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By the end of the day, Monday, April 29, they had saved the landfill from more than 200 plastic bottles, according to Principal Wendy Cobb.
The school made its decision based on the prevalence of bottled water and the cost of bottled water in terms of the wallet and the environment.
From a peak in 2007, bottled water consumption dropped in 2008, down by 3.8 percent from the previous year. Recently, cities, schools, natural food stores and restaurants have begun to "buy local" – offering tap water rather than bottled – for environmental and economic reasons. For example, last year the majority of mayors at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors voted to phase out the use of bottled water.
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I'm 26 years old and a C4/5 injury. I just passed the fifth anniversary of my injury. I'm currently stuck in a stagnant situation where I don't see much hope for improvement. I was hoping to get some advice on how I can change this. It all boils down to two main problems:
1. I have an extremely over protective mother.
2. Our inability to find a consistent caretaker.
I will elaborate more on these two problems first, a short history on my injury.
I was studying to become an aeronautical engineer but at 21, I fell off a cliff and broke my neck. I stayed in rehab at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (henceforth SCV) for three months which was slightly longer than their average duration but this was primarily because I was part of a clinical trial for SCI. After those three months, I went home in San Francisco which is an hour and a half away from SC. I liked my experience during rehab but I felt it didn't really prepare me for complete ignorance of every day society towards spinal cord injury. I ended up with a minor bedsore after about a month so I went to one of the local hospitals here in San Francisco. For reasons completely unknown to me, they debrided a giant hole in my sacrum for what was an extremely minor bedsore. I suspect it was either because they didn't turn me while I was hospitalized or they made a mistake about what state my bedsore was. I spent the next 2 and a half years hospitalized because of that debriding, the following flap (which seems to be stretched too tight) and another bedsore from the hospital.
I have been home for over a year now but my situation is very stagnant. I'm still stuck in bed 24/7because of the difficulty in finding a caretaker and this difficulty is increased by the overprotectiveness of my mother. An example would be turning. One teaching a new caretaker, my mom will have something like 50 or 60 different steps to turning me which includes how thick pillows should be, what direction to flatten creases and just all-around extreme perfection towards something that doesn't require it. My mom also seems to think that I'm made of glass which is extremely frustrating. I insist on trying to go on a diet but she refuses to cooperate often starting huge arguments because I refuse to eat large amounts. My stepdad is also a complete idiot who doesn't understand the SCI has no cure and frequently tells me to just think about standing up in order to heal myself.
These problems are increased because we can't find a consistent caretaker. My mom's extremely high requirements turned away most people and the situation more than often ends up with the caretaker we hired taking care of my parents household needs so my parents can take care of me. This is really difficult for me because I'm trying to become independent from my parents due to my mothers overprotectiveness. We don't have funding beyond IHSS to hire caretakers either. I do have around 300 IHSS/WPCS hours which currently goes to my mom and stepdad.
The only people who are willing to do the necessary work for minimum-wage seem to be almost exclusively Hicks from China. Let me explain, my family is Chinese and my mom is completely inapt at housework. She seems to think that hiring a caretaker should entail that caretaker taking care of the entire household. This ends up with 80% of the caretakers work being cooking, washing dishes and cleaning the house. This is a very frustrating habit of my mother that I can't break. That's why all of our caretakers end up being people who have basically never seen an iPhone or iPad in their life. They are completely unfamiliar with the necessary tasks of caretaker and also quite often uneducated. It doesn't help that the living costs of the bay area are so high that no one will work for minimum-wage.
I'm completely at a loss on how to fix this situation. I understand that most of the problems stem from my mother but I'm completely dependent upon her because of my injury. Getting counseling for her will not work because she will be offended at the very idea. I also am unable to support myself monetarily. Is my only option to go to a community home?
I want to be able to support myself financially but there seems to be nothing I can do.
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The Lordaeron palace gardens was the location of the dreadlords, who were left in charge of Lordaeron, were found by the death knight Arthas upon his return from Kalimdor. Once the demons had been forced to retreat, Arthas turned his attention to the last living survivors of Lordaeron. He fought against three detachments of The Silver Hand led by Dagren the Orcslayer (Crippling Force), Magroth the Defender (Defenders of Justice), and Halahk the Lifebringer (Circle of Holy Light) with his own forces and those of Undead Sylvanas and Kel'Thuzad. The humans tried to send their forces out to escape but were blocked by the trio.
At the capital city of Lordaeron, near the ruined palace gardens, Archimonde's pet dreadlords discuss their current plans for the Scourge.[1]
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Gopher Genealogy by Susan LeBlanc provides information about research, lectures, published articles and book reviews, and Serendipity Moments that are the results of searching for ancestors both personally and for clients. The objective of the blog is for others to receive insight and inspiration in doing their family history research. It is an evolving method of communication and input from reviewers is welcome.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Passing of a Loved One - Life Goes On
Right now I feel overwhelmed and unsure how to react to much of the information others are sharing with me. Speaking with the lawyer has helped some, but there are so many unknowns. While I grieve for my mother I so want to honor her by doing the right things. She gave me clear instructions as to what I need to do, but so much changed in her life since she wrote her last will in 1991. Now we have to come to terms with how the legal system works according to the current laws in our state.
Can anyone possibly prepare for this situation? The greatest thing that is helping me is my immediate family and my three siblings. The funeral was lovely and the chapel was full of her family, friends and acquaintances. Her favorite color was purple and it could be seen everywhere in the room. She should have lived another twenty years, but it is her time to depart this life. The passing of a loved one is surely one of the greatest challenges in life, but life does go on. My prayer is that we all find peace in the process and move forward together.
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I'm so sorry for your loss Susan. My condolences to you and your family.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry, Susan. My sincere condolences and prayers for you and your family.ReplyDelete
You cannot prepare well for this situation. Just take it a day or week at a time, work with your family to prepare lists of things to do, follow the lawyer's guidelines, and it will eventually be over.
You will, I think, look forward to finding her "treasures" and finding a good home for each one of them. I hope that you find many of them so that your memories are overloaded with her goodness and personhood. It's part of the grieving process.
We knew my mother was going to die soon in early January, and we knew there was a trust, and an attorney. We emptied the house as a family (me and my two siblings, and our spouses and kids), finding homes for everything, or selling or donating them (four generations of stuff). There wasn't really "enough" for an estate sale. We knew that the "pot at the end of the rainbow" was selling the house, so we made that our focus, and it sold fairly quickly and we all appreciated the thrift and wisdom of my great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. Through all of this, the three families had no arguments, no disagreements, just a common purpose. We have wonderful memories of finding mom's "treasures" plus things that she probably didn't even know about up in the back of the closet (her parents "treasures").
Good luck and all the best. Please share some of the treasures you do find on your blog when you can. I'll be reading!Replies
Thank you Jana and Randy.Delete
Susan, I am so sorry for your loss and know your mind must be swimming. Stay strong and try to focus on one thing at a time rather than everything all at once, as you said, it is very overwhelming.ReplyDelete
I dealt with the loss of my Dad 2 years ago and found unexpected treasures and information among the "junk" accumulated over the years. I learned new things about his life from friends and relatives. I had no idea what to do first, or next with the many hoops to jump through after someone passes away. When we called Social Security to swap my mom's benefit amount for my dad's higher one I couldn't understand why the lady kept asking about whether my dad had ever worked for the railroad. We insisted he had not, a few months later I discovered his railroad pension card from the summer he worked for the railroad in Pawhuska, OK while in high school.
Now my mother's Alzheimer disease is advancing and I begin again, but with different issues to deal with. It is a learning experience and one day you will only remember the treasures discovered as you go through this process. The rest will be a dim memory.


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It's a great time to be a geek (or NERD). I have said numerous times that I never (even in MY wildest dreams) thought I would be seeing some of the comic books I love come to life like they are now in theaters.
