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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The offseason work is done. The spring has run its course. The New York Giants had three mandatory minicamp workouts and 10 OTA practices, which concluded Thursday. The media was allowed to attend six of the 13 days.
It was enough to get a taste of what was happening on the field, particularly with the quarterbacks. Yes, even coach Pat Shurmur acknowledged that is where the attention will stay even more so this season than most. So all eyes were on No. 6 overall pick Daniel Jones and the franchise legend he will eventually replace, Eli Manning. Alex Tanney and Kyle Lauletta are also part of this season's quarterback group.
Here's a rundown of what I saw:
Manning: He's in good shape and throwing the ball relatively well. The velocity on his throws is workable. Manning is the clear-cut starter and took all the first-team reps during practice. He started slowly in the first OTA but looked better and more comfortable as the offseason program progressed. The noticeable difference was Manning's willingness to throw it downfield more than in 2018. The checkdowns weren't quite as frequent. Manning credits this to being more comfortable in Year 2 of Shurmur's offense. "The second year makes a difference," Manning said. "It's not just me, it's more just everybody." That includes quarterback, receivers, offensive line and coaches. The Giants can now open the offense up more than they have in the past.
There were mistakes, interceptions and inaccurate throws, but nothing more than usual with Manning at quarterback. This spring has only added to the Giants' optimism that Manning can have a bounce-back season at age 38. "Eli is getting ready to have a great year," Shurmur said after Tuesday's OTA. The spring went well for Manning.
Jones: He had his ups and downs during OTAs and minicamp. This is expected for a rookie just months removed from taking snaps at Duke. Jones had a lot to learn and absorb. The Giants have been impressed with how quickly he's been able to adjust. "You can kind of see him getting more comfortable," tight end Evan Engram said as the offseason progressed. What maybe has been most impressive about Jones was the way he threw deep balls. His connection with fellow rookie Darius Slayton (one of the Giants' most surprising players this spring) was noticeable. Jones threw the deep ball with accuracy and touch. He also dispelled any criticism that his arm strength was insufficient. He flashed more than ample velocity on his throws and showed athletic ability the Giants haven't seen consistently from the quarterback position in quite some time.
"I think he has had a really good offseason. ... I think he has had a really, really productive offseason. He is on track with the goal to be ready to play Day 1," Shurmur said. The Giants want Jones to be ready just in case. He's still a significant underdog to start. Something outrageous would need to happen for him to jump Manning, even though Jones quickly worked his way onto the second-team offense this spring. But he still has a way to go to be ready to start NFL games. Jones struggled at times this spring with the looks he was seeing from the defense.
At practice Tuesday, he looked uncertain and rushed for a significant stretch. He hit on two of his first seven pass attempts, but finished strong by completing seven of eight. This is the life of a rookie quarterback, but Jones' ability to retain information and not make the same mistake over and over again can give the Giants confidence. "I think I am making progress," Jones said. "I certainly don't think I am there at all." Regardless, the early returns are positive.
Tanney: He started the spring working mostly with the second team before Jones moved his way up the depth chart. Tanney finished OTAs splitting his time between the second and third teams. It was more a product of Jones being the quarterback of the future than anything Tanney did on the field. Tanney had days when he threw well -- particularly early on, when he was the best quarterback on the field at the first OTA.
More than likely, Tanney is vying for the third quarterback spot this summer. He was ahead of Lauletta in the pecking order last season and again this spring.
Lauletta: Last year's fourth-round pick started the spring on the sideline as he rehabbed a knee injury. Lauletta had his knee cleaned out this offseason, but worked his way back on the field at the end of the spring and seemed to be throwing the ball well. He still has some ground to make up in order to secure a spot on the roster. When he received work this spring, it was with the third-team offense.


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Was memory loss the first sign of dementia or did something else tip you off that something was wrong?
By Bob DeMarco
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When interviewed I get a version of this question every time. What were the early signs of Alzheimer's disease in your mother?
As many of you know, if you look at the various lists of the early signs of Alzheimer's disease you will usually see this listed first -- Memory loss is the most common sign of Alzheimer's disease.
Memory loss. Was memory loss the sign that "tipped" me to my mother's dementia. NO.
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I know that most Alzheimer's caregivers conclude after the diagnosis, and after they gain a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease, that there were early signs that they missed or ignored.
For this discussion, I am interested in what you noticed as the early signs of Alzheimer's disease or early signs of dementia.
I'll write about our experience later. However, I can say this -- number one on my list is number ten on most lists.
Please use the comments box to answer the question. I would appreciate your insight. I might be able to use this information when I am interviewed on television and radio.
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The Indian Botanical Garden in Kolkata has many floral treasures, but none as impressive as the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree, which covers nearly 5,300 square feet (500sq/m). What at first seems like a forest of narrow trunks is, in fact, 1,573 drop-roots from a single banyan tree - either the largest or second largest canopy tree in the world depending on who you believe.
The gardens, located on the west bank of the Hooghly River, contain about 12,000 living plant species from every corner of the globe and offer some good bird watching opportunities and a quiet green space in which to walk, relax and picnic. There are many paths and trails to explore. Since July 2012 the gardens have been closed on Mondays for maintenance but walkers and joggers are still let in. Officially the gardens open at 8am, but those wanting to exercise can usually get in as early as 5:30am. The gardens are not as impressive in winter and maintenance seems to take a backseat in the off-peak months but the Great Banyan Tree is worth a visit at any time of year and in spring and summer the birds, butterflies and flowers are a joy.
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It has s 3'x3" chamber, a 2" baccara sprinkler valve (modded of course) and a 5'x2" barrel.
I think I was most pleased that the stand came out as well as it did. Amazing what you can do with a couple drawer slides and springs.
