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By By R&W Staff | December 1, 2006
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A round-up of new product developments and orders from helicopter manufactuers, vendors.
THE LAST YEAR SAW A HOST OF INTRIGUING, USEFUL, and promising products to the rotorcraft marketplace. Here's a sampling of them.
A109 LUH: On April 4. AgustaWestland delivered the first two A109 Light Utility Helicopters to the Swedish Armed Forces, part of an order of 20 powered by Turbomeca's Arrius 2K2. The A109 LUH will carry out EMS, surveillance, troop transportation and rescue missions.
A109 LOH: Malaysian Army Aviation in September took delivery of its 11th and final A109 LOH. The primary purpose of the LOH is to serve as a cost-efficient system for observation, reconnaissance, tactical transport and area-suppression missions.
A109 Power: Three A109 Powers have entered service April 1 with the British Royal Air Force 32 (The Royal) Squadron under a five-year, civil-owned/military-registered (COMR) contract for a total of 900 hr a year being of flight time. The aircraft will be flown by Royal Air Force pilots.
The Latvian State Border Guard in early February ordered two A109 Powers for the State Border Guard Aviation Service for patrolling the eastern European border and other law enforcement missions.
The Medair subsidiary of the Turkish Esas Holding ordered an A109 Power for air taxi, VIP, and EMS activities.
AgustaWestland delivered the first A119 in VIP configuration to Kaan Air in Turkey. A second will be delivered to Kaan Air in 2007.
The Japan National Police Agency in June ordered four law-enforcement A109 Powers as part of an on-going program to modernize its police helicopter fleet. Earlier in the year, three A109 Powers and one AW139 were delivered to the Japanese Police.
In June, AgustaWestland sold one A109 Power, two CA109 Powers and one AW139 to China's Beijing Municipality Public Security Bureau to provide law enforcement, particularly during the 2008 Olympic Games. The contract for the A109 Powers and the AW139 has been awarded to AgustaWestland. The contract for two CA109 Powers has been awarded to the joint venture Jiangxi Change Agusta Helicopter.
The South African National Port Authority in September ordered the A109 Power for its Harbour Pilot Shuttle (HPS) service in Richards Bay. The NPA has since 1998 been operating A109K2s.
Aerolineas Ejecutivas of Mexico in August signed a five-year distribution agreement that includes an initial contract for five helicopters comprising two A109 Powers and single examples of the A119 Koala, Grand and AW139, plus options for 37 helicopters over the next five years.
AgustaWestland in September delivered its first Grand and first AW139 to South Africa. The Grand was configured with a six-passenger VIP interior; the VIP- configured AW139 was painted in a spectacular customized color scheme.
A119 Koala: The Phoenix Police Air Support Unit took delivery of its first of three A119s configured with new high-tech, mission-specific electronic equipment for its law enforcement role in February at Heli-Expo in Dallas. The delivery built on the earlier delivery of one A109 Power at the end of 2005. Also at Heli-Expo, Skyline Helicopters of British Columbia ordered one A119 for geo-seismic assessment, research and heli-skiing.
Brazil's Synergy Aerospace in July signed a multi-year contract and distribution agreement that includes the acquisition of A119s, A109 Powers, Grands and AW139s over three years. The helicopters will be used, sold and leased by OceanAir Táxi Aéreo, a subsidiary of Synergy Aerospace, primarily for VIP/Corporate and offshore transport.
AW139: Mitsui Bussan Aerospace of Japan in February signed a $100-million contract for 12 AW139 and an exclusive distributor agreement for the AW139 in Japan. The first aircraft under this contract will be delivered in 2007. Mitsui Bussan already ordered three AW139s. Also in February, Era Aviation took delivery of its third of 20 AW139s at Heli-Expo in Dallas.
In June, the Queensland Government of Australia signed a contract for three AW139s for SAR and EMS missions.
In September, the Nigerian government ordered four AW139s configured for corporate transport and SAR missions. The helicopters will be operated by the Nigerian State House, the Government of River States and the Nigerian Navy
The Japanese Coast Guard in October selected the AW139 to replace its aging Bell 212's for deployment at SAR bases throughout Japan. Three helicopters have been ordered this year as the initial phase of a replacement program for up to 24.
In August, the Irish Air Corps received its first of four AW139s. This was the first delivery of an AW139 to a military customer. The Irish Air Corps will use the aircraft for a range of duties, including transport of special operation units of the Defence Forces, air ambulance, overland SAR and VIP transport.
Grand: AgustaWestland sold a Grand light twin to a private operator in the Philippines. In March, Cosan SA took delivery, the first in Brazil; it will use the aircraft to shuttle passengers between its plants and distilleries.
Mexico in July ordered three Grands and five A119 Koalas for a range of roles, including civil protection and EMS. Deliveries of the aircraft started immediately and are to be completed by mid-2007. In September, In September, the Swiss air-rescue group, REGA, ordered eight Grands.
EH101: In March, Kawasaki Heavy Industries delivered the first of 14 EH101s to the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force. The Japanese Defence Agency ordered the aircraft to meet its transportation, airborne mine countermeasures and antarctic support requirements. They will replace the JMSDF's fleet of Sikorsky MH-53Es and S-61s. AgustaWestland and Kawasaki signed a licence and purchase agreement in 2003 to produce and support the Japanese EH101s. KHI has now established manufacturing, test flight and support facilities at its Gifu works in Japan.
The Portuguese Air Force in July received its 12th and final EH101. The Combat SAR variant joined the other 11 aircraft operated by 751 Sqdn. at Montijo Air Base and at the Porto Santo (Madeira island) detachment.
The Italian Civil Protection agency in July ordered a AW139 that will as an airborne command post to support and supplement disaster relief efforts at national, regional and local levels.
Super Lynx 300: The first of four Super Lynx 300s for South Africa took to the air for the first time April 24 at AgustaWestland's Yeovil, United Kingdom factory.
The fully marinised Super Lynx 300 are equipped with a range of advanced sensors.
206: The City of Dallas in May ordered three new Bell helicopters — two 206B3s and a 407 — for its police department to replace its aging fleet. The three aircraft will be used for aerial law enforcement missions throughout the City of Dallas, flying an average of 2400 hr a year. The City of Chicago placed an order for a new Bell 206B3 for use by its police department, scheduled for delivery in November.
412EP: In September, Keystone Helicopter completed and delivered two new, state-of-the-art, multi-mission Bell 412EPs for the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Air Operations Section. Installed equipment included a night-vision goggle-compatible instrument suite, a rescue hoist with digital camera and recording system, custom-designed water drop tank controls, quick-change seating and a medical interior with two removable medical litter assemblies.
417: At Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter introduced its new Bell 417. "The Bell 417 is our answer to the customers' demand for a powerful single engine, helicopter with unmatched hot and high hover capability," said Bell CEO Redenbaugh. The Bell 417 is designed to maintain the legacy and reliability of the 407 and improve on it with even more power, more payload and improved hot and high performance. The Bell 417 will include a modern, Chelton glass cockpit and the new Honeywell HTS900 turbine engine delivering more than 970 SHP. At Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter introduced its new Bell 417. "The Bell 417 is our answer to the customers' demand for a powerful single engine, helicopter with unmatched hot and high hover capability," said Bell CEO Redenbaugh. The Bell 417 is designed to maintain the legacy and reliability of the 407 and improve on it with even more power, more payload and improved hot and high performance. The Bell 417 will include a modern, Chelton glass cockpit and the new Honeywell HTS900 turbine engine delivering more than 970 SHP.
