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We often get asked whether our hovercraft are 'CE' marked or not – the answer isn't quite straightforward, read on to find out.
In the EU, marine vessels sold new by a manufacturer for recreational or pleasure purposes have to conform with Directive 94/25/EC, known as the Recreational Craft Directive, or RCD. This directive sets out the minimum technical and environmental standards for marine vehicles between 2.5m and 24m, ensuring they are 'suitable' for sale within the EU. The RCD was amended in 2003 by Directive 2003/44/EC which brought personal watercraft (ie Jet bikes/Jet skis) into the RCD. The directive also includes marine engines and some components. From January 2016, a new Directive, 2013/53/EU, replaces the current legislation but is basically the same and is aimed at reducing emissions.
Below is a list of vessels excluded from the RCD (taken from the RCD text.)
craft intended solely for racing, including rowing racing boats and training rowing boats labelled as such by the manufacturer; or
canoe and kayak, gondola or pedalo; or
sailing surfboard; or
powered surfboard or other similar powered craft
original, and individual replica of a historical craft designed before 1950, built predominantly with the original materials and labelled as such by the manufacturer; or
experimental craft, provided it is not subsequently placed on the Community market; or
craft built for own use, provided it is not subsequently placed on the Community market during a period of five years; or
craft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes, regardless of the number of passengers or
submersible; or
air cushion vehicle; or
See it down there second from the bottom? Hovercraft are air-cushion vehicles (ACV.) So, in short – neither we, nor any other manufacturer can CE mark our hovercraft under the RCD, as ACV's are not eligible. Having checked the forthcoming legislation, we can confirm that they remain excluded from the new 2013/53/EU directive as well.
Two years back, BHC approached the European authorities and opened a dialogue aimed at either including ACV's or allowing us to voluntarily claim compliance and plate our craft accordingly. However, the ACV market is too small to interest Europe and we were refused. So, we looked into other directives, the only one of which seemed at all relevant was the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Again, following extensive discussions, the answer was a 'no.'
We lobbied the EU to include ACV's in the new legislation due to the growing market – but as stated above, ACV's remain excluded.
So where does that leave us?
A number of boat builders have told us that we're lucky that we do not have to comply with the RCD and the inevitable administration that goes with it. However, our ambition for the hovercraft industry is such that we're looking at the big picture and the long term growth of both the industry and our own business. We've certainly lost a few sales over the years due to the fact we cannot claim compliance with the RCD, but generally this has been due to the misunderstanding that the craft should be compliant.
However, with very few exceptions, and in all the main areas of safety, our craft do comply with the standards of the RCD. The only area we may struggle is with the stipulated noise levels, marginal on the Snapper & Marlin but the Coastal-Pro is comfortably within limits.
So what's that CE plate I see on the dashboard then?
Although – as established – we cannot claim compliance with the RCD, ACV's do still need to comply with the standards of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC. This directive basically confirms that a product sold within the EU is not causing excessive electromagnetic interference, nor is effected by the same. So, back in 2013, we put our craft through the necessary tests and compiled a conformance file. Following a meeting with Kent Trading Standards, we started to affix a compliance plate to all our craft.
Are BHC craft built to a standard?
Of course! Back in 2012, we approached the MCA to introduce a set of standards for small hovercraft. Initially rebuffed, we eventually got our way, and together with Griffon Hoverwork of Southampton, we established a manufacturers association and got the MCA to the table to start work on the 'Hovercraft Code of Practice.' Three years, many hours, miles and meetings later and the code is due to be introduced anytime soon (it's currently going through public consultation) and sets out standards for small craft up to 24m in length. It's our fervent hope that the legislation will be adopted by other countries in due course.
All our craft are built to the standards of the HcoP and marked accordingly alongside the conformity statement for 2004/108/EC and this – in truth – is a more relevant build standard than the generic RCD could hope to provide.
Hopefully, this document will explain what is possible, why hovercraft cannot be CE Marked, what standards BHC craft meet and what we've done to establish the build quality of our products.To the best of our knowledge, BHC manufacture the only hovercraft that conform to any formal standards - at least nobody else claims compliance with the HcoP or 2004/108/EC. We were the company that started the ball rolling to introduce the HcoP, we've discussed voluntary inclusion into the RCD , explored options and as such, we believe our products conform with all existing legislation and exceed the industry standards of the HcoP.
If you need to know more, do please call us.
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Lots of people enquire to us about building their own hovercraft - or call us for advice and parts when they hit snags building one from plans. Unfortunately, most of the plans and kits available to build your own craft fall well short of providing the first time builder with any realistic chance of assembling a decent, working, attractive craft.
Many of the plans available are poorly written and based on outdated 1970's designs. They usually rely on a very simple, flat wooden hull which is heavy, porous, ugly and expensive. They often feature a nasty little, two stroke motorbike engines and worse… a bag skirt! They have no freeboard or flotation and whilst 90% are never finished in any case, those that are completed often work poorly – and almost none produce a genuinely usable recreational craft.
