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Several Hope College projects have received grants from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.
A total of eight projects from Hope received funding from the consortium through its 2011-12 grant period. The awards to Hope projects, which total $35,000, are in five categories: four are fellowships for students conducting collaborative research with members of the faculty, two are "seed grants" for faculty research; one is through a teacher-training program; and one received support through initiatives for pre-college education and for attracting members of underrepresented groups to mathematics and science careers.
The consortium awarded grants in seven categories to a total of 75 projects statewide, chosen from among 125 applications.
Hope will provide additional support for each of the projects, including stipends for the students as they conduct research during the summer, and matching funds for the faculty and institutional projects.
The students receiving fellowships were: sophomore Caleb Billman of New Ringgold, Pa., who will work on "Characterizing the Present Day Spatial Distribution of Nearby Neutron Stars" with Dr. Peter Gonthier, professor of physics; sophomore Leah Labarge of Hudsonville, who will work on "Mathematical modeling and field studies of burial and erosion-dependent plant population dynamics in coastal sand dunes" with Dr. Edward Hansen, professor of geology and environmental science, and Dr. Brian Yurk, assistant professor of mathematics; freshman Cornelius Smits of Hamilton, who will work on "Implementation of an 8-Tetrahedral Robotic Structure" with Dr. Miguel Abrahantes, assistant professor of engineering; and junior Caitlin Taylor of Kalamazoo, who will work on "Unstable Neutron-Rich Nuclei: Beryllium 13 and Oxygen 26" with Dr. Paul DeYoung, who is the Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Physics and chairperson of the department.
The two faculty seed grants were awarded to Suzanne DeVries-Zimmerman, part-time lecturer in the geological and environmental sciences, for "Using Plant Macrofossils to Determine Paleoenvironmental Conditions in an Allegan County, Michigan Peat Bog"; and Dr. Brian Yurk, assistant professor of mathematics, for "Mathematical modeling and field studies of burial and erosion-dependent plant population dynamics in coastal sand dunes." The grants are designed for junior faculty, to develop research expertise that will position them to earn support from other sources in the future.
The grant through the teacher-training program was awarded to Dr. Brent Krueger, associate professor of chemistry, for "Implementation and ongoing support for computationally-based investigative lessons in high school classrooms."
The support through the initiatives focused on pre-college education and recruiting and retaining members of underrepresented groups in science, mathematics and technology fields was awarded to Dr. Vicki-Lynn Holmes, assistant professor of mathematics and education, for "Teaching Algebra Concepts through Technology: Linking increased teacher pedagogy to student achievement."
The Michigan Space Grant Consortium seeks to foster awareness of, education in, and research on space-related science and technology in Michigan. Hope and Calvin College are the only undergraduate colleges that are a member of the consortium, which also includes Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, Oakland University, Saginaw Valley State University, Wayne State University and Western Michigan University.


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During the late 60's and early 70's, the surfing lifestyle meant getting in your kombi van packed to the rafters with surfboards, surfmaps, tents and sleeping bags and heading to the coast for classic surfing safari.
Where one ended up depended entirely on the waves. One day you could be riding the hollow lefthand reef-break at Summercloud Bay on Sydney's south coast, the next morning you could wake up at Angourie on NSW's far north coast.
The weather map dictated which direction these free-spirited wave hunters would point their kombi, and nobody knew how to read weather map better than ex-Maroubra surfer Gordon Merchant. He had an uncanny ability to turn up at the right beach exactly when it was '"going off" (that translated means when the wind, tide and surf combine to produce perfect waves).
It was after one such magic surf-run up the coast, in search of that inevitable Pot of Gold, that invariably punctuated his surf safaris, that meant Gordon simply did not return to Maroubra. He had found his surfing Utopia, a 20 miles stretch of golden beach and perfect point breaks.
AS far as Gordon was concerned this was Mecca - averaging 300 days per year of good quality surf, where one could wear boardshorts or baggies for 9 months of the year. He settled in quickly and it was not long before Gordon was making a significant contribution to the Gold Coast's infant surfing industry.
As a shaper, Gordon made a huge breakthrough when he introduced a surfboard with a tucked-under edge, a development that aided Joe Larkin's team-riders Michael Petersen and Rabbit Bartholomew in their ascension to the top world surfing.
As a surfer, Gordon saved many a wiped-out surfer from grief when he developed the first leg-rope. Sure, it was a primitive device by today's standards, but anybody who has had to scramble over the rocks at Burleigh Heads on a big day owes Gordon a schooner.
In 1973 Gordon and Rena Merchant began producing handmade boardshorts under their flat overlooking his beloved Burleigh. They were tough as teak, able to withstand not only the elements, but also able to absorb the sort of punishment that local juniors Guy Omerod and Rabbit Bartholomew would put those first issued trunks through.
From those humble beginnings, Billabong was born.
Gordon buried himself in his North Burleigh factory for the next few years and Billabong gradually made ground on the more established labels. His no frills, practical approach to boardshort manufacturing paid dividends, as Billabong grew steadily until his little homespun factory literally burst at the seams.
It was out to West Burleigh, a modern factory and warehouse and much more work for Gordon and Rena. Sure a lot of low pressure systems, plus the waves they generated, passed by the coast during those years, but Gordon's Kombi stayed put.
It became obvious to the Australian Surfing Industry that here was a man, driven by the desire to produce the highest quality, best cut boardshort on the market, and by the early 80's Billabong had achieved it's primary objective.
During the 80's Billabong went International, firstly exporting to California, Japan, New Zealand and Europe and then finally licensing, but only after each international licensee had achieved Gordon's benchmark of dedication, honesty and prudent business savvy.
Gordon surrounded himself with some of the finest minds in the industry, both in Australia and abroad, who helped steer the good ship Billabong on a course which would take Billabong to the helm of the world surfing.
In the water, surfers of the calibre of Joe Engel, Mark Occhilupo, Luke Egan, Wayne Bartholomew, Munga Barry, Shane Dorian, Taj Burrows, Sunny Garcia and the late Ronnie Burns have given Billabong international credibility, not to mention Worldwide exposure.
As we entered the 90's, Billabong had well and truly assumed #1 status in Australian waters and had further consolidated on the International scene. Of course, very few people even realised that Gordon Merchant had such a hands-on role in designing, marketing and sales, but having an intimate understanding of the fickle nature of the garments industry, Gordon knows that every label lives and dies by each seasons range.
On it's 25th Anniversary in 1998, Billabong moved into the new premises at 1 Billabong Place, Burleigh Heads, featuring a state of the art new factory. One feature of the new complex is the Polynesian style Retail Showroom, that stands proudly at the forefront of the factory, displaying the largest range of Billabong product anywhere in the world.
Billabong is involved in many promotions, but one thing that underpins the respect the company enjoys in the marketplace, is Billabong's commitment to pro boardsports and its team riders. Billabong sponsors many events around the world, with a heavy emphasis on Junior athlete development, but the Jewels in the Crown are The Billabong Pro contests held at Teahupoo, Tahiti and Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.


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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The last of 33,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Afghanistan in a troop surge to battle the Taliban insurgency have been withdrawn, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
"As we reflect on this moment, it is an opportunity to recognize that the surge accomplished its objectives of reversing Taliban momentum on the battlefield, and dramatically increased the size and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces," Panetta said in a statement while visiting New Zealand.
The departure of the last surge troops brings the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to 68,000, officials said.
President Barack Obama announced the troop surge in a nationally televised address Dec. 1, 2009, before 4,000 cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
He said the resurgence of the Taliban Islamist militant movement in Afghanistan and the continued existence of al-Qaida across the border in Pakistan -- what he called a "cancer" on the region -- were direct threats to the United States.
But he vowed to start bringing U.S. forces home in the middle of 2011, saying the United States could not afford and should not have to shoulder an open-ended commitment.
Surge troops came largely from the U.S. Army's highly decorated 101st Airborne Division, known as the Screaming Eagles, an infantry division trained for air assault operations.
Fifty-seven percent of the almost 2,000 U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan have occurred since the surge began in January 2010, ABC News reported.
Some 10,000 troops returned from Afghanistan by July 2011, while the drawdown of the remaining 23,000 ended this month, Panetta's statement said.
Panetta said the surge "struck enormous blows against al-Qaida's leadership, consistent with our core goal of disrupting, dismantling and defeating al-Qaida and denying it a safe haven."