Some of you may recall my excitement leading up to the first Iron Man, and then there was Nick Fury hinting at the Avengers. No WAY! I thought they couldn't pull that off, because there was no established group yet – and we would never see HellCarriers in a movie…..even Hollywood couldn't do that.
We then got a pretty good Hulk (sadly losing Ed Norton), a passable Iron Man 2, Thor…and then, it all came together with Captain America. IMO – a near perfect origins story.
When the Avengers came out – Downey stole the screen again, the team came together….AND there were Hellcarriers!
At this point, Marvel could do no wrong – and this was proven out this year with Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy. Winter Soldier made a super hero movie that plays out like real life (as one can be in the Marvel Universe) and GotG took a product not many had heard of, and made it a phenomenon.
Remember when I said it was great to be a Geek (or Nerd)? This is why – because of arguing about how bad a movie was (Fantastic Four anyone?), we can nitpick on the great things – which leads to this article.
With the current popularity of GotG – you knew at some point we would hit saturation. Everwhere you turn, you have Groot popping up, and now even Marvel is jumping their own shark.
Over at Comic Alliance, you have the headline Marvel Announces Rocket Raccoon And Groot Homage Covers. In the article, you learn that Marvel is going forward with some variant art covers, portaying Rocket and Groot in some classic scenes. Personally, I am underwhelmed – liking only the Thor crossover. But the one I dispise the most is this one – that take on Demon in a Bottle.
As cute as baby Groot is, you don't mess with the inner turmoil of Tony Stark or the possibly one of the greatest storylines in Iron Man history. Especially when Disney is so afraid to do this story line – because of the kids going to see the movies. Either you respect the brand (and don't tease us about it in other movies) or you leave it alone by not marketing to kids with your two new cash cow characters. You cant have both.
Ugggh – now I want an R-Rated Marvel Universe movie (please do a Punisher movie right!).
See what I mean – the world is so great in the Marvel Universe, we are debating (we cant even argue) about variant comic covers. Life is good! Am I off base on the Demon in a Bottle debate? Who is your favorite Marvel character? Most glaring nit-pick? Debate it all below.
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BEA to tempt developers with Essex server
WebLogic weight loss
Next year will see BEA Systems' first implementation of a slimmed down application server. Codenamed 'Essex', WebLogic Server version 10.3 will launch by March 2008 - BEA said at BEAWorld this week - and marks the debut of an architecture that lets developers remove modules they don't want prior to installation.
BEA promises a lightweight installer of 150Mb for the core WebLogic Server 10.3 application server, compared to today's 600Mb, which expands to 1.1Gb.
Developers will be able to unclick a series of check-boxes for extras like the WebLogic Server management console, UDDI and Xquery support, JDBC drivers, web server plug ins, and Beehive and Struts libraries that are currently thrown in.
The reduction is designed to enable faster download and installation, and allow for WebLogic Server installation on smaller PCs and servers.
In two years' time BEA will make it possible to boot-up only selected modules at runtime, for improved start-up and performance. This could mean the slimmer application server finds its way onto new products that have limited memory, power or processing capabilities, such as automotive devices.
Long-term, the BEA vision is that users can grab and download updates to the modules they want, rather than installing a completely new edition of WebLogic Server.
Underlying all of this is BEA's microServices Architecture (mSA), unveiled amid much hoopla at BEAWorld last year - but pretty much kicked to the sidelines at this year's event in favor of the hipper Genesis.
BEA says it has isolated and modularized 230 WebLogic component elements under mSA, using industry standards.
One goal of BEA's fat loss program is to attract developers who'd otherwise download the lightweight JBoss open source application server. Developers have given JBoss a leg-up to broader deployment inside many organizations. And this is challenging BEA's application server business.
Other features of WebLogic Server 10.3 include implementations of SAML 2.0 for single sign on, Microsoft and IBM's WS-Security and WS-Policy, Ajax and Dojo for rich internet clients, and an HTTP pub/sub engine so clients can run information feeds on a desktop without the user needing to hit the refresh button. ®
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The lasting legacy of these recent London Olympics wasn't Ryan Lochte's epic bro-ness or McKayla Maroney's perpetual disinterest in everything, but rather it was #NBCfail, the hashtag that, over the course of 17 days, came to signify the complete ineptness of a media conglomerate to please its wider audience, from the cherry-picked editing of live performances to the farcical primetime tape delays to the unreliable web streaming. It was a debacle of far-reaching proportions, except when it came to domestic TV ratings, which is all that NBC ultimately cared about. Now, it appears that despite the outcry, NBC has no reason to change anything for the benefit of consumers in 2016. If anything, it's going to get even worse.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit on Thursday, NBC Sports Media Group Mark Lazarus made the company's first official comments regarding the Olympics and profitability. The verdict? NBC just about broke even.
From a financial point of view the Games, on a discrete basis, were a break-even proposition for us," Lazarus said, adding that the result was "far healthier…than we had planned on going in."
NBC approached the 17-day extravaganza anticipating a $200 million net loss.
Once NBC freed up the inventory it had salted away for make-goods, fears of ending up in the red evaporated. All told, the network booked north of $1 billion in ad inventory, atop which it sprinkled nearly $300 million in affiliate and digital revenue. Rights fees and production costs ate up approximately $1.28 billion.
Lazarus suggested that it may be too soon to assess the long-term impact of the Summer Games, which drew 219.4 million total viewers, making it the most-watched event in U.S. television history.
"In terms of the enterprise value to NBCUniversal, that discrete break-even does not take into account the halo effect and what it did for the ratings (short-term and ongoing) for our news division, for our late night group, for our discussions with MVPDs [read: operators] and for our affiliate groups," Lazarus said. "On the whole the Olympics is a very good business for us."
The Olympics is a very good business for us. That doesn't mean Comcast/NBC is going to make the streaming process any easier by, say, feeding it free to YouTube for anyone to watch, the way people in 64 countries between Asia and Africa got to experience the Olympics. You'll likely still have to be a cable subscriber and who's to say that NBC won't start charging extra in four years time? Maybe $10 or $15 for an Olympics Online Pass. People spend that much on a digital album or smartphone app without blinking. And if that's the only way many people will be able to watch the Olympics online, they will pay it.
No, only if NBC had lost big on the London games—like, $200 million big, which is what they were expecting—would the Peacock be motivated to try something radical and fan friendly next time around, something to get people talking about how NBC was trying a new tactic, one that caters to fans at home instead the Comcast shareholders and TV wonks who worship at NBC's Nielsen average, down to each decimal point.
Digital (and affiliate) revenue came in at about $300 million and saved the day, financially speaking, for NBC. It's that digital revenue area where it'll look to grow big-time in 2016. NBC executives might consider this the last "free" Olympics we've ever seen. Lazarus has already said NBC should've tape-delayed more programming during London, so there's nothing to stop him from enacting such a pay system, since they know people are going to watch on TV, regardless of anything else they throw at consumers. And any extra dough they can squeeze out of online viewers? They'd snap that up faster than Bolt in the 100.
Maybe the fact that Rio is only one hour away ahead of the East Coast will lead to even higher projected TV ratings, which could lead to many more live events on network TV, which could lead to NBC resisting the urge to institute extra fees to boost digital revenue. That, of course, would require management that puts viewers' concerns before its stock price. Who knows if NBC, the network behind Animal Practice, is even capable of such reasoning.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the second year in
a row MIT placed 11th among all Division III schools in the
National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
annual Learfield Sports Directors' Cup. The Engineers'
Institute-best finish once again registered as the highest
performance by the New England Women's and Men's
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
The Learfield Sports Directors' Cup honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports, both men's and women's, at NCAA Championship events. At the Division III level, the following sports are factored into the calculation of the rankings: baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, women's rowing, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, women's volleyball, women's water polo, and wrestling.
