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The Defence Force is quietly resurrecting plans to buy seven huge maritime surveillance spy drones at a cost of up to $3 billion.
The unmanned aerial vehicles will be used for maritime surveillance and intercepting asylum seeker boats.
The decision comes despite claims that the Royal Australian Air Force's top commanders have long opposed the acquisition of unmanned aerial vehicles because they will put pilots out of a job and threaten RAAF culture
The $200 million Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance drone is the largest, most expensive unmanned aerial vehicle in the world today.
Its vast wingspan of 39.8 metres can lift the craft to 65,000 feet and stay airborne for 35 hours with a non-stop range of 16,000 kilometres â eclipsing the endurance of similar manned aircraft.
In 2004, the Howard government was so impressed with Global Hawk that plans were announced to buy a fleet of 12 of the spy drones for $1 billion.
But in 2009 the acquisition was cancelled by Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon, who was defence minister at the time.
In May 2010, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced a Coalition government would buy three Global Hawks.
Despite this erratic political flight path, the idea of Australian Global Hawks remained in bureaucratic mothballs until July this year, when the latest Defence Capability Plan was quietly released.
Buried in the document were plans to bring forward by three years the acquisition of "high altitude, long endurance" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The RAAF now wants seven large UAVs flying by 2019.
The favoured option is a new, maritime surveillance version of the Global Hawk - the MQ4C Triton.
The estimated cost of the project is between $2 billion and $3 billion.
Triton had a shaky take-off in June 2012, when a demonstration version of the maritime drone crashed just three days before the official unveiling ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Californian factory.
A company spokesman insists the demonstrator that went down was an old, worn-out Global Hawk, bearing little resemblance to the new, improved Triton.
When it takes to the skies for the first time later this year, Triton will appear to be a slightly larger version of its cousin, Global Hawk.
However, leading American intelligence analyst and author Matthew Aid says they are two very different drones.
"Global Hawk was designed for pin-point imagery or eavesdropping on land targets, by over flight, or by flying obliquely up to 450 kilometres off an enemyâs coastline," he said.
"Triton was designed for broad area maritime surveillance â following ships from high altitude."
The US Navy expects to start flying the first of 68 Tritons on order by 2015.
Some will be based on the US territory of Guam to cover the Asia-Pacific region, while another detachment will fly out of Diego Garcia to monitor the Indian Ocean.
In March, the Washington Post reported that the US is also considering basing Global Hawk/Triton on Australia's Cocos Islands.
The US Navy claims a single Triton 24-hour surveillance mission can cover nearly 7 million square kilometres of ocean â identifying every vessel in one vast sweep of the ocean.
But Mr Aid remains unimpressed.
"Triton does not have anywhere near the range or payload capability of the Global Hawk, and from what I can gather its imaging sensors are nowhere near as good," he said.
The Royal Australian Air Force now wants Triton to support a new generation of manned maritime patrol aircraft, the P-8A, which looks like a converted 737 airliner.
Together, these two systems will replace the RAAF's aging fleet of P3 Orions that have spent decades patrolling the vast expanse of ocean surrounding Australia - about 20 per cent of the world's sea surface.
Capable of being armed with both missiles and torpedos, the 8 P8 Poseidons already on order will also be capable of anti-submarine warfare.
But is Global Hawk/Triton worth the hefty price tag of at least $200 million each?
Andrew Davies of the Canberra-based Australian Strategic Policy Institute is not so sure.
"That's still a question to be answered. It can fly high and fast, but is really expensive. Each UAV plus ground support systems costs about $200 million each - you can buy a P8 for that," he said.
"So theyâre not cheap. The question is can you do the job with a cheaper UAV?
"The Mariner is the maritime version of the Reaper (flown in Afghanistan and Pakistan). It flies slower and lower which can be a good thing as it can drop down and take a closer look at asylum boats for instance, with decks covered by tarps.
"The Mariner is much cheaper, priced in the tens of millions."
In 2006 the Mariner was put through its paces in a trial off Australia's North West Shelf.
Mariner supporters say it offers 80 per cent of the capability of a Triton for one-tenth of the cost.
That is a powerful argument in Canberra these days, where the Defence budget has just been slashed by $5.5 billion.
Unlike the high flying unarmed Triton, the Mariner is also designed to carry missiles.
Mr Davies says low cost and an armed capability will be a big plus when flying into regional uncertainty.
"It's about the Indian Ocean and securing our sea lanes," he said.
"In the Indian Ocean we see growing competition between the navies of China, India and the US. US attention is now pivoting towards this part of the world."
Other experts argue there is a far more urgent, humanitarian task to perform â border protection.
As Australia's refugee boat crisis escalates and with the Navy reportedly stretched to breaking point intercepting asylum seekers, drones could provide a timely solution in saving more lives.
Kym Bergmann, the editor of Asia Pacific Defence Reporter and a former defence industry executive who worked on UAV projects, says Global Hawk should have been in Australian service years ago.
He claims this did not happen because RAAF pilots feared UAVs would threaten their jobs and traditions.
"Early in 2008 the new Labor [Defence] Minister [Joel Fitzgibbon] had some sort of brain snap and made a very dramatic announcement to the effect that the acquisition of Global Hawk was going to be deferred for a decade," he said.
"At the time as a relatively inexperienced minister, he was stampeded by some of the advice that was coming from the Air Force in particular.
"It was because [the RAAF] really preferred the idea of having a manned aircraft.
"It's because a manned aircraft is flown by guys with moustaches and flying allowances, rather than being operated by hyper intelligent nerds sitting in front of computer terminals, which is essentially how you operate a Global Hawk."
Mr Bergmann claims the RAAF senior commanders dropped their opposition to Global Hawk/Triton only after they were promised the P8 planes that still need pilots to fly them.
"It's been quite a dramatic conversion. Theyâve now become enthusiasts for the technology, when in fact for the previous decade they'd done everything that they could to resist it," he said.
He says Australia urgently needs a maritime UAV capability and that Global Hawk/Triton is the drone for the job.
"It's highly likely that we're going to see more asylum seekers coming to Australia, there's going to be the possibility of increased transnational crime, there's going to be the possibility of increased illegal activities," he said.
"The high-resolution cameras and synthetic aperture radars mean that from an altitude of 60,000 feet at a distance of several hundred kilometres, you can use both your radar and your camera to give you crystal clear imagery right down to very, very small boats.
"You can really get down to rowing boat sizes. The quality of the imagery is quite phenomenal."
A growing number of younger RAAF officers now enthusiastically endorse a rapid expansion of the drone fleet.
Since 2009 the Air Force has been flying leased, Israeli-owned Heron surveillance drones in support of Australian troops in Afghanistan.
Displaying the zeal of a convert, Wing Commander Jonathan McMullan, an RAAF pilot-turned-drone commander, recently returned from Afghanistan, declared: "The capability? It's like crack cocaine, a drug for our guys involved."
Tonight on ABC1, Foreign Correspondent sounds the alarm on the swarms of private and government drones gathering in American skies and surely bound for the rest of the world.
Some of the drones have live streaming cameras and the ability to carry other payloads, and tens of thousands of them are expected to take to the sky.
