounding situations and react quickly to have an advantage over the enemy," describes Jeff Sharpe, senior product line manager, Radisys Corp. in Hillsboro, Ore. "Today's military must leverage the success of the latest in commercial communications technologies to deliver the hardware and software for a complete LTE network.
"LTE delivers higher speeds and lower latency than competing technologies, including the recently terminated Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)," Sharpe continues. "LTE's combination of superior mobile bandwidth and low latency enables the delivery of real-time, two-way mobile video communications. This fatter LTE pipe also means that UAVs are able to collect immense volumes of data, with LTE delivering the necessary throughput between ground control and the UAV."
Radisys engineers, working with an unnamed aerospace and defense systems integrator, developed a universal ground control system for UAVs built on The Radisys ATCA technology. "Until recently, every type of unmanned aircraft had a specialized ground control station, as well as a unique version for each military branch, resulting in a proliferation of single-purpose equipment," Sharpe says. "The integrator decided to develop a UGCS to satisfy U.S. joint services requirements, including simultaneous mission control of multiple unmanned aircraft. To meet these requirements, they needed to deploy COTS hardware for greater scalability, higher availability, and voltage supply compatibility."
The integrator chose to leverage Radisys standards-based ATCA solutions for its UGCS architecture, replicating the capabilities of its rackmount server with a single ATCA blade-the Radisys ATCA-4300 compute processing module, Sharpe explains. Radisys engineers performed platform integration and thermal testing, and the integrator was able to minimize up-front engineering costs by starting with a validated ATCA platform populated with available COTS components.
"In addition, the all-IP LTE network is standards-based, allowing the military to take advantage of a large ecosystem of vendors," Sharpe says. "The industry can leverage industry-standard form factors such as ATCA and COM Express to deploy LTE, and can take advantage of the strong ecosystem of vendors-resulting in greater parts availability, competitive pricing, and interoperability. These readily available COTS solutions help speed time to market, are easier to maintain, and offer extended system longevity.
"Systems designers and integrators should look to leverage standards-based technology for UAVs," Sharpe advises. "The aerospace and defense industry is increasingly turning to COTS technologies over proprietary, one-off, government-unique systems that are expensive to build and difficult to maintain. COTS communications technologies, particularly the LTE standards-based architecture, are mature, proven to be reliable and robust, easily deployed, and scalable. The future for UAV command, control, and communications is battlespace-ready LTE."
Safety & security
Aerospace and defense technology firms are working diligently to ad- vance UAV command, control, and communications technologies and deliver ever more capable unmanned solutions in the hands of awaiting warfighters in the field. Yet, several challenges still exist.
"One of the challenges that must be addressed is the real-time processing and analyzing of data to be used by soldiers in the field," Sharpe says. "The delivery of more processing power is a requirement. Security is another challenge associated with UAV technology as, in general, Wi-Fi encryption schemes can be fairly easily hacked. The trend to deploy LTE helps overcome these challenges, as LTE security is much harder to attack from the radio signal down to the base station."
"The rapid growth of the drone market is taking place without proper consideration of information security, leaving these powerful devices subject to hacking and potential compromise and data loss," Palmer says.
"Next-generation unmanned systems will need to have a proven foundation in safety and security," Downing explains. "The days of only flying in military operations areas (MOAs) and in war zones are over-all future growth will be in flying over the Earth to protect and enhance our commercial security and personal lifestyle. To do this safely, we will need to build unmanned systems from the ground up that can readily achieve FAA/EASA RTCA DO-178C and EUROCAE ED-12C certification. In addition, there will need to be a secure framework built into these systems that not only secures the device, but also the entire aircraft and its complete, end-to-end control environment."
Unmanned expansion
The last decade has spent a considerable amount of effort on design and building UAV systems; the challenge of the next decade will be the integration, provisioning, and management of these systems into our national airspaces, our work, and our personal lives, Downing explains. "The companies that can build standards-based systems that have inherent safety and security foundations will harvest highest rewards in the unmanned systems industry.