Below is a breakdown of how MIT's qualifying teams performed in their respective NCAA Championship events.
|Women's Cross Country
Third Place
|Women's Indoor Track and Field
Third Place
|Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Fourth Place
|Men's Cross Country
12th Place
|Men's Swimming and Diving
Fourth Place
|Men's Tennis
Second Round
|Women's Swimming and Diving
15th Place
First Round
|Women's Fencing
21st Place
|Men's Indoor Track and Field
28th Place
|Men's Basketball
Second Round
|25th Place
(180 schools)
|Seventh Place
(277 schools)
|Final: 11th Place
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- Component location diagrams
- Information on available stock
- MES (manufacturing execution systems)
- ERP systems (enterprise resource planning)
Furthermore, the user can also receive and send e-mails from the HEIDENHAIN control on his machine tool.
Direct viewing, processing, and sharing of data
Thanks to Remote Desktop Manager, the user can view, process, and share any data and other information that arises at the milling machine during production and that is required elsewhere in the process chain directly from his HEIDENHAIN TNC control without delay.
With Remote Desktop Manager, all it takes is a push of a button on the control keyboard to switch between the control screen and the screen of a Windows PC. It can be a computer in the local network or an industrial PC (IPC), such as the HEIDENHAIN IPC 6641, in the machine's electrical cabinet. The user can freely choose the key combination for switching the screens in the control settings.
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The user at the machine tool on the shop floor can simply operate and use all the usual applications, e.g. for managing, documenting, and visualization, right on the control. Compute-intensive CAD/CAM tasks do not affect CNC machining and machine performance. The shop floor is a full-fledged part of the efficient process chain.


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fyep necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
UPDATED!! PLEASE READ!! CONTEST END DATE CHANGED!! SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES ASAP!! We are a new MENS streetwear boutique that needs a classy yet funky logo\emblem.
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My site is http://www.hartandsole.com. We need the logo to be used on our website and our physical store. We sell clothing such as http://www.crooksncastles.com http://www.upperplayground.com http://www.10deep.com. Fairly colorful and funky stuff. I want to use the black and gold scheme thats on my website right now but im open to ideas if they are nice. You may also want to play around with some hardwood textures. Need a logo which is eye catching and people would recognize if they saw again. "Hart and Sole" would have to be incorporated into the logo. Very open to ideas, need it done fairly soon. Let me know if you have any questions. Going to run this contest for 2weeks but i may need it sooner so submit everything you can ASAP!! THANX!! Cant wait to see your ideas!
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Prairie Lakes Country Club & Inn
Prairie Lakes offers a 9 hole golf course and a full service restaurant and hotel. Hotel and Golf packages available and banquet facilities. Golf opens daily at 7:00am and the restaurant is open 11:00am - 10:00pm daily. Call for seasonal hours.
Casino Bingo is the best charity bingo in the area. Thousands of dollars in prizes are awarded each night. You'll find great food, big progressives and electronic gaming equipment.
Mid-America's most exciting 1/4 high banked raceway. Come & watch drivers compete in furious side by side stock car racing action. Family fun entertainment where kids under 11 are free!
Described as a Canyon Course complete with bluffs, valleys, hills and hundreds of trees. It is a challenge to both the beginner and the seasoned golfer and is recognized by many players as one of the finest 9-hole facilities in the country. The Club House offers a friendly atmosphere and includes a Pro-Shop, full service bar & restaurant with panoramic views of the Course and outdoor patio.
This 18-hole championship course has bent grass greens, tees, and fairways, plus a full-service pro shop.
The Bureau County Metro Center is a 50,000 square-foot recreation center with full size gymnasium; 25-yard indoor swimming pool with wading pool and observation balcony; racquetball courts; weight room; cardio-vascular room, elevated running/walking track above the gym; and locker rooms. A 40' x 80' multi-purpose room with adjacent kitchen provides the perfect setting for conventions, expositions, meetings, or wedding receptions.
Spring Creek Golf Course – located in Spring Valley, IL - is a traditional-style course in both aesthetics and playability. The course relies on natural land contours to challenge players with mature, rolling, tree-lined fairways, heavily wooded areas and water hazards on 8 holes. Strategically placed bunkers, generous, well-conditioned championship greens are features that all golfers appreciate.
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Edgewood Park Golf Club was started in 1968 as a 9 hole course and in 1994, with the help of designer Jim Spears, was transformed into an 18 hole regulation golf course, challenging for the intermediate and semi-pro alike. It is meticulously maintained and has 6,600 yards of golf from the blue tees for a par of 72. Course rating is 71.7 with a slope rating of 125.
Mendota Golf Course is an 18 hole semi-private golf course. Mendota Golf Club has been serving its members since 1928. After starting as a 9 hole course, MGC expanded to be an 18 hole course in 1994. Members and guests enjoy the golf and setting on the 140 acres of rolling hills. MGC features beautiful bluegrass fairways and bent grass greens. A large putting green and a chipping area are also located up by the clubhouse.
Shady Oaks Country Club offers a unique and challenging 18-hole layout where accuracy off the tee and accurate approach shots are rewarded. At 6,212 yards from the tips, Shady Oaks doesn't "appear" to be difficult, but don't let the yardage fool you. The tight tree lined fairways and small sloped greens can take a toll on even the most patient golfers and make scoring very difficult. Shady Oaks is open to the public and has 4 sets of tees for varying skill levels. There is a pro shop and bar serving sandwiches, snacks and beverages.
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Rapper Macklemore joined President Barack Obama on Saturday in his weekly White House radio and web address to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse and urged Congress to do more to help those battling addiction access treatment.
The Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, opened up about his own battle with addiction to prescription medication and said treatment, along with a 12-step program, saved his life.
"I'm here with President Obama because I take this personally," Macklemore said. "If I hadn't gotten the help I needed when I needed it, I might not be here today. And I want to help others facing the same challenges I did."
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Obama noted drug overdoses currently take more lives than traffic accidents every year, with opioid overdose deaths tripling since 2000 — often due to legal drugs prescribed by doctors.
"Addiction doesn't always start in some dark alley, it often starts in a medicine cabinet," Obama said, citing a new study that found 44 percent of Americans know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers.
Addiction is a recurring theme on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' album "This Unruly Mess I've Made," with the track "Kevin" tackling the drug-related death of the rapper's 21-year-old friend. Macklemore talked about Kevin during the weekly address.
"I didn't just know someone, I lost someone. My friend Kevin overdosed on painkillers when he was just 21 years old," Macklemore said. "Addiction is like any other disease: It doesn't discriminate. It doesn't care what color you are, whether you're a guy or a girl, rich or poor, whether you live in the inner-city, a suburb, or rural America. It can happen to any of us."
The House passed a bipartisan package of bills this week to battle America's growing epidemic of painkiller abuse and heroin addiction, and sent them to the Senate to be approved or reconciled with existing Senate legislation, NBC News reported.
But Obama said Saturday they don't go far enough, and called on Congress to pass an additional $1.1 billion in new funding "to make sure that every American with an opioid use disorder who wants treatment can get the help they need," the White House said in a statement.
"When you're going through it, it's hard to imagine there could be anything worse than addiction," Macklemore said. "Shame and the stigma associated with the disease keeps too many people from seeking the help they need. Addiction isn't a personal choice or a personal failing. And sometimes it takes more than a strong will to get better — it takes a strong community and accessible resources."


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The bad side of the biofuel boom
There's biofuel in them thar prairies!
You've got it, Yosemite Sam. A biofuel rush has officially swept the U.S., with farmers planting corn, soy, sugarcane and other plants for use in fuel. Their crops help meet the EPA requirement that almost all gasoline sold in the U.S. contain at least 10 percent corn ethanol, the most common biofuel. As early as the 1970s, scientists touted biofuels as a clean, renewable energy source. And since a cornfield can't burst and pollute surrounding habitats like an underwater oil well might, some conservationists endorsed them as environmentally friendly.