480B: The newly configured 480B Guardian went on a Southeast U.S. tour following February's Heli-Expo, visiting 10 police and sheriff's offices on its route from Dallas to South Carolina and then back to Menominee, Mich. The 480B Guardian is outfitted with the latest in police technology, including a front-mounted Gyrocam IR camera, a digital video recorder/monitor system and SX-5 search light. www.enstromhelicopter.com
AS350: The Texas Department of Public Safety in February purchased what American Eurocopter said was the first entirely "Made in America" Eurocopter AS350B2. The aircraft was built at American Eurocopter's state-of-the-art 85,000-sq-ft facility in Columbus, Miss., which also has FAA approval to build the AS350B3. In May, the San Bernardino County, Calif. Sheriff's Dept. took possession of an AS350B3 today, the fifth A-Star for the department, which patrols the largest county in the continental United States. Also in May, the San Diego Police Dept.'s Air Support Unit received the keys to the first of four new AS350B3. In June, the Riverside County, Calif. Sheriff's Dept. took delivery of its third AS350B3 and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Dept. deployed its second, doubling its helicopter fleet. In September, Air Methods Corp., one of the largest air medical transportation providers in the world, signed an MOU with American Eurocopter to purchase 10 AS350 B2/B3s annually on an indefinite basis. MedFlight of Ohio added a new AS350B2 helicopter to its fleet. Baltimore County, Md.'s Police Dept. expanded its aviation unit with the purchase of three AS350B3s. They will replace three Bell OH-58s.
EC120: Texas rancher Dianna Stanger in February ordered an EC-120 to help cover around her 7,700-acre Wolf Point Ranch on Texas' Gulf Coast. Twelve years after its aviation unit was decommissioned due to a city budget crisis, the Miami Police Dept. is back in the air with a brand new five-seat EC120.
EC130: Maverick Helicopters of Las Vegas bought nine EC130B4s in February. In June, the company ordered 14 more. It specializes in heli-tours of the Las Vegas Strip and the Grand Canyon, plus corporate and charter wedding flights. Eurocopter Chile S.A. in March sold an EC130B4 to Aero Service. It will be the fourth of its type in Chile.
EC135: CJ Systems ordered 10 EC135s from American Eurocopter as part of a continuing fleet modernization process. They are to be delivered between June 2007 and the end of 2008. In April, American Eurocopter delivered El Paso Corp. its first EC135 as part of that company's offshore fleet replacement initiative. The University of Pennsylvania Health System in September added to its four-helicopter fleet with the delivery of two new EC135s. Eurocopter, through its representative Heli Invest, in October sold two aircraft — an EC135 and an EC145 — to corporate customers in Poland. Air Methods Corp., one of the largest air medical transportation providers in the world, signed an MOU with American Eurocopter to acquire an additional 15 EC135s.
EC135T2i/P2i: This variant, powered by the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 (T2i) or Pratt & Whitney PW206B2 (P2i) is designed to offer more payload, performance, and range. Its increased TOW is complemented by an EW reduction to 3,200 lb (1,455 kg), producing an EW ratio of 50 percent.
EC145: In May, Allegheny General Hospital selected four EC145s to replace four MD900s being used by its renowned LifeFlight AMS service. The EC145 was introduced in the Gulf of Mexico's highly-demanding offshore operating environment by Taylor Energy, a New Orleans-based independent oil and gas production company that already utilizes a fleet of five EC130s and EC135s. STAT MedEvac in May took delivery of its third EC145. Geisinger Life Flight in September ordered up to five EC145s to replace Eurocopter BK117s and Sikorsky S-76s in its fleet. Travis County, Texas, STAR Flight took delivery in February of a new EC145 It anticipated taking delivery of a second this year.
EC175: To be developed 50/50 by Eurocopter and China AVIC 2, the EC175 is to be certified for two-pilot IFR and single-pilot VFR operations when carrying up to 16 passengers. The helicopter will have a radius of action of 200 nm at a speed of 150 kt.
EC225: Era Helicopters of Lake Charles, La. in February became the first North American offshore operator to have selected the EC 225 for oil and gas services. At Heli-Expo, it ordered two. China's Ministry of Communications in May ordered two to EC225s for SAR duties with its Rescue and Salvage Bureau. In July, China's Citic Offshore Helicopter Co. Ltd. ordered two EC225s. COHC is the largest offshore helicopter operator in Asia. These aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2007, and will be the first EC225s to be equipped with auxiliary pod tanks offering a radius of action greater than 250 nm for public passenger transport missions (including the regulatory fuel reserves) while maintaining the 19-passenger nominal capacity.
EC635: The Royal Jordanian Air Force placed a firm order for four additional EC635 light twins. This new order will further increase the existing fleet of EC635 in operational service with the RJAF. Two were be delivered at the end of 2006, the other two in early 2007. In April, the Swiss procurement agency, armasuisse, ordered 20 EC635/EC135s for the armed forces under the Swiss Light Transport and Training Helicopter (LTSH) program. Of the 20, 18 will be for utility and advanced training missions and two will be for VIP/parliamentarian transport missions.
EC725: On May 10, the French air force decalred its combat SAR EC725s operational. The EC725 launch customer, that service plans to ultimately operate six. The French army is to acquire eight for special operations duties.
The FAA in early June approved a revision to the type certificate modifying its NOTAR tail boom to give the aircraft greater directional control authority and allow it to operate at a max gross weight of 6,500 lb. at 5,000 ft. MD was pursuing FAA approval by late this year to operate at 6,500 lb. at 7,000 ft. and fly in excess of 125 kt. at that weight and altitude.
MD in March said beginning with 2007 aircraft deliveries, all its products would include wire-strike protection, cockpit voice and video recorders, health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), and terrain awareness warning system (TAWS). Additionally, a Fly Safety Training package would be added to its training program.
MD600N: In May, the Turkish National Police took delivery of five MD 600Ns. The aircraft, the remaining five of 10 ordered by the police, are to be stationed in varied locations throughout Turkey.
Australia approved on June 19 the acquisition plan for 34 NH90s in addition to the first batch of 12 MRH90s orderd in June 2005. The additional order will allow the Australian Defence Forces to replace both ageing Sea King and Black Hawk helicopters.
R44: In May, a new Robinson R44 Raven 2 Police Helicopter began patrolling above the City of San Bernardino, Calif. through a contract with airborne law-enforcement specialist California Aviation Services. The Raven 2 is on duty 40 hr a week. In September, 13 years after the first production R44 helicopter rolled off the assembly line, Robinson Helicopters presented the key for the 3000th R44 to Frank Leon of Segrave Aviation. Located in North Carolina, Segrave Aviation has been an authorized Robinson R22 and R44 dealer for over five years. The 3000th R44 was sold by Segrave to real estate developer Chris Bond, who plans to use the red helicopter for showing properties to clients. Robinson Helicopter authorized distributor in Australia, Heliflite, on Feb. 8 delivered the first R44 Raven 2 with factory air-conditioning in Australia. Robinson's cabin air conditioning system is as an option in the Raven 2. It reduces humidity and provides comfortable air flow without affecting aircraft functions or cabin space. www.robinsonheli.com
S-76: The manufacturer in January delivered the 600th S-76. In February, LG International ordered a S-76C++ for VIP transport. The C++ includes a series of engine, air vehicle, interior and avionics upgrades that make the way for a set of additional product improvements that will lead to the launch of the new S-76D model in 2008. Malaysian Helicopter Service ordered three S-76C++s for use in the offshore oil market by ExxonMobil. The new contract, which included a complete support package, and signified the first aircraft replacement by Sikorsky for Exxon Mobil in the Malaysian region in 14 years. The helicopters are scheduled for delivery in July 2007. Sikorsky subsidiary Keystone Helicopter in May delivered the 10th and 11th S-76C+ SAR aircraft to AB Norrlandsflyg in Galivare, Sweden. Aero Med Spectrum Health of Grand Rapids, Mich. in October ordered a new S-76C++ equipped for critical care transport.
S-76D: In May, Sikorsky signed position assignment agreements with Premier Aviation Services Ltd. of Ireland for two S-76Ds. This represents the first European customer for the S-76D, and both aircraft will be used for VIP and executive transport missions.