Panetta added, "It is important to underscore that even as our surge troops return home, there are roughly 68,000 Americans who remain in a tough fight in Afghanistan, alongside their NATO and Afghan partners.
"We are a nation at war," he said. "But the international community is also strongly united behind our shared strategy to transition to Afghan security control, which will be completed by the end of 2014."
NATO has agreed that all its combat troops would leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.


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We live in a culture that worships success. What we see on the covers of magazines,on endless TV shows, and acclaimed in school assemblies and stories on the news, are people who are the best and the most rich, famous, talented or just eye-candy qualified to have everybody know their name.Since barely one in ten thousand people can meet these criteria, then it's a rather odd goal, since it means we are almost all failures.
We adults take this with a grain of salt, but our kids, and especially girls, can be terribly set up for feeling they are of no use.
The consensus among mental health experts is that a combination of factors
Social media, the busyness and distractedness of parents and anincreased academic pressure at school.
There is also a fairly horrific competitiveness among many girls themselves that has led to intense anxiety that they don't fit in, and don't measure up.
They wake at 3am to check their screen for a word of affirmation. If nobody "likes" you then nobody likes you.
The deep down secret nobody tells young peopleis that we aren't measured by external success.
In fact success requires abandoning most of the things that are of value in life –friendship, looking after others, peace and reflection, family, love,or being truly creative or free. There just isn't time.
Researcher Peter Benson discovered a remarkable thing that helps protect the wellbeing of young people.
Researching for my book Ten Things Girls need most, I was blown away by how true, and how important this finding was.
According to Benson, every young person has a spark – an interest , passion or love that if encouraged, gives them a reason to be alive.
For some its creativity, for some its caring – for animals, children, the environment, for some its a hobby or sport.
But none of it is about pleasing or impressing others. ( If that element of evaluation is introduced, it spoils the benefit.)
What if education was based that way – that kids were encouraged to follow what they really wanted to learn and do?
For now it's up to us at home and in the community to provide this lifesaving help.
Kids with a spark do better at school -but it is a side effect.
They meet more interesting and different adults through their pursuit.
They don't worry about their looks or if they are hot or cool.
They don't desperately mind what their peers are doing or think of them.
But most importantly, they have a reason to be alive.
They don't self harm or have eating disorders or depression. They can't wait to get back to doing whatever it is they love.
Benson said a spark needs three things – a parent who helps it to happen, an adult at school or elsewhere who encourages them, and the simple opportunity to do it.
From ukelele playing to wombat rescue, ballroom dancing to rock climbing, your daughter has something that she is in the world to do.
It matters, it goes somewhere, and your job is to find it. Or just give her the time to find it herself.
This is the road to real success. Balanced and happy, whether anybody notices or not.
PART 4: Dad don't need to be heroesPART 3: Being a good person always wins throughPART 2: Girls should be wild and freePART 1: Start young to make girls strongSteve Biddulph is the author of theTen Things Girls Need Most, Manhood, and Raising Boys.


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by Dr William M. Leary
The essential first step along the road to aerial superiority, Mitchell argued, was an independent air force. At his urging, congressional supporters introduced legislation in midsummer 1919 to establish an expanded, unified air service modeled on Great Britain's Royal Air Force. But with powerful opponents arrayed against the scheme (Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, and President Woodrow Wilson all came out against independence), the reorganization bill seemed certain to fail.2
Undaunted by the dismal outlook on Capitol Hill, Mitchell counted on favorable public opinion to silence all opposition. With Congress scheduled to consider the unification proposal and military appropriations in the fall, he drew up an imaginative plan to focus national attention on aviation. To demonstrate the progress that aeronautics had made during the recent war, Mitchell announced that the Air Service would fly across the North American continent en masse.3
Mitchell's scheme was breathtaking. Although a number of aviators had flown across the United States since Cal Rodgers first accomplished the feat in 1911, the transcontinental trip was still a hazardous adventure. Landing areas were few and far between, especially in the western part of the country; aircraft instrumentation could be best described as primitive; and navigational aids and accurate weather information did not exist. Yet Mitchell wanted to race from New York to California. The Air Service insisted on the official designation of "Transcontinental Reliability and Endurance Test," but no one harbored illusions about the true nature of the event. As the New York Times announced, Americans were about to witness "the greatest air race ever attempted."4
Preparations went forward without delay. Air Service officers selected a route that would run from New York to Buffalo, skirting the Appalachian Mountains, then along Lake Erie to Cleveland before turning westward to Chicago and Omaha. Aviators would pick up the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha, continuing to San Francisco via Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Sacramento. The railroad route was compelling: it followed favorable terrain, supplies and equipment could be moved easily by rail to intermediate points, and the tracks--known to airmen as the "iron compass"--would serve as the primary navigational aid from Omaha to San Francisco.
In deference to the operational limitations of contemporary aircraft, which cruised at about 100 miles per hour and carried enough fuel to keep aloft for only two or three hours, Mitchell's planners established twenty refueling or control points along the 2701-mile route. Contest rules called for a minimum stop of thirty minutes at each point. Also, in the interests of safety, flying was restricted to daylight. Originally conceived as a one-way crossing, with contestants starting at New York and San Francisco, the Air Service responded to criticism and changed the event to a round-trip race--thus neutralizing the possible advantage of prevailing westerly winds.5
The starting date--8 October 1919--turned out to be opportune: Americans needed a diversion after a terrible summer of nationwide unrest and violence. Scattered racial incidents had culminated in a bloody Chicago race riot in late July. which left 36 dead. September saw the climax of postwar labor troubles, with a police strike in Boston and a bitter dispute in the steel industry. Two days before the air race was scheduled to begin, federal troops occupied Gary, Indiana, in an effort to quell mounting violence in the steel town. And all this came at a time when Woodrow Wilson hovered near death: the President,. in the midst of a raging national debate over ratification of the Versailles Treaty, had collapsed following a speech at Pueblo, Colorado, on 25 September.6
For a brief time, at least, people could put aside thoughts of the nation's ills and turn their attention to Roosevelt Field, Long Island. By early October, some 48 airplanes stood ready to start the great air race. A few esoteric models attracted considerable interest (a captured German Fokker and a twin-engined Martin bomber particularly stood out), but the bulk of the competing aircraft were staid DH-4s, a wartime biplane of British (de Havilland) design and American manufacture. The press speculated on the outcome of the contest. Preface favorites included Lieutenant Colonel Harold E. Hartney, former commander of the 1st Pursuit Group in France; Captain Field K. Kindley, fifth-ranking American ace; and Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard, recent winner of the New York-to-Toronto race.7
The morning of 8 October dawned clear and cool with a fresh northeasterly wind. More than 2000 spectators showed up for the day's festivities. The 22d Infantry Band provided music, while ladies of the War Camp Community Service passed out sandwiches and coffee to contestants and guests. Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, a friend of the Air Service and supporter of unification, represented Secretary Baker, who tactfully had found better things to do. Billy Mitchell, of course, had come from Washington, where he had been testifying in support of a separate air force before House and Senate committees.
Shortly before 9:00, the throaty roar of a dozen engines caught the crowd's attention, Starting honors went to Commodore L. E. O. Charlton, British air attaché, who was participating as a courtesy. But Charlton's Bristol fighter developed engine trouble, and Lieutenant J. B. Machle, next in line, took off first at 9:13. Conforming to rules, Machle rose to 1000 feet and circled the field before setting course for he first control point at Binghamton, New York.
Departures were routine until it came time for Lieutenant Maynard to leave. As he prepared to start the 400-hp Liberty engine of his DH-4, the flier's dog, Trixie, ran up to the airplane, barking and jumping with excitement. Maynard climbed down, picked up the Belgian police dog, and hopped back on board. He took off with the obviously delighted Trixie hanging over the side of the open cockpit. The crowd cheered with pleasure.
Secretary Crowell took advantage of a lull in the proceeding to speak with the press. "It is beyond dispute," he said, "the greatest aerial contest in the world." Pointing out that the United States lagged sadly behind Europe in the development of aeronautics, Crowell voiced the hope that the race "will awaken people" to the need for increased American effort in this critical area.