But recent data have put this onetime green energy panacea under scrutiny. Demand for corn ethanol helped triple the price of corn from 2005 to 2011. And studies have shown that corn, canola and other biofuel crops with high nitrogen requirements produce a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Now we might have another reason to second-guess biofuels. Between 2006 and 2011, farmers converted more than 1.3 million acres of Great Plains grasslands into corn and soybean fields, according to a report by South Dakota State University ecologists Christopher Wright and Michael Wimberly in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It's a rate that keeps pace with deforestation rates in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia. Imagine 1.3 million football fields, or an area roughly the size of Delaware.
Wright and Wimberly have put numbers on what had been only anecdotal evidence of "the worst-kept secret in the Northern Plains."
"We're not anti-farmer," Wright says. "It's just an important story that needs to get out there."
When the Natural Agricultural Statistics Service released satellite images showing land coverage in the U.S. each year from 2006 to 2011, Wright and Wimberly weren't sure what they'd find. They used their grant from the Department of Energy to study biofuel sources, and focused on the Western Corn Belt (WCB), a region that includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa.
Farmers shoulder the risk, thanks to subsidized crop insurance and tantalizingly high prices.
As they combed through the data, their jaws dropped. "We were surprised at how much [grass conversion] there was and how quickly it was happening," Wright says. Such fast rates haven't been seen since the 1930s.
Wright and Wimberly saw an explosion of cropland even along the western edge of the WBC — a region prone to drought. But farmers shoulder the risk, thanks to federally subsidized crop insurance, not to mention tantalizingly high corn and soy prices.
North American grasslands, or prairie, is an ecosystem that once covered a wide swath of the continent, from the Rocky Mountains east to Texas. It's responsible for the productive soils still found in the region. Grasslands trap floodwaters, absorb toxins from the soil and serve as crucial breeding grounds for ducks and other birds.
Crop plants don't hold carbon in their soil as well as native grasses, research shows. All plants "inhale" carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and "exhale" life-giving oxygen, collectively acting like the "lungs" of the global ecosystem. But grassland loss — similar to rainforest deforestation — reduces that lung capacity. What's more, tilling the soil for planting stimulates bacteria to release carbon dioxide. And the birds that once nested in protective tall grasses now have populations that are plummeting faster than any other group of birds in North America. Today, Wright and Wimberly are also looking at how grassland loss affects bird migration.
But the satellite images used in the study are "fraught with issues" — namely, they aren't hi-res enough to distinguish crop switching from grassland loss, according to Benjamin Rashford, a professor of agriculture and applied economics at the University of Wyoming.
The researchers admit they struggled to distinguish croplands from grasslands using the satellite data. For example, hay grows naturally in grasslands but can also be planted for pasture, so the appearance of corn in a region once covered in hay might represent crop switching — not grassland loss.
Biofuel advocates also argue that although they aren't quite "carbon neutral," biofuels still come out on top. They emit less carbon dioxide than traditional fuels, and the plants that serve as raw material do absorb some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Geoff Cooper, senior vice president of research and analysis for the Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry trade group, wonders why Wright and Wimberly didn't verify the accuracy of the satellite data by visiting the farmland themselves. "Who are you going to believe — a satellite that can't tell the difference between a prairie and a hayfield, or farmers who are on the land and know what's happening on it?"
But Rashford notes that Wright and Wimberly used statistics to account for their uncertainty. "So while their specific numbers may be a little off, their general conclusions are very robust," he says.
So what can be done to reverse or slow grassland loss? Johann Walker, Director of Conservation Programs in the Dakotas and Montana, points out that the Sodsaver and Swampbuster provisions in the most recent Farm Bill helped slow loss rates by preventing farmers who drain wetlands or farm erosion-prone lands without a conservation plan from qualifying for Farm Bill programs. Wright also suggests granting cattle producers a premium for grass-fed beef.
Scientists are also working to develop cellulosic ethanol — biofuel made from leftover husks, stems and other inedible plant parts from all sorts of crops. Cooper says the economic recession discouraged investment in scaling up this alternate technology. But with the economy picking up, three U.S. facilities — all in Iowa — could start commercial production of cellulosic ethanol in the next few months.
But the long-awaited arrival of cellulosic ethanol might be too little, too late. In 2012, the biofuel industry produced about 13 billion gallons of corn ethanol — enough to satisfy the demand for the 10-percent blend most vehicles burn. Yet demand for gasoline has actually fallen. The market doesn't have room for any more ethanol, period — cellulosic or otherwise.
There's no clear-cut solution, but Wright and Wimberly's study has started a conversation. "It's kind of blown my mind that so many people are interested in the topic," Wright says." People are recognizing there is an issue, and there's potential to ameliorate land cover change."
Our ecosystems are vastly interconnected, so clearing any existing habitat — whether grasslands or rainforests — often brings unintended consequences. As the biofuel rush and deforestation continue, studies like Wright and Wimberly's keep land cover change on the map — so our Earth's lungs can breathe a little easier.
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Victims Of GCHQ's Denial Of Service Attacks Start Asking Who Are The Real Criminals?
from the doesn't-seem-right deptEarlier today, we wrote about the latest Snowden docs, in which it was revealed that the UK spy agency, GCHQ, was engaged in DDoS attacks on people participating in Anonymous chats and other events, while also helping to identify certain participants, leading to their eventual arrests and convictions. Basically, it looks like GCHQ was engaged in widespread DDoSing, while at the same time helping to convict some kids for doing their own DDoSing. We've already questioned whether or not GCHQ is even supposed to be doing that to UK citizens (they're supposed to be focused on foreign targets), but some of those convicted are already questioning how it's right that they were convicted of the same thing that the GCHQ itself was doing to them.
Chris Weatherhead was sentenced to 18 months in prison for participating in a DDoS against Paypal, Mastercard and Visa (one of the first big Anonymous DDoS attacks, in response to those 3 companies cutting off payments to Wikileaks). Now he's pointing out that GCHQ was DDoSing his own servers, and he wonders how that's right:
My Government used a DDoS attack against servers I owned, and then convicted me of conducted DDoS attacks. Seriously what the fucking fuck?
— Chris Weatherhead (@CJFWeatherhead) February 5, 2014
I plead guilty to two counts of DDoS conspiracy and to my face these GCHQ bastards were doing the exact same thing - http://t.co/Y4vo1qeN4I
— Jake Davis (@DoubleJake) February 5, 2014
Why do British government spooks so brazenly attempt to inhibit the activities of acephalous online collectives and not, say, the hate-filled Westboro Baptist Church, or chat networks that encourage racism or paedophilia?Others have similarly wondered if GCHQ is going to have to face charges over this, given that these actions appear to be entirely outside of its mandate and mission, and seem more compelled by just general dislike of some kids messing around.
Or maybe the more important question: how can they even be permitted to launch these attacks at all? There's no justification for how nonchalant a democratic government can be when they breach the very computer misuse rules they strongly pushed to set in place.
When we look at what Western governments are doing - snooping on our emails, infecting our computers, intercepting our phone communications, following our avatars around in online games, backdooring our public encryption, discrediting our Internet viewing habits, encouraging illicit activity and even engaging in their own illicit activity - we have to ask ourselves: who are the real criminals here?
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When I was six or seven, I had a revelation. An ice cream revelation. Like most kids, I was a fan of the cool, creamy delight that is a scoop or two of ice cream on a summer day, but when our neighbors invited us over on one particularly hot afternoon, my mind was blown. Out on the back porch they had a crazy looking contraption with a large bucket, a metal insert and a formidable hand crank sticking out of the top. It was an ice cream churn, and after we all took turns working that crank for about 45 minutes, sugar, cream and strawberries churned in a sarcophagus of ice and salt were transformed into the best ice cream I had ever tasted. This was not the stuff that came in cartons from the Piggly Wiggly. It was rich and smooth and we actually made it. Homemade ice cream is magic, I tell you, and my perception of the dessert was forever changed.
The landscape of store-bought ice cream has changed significantly since those days. Premium brands with a myriad of flavors we'd never have imagined now line the freezer cases at any grocery. Still, nothing comes close to that ice cream we conjured up on the back porch that day, and there are few pleasures that compare to churning our own ice cream at home.