Things I could have improved:
1. elbow on the top of the sprinkler for the blowgun hose would have allowed me to have the chamber and barrel closer together
2. The stand it too light. I had to attach a cinder block.
3. Actually waited the week for the krylon to cure, oh well.
The stand. It's 2 circular pieces of particle board with 2x4's between them to hold the legs. Each leg has a slot between the 2x4's that it fits into. Even without bolts through the 2x4's it could support my weight easily.
The stand with the rotating disc attached to the top. It's just a 3/8" bolt through the entire thing with a couple of fender washers (and some grease) between the top 2 pieces.
The mount. It's 2 pieces of 2x4 cut to fit the barrel and chamber screwed into another 2x4. Attached to the sides are some 3/4"x3" project wood (the wood at lowe's/wherever that is actually straight and finished). You'll see the 2 springs attached to a couple of steel hooks.
Each half of the drawer slide is mounted to a piece of project wood. The bolt you see in the bottom piece is a carriage bold I tightened down until the top was flush with the surface of the wood.
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The gun is a real nice, modded pnuematic, nice and clean

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looks like you use it for coastal defence but wonderfull cannon where did you get the parts for the recoil system which is a realy good idea also how far can it shoot and how accurate is it
Niceee - Love it - little to big to be carrying about near me to much people and people steal near me but i might make a smaller 1 i will have it set up near my window so i can shoot stuff
Dose the recoil system not lower power slightly?
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Roughly 165 million spectators in more than 200 countries tuned in to the finals of the UEFA Champions League in Lisbon, Portugal in May. Behind the spectacle that kicked off the world's most-watched annual sporting event was a small, but quickly growing Montreal company.
"It is not every day that Canadians break into Europe's 'sacrosanct' soccer industry," said Vincent Drolet, president and founder of Circo de Bakuza, an event production, branding and experiential marketing firm.
"It's not our first barbecue but it's definitely the biggest one. It was a little bit stressful," said Mr. Drolet, who launched the company in Montreal in 2009 and bootstrapped its growth until recently.
The opening ceremony featured 400 volunteer dancers, 90 vocalists and a few Portuguese celebrities, including singer Mariza and soccer star Luis Figo. To help co-ordinate all these people, the company brought in England-based choreographer Wanda Rokicki, who has worked on many international events such as the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup.
"It took six months of preparation to put on a show that was little more than seven-minutes," Mr. Drolet said of this year's opening ceremony, which cost more than €500,000 ($740,000).
But those minutes were enough to impress UEFA president Michel Platini who, Mr. Drolet said, told him it was the best Champions League ceremony he had ever seen.
The key to Circo de Bakuza's success is simple: "We work on projects that excite us and with clients that draw us in," said Roshan Soomarchun, vice-president at Circo de Bakuza.
The Parisian entrepreneur, who has an MBA from Columbia University, partnered with Mr. Drolet in 2009, after the pair worked together on the Dubai Film Festival a year earlier. He was compelled by Mr. Drolet's international experience in event production with Cirque du Soleil. Circo de Bakuza now has 20 employees, half of whom work out of its second office in Paris.
With both men being passionate about soccer, creating a niche in the sport seemed like the "right fit" and they jumped at the opportunity to work for the first time with Europe's major soccer association. Circo de Bakuza organized several events for the Euro 2012 championship — the most notable being the final draw in Kiev, Ukraine.
"In the past four years, we really doubled our turnover year after year," said Mr. Soomarchun, who noted the company's revenue is nearly $9-million. "All this [growth] happened by expanding the variety of our services."
While Circo de Bakuza built its name on high-profile sporting and corporate events, it has also turned to graphic design to expand its business.
Julie Brassard, creative director, has led the projects on that front, creating product brands for L'Oréal, Comme des Garçons and Nina Ricci.
The economic crisis was the catalyst for growth in the luxury products market, Mr. Drolet said. "The big brands, since 2008, saw their marketing budgets drastically reduced and they turned to smaller agencies like us," he said. "It was a chance for us to show off our creativity and for our clients to get better returns on their investment."
One challenge, he noted, was being able to clearly define the company's vision and refocus its business. Growth was decided by available offers more than what the company's founders really wanted to do, he added.
Mr. Soomarchun said just the tender process can cost anywhere between $5,000 and $40,000 so taking on smaller projects can be more draining for the company.
This year, Circo de Bakuza is working to consolidate and to choose the direction in which it wants to keep going, Mr. Drolet said.
Circo de Bakuza recently hired a business manager, has plans to refocus on the North American market and found an angel investor in Giuseppe Racanelli, a long-time friend of Mr. Drolet and director of Ingénia Technologies. The 67-year-old entrepreneur even offered Circo de Bakuza a contract to renew his own company's branding.
"I like what they do and I wanted to help." said Mr. Racanelli, who invested around $500,000 and holds preferred shares in the company. "I'm a bit of a guardian angel."
Circo de Bakuza's executives have their eyes set on Morocco, host country of the FIFA Club World Cup in December and the Africa Cup of Nations early next year. Mr. Drolet said they plan to bid for ceremonies at the Euro 2016 championship in France, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan.
"It's a long way up the ladder but the Champions League final was definitely the first big step towards producing those major events," he said. "I think we're in a good position."
As they prepare their pitches for these world events, Mr. Drolet and Mr. Soomarchun also hope to show off their work next summer at the FIFA Women's World Cup being held in Canada.
At the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Circo de Bakuza managed to snag the 10th edition of the FIFA Interactive World Cup, a video game tournament hosted alongside the soccer games.
In the past six months, two million online participants worldwide fought over the PlayStation network for one of the 20 coveted spots. The winner of the virtual soccer tournament gets US$20,000 and an invitation to the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala, where awards are presented to soccer's top players and coaches of the year.
A team of four Circo de Bakuza staff working in Rio having designed everything from the event's branding to the gaming installations for the final showdown.
