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Archival video from Dec. 2009: Maj. Gen. John Nicholson, the first and only U.S. general in southern Afghanistan, discusses his task: start winning the war.
NBC's Jim Maceda has worked as an embedded journalist with U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines dozens of times in Afghanistan over the last 10 years. That close contact with service members led to his series "Far from Home," on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
The following story about John Nicholson stands above the rest for Maceda. For him, Nicholson has become not only a friend, but a bellwether for the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan.
By Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
I first met John Nicholson, a lanky 50-something Ranger and paratrooper, when he was a colonel and about to command the largest U.S. Army air assault since Vietnam. The operation was called Mountain Lion. The objective was to clear out the Taliban from the Korengal Valley, a key infiltration route for Taliban insurgents crossing into Afghanistan from safe havens in Pakistan. To do this, he would have five battalions, a massive nighttime helicopter insert and some element of surprise.
When I asked Nicholson how he intended to rid the valley of the Taliban, his answer reflected the swagger of a commander in his first battle in Afghanistan.
"We're going to kill or capture every single one of them," he replied flatly. That was April, 2006.
After many battles, dozens of losses and hundreds of wounded, the same John Nicholson, now a major general in his third Afghan deployment, said something different about winning the war. "You can kill, capture or force an enemy to flee, but the best way is to get him over to your side," he said last January.
By 2011, the kinetic bluster of 2006 had morphed into talk of soft power and reconciliation. His shift in tactics reflects the changing war from a conventional air and ground battle, to a counter-terrorism policing operation and then to a full-blown counterinsurgency.
Along the way, Nicholson has ticked-off a number of military firsts. He led the first U.S. brigade in eastern Afghanistan, along the border with Pakistan. He was the first U.S. general to be based in southern Afghanistan, the Taliban's heartland. And he helped set up the first series of tiny U.S. outposts, so-called bullet magnets, along insurgent lines near Pakistan that later took names like Restrepo.
John, or Mick as his friends call him, never lost his commitment.
"We're not only protecting our homeland and our way of life," he reflected back in December 2008. "We're also in a struggle for the future of the Islamic population of the world. Whether they embrace a moderate or radical form of Islam will be important to my country, important to my children and worthy of our efforts."
Archival video from April 2006: U.S. forces and Afghan soldiers are trying to capture and kill thousands of Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents in mountainous eastern Afghanistan. NBC's Jim Maceda is with the troops on this dangerous mission.
A man with a calling
There are reasons why Nicholson sounds like a man who's found his calling. His Scottish namesake and distant relative, John Nicholson, put down rebellions in India for queen and country more than 150 years ago.
And fate has certainly played an active role in making Nicholson a modern-day warrior: On 9/11, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into his office and killed many of his closest colleagues as it ripped through the Pentagon's rings. But Nicholson wasn't there that day; instead he was moving into a house with his family after a last-minute change of plans.
"And that's why I'm sitting here today," he told me sitting outside his headquarters at Kandahar Air Field in late 2009.
Devout, but no Christian soldier, Nicholson doesn't wear his religion like he does his stars. But he does see a higher purpose.
"I have no doubt this was the will of God looking out for me. He wanted me to serve my country, here in Afghanistan, doing what I do. I'm grateful to have that purpose," he said in the mountains of Kunar province in the spring of 2006. Since then, few Americans have served longer, or harder, in Afghanistan. Few know more about the country or how difficult it is to succeed there.
When asked, the three pillars of counter-insurgency roll off Nicholson's tongue: "First, we separate the enemy from the people; second, we connect the government, and improvements, with the people; thirdly, the people will support their government and reject the enemy."
He's become more nuanced in the intervening years, especially when it comes to connecting Afghans with good, honest and representative government. Nicholson's learned the hard way – he had to deal with a series of Taliban assassinations of Afghan friends and government officials, as well as deeply corrupt presidential elections.
"Improvements in governance are tough,'' he admitted last year. "They're very subjective and it's hard to get results."
For a major general who now spends nearly every waking hour plotting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan through 2014, Nicholson lives a spartan existence: two light meals a day, an hour at the gym, four to five hours of sleep and no frills "hooch" at NATO's headquarters in Kabul he calls home.
Prized possessions
Two of his most prized possessions are always nearby: a battle-scarred Bible he got as a "plebe" at West Point in 1975 and a photo of his two children. Caroline just graduated from Princeton and John III is a high school junior. Nicholson prefers to talk about their sacrifice, not his.
"It's a unique hardship for them," he said in December 2009, referring to his multiple deployments to a remote and dangerous place. "They don't have many friends in the same situation. But they both understand and support what I'm doing, which doesn't make it any less difficult.''
Even more challenging, Nicholson and his wife of 24 years split up after his last deployment. He says the pressures of long – and scary – absences were just too much for the marriage to bear.
I've asked Nicholson many times why he keeps going back. "Who else is gonna do it?" he always answers.
But if you push this military professional, you realize it has everything to do with the 41 killed and 350 wounded under his first command back in 2006. "I have a moral obligation to my soldiers who've sacrificed so much here to come back and deliver on what they've done," he said almost four years later.
And despite the drawdown, and the political and the economic pressures back home to end the war, Nicholson still deeply believes the war can be won. "If victory means preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terror, then we are winning. The Afghan security forces are winning. And the Afghan people are winning," he likes to say.
True, it may be the words and wishes of an eternal optimist. But, if anything, Nicholson is brutally honest. And unless he and other war planners conclude that "we're" losing, it's unlikely we'll see any radical change in the U.S. effort in Afghanistan any time soon.
Click to see the videos in Jim Maceda's series: "Far From Home: The War in Afghanistan"

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I am a very bad person. Out of all of the blogs I read, I regularly comment on only 2 or 3. I have decided to have an International* Leave a Comment Day on Wednesday, November 12, where I swear I will leave a comment if I visit your blog that day.
My rules:
- Instead of just reading through Google Reader, I will click through to read and comment.
- Certain blogs are excluded – anything in the Manolosphere, the LOLverse, and the like.
- I chose November 12 hopefully to avoid any political talk. If the blog talks about political stuff, it's my choice whether I want to comment on it or not.
- Please understand that I generally do most of my blog reading while I am pumping. I cannot guarantee that I will capitalize any letters or use correct punctuation.
- If for some reason, on November 12, I am at a location where I cannot read blogs or access Flickr, ILAC Day will be delayed until November 19.
I hope that, for me, this exercise will get me to participate more in the blogs that I enjoy.
*I read some Canadian blogs, duh.


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In the poultry business, breeders want to have children poultry amounted to much, in a short time and simultaneously. Now these eggs hatched birds, typically the chicken eggs or duck eggs. How to incubate chicken eggs or duck eggs, not much different. Only hatching duck eggs take 28 days, 21 days were chicken eggs.
- Selection of eggs:
- Eggs have been a good quality, such as egg shells shiny, thick, not crack
- Eggshell is not dirty, if dirty easily cleaned
- Fumigation using KMnO4 and Formalin, a ratio of 1: 2, for 30 minutes, do I just put the liquid (in Petridis) into the machine hatching and hatching machine is turned on.
- Engine turned with power, and temperature is 37-380C, keep the temperature stable for 3 hours, or until the egg is inserted into the machine hatching.
- Check thermostat work to determine the temperature and humidity hygrometer to know
- Check hatching machine can work well
- Provide energy reserves in the form of light, electricity. This is as a backup in case the energy problem.
- Preparation hatching machine: Hatching Egg:
- Hatching eggs
- Day I
- Eggs are inserted into the machine hatching, first performed in warm water prewarning
- The position of the eggs, slanted or straight, blunt position above section
- Make sure the thermostat shows temperature of 37-38 0C, humidity 65%, in stable condition
- Ventilation is closed
- Day II
- Ensure hatching machine still works well
- Day III
- Ensure hatching machine still works well
- Perform first egg selection, select the fertile, fertile eggs are marked by red fibers, if one considers the way in a dark lit.
- Day IV
- Ensure hatching machine still works well
- Ventilation opening
- Day VII
- Perform a second egg selection, choose a thriving, characterized fibers condense flushed
- Day VIII-XIX
- Ensure hatching machine still works well
- Today XX-XXI
- Make sure the machine still works well hatching, the hatching duck eggs, the process continues
- Chicken eggs began to hatch on day 20, reduced chicken eggs, but are still in place on the machine hatching
- Children removed from chicks after hatching machine feathers dry.