Making ice cream at home is easier than it was back in the day. Modern ice cream makers take the labor of hand-churning out of the equation — no rock salt or ice is needed — and we can't help but get clever with the flavors. What remains the same is the magic.
This recipe uses fresh strawberries and some chocolate bars I had on hand for some summertime s'mores, but the ice cream base is the same no matter what flavors you'd like to churn this summer. Homemade ice cream is a family-friendly project even the little ones will be excited about. Eat your hearts out, Ben and Jerry.
Strawberry-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
6 large egg yolks
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups whole milk
2 cups strawberries, hulled
2 cups bar chocolate, chopped
The basic ingredients for ice cream are the same, but the varieties are endless.
There are plenty of quick recipes for making homemade ice cream, but getting it right takes a bit longer. Starting with a rich, custard base make with heavy cream and plenty of egg yolks means a little cooking at the front end, but is well worth the effort.
Egg yolks give homemade ice cream a smooth, creamy texture.
Beat 6 egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar together in a large bowl and set aside. Egg yolks aren't part of every recipe, but they will ensure the result is rich, creamy and smooth.
Stir 1/2 cup sugar and 2 cups heavy cream together in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until it begins to thicken.
Once the cream and sugar reach a temperature 180 degrees, remove from heat. The cream will heat fairly quickly, so keep an eye on it. The mix will begin to froth, but do not allow to boil.
Whisk a little bit of the heated cream into egg yolks to temper, then slowly add the rest of the cream, whisking constantly, until fully combined and frothy.
Return blend to saucepan and cook at medium heat until a custard consistency is reached and mixture clings to coat the back of an inserted spoon or spatula (around 170 degrees).
Remove from heat and whisk in pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon vanilla and 2 cups whole milk.
Transfer ice cream base into an airtight container and refrigerate at least two hours before using.
When preparing to make ice cream, combine 2 cups strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl and mash with a potato masher and allow to rest until it's time to add it to churning ice cream.Whole strawberries sound good in theory, but will be icy in the final product, so a good mashing is recommended.
Transfer ice cream base into ice cream maker and proceed using manufacturers instructions. Back in the day, most ice cream makers required the the hopper be packed in rock salt and laboriously churned, but most modern machines churn automatically and do not require messy salt to freeze.
As the ice cream thickens and nears completion, add macerated strawberries and 2 cups of broken chocolate bars. Chocolate chips can be used in place of candy bars, but the texture of the finished ice cream will be less appealing.
Once ice cream is thick and smooth, remove from ice cream maker. Although it seems like the job is done, it'll still need a little time in the freezer to reach the desired, scoop-able consistency.
Pack ice cream into airtight containers and place a piece of plastic wrap on the surface to keep trapped air from forming ice crystals on the ice cream as it freezes. Seal with container lid and place in freezer at least two hours before serving.
Once you've mastered this luscious ice cream base, the fun really begins. This strawberry chip ice cream makes spectacular use of seasonal strawberries, but this base can be used to make ice cream to suit any taste by replacing the strawberries and chocolate used here with your favorite flavors, adjusting amounts as desired.
Are you hooked? You can make the base for this ice cream up to a week in advance and store in the refrigerator until you're in the mood to whip up a batch of fresh and creamy ice cream. We rarely make it past day two. You can also make ahead for a backyard barbecue this summer.


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Australia Picks NH90 for AIR 9000 program
Australia has ordered 12 NH90 helicopters for the Australian Army as part of its AIR 9000 program, increasing the total order book to 357. The helicopters have been designated the NH 90 and will be marinized to operate from the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious ships. The new MRH 90 "is purpose built for amphibious operations and includes extra corrosion protection, folding rotor blades and other enhancements to allow shipboard operations," said Senator Robert Hill, Australian Minister for Defence. "This will give the Army an enhanced ability to move more soldiers further and faster from our amphibious lift ships, HMAS Kanimbla and Manoora, and their replacements."
The first MRH 90 is scheduled for delivery in 2007, with all 12 delivered by 2008. The aircraft will form a new troop lift helicopter squadron that "will allow the relocation of a squadron of Black Hawk helicopters to the Sydney area to support the ADFs Special Forces, further strengthening the (Prime Minister John) Howard Government's commitment to fighting terrorism," he said.
The Australian order follows an order for 20 NH90s by the Sultante of Oman, which continues taking the aircraft out of the European theater for the first time. Oman has ordered 20 NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) from NHIndustries, with an entry into service date by 2008 (Rotor & Wing, September 2004, page 10). The Omani order, placed last July, is the first for a non-European military force and brought the total number of firm orders for the multi-role helicopter to 345, plus 86 options (see "Euro Jigsaw Puzzle," August 2004, page 42).
Sikorsky Offers UH-60M To Australia Project Air 9000
Sikorsky Aircraft has offered 48 UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft to the Australian Defense Forces' planned Project Air 9000 Helicopter Master Program. Twelve of the 48 aircraft will be new built UH-60Ms, while the remaining 36 will be remanufactured from the Australian Army's current fleet of S-70A-9 Black Hawks.
The UH-60M flight test program has now exceeded 325 hr. and is on track for a Milestone C decision next year, the company said. Aircraft number one and two have met all the required objectives of the flight test development schedule and overall performance, structural, handling quality and propulsion testing was 95 percent completed as of the first of August. Aircraft number one, a rebuilt UH-60A, is the test vehicle for airframe issues such as performance and handling, while testing on aircraft number two, a rebuilt UH-60L, included structural, performance and avionics. Sikorsky said that the flight tests are focused on glass cockpit displays, the embedded GPS inertial navigation system and qualifying the 701D engine and the Improved Hover Infra-Red Suppression System for compatibility with the UH-60M airframe. Also being qualified is the Automatic Flight Control System and four-axis fully coupled autopilot improvements.
Goal of the program is a "full spectrum dominance," according to Paul Martin, senior vice president, government and advanced development programs. "The UH-60M will be the most powerful, maneuverable and survivable Black Hawk ever built."
Full development of the -60M could lead to an upgrade of some 1,200 existing UH-60A and UH-60L models, plus 300 new production aircraft over the next 25 years, he said.
Northrop Grumman-EADS Team for New NH90 PRV
Northrop Grumman Corp. and EADS North America have teamed up to develop a next-generation personnel recovery vehicle for the U.S. Air Force. The new helicopter will replace the current HH-60G Pave Hawks used for combat search and rescue. Northrop Grumman will provide systems integration, to include their combat proven battle management system while EADS will provide a variant of the NH90 as the basic platform. Also competing for the PRV program is Bell Boeing with the V22, Sikorsky with its S-92 and Lockheed Martin-Agusta/Westland with the EH101.
New Factory for Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft Co.
Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft Co. has begun construction of a new helicopter factory in Gaodong, Pudong New District, with plans to produce the first helicopter by the end of this year. The company is a joint venture between Sikorsky and Shanghai Little Eagle Science and Technology Co. Ltd. The new helicopter company was established in March of last year and has since established sales, service, engineering and manufacturing capabilities of its own, as well as being exclusive manufacturer and sales agent for Schweizer Helicopters. Goal of the company is to develop a series of light helicopters that are economical, safe and reliable, and that meet the needs of the Chinese domestic market, the company said.
The factory is being built next to the Gaodong Heliport, which supports the Ministry of Communications helicopter search-and-rescue operations in the Shanghai area. The Ministry's S&R operations involved the use of two Sikorsky S-76s. The heliport also supports operations for Guangdong General Aviation Co. and CITIC Ocean Helicopter Co., which provide harbor pilot delivery services for the port of Shanghai.