As a way to give back to the game that is leading its growth, Circo de Bakuza contributed €3,000 and help with communications to Let's Play Association, which will host a two-week soccer camp called Play in Rio, starting June 20. The participants will be young soccer players from impoverished areas of the host city.
"All eyes are on Brazil this month, so it's a great way to raise awareness about underprivileged youth," Mr. Soomarchun said. Children from local favelas will get to kick around new balls with proper playing shoes and shirts, while young coaches receive the training they need to keep these youth playing and for the project to have a lasting legacy.


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So I kinda gave up on wrasslin' as it was becoming too taxing on me to write all those reviews.
I'm gonna start doing something else on here eventually so stay tuned.
So I kinda gave up on wrasslin' as it was becoming too taxing on me to write all those reviews.
I'm gonna start doing something else on here eventually so stay tuned.
PHOENIX, AZ (America West Arena)
Eric Bischoff
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Steve "Mongo" McMichael
Eddy Guerrero vs. Mr. J.L.
J.L. is Jerry Lynn, by the way. My tape joins this match in progress for some reason with Eddy hooking an an abdominal stretch. Lynn hiptosses out of it but Eddy catches him with a modified atomic drop. JL then catches him with a headscissors takedown to the outside but Eddy comes back in with an impressive armdrag takedown. JL takes Eddy out again with a dropkick and a big sommersault plancha takes him down. Back in, he gets a two count. Suplex gets two. Eddy goes for a victory roll but JL reverses and Eddy reverses THAT for the pin at 2:55. I can't really rate it since I didn't have the entire match but I liked what I DID see.
WINNER by PINFALL: Eddy Guerrero
Lex Luger & Jimmy Hart chat with "Mean" gene as Jimmy sings Luger's praises and guarantees him victory at Starrcade in the triangle match while Luger talks about all the victories he has over the World Champion.
Disco Inferno vs. Mr. Wonderful
Okay, so who's the face here? Both of them have "annoying" theme songs, which actually makes the entrances hilarious to watch. Orndorff's theme is so ridiculously obnoxious, which I guess makes him slightly more heel. Disco is all over Wonderful to start off and takes him to the buckles. Paul fights back though with right hands, an inverted atomic drop and elbow to the head. Boogie woogie elbowdrop is oversold by Disco followed by a VICIOUS-looking back suplex for the win at 2:22. Wow, he squashed poor Disco. ¼*
WINNER by PINFALL: Mr. Wonderful
"Mean" Gene interviews three of the four Horsemen in Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, and Flyin' Brian to chat about the big tag team main event against Hogan & Sting tonight. Mr. Wonderful interrupts the interview to tell Flair and Arn he respects them but calls Pillman a snot-nosed punk and that he's only a horseman because Orndorff is NOT one. Brian slaps Orndorff across the face for calling him an errand boy, thus forcing Flair and Arn to have to separate them. Of course, Flair and Arn take some shots at Orndorff as well. Flair and Arn even give Orndorff a spike piledriver onto the floor. OUCH.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Lex Luger [w/Jimmy Hart]
Oh God, I forgot about Hacksaw still being around at this time… and in fact, he would remain with WCW for years after this as well. Lex stalls but Duggan is all over him. He takes the Total Package to the buckles a couple of times as we take a look at Paul Orndorff getting tended to by EMTs in the aisle after that nasty piledriver. Back in the ring, Duggan hiptosses Luger and clotheslines him down, followed by a pair of elbowdrops. Front facelock is applied but Lex fights out with right hands and gets clotheslined again. Jimmy Hart distracts the ref and grabs Duggan's 2X4 and of course Hacksaw stupidly goes over to him… and gets nailed from behind by Lex. Torture Rack and sayonara at 2:43. DUD of course.
WINNER by SUBMISSION: Lex Luger
"Mean" Gene interviews World Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage regarding his match against Tenzan at Starrcade and his title defense against the winner of the triangle match along with facing the Giant next week on Nitro.
Hulk Hogan/Sting vs. Ric Flair/Arn Anderson
Sting and Arn start things off as the Enforcer grabs a headlock. He gets a fireman's carry and then the two square off again to a number of "WOOOOOO" chants and cheers. Arn goes to work on Sting's back but the Stinger military press slams Anderson and Hogan gets a cheapshot on him. Wow, this crowd does NOT like Hulk. Arn tags Flair and the crowd goes nuts. These fans rule. Hulk takes over to start and then no-sells some chops from Flair as per usual. Hogan then gets a backdrop on Ric and Sting claps Flair's ears after he does his Flair Flip spot. Arn comes in but Hogan chokes him and clotheslines him in the corner. Flair is back in now and gets an eyerake to take over followed by a tag to Anderson. They go to work on the Hulkster's arm but he takes Ric down with a clothesline and tags in Sting, who press slams Flair right away. Big dropkick puts Flair down for two. They go through a nice little wrestling sequence and Sting backslides Flair for two. Sting goes for the ten punches in the corner but Flair comes out of the corner with an atomic drop and in comes Arn. Sting quickly slams him off the top and it's Scorpion Death Lock time! Flair comes in to break it up but Sting catches HIM in the hold… and then Arn DDTs the Stinger! Sweet spot there. Suddenly, Luger shows up and attacks Hogan, putting him in the Torture Rack outside the ring before leaving again.Back in the ring, Flair and Arn work over Sting's leg. Flair drops a knee on it and then brings Arn in for more punishment. Sting valiantly fights back but Hogan is still out as a result of Luger's attack. Finally, Hulk gets to the apron but the heels continue to work over Sting's leg. Flair gets the Figure Four locked on but Sting eventually drags him over to Hogan and makes the hot tag but of course the referee didn't see it. Flair continues to work on the knee and then hammers away on Sting but he starts to no-sell it and then slams Ric off the top rope for a two count. Flair tags Arn but Sting doesn't make it to his corner. Sting comes back with a facebuster though and FINALLY makes the tag to Hogan. BAHAHAHA, Hogan comes in and immediately takes the spinebuster. He no-sells it of course though and boots Arn, drops the leg, and gets the win in 13:27. *** ½, solid tag match here.