The secretary then decided to get into the spirit of things and asked to be taken up for a ride. Mitchell promptly made the necessary arrangements. Sporting borrowed goggles and a leather coat, Crowell waved to the crowd as he clambered into the cockpit of a Curtiss biplane. The aircraft axied to the edge of the field, turned into the wind, and began its takeoff run. Just as the wheels left the ground, the engine failed. The Curtiss stalled to the right, a wing tip struck the ground, and the aircraft turned over on its back. After a moment of stunned silence, the crowd rushed out onto the field. Crowell and pilot M. G. Cleary emerged from the wreck, shaken but uninjured, "That's the shortest flight on record," Crowell quipped to reporters, The secretary said that he was ready to go up again, but unfortunately, a "pressing appointment" in the city prevented his making another flight. Assuring Captain Cleary that the accident was not his fault, he posed for a photograph with the embarrassed aviator before hastily leaving the field.8
There was a good deal less excitement in San Francisco, where a small group of fifteen contestants stood ready to depart. Even the weather--seasonal low clouds and fog--seemed in keeping with the subdued mood. Although few in numbers, the West Coast contingent did boast several noted fliers, including Major Carl Spaatz, assistant air officer for the region; Major Dana Crissey, commander of Mather Field at Sacramento; and Captain Lowell H. Smith, who had flown for Pancho Villa in the early phases of the Mexican revolution. Colonel Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, destined to lead the Army Air Forces in World War II but at that time in charge of military aviation on the Pacific coast, joined a group of local officials to bid farewell to the airmen.9
The end of the first day saw Lieutenant Maynard--dubbed the "flying parson" by the press because he had left a Baptist seminary in 1917 to join the Air Service clearly in front. Maynard reached Chicago by dark, a distance of 81 0 miles from New York, while his three nearest competitors spent the night in Bryan, Ohio. These were the fortunate ones. Eighteen fliers failed to get beyond Buffalo.
The eastern half of the transcontinental route was strewn with debris. Commodore Charlton, who had departed after engine repairs, wrecked his Bristol fighter during an emergency landing near Ithaca, New York. Lieutenant George McDonald's DH-4 suffered a similar fate when he was forced down in Pennsylvania. Lieutenant D.G. Gish and his observer, Captain Paul de Lavergne, French air attaché, narrowly escaped death when their aircraft caught fire over Livingston County, New York. Neither had a parachute; Gish managed to crash the DH-4, his only alternative, before flames reached the cockpit. The intrepid de Lavergne transferred to a Martin bomber, piloted by Captain Roy Francis, and resumed his trip across the country.
Sergeant W. H. Nevitt, observer in a de Havilland flown by Colonel Joseph Brant, was not so lucky as Gish and de Lavergne. Engine trouble forced down Colonel Brant near Deposit, New York. The airplane crashed on landing, and Nevitt was killed.
Meanwhile, the racers eastbound from San Francisco managed to cross the treacherous Sierra Nevada Mountains without incident. Eleven of the fifteen fliers reached Salt Lake City by afternoon. There, due to poor field conditions at the next control point, they were held overnight. But the first day had brought tragedy to this group also. Major Crissey and his observer, Sergeant Virgil Thomas, arrived oversait Lake City in late afternoon shortly after 5:00. Crissey circled the field, waving to the crowd that had gathered to greet the airmen. All seemed in order until the final approach. Crissey came in at an abnormally steep angle. The aircraft stalled and them plummeted to the ground. Both occupants were killed.
On Thursday, 9 October, Maynard left Chicago at first light. Encountering severe turbulence en route to Des Moines, he became airsick for the first time in his flying career. At North Platte, Nebraska, he met and exchanged greetings with the eastbound leader, Captain Lowell Smith. Maynard continued on to Cheyenne, while Smith spent the night in Omaha. The "flying parson" ended the day with a lead over Smith of 236 miles, or a little more than two hours' flying time.
Casualties continued to mount behind the leaders. Rainstorms east of the Mississippi caused numerous forced landings, and four aircraft suffered major damage. Lieutenant A. M. Roberts and his observer survived an especially close brush with death. In an effort to make up for lost time, Roberts chose the direct route, over Lake Erie, between Buffalo and Cleveland. His engine failed, and he had to ditch in the lake. Luckily, a passing freighter saw the crash and picked up the two men.
Snowstorms over Wyoming led to a fatality in the west. Lieutenants E. V. Wales and William Goldsborough were en route to Rawlins from Cheyenne, flying close to the ground below low clouds, when they encountered a snowstorm. Wales lost forward visibility. Suddenly, a mountain loomed ahead. Wales threw the aircraft into a violent turn, stalled, and dove into the ground. Lieutenant Goldsborough emerged from the wreck with serious injuries but managed to walk three painful miles for help. His effort was in vain. When rescuers returned to the aircraft, they found Wales dead.
The third day of the race began with problems for Lieutenant Maynard, who had hoped to arrive in San Francisco by sundown. Frosty overnight temperatures at Cheyenne resulted in an ice-clogged overflow pipe, which, in turn, caused the engine to overheat on starting, damaging the radiator. Sergeant William E. Kline, Maynard's observer-mechanic, made the necessary repairs, but the job took five hours. Maynard ended the day at Saldura, Utah, three control points and 518 miles from his final destination.
Meanwhile, Captain Smith continued to lead the eastbound contingent, with Major Spaatz and Lieutenant Emil Kiel in hot--and acrimonious--pursuit. Kiel arrived at Des Moines twenty-four minutes before Spaatz. When the major landed, he protested that Kiel had left Omaha, the previous control point, two minutes before the required thirty minutes for stopovers. The officer-in-charge honored Spaatz's complaint and forced Kiel to wait an additional two minutes at Des Moines. Shortly before nightfall, Spaatz and Kiel caught up with Smith at Bryan, Ohio. New York lay only 560 miles away, and they would have the advantage of the early rising sun, Maynard's lead in the west had vanished.
Unfortunately, the third day of the race also saw three serious accidents and one more fatality. Major A. L. Sneed, piloting a DH-4 short of fuel, made a very hard landing at Buffalo. The aircraft bounced high in the air and then smashed down on its nose. The observer, Sergeant Worth C. McClure, catapulted out of his seat, suffering a broken neck.
On Saturday, 11 October, the end of the first phase of the Transcontinental Air Race proved anticlimactic. Maynard left Saldura at first light, found ideal weather en route, and arrived in San Francisco without incident at 1:12 in the afternoon. On hand to greet the slender, bespectacled aviator, who had just set a new transcontinental speed record, was the chief of the Air Service, Major General C. T. Mehoher, who was accompanied by Colonel Arnold and a small group of officials and spectators.
Maynard had won because the eastbound fliers had run into trouble. Smith, Spaatz, and Kiel left Bryan at dawn, headed straight into threatening weather. Captain Smith, battling rainstorms, could not find the airfield at Cleveland. Coming down to ask directions, he damaged the landing gear and propeller of his de Havilland. Repairs took five hours, putting him out of contention.
Spaatz and Kiel located Cleveland without difficulty, but minor mechnical problems plagued their journey. In late afternoon, Spaatz arrived at Binghamton, where he encountered a brief delay. Kiel, who landed shortly after Spaatz, was asked to delay his departure until ten minutes after the major left, in deference to his senior. Kiel refused, and both men took off at the same time. Spaatz gained the lead en route to New York, but he landed by mistake at the Hazelhurst airport, adjacent to Roosevelt Field. Discovering his error, Spaatz took off immediately. It was too late. Kiel beat him to Roosevelt by twenty seconds.
Mercifully, the day had been free of serious accidents.
Sunday, 12 October, offered twenty-four hours of rest under contest rules and provided time to take stock of the past week's events. A majority of contestants had yet to complete the one-way crossing, and the race already had claimed five lives (seven, if the deaths of two fliers en route to the starting point were counted) and produced numerous injuries. The press tended to be philosophical about the losses. "Man," an editorial in the New York Tribune announced, "is compelled to pay the toll to a nature which is jealous of his progress." But some of the participants took a less detached view. Major Spaatz, destined to become the first chief of staff of the United States Air Force in 1947, opposed continuation of the race. No further useful purpose, he believed, could be served by going ahead. If the War Department insisted, then the fliers should return at a leisurely pace via a less hazardous southern route. Lieutenant Kiel was even more outspoken. "No one," he told a reporter, "can make me race back to California . . . . The train will be good enough for me." The American Flying Club urged Washington to call an end to the contest.