But who's at the controls? Potentially anybody.
Original Article
by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, – As Marines patrol through a village, an ambush can come from any alley or home, but thanks to aerial reconnaissance the Marines at the front can eliminate the threat before insurgents successfully carry out their plans.
One of the squadrons responsible for these flights, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), flew their last RQ-7B Shadow surveillance flight over Helmand province on Aug. 26.
"We are the eyes in the sky," said Cpl. Joshua P. Garcia, an unmanned aerial vehicle operator with VMU-2. "We work hand-in-hand with intelligence units, and anything significant we see we send up."
The information the squadron provides can mean life or death for the guys on the ground. They can see suspicious activity and relay that information, which is vital in a counterinsurgency operation.
"It's important what we do," said Cpl. Paul A. Tepper, a radio operator with VMU-2. "We show convoys what's ahead, and we tell guys on patrol what's around the corner. If I was on the ground, I'd want (a UAV) overhead, so I'd know what to expect."
Marines who work with the UAVs know their efforts pay huge dividends.
"(Working with UAVs) is awesome," said Sgt. Tyler J. Wagers, an imagery analyst with VMU-2. "It's something you see having an immediate impact. We influence decisions on the ground with the (intelligence) we provide them."
Every Marine in the squadron is proud of one another and their accomplishments.
"The Marines have done an outstanding job this deployment," said Lt. Col. Mikael K. Huber, commanding officer, VMU-2. "It has been different because of the change in pace of operations, and the Marines and sailors have been up to the challenge."
The squadron was also responsible for maintenance of the aircraft, but they never delayed and were able to complete all their missions unless something unforeseen happened, said Huber, 41, from Annapolis, Md.
"I couldn't be more proud of the Marines who I've worked with," said Wagers, 29, from Corbin, Ky. "They did a better job than what I expected, but they can multitask and get the job done."
The Marines know their impact was valuable, and they are glad they helped out their fellow Marines on the ground.
"It's a really good feeling," said Garcia, 22, from Bronx, N.Y. "I talked to a few grunts, and they said our birds helped save their lives. It's just a really good feeling knowing you helped save lives."
By THERESE APEL
The Clarion-Ledger
RAYMOND, Miss. — When news hit earlier this month that an American drone had killed at least 10 al-Qaida militants, instructors some 8,000 miles away at Hinds Community College were working on Mississippi's first program to train drone pilots.
Currently the market on unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, also known as drones, is almost completely military. In February, President Barack Obama signed a bill giving the Federal Aviation Administration three years to "integrate" UAVs into the national air space along with piloted aircraft.
Seeing that opening, HCC's leaders thought it was time to start training the people who will pilot those crafts.
"In the next two to five years this industry will explode," said instructor/ consultant Dennis Lott. "There are so many opportunities that will be available, there will be more positions than pilots and technicians to fill them."
Hinds already has a traditional aviation course that trains pilots. The UAV program will allow students to take four courses that will train them to fly the unmanned aircraft.
The people who go into those military positions tend to have hand-eye coordination and technical knowledge that comes from personal experience with radio-controlled aircraft or video games.
The idea for the class at Hinds was born a few years ago when the college's aviation chairman, Randy Pearcy, was discussing an ROTC program with New York surgeon Dr. Butch Rosser.
Rosser is a big fan of video game education for children, Pearcy said, because he got his own hand-eye coordination, particularly in surgeries performed while looking at a monitor, from playing video games.
The two collaborated on some efforts to expose kids to the fields of aviation and medicine in ways they could understand.
Students of all ages already are inquiring into the program, Pearcy said.
"We've had people just out of high school, but also a lot of nontraditional type students and people who have always had an interest in remote control aircraft," he said. "Right now we probably have more nontraditional students than freshmen right out of high school."
Sean Meacham, 19, is an aviation student at HCC, as well as a crew chief for the Air Guard. Looking toward a career in the Air Force, he is taking the traditional pilot classes at HCC as well as the UAV classes this coming semester. He said he was interested in radio-controlled planes before he came to college, and still works with the five he has at home.
"I'm looking at this to be a backup," he said. "So if something ever happens and I can no longer fly commercially or for the military, I have the knowledge I need to fly UAVs for a contractor. There's no telling what all will be available in the future."
While building the curriculum, Pearcy said he talked to employers at Aurora Flight Sciences and Stark Aerospace in Starkville.
Hinds' program allows students to go at the industry from several angles. They can do as Meacham is and take both traditional and UAV pilot training or focus solely on the UAV work.
The program also will teach them to repair and upgrade the aircraft.
The program has several kinds of simulators, including one that simulates a remote control airplane.
"We get their skills built up here, then we'll take them out and let them fly some of the smaller radio-controlled aircraft inside the hangar," Pearcy said. "We'll probably damage a lot of aircraft, but we'll learn to repair them, and we'll work our way up to larger and larger aircraft."
At this point, it's not really clear what kind of certifications UAV pilots will need, since there really isn't a standardized certification now.
"We don't really know what the domestic market will look like. The FAA is working that out," Lott said. "There may be and probably will be initially some actual pilot certifications that are required for UAV operators."
That's one thing that gives HCC an advantage, he said.
"We're already in that market," he said. "We're training pilots now. After two years here, we'll have a well-rounded individual that can fly, or if they're not interested in flying, they'll know the technical side of it. They'll know the basics of maintenance and repair, and we'll also provide them with the pilot training necessary for whatever level the FAA decides they want them to have."
And once they've finished at Hinds, students can use what they've learned to go straight into the work force or use it to go into either Delta State's commercial aviation department or engineering studies at Mississippi State if they want to keep their studies in state.
Hinds has spent $16 million, primarily in FAA grants, over the last few years on its aviation infrastructure because there's a bigger plan, said J.B. Williams Airport Director Michelle Jackson. The airport also is surrounded by 640 acres for expansion or development by aviation industry partners.
"We'd like to attract aviation industries, and we would hope UAV might be the one type of anchor tenant that would come in," she said.
The state has hopes of building on the UAV industry made up of industries such as Northrop Grumman's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, which builds the Global Hawk and Fire Scout.
They are designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces.
Gov. Phil Bryant recently traveled to the Farnborough International Air Show in England, said spokesman Mick Bullock.
"Mississippi has long been a leader in aerospace technology and skilled manufacturing, including 26 aerospace-related businesses in the state," he said. "Gov. Bryant looks forward to pursuing opportunities for our state that will emerge as the result of such a significant manufacturing investment in the region."
In addition, Mississippi State University's Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is nationally known for its work with UAVs, and held a seminar earlier this year featuring speakers such as Air Force Maj. Gen. James O. Poss, assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
"We have a lot of activity in this lab in UAV and UAS," said Raspet Director Ratneshwar Jha.
Raspet leads the area's research centers for the industry and is flanked by Aurora and Stark, which are also involved in assembly and manufacture of UAV models.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced that the company has been ranked as one of the top employers for "Technological Challenge" in Aviation Week's 2012 Workforce Study.
"At a time when most companies are feeling the effects of today's budget-constrained environment, we have been fortunate to continue to attract and retain highly talented, inspired workers," said Frank W. Pace, president, Aircraft Systems Group, GA-ASI. "The impressive innovations of our nearly 6,000 employees are fueling an expansion in capabilities of our aircraft, sensors, and related systems for customers both here and abroad."