Many are never finished and end up on ebay....another "unfinished project, just needs......." etc. This is largely because many parts need to be sourced, salvaged or made - many are difficult to find or expensive to buy and this leads to a lot of frustration and a loss of motivation to see the project through.
So what are the other options?
Buy a used craft. Certainly an option but they're often battered, scruffy looking and in need of restoration. Many are inland racing craft and unusable (or even dangerous) for cruising and recreational use in a salt-water environment. Very few used cruising craft come up for sale which also means prices are high.
Buy a new commercially manufactured craft. The perfect solution if funds allow or you're not the type of person who looks at things and thinks..."How does that work?" But obviously, a manufactured craft costs a reasonable amount of money and may not offer the 'Caterham Cars' thrill of being able to say "I built that!"
The third option - 'Flying Fish' Kits
For some years now, the British Hovercraft Company has supplied Pro-Build Component sets to two overseas manufacturers who produce the Flying Fish range under licence. And, in response to the almost constant enquiries we receive to supply parts, kits, hulls and even plans to home builders, we chose 2014 to launch or component sets into the retail market.
These aren't just kits; our comprehensive pro-build packages are designed to be quick and fun to build. All the parts you need are supplied ready to assemble, not requiring any donor vehicle, fabrication or any special skills. And we mean everything - down to the last nut and bolt!
Building your own hovercraft undoubtedly adds some satisfaction to the finished product - we should know, we build two a week and they still thrill us! Flying Fish Kits offer two huge advantages over building from plan or a partial kit.
They work! The Marlin II and Snapper hovercraft have been sold in substantial numbers, and are almost the 'industry standard' for personal hovercraft (Hovercraft Club cruises are usually attended by 80-90% Marlins) so you can be sure you'll be building a professional looking craft that will perform as it should and will 'wow' everyone who sees it. It will work, you'll have amazing fun with it and it'll be safe. Building from a plan just isn't a 'sure thing' - it really doesn't guarantee that you'll end up with a safe and effective hovercraft -whereas building from a proven component set does.
When/if you come to sell your hovercraft, it'll be worth a good price - you have a fully working, professional looking craft that people will genuinely want to buy. It has a greta reputation (Flying Fish' craft are pretty much the industry standard). Take a look on ebay for instance, there's probably a Marlin or Snapper on there for sale, and they always fetch decent money. Build it well, look after it and your hovercraft has real value. Plywood/aluminium hovercraft built from plans and kits almost never fetch any money as the hull material makes them look quite ugly and crude.
Which Component Set Should You Choose?
Small but enormous fun - the Snapper is the hovercraft of choice at most UK driving events businesses because it's incredibly easy to drive (both adults and kids) and offers very good performance. It will carry two adults on land but is limited to approx 100kgs on water. It's powered by a Vanguard 23bhp engine, so it's quiet, reliable and economical. It is incredibly manoeuvrable, it must be the easiest hovercraft in the world to drive so it's great to share with the kids. It' suitability extends to an uncontrolled environment in calm conditions - many owners venture into coastal areas every weekend and the component set includes stainless steel fittings for salt water use. You can even race it in Hovercraft Club events!
Marlin II
The Marlin II was launched in 2010 and is a longer version of the Snapper with a higher seating position (you sit in the Marlin, kneel in the Snapper) larger screen, 35bhp engine and improved performance - particularly in a marine environment. Overall, it's best described as a 'sports-cruiser' and really looks the part! See our website for lots of details and photos.
What's included in the set?
Everything! All parts are 'straight off the shelf' - ie they're exactly the same components that we use in production of our own craft.
Complete set of fibreglass parts, trimmed.
Complete Fibreglass hull. Top and bottom decks bonded together.Buoyancy foam and engine mounting timber installed.920mm duct - inner and outer mouldings (inner fitted to hull)Rudders & Flow straighteners.23bhp (Snapper) or 35bhp Briggs & Stratton (Marlin) engine, boxed.Built in fuel tank with filler fitting (Marlin) or 12l outboard tank (Snapper)Seat cover (not upholstered)Screen.Belt cover and rear coneSteering cable installed
Fan frame.
Alloy engine mounting plates.
Fan blades and hubs, with bearings.
Guard, guard saddles.
Stainless Steel Top & Bottom pulleys, taper lock.
Platinum Spec Drive Belt
Stainless steel Exhaust and downpipes.
Fuel line/filter and primer bulb
Steering kit - handlebars, uprights, stock, mount, grips.
Skirt Material and template (finished segments available at extra cost)
Bilge pump & piping.
Throttle Cable & Lever
Wiring loom & Toggle Switches
Hatch Covers
Skirt fixing cable and clamps (lower)
Titanfast skirt fixing (upper)
Mooring cleats
Skirt fix top clips
Sikaflex, peeler rivets.