Boundary Layer Research has airframe strakes and/or fast fins in development for the following aircraft: AgustaWestland A109; Bell 222/230 and 407/430; Eurocopter AS332, AS365 (pending test aircraft), BO105/BK117 Program Status: In Development; Boeing AH-64 (pending test aircraft); Sikorsky S-61 Series (STC pending), H-60 Series (Pending Hot & High Testing), and S-76. The U.S. Coast Guard has completed a full flight evaluation of strakes for the Eurocopter HH-65. www.nwlink.com/~blrweb/
Bell Helicopter on Sept. 11 issued Information Letter 206L-06-81, citing a "recently issued" FAA STC to Boundary Layer Research permitting the installation of tailboom strakes. "While Bell has no knowledge regarding the designing and testing of these strakes," the letter said, "the monocoque tailboom structure of the 206A/B and 206L series helicopters was not engineered to accommodate the attachment of extraneous items like these strakes.
Floats and Fuel Cells of Memphis, Tennessee is offering the general aviation industry a 10-year warranty on its fuel cells. Each fuel cell manufactured by FFC is produced from a tough, resilient nitrile fabric developed to withstand the elements detrimental to long life. Every fuel cell is autoclaved through a process of controlled heat and pressure to ensure a permanent bond of all components. FFC manufactures and repairs more fuel cells than any other company worldwide and claims to offer the fastest turn-around time in the industry for AOG or routine repairs and largest stocked inventory.
Sky Connect offers a range of satellite-based tracking and telephone systems for rotorcraft, fixed-wing, ground-based, and marine applications in both the commercial and government markets. The Sky Connect TRACKER provides seamless global flight tracking with true worldwide pole-to-pole coverage. Phone systems range from a cordless cabin-class handset to an integrated sat-phone systems that communicate through the headset. Any Sky Connect satellite phone may be equipped with the TRACKER using the same transceiver and a single antenna. Sky Connect uses the Iridium satellite network for maximum coverage and effectiveness.
The Sky Connect tracking system provides operators with real-time knowledge of all airborne, shipborne or ground assets, improving peace or mind and enhancing safety, especially for those who operate in remote or high-risk areas. Operators can view the location, track and status of an entire fleet under any circumstances. The system also delivers quality voice communications. More than 1,500 aircraft around the world are flying with Sky Connect equipment. www.skyconnect.com
The FAA has issued two STCs to Sky Connect LLC that permit installations of its equipment on two popular series of helicopters, the Bell 206B, L-1, L-3, and L-4 aircraft and the Sikorsky S-76 (models A thru C). Engines/Engine Components:
One of the pleasant surprises of 2006 may not yet be apparent to most helicopter owners and operators. A variety of financial factors, including buyouts of some top executives and the recent revival of stock markets, have left many wealthy investors even more flush and looking for other places to invest. The booming nature of the helicopter industry over the last couple of years has increased the demand for insurance services. Turns out aviation insurance has regained its appeal as a good place to invest, which has drawn investors to the market. The result is good news for people who pay insurance premiums.
Insurance companies will soon be fighting for helicopter operators' business, driving premiums down and pumping more underwriting dollars into the market, according a top aviation insurance broker. Larry Mattiello, president of the brokerage Airsure Limited, said musical chairs among top insurance executives and the high level of activity across the board in helicopter operations are combining to lure insurers that have shunned the general aviation market. With just a handful of insurers in the market, operators had to fight recently just to get coverage and swallow premium increases in the process.
"For the next two years as a consumer, you're about to have one of the best rides of your life watching aviation insurance companies battle for your business," he told operators gathered in Dallas May 4 for a safety forum hosted by FlightSafety International. Mattiello said the developing situation is unprecedented "in my nearly 30 years in the business."
Since the start of the year, top executives of major insurers like USAIG have retired only to start up new operations targeting aviation markets. At the same time, said Mattiello (who also serves as insurance advisor to the Helicopter Assn. International), property-and-casualty insurers that have avoided aviation are on the prowl for experienced underwriters to help them set up aviation units.
While that may be good financial news for operators, it may undercut efforts to raise safety standards. Leaders of the International Helicopter Safety Team have pointed to lower premiums based on strong training, equipment and safety records as one motivation for operators to get behind their drive to lower helicopter accident rates 80 percent in 10 years. Likewise, operators who through stringent training, equipment and operational requirements have gained the financial edge of lower premiums over less diligent competitors may see that edge dulled.
"In order to get their portfolios up and cash flowing," Mattiello said, insurers "will compromise underwriting standards to get that business. I'm afraid that's going to happen to extremes. It will be a problem. Other drivers, other motivators in the insurance financial world" than training, equipment and operating records will come into play in setting premiums.
Swiss aircraft instrument maker Revue Thommen is targeting the rotary-wing market across a variety of platforms with products that include altimeter air-data displays, airspeed indicators and vertical speed indicators.
The company has been working with Agusta Aerospace Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of AgustaWestland, for more than two years on a joint design venture, with their engineers collaborating on an open-architecture air data system to integrate in their A109 Power cockpit. This system has undergone flight testing in Italy and was expected to go in new-production aircraft by year's end.
The goal of the design effort was to convert existing cockpits with the same MMI (Man/Machine Interface) into next-generation flight decks with other systems that need air data based on an ARINC 429 databus. Operators of fleets of existing A109 Power and other aircraft can now integrate this new open architecture system with limited impact on the pilot and aircraft operation.
V.I.T. Engineering GmbH (VIT) has released a new version of VIT1000, intended for private pilots and special-purpose airplane and helicopter operators. VIT1000 is a portable glass cockpit system designed to enhance safety and increase pilot efficiency at a fraction of acquisition, maintenance and training costs of similar but "installed" systems.
VIT1000 is based on modern computer and microelectronic technology, highly reliable and fast to deploy, that fits into a briefcase and offers a complete solution for navigation, instrument flight and even more. The system affordably brings advanced piloting and navigation tools (EFIS, Flight Management, Flight Director, Electronic Flight Bag).
Easy navigation using a moving maps (3D,2D, taxi maps and others) and accurate aircraft guidance along the programmed trajectory during day-time or at night, in any weather conditions, flexible approach and landing pattern programming, capability for a low altitude flight, following of the terrain with hills, and for obstacle avoidance using digital pictures of terrain.
AvMap/Navigation has introduced the EKP-IV PRO portable GPS moving map system, specifically designed for law enforcement, Search And Rescue (SAR) and homeland security customers. The EKP-IV PRO is an upgraded version of the EKP-IIIC PRO system that has been available to customers in the law enforcement sector for the past few years. "The EKP-IV PRO has been designed with input from our special operations customers, integrating mission-specific features," said Ken Cirillo, general manager of AvMap Navigation.
The enhancements to the PRO include: SAR patterns (Expanding Square, Rectangle & Circle) with User-Definable Planning; regional detailed TeleAtla Street/City data, Street/City Address Search capability, Pilot Configurable Alarms (for TCAs) and compatibility with a special NVG screen film (that can be removed when not needed). New for 2006: TAWS, Victor Airways and Private Airports.
Aerosimulators last month earned FAA approval of its AS-PHS-B206. The Belgian company claims that makes it the first low-cost helicopter flight training device to meet both JAA Flight Navigation and Procedures Trainer and FAA Flight Training Device requirements as an Advanced Aviation Training Device.
Working closely with its customer Helicopter Adventures in Titusville, Fla. and the FAA, the company was able to have the regulatory review completed Nov. 1. "The intelligent application of state of the art technology is the hallmark of Aerosimulators," said Mike Coligny, CEO of Aerosimulators USA. "Its implementation at Helicopter Adventures will result in more knowledgeable pilots with higher skill levels that will continue to support them for their entire aviation career."
Under FAR Part 141, pilots have logged up to as much as 27 out of 35 hr of credit to train for an instrument rating and 20 hr of credit against 40 hr required under Part 61. Further, pilots may maintain their IFR proficiency in the simulator.