Korean Helicopter Program `Not Commercially Viable'
Korea's proposed multi-billion dollar program to build a local helicopter industry may not be viable, according to the Board of Audit and Inspection, Korea's top auditing agency. The Asia Intelligence Wire Service reported that the Board pointed out several defects in the Korea Multi-role Helicopter project to include that the helicopters planned for export may not be "economically successful" and that the costs for the project were not properly calculated.
The Korean government is planning a next-generation helicopter that would be a combined utility/attack aircraft designed to replace the Korean military's roughly 700 aging helicopters with 477 new aircraft by 2012 (Pac Rim, May 2004, page 62). The government also wants "another several hundred helicopters to be simultaneously for export purposes," the wire service report said.
When the auditing board's report came out, it was classified as "third degree confidential," keeping the full contents secret. What was reported to the press was that the BAI asked the ministry to reexamine the project's market potential, saying that the prospect of exporting these vehicles is dim considering the low demand worldwide, and market penetration has become more difficult now due to merges between prominent helicopter manufacturers. It also expressed concern that the project may have been preceding without an exact figure for the price of production. According to the BAI, the ministry said it would cost 15 trillion won ($13 billion), but Korea Development Institute expected it to be 30 trillion won ($26 billion).
Also, the BAI and the ministry believe that future procurement of other aircraft may be suspended in order to complete the helicopter project. In response, the Defense Ministry said the project is still a work in progress and not set in stone. First, the ministry must select a foreign manufacturing partner by September. Then the ministry will submit a final plan to the National Assembly for approval in October.
After the announcement of the BAI findings, the Defense Ministry said it will ask the Korea Institute for Industrial and Trade to diagnose the project's feasibility again. Brig. Gen. Jung Won-mo, chief planner of the project in the ministry, said at a news conference that the ministry is expected to spend about $1.7 billion won on designing and testing prototypes, but the total costs of the project, including manufacturing, remain to be seen. He said the cost is subject to changes according to standards. The Korea Development Institute's estimate of $26 billion is based on the conditions that the ministry builds 477 copters during the next 15 to 20 years and maintains the aircraft for the 30 years. Jung also said the global demand for helicopters often moves up and down, which means in 20 to 30 years Korea will have a better chance to make inroads into the global markets.
Between 2005 and 2009, some 15 fleets of older generation helicopters will be retired based on the ministry's combat standard. Though by 2012, about 200 fleets will be over their operational expectancy of 30 to 40 years. In early July, the ministry picked the three final contenders for the project, the AgustaWestland, Eurocopter and Bell.
The selection process is to end late next month and by mid-September the ministry will choose a winner. But the project falls on default if parliament rejects the plan, and the foreign bidders are aware of this possibility, the report said.
Georgia Budgets $2 Million for Mi-14 Repairs
The new Georgian government has redistributed its 2004 budget to allow more than $2 million in repair work for Mi-14 Haze combat helicopters in the Ukraine, according to reports from the Russian news agency Interfax-AVN. First Deputy Defence Minister Paata Gaprindashvili said during an interview with the military newspaper Samkhedro that the Georgian defense industry has obtained 24.6 million Georgian laris ($13.5 million) as a result of the budget redistribution. Of that, $2 million will go toward repair of the helicopters. The helicopters have been in the Ukraine for the past four years, with the previous government wanting to sell them. However, Gaprindashvili said that the situation has changed and "Georgia's new leaders have a different attitude towards the army and the repaired helicopters will definitely be delivered to T'bilisi (capital of Georgia)," he said.
Keystone Gets Flurry of STCs
Keytech, the engineering division of Keystone Helicopter Corp. has issued two new STCs for attachments to the Sikorsky S-76 plus one STC for the BK117. The two new STCs for the S-76A/B/C model helicopters include a forward litter rack assembly which restrains two litters in a stacked configuration, allowing the transportation of three patients and two attendants plus the two pilots. The second STC is for the installation of an Artex C406-1HM emergency locating transmitter providing three frequency transmissions on 121.5, 243.0 and 406.026 MHz. The STC for the BK 117 was done in conjunction with Boston Med Flight and is for the installation of an SX-5E Nightsun, a lightweight, small xenon searchlight designed and certified for use as a search and landing light. Authorization to issue STCs comes from Keystone's position as an FAA-Designated Alteration Station.
U.S. Navy Awards $56.5 Million to VXX Program Competitors
Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin have each been awarded a $56.5 risk reduction contract from the U.S. Navy to fund program management, engineering and logistics support for the presidential helicopter program (VXX) competition through November. The contract is designed to further reduce potential technical risks associated with the program before the final contract to build a presidential helicopter is awarded in December. The competition is between Team US101, primarily consisting of Lockheed Martin, AgustaWestland and Bell, and the VH-92 program headed by Sikorsky. Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego is lead contractor for the Team US101 program.
Helijet Signs Exclusive Engine Agreement With Rolls-Royce
Helijet International, a Richmond, Canada-based air travel and excursion company, has signed an exclusive agreement with Rolls-Royce for full engine support of its Rolls-Royce 250 powered helicopters. Helijet operates a fleet of five 250-powered Sikorsky s-76As and a Bell 206B, as well as a Turbomeca Arriel 2C-powered Eurocopter AS335. Stuart Mullan, president of helicopters for Rolls-Royce, said that they will work to "minimize Helijet's direct operating costs," as well as provide the company with the 250 Full-service Integrated Rolls-Royce Support Team (FIRST) network of repair and overhaul providers.
Helijet provides commuter services between Vancouver Harbor and Victoria Harbor, and reports that it is the largest scheduled helicopter airline in North America, carrying over 130,000 passengers per year. It also operates a dedicated aero-medical service.
First Flight of Condor II System
BAE Systems has reported the first flight of a day/night, all-weather visibility system being developed under the U.K. Ministry of Defense's CONDOR II helicopter technology demonstrator program. The flight trials are being undertaken on an Army Air Corps Lynx operated by 667 (D&T) Squadron AAC at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. The equipment under trial includes BAE Systems' latest-generation LCD helmet-mounted display and a wide-field-of-view array of uncooled infrared and low-light sensors that are stitched and fused to project images of the outside world on the helmet's visor.
The system uses BAE Systems' TERPROM ground-collision and obstacle-avoidance software. TERPROM generates cues and warnings, overlaid onto the fused image on the visor, to warn the pilot of terrain threats and obstacles such as pylons and overhead cables.
"This first flight represents a significant milestone in the CONDOR II program," said Mike Austill, managing director of Avionic Systems for BAE Systems Platform Solutions. "Achieving first flight in just over a year from contract award is a credit to both the MoD and the industry team. We expect to learn a great deal from these trials that, coupled with work we are undertaking in the United States, will give our military helicopter pilots a significant capability enhancement."
BAE Systems Platform Solutions is prime contractor for CONDOR II. The contract, awarded in June 2003, calls for the company to demonstrate solutions that enable helicopters to be operated in conditions that are currently outside of flying regulations. The BAE Systems team, which includes QinetiQ, expects to fly performance evaluation trials later in the year with an emphasis on making a rapid transition from research to the front lines.
First Royal Thai Navy Super Lynx Flies
The first Super Lynx 300 helicopter for the Royal Thai Navy has made its maiden flight from AgustaWestland's Yeovil plant in the United Kingdom. The Thai navy ordered new generation Super Lynx 300 naval helicopters in late 2001 and they will be operated from their frigates performing anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, SAR and maritime surveillance roles. The Super Lynx 300 helicopters will initially remain at the AgustaWestland plant in Yeovil, while pilots and maintainers are trained. The aircraft will then be delivered to Thailand in late 2004 and enter service with the Royal Thai Navy in early 2005. The Royal Thai Navy will become the second operator of the Super Lynx 300 in Asia and the third customer to start operations. Super Lynx 300s are already in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Air Force of Oman. The South African National Defence Force has also ordered Super Lynx 300 helicopters to operate from their Valour Class frigates.