GA-ASI tied with another industry leader for third-place in the category of Technological Challenge, which assesses a company's ability to challenge its employees with technological innovation and to provide an environment that supports technological accomplishment. Factors evaluated include technology degrees held by leadership, organic R&D investment, patents awarded, investment in technology/design tools, innovation process, workforce involvement in R&D and engineering/technology, and revenue generated from products developed in the past five years.
"Once again, GA-ASI has proven its leadership in providing a technologically challenging and rewarding environment for employees," said Carole Rickard Hedden, project leader of Aviation Week's 2012 Workforce Survey. "The organization ranks among the industry's leaders in terms of providing an environment where innovators are supported and have the ability to contribute in a meaningful way–the hallmarks of companies that will continue to succeed in this challenging environment."
The annual study, which represents 80 percent of U.S. Aerospace and Defense (A&D) workers, takes an industry-wide look at the current state-of-the-A&D workforce, with responses to specific questions resulting in an assessment of how companies are meeting employees' basic requirements in several key categories. Over the past nine years, GA-ASI had been ranked as a top employer in multiple survey categories, including Valuing the Individual (2nd place, 2011; 3rd place, 2010; 2nd place, 2006; 3rd place, 2005), Technological Challenge (3rd place, 2010; 7th place, 2009; 4th place, 2006; 6th place, 2005; 3rd place, 2004), and Diversity (2nd place, 2005).
UAV operators recently completed training, and we join Second Lt. R on his first test flight with the Heron aircraft
After finishing the Israeli Air Force (IAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operators' course, the graduates are stationed at the various formations. Before becoming operational operators, they will control intelligence excursions and join missions of infantry units. We joined one of the graduating UAV operators, Second Lieutenant R, on his test flight with the 'Heron' aircraft.
Even though he completed the course just ten days ago, Lt. R has already exhibited his capabilities in the field. In the control car, he flawlessly goes through all the instructions and essential checks before taking off. On the computer screen in front of him, all types of Israeli maps are shown, each sketching out ground routes, sites of different incidents, weather conditions and a map of Israeli cities and communities.
After a successful takeoff, Lt. R controls the flight with a joystick—just like working a video game console, only that this is no game. Through the camera placed on the back of the UAV, you can follow the Heron aircraft's every movement and activity and at the same time identify it on the computer screens. The importance of the UAV formations' operation is becoming increasingly clear.
KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Air National Guard's 118th Airlift Wing based in Nashville has flown all types of aircraft in its long history — from fighter planes to transport and cargo planes. But their new mission signals a larger shift in the Air Force to unmanned aircraft and cyber security.
Under a restructuring plan, the Air Force announced earlier this year the unit's C-130 transport planes would be replaced with MQ-9 Remote Piloted Aircraft, also known as the Reaper drone. The plan also calls for the 118th Wing to get a cyber-security unit and expand their intelligence squadron.
The changes coming to the unit based at the Nashville International Airport reflect post 9/11 shifts in the Air Force to place an emphasis on using the latest technology for gathering intelligence and surveillance.
The unit employs about 1,200 personnel. About a third are full-time National Guard members and the remainder are traditional, part-time Guard positions, according to Col. Chuck Echols, base commander for the 118th Airlift Wing.
Look out for a Dorset boy ;-)
By Jim ReedBBC Newsnight
Unmanned aircraft, known as drones, are the eyes and ears of the US military, providing troops with an "eye in the sky" in situations where manned flight is considered too dangerous or difficult.
A decade ago less than five per cent of US military aircraft were unmanned, now 40 per cent have no pilot on board - from small surveillance craft light enough to be launched by hand, to medium-sized armed drones and large spy planes.
But the role of the drone is now changing. Millions of pounds are being sunk into civilian projects - everything from border security to police surveillance and even transporting goods.
This year the US Congress passed legislation giving US airspace regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until September 2015 to open up its airspace to drones, and Britain is expected to follow suit.
The UK's airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), has told BBC Newsnight that large unmanned drones could be flying in British skies by the end of the decade.
The CAA has already handed out 120 permits to fly small, lightweight drones. By 2020 this may be extended to larger unmanned aircraft.
"In aviation terms you can probably equate where we are with unmanned technology now to manned flight in 1918 or the early 1920s," Gerry Corbett at the CAA said.
MCLEAN, Va. | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to provide Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Station (GCS) and Combined Operations Center (Combined Ops Ctr) support. The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total contract value of $35 million. Work will be performed primarily at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M., Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nev., and Hurlburt Field- Ft. in Walton Beach, Fla.
AFSOC provides Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified commands. AFSOC's core tasks include forward presence and engagement, information operations precision employment and strike, and special operations forces mobility.
Under the contract, SAIC will provide support and maintenance of current and future RPA GCS and Combined Ops Ctr, including security and logistics support and air combat control. Teammates include Battlespace Flight Services, LLC; Summit Technology, and Woodbury Technologies.
"We look forward to continuing to provide the United States Air Force Special Operations Command with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Ground Control Station and Combined Operations Center support to sustain its vital mission on the war on terrorism," said John Fratamico, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
Looks like Northrop Grumman are hedging their bets when it comes to UA integration into the NAS.
(Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp, maker of the B-2 spy plane and the Global Hawk unmanned drone, will demonstrate a smaller, cheaper surveillance plane this week it hopes will be attractive to budget conscious U.S. law agencies and foreign countries.
The new Air Claw system marks Northrop's latest effort to expand its overseas revenues and move into new non-military markets at home given the expected decline in U.S. military spending after a decade of sharp growth.
The new aircraft adds high-tech sensors to the rugged, single-engine Quest Kodiak aircraft, including a wide-area surveillance camera that captures images over an area that measures 4 miles by 4 miles and has already been used to help make arrests on the southern U.S. border.
"Air Claw will cost millions less than other aircraft that are out there," Tom Kubit, a senior executive with Northrop Grumman's technical services sector, told reporters at a small private airport outside Baltimore.
He said Northrop has built over a dozen special mission planes for the U.S. government over the past 21 years, but developed the new plane as a low-cost alternative given the mounting budget pressures facing the U.S. government and an estimated 48 countries that use such aircraft.
Northrop will demonstrate the Air Claw to U.S. law enforcement agencies this week.
The plane, which can take off and land on short, unimproved runways, had its first flight in July, and generated strong initial interest at two U.S. air shows this summer. The company is hosting a series of demonstration flights for potential customers across the country through October, Kubit said.
He said Northrop would market the new plane for use in border patrol, law enforcement, disaster response and special operations missions.
He declined to give an exact price, but said the new plane, equipped with a standard package of sensors, would cost about the same as a Pilatus PC-12 built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland, which sells for just under $4 million, and millions less than the King Air, both without surveillance equipment.
Northrop is also pitching a new remotely-piloted unmanned plane, Sandstorm, that it says would dramatically lower the cost of training pilots to fly drones such as Predators and Reapers, giving them more opportunities to practice and possibly averting damage caused by many hard landings of the unmanned planes.