"We now have an industrial base that is full of hardened military experience with UAVs, and a large appetite for using unmanned systems in a wide range of commercial applications," Downing notes. "Our industry now understands that the era of large defense unmanned procurements are winding down, and that the winners of the commercial utility market will need truly robust and stable systems that intelligently integrate safety, security, re-usability, and autonomy.
"We are entering an era of massive growth and adoption of autonomous devices that enhance our lives every day-the operation of these devices will require a massive set of sensing and analytic systems to maintain mission safety and security," Downing adds. "The lessons learned in the wide range of military unmanned systems over the last decade have positioned this industry to expand into commercial operations with relative ease. This transition will be enhanced and accelerated by leveraging existing standards like FACE, UAV Control Systems (UCS), and the NATO Standard Agreement (STANAG) 4586 to enable a development focus on expanded capability."
Downing looks forward to the commercial side of the industry leading greater adoption and deployment of platforms designed for more comprehensive safety, security, re-usability, and autonomy. "As these breakthroughs are achieved, we will see continued expansion in the unmanned industry. These autonomous devices will rival the mobile phone in both numbers and utility."
UAV spending to double over next decade
UAVs continue as the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade, analysts at the Teal Group, an aerospace and defense market analysis firm in Fairfax, Va., affirmed at the Paris Air Show last month. In fact, the firm's 2013 market study estimates that UAV spending will more than double over the next decade from current worldwide UAV expenditures of $5.2 billion annually to $11.6 billion, totaling more than $89 billion in the next 10 years.
"The UAV market is evolving; it is becoming an increasingly international market as it grows," describes Philip Finnegan, Teal Group's director of corporate analysis and an author of the study. "UAVs proved their value in Iraq and Afghanistan and are being sought by a growing number of militaries worldwide."
|U.S. Navy selects GE Intelligent Platforms rugged Ethernet switches for MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. Turn to pg. 32 for the specifics.
The U.S. will account for 65 percent of the worldwide RDT&E spending on UAV technology over the next decade, and 51 percent of the procurement, adds Teal Group Senior Analyst Steve Zaloga, who also authored the study.
The UAV payloads segment, valued at $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2013, is forecast to increase to $4.6 billion in fiscal year 2022. The tenth edition of the sector study, titled "World Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems, Market Profile and Forecast 2013," provides 10-year funding and production forecasts for a wide range of UAV payloads, including: electro-optic/infrared sensors (EO/IR); synthetic aperture radars (SARs); signals intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic warfare (EW) systems; command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems; and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) sensors.
The UAV electronics market will grow steadily, with the fastest growth and opportunities in SAR and SIGINT/EW, reveals Dr. David Rockwell, the third author of the new Teal Group study. "Few now question that ISR has been the centerpiece of our global war on terrorism," he says, "but a pivot to Asia and potential future operations in anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) environments will lead to a need for longer-range and stealthy sensors for a variety of new and legacy UAV platforms."


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Hurray For The Goddamned Idiot!
Who gives a shit what one white kid thinks?
Here's a Frank King strip from almost exactly 100 years ago, just for the conservation of it.
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I don't know what c'd make me happier right now than Kevin Huizenga writing about Floyd Gottfredson's "sweat droplets."
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The author provide a handy list of who's killing who. Can't believe she left out the Persians. Still awesome though.
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JESSICA SIMPSON flaunted her alleged 50-pound weight loss on the new cover of Weight Watchers magazine, according to the latest star news.
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Jessica Simpson continues to slam her weight critics, this time by posing for the cover of the January/February issue of Weight Watchers.
Wearing a blue star print top and slimming black leggings, the blonde bombshell showed off her "successful" weight loss according to her spokesperson contract with the company following the birth of her daughter, Maxwell, just last May.
But, as previously reported, Jess is pregnant again and will be going back on their diet program after she gives birth to her second child next year.
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They're not letting you change anything that impacts anything that your character has done in the past, gender is technically just another cosmetic of you appearance. If they start allowing people to change their race and/or class then you're seriously changing the code against that player.
I'm sure it could be done if they said "ok we'll let you change faction or class but all that you'll take with you is your bank contents, gold and any gear that is a either a drop or quest reward for both factions", also "Quests that are faction specific ie: not handed out by a neutral NPC will be erased will may result in the loss of a title". You could obviously go and do these quests again under your new faction since they'll be 100's of NPC's with !'s above their heads in all major towns and cities. Then there's the HK's, pvp gear and mounts that you have from the endless killing you've done against your new faction. Surely your reputation should come across as hated amongst all major factions.