Complete nut and bolt set.
Keel strips
Aluminium edging
Hull colour
White with your choice of red or blue trim/secondary colour.
Other colours available at an additional cost of £250.00 (hull) and £150.00 (secondary)
Other options include
Lights (beacons/navigation lights/headlights)
Marlin Screen with Snapper purchase.
One man/one minute trailer.
'Marinised' or upgraded engine.
Skirt segments in place of material.
Teak effect flooring.
Coloured blades.
Production Time : Approximately two weeks.
Build Time : Approximately 2 Weeks/50 hours,.
Build Guide : Video
Cost : Snapper £5,000.00+VAT
Marlin £6,250.00+VAT
For more details, contact email@example.com or call us on 0044(0)1304619820
It's fair to say I live and breathe hovercraft! Apart from running Flying Fish alongside my wife Emma, I'm also secretary of Hovercraft Manufacturers Association, Chairman of SE branch of Hovercraft Club of Great Britain (HCGB), and 'Cruising Director' for the HCGB (which frankly, sounds a bit weird.) I also race in the national championships and still thoroughly enjoy taking a hovercraft out for a spin on my favourite patch - the River Medway & Swale.
So it was with some interest that I stumbled across the Medway & Swale Boating Association (MSBA) a little while ago.
To paraphrase their aims (from their website) : "To promote and protect all waterborne sports and pastimes on the tidal Medway and Swale."
The hovercraft community has been using Medway and Swale for a very long time, why wouldn't we be part of the MSBA for the modest joining fee? If you've seen any of my videos from Hoverclub events, you'll understand why - it's very tidal, loads of mudflats and shallow water to explore - and an amazing history with Napoleonic forts and WWI shipwrecks to visit.
So I decided to join up on behalf of the Hovercraft Club of Great Britain. As I'm involved with organising club events 8-10 times a year, which usually launch into the Swale at the Long reach Ski Club, I felt it was important that our sport was represented within this new Organsiation.
Last night, along with Carl & Geoff, two of our growing list of active local enthusiasts, we went along to the Kent Boat & WaterSki club at Cuxton to see what it's all about. We were made very welcome and met loads of interesting folks who work and play on the Medway & Swale. The MSBA looks a very valuable resource and a great way of ensuring that the river is used responsibly - but that we water users don't see more of our rights diminish as a result of increasing legislation and the 'environmental takeover' of the seashores. It was an interesting meeting and I'm pleased the Hoverclub now has a representation on it.
One issue was the contents of some previous minutes which indicated that reports were being made to Peel Ports (the harbour authorities) of illegal hovercraft launches from Gillingham Strand. I had to question this as the minutes seemed to indicated that the MSBA agreed with these complaints. The feller who's made these reports is a member and has my respect for saying 'that was me' and explaining why he made these reports. Basically, his position is that as somebody who runs a business on the Medway, he's sick of seeing so many laws and rules flouted by water users and not being enforced. I can see that - if you're going to have rules, then enforce them. We explained that hovercraft are not PWC's - legally they are boats and the MCA categorises them as such and are therefore entirely legal to launch at Gillingham Strand. Further discussion centred on usage and speed limits - explaining that hovercraft create less wash at speeds over approx 8 knots which is the approximate speed where the hull is completely out of the water, resulting in no wash! In our experience, most harbour masters understand that and allow a small amount of leeway on the tightest speed limits - after all most speed limits are made largely to prevent dangerous wash in busy and confined moorings.
And one point to remember. In the UK, you have a common law right to navigate on tidal waters. Restrictions may be made, permissions may be required, but you do have that right and it cannot be removed with a byelaw. Just remember that if you are ever told otherwise.
Bearing in mind that there have been literally hundreds of launches and hovercraft operating in the areas, to the best of my knowledge there have been absolutely no accidents involving hovercraft, very few breakdowns or recoveries and to the best of my knowledge and no prosecutions or charges brought against owners.
Statistically, hovercraft are the safest means of passenger transport and its to my own personal delight that this amazing record also applies to the recreational hovercraft.
Hovercraft have considerable environmental advantages compared to other powered vessels.
Hovercraft do have a rep for being noisy but modern craft using small commercial spec air-cooled engines are around a quarter of the noise of earlier two-stroke models. The noise is directional in nature and due to the low frequency dies away very quickly. At 100m it is not any more intrusive than many other water vehicles.
One key point is that recreational hovercraft use tends to be 'get in and go' and are used in much the same manner as many people use a rib or small boat. Club events are usually organised so that the group travels to an objective. Our last four hovercraft club cruises this year covered 23/32/50 and 45 miles - we don't just go round and round in circles near the shore.
Being part of the Medway & Swale Boating Association looks to me like it will be a valuable and useful part of organising events and continuing the growth of the Hovercraft Club of Great Britain - and our thanks for allowing us to be part of it.