The War Department remained unmoved. The Army was the Army. Orders called for a double crossing of the continent, and orders would be obeyed.
Lieutenant Maynard resumed his flight in accordance with contest rules (not counting Sunday, forty-eight hours after his arrival) on Tuesday afternoon, 1 4 October. Spaatz got under way from New York the next morning, followed by Captain Smith. Lieutenant Kiel, who did not receive a train ticket from his superiors, complained that his aircraft needed extensive repairs and delayed his departure.
Monday and Tuesday had been marked by a number of accidents, as stragglers completed the first leg of the race. Wednesday, 15 October, however, brought fatalities. Lieutenants French Kirby and Stanley C. Miller experienced an engine failure near Evanston, Wyoming. Their aircraft stalled during an attempted deadstick landing, and both men died in the resultant crash.
The demise of Kirby and Miller produced the first severe public criticism of the air race. The Chicago Daily Tribune led the way, terming the contest "rank stupidity." Even Congressman Fiorello LaGuardia, one of the Air Service's staunchest supporters, spoke out in opposition. The casualties, he noted, were out of all proportion to those that might be expected in cross-country flying.10
This growing hostility stung Billy Mitchell, architect of the contest, and he responded in testimony before Congress. The blame, he argued, lay with the de Havillands, aircraft that had been foisted on a reluctant Air Service by Washington officialdom. The DH-4 (all of the fatal accidents had involved this type) had an unprotected gasoline tank. Moreover, the tank was placed in a hazardous location behind the pilot; during crash landings, pilots were likely to be crushed between the tank and the engine. Mitchell left the distinct impression that the race would have been much safer if different aircraft had been used.11
Mitchell's attack on the favorite whipping boy of the Air Service, the "infamous flaming coffin" of World War I, did not pass unchallenged, As Lieutenant Maynard and others would later point out, the plane's record was a good deal better than its reputation. The DH-4 had a pressure-feed (rather than a gravity-feed) fuel tank that lacked the rubber covering of tanks in some other aircraft and could explode when hit by a bullet. But pressure-feed tanks were common in airplanes flown during the Great War, nor was the absence of a rubber coating unusual. Certainly, the placement of the tank was unfortunate, and the British corrected this in the DH-9. Yet, again, this basic design was not remarkable. About half of the war's combat aircraft had tanks located behind the pilot, including the famous Spad and Sopwith Camel. Thus, although the DH-4, like the B-26 of World War II, did have detractors and skeptical critics, many fliers swore by the airplane.12
In any event, none of the five fatal accidents could be attributed to design problems. Modern accident investigators--perhaps too easily--would likely have singled out pilot error as a major factor. Two incidents (Crissey and Sneed) clearly were due to poor landing technique. Two others (Kirby and Brant) occurred on deadstick landings. Engine failure was an everyday event in 1 919, and pilots were expected to come down safely in such circumstances. Lieutenant Wales's accident, it it happened today, would likely be blamed on poor judgment: the pilot had flown into weather conditions beyond his ability to handle.
Mitchell had wanted publicity but not the kind that followed the latest fatalities. Nevertheless, the race continued. It seemed almost like a matter of pride for Mitchell--perhaps not personal pride, but pride in the Air Service.
On 16 October, fate turned against Lieutenant Maynard. A broken crankshaft forced him down forty miles west of Omaha. The "flying parson" needed a new engine. Even if he could find one, normally it took about three days to make the necessary repairs. But Maynard was a resourceful and determined young man. He located a Liberty motor in Omaha, courtesy of Captain Roy Francis, whose Martin bomber had crashed earlier in the week. Although the airplane had been demolished, one of its engines had escaped damage, Francis had the engine trucked to Maynard and arranged for searchlights so that the repair crew could work through the night Sergeant Kline, in charge of the engine change, performed a minor miracle: the airplane was ready to fly in eighteen hours.
Captain Lowell Smith, an equally determined individual who had become the westbound leader, ran into problems also. On the evening of 1 5 October, his aircraft was destroyed by fire in Buffalo when lanterns being used by mechanics ignited a wing. He received permission to continue the race if he could find a replacement aircraft. Prospects seemed dim until Major Spaatz arrived on the 17th. It took only a little pleading before Spaatz agreed to turn over his DH-4 to the eager captain. Happily, Spaatz bowed out of a race which he now considered pointless. Smith, who later would lead the first round-the-world f light in 1 924, went on to conquer wind and weather, becoming the first West Coast flier to complete the round trip when he arrived in San Francisco on 21 October.
Maynard, however, had already won the race. The lieutenant had no serious problems after Omaha and landed at Roosevelt Field in the early afternoon of Saturday, 1 8 October. More than 1 000 people turned out for the victory ceremony, including the aviator's wife and two young daughters. The girls seemed especially happy to see Trixie, surely the first dog to make the double crossing of the North American continent by air. When asked to explain his success, Maynard credited Sergeant Kline's mechanical feats, good luck, and the fact that he had relied extensively on his compass for point-to-point navigation. General Mitchell took the opportunity to announce that Maynard's arrival marked the end of America's isolation. The race, he said, amply demonstrated the capability of air power. Maynard, collecting his family and Trixie, headed for home. Three years later, on 7 September 1922, the young pilot would meet his death while stunt flying at a county fair in Rutland, Vermont.13
Although the Great Transcontinental Air Race disappeared from the front pages of the nation's newspapers with Maynard's arrival in New York, the contest continued. By the time it officially ended on 31 October, thirty-three aircraft had completed a one-way crossing and eight had made the round trip. While accidents continued during the final stages of the race, there were no more fatalities.
The human cost--seven lives--had been high, even during a period when flying could be an extremely hazardous business. The Air Service lost seventy-four aviators in cross-country operations during 1919 at a rate of one man killed every 274 flying hours. But fatalities in the air race occurred at the rate of one per 1 80 hours. Put another way, losses in the race fell just one short of the number of Americans killed while serving in France with the Lafayette Escadrille during twenty-two months of combat.14
And what was accomplished?
The announced purpose of the contest was to test the reliability and endurance of Air Service equipment. The race certainly demonstrated that the aircraft of 1 91 9 were far from reliable and that endurance was more human than mechanical. But these results could have been obtained in a far less costly manner.
Mitchell, of course, had had other motives. He had wanted to create a congenial climate of public opinion so that Congress would approve plans for unification and vote substantial appropriations. His scheme did not work. A separate air force remained years away; in 1920, Congress would slash Air Service tunds to the bone.15
Mitchell failed to realize his objectives through the transcontinental race, and even more bitter disappointments lay ahead for the outspoken airman. Still, while historians may call into question the effectiveness of Mitchell's role in promoting the needs of the Air Service after World War I and during the 1020s,16 his compelling vision of the future of aviation was vindicated in time . In the final analysis, General William "Billy" Mitchell proved to be the prophet of air power for the United States.
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1. See Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Crate, TheArmy Air Forces in World War II, 7 vols. (Chicago, 1948-1958), I, pp. 24-25, and Alfred F. Hurley, Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power (New York, 1964), pp. 39-40. The quotation is from General Mitchell's Winged Defense (New York, 1925), p. 3.
2. Hurley, pp. 45-51.
3 Isaac Don Levine, Mitchell: Pioneer of Air Power (Cleveland, 1944), pp. 191-92.
4. New York Times, 8 October, 1919
5. Details of preparation can be found in File 373, "Transcontinental Reilability Flight," Army Air Forces, Central Decimal File, 1917-38, Record Group, 18, National Archives; and Office of Director of Air Service, "Report on First Transcontinental Reliability and Endurance Test," 5 February 1920, Air Service Information Circular, vol. I. See also Ray L. Bowers's excellent article, "The Transcontinental Reliability Test," Airpower Historian, January 1961 pp. 45-54, and April 1961, pp. 88-1 00.
6. the turbulent postwar period is detailed by Burl Noggle, Into the Twenties: The United States from Armistice Normalcy (Urbana, 1974).