- Day XXII-XXVI
- Ensure hatching machine still works well
- On day twenty-six, the eggs can be lowered, but still in place on the machine hatching
- Day XXVII-XXVIII
- Eggs hatch imperfect can help provide a hole in the blunt
- Usually lasts until the day of hatching eggs twenty-nine
- Children removed from duckling hatching machine after drying its feathers
- After hatching process is complete, wash again hatching machine, hatching eggs fumigated for the next.


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The AAFP recently joined more than a hundred other national and state physician organizations in the medical community's latest attempt to rectify an overreach CMS made back in 2013. By throwing its support behind legislation that is intended to clarify what is and isn't reportable under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the Academy seeks to safeguard physicians' unfettered access to high-quality educational resources and independent certified and/or accredited CME.
In a June 29 letter(4 page PDF) to Sen. John Barrasso, M.D., R-Wyo., the groups expressed their "strong support" for the Protect Physician Continuing Education and Patient Care Act,(www.congress.gov) which Barrasso introduced in May in an effort to "protect the dissemination of peer- and independent third party-reviewed services and products that improve patient care."
Designed to promote transparency regarding payments and other financial transfers of value between physicians and the medical product industry and, thus, reduce potential conflicts of interest that could arise from such relationships, the so-called Sunshine Act requires drug and device manufacturers to report these transfers of value to CMS. Those reports are made to the agency's Open Payments transparency program, which, in turn, makes the data publicly available.
In its final rule(www.gpo.gov) implementing the act, however, CMS has imposed "onerous and burdensome reporting obligations" that clearly diverge from Congress' intent in passing the legislation, the groups argue.
At issue is the agency's interpretation of the statute, say the signatories. Whereas Congress outlined 12 specific exclusions from the reporting requirement, including educational materials "that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use," the agency concluded that medical textbooks, reprints of peer-reviewed clinical journal articles and abstracts of these articles "are not directly beneficial to patients, nor are they intended for patient use."
Nothing could be further from the truth, the groups contend.
"The importance of up-to-date, peer-reviewed scientific medical information as the foundation for good medical care is well documented," they write. "Scientific peer-reviewed journal reprints, supplements and medical textbooks have long been considered essential tools for physicians to remain informed about the latest in medical practice and patient care."
Such resources, in fact, "represent the gold standard in evidence-based medical knowledge and provide a direct benefit to patients because better informed clinicians render better care to their patients."
Furthermore, say the groups, Barrasso's bill also clarifies that CME that meets standards for independence "must be exempt from Sunshine Act reporting." Contradictory direction from the agency on this issue has "required several revisions to subregulatory guidance," they point out.
To make matters worse, a March 10 New England Journal of Medicine article(www.nejm.org) that was co-authored by current and former CMS staff stated that "payments related to all accredited CME activities must be reported beginning in 2017."
"This statement only adds to the confusion surrounding the status of independent CME as it relates to Open Payments reporting," the organizations claim.
Overall, say the groups, indications are that CMS' misinterpretation of Congress' intent has "already chilled the dissemination of medical textbooks and peer-reviewed medical reprints and journals," and the signatories now seek "to avert a similar negative impact on access to independent certified and/or accredited continuing medical education."
"The Sunshine Act was not passed to limit or construct additional barriers to the dissemination of new medical knowledge that improves patient health outcomes," the groups conclude. "This bill is needed to ensure patients benefit from the most up-to-date and relevant medical knowledge."
Related AAFP News Coverage
AAFP Throws Support Behind Bill That Would Safeguard CME
Measure Affirms 'Sunshine' Reporting Exclusion for Educational Materials
AAFP Supports Bill Providing 'Sunshine' Exemption for Educational Materials
Physician Organizations Call Out CMS for Overreach in Sunshine Act Regulation
Final Rule on Physician Sunshine Act Released
Manufacturers, GPOs Required to Report Certain Payments, Gifts to Physicians
Additional Resource
CMS: Open Payments(www.cms.gov)
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Keeping the Dream Alive
Early on a typical grey, warm and humid January morning, I find myself driving down the rough road that runs alongside the Australian Rail Track Corporation's (ARTC) crossing loop (siding) at Glenapp, near the border between the states of Queensland and New South Wales. The last time I was here was in 2007 to observe the electric staff working be replaced by the new Remote Control Signalling installations ARTC was putting in on the crossing loops at the north end of its North Coast line. Back then, the vehicle access down to the signal cabin was poor, and hemmed in by rampant vegetation of numerous weedy varieties, while the signal cabin itself looked to be on the verge of going the same way as the electric staff machines it housed. Now, as then, the place is quiet, with just some bird song and an odd low rustling sound in the background. Read more


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Corrections Town Hall Meeting
The Department of Corrections believes that community participation and support are essential for the successful delivery of correctional services. In order to provide more opportunities for input, we will hold Corrections Town Hall Meetings several times a year via interactive television. The meetings are open to the public.
Corrections Town Hall Meeting
Meetings will be held quarterly on the following dates/times:
- Tuesday, February 10, 2015: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Thursday, June 4, 2015: 4:00 - 6:00 pm ***MEETING CANCELLED***
- Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:00 -6:00 pm
Corrections Town Hall Meetings will be held at Vermont Interactive Technology locations across the state.
- Bennington
- Brattleboro
- Lyndonville
- Montpelier
- Middlebury
- Newport
- Rutland
- Springfield
- St. Albans
- White River Junction
- Williston
Meeting Minutes
Responses to October 8, 2014 Meeting
Meeting Question February 12th, 2014
Responses to May 15, 2013 Meeting
Responses to February 12, 2013 Meeting
Responses to December 4, 2012 Meeting
Sex Offender/High Risk Presentation September 11, 2013
Responses to September 11, 2013 Meeting
Meeting Video Recording
Watch our latest meetings online
Meeting Audio Recording
You can download an audio mp3 recording of this meeting
Other Documents
Click here for a flyer to print and distribute
Contact Information
For more information or to suggest an agenda item
please contact Monica Weeber


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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
JFK Liberal
In Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy wrote, "If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
Amen, Mr. President. Panderbear is also proud to claim the sobriquet "liberal."
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RE: Westfield MainStreet Plans
The Westfield Downtown Committee, Inc. began receiving its state grant monies in November 1996. Our MainStreet activities have been greatly scaled back while we awaited the long-anticipated merger with the SID, which the WDC board thought would be accomplished and operating long before now.
Administratively the Westfield MainStreet staff have been:
1. Carrying out actions necessary to keep various ongoing projects operating, i.e., the Facade Renovation Incentive Grant Program, design consultations, meetings facilitation and coordination, Nighttime Illumination Program, and business improvement workshops' planning, publicity and execution.
2. Handling the daily operations and inquiries to the office from the public regarding downtown: working with commercial real estate brokers on business recruiting and information-gathering; requests for demographics and prospective business information; referrals and facilitation of new business requests; call- and walk-in suggestions and complaints; revitalization and organizational questions from other towns; financial record-keeping; reports and other records required by New Jersey Main Street and the National Main Street Center.
3. Providing materials and information for the SID Board and for the Save the Rialto Committee. The staff has also rendered other types of assistance to both of these groups, and has assisted the Westfield Arts Council in its formation.
4. Publicizing newsworthy downtown activities and achievements.
5. Communicating with property owners and business operators through quarterly newsletters.
6. Talking with business operators, one-on-one, about the feasibility of their attending a briefing in March by RMSA, a national retail consulting firm that specializes in Mom-and-Pop businesses. The purpose is to recruit them for the one-day targeted businesses workshop we will be hosting with Main Street New Jersey here April 16.
In addition to operating expenses and staff salaries, most of the expense of the Welcome Home to Westfield month-long holiday promotion was covered by this money. The grant has also paid for Westfield MainStreet's share of the day-long visual merchandising workshop presented by the Hutensky Group last month.
In the immediate future, Westfield MainStreet will use some of the grant money to continue more of its program activities as the SID Board attempts to get organized:
1. Updating and reprinting of A Taste of the Town and the Guide to Downtown Businesses and Services.
2. Designing and editing with Kalscope, Inc. a map of downtown with ads and other information, which will be used primarily to attract out-of-town shoppers. We will distribute these regionally when they are completed.