WINNERS by PINFALL (Hogan over Anderson): Hulk Hogan/Sting
Luger makes the save for Sting but Sting shoves him away so HE can make the save for Hogan. And now here's Savage, who Sting decks with a right hand. Hogan acts as peacemaker and the "Hogan sucks" chants start up. Haha, fuck Hulk Hogan. Cue "Mean" Gene to interview all three of them as Sting apologizes for hitting Savage in the heat of the battle. Hogan backs up Sting and notes that the Stinger saved Hulk's rear end tonight. They all agree to stick together.
OVERALL: Another darn good main event saves this one from mediocrity. This Starrcade PPV coming up actually looks pretty promising as they're taking the time during the matches to mention which WCW guys are taking on which New Japan guys and we also have the triangle match and subsequent World Title match coming up as well.
SALISBURY, MD (unknown arena)
Vince McMahon
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Owen Hart [w/Mr. Fuji, Jim Cornette, & Yokozuna] vs. Jeff Hardy
Yes, the days when Jeff Hardy was merely a jobber. Diesel watches the match from backstage as Owen dominates Hardy but they still work a pretty fun little squash match. Diana Hart-Smith is also in the crowd. Holy shit, Jeff takes an INSANE 360 clothesline bump and Owen nails him with a missile dropkick for the win in 2:35. After the match, Yoko squashes Hardy with a Bonzai Drop and then Owen puts the Sharpshooter on him. Diesel comes out but Owen bails so he disposes of Yokozuna instead.
WINNER by PINFALL: Owen Hart
Chaparita Asari vs. Aja Kong
Another Japanese ladies match? I'm down. Asari starts off quick with a couple of handspring mule kicks but Kong just powers her down with ease. A nasty hairpull and kicks to the back by Kong followed by a delayed suplex, but Kong pulls her head up at two. Kong then goes to a VICIOUS package piledriver but again picks her head up at two. Kong uses some more stiff kicks to the head and hits a big splash but AGAIN pulls her head up at two. Lawler is making fun of some dead rapper in a really "classy" manner. Kong shakes her ass around (?) and then slams Asari down, followed by a top-rope splash… but it misses. Asari then misses her high spot, which allows Aja to hit the spinning backfist for the pin at 4:05. Aja Kong just KILLED her in this match. **
WINNER by PINFALL: Aja Kong
We get a pre-recorded interview with Todd talking to Shawn on his recovery process. Nothing really gets said here other than Shawn saying that he will return when the doctors allow him to come back. He wants the WWF Title too.
Ahmed Johnson vs. Rick Stockhauser
Ahmed tears this poor scrub apart and no-sells all of his offense. He hits the sloppiest and shittiest spinebuster of all-time followed by showing how green he truly was by repeating the same spot. Pearl River Plunge ends it quick at 1:08.
WINNER by PINFALL: Ahmed Johnson
Lawler interviews Ahmed and makes fun of him some more but gets intimidated and sits back down.
Freddie Blassie yells at a bunch of wrestlers in a promo for the RAW Bowl. I can only cringe at what that is going to entail.
Vince McMahon gets a word with the 1-2-3 Kid and Psycho Sid [w/Ted DiBiase] regarding the tag match against Razor and Marty Jannetty at In Your House. Unfortunately, the Kid has next-to-no charisma at this point in his career and DiBiase has to carry the interview. Sid yells a lot.
Non-Title Match
Bret "The Hitman" Hart (WWF Champion) vs. Bob Backlund
I think this is Bob's first RAW match in over a year and probably one of his last as well. Vince making Lawler read the Burger King sponsor bit is pretty funny. Hart takes Backlund to the mat to start off with but he goes to the ropes and Hart breaks it up. Hart gets a go-behind on Backlund but he switches and gets the champ in a headscissors. This is quality chain wrestling. Bret gets out of the hold and applies a front facelock while Lawler interviews Diana Hart-Smith in the crowd. She has the charisma of a split pea. Back in the ring, Bret goes to the waistlock on Backlund and they go to the ropes. Bret dropkicks Backlund out of the ring and we go to commercial. As we come back, Bret gets a backlside for two. Backlund slips to the outside and stalls for time but Bret finally drags him back in by the arm. Bret wrenches away on the arm but Bob avoids a slam and tries to lock on the Chicken Wing. Bret quickly gets to the ropes though so Backlund continues to work on the arm. Bob takes Bret over with a snap mare and locks on an armbar but gets sidetracked by the audience chanting for the Hitman. He takes Bret down with an armbar again and CONTINUES to beat on the arm. It sounds boring and plodding but it's solid stuff here. Bret fights out but gets taken down with a big forearm shot aaaaaand Backlund goes back to the arm once again. Bret gets a couple of two counts out of nowhere but we take a second commercial break. Russian Leg Sweep gets two for Bret. Inverted atomic drop sets up the elbow, which leads to the Sharpshooter but the Bulldog runs in for the DQ at 11:34 just as Bob catches Hart with the Crossface. *** ½, solid main event here.
WINNER by DISQUALIFICATION: Bret Hart
Davey Boy puts the boots to Bret while Backlund still has the Crossface locked on. Officials finally clear Backlund and Davey Boy out of the ring after a helluva beating has been administered. Backlund is not happy about being DQ'ed.
OVERALL: A very good main event and some decent build for the PPV makes for the first 'good' episode of RAW that I've reviewed for the site so far.