7. New York Times, 8 October 1919.
8 Details of the race, except where notes, are taken from the New York Times, 9-31 October 1 919
9. San Francisco Chronicle, 9 October 1919.
10. Chicago Daily Tribune, 18 October 1919; New York Times, 18 October 1919.
11. U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee No. I (Aviation) of the Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Hearings, 66th Congress, 1st Session (Washington, 1920), pp. 2644-50
12. See testimony by Maynard and Major James A. Meissner, ibid., pp, 3657-64, 3773-78.
13. On Maynard's death, see the New York Times, 8 and 12 September 1922.
14. Bowers, pp. 97-98.
15. Despite claims by Levine (Mitchell, p. 192) and others, the air race did not make a major contribution to the later establishment of the Post Office's transcontinental air mail route.
16. For a sharply critical treatment of Mitchell's activities, see Thomas Worth Walterman, "Airpower and Private Enterprise: Federal-industrial Relations in the Aeronautics Field,1918-1926, doctoral dissertation, Washington University, 1970.
William M. Leary (Ph.D., Princeton University) is Associate Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Last summer he served as a Visiting Professor at the National Air and Space Museum. Dr. Leary was with the Air Force at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, during the Korean War. He has written extensively on America aeronautical activity in East Asia and is author of Perilous Missions (University of Alabama Press, 1984), covering Civil Air Transportation and CIA covert operations in Asia. Soon to be published is his latest book, To Conquer Time and Space, an account of the early years of the U.S. Air Mail Service.


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Six of those governors who have continued in their positions since their appointment by Morsi. I will not comment on the names now. Below there is a list for the governors and short bios for those I managed to found now.
The governor of Monufia is still vacant as the man nominated for the position was exposed as a former Mubarak's regime remnant, and he had to refuse it due to public rejection. His name was released before other names and people rejected it .
Here are the names of the new faces in the governors' reshuffle :
- Galal El Saeed : The new governor of Cairo. The former minister of transportation in former Kamel El Ganzoury's cabinet in December 2011. The former governor of Fayoum till January 25 revolution was not only a member in the National Democratic Party, but he was also a member in the policies committee. He is said to be close to Gamal Mubarak as well.
- Army Major Gen.Tarek El Mahdy : The new governor of Alexandria. The most famous name when it comes to military in this reshuffle. The former SCAF member was appointed first as the head of TV in the early days of revolution and he was so popular among the employees, but had to resign later. Then he was appointed as the governor of New Valley from August 2011 to June 2013. During then He was then appointed as the governor of Red Sea. It was worth to mention in Morsi's last reshuffle , till the last moment he was tipped to be the governor of Alexandria but in the end we found him as the governor of Red Sea. During then people understood that the Muslim brotherhood could not give up Alex to the army especially that the deputy governor there Hassan El Bernes was the true governor.
- Army Major Gen. El Arabi Sorror : The new governor of Suez. The commander of the Popular defense troops. As far as I know the Popular defense troops' main mission now is to spread military awareness in the society. In the Past this department used to train high school and university students on combat and so on in order to help in protecting cities. Suez as a Canal City always had a governor from a military background. Current reports from the city speak about huge spread of arms there. It is also a stronghold for Salafists.
- Army Major Gen. Mustafa Hadhod : The new governor of Beheira.Originally he was the deputy head of military intelligence. He is the new governor of the Coastal governorate.
- Army Major Gen. Ahmed Bahaa El Din : The new governor of Ismailia , a canal city was the former chief of staff's aide and the head of the signals corps branch in armed forces.
- Army Major Gen. Tarek Saad El Din : The new governor of Luxor. He was the former chief of engineering staff in the armed forces. He was also the executive head of Tourism development authority.
- Army Major Gen. Mohamed Abdel Latif : The new governor of Damietta. He was the former head of military survey authority.
- Army Major Gen. Omar El Shadofy : The new governor of Dakahlia. He was also the former head of military survey authority.
- Army Major Gen. Mustafa Yosri El Siyad : The new governor of Aswan. He was the head of the air defense institute.
- Army Major General Abdel Hamid El Hagan : The new governor of Qena. He was working in the Administrative Control Authority "ACA".He used to work in the military intelligence. During his work in the ACA , he used to be among the staff of current head of General Intelligence General Mahmoud El Tahomy. El Tahomy was already accused to destroy evidence incriminating Mubarak's regime in 2011.
- Police general Ibrahim Hamed : The new governor of Assuit. A former general in State security.
- Police general Salah El Din Hassan : The new governor of Minya.
- Police general Mahmoud Othman : The new governor of Sohag. Interestingly this man was the deputy governor of Alexandria in 2011, and he is famous for his video where he pulled his gun on a group of teachers that stormed his office while protesting. Knowing the Upper Egypt's fascination with guns, I believe he is welcomed in Sohag because of that gun's moment !!
- Judge Ezzat Agowa : The new governor of Kafr El Sheikh. The former head of Judges' club in Alexandria. He is well known to be against the 25 January revolution. He is accused of forgery in 2005 parliamentary elections by grassroots movement Shayfenkom and was reported to former minister of justice from 3 months ago.
- Judge Magdy El Betity : The new governor of Bani Sawif. He is well known to curse the 25 January revolution and the revolutionaries in court during a court session.
- Dr. Saeed Abdel Aziz : The new governor of Sharkia. He was the dean of faculty of Commerce in University of Alexandria. He denied his affiliation with the National Democratic party.
- Dr. Mohamed Abdel Naim : The new governor of Gharbia.
- Dr. Hazem Atteya : The new governor of Fayoum. He was the deputy chairman of Helwan University.
- Engineer Mohamed Abdel Kader : The new governor of Qalyubia.
- Army Major Gen. Khaled Fouada : The governor of South Sinai.
- Army Major Gen. Sameh Qandil : The governor of Port Said.Originally the head of reconnaissance. He was appointed already in that position during Morsi's presidency. He is popular in Port Said as he is the first governor from the locals there.
- Army Major Gen. Abdel Fatah Harhor : The governor of North Sinai.There is a lot of action happening in his governorate and I am surprised that he is still in his position.
- Army Major Gen. Mahmoud Khalifa : The governor of New Valley.
- Army Major Gen. Badr Tantawy : The governor of Matrouh. Matrouh is not only a Salafist hot zone, but it could be the only governorate that supported Morsi. Some say that the challenge won't come from Sinai but rather from Matrouh especially with the arms pouring from Libya and the spread of Salafist Jihadist teachings there.
- Ali Abdel Rahman : The governor of Giza
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- Police General Sami Sedhom : The deputy governor of Sharkia. The notorious police general in Cairo has a black record during the days of Mubarak. This man already should be held accountable for the shooting of the protesters in 2011 especially in Mohamed Mahmoud street. Sharkia got one of the biggest voting blocs in Nile Delta by the way.
- Nadia Abdou : The deputy governor of Beheira. Unfortunately,the first woman to be appointed in that position turned to be an infamous leading member of the NDP in Alexandria. She won in the 2010 parliamentary elections in shady ways according to activists.
- In August 2011 "SCAF rule" : We had 14 army officers "One from intelligence" as governors , 2 Police officers "One from state security" and 11 civilians "3 judges , 3 academics , 3 civil servants , One ambassador and One Nasserite"
- In September 2012 "Morsi's rule , his first reshuffle" : We had 10 army officers , One police officer "From state security" and 16 civilians "5 judges , 5 academics , 1 ambassador , 2 civil servants and 4 Muslim brotherhood"
- In June 2013 " Morsi's rule , it was his second and reshuffle" : We had 7 army officers "One military intelligence" and 20 civilians "3 judges, 6 Independent figures , 1 from Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa , 1 from Ghad El Thawra and 10 Muslim brotherhood"
- In August 2013 "During interim president Adly Mansour's rule , his first reshuffle" : We have 14 army officers "two from military intelligence" , 4 police officers " One from state security" and 8 civilians "5 academics , 2 judges and one civil servants"
With my all due respect we do not know how these names are picked for those particular governorates.
We are being told that those 14 army generals are chosen because there are threats of terrorism and so on. "Some self claimed army officer is saying so on twitter and people like retweeting him crazily without thinking"
First many of those army generals are not counter terrorism specialists and according to the famous fact Field Marshal Tantawy did not change the army's doctrine to include counter terrorism to it despite the American pressures for years. Also,some of these generals actually were not specialized in countering terrorism for God sake and some of them left the military service from years and worked in the civilian sector.
Needless to say,this is the oldest trick book , create an enemy and use a vague word like terrorism to justify what you want.
This reshuffle does not give me the impression that the current regime actually wants to pave the way for a true interim period followed by a true democratic rule. This is a reshuffle does not represent the 25 January 2011 but rather the old 23 July 1952 governors' reshuffle !!