3. Continuing supervision and coordination of the volunteers of the Save the Rialto Committee, and any other appropriate activity which arises from the situation.
4. Planning and execution of a spring promotional event in May or June with professional input. (Due to budget uncertainty, we are already behind schedule in developing an annual calendar of promotions that can be used to obtain sponsorships.)
5. Continuing stimulation of facade and sign improvements through the Facade Renovation Incentive Grant Program, working closely with property owners and tenants on 3-4 upcoming projects. WMS has received a $5,000 grant from the Westfield Foundation for the projects.
6. Conducting a follow-up parking survey like the one conducted in Mav 1994. The data needs to be updated and compared to the previous study to track the changes in parking patterns that have occurred.
There are other areas of activity involving Town government -- none of which have been acted upon -- where Westfield MainStreet has made suggestions, done research and/or provided reports. Before any further progress can be made, a response to each of these issues is needed:
1. Town Council amendments of the SID ordinance to reflect the State statute requirements for SIDS, regarding Council representation and prior approval clauses.
2. Town application for a Neighborhood Preservation Program for the Central Avenue-Cacciola Place area.
3. Town application for Designated Center status with the Office of State Planning. (Cranford applied for this designation, which confers priority in state assistance matters for the community so designated, more than a year ago.)
4. Town application incorporating WMS's design suggestions, for an ISTEA grant to make transportation-related enhancements to the train stations in relation to NJ Transit's ADA improvements currently under way.
5. Town formation of a parking management system, following WMS Parking Task Force recommendations.
6. Development of downtown design guidelines, including updated sign regulations and property maintenance requirements.
7. Development of a guide for newcomers, residential and business, on why and how to get through the variance/permit processes in Westfield, accompanied by training for Town employees to improve their relations with the public.
8. Westfield MainStreet offer to market the Town of WestfieldNisa affinity credit card in return for some of the income the Town receives from it.
9. Approval of WMS invoices for reimbursement from the $7,500 Neighborhood Preservation/Main Street grant for computer equipment and planning. (The Town has agreed to be the pass-through required for the grant, and need only sign the voucher and endorse the reimbursement check over to WMS.)
Immediately after the SID/WDC combination, WMS staff and volunteers can provide administration and supervision of the following activities:
1. Establishment of accounting and record-keeping procedures.
2. Obtain office space and coordinate setup and operations.
3. Joint board training and development of board, committee, and staff job descriptions; goals, objectives and workplans; and strategic planning.
4. Reorganize, place and train volunteers; recruit new volunteers.
5. Research and implement evaluation procedures for SID activities.
6. Design with and supervision of consultant to formulate market analysis for specialized business recruitment activities.
7. Publicize downtown developments; expand newsletter audience.
8. Develop grant proposals and fundraising targets and strategies.
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Middleware is software that connects other software together. The name makes its meaning obvious: software that sits in the middle. This is shown in the diagram below.
As shown in figure 1, software Application 1 can connect directly to software Application 2. Connecting Application 1 and Application 2 directly is called point to point integration. Or Application1 and Application 2 can be connected together via middleware. Integration using a middleware is shown in Figure 2.
If Application 1 and Application 2 can connect directly with each other, why is middleware needed at all ? The answer has to do with creating reliable and long-lived designs and architectures.
Why do we need connection between applications(apps) ? So that they can communicate with each other. This communication normally happens using messages. A message is a unit of communication between apps. Messages can be exchanged in either direction over a connection.
Let us take an example: Integration between CRM(Customer Relationship Management) and Billing in a Telecom scenario. The CRM app stores all the customer information: his address, contact details, his interactions with the customer service rep. etc. Now suppose the customer service rep(CSR) using the CRM needs to look at a customer's bill payment history ? The CSR will need to get this information from the Billing system. This is where integration is useful. If the CRM app is connected to the Billing app, the CRM app can fetch the customer's billing history from the Billing System and show it to the customer service rep(CSR).
If there is no connection between the CRM and the Billing apps, the CSR will have to log in to the Billing System and get the billing history of the customer. This may sound simple: why doesn't the CRS just log into the Billing app ? Consider that the CSR now wants to get some details of the customer's phone call. These details are not available in the Billing app. The CSR will then need to log into yet another application. The need for integration increases as the number of application in the technology landscape increases. Diagrams 3 and 4 compare the differences in complexity when we integrate a large number of apps.
Challenges in integration and how middleware helps:
|Integration challenge
|How middleware helps
|Message reliability
|Messages can be persisted at the middleware layer, to avoid loss of messages
|Application availability
|Even if the receiving app is not available the middleware can persist the message and deliver it later
|Orchestrating multi-step integrations
|Only possible in middleware based integrations
|Impedance matching: matching the speeds of the sending and receiving apps
|If the sending app is too fast, the middleware can: 1) persist the messages till the receiver is ready 2) throttle the sending application
|Handle too many message formats and message transformations. If there are N apps, we need N2-N transformations, and (N2-N)/2 connections
|If there are N apps, we need only 2N transformations and N connections. This makes design and development much simpler, thus reducing costs.
|Handling heavy message load
|Middleware can be clustered and load balanced based on the expected load
|Understand the function of the apps' exposed interfaces
|Needs to be done only for the first integration with that app. For point to point integration, we have to do this each new integration with that app.


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Tales of the TriStar
stories and experiences
This page is for everyone! Whether you are or were a pilot, crew, maintenance personnel, passenger, or a L-1011 watcher, if you have memories of the L-1011 you would like to share, you are more than welcome to do so here. Please send your stories to Ryosuke Yano. All information posted here is believed to be correct but without any guarantees. For comments and corrections, please email them here.
Posted May 15, 2005
My two Delta L-1011 flights were in July 1995. I flew Cincinnati to Zurich and back. I wasn't really 'in' to planes then. I remember being disappointed that we weren't on a MD-11. I remember being amazed at the size of the cabin,as I hadn't been in a widebody before. I also remember the flight attendant had to attach the movie screen the the ceiling. The movie was 'Outbreak' (not sure why I remember that!). I remember seeing all those L-1011s lined up for European departures in Cincinnati. I didn't get the registrations, but everytime I see the movie 'S.W.A.T', where they are in that L-1011 in Mojave, I wonder if it was one of the two I flew on.
I also got a picture of N737D in Ft. Lauderdale a month before it was retired by Delta. I was also lucky enough to get a Delta L-1011 retirement poster for $5.00. I had it framed.
Posted March 27, 2005
I had the pleasure of being involved in the acceptance of Eastern's second L-1011 (N307EA) even though we had an engine failure over Texas and had to return to Palmdale. Was also the Chief L-1011 Project Engineer for Eastern through days good and bad. Rode jump seat frequently on fridays Miami - New York JFK - Miami to learn more about how "my" airplane was doing. Fortunately December 29, 1972 was not one of those nights when N310EA (ironically msn 1011) made its hard landing in the Everglades. Flew with the flight recorder to LAX and then on to Palmdale for several weeks.
Was involved in our lease and sale of several aircraft to Cathay Pacific so enjoyed about six trips to Hong Kong. Once went into a slightly sleezy bar there and a big booming voice said, "Lauren Nelson what in hell are you doing here?" It was Hank Dees with Lloyd Frisbee sitting beside him.
Was also involved with the L-1011 swap with LTU (2 aircraft). Aircraft were D-checked, repainted, interiors and avionics swapped at HAECO in Hong Kong. Since I knew the airplane a bit I got to be the flight attendant for the trip back and served breakfast out of Hong Kong, lunch out of Tokyo and dinner out of Seattle.
Have a picture here at home of me accepting the ceramonial key in front of N339EA (msn 1158), Eastern's last L-1011.
In later years I went to Jordan as head of my certification company and finished the STC for installing predictive windshear radar on the now deceased King's L-1011-500. Got a beautiful view of the Gulf of Aqaba during the flight test and it was nice of the King to put a flight attendant on his airplane to cook hamburgers for us because "Americans like hamburgers."
PAUL CALLAGHAN (from Falkirk, Scotland, UK)
The TriStar is the business! It has to be in my opinion, the best civil passenger widebody ever, and continues to be so today, although in a much reduced capacity. It gave us so many new innovations and features. It was an aircraft way ahead of its time and set the standards that others followed and tried to copy...