Think about it, changing faction involves a hell of a lot more than just giving yourself ponytail and a cute ass to replace those squids that you used to have instead of a chin.
That's not to say it won't happen in the future but for those that say it should be free need to think about the work involved in making these changes. If it was free then you'd have 10 million people wanting ALL of their toons changed in some way or another.


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One person was killed Thursday morning after a traffic accident in Raisin Township in Lenawee County. It happened just after 4:00am at Valley Road and Occidental Highway.
The person who was killed was driving eastbound on Valley and turned north on Occidental when that driver lost control on the curve. That driver's vehicle was broadsided by a vehicle headed southbound.
The driver of the first vehicle was killed instantly; the driver of the second vehicle was transported to Bixby Hospital in Adrian.
An investigation into the crash is underway. The name of the victim has not been released.


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PREHEAT oven to 375°F. Mix rice, pineapple with juice, broth, green pepper and ginger in 13x9-inch baking dish.
MEASURE 1/2 cup coating mix and place in plastic bag; coat chops as directed on package. Place chops on rice mixture.
BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until chops are cooked through (165°F).


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Vitis vinifera
oligomeric proanthocyanidins, OPC, pycnogenol
The grape has a long history of medicinal uses. Ancient Egyptians treated asthma with grapes. More recently, sap from grape branches was used to treat skin irritations and scrapes.
Modern medicine may have discovered measurable benefits from compounds in both grape seeds and red wines. Further research suggests that the protective ingredients in wine are resveratrol and certain tannins. Proanthocyanidin, a tanninlike phenolic compound found in the seed of grapes, appears to have a protective activity similar to red wine.
Grape seed extract is a material made from the crushed seeds of grape plants. It contains primarily proanthocyanidin, a phenolic chemical belonging in the larger group of plant phytochemicals called flavonoids, and the more closely related subgroup of tannins. Proanthocyanidin is thought to produce a protective effect on blood vessels and the cardiovascular system by inhibiting the breakdown of collagen, thus reducing the likelihood of a heart attack and stroke. In addition, it may have an antioxidant effect that is thought to decrease the risk for developing certain cancers. It is used for conditions related to heart health, such as atherosclerosis.
Currently, there are no documented valid medical uses for grape seed extract.
Please note that this section reports on claims that have NOT yet been substantiated through scientific studies.
The tannins, which in grape seed extract include proanthocyanidins and oligomeric proanthocyanidins, have been shown to be active antioxidants and antimutagenics. Because of these properties, the constituents of grape seed extract are thought to protect the lining of blood vessels and other tissues from damage from free radicals, oxidized LDLs, and other harmful components of metabolism.
Grape seed extract is claimed to reduce the production of histamine, and thus possibly decreasing the severity of nasal allergies, to reduce the premature destruction of vitamin C, and to act as a smooth muscle relaxant in blood vessels.
Studies have found that some compounds of grape seed extract may reduce symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency (when veins have problems sending blood from the legs back to the heart) and reducing leg edema (swelling).
Grape seed extract is generally available in capsule form. Follow packaging instructions for the correct dose.
Grape seed oil, an aromatic oil used for salad dressings, contains little proanthocyanidin.
There are no known side effects or significant food or drug interactions associated with grape seed extract, but children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers should not use it due to lack of safety data.
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Boeing Turns To Comlux For BBJ Mx And Cabin Refit
Boeing has contracted Comlux America to provide maintenance and a cabin upgrade for a pair of its own Boeing Business Jets. The work will include removing the existing interiors and refitting them after modification, as well as a comprehensive upgrade to the inflight entertainment and cabin management systems.
The first of the two BBJs will arrive at Comlux America's recently expanded facility in Indianapolis, Ind. in early 2013 and the second will follow next summer. The facility works on both BBJs and the rival Airbus Corporate Jets family.