PHOENIX, AZ (America West Arena)
Eric Bischoff
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Steve "Mongo" McMichael
WCW Tag Team Title Match
Harlem Heat © [w/Sister Sherri] vs. American Males
The American Males are Buff Bagwell and Scotty Riggs with the worst theme music of ALL-TIME. Riggs and Stevie Ray start things off with Stevie pounding on the little prettyboy. Riggs uses a couple of dropkicks for a 1 count and then wrenches on the arm but Ray pretty much no-sells it and gets a side slam. Booker is in now and gets taken down with a forearm. Tag to Bagwell as the challengers do some decent double-teaming on both members of the Heat. Booker soon gets the upper hand though … and gets rolled up for two. Now it's Bagwell's turn to go to work on the arm while Col. Parker appears in the aisle with a present, presumably for Sherri. Riggs now plays face-in-peril (even though the crowd could give a shit about him) as Stevie powerslams him. Back to the outside of the ring as Parker gives Sherri the present and I guess it's a ring! Back in the ring, Booker gets a side kick for two. To the arm we go. And back to the dumb shit as Parker and Sherri walk away arm-in-arm. Stevie gets a back suplex on Riggs for two. Booker is back in with some kind of spinning pump kick and the crowd is CLEARLY behind Harlem Heat. Riggs gets an out-of-nowhere cradle for a one count. Sunset flip gets two. Harlem Heat continue double-teaming Riggs and Booker gets a horrible side slam on him. Top-rope move hits Scotty's knees and the hot (?) tag is made to Bagwell. HOUSE O' FIRE! Bagwell gets a fisherman suplex for two and now all four guys are in. The champs take over again and Booker gets the Harlem Hangover for the win at 7:47. It was okay… **.
WINNERS by PINFALL (Booker over Bagwell) AND STILL Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat
"Mean" Gene chats with Sting and Luger in the aisle as apparently Sting, Luger, and Flair are gonna have a triangle match at Starrcade. Sting tells Luger that he has a good shot at becoming the World Champion tonight and that when Sting wins the triangle match, he'll have the shot at potential new champion, Lex Luger. The Total Package announces that he WILL win the title tonight and re-iterates that the triangle match will be every man for himself.
Sting vs. Kurosawa
Parker is not with Kurosawa because he's making out with Sherri somewhere, I assume. Ew. Sting starts off quick with a dropkick and knocks Kurosawa to the outside. Sting gets dragged to the outside though and takes a pounding before getting thrown back into the ring. Kurosawa kicks Sting and screams a lot. Yep. He tries to break Sting's arm for a while and then chops him in the corner but Sting fights back and rams him into opposite turnbuckles. Stinger Splash connects and then the Scorpion Death Lock is applied for the submission in 2:38. ½* for what was barely even a match.
WINNER by SUBMISSION: Sting
Starrcade promo which will feature New Japan stars going up against WCW guys in some of the matches.
Scott "Flash" Norton vs. The Giant [w/Jimmy Hart & the Taskmaster]
Well, this should be quick. Stalemate to start as no one can get the power advantage right away until Giant shoulderblocks Norton down. Norton gets slammed down with ease and then Giant clubs away in a very Andre-like manner. To the shock of everyone, Norton actually gives the Giant an atomic drop and delivers a headbutt and a few right hands but the Giant just seems to be absorbing the blows. Clotheslines do nothing so Norton heads up top… and jumps right into the chokeslam for the pin in 2:44. Well, Norton lasted longer than I thought he would last. DUD
WINNER by PINFALL: The Giant
For some reason, Charles Barkley (WOW, he was skinny back then!) shows up with Ric Flair and seems to be having a ball watching Flair just be Flair. Once they get in the ring, "Mean" Gene asks Barkley if he'll be a new tag team partner. Well, he can't be any worse than Rodman. Barkley praises Flair to some heel heat and then Ric does his usual great rant of a promo.
WCW World Heavyweight Title Match
"Macho Man" Randy Savage © vs. Lex Luger [w/Jimmy Hart]
These guys have faced each other like four times since Nitro began. Luger begs off to start and then asks for a handshake but Macho is all "fuck you" and chokes him. Luger comes back with a clothesline that knocks Savage to the outside and he is clearly already favouring the injured arm. Savage catches Luger with a shot to the gut on the outside and takes over, nailing the challenger with a double axehandle back in the ring for two. Lex reverses a suplex but misses that elbowdrop that never hits, which causes Savage to work over *Luger's* arm. We go to a break and when we come back, Savage is working over Luger's arm outside the ring. Savage rolls him back in and applies an armbar to the now-injured arm of Luger. I like the psychology here with Savage avenging his injured arm by attempting to cause Luger the same amount of pain by going after his arm as well. Savage gets an inside cradle for two and then goes right back to the arm again. Back to the outside they go and this match has been basically all Savage. Luger finally gains control after the Macho Man misses a dive and hits the guardrail. Luger rolls Savage back in and stomps away but Savage fights back with right hands and a choke on the top rope. Luger goes to the eyes and Savage slaps the ref thinking that it's Luger but thankfully we don't go to a DQ over that as the finish. Clothesline puts Savage down for two as Luger continues to sell the arm fairly well for Luger's standards. A bunch of elbowdrops get Luger a near fall and a big knee lift takes him down as well. More elbows and another two count. Savage makes a comeback and we get a double knockout spot with both men colliding with each other. Savage gets a two count. The announcers are putting over the fact that the wrestlers still wrestle whether they hurt or not, which is definitely something we are MUCH more aware of now… and not necessarily in a good way. Anyway, Savage takes control again and clotheslines Luger down for 2 as we see that Jimmy Hart took off a turnbuckle. Savage sends Luger to the exposed steel as well, which somehow takes the ref out. Flying Elbowdrop connects but there's no ref. Savage goes after Jimmy Hart but here comes Flair with a brass knucks shot to Savage. Jimmy drags Luger on top of Savage all the while Hulk Hogan arrives and chases after Flair back into the ring. The ref finally gets back in but Hogan breaks up the count for the DQ at 13:56. Hulk then smacks Luger and Jimmy Hart's heads together but Sting runs in the way of a right hand meant for Lex, which causes some tension. *** ¼, I liked this one quite a bit despite a slow pace because the psychology was real good.