OK. Its a little old now, and it has three engines and a flight engineer. So...
I have many many fond memories of flying on the L-1011, mainly on Saudia aircraft, but also flew on Eastern, and British Airways TriStars, all over the world never ever having a bad flight. I got to know the Saudia crews through my parents (who worked for Saudia) and would sit for hours listening to their accounts of flights and adventures on the TriStar fleet. In the early days, before the simulator became available, Saudia would perform training flights on the aircraft themselves doing circuits around Jeddah, some at low level too over Saudia City (The housing estate for the employees and their families). It was great watching them go round all day and all night, screaming over our house sometimes with the undercarriage down. The twin rotating beacons looked quite cool too and added something different seperating the normal from the unique! The Red Sea/Corniche was part of the circuit (normally on the downwind leg for left base) and if you were at the beach you would get excellent views of the aircraft approaching Jeddah then swinging sharp left over the port, whilst preparing to land at the 'old' airport in the early days then the 'new' one further north on the other side of the city. One of the best experiences I had just before my parents left the airline to return to the UK, was to have a session in the L-1011 simulator at Saudia's training facility in downtown Jeddah. The Boeing 777 had been drafted into the fleet to replace the TriStars and they had almost all gone except for a few spare aircraft covering backup duties. The sim had been withdrawn too, but was still in place and fully functional. I had a great time doing everything from touch and goes, to emergency descents, to engine failures etc. The list goes on...
I am currently trying to arrange one last flight on an L-1011 before the economies of scale render it too expensive to operate commecially. The Far East, Africa and Jordan seem to be the most likely possibilities but nothing has been finalised yet... I have lots of interesting stories to tell, and will do so one day... Who knows, maybe even in my own book!
Posted February 5, 2005
AARON OBRIEN (from Dublin, Ireland)
For as long as I can remember I have loved the Lockheed L1011 TriStar, but I had never had the pleasure of flying in one. However, last year for my summer holiday, I went to Barbados. When I got my tickets I discovered to my delight that the airline operating the flight was Euro Atlantic Airways. I would be flying in a TriStar at last.
When I was at Dublin Airport I saw a TriStar on the ramp, but this one belonged to Luzair. As it turned out, Euro Atlantic had contracted out our flight to Luzair. I flew on CS-TMP (msn 1248), which served with Alia Royal Jordanian, TAP Air Portugal, Caribjet, Air India, Novair, and Air Luxor, before being transferred to Luzair.
I had one of the best seats in the house, in the exit row beside door 2L. The seats were covered with leather and were very comfortable. But the ceiling panels, overhead lockers and restrooms were showing there age. The cabin was clean, but not very well taken care of, if you understand the difference.
After a great Holiday in Barbados it was time to return home.
Our aircraft for the return flight was Euro Atlantic's own TriStar CS-TEB. This TriStar is slightly older than the Luzair's, but looked as good as new and not 23 years old. The seat space was slightly smaller but overall the cabin was much better.
I don't think I will ever get to fly in another TriStar again, but am glad I got to fly in two of the last ones flying in Europe.
Her Majesty flew in a very modified Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. I was the Lockheed Field Service Manager assigned too British Airways from 1979-1987, and was the first American to fly aboard with Her. I was told that the L-1011 was Her Majesty's first time in a commercial aircraft with a civilian flight crew (British Airways). I was asked by the Air Vice Marshall and BA to be on all flights as advisor, in case of any maintenance, engine problems, etc.
She made seven Royal State Visits (flights) to China, Kenya, India, Kathmandu, Shanghai, etc. I have all the first day covers, regarding the Royal State Visits, and menus, etc. I gave the Queen an aircraft tour, including the under-floor galley, etc. She sat in the flight deck jump seat on several flights.
The very first L-1011 TriStar flight with Her Majesty on board was London - Fiji in 1980 and then onto the Bahamas, Bermuda, etc. Also, there was a Royal State Visit to Jordan and she spent several days with King Hussein. The King also had his own Tristar, in which he at times flew Himself. He was a good pilot, and he also flew our Lockheed F-104's. He signed a picture of Him and gave it to me.
Posted January 9, 2005
DAVID MATAYABAS (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA)
I have a story to share, about the best commercial flight I was ever on. You guessed it, it was aboard an L-1011.
Back during the holiday season in 1989, I had flown to Palm Beach International from Boston to visit my grandparents for Christmas. As it turned out, I stayed a week after the new year, not flying home until January 9. Imagine my surprise to learn that we would be flying aboard an L1011 to return home.
In those days, Delta would use a 727 on the route during 'off peak' times, and would put the L1011 on during high traffic times. I was expecting a smaller plane, but Delta had not yet switched back. Upon boarding, I discovered to my amazement that there were only 14 fare-paying passengers making the trip. With 14 flight attendants, we had 'one to one' service. I was able to pick any window seat I wanted, and after we got in the air, they ran the movie in the forward cabin, and left the aft cabin dark and quiet for anyone that wanted to sleep.
I moved to the center of the plane (with the five seats), lifted all the armrests, turned on the overhead lights, sprawled out just like on the bed at home, pulled out my book and made great use of the free headphones, drinks, and anything else we wanted. I think the flight crew enjoyed that flight as much as the passengers did.
On a side note, I think my favorite thing about the TriStar was the sound. I really can't describe it, but that low-pitched buzz/rumbling sound the Rolls-Royces make. I'm a fan of the Rolls-Royce aero engine (particularly the Merlin) and I always enjoyed the chance to fly an aircraft with engines that had that magnificent heritage behind them.
Thanks again for your website. When the last L-1011 shuts down for the last time, I shall mourn.
Posted December 27, 2004
JASON ARCHAMBEAULT (Pueblo, Colorado, USA)
I was 10 years old, the first time I flew on the L-1011 TriStar. Our family was moving from New Hampshire to Colorado. We normally flew on American Airlines, but due to a dispute with them, we went with TWA, giving us the opportunity to fly aboard the TriStar.
It was an average day for us until we went aboard and took off. As big of a fan as I am of the classic DC-10 series, I have to tell you I was amazed with the power and agility of the L-1011. It was exceptionally quiet and very smooth from pushback to parking. When we took off, the flight crew decided to put the takeoff on their movie screens in the cabin so we could watch them. The crew was very impressive in their handling of a bird of this size. When we took off, the power of all three of the engines was amazing, pushing me back into the seat until the wheels came up. She took to the skies like she was a natural, like she was born for it. The climb and cruise were smooth and very comfortable for all of us.
When we finally arrived in STL (St. Louis Lambert Airport) for our layover, my father surprised my brother and I by taking us into the cockpit and letting us look around. Watching the pilot, first officer, and flight engineer all work together and then take the time to show us around the cockpit was a dream-come-true for a young kid like me. When I sat in the pilot's seat, I knew that this is what I wanted to do for a living.
Looking back on those fond memories I have as a young boy and remembering such a magnificent bird in all of her glory, it saddens me to no end when I see all of the horrible pictures of such a legend slowly dying in the desert heat. To me, seeing something like that is the equivalent of being crucified and that is no way for such a respectable workhorse like the TriStar to die.
It is a wonderful feeling to see that there is such a large following of people remembering the TriStar and all of the wonderful experiences they have had. One thing is certain, there will never again be an aircraft that will be as memorable or as well respected and loved like the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar "Whisperliner".
Posted July 20, 2004
JOE ANGERS, passenger
It goes back to when I was a young boy living in Puerto Rico. I had a family who lived on the mainland, and flying up to JFK (New York) or Logan (Boston) to visit was a summer ritual for my mother and myself. Now, back in the days before deregulation, there were only three major airlines who provided flights to San Juan from Logan or JFK: American, Eastern, and Delta. Of those three, only Eastern and American provided regularly scheduled service. However, even then, Eastern WAS the major player in Puerto Rico and had a huge devoted following. Well, if you're flying to or from the northeast, you were either flying an American DC-10, or an Eastern L-1011 (this was before the 757 and 767 came in and took over the route).