"We are extremely proud to be selected by The Boeing Company," said Comlux America president and CEO David Edinger. "It was a tough competition and we have managed to demonstrate that our full in-house capabilities—engineering, certification, design, maintenance and production shops—make the difference versus several other centers."
Comlux group president and CEO Richard Gaona told AIN that winning Boeing's business will boost its plans to expand its BBJ client base. Though the Swiss-based group (Booth No. 1108) is known for its strong links to Airbus, the largest aircraft in its Fly Comlux charter/management fleet is a Boeing 767.
This year has seen the Fly Comlux division expanding into Asia. It now has two ACJs operating in China–one based in Shanghai and the other in Macau—and it has opened an office in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, Korean auto-making group Hyundai contracted Comlux America to do the completion for its BBJ.
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A stifled sob.
That ass Tyki! Trying to pull up those thrice-be-damed memories!
He stared down at the sink, letting his white hair cover his eyes.
He would not-Would not!-look up at the mirror. At HIM.
He chuckled weakly.
Most people would think him crazy. He, Allen Walker, afraid of his own reflection!
Yet there was more to it than some stupid little fear. When he looked up, he always saw what he was so scared to become.
To him, a line of crosses showed across his forehead, a dark shadow looming over his shoulder. But the thing that scared him the most was his face, set in a cold smirk.
It was so wrong!
He took a deep breath. He had to go. Any longer and the others would worry.
He straitened up, pulling up that happy, smiling mask he always wore, before walking out.
No need to worry them any more, right?
"hey Allen! You okay?" asked the sole girl of the group, frowning.
He 'smiled'.
"I'm fine Leenalee. Just fine."
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PISCATAWAY, NJ -- The annual Rutgers Football Scarlet-White Game and Fanfest is set for Saturday, April 24th at the Rutgers Stadium Complex.
The Scarlet-White Game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Rutgers Stadium. Tickets are $5, with all proceeds going to the pediatric units of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and St. Peter's University Hospital (Rutgers students will be admitted free of charge with their ID). Everyone who attends the game will receive a FREE Rutgers football tee-shirt (while supplies last).
The Fanfest will begin at 5 p.m. at the fields adjacent to the athletic bubble, across from Rutgers Stadium. The Fanfest will feature fun events for children, as well as performances by the Rutgers cheer and dance teams, and the Rutgers pep band. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase.
After the game, fans can pick up a 2004 Rutgers Football poster and meet the members Scarlet Knights' coaches and players on the field. For more information please contact the Rutgers Sports Marketing Office at 732-445-3342.


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The ADA defines a service animal as any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. If they meet this definition, animals are considered service animals under the ADA regardless of whether they have been licensed or certified by a state or local government.
Service animals perform some of the functions and tasks that the individual with a disability cannot perform. Guide dogs are one type of service animal, used by some individuals who are blind. This is the type of service animal with which most people are familiar. But there are service animals that assist persons with other kinds of disabilities in their day-to-day activities. Some examples include:
Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to:
A service animal is not a pet.Top
Effective March 2011, the only animal allowed as a service animal is any breed of dog, small horse, or pig. There are also other animals that be service animals such as monkeys, etc. Any animal can be an Emotional Support Animal.Top
Some, but not all, service animals wear special collars and harnesses. Some, but not all, are licensed or certified and have identification papers. If you are not certain that an animal is a service animal, you may ask the person who has the animal if it is a service animal required because of a disability. However, an individual who is going to a restaurant or theater is not likely to be carrying documentation of his or her medical condition or disability. Therefore, such documentation generally may not be required as a condition for providing service to an individual accompanied by a service animal. Although a number of states have programs to certify service animals, you may not insist on proof of state certification before permitting the service animal to accompany the person with a disability.Top
Yes. A service animal is not a pet. The ADA requires you to modify your "no pets" policy to allow the use of a service animal by a person with a disability. This does not mean you must abandon your "no pets" policy altogether but simply that you must make an exception to your general rule for service animals.Top
An emotional support animal (ESA) is any animal that belongs to a person who is emotionally or psychologically (psychiatrically) disabled. Some people refer to them as a "Comfort Animal", but that term isn't recognized in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The person's doctor (a licensed mental health professional or LMHP) has determined that the presence of the animal is necessary for the person's mental health and that they are considered disabled as a result. The LMHP must also write a letter of prescription stating the dog is necessary for the normal day to functioning of the disabled person. The letter must be very specifically written to be acceptable to property managers and airlines.