Standard features of the device include a large visual display (175X75-deg), turbine start up, Garmin 530 GPS and the Optical Crew Resource Analyzer (OCRA) available only in Aerosimulator's devices. The analyzer tracks and videotapes a trainee's eye movement during a session, permitting finer analysis of instrument scan and other piloting techniques. www.aerosimulators.com.
Key safety advocates argue that advanced training devices should be available for every helicopter type and are pushing to close the gap between the price of those devices and the budgets of flight schools and their students. That is expected to drive demand for devices like Aerosimulators in coming years.
Frasca's newest device, the Mentor AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device) is quickly becoming a familiar sight in flight schools worldwide. Acccording to the company, new orders for G1000 equipped Mentors from Sky Venture Aviation, Purdue University, LeTourneau University, and Vectair cap off a flurry of orders for the popular device which is widely used for training pilots to fly integrated avionics systems such as the G1000 and Avidyne's FlightMax Entegra. Mentor devices are also in use at West Valley Flying Club, Executive flight Training, Rocky Mountain College, Fox Valley Technical College, and Suburban Aviation among others.
The Frasca Mentor is a simulator capable of training pilots to fly integrated avionics systems such as the new Garmin G1000 and FlightMax Entegra as well as conventional instrumentation without investing in more complex flight training devices (FTDs). While compact in size, the Mentor is a high quality simulator with an extensive features list and uses much of the same technology as Frasca's higher level Flight Training Devices (FTDs).
Silver State Helicopters, headquartered in North Las Vegas, has taken delivery of the first of six Frasca TruFlite H helicopter simulator equipped trailers at their facility in Spring, Texas. Two additional simulator equipped trailers will be delivered to San Diego, Calif. and New Branfels, Texas and the remaining three will be delivered to other locations in the near future. The trailer units will be used for pilot training at various locations as needed. Silver State has ordered a total of 22 TruFlite H simulators from Frasca since the launch of the device in 2003.
Unison Industries has signed a long-term agreement to provide Autolite aviation spark plugs for all new Lycoming aircraft engines. The three-year agreement is part of a broader agreement to supply complete ignition systems valued at more than $10 million.
For years, Unison has provided Lycoming with piston engine ignition components, including Slick magnetos, Slick harnesses and LASAR electronic ignition systems. Increasingly, the company said, aircraft owners are specifying Autolite spark plugs when their Lycoming engines are overhauled.
Autolite aviation spark plugs are manufactured in Unison's highly automated facility in Rockford, IL.
"This agreement further strengthens our relationship,' said Paul Theofan, Unison's vice president of marketing and sales. "We are proud of the quality we build into all of our ignition systems products and certain that the performance of our Autolite spark plugs will meet or exceed Lycoming's requirements."
In a related development, Unison Industries' wholly owned subsidiary, Aircraft Parts Corp., was selected by Bell Helicopter to provide starter-generators for the Bell 417 single and 429 light twin helicopters. The contracts have a potential value of more than $6 million over the 10-year life of the programs.
Using its patented "long life brush" technology, APC will supply upgraded 150 and 200 amp starter-generators to Bell, which boast high power output, advanced design, and proven reliability.
Rotorcraft Enterprises new Start Pac Mini Power Supply is designed to power up 24/12-v aircraft systems. The voltage output is set to 28.5/14.2 v to simulate the same voltage as when the aircraft is running under power. Maximum amperage output is 25/50 amps which is adequate for most light aircraft. If overloaded, the Mini Power Supply will trip off and reset itself after a short period of time.
This unit is ideal for powering up new aircraft with glass cockpits. When utilizing the Mini Power Supply, the entire aircraft electrical system can be powered up for GPS programming and electrical maintenance. Thus the on board aircraft battery can be saved for starting. The Start Pac Mini Power Supply is available in both 24 and 12 Volts output.
Intelligent Automation Corp. has gained FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for the IAC 1209 Modern Signal Processing Unit (MSPU), an advanced diagnostic Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS). The IAC 1209 HUMS is a high-performance, lightweight and affordable system designed to meet FAA DO-160D / DO-178B Level D standards as well as CAA CAP 693.


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At their meeting March 28, the Johnson County Healthcare Center Board of Trustees got a financial report for February and an updated forecast from Hospital Administrator Sandy Ward.
Ward told the board that February's report was "not great," explaining that the Healthcare Center had collections of over $1 million but receivables due the JCHC from Medicare have now topped $1.5 million because of the glitch in Medicare's billing software. Payments from Medicare have stepped up significantly in recent weeks but are still lagging, although he expects them to get payments current in the next couple of months.
The financial forecast is favorable, with overall gross revenue $172,000 ahead of projections, with $222,000 in gross revenue in the hospital and the clinic running behind projections.
Projections show an operating loss of $1.1 million for the year, he said, with a projected yearly profit of $3.2 million.
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The board approved the updated forecast.

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Tunstall Americas announced its new Vi+ personal emergency response system earlier in the month, with an integral sensor for ambient temperature. Yesterday, the company announced that extreme temperature monitoring will be provided free of charge to its subscribers.
"Record breaking heat across the United States this summer prompted Tunstall Americas to offer Temperature Extremes monitoring free of charge to subscribers of their home based medical alert service," the company said in the release.
"Environmental changes indicate that the frequency and severity of heat waves will continue. We are pleased that we are in a position to offer this potentially lifesaving benefit to our current and future subscribers of our Vi Medical Alert System at no additional cost," Casey Pittock, president and CEO of Tunstall Americas, said in a prepared statement.
The system will look for temperatures either above 89 degrees Fahrenheit or below 50 degrees, at which point the subscriber or caregiver will be notified.
Extreme temperatures specifically concern many of the typical PERS users. "Tunstall's core base of subscribers, the elderly, individuals with chronic conditions, and other at risk populations have been reported to be the most vulnerable to extreme heat related illness," the company said.
Tunstall Americas operates its own monitoring centers in New York and Rhode Island.
If you aren't that worried about cybersecurity and the threat of a ransomware attack, you should be.
According to a new report, "State of Ransomware," which was sponsored by Malwarebytes and conducted by Osterman Research, nearly 40 percent of businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year. Of these victims, more than a third lost revenue and 20 percent had to stop business completely.
And that doesn't even include the companies that aren't reporting being attacked. According to FBI Section Chief Philip Celestini, who was a featured speaker at ESX 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas, 80 percent of companies that have been attacked by ransomware "are not reporting it to law enforcement," he said. The FBI is reaching out to the industry, Celestini said, for its help in spreading the word of the importance of cybersecurity and working with law enforcement to minimize loss.
According to the FBI, ransomware attacks went from causing $25 million in losses to $200 million in just the last year in the U.S., as well as an astonishing $2 trillion in cyber crime losses worldwide.
According to Nathan Scott, senior security researcher at Malwarebytes and a ransomware expert, over the last four years, "ransomware has evolved into one of the biggest cybersecurity threats in the world, with instances of ransomware in exploit kits increasing 259 percent in the last five months alone. Until now, very few studies have examined the current prevalence and ramifications of actual ransomware incidents in the enterprise."
Some other key U.S. findings from the study include:- Security attacks with ransomware are increasing: Nearly 80 percent of U.S. companies have suffered a cyber attack in the last year and more than half experienced a ransomware incident. US organizations are the most attacked among the countries surveyed. - Email is the top vector for spreading ransomware: More than half of the U.S. attacks originated with email.- Upper management and C-Level executives are at a higher risk: 68.4 percent of U.S. respondents noted ransomware attacks impacted mid-level managers or higher, while 25 percent of incidents attacked senior executives and the C-Suite.- Cybercriminals held high-value data for ransom: Nearly 80 percent of the U.S. organizations breached had high-value data held for ransom.- Attacks are impacting more than initial endpoints: More than 40 percent of ransomware attacks in all four countries were successful in impacting more than a single endpoint, with nearly 10 percent of the attacks affecting more than one-quarter of the endpoints in the business.- Current enterprise security measures are weak against ransomware: Almost half of ransomware incidents in the U.S. occurred on a corporate desktop within the enterprise security environment.- Ransomware remediation takes hours: 44 percent of attacks on U.S. companies forced IT staff to work more than nine hours to remediate the incident. Globally, the figure is 63 percent of incidents that took more than nine hours to remediate.