Sandstorm, which can be flown via the Internet, could also be used for testing payloads and some limited operations, said Karl Purdy, manager of new unmanned aerial system programs for the Northrop technical services division.
Each new aircraft and its control system costs less than $100,000, Purdy said, calling the program the brainchild of Don Bintz, one of the first pilots to fly the Predator drones that are built by privately held General Atomics.
NEW DELHI To better arm its troops fighting insurgents in the border state of Jammu and Kashmir, the army is buying 20 man-portable, mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can be deployed to gather intelligence and mount surveillance.
The mini-UAVs are being bought by the Udhampur-based Northern Army Command. Earlier this month, it issued a tender open to global original equipment manufacturers.
Sources in the Northern Army Command said the mini-UAVs will augment the Israeli UAVs that the over 300,000 troops in Jammu and Kashmir already use.
"The tender was issued earlier this month and we expect the mini-UAV manufacturers to respond by the beginning of September this year. After perusal of the proposals, the orders will be placed for the 20 mini-UAVs required at present," sources said.
The procurement is being made under the Northern Army Commander's special financial powers as "the quantity is less and costs low", the source said.
The mini-UAV that the troops will get will weigh less than 10kg and can be transported on the shoulders of a trooper.
The mini-UAV will have cameras, including an infrared one, for night use. It also comes equipped with recording devices and sensors for mounting surveillance.
"We have asked for mini-UAVs that can be assembled by the troops themselves within 20 minutes and deployed for about an hour over a specific area of about five-km radius," sources said.
The mini-UAVs will be propelled by an electric motor and hence it will be literally noise-free once it attains a height of 500 metres above ground level. This will help it avoid detection.
The ceiling for this flying machine will be 1,000 metres above ground level. It will have a cruise speed of about 40 knots or over 70kmph.
Armed forces are now using about 100 Searcher-II and 60 Heron UAVs, both from the Israeli stable.
India is also in the process of developing indigenous UAVs such as Nishant and Rustom.
(Image shown an Elbit Skylark, one of the contenders)
Interesting times. I have noticed a recent rise in searches arriving at sUAS News for UK CAA FPV prosecutions. They land with us I think because of the Mersyside Police stuff in 2010. Well obviously something is up so I had a search and a FOIA request made to the CAA popped up.
Dear XXXXI am writing in respect of your recent application of 20 July 2012, for the release of information held by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Your request:
"Regarding Hobbyist FPV/UAV fliers
1) How many hobbyist FPV/UAV fliers have been investigated for breach of CAA rules?
2) How many hobbyist FPV/UAV fliers have been prosecuted for breach of CAA rules?
How many were convicted and what was the range of, and average, penalty?
Regarding Commercial FPV fliers.
1) How many commercial FPV/UAV fliers have been investigated for breach of CAA rules?
2) How many commercial FPV/UAV fliers have been prosecuted for breach of CAA rules? How many were convicted and what was the range of, and average, penalty?
You may limit the period to the last five years if you so wish"
Our response:
In assessing your request in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), we are pleased to be able to provide the information below. Changes to legislation were introduced to the Air Navigation Order 2009 (ANO 2009) regarding the requirement for operators of small unmanned aircraft to obtain CAA permission when their aircraft are being used for aerial work, and also in some cases for surveillance or data acquisition purposes (now termed small unmanned surveillance aircraft).
Unmanned aircraft having a mass of less than 7 kg are also now covered by this legislation, which is intended to ensure public safety by applying appropriate operational constraints, dependdent on the flying operation being conducted and the potential risks to third parties.
Further information can be found in CAP 722 on the following link:
We therefore, only hold information relating to the last 3 years.
The CAA can confirm that it has investigated 4 cases in the last 3 years and on each case no evidence of a Breach of the ANO was found and the files were subsequently closed.
The CAA can also confirm that 1 of these cases was aerial work and the other 3 were hobbyists
Seems like a measured response from the CAA, but I wonder who is asking and why. The UK is well served by an active, responsible group of enthusiasts at FPV UK http://www.fpvuk.org/ They have been in talks with the CAA that have led to some of the most sensible rules anywhere.
This FOIA request rather puts me in mind of the quite outrageous threats made to RC flyers at Old Warden, the home of the Shuttleworth Collection
By NICOLE CLARK, Staff Writer
Maryland Army National guardsmen have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, where they flew unmanned aircraft that helped them outwit their enemies.
In one incident, guardsmen watched insurgents load improvised explosive devices into two vehicles. "What our guys did was call in an airstrike and they dropped 500-pound bombs on the cars," said spokesman Lt. Col. Charles Kohler. "Who knows how many people they saved by doing that."
But some 15 to 20 Maryland guardsmen have been doing the high-tech maintenance and training for unmanned aircraft work in a tent and in a trailer at Webster Field. Big changes are in the works for the facilities, and those changes will help them do their jobs.
Today, Aug. 29, the Maryland National Guard is scheduled to break ground on a 10,000 square-foot, $4.3 million unmanned aircraft facility. "It's going to be state-of-the-art," Kohler said.
SKY Watch Civil Air Patrol (Northern Ireland) have carried out a search for missing man Portrush Dean Patton.
Early on Friday morning on Ramore Head, Portrush, they used an un-manned aircraft in the search.
The search took place at first light on Friday shortly after low tide, at approximately 6.40am. High definition video imagery was recorded by the drone at various altitudes.
All of the headland, cliff-faces and rock shelves plus 100 metres out to sea was captured. The un-manned fixed-wing aircraft was in the air for just over five minutes.
The pilot was on the ground observing live telemetry of the flight. The aircraft was stabilised using the onboard auto pilot. The aircraft is battery powered and is made of foam. It has a 1.4m wingspan and weighs just over 1kg.
Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol carries out humanitarian airborne search missions on behalf of statutory agencies, voluntary organisations, families and individuals. The collected imagery is handed over to the agency or individual who has asked for the mission. Sky Watch does not analyse the imagery.
Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol (Northern Ireland) has permission from the Civil Air Authority to operate drones in the UK.
The UAV pilot, Paul Trimble, said: "During the first deployment of the drone on a call-out the conditions were excellent for searching, even though there was light rain falling. I hope that the data collected will bring some comfort to Dean's family."
The request to search was made by Dean's family and the data collected has been handed over to Coleraine CID for analysis.
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. | Future Unmanned Air System (UAS) operators now have access to a new training and logistics activity in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
A team from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS program office (PMA-263) here launched the Training and Logistics Support Activity (TALSA) in mid-July to Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force. The activity allows troops to receive UAS training on short notice and expand the previous curriculum to include all Group I UAS assets.
Group I UAS assets weigh less than 20 pounds; typically fly at altitudes below 1,200 feet; and fly between 45 minutes to approximately two hours. They include: RQ-11B Raven, Wasp, RQ-20A Puma and RQ-16B T-Hawk UAS.
"Consistent training and sustainment support are key components for any weapon system and are integral to the warfighter's mission success," said Col. Jim Rector, PMA-263 program manager. "After years of operational contingency funding and rapid fielding of numerous small UAS, we identified this as an area that we needed to rapidly improve."