It is not a big secret that there is a belief in the army as well the public that border governorates should be governed by military man despite the fact that we are a centralized country where the governor takes his orders from Cairo.
I do not have high hopes in a true revolutionary constitution that speaks about the governors' elections and ends the deadly centralization in Egypt after that reshuffle seriously. There are indications for reforms and I do see any indication for any democratic reform what so ever especially with this all that nationalist war on terrorism hype.
If you speak against the current , you are no longer accused of being MB member but rather a traitor.
Ironically when one goes back to Mohamed ElBaradei's twitter old archive , he would find interesting tweets that went back to August 2011 with the first governors reshuffle after 25 January revolution.
18 generals out of 27 governors. All Moslem. Revolution should change the mindset and not just indivduals. When do we begin?
— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) August 5, 2011
not a single woman among the 27 governors. What happened to so called equality?Amazingly there are no women or Christians as governors and like in August 2011 "Same month" we have the same number of army officers as governors. There are not Islamists or revolutionaries either.
— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) August 6, 2011
Of course it is worth to mention that Al Nour Islamist party "the only Islamist party ready to speak to the army and presidency" refused to have any governor in this reshuffle.
It is worth to mention that from a couple of weeks ago ElBaradei presented his vision to the interim president regarding the governor's position. He wanted the governors to be elected.
BY the way,the Pro-Mubarak/Military started to campaign online that electing governors is a bad idea and the Pro-January 28 revolutionaries from youth should not open their bloody mouth because they are not united in one single strong political body.
The Muslim brotherhood members and supporters started to tease the people forgetting how the Morsi's governors reshuffles made people angry.
As the revolutionaries are angry and blaming both ElBaradei and Tamaroud and Tamaroud activists are firing back claiming that it is not their responsibility.
Mahmoud Badr , its spokesperson and representative when it comes to the talks with the army as well its representative in the Constitution amendments committee said on his twitter account that it was better to focus on the constitution.
Well I hope he does focus on the constitution and manages to get something better than this reshuffle.


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YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Chanting "Allah is great," suspected Islamic militants gunned down dozens of villagers and slit the throats of others in the latest attack in a northeast Nigerian area where the military has been bombing extremists out of forest hideouts, survivors said Sunday.
Local government chairman Maina Ularamu told The Associated Press he has reports of more than 50 people killed in Saturday night's attack on Izghe village in Borno state.
Sunday afternoon, funeral rites were held for 52 Muslim victims at the central mosque in the nearby town of Madagali, mosque officials confirmed.
One survivor said the village list of those killed amounted to 63 dead. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
He said the attackers looted the village food stores, set ablaze mud homes with thatched roofs and made off with about 10 vehicles.
Survivors said they are among hundreds of people from Izghe and neighboring villages who fled on foot through the bush in the night from Borno into Adamawa, two of three northeast Nigerian states under a state of emergency to halt a 4-year-old Islamic uprising. The area is dotted by mainly Christian villages in a predominantly Muslim region, but the Nigerian militants have killed Christians and Muslims indiscriminately, with frequent attacks on mosques and churches.
Insurgents of the Boko Haram terrorist network routinely attack civilians after they are attacked by the military.
On Wednesday, the air force began daily aerial bombardments near Izghe of extremist hideouts in the Sambisa Forest along the border with Cameroon. Soldiers moved in on foot following the bombing and at least nine troops and several militants were killed in a fierce hours-long battle, according to hospital and military sources.
After that attack, Ularamu urged the military to deploy more troops, saying the soldiers are outnumbered and outgunned by militants armed with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons as well as armored cars looted during attacks. Dozens more soldiers were stationed in recent days in Madagali town, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the scene of Saturday's attack.
Thousands have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes by the state of emergency and by militants who want to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer with a population of more than 160 million made up of about equal numbers of Christians and Muslims.
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September 10, 2011
Brad Wilber
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Sorry I'm posting so late today, but [24D: "My alarm didn't go off," e.g.]. A lame EXCUSE, I know. The fact is, I didn't even set an alarm. And I would have woken up at my usual super early time except that PuzzleDaughter had a friend sleep over last night and let's just say there was some drama in the middle of the night. Ugh. In any case, there's always a lot to talk about on Saturdays, so let's get to it.
First of all, I just want to get this out of the way. Brad, you know I love you, but OVERWEENING? Really? I've Ne-Ever heard this word before and it caused me all kindsa trouble up in the northeast corner. That second E (well, technically the third E) was the last letter I filled in and I spent a good five minutes running the alphabet a couple times to make sure that was my best guess. Obviously didn't help that I've also never heard of WEIL (10D: "Gravity and Grace" writer Simone). At one point, I was sure the correct answer was OVERBEARING, but every other cross looked totally solid, so I eventually had to scrap that idea. I finally gave up — decided I either had it right or had it wrong and there wasn't anything else I could do about it. And I had it right. Yay.
Other entries I've never heard of? Why, yes, there are a few. Can't say that I've ever heard of SHELL STEAK, though it was relatively easy to figure out (64A: Cut with the tenderloin removed). That second L was a sticking point, though. As you may know, science isn't exactly my forte so HCL (59D: Strong acid, chemically) was a total guess and that last letter could have been anything. In the end, it seemed like L was the best guess. Again, I guessed right. Whew.
The other things I flat-out didn't know are all names:
- 26A: Dean's reality TV partner (TORI).
- 27A: Hall of Fame NFL owner Wellington __ (MARA).
- 46A: Cymbeline's daughter, in Shakespeare (IMOGEN).
- 57D: Two-time Tony-winning playwright Yasmina __ (REZA).
Stand-out entries today include BARBED WIRE and MYSTIC PIZZA (4A: Range barrier / 62A: 1988 film set in a New England pie maker's shop). Didn't I just post a picture of Lili Taylor this week?!
Not too many write-overs today. The two that caused me the most trouble are both related to French (French!). I had NÉE where AKA was supposed to go (17A: Link between handles?), and MAI for MAY, thinking we needed the French spelling (45A: When the French Open starts). But I sure am chatty today. Let's get to the bullets so I can wrap this thing up.
- 31A: Divided country (USA). I don't understand this clue. Is it because it's divided into 50 states? Does it have something to do with use of the initials? My first thought put this clue in a political light, but we really don't see that in mainstream puzzles, so I'm sure it can't be that.
- 37A: Sch. whose students have won more than 200 Olympic medals (UCLA). Nice bit of trivia here.
- 41A: Steamy container (SOUP POT). Oh, another write-over. I tried STEW POT first.
- 53A: Mystery middle name (ALLAN). The middle name of Edgar ALLAN Poe.
- 61A: Yegg's haul (ICE). Yegg, which we've covered in CW101 before, is a slang word for safecracker, which I learned from crosswords. ICE is a slang word for diamonds. So there you go.
- 3D: Shipping inquiries (TRACERS). Hmmm. I would just call these TRACES. TRACERS have a more drug-related meaning to me. Did I say drugs? I meant fireworks. Yes, that's what I meant! Fireworks! (Hi, Mom!)
- 30D: Sci-fi character named for an Asian sea (SULU). Some more good trivia. My first though: "There's a sci-fi character named Aral?"
Other crosswordese in the puzzle that we've already covered:
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ARCADIA >> Game On Dude and Ron the Greek figure to be tough come Breeders' Cup Classic time, but don't forget Mucho Macho Man.
Ron the Greek easily won Saturday's $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, a major steppingstone to the Classic, and Mucho Macho Man shipped west to coast home in the Awesome Again Stakes, one of five $250,000 Grade 1 "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup prep races at Santa Anita Park.
"It's gonna be strong," Finn Green, racing manager for Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, said of the potential Classic field. "Game On Dude's running really well this year. Ron the Greek looked great today, and we looked pretty good too."
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, which owns Mucho Macho Man, decided to bypass the Gold Cup in favor of the Awesome Again, which turned out to be the 5-year-old Mucho Uno offspring's seventh victory in 22 starts.
Trainer Kathy Ritvo said weather was the main factor in choosing Santa Anita.
"We wanted a dry track and we had a better chance of having a dry track here," she said.
Mucho Macho Man, second behind Fort Larned in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita, ran the 1 1/8 miles over the main track in 1:48.30 while scoring the first Grade 1 victory of his career as the 8-5 favorite.