It's been great to see more companies becoming involved with charity work with Mission 500. Coming up next week, on Aug. 10, is an event held in partnership between COPS Monitoring and Mission 500 to benefit schools and the surrounding communities nearby the monitoring center's office in Boca Raton, Fla.
Mission 500, COPS, as well as security software company Segware and the Latin American Security Association, are putting together backpacks for students of Crosspointe Elementary School. These would include including supplies like scissors, crayons, pens, pencils, erasers, and rulers.
"We are so proud to once again be partnering with COPS and Mission 500," Crosspointe Elementary School's principal Annmarie Dilbert said in a prepared statement. "They are filling a huge need for our students and their families by providing a backpack full of school supplies to every Crosspointe Elementary student."
"It is important to help fill the immediate need of providing children with the school supplies that will give them the ability to start the school year off right," Jim McMullen, president & COO of COPS Monitoring, said in the announcment.
"We also hope to positively affect our community in a lasting way by offering stable employment and benefits," McMullen said. The backpacks will each include a note from COPS on employment opportunities at the company's Boca Raton office.
COPS Monitoring held a similar event in September 2015, packing 700 backpacks for a Title 1 school in Boynton Beach Fla.
Also in recent news with Mission 500, the organization will be working this weekend with Monitronics to put on a charitable 5k.
I look forward to hearing about more companies using this model of partnering with Mission 500 and their local communities.
Check out the lineup of speakers and educational sessions for this year's Cloud+ Here's a link to the program, and it's also copied and pasted below.
We are super excited about bringing Cloud+ to the hippest tech hub in the country, Austin, Texas on Nov. 29 and 30.
We'll be announcing more speakers, including a swell outside-of-the-security-industry keynote speaker, in the next week. We're just crossing some final Ts and dotting the last Is on that.
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Moving from a traditional security system to a cloud-based security system often still requires a hurdle. Why did this corporate end user decide to go with a cloud-based system in his nine-story facility even though three systems integrators advised going with a traditional system? In this session, an end user, manufacturer and consultant discuss how to get across the cloud chasm and the benefits of doing so.
Mark Scaparro, SVP Sales, BluBØX Ray Bernard, President and Principal Consultant, Ray Bernard Consulting Services Moderated by Martha Entwistle, editor, Security Systems News
Three leading national integrators talk about how their companies are approaching cloud. What's their strategy? What are they focusing on?
John Hudson, TycoIS, Regional Director, West Region Jeremy Brecher, SVP Technology and Chief Information Officer, Securitas Electronic Security Joe Young, Director, Cloud Monitoring Services, G4S Secure Integration Moderated by Martha Entwistle, editor, Security Systems News
An update on the M&A report that John Mack gave at Cloud+ 2015, followed by a targeted Q&A.
John Mack, Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Imperial Capital Moderated by Martha Entwistle, editor, Security Systems News
As the former Chief Security Officer for Amazon, Ed Bacco knows what it's like to be sitting in the end user's chair. This unique Cloud+ session will ignite the fireworks in a role-play approach, with Bacco playing an end user who wants to move to the cloud, but is having trouble getting around the inherent limitations. A group of experts—data center executive; VMS provider; fiber/cable service provider (the elephant); and a security integrator—join Bacco to attempt to solve the challenge.
END USER: Ed Bacco, Chief Security Officer, Aronson Security Group DATA CENTER: Dean Drako, CEO, Eagle Eye Networks INTEGRATOR: Scott Schmidt, Vice President of Technology, Aronson Security Group VMS PROVIDER: Reinier Tuinzing, Strategic Alliances Manager, Americas, Milestone
What are the benefits of taking your central station business to the cloud? Leading systems integrator, Jeffrey Nunberg, CEO of Integrated Security Systems in Miami, moderates a discussion where he will be asking the hard questions that all integrators want answered: How is it done? What are the options? Which integrators will benefit the most from moving monitoring to the cloud? What kind of the front-end investment is required and what kind of ROI should integrators and end users expect?
Cliff Dice, CEO, DICE Corp. Rodney Thayer, Consultant, Smithee, Spelvin, Agnew & Plinge Moderated by Jeffrey Nunberg, CEO, Integrated Security Systems
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Midwest Alarm Services, a provider of life safety systems based here, has acquired Electric Specialties Company of Omaha, Neb., a company that also specializes in life safety systems, including service, inspection and monitoring services to more than 350 customers.
The terms of the deal between the two companies were not disclosed.
Established in 1950, Midwest Alarm Services became part of Per Mar Security Services through an acquisition in 1998, which allowed the then small company an opportunity for growth, including the opening of an office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and an office to service the Quad Cities, which stretched Midwest Alarm Services territory into eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Doug Richard, president of Midwest Alarm Services, said that he is "very excited" to expand the company's footprint now into Nebraska, and looks forward "to growing with the great team that is already in place" there.
Herk Campbell, who will be joining the Midwest Alarm Services team along with his employees, founded Electric Specialties Company in 1983. The company is a Notifier dealer, and provides life safety systems and services including card access systems, fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers/hoods, fire inspections, master clock systems, monitoring, nurse call systems, system design/layout and video surveillance.
Campbell said that Midwest Alarm is the "perfect fit" for his company.
Note: Check back for more on this story, including an interview with Midwest Alarm Services president Doug Richard.
HOBOKEN, N.J.—Voice activation has been an interesting topic that I've seen coming up more frequently when I hear about PERS—most recently when I spoke with Ritch Haselden, VP of sales at Essence Group, this week about Essence's upcoming products, and what it takes to include voice activation.
One of the things he highlighted in the company's product roadmap is Essence's VPD, and Haselden told me a lot about what went in to setting up voice capabilities in the company's VPD—standing for Voice Panic Detector. "The VPDwill be available for purchase this summer and is expected in the next few weeks," Haselden said.
"What that'll allow somebody to do is be able to activate a pendant by saying a particular phrase of a particular series of words," he said. The product is always listening for a particular phrase, he said, and when it hears that phrase it would act like a button press on the PERS unit.
Haselden said that, further on down the road, Essence could use voice activation to open up two-way dialogue with the central station.
The company has been testing the phrase "Call 911," Haselden said. The process of picking a phrase to test was intensive, he said, making sure that it wasn't common enough to be said in everyday conversation or on the television, but still easy to remember.
Testing involved a large variety of different people, saying the test phrase, "Call 911," in a variety of pitches. "We've been testing in all kinds of different scenarios to make sure that we're really getting down to a really quality product that provides a low rate of false alarms," he said.
Essence would consider customized phrases for different companies if they requested such, Hasleden said, "Our process internally is we would at least test that phrase, but we're definitely going to provide a lot of feedback and information on: Is that a phrase that (A) people can remember, (B) that people can actually articulate well, and (C) does the technology differentiate the words well enough so that it provides a solid response."
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently submitted revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would raise the salary threshold for earning overtime pay. Presently, only those employees making less than $455.00 per week are eligible for overtime compensation. The DOL's new rule increases this eligibility minimum to any employee making less than $913.00, an increase that many in the security industry and on Capitol Hill feel will put a financial strain on businesses, which are supposed to comply by DOL's implementation date of Dec. 31, 2016.
ESA has actively spoken out against DOL's overtime rule, and ESA president Marshall Marinace said that ESA "objects strenuously" to the legislation, as it "will have a real consequence on employees not anticipated by the DOL."
ESA supports efforts of Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who recently introduced joint resolutions to block implementation of the Overtime Rule. Senate Joint Resolution 34 was introduced on June 7, 2016, and was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. In addition to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as a cosponsor, the resolution has already attracted over 43 senators to support its passage. The House version, House Joint Resolution 95, has been referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce with 22 House members as cosponsors.