Rector said small UAVs provide the battlefield commander an organic capability, within his or her unit, to perform over-the-horizon reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. This reduces operational risks and enhances his or her decision process.
Historically, the Marines used other contracts to support their UAS training requirements for the RQ-11B Raven. The newly established TALSA offers classes more frequently with an expanded curriculum, giving Sailors and Marines greater flexibility when going on rapid deployment. Additionally, PMA-263 recruited directly from the Wounded Warrior Project to staff the support activity, giving former service men and women an opportunity to continue their service in a new capacity.
The courses focus on the systems' function, employment, maintenance and troubleshooting issues. Once trained, UAS operators can tactically and effectively employ Group 1 systems to include mission planning, mission sensor/payload operations, launching, remotely piloting and recovering the aerial vehicle.
PMA-263 plans to establish an additional TALSA at Camp Pendleton, Calif. later this year.
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UAV SERVICES AND SYSTEMS has done a tremendous job in assuring superb building quality, long endurance and very reliable UAVs. We are proud to be the new owners of such professional UAV systems.", says Henrik Wolkesson, project manager at UAS Europe, Sweden. "We have been searching for a suitable company to take over the production of our UAVs: mX-SIGHT and X-SIGHT. Our limited resources has prevented us from taking the development and manufacturing to the next level. We are fully convinced that UAS Europe has the right knowledge and capabilities to make this a UAV success story", says Stephan Sabath, CEO at UAV SERVICES AND SYSTEMS, Germany.


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Ultimately you hope that people will act with fairness and tact but it must be the case now that legislation is introduced to rein in the excesses. I think the majority of people are more concerned with hounding and harassment for no good reason other than to boost sales. It's a game of pot luck in which innocent people's lives are pointlessly and carelessly destroyed.
Anyhow, the Hacked Off petition's hit 132,000 and climbing. If it continues at the current rate, it's public opinion that'll have the final say.
I think we need to be careful quoting 'public opinion'. Phone hacking had been known about for years before it hit the headlines big time. Papers had been taken to court and damages awarded against them - and the public did not care. And if it had not been linked to the highly emotive case of a child being murdered, they would still not care.
This is developing along the same lines as the Dangerous Dogs Act after kids were savaged by evil-looking dogs and the government acted because they had to be seen to be doing something amidst the public outcry. And they acted against a lot of good advice to the contrary and we ended up with poorly thought-out and unworkable legislation. I am still undecided on this, but I am wondering do we want to take that gamble with press freedom?
Quote: rein in the excesses
What excesses are you thinking of?
Would a viable alternative be that any newspaper with a circulation in excess of a pre-specified number of copies (or website hits) will have to by law be a member of an organisation whose composition is defined in statute: let's say 30% ex-(not serving) editors, 30% legal bods and 40% lay people (themselves could be one of religious denomination, one charity worker etc). And any decision is legally binding rather like ACAS in industrial disputes.
Quote: I really couldn`t give a toss about celebrity culture, its the average person on the street that really needs protecting, if you have ever been on the receiving end you would know what it was like
Bang on.
again some posts have had to be removed, please be civil with each other and not go over old ground.
The PCC`s code of practice has been around since 1991 with some big changes being made following the death of Princes Diana.
I was surprised to read that this code of practice is also written into contracts of employment, yet its often ignored.
So pleased for Hugh Grant that justice has been done. I used to ridicule him and his films, imagining him to be little more than a puppet with a marketable face. However, events this year have shown him to be an articulate and courageous champion who felt compelled to stand up for what he stood for....if you get my meaning? Well done sir! (and all his damages to be donated to the HackedOff campaign!)
The main thing is to make sure the press is shackled. Especially that Private Eye which runs an awful series called Rotten Boroughs which purports to expose corruption in local councils.
And the Daily Mail which ran a disgraceful campaign to bring the Stephen Lawrence's killers to justice. And as for the Telegraph which ran that disgraceful campaign against MPs and their expenses, well we need a body to regulate them to stop these outrages.
It would be far better for all of us if we didn't know about all these things, would it not? I hope so because in the name of throwing throwing bones to Hugh Grant, we hand power over what we are allowed to know to people who have an interest in us not knowing what is going on.
Some folk here would be happier in Putin's Russia than a rumbustious western democracy, it seems.
Quote: The main thing is....
.....that this is a big issue and to contrast it with the examples given where justice was done doesn't mean the media should be able to systematically and covertly invade privacy to dig for a story, or worse, to make stories up. The Millie Dowler scandal revealed the inordinate lengths these people will go to in the name of profit. Be interesting to see now the outcome of all the arrests and cases pending against individuals who in some cases represented the highest levels of national newspaper management.
I am not sure that anyone has convinced me what any new regulations are aiming to achieve - the phone hacking is already illegal as shown by the prosecutions being brought. What will new regulations bring to the table?
If people are just fed up of lurid tittle-tattle headlines then reducing those will require a level of censorship and Lemmy's points are very valid.
If people are asking only for a stronger 'right of reply' through a Press Complaints Commission version 2 that has more teeth then fair enough, but that should only be able to act after the fact. Max Moseley's suggestions of being able to vet/block publiction ahead of time is way too dangerous.
Quote: The main thing is to make sure the press is shackled. Especially that Private Eye which runs an awful series called Rotten Boroughs which purports to expose corruption in local councils.
And the Daily Mail which ran a disgraceful campaign to bring the Stephen Lawrence's killers to justice. And as for the Telegraph which ran that disgraceful campaign against MPs and their expenses, well we need a body to regulate them to stop these outrages.
Just because you have done some things right, doesn't mean you get to do what you like the rest of the time. I'm sure Harold Shiipman often prescribed the right medicine, yet those pesky politicians still wanted to regulate his murdering activities.
Quote: in what way would Leveson's proposals have stopped those investigations?
What he wants effectively is the same regime that doctors and lawyers have. There is something to be said for that except for one thing which is that it only works if you are forced to join up - and that can only be done if in order to work in a profession you must be licensed.
If you don't join up you are threatened with a regime so tough that no-one would risk anything. All the things the press did that were wrong were already illegal . It's just that no-one did anything.
Who is a journalist? Is the blogger, the tweeter, in Syria a journalist? Yes, of course they are. Is the man writing a blog on his local council's corruption a journalist? Yes he is. The great thing about being a journalist is that everyone can be one, there is no entrance exam or governing body.
Lobsterboy's Shipman point is valid but remember that doctors DO have the regime that Leveson wants for the press. It works well, does it not, the health regulatory system? Otherwise we would have hospitals covering up appalling treatment of patients and.....Shipman.
There are perfectly good ways of curbing press excesses - we had one with the Press Council. Unfortunately good old British corruption, the sort that only exists in other countries, of course, meant that NI executives and others went on holiday and out to dinner with the chairman of it.
This knee jerk reaction to problems in the UK, always short term half thought out fixes, is becoming endemic. It's a sign of our slow slide into the third world. The Labour party wanted ID cards (remember them?) to stop bombers....except the bombers would have been entitled to have cards as British citizens. The Terrorism Act? First person charged, a woman walking her dog in Bristol dockyards. 90 days in jail without charge? Even the Russians balked at that.