The first flight I ever remember taking from Luis Munoz-Marin International (TJSJ) was in 1979 aboard an Eastern L-1011 in white livery. Back in those days, San Juan didn't have jetways, so you went out in the humid air, walked the tarmac and climbed the stairs to board the plane. I was awestruck by the sheer size of the plane. Waiting on the stairs to board the plane, I just sat taking in all the details, the chrome shining off the Rolls-Royce RB211s, the cleanliness of the S-duct. Once inside, I couldn't wait to see what the plane could do, and I wasn't disappointed.
Over the next decade and a half (at least until Eastern's demise) I flew regularly between San Juan and Boston Logan (KBOS), even after my mother and I moved Massachusetts. Most of those flights were on shiny chrome finished Eastern L-1011s. A couple of times I flew on American DC-10s, but more out of necessity rather want. The L-1011 was easily the most comfortable plane I ever flew on. And the nickname "Whisperliner" was perfectly apt, because beyond the a slight hum more akin a ventilation fan than a jet engine, the L-1011 was extremely quiet. It was nothing for me to take a snooze in an L-1011 without a problem, even when sitted at the very aft of the plane. Compared that to an American flight I took Frankfurt in a DC-10. I was sitted in the aft, right under the number 2 engine...... and it was deafening.
Unfortunately, towards the late 1980's the L-1011 was used with less frequency by Eastern. With the Boeing 757 and 767 (both very fine jets in their own right), the airlines could get the same number of people down to San Juan more cost-effectively than they could with the TriStar. By then, even American had completely abandoned DC-10 flights to TJSJ in favor of the 757/767. If you were lucky though to get on a flight during peak travel periods, chances were good you would get on an L-1011.
Overall, the L-1011 takes me back to the days of Eastern, one of the best airlines in terms of quality of service, and to simpler time in my life. It'll be a sad day when the last L-1011 no longer flies. The L-1011 did its job in the best way possible... quietly and comfortably.
Posted May 1, 2004
DARREN BOON, passenger
My flights on BWIA TriStars were pleasant and memorable. I didn't fly on a TriStar until November 1999, when I flew with BWIA from London (EGLL) to Port-of-Spain (TTPP), via Antigua (TAPA) and St. Lucia (TLPL). My First impression of the TriStar 500 was its stubby looking appearance. "9Y-TGJ" was much shorter than I expected! There weren't many passengers on the flight to Antigua, so we could sit where we wanted ... that was a pleasant surprise. During the long taxi to Heathrow's runway "9 Right" I noticed how noisy the flap mechanism was. The flap mechanism was far noisier than the 767s, A300s, MD-80s and 747s I had flown on previously. The engines were spooled up to takeoff power on the runway ... what a noise!
The flight across the Atlantic was punctuated by occasional turbulence, but it was still a good flight. The arrival and departure at VC Bird (Antigua) was perfectly normal. The arrival at St. Lucia was more "memorable", however! The approach was standard, but the touchdown was far harder than normal... the undercarriage made a rather loud thud, and some overhead lockers came open. A few months later I studied an approach chart for the airport and found a good explanation: "Expect turbulence near the runway threshold!"; the remainder of the flight was normal. On arrival at Piarco (Trinidad) I noticed that BWIA's "9Y-TGN" TriStar was in the hangar being painted into the new livery... this aircraft was scrapped at Piarco in late April 2004.
My return flight to London happened a few weeks later, but this time I flew on "9Y-THA". There were three Bwee TriStars on the apron at Piarco that evening: 9Y-THA, N3140D, and 9Y-TGJ. The flight to Barbados (TBPB) was nice and smooth. We took on PAX and fuel for the flight to Heathrow. A lot of passengers got on at Barbados... Trinidad isn't as popular to the tourists. The trans-Atlantic flight was as smooth as silk! It was very nice. On approach to Heathrow we were put into a holding pattern (Ockham VOR), but not for very long. The most significant thing about the landing was the delay in using reverse thrust. The crews don't normally do that at Heathrow... they want aircraft off the runway as soon as possible!
The distinctive sight of the Bwee TriStars approaching Piarco will never be forgotten!
JAMES SNELL, certified public accountant
How I loved this plane. I flew round-trips from Vancouver to Toronto on Air Canada often during the 1980's, and I was always pleased when the equipment for any given flight was an L-1011 instead of a 747. This bird was so smooth, that I twice remember landings that were imperceptable to the feel. That's right, in the passenger compartment you literally could not feel the touchdown as the plane hit the tarmack. Never before or since have a flown any type of aircraft I could say that about.
Posted March 24, 2004
MARK S. DANIELS, news service editor
I was reading up on the accident involving N310EA (msn 1011). I've flown on N318EA (msn 1039), the aircraft that took the replacement parts from that destroyed L-1011. Flew to Atlanta on that aircraft years ago... even have a shot or two of the No.1 engine as we were climbing out. In case you're not aware, that aircraft N310EA was tied into two stories, one by Adi Kent Thomas-Jeffries about the Bermuda Triangle, and the other called "The Ghost of Flight 401" in which the author claimed that Repo's ghost haunted a couple of other L-1011 flights. Thomas-Jeffries made the same claim in the Bermuda Triangle book. Eventually made into a TV movie starring Earnest Borgnine, who was in the movie "Marty, From Here to Eternity" and on TV's "McHale's Navy and Airwolf". Borgnine played Repo. They did an exorcism to allow him to finally depart. They believe he stayed on in spirit because he was trying to protect his wife and other crews, if you believe in such things as I tend to. In knocking the control yoke, it was later found that only fifteen pounds of pressure could take the control yoke and move it enough to disengage the autopilot. The descent was too shallow for them to even notice they were in anything other than level flight. One thing they did look for was the possibility of 'subtle incapacitation of the pilot' as he was found to have a brain tumor during autopsy. Surprising that N318EA is now a restaurant or going to be one... she sure could climb.
Sorry to see so many L-1011s go. I know the guy at Mojave involved in breaking them up. Went to his facility and there was a TriStar cockpit there looking like it was just off the assembly line ready to be mated to the fuselage. I remember seeing N301EA (msn 1003) at Palmdale. We were driving past the plant during an enormous summer thunderstorm and she took off and climbed out over Old Highway 14 (Sierra Highway) right in front of us. Spectacularly beautiful sight with the white top and the hockey stick scheme of ionosphere and Caribbean blue. She later went to Paris to represent Lockheed at the Paris Air Show. I saw her fly over our house on her return from Paris as Lockheed was saluting its employees at nearby Burbank Airport. I was at Burbank for the delivery flight of the first Gulf Air TriStar. A beautiful plane. Saw the first two Cathay Pacific L-1011s and the PSA TriStars at Palmdale during flight test. Also saw the prototype during the spare engine test and was at the Mojave Air Races in 1979 when they brought a British Airways TriStar 500 over the field with a spare engine slung to that. Quite a sight to see a four-engined TriStar!
Posted February 26, 2004
AARNE LANGLEY, former Eastern Airlines flight attendant
I was an EAL (Eastern Airlines) FA from 1977-1989. Spent lots of time on the TriStar. If you could only add the sound of an RB.211 cranking on a cold morning... what memories! EAL had a ship go through the terminal wall at one of the gates next to Post Office Building. This was before Midfield opened. The mechanics shut down the engine that the hydraulics were running off of and subsequently lost all brakes. The impact significantly damaged the nose. No one was hurt as the plane was coming from the hangar and they managed to jump out of the seats in time. The plane had a tent structure built over it and was next to the EAL hangar for months. A nose was put on from the TWA L-1011 that had a fire but left the nose undamaged. I can't find any mention of this anywhere and wondered if you may come across anyone that would recall this event. I can't remember if it was N313EA or not. Thanks again for the hard work. While it is extremely sad to see these aircraft being torn apart in the desert, the other memories associated with that time in our lives is treasured by most all from any company that flew this great plane.
PS. I never did like the "Whisperliner" name. TriStar was A-OK by me.
LOUIS PEDNEAU, former Eastern Airlines employee
One day, at ATL (Atlanta), the maintenance crew was taxiing N313EA to the terminal when the number 2 engine shutdown by itself. EAL (Eastern Airlines) mechanics were not the best trained and this mechanic didn't realize that the wheel brake system used B and C system hydraulics. The number 2 engine drove the B and C system hydraulic pumps. Normally, the ATM or air turbine motor driven pumps for those systems would be set to auto, so that, if they lost hydraulic pressure, those pumps would take over. This did not happen and as they attempted to slow the aircraft as it closed on the gate, they realized that there was no more brake hydraulic pressure. The mechanics evacuated the cockpit just before the nose penetrated through the wall of the terminal. NO one was hurt, but the complete nose section was replaced and you can tell this aircraft apart from the others by the doubler patch that goes completely around the fuselage just behind the cockpit. It looks as if a zipper was installed around the fuselage. This is where they replaced the whole nose section.