Medway & Swale Boating Association
Hovercraft Club of Great Britain
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Well, its that time of the year again!
Our new Cobra Formula 2 Hovercraft is pretty much ready, so we're off racing at Towcester Race Course, Northampton, in two weeks time. This time, we've dropped the stupidly-powerful-but-bloody-heavy GSXR600 engine in favour of a 440cc Snowmobile Engine from a 2007 Lynx MXZ Z440. Roughly 100bhp but 32kgs... should be quick but it'll take a lot of sorting out and setting up.
We'll also have the new Coastal-Pro there, so if you'd like tocome along and see it, you'll be very welcome.
Just to whet your appetite, here's a taster - our Cobra F2 racing from Prudhomat, France in 2013.
Testing out a Coastal-Pro Hovercraft which is off to Finland for a rescue organisation. Delighted with the performance - when she gets to Helsinki and our Finnish dealer RAF HOVERCRAFT , she'll receive her lights and graphics, plus all the other kit required.
The Medway is a spectacular river for those interested in maritime history. Last weekend, we used small hovercraft to explore some of the more interesting sites. There's still lots to see in the tidal area leading right up to Allington Lock. Check back for more updates as we explore this fascinating intertidal world!
View the video on Youtube
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The hovercraft community is pretty small, and the industry manufacturing them even smaller. So it's been very frustrating to watch the hype surrounding the Mercier-Jones hovercraft which has been created in Chicago and has secured so many column inches of newsprint over the last year or two.
It's fair to say, it looks very striking, and the manufacturers have clearly spent their money on the design, styling and marketing, which has landed them huge amounts of coverage in the media. Mercier-Jones modestly claim the aesthetic inspiration of high end sports cars like Bugatti Veyrons & Audi R8's and make some incredible claims as to its performance and how their product will revolutionise an 'old-fashioned' industry. This is 'the future of personal transportation' apparently and it's amazing new system of steering paves the way for a 'street- legal' version… oh please, its vectored thrust, it's not new, it doesn't work and the day will never come when one of these things drives legally down the road in a civilized country.
They claim 'hybrid technology' - Ah! All those batteries will explain why - at 400kgs plus - it's far too heavy for its size, leading to an unrealistic skirt pressure which means, it quite simply cannot work - these guys might be geniuses for all I know, but they can't defeat physics.
My hobby - away from building recreational and small commercial hovercraft - is racing them. I race in Formula 2 - my craft weighs half what the Mercier-Jones does, and has three times the horsepower. I reckon its good for 60mph. You should see what the 200kg Formula 1's can do with their 200bhp engines. Take a look here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6YHz6YwlBo and you'll get the idea!
I doubt the bespoke, lightweight 200bhp hovercraft in this video are achieving much above 70mph, yet the Mercier Jones is faster than these apparently! "With top speeds estimated at over 80 MPH and acceleration that will rival it's supercar cousins, Mercier-Jones hopes to handily beat the hovercraft land-speed record this summer of 56.25 mph and go after the water-speed record of 86.5 mph." It's rather like claiming your Dacia Duster will lap Spa Francochamps faster than Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes.
Unfortunately, Mercier-Jones aren't the first company to flood the hovercraft market with ridiculous claims The industry seems to have attracted lots of bullsh****rs over the years. They tend to come and go, usually leaving an investor or two considerably poorer. But I have to say, this is certainly the most far-fetched, unrealistic and misleading set of claims I've seen in my 30 years involvement with hovercraft. I'm sure their intentions are honest and this is a huge misunderstanding on my behalf.
One of the outrageous claims that Mercier-Jones make is that their hovercraft works.
And that's an outrageous claim because…. it doesn't! Look here for their test video….
There it is in a pond on the end of a rope (maybe that's what they mean when they claim it's fly-by-wire?) in a big ball of spray hovering no more than one inch off the ground! It's a fair way from this to their 87mph ambitions, that hovercraft does not produce a thrust ratio "which is slightly better than the supersonic B-2 Stealth Spirit" I've got to ask, what exactly are they celebrating at the end? That nobody drowned?
They claim the first craft will be delivered in May 2014, really? Who would witness this and splash out $75,000 on something which obviously doesn't work? I've only ever seen one real one on film - everything else has been computer generated images.
You may well have picked up on the fact that I'm angry about this and may ask why. Well, it's not jealousy, (though I wouldn't mind my company getting 1/10th the press coverage they've managed!) but I know just how much damage the Mercier Jones may cause the industry with their high profile shenanigans. As secretary of the 'Hovercraft Manufacturers Association' (HMA) I'm very keen to mature and develop this nascent industry. Together with our some of our members, I've spent two years dealing with the UK Authorities to develop a new 'Hovercraft Code of Practice' and we're constantly lobbying government organisations and commercial operators who've had bad experiences with small hovercraft - and are firmly of the opinion that they simply don't work. The Mercier Jones is simply going to further that opinion - negatively impacting on honest manufacturers and operators who are trying to develop their own businesses.