Yes, it seems to me that we need more half-baked legislation that will never be enforced because the courts will hack holes in it. Private Eye themselves have said that many of their corruption investigations would be curbed because they simply could not take the risk of upsetting people in high places. They don't want to be put out of business by liars like Chris Huhne, who will say and do anything to cover for themselves. Like Hugh Grant, If you'd have been caught on the street with a hooker and didn't want your fans to know - bad for business - you'd want a controlled press wouldn't you?
My view is that we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We are kept in the dark already - remember the Iraq war? Remember the Labour party's attacks on the BBC? They could silence the BBC because they control the BBC's license fee life blood. but they didn't silence dissenting newspapers. They must be really hoping Leveson is implemented in full. Licensed journalists, just the job!
The issue about licensed journalists is certainly one that I agree with: a beefed up PCC will only work if papers are forced to abide by PCC decisions and relies on papers being forced to sign up to the system.
The legal backing for a PCC mark 2 sounds good in theory, but my main concern is that introducing a law often creates doubt more than it eradicates it. With a voluntary PCC people will know instinctively what is right and wrong and people will accept a bit of give and take to reach a 'reasonable' decision but all the time decisions are taken around a widely accepted 'norm'. Once lawyers and courts get involved grey areas are exploited, the law 'creeps' with each judgement and that 'norm' moves in a direction the public rarely want: things become allowed not because they are acceptable but because the lawyers have argued that it is not forbidden.
On the other hand, how do you discipline a newspaper who refuses to abide by a voluntary PCC code? What incentive is there?
At the end of the day, I find it hard to put a compelling reason for a legal framework. The reason the press excesses happen is because the papers sell money yet the public bury their heads in the sand and continue buying the papers.
Quote: yet the public bury their heads in the sand and continue buying the papers.
I think we'd both agree that that is the central problem! If people didn't buy them, they'd change their ways faster and more deeply than any legislation could ever make them do. But...people do buy them, usually while denying it and expressing hatred for them. A bit like those closet gay clerics who disparage homosexuals while making a grab for the nearest choirboy
I'd never argue for papers right to do anything they want but if only right and wrong in this context were black and white. In practice one person's black is another's white where news is concerned. I always laugh about people who want 'objectivity' from newspapers or TV. The BBC do their best, I imagine to be 'objective' within the meaning of the act. Yet they are accused by some of having a leftist agenda, by others of being the voice of the establishment. You pays yer money and makes yer choice....
One observation, isn't it nice that something like this can be discussed rationally here, yet for our politicians is subject to the usual Punch and Judy all journalists bad/ all journalist good party political routine?
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If it was unlikely gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald would pick a new running mate from Southwest Ohio, it's now all but certainly out of the question. After North Avondale's Eric Kearney resigned as FitzGerald's running mate last month, following revelations about his unpaid business taxes, Hamilton County Democratic Party Chair Tim Burke floated three names as […]
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The Hamilton County Democratic Executive Committee Thursday night unanimously endorsed the local Democratic candidates on the statewide ticket — including gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, who has chosen state Sen. Eric Kearney, D-North Avondale, as his running mate. The vote by about 50 people — a quarter of the executive committee — came in midst of a string of reports about […]
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The company co-owned by state Sen. Eric Kearney, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's lieutenant governor, neglected to pay workers' compensation premiums for nearly five years, the Columbus Dispatch reported Friday morning. The report is the latest in a string of news about Kearney's past and present unpaid bills. Kearney, of North Avondale, has blamed unpaid taxes on financial […]
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A review of Hamilton County court records shows Democrat Eric Kearney, who is Ohio Democratic Governor Candidate Ed Fitzgerald's Lt. Governor pick, had credit card troubles in 2012. He has since settled the case with a promise to repay the $13,107 debt. The records came to light on the heels of news that Kearney owes hundreds of […]
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Enquirer capital reporter Chrissie Thompson reports that Cincinnati's Eric Kearney, the minority leader in the state Senate, will serve as Democrat Ed FitzGerald's running mate in the 2014 gubernatorial election. In Kearney, of North Avondale, FitzGerald gains a lieutenant governor candidate who has all the right connections: Kearney is a prominent legislator. He founded one […]
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Chowdhury, Mohammad Mahfuz and Katsuda, Takeshi and Montagne, Kevin and Kimura, Hiroshi and Kojima, Nobuhiko and Akutsu, Hidenori and Ochiya, Takahiro and Fujii, Teruo and Sakai, Yasuyuki (2010) Enhanced effects of secreted soluble factor preserve better pluripotent state of embryonic stem cell culture in a membrane-based compartmentalized micro-bioreactor. Biomedical Microdevices, 12 (6). pp. 1097-1105.
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Pluripotent stem cells are under the influence of soluble factors in a diffusion dominant in vivo microenvironment. In order to investigate the effects of secreted soluble factors on embryonic stem cell (ESC) behavior in a diffusion dominant microenvironment, we cultured mouse ESCs (mESCs) in a membrane-based two-chambered micro-bioreactor (MB). To avoid disturbing the cellular environment in the top chamber of the MB, only the culture medium of the bottom chamber was exchanged. Cell growth in the MB after 5 days of culture was similar to that in conventional 6-well plate (6-WP) and membrane-based Transwell insert (TW) cultures, indicating adequate nutrient supply in the MB. However, the cells retained higher expression of pluripotency markers (Oct4, Sox2 and Rex1) and secreted soluble factors (FGF4 and BMP4) in the MB. Inhibition of FGF4 activity in the MB and TW resulted in a similar cellular response. However, in contrast to the TW, inhibition of BMP4 activity revealed that autocrine action of the upregulated BMP4, which acted cooperatively with leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), upregulated the pluripotency markers expression in the MB culture. We propose that BMP4 accumulated in the diffusion dominant microenvironment of the MB upregulated its own expression by a positive feedback mechanism—in contrast to the macro-scale culture systems—thereby enhancing the pluripotency of mESCs. The micro-scale culture platform developed in this study enables the investigation of the effects of soluble factors on ESCs in a diffusion dominant microenvironment, and is expected to be used to modulate the ESC fate choices.
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Big Tentacles: Brady Hoke, Northwestern, Purdue, and more.
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Leaders of Men.
Off Tackle Empire's Michigan week continues with a look at Wolverine head football coach Brady Hoke and his coaching staff.
Illinois player profile of the day.
A Lion Eye profiles Illinois wide receiver Peter Bonahoom.
Northwestern player profile of the day.
Rodger Sherman profiles Northwestern linebacker Damien Proby. (Sippin' on Purple)
Purdue player profile of the day.
Hammer and Rails profiles Purdue LB Ruben Ibarra.
I'm F**king Matt Damon.
The real reason Matt Damon was on the Nebraska campus last week. (No Coast Bias HT: @HuskGuys)
There can be only one.
The Crimson Quarry ponders which Big Ten coach would win a Hunger Games style tournament. Apparently the author of The Hunger Games was an Indiana alumni.
Hot Rocks.
Eleven Warriors ranks"the state gemstones/rocks of the Big Ten. Since 11W is an Ohio State blog, you can figure out which state's rock comes out on top.