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From Black & White to Full Color
From black & white to full color is what I call Colorizing and this is what I have done for these photos. With Matt's permission, he allowed me to display my work on his photos. All the colors in the final photo where to Matt's specifications, the way he remembers the farms he grew up on. Two photos, one black & white, the other was hand colored years ago incorrectly. I suppose that is the beauty on digital coloring, once you paint the color you can change and correct easily.
I used Photoshop for all the coloring. Writing is not one of my strong suits but for this blog article I thought I would give a hand at writing my procedures used, not in step by step but what tools I used. This might be more interesting to folks who know the Photoshop tools. If you are not familiar and don't want to cross your eyes figuring out these terms, just scroll down to my "before and after" photos.
Here goes..... Tools
- Color Adjustment tools - I mainly used the Color adjustment tool for most of the coloring. Using the brush tool to literally paint the barns or trees or landscape etc.
- Blending Tools - I used the blending tools to blend the color into the image so the details of the photo come through the color. That's the fun part, you have to try the different blend tools to get the color and look you want.
- Opacity Adjustments - Some colors I also adjusted the layer opacity.
- Duplicate Layers - Some layers I duplicated and the colors became more richer, then I toned down the opacity of the duplicate layer.
- Blend Modes - Some places I would choose the Soft Light blend mode and turned down the brush opacity instead of the layer opacity to paint parts and increased the brush opacity to paint other parts on the same layer. I kept trying these blend mode tools until I said out loud "ooooh!" then that's the setting I wanted. (If you say "ooooh!" only in your head and not out loud it's not the setting and you keep trying).
- Blur Filters - On almost all the colors I used the Glassian Blur filter tool to soften the edges blending in the color more.
Organize Layers is a must
- I named each layer the object or objects I colored. This way later if I need to change the color I can find layer for that object easily and change the color without creating a new layer repainting that object. I must have changed the barn and out buildings at least 4-5 or more times and the wheat field at least 3 or more times and the cedar trees about 3 time etc....I used about 5 or 6 different green colors with different blend modes so the landscape is not all the same color.
Now the hand colored photo was more trickier for using the blend modes because the color I am painting on top of the original color is blending in with the original color. Therefor the color is not what I chose. I mostly used the color or normal blend modes and adjust the layer opacity and or the brush opacity to get the color I want.
Using color adjustment or sometimes photo adjustment tools gives me a layer mask which is really great. I invert the mask from white to black which hides the color until I start to paint. White brush adds and black brush subtracts. For example the barn I painted red so the color adjustment layer has the red color icon and I am painting with but my bush tool which shows either white or black. Toggling back and forth with the alt key so I can paint red with the white brush to add use the alt key to the black brush to erase red color where I over painted. Masks are wonderful for that. Keep in mind you have to have the mask selected for this to work. Looking at my Layers panel almost every layer has a mask. Color adjustment layers gives me the color icons to use when I need to change the color. See simple isn't it?
The History panel is invaluable to me. I can't tell you how many time I clicked back in the history panels to undo.
I also used different brushes changing the scatter, rotation and distance settings to add purple lilacs to the lilac bushes, and the leaf brush to scatter fall leaves under the trees. Round brushes to add grapes to the grape vine, orange ditch lilies behind the shed, marigolds along the fence and purple and white wild sweet peas flower along the road.
Once I had the photo completely colored I used Curves and Levels adjustment tools for the brightness and color until it looked good to me. I used Camera Raw filter to adjust the clarity to make the photo a little more clearer.
Here are the before and after photos.
After many email and phone calls back and forth, Matt approved the final photo. I had soooo much fun working these photos and great conversations on the phone with Matt. He has great pride and love for his family farms and these photos. Some of the barns and building are gone now. One farm house burned down and another is in sad condition. So it's no wonder these photos are a treasure.
I am very grateful he found me and asked me to work on his project. Thank you Matt for allowing me to share your photos.
I can do the same for your black & white photo or faded photo or correct color. You can contact me though this blog or my email
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Now when I drive in the country and see a farm I think of Matt!


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Hi again, blog-o-sphere/cyber-world/etc. Anyway, politics again (but thankfully I have two other members who will tackle different aspects.. Adr5 and Suh). Today is about communism and democracy. Can we combine em?
Communism is a concept that has been hated by tons of people, just because of a couple of countries that were communism, such as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) also known as, North Korea. Now, communism isn't something that is innately bad, in some people opinions, its one of the best forms of government. However, to change from modern day democracy, it would be near impossible to change to the 'communist' governments run by DPRK or China. Would it not be better to create a 'hybrid' between communism and democracy? (This is PURELY my own thought. If it is already a form of government, pardon, because this is ACTUALLY something I thought of).
This hybrid will make sure that everyone is given the right to show their true potential and not be put down by the government. It will also not have Presidents, or official political parties. The governmental decisions that need to be made will be made by the parliament. Now, who elects the people that become part of parliament? Everyone within the country. Who can run? Anyone, as long as they have enough supporters and are from that country or have a PR, etc. When speaking of politics, money is always a key issue. Will it still be an issue if the governments provide the money? The money will be used to equally advertise, to a minimal level, about those who are running for a position. Media would be the key, especially in debates, and stuff. This idea is sort of similar to the ancient Greek governments, where they used to have parliaments ruling the country.
That is the process of electing members for this 'parliament'. How will this parliament run? All things that are proposed or are trying to amended must pass with a two thirds majority. The number of people in parliament is not decided yet, as I am not ACTUALLY a professor on politics and what not (or should I say, not yet?).
Communism is something that promises to tackle poverty. The thing I was talking about until here is basically normal democracy stuff. However, here is where it has that 'communist' aspect. People that earn over 'x' amount of money – 'x' will be calculated by subtracting the amount that the family normally uses monthly or annually, it depends, from the amount earned – will be taxed more than people that earn less than 'x' amount of money. Also, the people that earn more than 'x' amount will be taxed accordingly, using a specific formula, which I have not created (yet). Also, the poor will barely have to pay any taxes, as it would affect their standard of living. In this aspect, 'poor' would be those people living under the poverty line of $1.25.
What will happen to the money earned from taxing people? This money will be given to the poor, indirectly. Maybe through a fund that improves the poor's lifestyles, such as providing free education, or funding micro-finance institutes (more on micro-finance coming soon). This will level out the wealth distribution, giving it a bit more communism feel. Not only that, people will be given the same rights, meaning by right there should be no racist separation between people, nor should there be sexist separation.
Thats basically all I thought about in the terms of my theory of creating a hybrid of democracy and communism. Comments, feedback, criticism to the chatbox or the comment box below!
– Artyy


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Keeping Your Cat Indoors
Do you allow your cat to go outdoors? IF so, you may want to consider keeping Fluffy inside. While your pet may really enjoy chasing butterflies, rolling around in the grass, and leaving paw prints on your car, she'll actually be much better off as an indoor pet. Read on as a Pickerington, OH veterinarian offers some great tips on keeping Fluffy indoors.
Dangers Outdoor Kitties Face
As soon as your beloved pet goes outside, she is exposed to serious dangers posed by predators, cars, chemicals, weather, and other kitties. Fluffy is also much more likely to pick up parasites if she goes outside. Outdoor cats are also at greater risk of becoming lost, hurt, or even killed.
Convincing Your Cat To Stay Indoors
We've listed some very valid reasons to curb Fluffy's wandering. However, if you try telling your kitty about them, you'll probably just get a slow blink and a yawn from your pet in response. Therefore, you'll need to, well, basically bribe the furball. Set out lots of comfy beds, and offer your kitty plenty of fun cat toys. We also recommend setting a cat tower or a pet bed in front of a window with a good view, so your cat can relax and watch birds or squirrels. Playing with your feline pal daily will burn off her excess energy, and help sate her natural urge to pounce. The more you make your home into a kitty comfort zone, the less inviting the outdoor world will become to her.