What I don't know is what the aim of this whole project is - they've already attracted some funding from the IndieGoGo website - is the ambition to attract more, whilst they draw a decent wage? The problem is that plenty of people are excited by the idea of a hovercraft (when I finally invent a hoverboard, I'll be richer than Bill Gates) and I've seen some rather naïve investors and overexcited buyers jump in without first checking their facts.
One thing's for sure, the Mercier Jones doesn't work - yet they claim they're taking orders. And that worries me.
Michael Mercier, Chris Jones - I'm calling you out to protect my industry and the sport I love. My company manufactures and sells over 100 of those 'old fashioned' hovercraft each year, and I'm happy to take on any dynamic challenge you can come up with. Flying Fish hovercraft steer accurately, hover a foot above the ground, do 40mph and work with up to four people on board - you can see them on the internet cruising on rivers and the sea, beaches, ice, snow, sand, mud and estuaries. Can you provide a single piece of evidence that any of your claims are justified?
Because, if your company is ever going to achieve 100 hovercraft sales a year, one thing is pretty important.
They need to work.
A pretty substantial road-trip last weekend, saw this Volantis Extreme III delivered to Cork in Southern Ireland - just in time for St Patricks Day (and some 6 Nations celebrations...grumble grumble!)
Fully specified with a 50bhp Rampage, LED lighting, complimenting chrome kit and two-tone metal-flake coachwork..,. this is a colour scheme we've never done before and will soon be seen exploring the southern coast of the Emerald Isle!
I'm pretty sure my toys weren't this much fun when I was a lad - a hoop - and a stick if I was lucky.
Anyway, three more Minnow Hovercraft leave us tomorrow for their lucky new owners. Enjoy yourself lads!
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HAMMOND — The opportunity for Southeastern Louisiana to travel to Tulane and play at 7 p.m. Saturday in Yulman Stadium means a lot of different things to different people.
To senior defensive back Marice Sutton, it represents a homecoming. He grew up several blocks from Tulane's campus and graduated from St. Augustine High School.
Sutton nearly committed to play football at Tulane where his former coach, David Johnson, is the Green Wave's running backs coach. He chose SMU instead before winding up at New Mexico Prep to shore up his academics, and signed with Southeastern.
"Just the opportunity go back home will be a great experience," said Sutton, who was a freshman when Southeastern dropped a 47-33 decision at Tulane in 2011. "Now I have the chance for my family to come and watch that game.
"Playing those guys is just another opportunity to show what we have here," Sutton said. "We know they're an FBS school, but we're looking at them as another team in our way. We know we have to play our game and play well in all three phases."
The chance to step up in competition is always intriguing. And for No. 3 Southeastern (2-0), this week's game represents a milestone the program has never achieved: defeating Tulane (0-1) or a school from the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Southeastern lost last season at No. 24 TCU 38-17 and finds itself with a potential one-shot matchup with Tulane, as the two schools are not scheduled to play beyond this year.
The Green Wave has never lost to the Lions in six previous meetings, with three of the past four, dating to 2005, decided by eight points or less.
"I think it would be awesome," Southeastern coach Ron Roberts said of a continuation of the series. "It would be great. It's a positive for us all the way round."
Roberts noted Tuesday during his weekly media luncheon the benefits of playing at Tulane, ranging from recruiting in the fertile grounds of New Orleans to the hour-long trek being conducive to a large number of fans being able to attend the game.
"It's a huge game," Roberts said. "No. 1 is the recruiting ramifications. To get down in New Orleans and play there where a lot kids get to see us play and the publicity we'll get from playing down there is huge.
"It's also important for us to go and play well," Roberts said. "We can't just go play the game, but we have to go and play well and make a statement that we're a team that is on the rise. We're a good football team that has a chance to win a championship. Being so close, this is a game we'd love to turn into a rivalry and continue to play on a regular basis. It's easy for our fans to get to. I expect us to travel well."
Southeastern sophomore cornerback Derrick Raymond, an LSU transfer, is another player with ties to New Orleans, having graduated from East Jefferson.
He's planning to push aside any existing friendships with Tulane players and concentrate on the task at hand.
"I know a couple of their guys, but I'll talk to them after the game, not now," Raymond said. "We're just going to prepare and play ball. We don't see it as a big game. We see it as the next game. We're going to prepare and whatever happens, happens."
Roberts said Southeastern has scheduled road games against FBS opponents Ohio in 2015 and Oklahoma State in 2016. … Running back Rasheed Harrell is expected to play against Tulane after missing last week because of a concussion, Roberts said … Fellow running back Darrius Guy, who rushed four times for 15 yards last week against Southern Utah, suffered a dislocated vertebrae in the game and will not play. … Senior place-kicker Ryan Adams was named Southland Conference special team's player of the week after making all five of his extra points, and field goals of 24 and 29 yards.