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Now I know something about Lucian's D lites, I realise that they don't draw a lot of power. He would almost certainly get away with his 10A extension lead.
In our studio, we do need to think seriously about power ratings when we use a complicated lighting setup. Our lamp-heads have 650 Watt modelling lights and each power-pack delivers up to 1600J so the charging current is substantial. We can easily reach or exceed the capacity of a 30A ring main.
Lucien, you need to understand the difference between flash power and the current drawn by the light unit.
The 400Wsec refers to the power of the flash. The energy is stored up over the few seconds that it takes to re-cycle and then released in less than one thousandth of a second to make the flash. Think of it as the electrical equivalent of a lavatory cistern where the flush is a lot quicker than the refilling of the cistern.
You need to take account of the power drawn by the modelling lamps. Some studio lighting units cause the modelling lamp to dim while the flash is recharging. This is to reduce the current drawn.
Most wall sockets are twin rather than single. If you're worried, why not run two extension cables? When on location, we've run 3 small flash units from one socket without any problem.
Not necessarily.
As long as you don't overload any socket, it doesn't really matter.
What to avoid is using an unfused multi-plug adaptor on any socket.
With an extension lead, so long as the plug has a 13-amp fuse, it does not matter how many devices yo take off the extension lead. The plug fuse will blow if you exceed a safe limit.
Excuse me for my DULLNESS!
Why is it that so many people buy a 8 or 10 plug socket and fill them up. Like I do with my Belkin 4 socket and 8 socket. So -example, if all plugs have 3 amps that = 24 amps not 13 amps that is on the plug of the Belkin. Some pluged into the Belkin will be mixed with 3 amp-5 amp-13 amp...I am NOT good at Electrics so a simple answer will go down well. Is it SAFE!
Extension cables cause a lot of fires when they're misused. In most cases, it's down to ignorance on the part of the user.
Sensible folk use 8 and 10 way multi-sockets for low power kit like computer accessories. Many UK mains plugs and IEC power cords come with 13A fuse fitted, even though this is a lot higher than the rating of the equipment. This is as sensible as paying out the full 100 feet of safety rope when climbing a 80 foot rock face.
One friend played in a rock band and they used to put a short length of iron cut from a nail into their fuse-holders! They never had any trouble with fuses blowing and somehow lived to tell the tale.
Quote: The reason I am needing an extension lead is because the wiring in my studio is about 47 years old because it has never been re-wired since the property was built. It only has 1 double socket in each room including the studio room because it was built at a time where people did not need to run many electrical appliances at the same time.
47 years, I think you need your house re-wired and get some more sockets fitted.
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Just a hunch: you don't feel you have a firm grasp on Her Name is Calla. Are we right?
Certainly the best example is The Quiet Lamb: the sonic assault likely throws you off, and the extended lowercase passages do. At times the compositions play as brassy and imbalanced, as is evidenced by the apocalyptic "Into the West." At others, the thing pulses with erudition, even refinement (read: "Thief"). Now take the epic and unpretentious "River and Condor," and answer that question again: you don't have your brain around this project yet, do you?
They're experimental, yet aesthetically grounded, and their albums really play. Pretty rare. And now that their 10″ release Maw is set to launch, it should come as no surprise that this painfully short record spills open with surprises.
Even a cursory review of the numbers lets us know that we're in for a tectonic shift. The Quiet Lamb weighed in at 76 minutes: 10 tracks, most of them over five minutes in length, the longest clocking in at 17 minutes. Maw's length scarcely exceeds that of "River and Condor" alone: 19 minutes over the course of three cuts, two of which are short enough for network radio. And within the inaugural moments it is clear that the material is also different — and exceptional — as the title track opens with chocolate milk guitar decanted into a sloppy, dissonant, stand-alone riff. Now, a sexy and thumping drum lick rides along, and now, Tom Morris speaks up with an out-of-focus, somewhat arena-rock drawl. There isn't a moment like this anywhere near The Quiet Lamb.
The track launches into a hard rock bridge (think Frances the Mute, not Octahedron), until bringing things back to the low-register purr of the chorus. By the time the cello and brass chime in you'll want to eat it, drink it, have it in your bed, snort it through a straw, stick it in your veins, whichever. But the goddamn thing is intangible, so the best you can do is to use only as directed: repeated listens.
Now Maw slips into something a bit more sultry, "The Beat That My Heart Skipped." The deliciously slow shaker-and-voice duet — with the nearly inaudible guitar and occasional string feature — is the most reminiscent of the band's earlier material. The death-obsessed lyrics ring a familiar note as well: "From the water's edge, I blow you a kiss. Can't even recall your face. Think I'll go for a swim." Pardon? "Treasure on the ocean floor/found your skull." Gotcha. The track is pretty, and the plot is moving, although it isn't nearly as engrossing as the surrounding material.
"Dreamlands" — the closing piece — is wholly unexpected.
In an earlier dispatch, this column referred to the track as an "11-minute acoustic rock opera," and we're sticking to the description. The piece is divided into three separate movements with two large washes of noise; for those readers wondering what Calla's first step into electroacoustic might sound like, here is your answer. The first and third movements almost exclusively feature Morris: his luminescent guitar work, and that deeply aching voice. The second recalls the landscape implied by the song title: foghorns, siren calls, the blissful tug of sleep.
Spilling any more ink than this feels as if it would ruin the surprise. Suffice to say that — while Maw is not what we would have expected — this taut and intelligent work is exactly what we need.
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Hi all, we have mainly successfully navigated to mire that is the office customization tool but we have just one problem hanging around which is causing us grief.
When you start outlook for the first time, it gives a load of errors about being unable to find a profile, then about not being able to locate an exchange server, then about not being online, then quitting. When you then reopen outlook it prompts you to choose what profile to use with a default of 'establishment mail account' if you just click OK it opens up and behaves ok, but prompts every time, which is obviously unhelpful.
we have been told by RM that it is not something we have done in the customization tool (which i'm not sure about), and everything to do with an out of date RM PRF file package, they sent us one over late last week which they promised would fix it, it hasn't.
the little darlings are back in a week and we could really do with having fixed it by then.
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I seen a video this week on youtube, and of course I did not save it sorry :(
It was how she used a cut out from a magazine and used it as a mask.
I really love how it came out and currently looking in my magazine for more cut outs to use.
A little madness coming out of my head, used lots of Happy Mail goodies.
Still now sure what to do to finish this off.
Lots of happy mail goodies used and my new spray inks. Man those are not as easy to use as the video shows but I am trying my hardest.
Here is another double page I made over the weekend. I flippin' love how it came out.
Here is my try at making a cardboard box journal...not too shabby.
OMG how cool is this HAPPY MAIL from Sonya, I love it.
Happy Mail, I love it!!!
From Lynn she is such a sweetie, she sent me three HM's!!!
More from Lynn, how awesome wicked it the card???
A little HM from Alex love the green face and I used the man (on left who is peeking out) on a page above.
Some HM from Rae.
and another HM from Lynn, she how she spoiled me :) XOX
My pink ink hand after I dyed some ribbon with the new spray inks I have.
Well that is it for today, Many thanks for stopping by!