Alan Johnston, chief operating officer in the UK, said the maiden flight marked a further chapter in the Lynx success story. "With the Super Lynx 300 already in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Air Force of Oman, we are delighted that Thailand will be the next customer to receive the best aircraft in its class. We developed the Super Lynx 300 to meet customers' changing requirements, providing greatly increased performance, new cockpit display system and an all new avionics suite, to maintain Super Lynx as the leader in its market."
STATCARE Beefs Up Indiana Service
Louisville, Ky.-based STATCARE has retasked its AS355 Twinstar to increase aero-medical coverage in the Seymour, Ind. region, taking it from purely standby status to 12-hour service. The STATCARE service is provided by CJ Systems Aviation Group, which added two more pilots and one mechanic to its on-site contingent with STATCARE when the additional service went online on August 2. CJ Systems also provides an AS365N2 Dauphin and a BK117C helicopter for STATCARE, both single-pilot IFR rated.
"This move will provide STATCARE with greater flexibility and an enhanced regional response," said David Franc, CJ Systems vice president business development. CJ Systems provides aero-medical service at over 60 base sites in the United States and has been providing helicopter service to STATCARE since 1997. It became STATCARE's exclusive helicopter operator in 2002. STATCARE flies out of Bowman Field in Louisville and from Glasgow Municipal Airport in Glasgow, Ky. Addition of the AS335 to the fleet will increase the company's operational radius by about six to eight counties with an added radius of about 50 miles, according to STATCARE Program Director John Blumenstock. The AS335 will be used to provide service to the Seymour, Ind. area, located roughly 50 miles due north of Louisville. "Now STATCARE is able to more immediately service the Seymour, Ind. area, making them the `go-to' air medical program for their entire region," Franc said. Blumenstock also noted that additional expansion could be expected in the future.
Franc also said that CJ Systems has finalized negotiations with the Shands HealthCare system of northeastern Florida to renew its aircraft operations and maintenance contracts with three air medical services programs. The three services include ShandsCair of Gainesville, TraumaOne in Jacksonville and TraumaOne in Lake City. CJ Systems is also in discussions with Shands toward the purchase of a new Agusta 109 Power helicopter to be based at the ShandsCair site in Gainesville. ShandsCair, along with the Jacksonville TraumaOne operation, covers a service area of 150 miles within northeast Florida and southern Georgia.
Kaman Weighs Reopening K-Max Line
Kaman Aerospace has sold out its inventory of the medium- to heavy-lift K-MAX helicopter and is evaluating reopening the line when a sufficient number of orders are placed for the K-MAX. The company is continuing development of a firefighting belly tank, which is planned to be available by early next year, Roger Wassmuth, director, K-MAX marketing and business development, said. He added that marketing efforts will be specifically directed at countries requiring the unique capabilities of the aircraft to provide heavy lift at high and hot altitudes. Kaman has been working with the Indian air force, for instance, on evaluation of the K-MAX for resupply of its Himalayan bases.
El Salvador Police Pick R44
Robinson Helicopter has sold its first R44 in El Salvador to the National Police of El Salvador, delivering the aircraft on June 25. The delivery was through Helica, S.A. de C.V., Robinsons authorized dealer in El Salvador. In making the delivery, Helica President Rogelio Pena said that the National Police currently own three turbine helicopters but can only afford to fly them two hours a week. "Now, with the cost of operating the R44, they will be able to fly two hours a night and the turbines will remain on call," he said. Pena noted that the El Salvadorian National Police Director had been flown to Torrance, Calif. to meet with Robinson executives and fly in a night patrol in the El Monte Police Department's R44 police helicopter. "The (El Salvadorian) pilots did not want a piston because they were all from the Air Force where they flew turbines," Pena said. "When the director saw the R44's price, cost of operation and how well it worked for night patrol, he went back and convinced the National Police that an R44 was the right aircraft." The new aircraft has been equipped with the FSI 445G-MKII infrared camera system, Spectrolab SX-5E searchlight and a complete FM radio package with a NAT AMS 42 Dual Audio Controller allowing the observer to communicate independently on up to three FM radios. It will be used for night police patrols, surveillance and as a crime deterrent in San Salvador, Pena said.
U.S. Army R22s???
Robinson R22s in U.S. Army colors are now flying around the eastern United States, although not necessarily with official Army approval. The aircraft are from a batch of 12 sold by Robinson to the Turkish military back in 1992 for training. Eight of these aircraft were put into storage around 1998, with the remaining four being damaged or destroyed. Two of the eight were subsequently given to a museum in Turkey and six sold to GlobeAero Ltd., a Lakeland, Fla.-based aircraft delivery service. Phil Waldman, president of GlobeAero, said that three of these have now been sold-one to a customer in Alabama, one in Mexico and one to Bill Richards, a retired commander in the Prince Georges (Md.) County police department who oversaw the PG Country Police Aviation Section.
The aircraft were delivered to Turkey in OD Green with mesh seats and the red and white "bulls-eye" insignia of the Turkish Air Force. After the Turkish Air Force retired the eight aircraft, two were briefly loaned out to some Turkish Air Force pilots who painted them in a red, white and blue color scheme. When Waldman bought the six R22s, four were in OD colors with Turkish roundels and two had red, white and blue colors. Waldman brought the aircraft up to FAA specifications and covered the Turkish logos with U.S. Army insignia. Richards, who bought one of the U.S. Army painted R22s to fly around his retirement home in Mount Holly, Va., said that the aircraft has drawn so much good attention that he has no intention of changing it.
British Minister Challenges GKN Sale
The British government has begun an investigation into GKN's sale of its 50 percent of AgustaWestland to Finmeccanica, the Italian company which owns the remaining 50 percent. The sale was challenged based on national security, according to reports from the United Kingdom. The investigation was instigated by Jacqui Smith, U.K. minister of trade and industry, who has asked the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the sale and report back by October 4. At that time the members of Parliament will vote on whether or not to approve the sale, the report said. Finmeccanica is offering roughly $1.9 billion for the British share of AgustaWestland. Ron Jones, business group director for the Westland part of AgustaWestland, said that the challenge should not impact on the sale and that GKN "is still very confident" that the sale will go through. He also noted that the sale will not impact on the production of helicopters at either company's facilities.
HITRON Unit Wins ALEA Award
A three-man U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) team flying an AgustaWestland MH-68A Stingray was awarded the Airborne Law Enforcement Association's 2004 Captain "Gus" Crawford Memorial Air Crew of the Year Award. The award was based on the crew's nighttime interdiction of a "go-fast" boat carrying over three tons of cocaine, flying in low visibility and heavy rain. Estimated value of the 6,083 lb. of illegal drugs was some $194.6 million. The crew consisted of Lieutenants Craig Neubecker and Shawn Koch, and Avionics Electronics Technician First Class William Greer. The capture of the high-speed ocean going boat was the first nighttime interdiction by a HITRON crew. The capture occurred after the HITRON crew had ordered the boat to stop, then fired warning shots across its bow, then finally disabling its engines with fire from a .50-caliber precision rifle (see "Running `em Down," July 2004, page 20). The HITRON crew was operating off the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Diligence" when they interdicted the drug carrying boat. Neubecker, Koch and Greer received the award during the ALEA's annual conference in Charlotte, N.C. last July.
BAe Systems and Kaman Aerospace Join Forces on Maritime Helicopter
BAe Systems Avionics Group and Kaman Aerospace Corp. have joined together to produce a low-cost, high capability intermediate maritime helicopter based on Kaman's SH-2G Super Seasprite. BAe Systems said that it will provide the mission system and sensor suite, aimed at NATO interoperable communications and navigation systems, autonomous self-protection suites, sensor and target acquisition packages designed to increase situational awareness. The system will also include anti-submarine and anti-surface weapons.