Ritvo said Mucho Macho Man, who was fifth early on before taking the lead in early stretch and cruising to a 4 1/4-length victory over 3-1 second choice Paynter, loves Santa Anita.
"He likes the weather and he likes the track," she said. "He seems to thrive here."
Gary Stevens, who rode four winners on the 11-race card, was aboard for what turned out to be a stroll in the park.
"Fabulous, just a great ride," Green said of Stevens. "We were hoping for that with Gary. We told Gary before the race we knew he'd been on some great horses and we hoped we were putting him on a great horse today. He was excited. We were all excited."
It was another 2 1/4 lengths back in third to 22-1 long shot Soi Phet, a 5-year-old gelding who was claimed by his owners for $16,000 in May at Hollywood Park. He's won four of five races since.
Stevens also rode Zenyatta Stakes winner Beholder to her first victory over older horses, guiding the Henny Hughes filly to a 1 1/4-length win in 1:42.11 for the 1 1/16 miles.
Stevens coaxed Beholder through moderate fractions of 23.73, 47.36 and 1:11.28 as she went gate to wire for her seventh victory in 11 tries as the 8-5 favorite and gave owner B. Wayne Hughes a special 80th birthday present. She's been off the board only once, when she finished fourth in her debut in June 2012 at Hollywood Park.
"She's just a filly that really likes the fight," trainer Richard Mandella said. "She likes going to battle and it comes out when the race is run."
Authenticity, second behind Royal Delta in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga on Aug. 25, finished second and 2-1 second choice Joyful Victory was third.
•It was quite a day for trainer Doug O'Neill, who won the $400,000 Grade 1 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park with Private Zone about three hours before 10-1 long shot Bond Holder scored a 2 1/4-length victory in the FrontRunner Stakes for 2-year-olds under jockey Mario Gutierrez.
O'Neill also won the first race at Santa Anita, a maiden special weight, with 13-1 outsider Versye, a 2-year-old Square Eddie filly.
Bond Holder, a maiden who was making his fifth start, ran the 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.02 for O'Neill, who was in New York for the Vosburgh and later attended the Brown-Harvard college football game. O'Neill's nephew is a defensive back for Brown.
"We had great expectations for this horse even though he was a maiden," said O'Neill assistant Leandro Mora. "He ran a huge race at Del Mar (second on Aug. 31) and we knew we had a legitimate horse."
Dance With Fate, the 2-1 favorite, finished second, two lengths in front of Del Mar Futurity winner Tamarando. The Bob Baffert-trained Can the Man, second choice at 2-1, finished fourth.
•Secret Compass ran like a filly that will get better with added distance by rallying to win the Chandelier Stakes for Baffert and jockey Rosie Napravnik.
Sent postward at 10-1 in the 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies, Secret Compass got up to beat 2-1 second choice She's a Tiger by a head in 1:44.91. Fascinating, the 6-5 favorite, finished another three-quarters of a length back in third.
Baffert, who also trains Fascinating, plans to run both horses in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.
"They'll both be a lot better for the Breeders' Cup," he said.
Trainer Jeff Bonde's filly She's a Tiger, who lost for only the second time in five tries, is also ticketed for the Breeders' Cup.
"I was real proud of my horse," Bonde said. "She relaxed much better today than she had in her prior races. Gary (Stevens) was pumped after the race and he told me that this horse will be really hard to beat in the next one."
•Five-year-old mare Tiz Flirtatious won the Rodeo Drive Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles on the turf for her first Grade 1 victory and eighth overall in 12 starts. She's never been off the board in her career.
A 5-year-old by Tizbud, the 8-5 second choice settled in fourth much of the way under Julien Leparoux before unleashing a surge that led to a head victory over 6-5 favorite Marketing Mix in 1:58.98.
Vionnet, a 28-1 long shot who almost stole the victory by setting a slow pace, finished third.


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The reviews are in, and the biggest thing the Street took away from Apple's iPhone (AAPL) unveiling in Cupertino yesterday was that the long-awaited entry into the middle tier of smartphone pricing failed to materialize.
The new iPhone "5C," at an unsubsidized price of $549 was well above expectations for $450 or less. Apple has segmented its new phone offerings, without changing the pricing structure that's been in existence for years.
That left most on the Street to conclude Apple has decided to preserve some of its profitability while perhaps giving up an opportunity to measurably expand the iPhone's market share.
Some took that as a good thing, others as a negative, with three different shops, UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Credit Suisse cutting the stock to the equivalent of Hold from Buy.
Even some of the bulls on the stock were in a grumpy mood today: Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi appeared on CNBC with Carl Quintanilla this morning to discuss the unsettling notion the lack of a cheaper offering will hurt Apple's growth.
About the flagship iPhone 5S, both bull and bear praised novel features such as the fingerprint scanner built into the home button, and the introduction of 64-bit computing. Analysts differed in how significant they felt those features to be.
Apple shares closed down $26.81, or 5.4%, at $467.83, adding to yesterday's 2% decline.
Timothy Arcuri, Cowen & Co.: Reiterates an Outpeform rating and a $550 price target. "The first true launch of the Tim Cook era had all the hallmarks of a manufacturing, operations and supply chain expert. The "low-end" 5C was nowhere to be found; in its place debuted a more colorful costed-down version of the iPhone 5 masquerading as a new phone w/better battery life and some innovative new manufacturing elements. Given 5C's $549 unsubsidized US price (~$733 in China), this is nobody's low margin phone and, together w/new relationships at NTT DoCoMo (announced) and China Mobile, supports our thesis since assuming coverage that 2014 Street estimates look too low. Additionally, the 5S at the high-end includes some key new technologies (64-bit processor + fingerprint) that could provide a solid segue into some new markets like enterprise, TV, and gaming."
Ed Parker, Lazard Capital Markets: Reiterates a Buy rating and raises his price target to $570 from $500. "While it's difficult to argue that there's a lot of incremental innovation here, we can't help but highlight the continuation of Apple's simple yet elegant pricing scheme - significantly marking up NAND memory and generating software-type incremental margins while at the same time lowering the price of the phone by using plastic instead of aluminum. Best-in-class user experience increases the utility of local device storage and drives Apple's sustainable profit engine. The pricing scheme remains unchanged, as demonstrated by the $100 higher price for an additional 16GB of flash memory and less than $20 incremental cost to Apple on the 5C. As we have previously argued, Apple sells storage by delicately but deliberately incenting customers to purchase NAND flash memory at 80%-90% incremental margins. Ironically, the source of the price reduction of the 5C is the substitution of plastic instead of aluminum while the NAND markup remains. Additionally, Apple is offering silicone (for the 5C) and leather cases (for the 5S) for $29 and $39, respectively, probably at gross margins that would make most tech vendors salivate. As Seagate argued yesterday at its analyst day, local storage is cheaper than bandwidth and sees dramatically more aggressive price declines. This fact is a key assumption in Seagate's strategic planning, and we agree that local storage balanced with remote access is crucial in providing an optimal user experience (key to Apple's profit engine)."
Mike Walkley, Canaccord Genuity: Reiterates a Buy rating and raises his price target to $550 from $530. "We believe the new iPhone 5S has very competitive high-end specifications versus leading Android smartphones including the world's first 64-bit A7 processor, a separate M7 motion co-processor and Touch ID – a fingerprint authentication sensor built-into the new home button. Further, we believe new capabilities in iOS 7 available September 18 along with the features and new colors for the 5S and 5C should drive strong sales, particularly to Apple's large iOS base. Consistent with our model, Apple anticipates surpassing 700M cumulative iOS sales next month. The more affordable 5C features a hard-coated polycarbonate body, 4" Retina display, A6 processor, and is available in five colors. Consistent with our expectations for increased LTE support in the new iPhones leading to increased RFIC $-content per iPhone, all the five announced SKU's for both the iPhone 5S and 5C are LTE enabled (including some SKU's supporting up to 13 LTE bands). Given the slightly higher pricing for the 5C and aggressive launch plans, we increased our F2014 iPhone sales estimate from 177M to 180M units and our ASP forecast from $543 to $562, resulting in our F2014 EPS estimate increasing from $44.20 to $46.05."