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Irving Layton's Advice to Leonard Cohen
"I'm reminded of the advice my old friend Irving Layton, who has passed away now but probably is the greatest Canadian poet that we've ever produced, and a very close friend. I would confide in him, and after I'd told him what I planned to do and what my deepest aspirations were, he'd always say to me, 'Leonard, are you sure you're doing the wrong thing?'"
Leonard Cohen speaking at a press conference in London as reported in "The wisdom of Leonard Cohen" by Kevin Perry, GQ (UK), January 19, 2012.
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With the calendar flipping to June, it's one month until the opening of NHL free agency.
The Nashville Predators will likely be opening their pocketbook on July 1 in an effort to bring more scoring to their lineup. Eleven of the 12 forward slots are currently filled for the 2014-2015 version of the Predators, so the club will be looking to add one (or maybe two) players.
At the end of last month, we presented the four best (and most realistic) candidates for the Predators to try and sign. (Click here for more on each: Paul Stastny, Matt Moulson, Radim Vrbata and Mike Cammalleri)
Scoring more goals seems to be the top priority in Music City as evidenced by the addition of new coach Peter Laviolette and recent trades.
"We need to get better on our forwards. We need to have some changes in our offense," Nashville general manager David Poile said earlier this season. "That's why the trade last year for Filip Forsberg happened and the trade this time for Jarnkrok happened."
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this is somebody's holiday house in the cotswolds. i know, i know – try not to hate them.
this is somebody's holiday house in the cotswolds. i know, i know – try not to hate them.
now i know some of you might think it's sacrilege to paint over a wooden piece, but the fact of the matter is that this particular chest of drawers only cost me R300 (that's like, US $40) – and it basically just had a shoddy veneer that was chipping in places.
i also took major shortcuts in it's 'resoration' as i had to do everything in my tiny flat in an afternoon. i would have preferred to sand the entire thing down and give it a lighter oak finish, but that would have involved way more admin than i was prepared to go through for my wee chest right now.
so this is what i did step by step:
aaaand… that's it! it came out pretty okay in the end, no?
inspired by this particular before & after over at penny people designs (which is a far better execution, but probably easier to do if you start with an untreated base)
this site was featured heavily on the blogosphere a while back, but i keep returning to it because some of the houses are so awesome and i'm sad that they are wasting away! check out 100 abandoned houses. there is also a story at the NY Times about the pros & cons of people buying beautiful old houses in shitty locations. one woman bought an amazing old mansion in the middle of one of the most dangerous parts of NYC:
if you have an old house / apartment & you're in the process of restoring it, be sure to check out Door Sixteen – Anna & her husband bought an 1890s Victorian rowhouse in Newburgh, NY a few years back (after moving out of Brooklyn) and they've slowly been restoring it since. she has some pretty rad before & afters in her flickr (the bathroom renovations are awesome)


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A partnership of Denfeld High School and Men As Peacemakers.
Started in 2003, MAP's restorative Justice Program has become a central hub of restorative practice in the Duluth area.
The BEST Party Model: Shaping Party Environments to Prevent Sexual Violence
Peacemakers stand up and say there is an alternative to violence, and that violence is not acceptable.
We help children deconstruct stereotypes, learn about people different from them and resolve conflict in a healthy way. Peacemakers are positive role models who support and encourage children to build the skills necessary to grow up healthy and succeed academically, socially and personally. We teach, men and boys, women and girls, new ways of being and doing. Peacemakers resist the sense of powerlessness which violence brings to our community.
The Men As Peacemakers' story enables a man to reflect his personal value for peace, share the challenges of living a nonviolent life, take responsibility for preventing violence and redefine what it is to be strong.
In the early 1990´s Duluth suffered a series of awful murders, all of them committed by men. The community expressed its outrage and a large group of citizens began to work on efforts to decrease the violence. In meeting after meeting the people involved were almost always women. A few men showed up, but they […]
Peacemaking men stand up and say there is an alternative to violence, and that violence is not acceptable. They help children develop the assets they need – positive values, family structure, and role models – to grow up healthy. They teach men and boys new ways of being and of doing. Peacemaking men resist the […]
Courage Peacemaking is a way of life for courageous people. Friendship Peacemaking seeks to win friendship and understanding. People Peacemaking seeks to defeat violence, not people. Respect Peacemaking seeks to resolve conflict respectfully. Love Peacemaking chooses love instead of fear. Having been part of the problem, men need to be part of the solution.
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FOSDEM 2010: OpenIntents Addresses Dependency ManagementFeb 08, 2010
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FOSDEM 2010: Andrew Tanenbaum Sets Reliability Before PerformanceFeb 08, 2010
Computer science veteran Andrew Tanenbaum presented the third version of his Minix operating system at the FOSDEM 2010 conference on February 6-7 in Brussels, Belgium.more »
Rsync Interface for MaemoFeb 05, 2010
Grsync, a graphical user interface for the rsync synchronization tool, is now available in version 1.0.0 for Maemo.more »
Symbian Sourcecode AvailableFeb 05, 2010
The Symbian Foundation has released its mobile platform of the same name as free software.more »
Six Figure Award for Favorite Palm AppsFeb 04, 2010
Palm hits the gas pedal: with a six-figure monetary award for the most downloaded webOS applications the California company wants to heat up the app development market.more »
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Apple's iPad has evidently inspired the free Chromium OS and Google into developing a hardware implementation in tablet form.more »
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Navit is among the 15 projects to present their work during CeBIT 2010, offering an open-source navigation with support for many mapping formats.more »
CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- LiMux LiMux - the Open Source Client of the City of MunichFeb 02, 2010
LiMux is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, the famous government client project of the City of Munich.more »
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Al Bielek story is B.S. & beyond belief. Al Bielek never mention the language that people spoke in the 28th century (his moment in time in the years 2749-2751). You would think after going through time from 1943 to 2137 (194 years span), then from 2137 to 2749 (612 years span) or from 1943 to 2749 (806 years span) that language at North America in the future year 2749 hasn't change at all, WTF! You have to wonder if any or some part of Al Bielek story is true or base on other people events? Anyways Hollywood should make a movie of Al Bielek B.S. story and the perfect actor that should play Al Bielek is the American actor, William Sadler. :)
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This apartment is in Lawrence. Nearby parks include Garden of Decor, DeVictor Park and McGrew Nature Preserve.
1484 Marilee Drive has a Walk Score of 48 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
Nearby schools include Corpus Christi Catholic School, Quail Run Elementary School and Quail Run Elementary School.
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Today is one of those days. One of those days that I can't seem to find my footing. Can't seem to wrap my brain around what I need to do, what needs to be done.
I think the thing I realized about the album being done is that I have no idea what the fuck I'm supposed to do now. I'm not recording, I have a day or two before tour starts, I have NO FUCKING CLUE what I'm supposed to do with this record or myself.
That's not to say there aren't things to do. There are plenty of things. Too many things. Mostly, I just want someone to tell me to do something. Anything.
Seriously, musician type folks and music knowers of: what is the next move here? Booking more tours? Bombing reviewers and labels with albums to try and get some decent press? Sit back and let things grow and build organically. Please, phrase your answer in the form of ANYTHING BUT THE LAST ONE.