"Our nation's overtime rules need to be modernized, but the Department of Labor's extreme and partisan approach will lead to damaging consequences that the American people simply cannot afford," Rep. Foxx said. "This resolution will protect workers, students, small business owners, and vulnerable individuals from a rule that will do more harm than good."
SSN would like to hear what you, our readers, think of the overtime rule, including the possible impact it could have on your businesses.
Note: SSN continues to report on this story. Please check back for an interview with ESA government relations director John Chwat.
ItsPayd.com, a company that makes an application to help dealers collect past due payments, recently added Rapid Response Monitoring as its first Affiliate Partner Program member, a program that specifically applies to companies with a central station.
The application uses text messages and emails to notify customers of past due balances and gives them a link to either send a one-time payment toward that balance or set up a payment plan, depending on their contract.
The idea behind ItsPayd is to help companies with collecting past due payments, but in a more friendly way that preserves the customer relationship and ultimately reduce attrition. "We can actually have the greatest impact on improving customer experience at the least likely moment, and that's at the past due space," Ken Green, company CEO, told Security Systems News.
"We've got one of our customers, who's a [security] dealer—they've reduced attrition by 40 percent," Green said. "We've recovered over 50 percent for them within the first 30 days." The company benefited even more by maintaining the relationship and keeping these customers on, he said.
ItsPayd.com does about 90 percent of its work with security companies, mostly security dealers and monitoring centers.
Rapid dealers receive discounts on ItsPayd's monthly subscription fee, through Rapid being a part of the Affiliate Partner Program. The Affiliate Partner Program specifically applies to third party monitoring centers and full-service companies with central stations. ItsPayd is currently looking to get more members in the program, according to Green.
ItsPayd is currently working on an integration platform with MKS, to be completed around the end of the summer, Green said.
ItsPayd was founded last year and went to beta with its product in August 205. The company went live with its offering in January 2016.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Video surveillance and access control provider Avigilon on July 18 filed documents to amend its existing $240 million multi-tranche senior secured syndicated credit facility. Security Systems News has previously reported on this credit facility. Originally closed on April 7, 2015, the facility's maturity date has been extended from April 7, 2018 to April 7, 2019.
I spoke to Avigilon's Darren Seed about the deal. Among the changes is one item which ups the price of a "permitted acquisition" from $30 million in the old deal, to $40 million in the new deal. Is Avigilon poised to buy a start-up for $31 million?
Seed said one shouldn't read anything into the small changes in the deal. He characterized this amendment and others as simple housekeeping. The extension was made at a very nice rate, he said, it made good business sense for Avigilon to take advantage of the terms offered.
Avigilon designs, develops, and manufactures video analytics, network video management software and hardware, surveillance cameras, and access control solutions.
ADT announced earlier this week that the Ring video doorbell is now available for its customers nationwide. While the Ring has made some noise in the smart doorbell category, there are many options to choose from when it comes to this first-line-of-defense product for homeowners.
Others who have had success with doorbell cameras include Vivint, Skybell and August, to name just a few.
As more and more consumers begin to embrace smart home products like the video doorbell, dealers are adding these devices to their security and home-automation offerings, and partnering and integrating with others to provide a complete home automation and security package.
For example, ADT customers can incorporate the Ring video doorbell as part of their ADT Pulse smart home security system and lock their door, turn on their lights, and activate their ADT security system directly within the Ring app, all while seeing who is at the door.
Similarly, Vivint's Doorbell Camera, which won a 2016 Innovation Award from the Business Intelligence Group earlier this year, works with its smart home platform, so homeowners can engage in two-way conversations with visitors on their doorsteps from their mobile devices, while simultaneously using Vivint's smart home technology to remotely unlock the front door, open the garage door, disarm their security system, for example.
On the supplier side, SkyBell, which was nominated for a CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award, has integrated with Nest, Amazon Echo, Honeywell, Alarm.com, Monitronics, Kwikset, Icontrol Networks and IFTTT, all in an effort to allow complete control of a homeowner's security and smart home system.
And the August Doorbell Cam is part of the August Smart Home Access System, so all of the August Home products, along with its app, work together. August is also integrating with other companies, such as Honeywell, which recently integrated the August Smart Lock with its Total Connect 2.0 Remote Services platform.
For many homeowners, the video doorbell is their first-foray into smart home technology, and it is helping to drive the continued growth of other security cameras and smart home devices and apps.
In fact, new research that came out this week from Parks Associates estimates that nearly 24 percent of U.S. broadband households will have an IP camera by 2020, while more than 50 percent will have a smart home controller and 26 percent will have a home security system.
What this study and others like it are finding is interest in products like the video doorbell is driving consumer interest in security, which can only benefit security dealers moving forward.
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The Kansas City Chiefs made it official Friday night, finalizing a deal to make Andy Reid their new head coach.
The Chiefs provided visual proof by tweeting out an image of a mustachioed man with beefy hands signing what we presume to be a contract. Romeo Crennel and Scott Pioli are out. Reid is in. A new era in Chiefs football.
Andy Reid and Clark Hunt make it official. Reid becomes the Head Coach of the Chiefs - #chiefs #chiefskingdom pic.twitter.com/kMRFskLM- Kansas City Chiefs (@kcchiefs) January 4, 2013
The Chiefs will introduce Reid on Monday at a 1 p.m. CT news conference.
Reid signed a five-year contract, The Associated Press reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation.
Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie -- who fired Reid on Monday after 14 seasons with the team -- wished the coach well in a statement released by the team.
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"Congratulations to Clark Hunt and the Kansas City Chiefs for hiring a good man and a good coach," Lurie said. "We wish Andy, Tammy and their entire family all the best in their new home."
As Gregg Rosenthal pointed out, Hunt, the Chiefs' chairman, has gone from putting all his trust in Pioli to taking the same leap of faith with Reid.
The new coach inherits a team with five Pro Bowl players, not to mention the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft. The Chiefs are coming off the grotesqueries associated with 2-14, but elements are in place for a quick turnaround.
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New CD-i website: Philips CD-i Zone (By Alan!)
>> Sunday, October 21, 2012
Here's something new: Long-time CD-i fan Alan started his very own CD-i website. In 2012, nobody needs Blogger or Black Moon anymore, but here's the first new CD-i website on a social media channel: Facebook (Why did I never think of that?)
Philips CD-i Zone on facebook triggered my attention with new pictures of rare CD-i stuff. Alan: "Welcome to ''the cd-i zone''! My aim is to bring to you everything possible about this fantastic multimedia machine which I have enjoyed for the last 18 1/2 years. So much entertainment, from games, music videos, photocds, films and documentaries. It was so far ahead of it's time, which is why it has stood the test of time."
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The promise "Check out the rarest cd-i games, unreleased games, promos, rare hardware, news, reviews, and (hopefully) interviews with publishers, developers and executives. Please feel free to get in touch - would love to hear about your Philips cd-i experiences!" may lead to a new community thanks to the huge population of Facebook, we'll see!
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Indian team have done bang-up job, India won the series by catastrophic performances from both departments, New Zealand feel down in the dumps, it was a far-fetched series of victories which India claimed. There are so many similar remarks which are circulating today around the cricket world.
No doubt it was gigantic victory which India claimed at Chennai. Visitors won the toss and elected to bat and then moments of lurch came over Kiwis when one by one New Zealand wickets start dropping like flies. Indian bowlers crushed opponents and ruled over Kiwis from the first delivery of the match, and then restricted them on just 103 runs in 27 overs.
Target of 103 runs was the piece of cake for the world number 1team, later India proved that a leopard can't change his spots. India accomplished the task comfortably by eight wickets in 22nd over with remarkable unbeaten 56 runs of Parthiv Patel. Vigorous victory over Australia in Oct and now whitewash of New Zealand are the open threads of venturous Indian team that they will create drama in mega event World Cup.