WINNER by DISQUALIFICATION: Lex Luger
Hogan asks if Sting has got his back next week in their big tag match against Arn Anderson and Ric Flair and wants to know what the deal is with Sting and Luger's friendship. Sting tells Hogan that he's on their side and he's just trying to straighten out Lex right now because they are best friends. Savage mentions that he's the one that warned everyone about Luger in the first place and Sting does his best to defend Lex's actions in the most logical way possible. Hogan tells Sting to keep Luger out of his face and the Stinger says he will do his best to keep him out of Hogan and Savage's way.
OVERALL: The main event really had a big hand in making this a decent episode. Much like Hogan/Sting a while back, this main event had an 'epic' feeling to it and was easily the best of the Luger/Savage WCW series thus far.
RICHMOND, VA (Richmond Coliseum)
Vince McMahon
Jerry "The King" Lawler
We're hyping up two big matches right off the bat here: Razor facing Dean Douglas in an IC Title match as well as Jannetty taking on Sid. We even get duelling promos from both Sid and Jannetty. Apparently, we will also get some "alarming comments" from Shawn's personal physician. Did he lose his smile before the "I lost my smile" speech?
Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly vs. Davey Boy Smith [w/Jim Cornette]
Bulldog overpowers Holly to start but Bob fights back with a hiptoss and a slam to take over. A pair of clotheslines cause Smith to head to the outside and seek counsel from Cornette. Back in, a powerslam by Holly gets two. He locks on an armbar but Smith turns it into a press slam and takes over with forearm shots to the face. Suplex attempt is countered into a small package for a VERY near fall. The second attempt works though as the Bulldog gets his trademark delayed vertical suplex for two. Aaaaand we hit the chinlock… but only temporarily as Holly fights out and gets a sunset flip for two. Bulldog catches him with a knee to take over once again and a big legdrop hits the mark. Beautiful dropkick by Holly is pretty much no-sold and a second one gets another near fall. Holly goes for the ten punches in the corner and it gets yet another two count. This is far better than I would have expected. Holly tries to springboard over Davey Boy but gets caught with the Running Powerslam and that's all she wrote in 5:06. I'd give this a solid ** ½.
WINNER by PINFALL: Davey Boy Smith
Footage is shown from Superstars of Backlund putting the Chicken Wing on Jim Ross.
Lawler calls Backlund down out of the audience as he continues his campaigning. The King brings up Backlund's upcoming match with Hart next week but Bob freaks out when he finds out that it's a non-title match. Backlund goes on his usual insane rant and Lawler tries to throw to commercial but he refuses to stop talking so they cut off his microphone.
Fatu vs. The Brooklyn Brawler
Oh God, it's "Makin' a Difference" Fatu. If you don't know what I'm talking about, count your lucky stars. The Brawler attacks from behind and actually gets some offense with headbutts and a knee to the gut but Fatu comes back quickly with a big backbreaker. Top-Rope Splash ends it quickly at 1:28.
WINNER by PINFALL: Fatu
Dok Hendrix updates us … oh wait, we're interrupted by Bob Backlund in the arena, who manhandles the sound man and puts the Chicken Wing on him! Jesus. Back to Dok as we get word that it will be Diesel vs. Owen Hart at In Your House IV.
WWF Intercontinental Title Match
Razor Ramon © vs. Dean Douglas
Rematch time. See, the last time these guys fought Dean had just won the title via forfeit from Shawn Michaels and then Razor fought him and treated him like a jobber for 10 mins. before beating Douglas for the title with a back suplex. Is there any doubt the Kliq had some major pull in the mid-90s?
Anyway, Douglas starts off with a slap which leads to Razor throwing his toothpick in Dean's face. The challenger still manages to attack Ramon from behind and put the boots to him but the ref takes the title belt away before Dean can use it as a weapon. Razor comes back by catching Dean with his trademark fallaway slam followed by a clothesline to the outside. Back in, Razor catches him with a hiptoss and goes to the armbar. Douglas comes back with a slam and some kind of high spot but it's interrupted by a pesky commercial break. When we come back, Dean has an abdominal stretch applied on the Bad Guy. Eventually, Razor is able to reverse it but Dean hiptosses out of it. Flying bodypress is rolled through by Razor for a 2 count. He signals for the Razor's Edge… and hits it! Wow, and it's over in 4:48. * ½, pretty short match here and Dean was merely treated like an annoyance rather than a legitimate threat to the title.
WINNER by PINFALL and STILL Intercontinental Champion: Razor Ramon
It's time for the Brother Love Show again and this time his guest is King Mabel, who is Sir Mo-less. They discuss the upcoming casket match with the Undertaker at In Your House. Mabel claims two things that are DEFINITELY not true. He was not the first man to pin the Undertaker NOR was he the first man to rid the WWF of the Undertaker for an extended period of time. Brother Love offers a surprise but Mabel doesn't like surprises. Out comes a druid with a rather large casket that causes a rather pensive look on Mabel's face. Brother Love unmasks the druid as Sir Mo (and the crowd could care less) and then reveals a custom-made and painted casket just for him. Okay then. I get that this was to hype up Taker/Mabel but it was a rather boring segment overall.
Razor Ramon gives Marty some last-minute pointers.
Marty Jannetty vs. Psycho Sid [w/Ted DiBiase]
More bullshit from Barry Didinski before we get started. Would anyone ever buy something like this?!