Under current ADA and Fair Housing laws, an ESA is ONLY protected as follows:
Any animal can be an Emotional Support Animal. The animals do not require any special training but they must have good social skills and not be aggressive to people or other animals.Top
Although your ESA should be obedience trained to make it manageable in public settings, no specific training is required. It is the very presence of the ESA that reduces the negative symptoms associated with a person's emotional or mental health disorder/disability.Top
Yes, if you plan to take advantage of the protections provided by the ADA and Fair Housing Act. Airlines have very specific requirements around this, as do most property managers.
This letter must be written by an emotionally/psychologically disabled person's Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP) that prescribes an ESA to enable the person to function normally. The letter must be written on the letterhead of the LMHP, contain very specific statements regarding the client, and list the licensing information of the LMHP in order to be acceptable to airline companies and property managers.
An emotionally/psychologically disabled person who has or wants to obtain an emotional support animal can register their dog without a letter of prescription, but will need to present the letter of prescription to fly with their ESA or to qualify for no pet housing.
A psychiatric service animal is a specific type of service dog trained to assist their handler with a psychiatric disability, such as post-traumatic stress disorder or schizophrenia. A psychiatric service dog is individually trained to do work or perform tasks that mitigate their handler's disability. Their function is not to provide emotional support, but to perform tasks which enable their partner to function in ordinary ways the non-disabled take for granted. Training to mitigate a psychiatric disability may include providing environmental assessment (in such cases as paranoia or hallucinations) signaling behaviors (such as interrupting repetitive or injurious behaviors), reminding the handler to take medication, retrieving objects, guiding the handler from stressful situations, or acting as a brace if the handler becomes dizzy.
Psychiatric service dogs may be of any breed or size suitable for public work. Some psychiatric service dogs are trained by the person who will become the handler usually with the help of a professional trainer. Others are trained by assistance or service dog programs. Assistance dog organizations are increasingly recognizing the need for dogs to help individuals with psychiatric disabilities.Top
A therapy animal is trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, and to people with learning difficulties and stressful situations such as disaster areas. Many different types of animals are used as therapy animals. The most common are dogs, cats, and horses. They are NOT considered service or emotional support dogs and have absolutely no protections under the ADA.Top
Many kinds of animals are used in therapy including birds, cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, and other small animals.Top
Companion Animals are kept for companionship and enjoyment as pets, as opposed to working service animals, which perform useful or necessary tasks. Companion animals are considered pets and they have no protections under the ADA.Top
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), privately owned businesses that serve the public, such as restaurants, hotels, retail stores, taxicabs, theaters, concert halls, and sports facilities, are prohibited from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires these businesses to allow people with disabilities to bring their service animals onto business premises in whatever areas customers are generally allowed. In addition, these public and private entities may NOT:
The ADA Restoration Act was signed into law September 25, 2008 by President George W. Bush. It went into effect January 1, 2009. The main purpose of the ADARA of 2008 is to correct interpretations of the ADA by the SCOTUS and reassert Congress' original intent, particularly with regard to the definition of "disability". With respect to an individual, the term 'disability' means:
Major Life Activities:
No. Although service dogs are NOT required by law to be registered, registration eliminates most hassles and confrontations from the public.Top
No. Although by definition, a Service Dog/Animal is trained to perform tasks assisting someone who is disabled, that training can be completed by anyone, anywhere. Training does not need to be facilitated by an expert or professional trainer. Many people have trained their own animals or have been assisted by friends and family, and there are numerous resources to help the home trainer. Most important is that the training enables the animal to perform the tasks required to assist its disabled handler and be well controlled in public.Top
No. Neither a deposit nor a surcharge may be imposed on an individual with a disability as a condition to allowing a service animal to accompany the individual with a disability, even if deposits are routinely required for pets. However, a public accommodation may charge its customers with disabilities if a service animal causes damage so long as it is the regular practice of the entity to charge non-disabled customers for the same types of damages. For example, a hotel can charge a guest with a disability for the cost of repairing or cleaning furniture damaged by a service animal if it is the hotel's policy to charge when non-disabled guests cause such damage.Top
No. The care or supervision of a service animal is solely the responsibility of his or her owner. You are not required to provide care or food or a special location for the animal.Top
You may exclude any animal, including a service animal, from your facility when that animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others. For example, any service animal that displays vicious behavior towards other guests or customers may be excluded. You may not make assumptions, however, about how a particular animal is likely to behave based on your past experience with other animals. Each situation must be considered individually.