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Four winners of the Investigative Environmental Media Award were honored by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature during the Jordanian Celebration for International Year of Biodiversity 2010 which was organized by Ministry of Environment on 24 May, 2010. The media award for the best investigative report on the environmental situation in the Zarqa River Basin was announced in Jordan by IUCN Regional Office for West Asia in February 2010 in cooperation with Ministry of Environment through the Zarqa River Restoration Project and funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and UNESCO Amman Office.
"Communicating smart environmental messages is key to instill hope and optimism in the conservation discourse. Media plays a key role in transforming new thinking and approaches to facilitate the transition to sustainability." Odeh Al-Jayyousi, Regional Director, IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA).
Minister of Environment HE Hazem Malhas along with Minister of Education HE Ibrahim Badran and President of Jordan Press Association Abdul Wahhab Zgheilat honored the winners and participants of the media award. Winner of the first place was Najat Shana'a from Al Sabeel Daily Newspaper with a report entitled Zarqa River… a witness of governmental promises that did not save it from an environmental disaster. The second place winner was Lana Al Thaher from Al Rai Daily Newspaper with a report entitled Zarqa River… a journey of environmental pollution with no radical solution. The two journalists Ismail Hasanein and Zahi Raja from Addustour Daily Newspaper have won the third place award equally for their report which was entitled Zarqa and Russaifah … a hot spot and an environmental black mark.
Seven journalists participated in this media award; five of which were journalists from Al Rai, Al Ghad, Al Sabeel and Addustour daily newspapers, one from Creative Jordan Blog and one from Jordan TV. All journalists were evaluated by a jury of five members namely Saad Hattar an International Media Training and BBC Correspondent in Jordan, Issa Shboul from Ministry of Environment, Rania Faouri from IUCN, Batir Wardam from Zarqa River Restoration Project/Ministry of Environment and Tarek Abul Hawa from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.
This media award was a result of the Media Training for Sustainable Development which was organized by IUCN ROWA in December 2009 for Jordanian journalists in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and funded by UNESCO and AECID. IUCN ROWA is planning to capitalize on this experience through organizing more media training courses in the near future.
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Texas A&M has an eye on Cullen Boulevard for a potential candidate to fill a vacancy in its athletic department.
According to the Chronicle's College Station bureau reporter Brent Zwerneman, Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades is a candidate for the vacancy at Texas A&M. Bill Byrne retired from his post on Tuesday and the Aggies are currently conducting a search that includes an 11-member search committee with two co-chairs and a search firm.
Before Cougars fans start jumping off a cliff or declare that the sky is falling, pump the brakes.
For one, it's still early in the process — a little too early to jump to the conclusion that Rhoades is out the door — and secondly, this shouldn't come as a surprise.
If Texas A&M thought Houston's football coach (former head coach Kevin Sumlin) was good enough for them, there's no reason to think the athletic director isn't.
Look at what Rhoades has done so far in his UH tenure:
• He secured funding for new and upgraded athletic facilities — a brand new football stadium that will begin construction in December and a renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion that will follow. Those were things long talked about before his arrival, but never accomplished until he took over.
• He led UH to a new conference, the Big East. Say what you will about the league and what it's future may be, but the revenue and exposure will be better than if they stayed in Conference USA.
• Houston's football season tickets reached their highest levels under his watch.
• Student-athlete grade point averages have reached all-time highs for Houston under his watch.
Has it been a perfect stay? No. The jury is still out on some of the coaching hires based on on-field/on-court results.
James Dickey and his staff have been monster recruiters but the Cougars basketball program is still far from where it wants to be in terms of wins and losses and its finish in the conference standings. The hire of Todd Whitting was lauded and he has done a fantastic job upgrading Cougar Field for the players and he nearly got a shorthanded baseball team to the NCAA Tournament last year but this season has been disastrous, so it's still fair to say that the Cougars have not reached expectations under him.
On the flip side, Todd Buchanan got the women's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament in his first season; this year the wheels came off when the Cougars suffered injuries to what would have been their two best scorers and had a dismal season as a result. Jonathan Dismuke has been a home run so far for the golf program, getting them back to the NCAA Regionals.
Tony Levine so far looks like a hit, but let's wait at least a football season before we make a judgment.
No matter how long he stays, it's likely that Rhoades lasting legacy at UH will be helping take Houston athletics to another level, getting facilities done and helping put the Cougars on the map in a way they haven't been since their glory days in the Southwest Conference.
That's a very long and roundabout way of saying that Texas A&M would probably be silly not to consider Rhoades as a candidate for its vacant position. At 46, he's at a ripe age to take on a new challenge should he choose to. The Aggies have the stability of the Southeastern Conference to offer and certainly deep pockets. Rhoades already knows the head football coach there, Sumlin, pretty well. And the Aggies are looking to make upgrades to Kyle Field, so it only makes sense that they would at least consider Rhoades.
But you'd have to also think they'll consider folks with SEC ties or SEC experience as well. This thing is a long way from over (heck, it's barely started), so don't go writing Rhoades' UH obit just yet.


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Apart from the poojas performed for navagraha, Vedas mention many other powerful poojas which are performed in order to get blessings from a particular God or a pair of God and Goddess like Shiv Parvati and Lakshmi Narayan. A large number of such poojas are performed for different gods and goddesses depending upon what kind of result is required by the native and sometimes some natives get some of these poojas performed just in order to connect more closely and strongly to their Isht Devta like if someone is a devotee of Lord Kaal Bhairav, he may get a Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja performed without any materialistic wishes and just to get closer to Lord Kaal Bhairav. Some pandits believe that most of such poojas should be performed at religious places like Trayambakeshwar temple of Lord Shiva in Nasik, Ujjain, Haridwar, Gayaji or Badrinath dham but these poojas can bless the native with their good results even if they are performed in the nearby temple of your town and the most important thing for these poojas to be effective is the procedure or vidhi of these poojas. The vidhi or procedure for most of these Vedic poojas is similar with some changes like the Mantra which is chanted during a pooja, the day of start and completion of a pooja, Havan samagri to be used during the completion day, things to be donated on the day of completion of a pooja and some other things may be different in case of different poojas. In today's article we will discuss the procedure for conducting a Vedic Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja in order to get specific good results from this pooja and from Lord Kaal Bhairav.
Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja is performed with a specific count of chant or jaap of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra which is the mantra of Lord Kaal Bhairav and this mantra connects the native to Lord Kaal Bhairav. Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja is generally performed for long age, bravery, courage, victory in fights or battels, removing obstacles, removing black magic or Jaadoo Tona, removing or getting rid of evil spirits, bhoot baadha, pret bhaadha, pishaach baadha, success in some specific business ventures, good health, good materialistic gains and blessings of Lord Kaal Bhairav or some other specific wish. Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja is generally started on a Saturday and it is generally completed on the following Saturday where the day of start of a Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja can sometimes change depending upon the time which is required by the Pandits doing this pooja to complete the chant of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra. Generally the Pandits are able to complete this chant or Jaap of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra in 7 days and hence this pooja is generally started on a Saturday and it is completed on the following Saturday and all the necessary steps for this pooja are conducted during this time which is Saturday to Saturday. Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja vidhi or procedure may include many different steps at many stages and it is not possible to mention all of these steps here but we will cover most of the important steps for this pooja.