Rob Cihra, Evercore Partners: Reiterates an Overweight rating and a $600 price target. "Price cut to 4S (now 8GB; free w/ contract) positions it to better target emerging/prepaid markets while 5C effectively replaces the 5. Positive offset, however, is while C may officially stand for color it might just as well have been launched as 5BM for likely better margin, after the now-defunct iPhone 5's cycle and less GM dilutive than we'd been expecting. Both new iPhones available Sep 20 in 10 countries including China for the first time at launch. Apple also finally adds Japan's largest carrier NTT DoCoMo (62mil subs) to its roster. The 5S' unique new Touch ID fingerprint scanner doesn't just unlock the screen but can be used for iTunes transactions and we think future roadmaps across e-commerce and enterprise security. With A6 processor, specs in most ways just took their lead from the prior-gen iPhone 5, but now using a cool polycarbonate body makes the step-down iPhone a different iPhone not just an older iPhone. We adjust our model with higher than expected 5C pricing ($549 ex-contract vs. our $390 expectation) trimming our upside unit assumptions (e.g., Dec-qtr iPhones to 54mil from 56mil) but also keeping blended iPhone ASP and gross margins higher, thereby ticking up our Dec-qtr EPS +39c to $13.31, and FY14 EPS +$1 to $42.29. Product positioning could limit upside in lower-end market expansion but likely also helps stem gross margin dilution that has otherwise proved Apple's biggest anchor in CY13."
Toni Sacconaghi, Bernstein Research: Reiterates an Outperform rating and a $600 price target. "Overall, we are disappointed with Apple's announcement and see limited impact to ours and consensus current estimates for FY 14. More importantly, we worry that Apple's inability/unwillingness to come out with a low priced offering for emerging markets nearly ensures that the company will continue to be an overall share loser in the smartphone market until it chooses to address the low end. We note that that the low end (<$300 ASP) of the smartphone market is ~600M units in 2013E, growing to ~1.1B in 2017YE, and that Apple's overall smartphone unit share could decline from 19.4% in CY 2012 to <13.0% in CY 2017E, or ~140 bp per year, even if Apple retains its high end share (46.5%), due to the overwhelming relative growth in the low end of the smartphone market (Exhibit 1). In essence, Apple continues to risk being relegated to a high-end niche player, akin to its role in the PC market – a real shame, given its pronounced first mover advantage in smartphones. Additionally, high end smartphones are expected to have limited unit growth going forward, making iPhone (and overall Apple) revenue growth challenging. Finally we note that most first time buyers of sub-$300 smartphones are purchasing Android phones, meaning that it will be increasingly difficult for Apple to migrate those users from the Android ecosystem at a later date than if Apple could have attracted those same users to iOS in the first place."
Steve Milunovich, UBS: Cuts his rating to Neutral from Buy and cuts his price target to $520 from $560. "We are downgrading Apple from Buy to Neutral on the concern that Apple's pricing strategy will hamper the company's ability to be competitive in key growth areas in the smartphone market, particularly in China. We were impressed by the specs of the 5S, the addition of NTT DoCoMo, and overnight news regarding China Mobile. We were surprised by the high price of the 5C ($549/649) at just $100 under the 5S without a contract, leaving little differentiation. We surmise that even if Apple secures a partnership deal with China Mobile in the near term, it will be challenged to compete against comparable Android (4-inch, quad-core) devices priced 40-50% lower than the iPhone 5C. A recent survey of 35,000 Chinese consumers conducted by ChinaDaily.com indicated that only 2.6% of respondents would consider purchasing the iPhone 5C at the $549 (Rmb4,488) level. We are lowering our iPhone units from 175mn to 158mn on weaker demand from the low end. Despite the downward 10% unit revision, our revenue and EPS estimates remain intact, benefitting from a 10% higher iPhone ASP and a slightly higher gross margin. Our F14 EPS actually improves from $44.65 to $45.46. Despite the slight bump, we are concerned the opportunity as well as brand perception may be at risk of being diminished with a less accommodative pricing strategy in key growth markets."
Kulbinder Garcha, Credit Suisse: Cuts his rating to Neutral from Outperform, while maintaining a $525 price target. "In aggregate, we remain disappointed with Apple's decision to remain a premium priced smartphone vendor, and this continues to competitively expose the company and limits its TAM and growth. Apple's iPhone portfolio, for the next 12 months, by our estimates, will remain significantly in the >$400 smartphone segment, not incrementally different from recent years. This segment has seen peaked growth – with 300mn units sold per year and only modest expansion. In this low growth segment, Apple faces strong competition from Samsung, which holds the other 50% of category market share. Critically, by ignoring the mid-tier smartphone segment, Apple will continue to lose users to the Android ecosystem. On our new estimates, Apple's smartphone share will decline to 15.5%/13.1% this year and next from 18.1% last year. Product launch lacking real innovation. The iPhone 5s has a new apps processor, improved camera functionality and new motion sensor functionality. However, these are not game changers and are more evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes. The iPhone 5c is essentially a multi-colored, plastic iPhone 5 and could cannibalize higher end sales and account for over 50% of unit mix over time bringing lower gross profit dollars."
Chris Caso, Susquehanna Financial Group: Reiterates a Neutral rating and a $440 price target. "We do expect the addition of DoCoMo and China Mobile to represent TAM expansion, but not to represent the significant volume boost that would come from a lower-priced emerging market phone. We therefore maintain our view that this year's iPhone product cycle isn't a significant catalyst. We do, however, see a more significant catalyst next year, given our expectations for a larger-screen iPhone and as a new product cycle allows the iPhone 5C to be priced more aggressively at China Mobile. It appears the iPhone 5C allows AAPL better margins than they would have had if they had simply dropped iPhone 5 to the midrange – but it doesn't appear to have appreciably better margins than the 4S, nor will it allow them to attack new markets. AAPL's new low-end product is now the iPhone 4S, which will be offered free in the U.S. under contract, or $450 for an 8Gb model without contract. It's important to note however that the iPhone 4S isn't compatible on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network, so we don't expect the phone to be offered on that network. AAPL does have an event in China today where we expect them to announce the availability of the iPhone 5C and 5S on China Mobile, the first time an iPhone is available at that carrier."
Glen Yeung, Citigroup: Reiterates a Neutral rating and a $430 price target. "We estimate that ~60% of China Mobile's 3G phones were priced below $150 in 1Q13. Indeed, in our preview (see: Will Apple's New Products Provide a Second Wind?), we expressed concern that at our assumed $450 ASP, the 5C might struggle to gain emerging markets traction –our concerns are now heightened and we consequently expect shares to come under some pressure after the recent rally. While NTT DoCoMo was announced as a new carrier of the iPhone, any mention of China Mobile (CM) was noticeably absent. We also note the 5C has 14 LTE bands (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26) as well as 3 TD- LTE bands (38, 39, 40), missing TD-LTE band 41, that specific to CM. We expect a CM launch later in 4Q13 but Citi China Telecoms analyst Bin Liu believes China Mobile may not subsidize the 5C before 2014 and when they do, will have limited volume commitments given the high subsidy requirements; we note that at $549, just 9.8M 5C's sold would eat up CM's entire 2013 subsidy budget (Rmb 27B). Meanwhile, with limited TD-LTE coverage, CM's subsidies as a proportion of user- guaranteed spending will be below the ~40% level of CU &CT. Liu therefore does not expect CM to aggressively promote the 5S until TD-LTE coverage is more widely expanded in mid-2014. Even assuming a 50% increase in subsidy budget for 2014, Citi anticipates only 5M-7M incremental iPhones will be sold on the CM network (implying Rmb 16.5B or 40% of CM's 2014 subsidy budget assuming a 50% y/y increase). Recent China Experience. For the first time, Apple will launch the latest iPhone in China coincident with the first wave of countries. We suspect that this, along with a gold-colored 5S, is meant to improve their worsening position in China. According to market research firms, Apple lost market share in 2Q13 (down 100bps-400bps q/q depending on source), placing them in 5th or 7th place, in stark contrast to their #1 position in the US (with ~40% share). We attribute this share loss to the growing presence of local Chinese handset makers (Lenovo, Yulong, Huawei, ZTE, and Xiaomi all ranked above Apple in terms of 2Q13 market share according to Canalys), all offering lower-priced, but competitively spec'd alternatives to iPhone. We compare the Xiaomi's latest Mi3 and Apple's 5C in Figure 2 of this note."


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