Advanced Tactics
If Fluffy has been allowed outdoors in the past, she'll probably still want to go outside, and may sniff around the door. Therefore, you'll want to make Fluffy a bit wary of the exit, without hurting or scaring her. You may need to use a bit of trickery to accomplish this. When your adventurous pet goes too near the door, clap your hands, or activate an alarm sound on your phone. You can also bang two pots together. Your feline friend will probably bolt for her favorite hiding spot. Never yell at or hit your kitty for trying to go outside: you may just scare Fluffy, which will make her want to get out even more!
Do you have any questions or concerns about your cat's health? Call us, your local Pickerington, OH animal hospital, today! We are here to help!


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I know I said I would get into my time off more in detail but I've been finding it difficult to find the right words to articulate what I'm exactly trying to say and have come across. So that is coming. It's just a work in progress.
However, I've been feeling the poetry bug lately. So I wanted to share one that I'm happy with how it's turned out so far.
I have all these things I want to try,
To accomplish,
To do.
I take steps forward to try.
Small steps.
But that's when the anxiety creeps in;
"They'll make fun of you. You're not good enough. Do you really know how? Do you actually have the time? The drive? Are you skills good enough? Do you have the right stuff?"
These thoughts pull me down.
Quickly snuffing out the fire of any desire I once had.
Not even letting it catch to let it start to blaze within me.
And so I'm left with the same routine.
Doing the same things day in and day out.
What happened to trying? What happened to pushing? What happened to just doing?
What happened to me? When did I change? Where did the person I know go?
I hope to find her again.
To let the desire catch and burn, letting nothing stand in it's way.
It's a little all over the place but the idea is there. I just need to work on getting it more together to flush it out even more. Considering it's my first poem since I decided to first take my break, I'm proud of it. Sharing what you write is incredibly raw and emotional. It's hard. But there's something different about sharing a work in progress. It's still hard, raw and emotional. But there's a beauty about it. You get to see that writer in a different way. It's almost like they show just how human they can really be.
And hey, I'm human.
Stay classy and sassy


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Wheels Classic Cars: The 1951 Chrysler Hemi
http://thechronicleherald.ca/wheelsnews ... ysler-hemi
'50s era HEMI wagon? That's sweetness!With Chrysler's Hemi name having been revived and Hemi powered muscle cars taking on almost mythical status, it seems like a good time to review the Hemi V-8 engine's background.
After the Second World War domestic auto manufacturers began production of essentially pre-war cars. But they knew they required not only new models, but new engines because some of the old ones had heritages dating back to the 1920s.
The work of General Motors' brilliant research head Charles Kettering on high compression engines enabled GM to beat other manufacturers to the punch with short-stroke, overhead valve, high compression V-8s for 1949 Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles.
Chrysler had to soldier on with its venerable old inline side-valve sixes and eights until it could design replacements. When its new V-8 arrived for the 1951 Chrysler it proved to be well worth the wait. Although displacing only eight cubic inches more than the straight-eight it replaced - 5.4 vs. 5.3 litres (331 vs. 323 cu in.) - horsepower was up from 135 to 180.
But the important comparison was not so much with Chrysler's former engine as it was with rival Cadillac's 160 horsepower V-8. It would be the first significant shot in the famous Detroit horsepower race of the 1950s and '60s.
Chrysler had one-upped General Motors by producing an engine displacing the same 5.4 litres (331 cu in.) as the Cadillac (it even had identical bore and stroke measurements) that developed 20 horsepower more.
True to its strong engineering heritage Chrysler did not produce just another overhead valve V-8 with conventional wedge-shaped combustion chambers. It placed the valves on each side of the combustion chambers and operated them through two rocker arm shafts in each cylinder head, achieved the combustion efficiency of hemispherical chambers without the cost and complexity of overhead camshafts.
Chrysler called it the 'Firepower' engine but enthusiasts soon nicknamed it the 'Hemi.' The hemispherical combustion chambers gave it what engineers call superior volumetric efficiency; breathing in more air per revolution produces more power.
It was a brilliant stroke and the Hemi soon began building a reputation for outstanding performance. Mechanix Illustrated's car tester Tom McCahill smelled a winner and took a brand new Chrysler New Yorker V-8 to the sands of Daytona Beach in February, 1951 where he won the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Speed Week trophy as the fastest stock American car. In spite of the rough and sticky sand conditions and a 'stiff 25-mile quartering wind,' he managed to average 161 km/h (100.13 mph) in a two-way run.
The Chrysler engine's reputation spread quickly. Wealthy American sportsman Briggs Cunningham was building world class sports cars in West Palm Beach, Florida in an attempt to win the renowned French Le Mans 24-hour race in an America car. He chose the new Hemi for his cars and hopped them up to 220 horsepower using four carburetors and higher compression. Power would ultimately go much higher.
The Cunningham only managed to finish 18th in its first Le Mans outing in 1951 (McCahill said it was due to the low octane gasoline provided), but in 1952 it finished fourth behind two Mercedes Benz 300 SLs and a Nash-Healey. In 1953 a Cunningham finished third, but would never quite achieve its goal of victory for America.
According to McCahill one of the modifications Cunningham used to get more power out of the Chrysler engine was Cadillac pistons! A different wrist pin placement in reportedly raised the compression ratio of the Hemi from 7.5:1 to 8.5:1, which increased power by almost 10 per cent. They were also lighter than the Chrysler pistons.
Even though it had to propel a heavy car - McCahill's New Yorker weighed 1,928 kg (4,250 lb) - with less than ideal aerodynamics, the Hemi engine gave the big Chrysler excellent performance. Road & Track (11/51) tested a Saratoga V-8 Club Coupe and recorded zero to 96 km/h (60 mph) in under 10 seconds and a top speed average of 166 km/h (104 mph). These were very good times for that period.
McCahill recorded 10.9 seconds for his zero-to-96 (60). Both testers obtained these times by resorting to manually shifting the sluggish "Fluidmatic" transmission.
In addition to its Hemi engine the 1951 Chrysler made another significant contribution to automotive technology in the form of hydraulically assisted 'Hydra-guide' steering. Power steering was not new; it had been used on trucks and buses for some time. But its passenger car use was pioneered by Chrysler.
The introduction of power steering allowed engineers to design steering gear that eliminated the compromise between steering effort and steering ratio. Power assisted steering was a significant advance both in safety and driving ease, and although overshadowed by the fabulous Hemi, further contributed to Chrysler's reputation for sound engineering.


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
In the ongoing quest to be the best runner I can be, I've been working very hard on many aspects of fitness. Recently, I've been doing more cross-training (as opposed to the NO cross-training I used to do) and more intense core workouts.
These core workouts are dual-purposed. The first purpose is to improve my running. A strong core is vital. The second is purely selfish. I WANT SIX PACK ABS.
My coach Josh, aka Speedy Sasquatch recently asked Khrystyne (aka GlamFIT), a California-based personal trainer to share some core workouts that he could try out and pass along to members of the team. Khrystyne developed a plank-based core workout that is incredibly tough, exhausting and absolutely worth every second you spend doing it.
A few weeks ago, I began rocking the Plank Party, in my quest for a stronger core and six-pack abs!
As I started doing the first in the series of exercises, parachute planks with hip extensions, I felt good. This seemed easy. "Maybe I'm in better shape than I thought!" I foolishly dreamed.
I got through this exercise and moved onto the second, oblique crunches with hip lifts. And here, the ease with which I coasted through the first move went quickly away. The crunches were fine, but when it was time to extend my legs and lift myself into side plank position, I released an awful vocal grunt that made more than one person in the gym look over with concern.
I grunted my way through this set, and paused for a moment to catch my breath. I was sweating. Hadn't I been doing core exercises for month? Wasn't I in better shape than this?
I moved on to the next set of exercises, full planks with knee drivers. Throughout these I was beginning to feel the old Shake of Truth in my arms and my abs, that little quiver that lets you know your muscles are paying attention and will be screaming at you the next day. Usually, when I grunt and sweat this much I'm having a LOT MORE FUN.
I toughed my way through the next two exercises, rock and roll abs, and push-up crawlers. The crawlers nearly did leave me crawling and gasping for air and one old man at the gym asked me if I was alright when I was done with the first set. I somehow managed to gasp and grunt and sweat my way through the last three exercises a second time and take my shaking abs home.