Team US101 Picks GE Engine for PRV Competition
Team US101, headed by Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego, has selected General Electric Co. (GE) as its preferred engine supplier for its entry in the U.S. Air Force competition for a personnel recovery vehicle, or combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter. Team US101 announced at the annual Air Force Association conference in Washington last month that the GE CT7/T700 will be used to power the three-engine US101 for the competition. The US101 is the U.S. version of the Agusta/Westland EH101, which is certified for either the GET700-T6A1, with a maximum continuous rating of 18,70 shp or the Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca RTM322 rated at 1,866 shp.
"We are proud to select GE for the US101 personnel recovery vehicle," said Stephen D. Ramsey, US101 vice president and general manager at Lockheed Martin. "GE's exceptional engine safety record, and the US101 helicopter's three-engine configuration provide the Air Force Special Operations Command with optimal reliability and low risk."
"GE has proactively invested in substantial technology for our CT7/T700 helicopter engine family," said Russell F. Sparks, president and CEO of Military Systems Operation at GE. "The result is an engine with extraordinary field experience combined with the latest low risk performance enhancements. We are pleased with the Lockheed Martin vote of confidence in our engine."
Team US101 consists of Lockheed Martin (prime contractor and systems integration), AgustaWestland (aircraft design) and Bell Helicopter (aircraft production).
Ireland Puts Out Bid for Six Helicopters
The Irish Ministry for Defence has announced a competition for six helicopters for the Irish Air Corps. Minister of Defence Michael Smith stated the competition will be for four twin-engine utility helicopters and two twin-engine light utility helicopters.
Three manufacturers-AgustaWestland, Eurocopter and Sikorsky-have submitted tenders for the competition. The two light utility military helicopters will be used primarily in the pilot/aircraft training role, along with additional general-purpose roles. The four utility military helicopters must have the capability of carrying eight fully equipped soldiers plus two crew, and will be used as a general purpose operational and training aircraft. Smith said that an evaluation team made up of military and civilian personnel has been examining the tenders from the three competitors and expects to complete its work by the end of this month (October). A contract will then be awarded by the end of the year.
Northrop Grumman Reaches Milestones for Unmanned Rotorcraft Program
Northrop Grumman has successfully tested the "brain" of its unmanned combat armed rotorcraft, evaluating hardware and software that will allow the aircraft to operate autonomously but in cooperation with manned and unmanned teams. The testing is part of Northrop Grumman's competition for Phase III of the program, funded jointly by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Army. Phase III will include fabrication and testing of two UCAR demonstrator systems. Northrop Grumman said that it used a company-owned Yamaha R-MAX unmanned helicopter as a surrogate aircraft for the testing, conducted at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego.
"The vehicle management system used by UCAR was originally developed to support future updates to the U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk aerial reconnaissance system, which as been successfully deployed in theater to support the war on terrorism," said Greg Zwernemann, Northrop Grumman's UCAR program director. "We've used that successful architecture experience to develop and refine the vehicle management system for both the UCAR and the X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems."
As envisioned by DARPA and the U.S. Army, UCAR will use a large internal payload of Hellfire missiles, common missiles or advanced precision-kill weapon-system rockets to fire at targets at maximum standoff ranges. It will use an advanced 25 mm. gun for closer ranger operations. Its integrated avionics and communication suite also allows it to connect to a networked environment planned for the military's emerging joint operational architecture. The company said it will use three Yamaha R-MAX rotorcraft as it continues the flight-testing program.
Helinet Donates S76B Use to Children's Hospital
Children's Medical Center Dallas, home to one of the busiest pediatric patient transport services in the country, has received the use of a specially equipped twin-engine Sikorsky S76B helicopter from Los Angeles-based Helinet Aviation Services. The $2.3 million helicopter will be used to transport children who need urgent pediatric medical care because of severe trauma or disease.
A major assistance came from The Children's Trust, an organization of young professionals and parents who donated more than $45,000 to fund the purchase of helicopter medical equipment, to include a defibrillator, a portable ventilator and a blood analyzer.
Children's is the second pediatric hospital with which Helinet has established a relationship to provide helicopter services to children who need urgent specialty care. In the spring of 2000, Helinet provided a helicopter to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Through both children's hospital ventures with Helinet, patient transport costs are expected to be covered by a patient's health insurance. However, Helinet absorbs the cost if a patient's family is not able to pay for the service or is ineligible for alternative healthcare coverage.
The Children's transport teams complete more than 3,000 patient transfers each year. The nationally recognized transport team is often contracted by other hospitals to fly pediatric patients between facilities. It does not provide accident site service. The team frequently flies to Mexico and South America and has made trips to Europe and the Middle East. Most recently, the Children's transport service was privately contracted by a wealthy family to fly a child home to Saudi Arabia.
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced the resignation of Robert P. Blouin, senior vice president, operations. The resignation was effective August 31. Jay Evans, NBAA director, operations, will serve as acting vice president, operations. NBAA also has announced the resignation of Pete West as senior vice president, government and public affairs, effective November 1. West has been with NBAA for the past 17 years.
Rolls-Royce has appointed Scott Crislip as president, Rolls-Royce Helicopters to replace Stuart Mullan. Crislip will report directly to James M. Guyette, president and CEO, Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. Crislip joined Rolls-Royce in 2002 as vice president, mission ready management solutions. He then served as interim president of the company's defense business in North America. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Crislip held senior positions with GE. He is currently also a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
William H. Wallace, FAA's National Resource Specialist for Rotorcraft Operations, has retired from the FAA effective September 3. Wallace served as the Senior Technical Advisor on Rotorcraft and Tiltrotor. He is currently a member of NASA's AeroSpace Technology Advisory Committee Rotorcraft Sub-Committee. Wallace serves as Chairman of the FAA Rotorcraft Task Force, is a member of the National Rotorcraft Center of Excellence Management Advisory Board, and is a member of the Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association's Technical Advisory Committee. In reporting on his retirement, HAI noted that Wallace has been the "go to" person at the FAA for all helicopter related matters for as long as anyone can remember, "working diligently to increase safety awareness and promote regulations that reflect the unique nature of helicopter operations.
Aerospace Industries Association has appointed Bruce Mahone to be assistant vice president of technical operations. Mahone had previously served as AIA's director of space policy. In his new position Mahone will be responsible for coordinating the activities of the Technical operations Council; which, in turn, is responsible for technical program management, operations and industrial base issues that affect the development and production of aerospace systems, AIA said.
Julie Goodridge has been promoted to Assistant Manager at FlightSafety International's West Palm Beach Learning Center. She will hold that post while the Assistant Manager Rick Bedard is on military duty overseas. For the past three years she has been the Product Marketing Manager at the Wilmington center in Delaware. Goodridge was previously Alumni Director at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and holds two Bachelors Degrees and a Master of Aeronautical Science, with specializations in both Operations and Safety, from Embry-Riddle.
Textron Systems has named Ian Walsh as vice president and general manager of Lycoming Engines, reporting to Richard Millman, president, Textron Systems. Walsh had previously served as director of pricing strategies for all Textron businesses as part of Textron's Customer Leadership organization. He had also served as in several management and executive roles in marketing and business development at Bell helicopter. He was a Cobra helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1989 to 1996.
Richard "Dick" Carlson, an acknowledged leader in the development of aviation technology for 50 years, died 12 July 2004. Carlson was involved in aerospace in all three areas of industry, government and academia, greatly advancing the field of rotorcraft technology, particularly in the field of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL). Carlson initially worked as a fixed-wing engineer with Convair and Douglas Aircraft, then joined Hiller Aircraft Corp. in 1950.
He was instrumental in providing technology and design contributions to a generation of helicopters, particularly in the early application of composite structures, and in developing unique aircraft configurations (tilting thrusters). In 1964, he joined Lockheed-California Company in Burbank where he served as Advanced Design Division Engineer, responsible for aerodynamics, dynamics, structures, and weights development analyses for the AH-56 Compound Helicopter.
In 1972 he went to work for the US Army at NASA Ames Research Center, in 1972. Beginning as Chief, Advanced Systems Research Office, he rose to the position of Director, US Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratories in 1976, managing all rotorcraft research activities for the Army.
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