Although a public accommodation may exclude any service animal that is out of control, it should give the individual with a disability who uses the service animal the option of continuing to enjoy its goods and services without having the service animal on the premises.
There may be a few circumstances when a public accommodation is not required to accommodate a service animal--that is, when doing so would result in a fundamental alteration to the nature of the business. Generally, this is not likely to occur in restaurants, hotels, retail stores, theaters, concert halls, and sports facilities. But when it does, for example, when a dog barks during a movie, the animal can be excluded.Top
Yes, although these are very limited circumstances. A service animal can be excluded from a facility when that animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others. For example, any service animal that displays vicious behavior towards other guests or customers may be excluded.
For example, if a disabled handler is not adequately controlling or attending to a misbehaving service animal (who is barking, unruly, defecating or urinating in the area, etc., the handler may be legally asked to remove the service dog.
By law, public entities (businesses and their representatives) are allowed to question a disabled handler to verify that they qualify to enter with a service animal. The handler may be asked to verbally confirm that he is disabled and that the dog is a service animal. The public entity, may not ask about the person's disability. The handler may be asked what major like task the animal is trained to perform for the handler.Top
The ADA does not require any special equipment, clothing, or patches to identify your animal as a Service Dog. We encourage all clients to make their dog look like a legitimate service dog, including an appropriate vest or harness, service animal patches, and the ID card visibly displayed - clipped to the harness or leash.Top
The biggest benefit of registering your dog as a Service Dog is that the documentation, photo IDs, and Service Dog patches we'll send you make your disability and Service Dog visibly official. That means fewer businesses will question you, and you'll have documented reinforcement for the ones that do. No more long, drawn out explanations, justifications, or denials.Top
There are several service types offered: ESA (Emotional Support Animal), Guide, Hearing Alert, In Training, Medical Alert, Medical Assistance, Mobility, PSA (Psychiatric Service Animal), Seizure Alert.
Medical Assistance covers a broad range of services, so that's a safe type to select. Otherwise, it's whatever makes most sense, with respect to the actual service performed by the dog. This is not a legal, nor life changing decision.
We also provide ID cards for therapy animals.Top
We need one clear color photo of your Service Dog/Animal. We prefer digital or scanned images that predominantly show the animal's head. These images can be emailed to us as an attachment. We prefer large images so we can crop and enhance, as necessary. The email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
You should explain that the ADA (or state law if it provides greater protection) protects your right to be accompanied by your service animal in places of public accommodation. If that doesn't get you admitted, you should ask to speak to the manager or supervisor, and then repeat the explanation to the supervisor. If you are still denied, you can politely offer to call the police to have them explain the law.
If you have further questions about service animals or other requirements of the ADA, you may call the U.S. Department of Justice's toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 (voice) or 800-514-0383 (TDD).


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By Rick Sutcliffe
… but, what are those somethings?
Rumours continue to swirl about Apple and its certain/probable/possible/mythical/impossible product introductions for 2014 (some may be all five at once). Given Apple's recent history, and that we've made it this far into the year without any major introductions, the Spy is convinced (has managed to convince himself—Nellie) that WWDC will be the venue for some significant product announcements.
Our reader may recall that by delaying two minutes after 0900 on ticket sale day in 2013, he missed by nearly half a minute the "sold-out" state for the 5000 tickets. This year, he put in his name on receiving Apple's kind invitation to do so, and was astonished to receive approval to buy after a random draw a few days later, so is one of the favoured ones--his first WWDC in several years. He anticipates interesting days in early June San Francisco. In what respect?
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