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Voters in the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina elected Thom Tillis over incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan because of concerns about the economy and the president.
That's the view the day after the Republican state House speaker defeated the first-term Democrat, based on exit polls and voter turnout.
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Carter represents the 2nd District of Bethel, Danbury, Newtown and Redding.
An Act Concerning Insurance Coverage for Opioid Analgesics and Requiring a Study of Impediments to Insurance Coverage for Substance Use Disorder Treatments will require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to find the gaps in current health insurance policies or benefit plans for those receiving substance use disorder treatments.
The bill was passed almost unanimously in the House on April 30 and now only requires a signature from the governor to be signed into law.
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They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares…
By Luke Eggleston/ SUN staff writer
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Catholic Activists Put their Faith to the Test Before a Federal Court in Binghamton
BINGHAMTON — On March 17, 2003, the Feast Day of Saint Patrick, the U.S. was on the cusp of invading Iraq.
Compelled by what they considered a desperate situation, four members of the Ithaca Catholic Worker community went to the recruiting center in the village of Lansing, N.Y. They were answering what they heard as desperate pleas from the people of Iraq with desperate actions of their own.
Danny Burns, Teresa Grady, Clare Grady and Peter De Mott poured blood throughout the foyer of the recruiting center. They poured it on the wall. They poured it on the posters. They poured it on the flag.
Last week, in the Southern Tier city of Binghamton, which is in the Southern Region of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, the federal government saw fit to try the self-described St. Patrick's Four on four counts, the most serious of which was conspiracy.
A conviction for such charges could mean up to six years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines.
The federal prosecutor, Miroslav Lovrick, was attempting to prove that the defendants engaged in the destruction of government property. Previously, the St. Patrick's Four had been tried in Tompkins County court. The result was a hung jury as nine members persisted in an argument for acquittal.
During the course of the trial, blood, the image and the idea, took on a dense symbology in the testimonies of the defendants.
"Blood is the symbol of life, yet it is shed wantonly in war," Burns said during his opening remarks at the trial. "Blood cuts through all the media's spin and lies."
Clare Grady said that the first time she realized blood had been spilled on the American flag in the recruiting office, her initial reaction was shock. But when she allowed the symbolism to play itself out, she said the blood on the flag was appropriate as it referenced the blood that would be shed in the name of the U.S. and the flags that would be draped over the caskets of American soldiers.
For recruiting officer Rachon Montgomery, however, the blood was but a nuisance. During the course of the defendants' demonstration, Montgomery's skin came in contact with some of the blood, which allegedly was that of the St. Patrick's Four.
"It was one of those things that you don't wake up and go to work and expect something of that nature," Montgomery said while on the witness stand.
But even Montgomery couldn't completely condemn the protesters.
"They are friendly people. We do speak. We just have different views," he said.
March 17 wasn't the first time Montgomery had encountered the defendants. In December of 2002, three of the four defendants had participated in a "die-in" in the recruiting office. Along with 11 other compatriots and with 50 other protesters standing outside in support, defendants Burns, De Mott and Clare Grady each collapsed in the recruiting office foyer. The non-violent, performative demonstration is used to simulate the deaths of soldiers and civilians during war.
The blood, the die-in, these kinds of metaphoric forms of demonstration are part of a long history of similar actions engaged in by the defendants and many of those involved in the Catholic Worker movement.
Tradition of resistance
Father Tim Taugher, the pastor at St. Catherine of Siena in Binghamton, is a lifelong friend of defendant Burns. As youths they attended St. Patrick's Church in Binghamton together. Father Taugher was among those quarterbacking the support effort for the St. Patrick's Four and was a character witness for Burns on day four of the trial.
Father Taugher was disappointed to see what he considered to be a lack of support from the church in the midst of the demonstrations that arose outside of the courthouse in which the St. Patrick's Four were put on trial.
"If these were anti-abortionists on trial, there would certainly be a strong, visible presence of the church here," Father Taugher said, noting that he did not understand why the anti-war movement did not fall under the rubric of life issues. "The pope has spoken against it and asked us to speak against it. Where is our voice?"
Before the trial began, Father Taugher said, "They want to keep it at arm's length. It's too controversial. It's too risky. It doesn't mean you have to agree with the action of the defendants. But you at least can agree that they're brothers and sisters in faith with a legacy of action like this in our Catholic tradition — acting on conscience through civil disobedience. There's a long legacy. Dorothy Day is from the Catholic Workers and there's so many others just like that."
The Catholic Worker tradition of non-violence was born in 1933 under the guidance of Dorothy Day, who had previously found a sympathetic movement in Marxism. According to the St. Patrick's Four, the tradition teaches its adherents to "turn to the works of mercy and away from the works of war."
In 1984, Clare Grady participated in a Plowshares group action in which the protesters hammered on a B-52 bomber, literalizing the passage from Isaiah 2:2-4 which reads: "He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
The protesters were symbolically and physically beating on the B-52 bomber in an effort to transform it into a plowshare, according to Clare Grady on the witness stand.