Jannetty attacks from behind and gets a quick cross-body before ramming Sid's head into the mat over and over again. A second attempt results in a powerslam from Sid though and he starts tha taunting. Sid smacks Marty's head into the mat a few times and then chokes him out in the corner. Sid whips Jannetty into the opposite corner but gets caught with a foot and a blockbuster from Jannetty. Fistdrop gets two as we see Razor watching the match in the backstage area. After the commercial break, Sid is in control and Marty does his awesome 360 degree clothesline sell spot. Jannetty fires away and goes for a sunset flip, avoids a right hand, but then gets turned inside out with another clothesline for two. Sid goes to the chinlock but Jannetty fights out of it with right hands… and gets tossed over the ropes to the outside. DiBiase takes some cheap shots and the Kid is now out as well and he pounds away on Marty on the outside. Now Razor is out to make the save as he takes out Sid and then chases the 1-2-3 Kid through the crowd. The match is thrown out at 5:07 in favour of a DQ win for Jannetty but Sid still powerbombs him right after the match. * ¾
WINNER by DISQUALIFICATION: Marty Jannetty
And now we get the main event: Shawn Michaels Health Watch. The doc talks about Shawn's symptoms and notes that he has no idea when Shawn will be back and that some people never even recover from these types of injuries. My favourite part was the doctor very casually saying, "when I was watching Monday Night Raw at home with my wife…" Yeah, this guy is definitely in the target audience for RAW. This whole thing was like TEN MINUTES LONG.
OVERALL: Well, this was another rather uneventful episode of RAW. A buncha short matches and an overlong fluff piece for a main event do not make for very compelling television.
SALEM, VA (Civic Center)
Eric Bischoff
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Steve "Mongo" McMichael
So, like I said this is the night after World War III and Randy Savage is the NEW World Champion.
Bischoff, Mongo, and Heenan blabber about Savage winning the title in controversial fashion last night. Bobby Heenan carries a little Japanese flag because of a Japanese invasion angle (kinda like the NWO) that was going on at the time.
Footage is shown from last night at World War III of Hulk Hogan leaving "the dark side" and going back to red and yellow… don't ask.
WCW Television Title Match
Johnny B. Badd © [w/Kimberly] vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Yep, Johnny B. Badd had recently won the services of DDP's real-life significant other, Kimberly Page. Dallas comes down to the ring looking solemn with flowers in hand for Kim but it's all a ruse as Dallas takes a cheapshot at Badd and takes over early on. DDP stomps away as we get Razzie-level acting from Kimberly at ringside as she can't decide whether to take DDP back or stick with Badd. Kimberly finds a chain in the flowers clearly meant to be a weapon and hides it at ringside. Hey, there's a wrestling match in the ring, I think. Kim then tosses the chain to Johnny, who plants Page with it for the 3 count at 2:10. Johnny contests the way he won but Kimberly is ecstatic about him winning regardless. ¼*, yeah the match consisted of Page stomping Badd and then getting pinned with a foreign object.
WINNER and STILL Television Champion: Johnny B. Badd
"Mean" Gene talks to the Taskmaster and Jimmy Hart in the aisle. Sullivan is NOT happy that Luger is running around with Sting despite Lex being a Dungeon ally and Sting being a Hogan ally. Jimmy tries to cover up his own tracks and says that Luger & Sting are friends and have always been that way.
Cutie Suzuki/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Bull Nakano/Akira Hokuto [w/Sonny Onoo]
Sonny is about as stereotypical an evil foreigner character as you can get. This thing starts off quick with Suzuki & Hokuto starting off with Akira taking over right away. Nakano unloads some stiff shots on Ozaki followed by a couple of SICK hairpull takeovers. Big splash gets two. Suzuki & Ozaki's double-teaming allows them to take over as Suzuki gets a nice dragon suplex for a 2 count. Bull is in but she misses the Guillotine Legdrop, which allows Suzuki to get an abortion of a victory roll that doesn't even result in a pinfall attempt. Bull does the spot where she suplexes both ladies at the same time and then Hokuto powerbombs Ozaki for two. Frankensteiner from Ozaki gets 2 but Suzuki nails her by mistake, which allows a northern lights suplex by Hokuto for another near fall. Whew. Nakano back in and a big sit-down on Suzuki gets yet another near fall. Nakano gets sent to the outside but so do the faces. Hokuto with a big sommersault plancha but nails Nakano by mistake. This shit is crazy! Back in the ring, Nakano takes out the other team single-handedly again as does Hokuto with a single-leg dropkick on both ladies. Hokuto with a wicked brainbuster on Suzuki for two wins in a row over this team. Match ran 5:24 but had more action than some 20-minute matches. *** ½.
WINNERS: Bull Nakano/Akira Hokuto
Hulk Hogan vs. Hugh Morrus
I don't imagine this one will last long. Heenan revels in calling him the "former Heavyweight Champion of the world." Morrus goes to a headlock right off the bat but Hogan shoulderblocks him down and takes him down with a hammerlock (!). Morrus misses an elbow allowing the Hulkster to come back with a big lariat to a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd. Hogan does a corner clothesline and rakes the eyes (what a hero!) but Hugh springboards off the second rope with a clothesline (Bischoff: "You gotta hand it to him. He's a wrestler.") and then slams him down. Morrus hits the No Laughing Matter (moonsault) but Hogan kicks out, Hulks up, three punches, big boot, Legdrop, seeya at 3:41. *, not awful but just a typical Hogan formula match.