Over the past few weeks, I've been doing this workout a few times a week, to supplement my old core workout and add more strength. Already, I'm noticing more strength in my abs and some definition where there wasn't any before. While it's gotten easier, I'm enjoying that this workout is still a challenge and it just motivates me to push myself further. I know that sticking with this is really going to be helpful, as I strive towards both my goals: improving my running and SIX-PACK ABS!
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Those variations sounds interesting. I will have to give them a try.ReplyDelete
Haha I love this post mainly because any motivation I have to do core work is for better abs. Not that I actually act on that motivation all that often (oops?), but that may be the goal for April. So I can run better....of course.ReplyDelete
Hey, really great blog post… I've enjoyed reading through your blog because of the great style and energy you put into each post. I actually run AceHealth.org, a blog of my personal research and experiences. If you're interested, I would love to have you on as a guest blogger. Please send me an e-mail: bob.mauer65(at)gmail(dot)com, and I can give you more information. Looking forward to hearing from you.ReplyDelete
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When it comes to cooking, I tend to categorize people into two groups: those who need a recipe and those who cannot follow them.
I happen to fall into the latter category, which is the main reason I don't bake. Call it my rebellious side, creativity, imagination or the only-child-syndrome, but bottom line is that I hate having to follow a recipe. Following a recipe makes me anxious, edgy and irritable. Cooking for me is a way to decompress and get away from all the things that need to get done… in university this was my way of procrastinating. However, I do enjoy reading them, thumbing through recipe books and let my mouth water at the fabulous pictures that open our taste buds to the recipes on its opposite page.
One of my favorite things to make is soup, and I make all kinds of soup. I make one batch per week and they come in handy as last minute appetizers or even as a quick meal. I have my classics that are fool proof and also remind me of my childhood. So last night I was gearing up for a new soup to potentially add to my repertoire and unlike most other experiences of my soup making days, I actually tried to follow this recipe for a shredded zucchini and pasta soup taken from The Soup Bible published by Lorenz Books in 1999.
There is one thing that cook books are good at and also tend to have in common: keeping secrets. I had been reluctant for a very long time to not share some of my "signature" recipes because I wanted to be the one and only creator. Then I started realizing that being the one and only creator does not limit itself to the recipe. Sure, if I make something up it is nice to be remembered by it, but each person brings a different essence to each recipe and that is what makes each dish uniquely memorable.
This pasta and shredded zucchini soup was one of those moment where I failed to uncover the secret from the beginning. Pasta 101 to all: if you cook it too long it gets soggy! I know, I know… sounds unbelievable right? But I swear it's true. So, the recipe in the book goes "add pasta and shredded zucchini to boiling broth, cook for 7 minutes and serve". Only do this if you are planning on serving all the soup at that instance. I made this soup ahead of time so the pasta ended up soaking for over an hour before I actually curled up on my couch with a chick-flick and steaming mug of shredded zucchini and soggy pasta soup. Although it was tasty, it was also soggy. Next time I will not add the pasta at the same time as the zucchini. Next time I will store the soup without cooking the pasta. And, next time I will only add the pasta when I am ready to steam up a cup.
This is my version, it takes less than 30 minutes to make, serves two and is best enjoyed fresh out of the pot.
Shredded Zucchini and Pasta Soup
- 1 medium onion – chopped
- 1 zucchini – shredded
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- ½ cup of soup pasta – I used farfalline
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
In a pot with a drizzle of olive oil, add the chopped onions, salt and pepper. Sauté the onions until they get a hint of color. Add the white balsamic vinegar to deglaze the bottom of the pot. Add the shredded zucchini and stir. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until tender. Adjust seasoning.
To serve you can dress up the soup with a spoonful of Greek style yogurt, chives and a slice of baguette bread drizzled with olive oil.
FYI, I am offering personalized service to all readers: if you send me a recipe, I will do the secret breakdown for you!


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Oracle reported disappointing revenue numbers today for fiscal Q4 2013: revenue of $10.95 billion and income of $0.87 per share. Analysts had been expecting that same income on revenue of $11.12 billion.
The company's hardware division continued to struggle, and software licenses updates and support contracts increased only slightly, by 6 percent, while new software licenses were up only 1 percent.
In a clear sign that the company is no longer a growth stock that investors buy for capital gains, Oracle increased its dividend 100 percent to $0.12 per common share, which will be paid in August. And in spite of the fact that the dividend will be paid to investors of record as of July 12, three weeks from now, the stock sunk almost a dollar, 2.58 percent, in after-hours trading.
One bright spot? The cloud:
"Oracle's [cloud products] grew 50 percent as we added over 500 new SaaS customers in Q4 alone," said Oracle President Mark Hurd. "Our annualized SaaS revenue run rate is over $1 billion, making us a strong number two in cloud applications – we are larger than SAP and Workday combined."
However, looked at another way, Oracle is still way behind on the cloud, which is a big growth area in the overall economy. You could argue that one reason for Oracle's missed expectations is that growth in on-premise software sales is declining overall, and that cloud is where most of the growth is. Oracle is still predominantly focused on the enterprise sale. While Oracle has made some astute acquisitions to service the cloud, its pieces don't fit together yet. It's also true that Oracle's key enterprise accounts are generally not that interested in moving core internal databases to the cloud, which compounds the issue. [Editor's note: We're focusing on the key trends in cloud technology at our CloudBeat event in SF on Sept 9-10 in San Francisco]
Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison believes that hardware products will once again be a growth story for the company next year, as the company is seeing system wins versus key competitor IBM:
"Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, SPARC SuperCluster, and our other engineered systems grew at a rate of 45 percent in Q4 as we took considerable market share from our primary competitor – IBM P-Series – which declined 32 percent in their most recent quarter," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "We sold over 1,200 engineered systems in the quarter and over 3,000 during the year. Our fast-growing engineered systems business is now more than one-third of our overall hardware business, which is one of the reasons we believe hardware will be a growth story in Oracle's FY14."
Oracle's profit of $0.87 per share on lower-than-expected revenue is also a potential sign of revenue manipulation by the only lever companies really have at their quick disposal: cost control. Using that lever is generally not a great sign of corporate health — nor does it tend to position a company for subsequent growth.
Still, there's no doubt that the company is a cash cow.
"A record level non-GAAP operating margin of 47 percent in FY13 enabled us to generate over $14 billion in operating cash flow during the year," said Oracle President and CFO, Safra Catz. "We returned almost 90 percent of that to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases while increasing the cash on our balance sheet to $32 billion. Consistently increasing our margins, cash flow and cash balance has allowed us to double our current quarterly dividend."
Dividend stocks in the tech sector?
Exciting — not — just like Apple.


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Plessy v. Furgeson (1896)
Opinion: Brown
Dissent: Harlan
Basic Info:
-Louisiana sets up separate but equal regulations for the train.
-Plessy was 1/8th black, and should have been treated as black under southern law, but "could pass" for white
-Plessy claims property of being white- court strikes down
-does 14th Amd Equal Protection Clause prohibit laws requiring separation of races? No.
-law can't make blacks and whites get along
-kind of a deference to the legislature
-law just protects civil and political rights, not social rights
-there is "formal equality" so it's ok
-law can't bring about social equality; therefore the 14th Amendment is not about social equality. 14th is about civil equality.
-we all know this isn't about equal mutually desired separation. It is really about stigmatizing black people; therefore it is contrary to the 14th Amendment.
-what will happen over the long run?
-flagrant repudiation of the idea of social inequality- effect is to reward and encourage back-sliding on civil and political rights
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"But in the view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect to civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved."
"The present decision, it may well be apprehended, will not only stimulate aggressions, more or less brutal and irritating, upon the admitted rights of colored citizens, but will encourage the belief that it is possible, by means of state enactments, to defeat the beneficent purposes which the people of the US had in view when they adopted the recent amendments of the Constitution, by one of which the blacks of this country were made citizens of the US and of the States in which they respectively reside, and whose privileges and immunities, as citizens, the States are forbidden to abridge."
*Check out Brown's reasoning. Doesn't he sound an awful lot like Bork? I see similarities in their deference to the legislature, and also their view that the law cannot bring about social change. Does this make Bork's arguments less palatable? Would Bork have concurred in Plessy?