According to Lovrick, the action cost the government $50,000.
De Mott's practice in civil disobedience is prolific. A former Marine during the Vietnam War and a former member of the U.S. Army (De Mott estimates he spent over seven years in the military between both branches), De Mott also studied for several years at a Jesuit seminary. In 1980, De Mott drove a car into a submarine and two years later poured blood on a submarine to protest nuclear buildup. During both actions, he was participating in the Plowshares movement.
Like beating plowshares out of swords, or, in this case, high tech bombers, the defendants sought to transmute the court in which they were silenced while on trial into a vehicle for opposition to the war.
Burns said his foremost goal was to terminate the U.S. presence in Iraq.
"I want to end the war in Iraq," he said when asked what he considered a victory in the court. "If I have to lose six years to try to bring this war to an end sooner then I will do that."
The Trial
Before the trial itself began, Judge Thomas McAvoy had determined that the legality of the Iraq war as well as international law were not to be permitted as arguments for the defense. Nevertheless, the defendants were determined to bring to the foreground the Iraq war.
"I'm looking forward to the trial and looking forward to the opportunity to put the war on trial," De Mott said the Sunday before the trial began. "We don't believe that what we did was criminal or illegal or unjust. We think that the war is wrong and we were just trying to say no to the war in a dramatic yet non-violent way."
"I hope that I will be able to speak the truth in the courtroom – the whole truth – and that would touch the jury's conscience and that they will be able to understand the criminality of the war in Iraq and be able to make a conscious decision that in fact this has been and is a criminal war affecting the lives of innocent people both here in the U.S. as well as the Iraqi people who have died. We must call our government to task," Teresa Grady said.
The defendants represented themselves, but were able to call upon the council of a bank of legal advisors including Bill Quigley, a professor of law from Loyola University; attorney Lee Adler, and Peter Orville, a Binghamton attorney and adjunct professor of criminal justice at Binghamton University.
Monday, just over 10 potential jurors were left from a pool that consisted of over 60 from throughout the Southern Tier. While the defense was happy with the jury's final composition, Orville conceded that he would have preferred that the selection process had included jurors from Tompkins County.
Before both the prosecution and the defense offered their opening remarks, McAvoy read the charges to the jury and drew an early outburst from the defendants.
The wording of the indictment read "On or about March 17, 2003, in the Northern District of New York, defendants…willfully injured or damage, and attempted to injure and attempted to damage, property of the United States of America and the United States Military…" McAvoy, however, replaced the connective "and" with "or."
De Mott protested the semantic issue after an attorney could be seen talking over his shoulder. Teresa Grady and Burns would shortly thereafter offer similar protests.
"That's what we based our whole defense on," Burns told McAvoy. "This is a misjustice [sic]. You're changing the indictment."
"I know it says 'and' but it's an 'or'…it's disjunctive," McAvoy said, adding that further outbursts could result in the defendants' removal from the court.
After a subsequent sidebar, McAvoy relayed to the jury that the defendants had offered apologies for their outbursts. During his opening remarks, Burns apologized as well.
The judge conceded some time to the defendants when they raised the issues of the Iraq war and international law, but sustained Lovrick's objections when they were uttered.
After the prosecution's opening remarks, the defendants were each, in turn, permitted to offer their own lengthy remarks. Each defendant introduced his or her own family, the members of which were, for the most part, in the crowd, which consisted almost exclusively of supporters. They also closed by thanking the jurors for their participation.
Before the jury went into deliberation, McAvoy stressed that the juror's view on the Iraq war was irrelevant when considering the case. "You are the element most important in the structure of democracy," Teresa Grady said.
Each defendant, in turn, discussed their beliefs in non-violence and opposition to war as their motives for pouring blood throughout the recruiting office.
"I felt that I had a moral obligation to speak out against this war in a peaceful and dramatic way," De Mott said. "I have, since early childhood, tried to follow in the teachings of Jesus Christ."
De Mott also stressed that he and his compatriots were ardent supporters of the soldiers in Iraq.
Three days of witnesses, including those who had witnessed the action, as well as the defendants and their character witnesses, led up to Friday's final remarks.
On Wednesday, Clare Grady, De Mott and Burns were all ruled in contempt of court when none of them would reveal the location of the home in which their blood was drawn for the March 17 action, nor would they reveal who drew the blood.
Lovrick claimed that the motive of the defendants, that is stopping the war in Iraq, is irrelevant to the case.
Lovrick told the jury that it must determine whether or not laws had been violated. "You cannot violate laws even when you are righteous," he added.
The prosecutor's final remarks included comparing the alleged lawlessness he ascribed to the defendants as comparable to the Ku Klux Klan's burning of churches or certain extreme actions by the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
"To do what the defendants suggest brings us to complete anarchy, complete chaos, complete lawlessness," Lovrick said. He also accused the defendants of trying to "bypass our democratic process."