The most important step in performing any puja is to perform the chant of a Mantra specified for that pooja and this chant or jaap amounts to a number of 125,000 in most of the cases and accordingly a Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja should ideally include a chant of 125,000 Shri Kaal Bhairav mantras and rest of the procedure is built around this chant. To start with Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja, a specific day is chosen for the start and completion of this puja both of which are Saturdays in most of the cases. At the day of starting of this puja, a Sankalpam or resolution is taken by the Pandits which are usually 5 to 7 in number. In this Sankalpam, the head Pandit or the main Pandit takes an oath in front of Lord Shiva, Goddess Paravati, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kaal Bhairav or in front of Lord Kaal Bhairav alone that he and his other assistant Pandits are going to perform a chant of 125,000 Shri Kaal Bhairav mantras for a specific person who is the native and whose name, his father's name and his family surname is also mentioned in Sankalpam. The names of the Pandits doing this chant are also mentioned, the days taken to complete this chant are also mentioned which are generally 7 to 10 days and the specific wishes required by the native as a result of this puja are also mentioned and this is the first step which starts a Vedic Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja. The specific wishes asked during the sankalp of this pooja may be, victory in fights or battels, removing obstacles, removing black magic or Jaadoo Tona, removing or getting rid of evil spirits, bhoot baadha, pret bhaadha, pishaach baadha and Shri Kaal Bhairav kripa.
After this, all the Pandits start chanting Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra on daily basis for about 8 to 10 hours a day and in such a way that they are able to complete the total chant of 125,000 mantras till the decided day of completion of this puja. The pundits keep on chanting the Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra on daily basis till the day of the completion and they complete the committed chant of mantras on that day. After completion of chant of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra, the completion ceremony is arranged for the puja which can take about 2-3 hours if done with proper procedure. A puja for Lord Shiva, goddess Parvati, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kaal Bhairav is performed first and many kinds of offerings like flowers, fruits, vermillion, bangles, red clothes and cosmetics for the goddesses, black clothes for Lord Kaal Bhairav and clothes other gods, sweets, halwa, dhoop, Deepak, milk, curd, honey, desi ghee, sugar and many other things which are specifically favorite to Lord Kaal Bhairav are offered to these gods and goddesses and the completion of the resolution or Sankalpam taken by the pandits is repeated and it is conveyed to the gods by pandits that they have completed the chant of 125,000 Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra in the time promised by them and in the manner promised by them at the day of start of this pooja and it is also mentioned that all this chant and puja has been done on behalf of their client whose name and other details are again mentioned and it is then preyed that their client should be blessed with the good results of this Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja since he has followed all the procedures for this puja and he has got this puja performed through pandits in order to get benefic results from Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja. It should be noted here that this puja performed at the day of completion of Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja follows specific procedures and accordingly this puja and procedure can differ for different kind of Vedic Poojas.
Things related to and the things signifying navagraha or some specific planets among navagraha are also offered and donated during the course of this final puja ceremony for Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja and these things may include, rice, wheat, sugar, salt, oil, milk, blanket, copper utensils, pulses, lentils, white and black moles and some other things each of which relate to one or the other planet among navagraha. After completion of this puja, the blessings are taken from the gods and goddesses and then the final ceremony of Havan is started which is the final and a very important ceremony as this is a ceremony through which a direct connection between the native and the corresponding planets or gods is established with the help of pandits and through the holy fire of havana. Havan is a very important and technical procedure and it should be done by expert pandits with great attention and care. After lighting the holy fire of havna, after starting the Havana and after doing the necessary formalities, the chant of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra is again started and this time with the completion of each mantra, a sound of Swaaha or Swaha is chanted by the pandits and upon the chant of this sound of Swaha or Swaaha, certain specific things which form the constituents of Puja Samagri and which can vary from puja to puja are offered in a specific way to the holy fire which has been lit to perform the Havana for Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja.
This process is repeated again and again and each time the pandits chant the sound of Swaaha or Swaha or Swaham after completing one chant of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra, puja samagri is offered to the holy fire of Havana in a specific way. Once the specific chant or Jaap of Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra fixed for the Havana is completed, some other important mantras are chanted which may differ from puja to puja and here again the puja samagri is offered to the holy fire of Havana at the sound of Swaha or Swaaha at the completion of each mantra. A dry coconut is finally cut and filled with certain specific things which may again be different for different pujas and this coconut is then placed in the holy fire of Havana as the final offering and with the chant of some specific mantras, and the desired result is again preyed by the pandits on behalf of the native. The client or the native is then asked to complete 1, 3 or 7 circles around the Havana kund where each one of these circular movement is called a Pradakshina or a Parikarama and upon the completion of this Parikarma the Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja is completed. And though a Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja includes some other steps and procedures than the ones mentioned above, but the above mentioned steps are the most important steps of a Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja and they should be done and executed by expert and established pandits. Missing some of the important procedures or not doing them properly can reduce the desired effects of the puja and the native may not get the proper benefic effect from his Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja.
There are some precautions which should be observed by the native during the running time of his Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja otherwise he may not get proper results from such Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja. From the time of start of a Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja till the time of completion of this pooja, the native for whom this pooja is being performed should abstain from eating non vegetarian food of all kind including fish and egg, he should stay away from liquors and alcohols of all kinds and he should also stay away from smoking for all this time. Apart from this the native should also not make sexual contacts with any female including his own wife and in case of unmarried natives they should stay away from their girlfriends as long as the Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja is going on. The native should also not engage in any kinds of bad conducts of violence, hatred or any other kinds of conducts which are considered immoral during the running time of Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja. The native should try to connect himself to Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja on daily basis which he can do by praying to Lord Kaal Bhairav daily after taking bath and repeating the Sankalpam that the main Pandit had made on his behalf at the start of this pooja. The native should address Lord Kaal Bhairav and say with his words or with his mind that he is getting a Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja performed with a chant of 125,000 Mantras of Lord Kaal Bhairav and this pooja is being performed at such and such place by a specific number of Pandits and that he is following all the procedures and precautions with complete dedication and devotion and that Lord Kaal Bhairav should bless him with the best possible results for this pooja.
It should be noted here that a Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja can be done in the presence of the native as well as in the absence of the native and in case the native is unable to be personally present at the place of Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja, this pooja is conducted with the help of native's photograph or Picture in which the native should be alone and no one else should be present in the picture and this picture should be as recent as possible. In this case, the main Pandit will take the sankalp for Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja on behalf of the native in the presence of his photograph or picture. The name of native's father and the surname of his family is spoken in the sankalpam and it is also mentioned by the main Pandit that this native is unable to attend to this pooja by means of his personal presence and hence a specific Pandit whose name and surname is mentioned, will be performing all the rituals to be performed by the native on behalf of the native. It should be noted here that this Pandit is one of the Pandits who are going to do a chant of 125,000 Shri Kaal Bhairav Mantra for the native. This way the rituals to be performed by the native at the starting day and completion day of Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja are performed by the chosen Pandit and it is conveyed by him on both of these days that he is performing these rituals on behalf of the native whose photograph is always kept present during the puja and it is used as a symbol of the native. For example, if the chosen Pandit is supposed to offer flower to Lord Kaal Bhairav, he will first touch his hand carrying the flowers with the picture of the native and then he will offer those flowers to Lord Kaal Bhairav and all other rituals are also performed likewise. It is important to note here that even if the native is personally not present for his Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja, he is strictly supposed to practice all the necessary and above mentioned precautions for his Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja, in whichever part of the world he may be present during the running time of such Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja. The native should also keep on repeating his Sankalpam for Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja on daily basis as mentioned above and he should ask for the best results of this pooja from Lord Kaal Bhairav.
Completing a Vedic Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja with a chant of 125,000 Veda mantras of Lord Kaal Bhairav and doing it with due procedure, dedication and devotion can definitely bring good results for the native whereas missing important steps of puja or altering the Shri Kaal Bhairav Pooja vidhi or procedure in an improper way may reduce the benefic results of such Shri Kaal Bhairav Puja from some extent to great extent.
Note : The Pooja procedure described above is indicative and there may be some changes in the procedure of this pooja across various geogrophical regions of India, due to difference in local customs and beliefs. Changes like starting day of a Pooja, the number of Pandits performing the Pooja and the number of hours for which a mantra is chanted by the Pandits on daily basis may be observed from Pooja to Pooja and from region to region and these changes should be accepted according to the advice of the Pandits doing your Pooja.
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