During her closing remarks, Teresa Grady said, "Miroslav would characterize us as arrogant and above the law. But we answer to another law: love one another."
After De Mott, Burns and Teresa Grady presented their closing remarks, Quigley offered his own closing remarks in place of Clare Grady. Quigley compared the actions of the St. Patrick's Four to certain crucial figures in American history such as the participants in the Boston Tea Party, John Hancock, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr.
During his rebuttal, Lovrick continued with the game of analogies, but twisted it again, comparing the defendants at times to "Timothy McVeigh in hell," radical anti-abortionists who "blow up clinics because they think [abortion] is wrong," and the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nation. Lovrick also offered a veiled suggestion that Teresa Grady had offered sympathy to the terrorists, who had destroyed the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
"I'm sure Timothy McVeigh – right now in hell – thinks it's [what he did] right," the prosecutor said.
With the jury out of the courtroom, both Quigley and Teresa Grady objected to each of the analogies Lovrick had summoned during his rebuttal.
The jury went into deliberation around 1 p.m. Friday and before 7 p.m., it broke up with plans to resume deliberation on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
Monday before noon, the jury reached a verdict. The jury acquitted the defendants of the conspiracy charge; by far the most serious charge leveled by the federal government, but found them guilty of trespassing and destruction of government property.
The verdict represents a "very big victory" in the words of Father Taugher. Father Tim Taugher contributed to this story.


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You may have memorized endless lists of vocabulary, you may know all the grammar needed to hold any conversation and still find yourself at a loss when wanting to express yourself.
There are various reasons behind this phenomenon – some of them more obvious than others.
1. Slow Down Your Speaking Speed
You might be an eloquent speaker when it comes to your mother tongue, but expecting the same standards from yourself when speaking in a foreign language may not be very realistic.
Especially, if you're at the early stages of learning. Learners are often told not to worry about the mistakes they're making, however, it is easy to understand why you would like to make a good impression on your audience. To overcome this difficulty, you may try
slowing down your speaking speed
Nobody will hold it against you if you
speak more slowly and clearly
. Great speakers do the same to get their message across. Selecting your words carefully may also be seen as a sign of respect towards your audience. It shows that you want to give them the best possible answer.
2. Give Yourself Time to Think
You may be worried that the people you're talking to are impatient and would like you to say what you want as quickly as possible.
First of all, it may not be true – people often prefer a well-thought-out answer to a rushed one. So just
Another practical thing you can do is equipping yourself with fixed phrases you can use when remaining silent doesn't seem to be an option. Here's an example:
Why is there so much violence on TV? That's a good question. Let me think for a moment, I haven't really thought about it before. Well, I suppose…
Here the speaker gains considerable amount of
time to reflect
just by repeating the question and adding a few sentences. If you do the same, you'll sound more fluent and won't feel the pressure of having to say something before you're ready.
Fixed or set phrases
are phrases whose words are usually fixed in a certain order. They can be verb patterns, idioms, collocations – basically anything we always say in one particular way. For example,
during the day
in the meantime
It's been a long time since
Sorry to bother/trouble you, but…
Would you mind if…?
Oh, come on!
I'm just kidding!
For what it's worth,…
To be right/wrong about
Tit for tat/an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Learn Sentences, Not Only Words
In a way, this will take the pressure off too. When you learn a new word, try to memorize a couple of sentences that contain it.
There might come a time when you can use one particular sentence with little, or no alteration at all. Unfortunately, many people learn words by heart, but have no idea
how to use them in a sentence
It will be such a relief not having to worry about whether the sentence is correct grammatically or not. Let's look at an example:
to appreciate = to recognize the value of something/somebody
I think it's necessary to feel appreciated in a relationship/ at work.
I appreciate all your hard work.
Isn't it much more useful to memorize 'appreciate' this way?
4. Learn to Listen
When speaking in a foreign language, you might be so focused on what you are saying and whether it's correct or not, that you forget to
listen to what others are saying
This is a big mistake as they might be using the exact words or grammar you'll be needing later on. So
pay attention
to what's being said around you, it's your most important resource at the time of speaking to someone.
Practice Your Interrogatives
We also need to keep in mind the fact that communication is a
process. Not only does it make you seem uninterested – even rude – if you don't ask questions, you might also end up being the one who has to do all the talking. So, when you've run out of ideas about what to say next, remember: others might have something to add.
What are your views on that?
How about you? What do you think?
Why do you think there's so much violence on TV?
Questions like this will keep the conversation going and will
show your interest
in other people's opinion. They will also give you time to relax a little and
start enjoying yourself
Interrogatives can be quite tricky, so make sure you spend enough time learning the correct ways of asking questions.
Good luck! If you have any further questions, or need more help, schedule a trial lessons! I am happy to help you!
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