WINNER: Hulk Hogan
"Mean" Gene brings out the BRAND-NEW World Champion Randy Savage who is there to talk about the cloud of controversy surrounding his title victory because of Hogan not really being eliminated last night at World War III. Hogan then makes his way out, crybaby that he is, and complains again that he didn't really get eliminated. Yes, Hulk Hogan wouldn't even do a clean job in a BATTLE ROYALE. Hogan attempts to show the footage of Hogan going underneath the bottom rope rather than over the top but the tape malfunctions before we get to it. The Giant then runs out to attack both men and rolls Hogan in the ring for a beatdown. Sting comes down for the save though which allows Hogan to chair the Giant several times, knocking him out of the ring. Hulk gives him even more chairshots (WEAK ones though) on the outside of the ring as Sting tries to get him to stop. Meanwhile, Savage is out cold in the aisle.
I just wanna take this time to say that Eric Bischoff was a fucking AWFUL commentator. Thank you.
Sting/Lex Luger vs. Arn Anderson/Flyin' Brian
Well, this should be interesting. So yeah, Sting was a face and Luger was a heel but they still hung around each other because above everything else, they were friends. That was actually a pretty cool angle and unique for the time for sure. Sting and Arn start things off and the Enforcer is quick to take control with a spinebuster but Luger pulls him off Sting right away. Sting then takes Arn and Pillman down with a couple of facebusters and Lex comes in to help him clear the heels right out of the ring. Luger is tagged in and also cleans house on both Arn and Brian, followed by giving Arn the old eye rake on the top rope. Sting is tagged in now and quickly applies the Scorpion Death Lock on Arn but Pillman climbs the top rope… and Luger pushes Pillman off it… right into Sting, thus breaking the hold! Pillman is in now taunting and stomping away at Sting before making the tag to Arn. Sting starts his comeback but falls victim to an inverted atomic drop from Anderson just as Pillman distracts Luger on the outside. Sting goes for the tag but Luger doesn't make it back to his corner in time. Finally, Lex has had enough and just starts waylaying on both guys. Sting rolls up Pillman out of nowhere for the pin in 5:36 and then Arn catches him right away with a DDT in a beautiful bit of rhythm. I'd give that quick match about ** ½, as they squeezed a lot of good stuff into five minutes and because Luger barely worked any of the contest.
WINNERS: Sting/Lex Luger
Ric Flair nails Luger and rolls him into the ring where he, Pillman, and Anderson go to town on Sting & Lex. Ric even takes out the ref before putting the Figure Four on Sting while Pillman pounds Luger. Hogan now comes in for the save, clearing out Brian and Arn before Flair bails after some punishment from Hulk as well. Hogan then helps Sting up and goes over to nail Luger but Sting stops him. That gives Lex the chance to get the hell outta dodge. Mongo mentions that Hogan can't take on the "Dungeon of Duds" all by himself which is funny because that is EXACTLY what he and Savage did at a later PPV in one of the worst main events of all-time.
OVERALL: This show was quite a bit better than RAW even if the wrestling wasn't all that great aside from the Japanese women's match (kinda like RAW… hmm). The Luger/Sting storyline is progressing nicely and I guess this would be a good time to tell you that I have no idea where any of this is going as most of WCW is completely new to me. Please, no spoilers!
Just as a head's up, for any matches I could find on Youtube, I've underlined them so that you can click on 'em and watch 'em! SORRY I couldn't find the opener, which is what I'm sure you were all REALLY aching to see!
We open up this week's show by showing footage from last week where Shawn Michaels "collapsed" in the middle of a match with Owen Hart. They're totally playing this off as real and I think I might've bought it at the time. They did a solid job with it.
OK, I love the intro. (starts at :54)
Ahmed Johnson vs. Rad Radford
Oh, Ahmed. A man who went fairly far on not that much talent. Rad Radford is also known as Louie Spicolli and a Body Donnas-in-training (that went nowhere). Rad attacks from behind which goes nowhere of course as Ahmed knocks him down with a stiff forearm. Ahmed pounds away in the corner and knocks Radford out of the ring. Meanwhile, Bob Backlund is campaigning in the crowd. Yes, Bob Backlund was doing a fake campaign for president at the time. Back to the match, Radford actually drags Ahmed to the outside and gets some shots in but they're mostly no-sold. Once they get back in, Rad chokes him out in the corner and buries some shoulders to the gut. Ahmed knocks him down with a sloppy clothesline though and an even sloppier bicycle kick, followed by a pump kick to the face. Big spinebuster puts Radford down just as McMahon mentions that Ahmed will face Dean Douglas at In Your House. Pearl River Plunge ends it at 2:47 for Ahmed. ½*, pretty much a squash here.
WINNER: Ahmed Johnson
Lawler gets a word with Ahmed following the match and makes dumb jokes (like jokes about him being dumb). Ahmed talks back with barely-intelligible dialogue but is quickly interrupted by Dean Douglas (who, being a teacher, he must've been insulted by Ahmed's terrible diction). Dean tells Ahmed that the road to superstardom is in the ring and Ahmed tells him he wants to fight RIGHT NOW. Of course, officials run down and restrain Douglas before anything can happen between the two.
Tour de Force dates are announced.
Jerry Lawler not-so-subtly advertises a Twix bar. Yep, that happened.
Next up we get a focus on Shawn Michaels and his recent problems including the Syracuse incident where a marine beat him up (or the million other things that could've happened… draw your own conclusions), his recent shots to the head, and then the enzuiguri from Owen last week on RAW that led to Shawn's literal downfall. Apparently, Shawn WILL be back though so do not fear!
Alundra Blayze/Kyoko Inoue vs. Aja Kong/Tomoko Watanabe
Yes, welcome to the WWF's VERY BRIEF obsession with Japanese female wrestling. AND OH MY GOD, BARRY DIDINSKI IS HERE. Don't you just wanna punch this guy in the mouth? Just look at him!
Anyway, the match… the heels start off strong with double-teaming but Blayze and Kyoko take Kong out with a double dropkick. Things settle down to Kyoko vs. Aja… and of course, Kong destroys her. This match REALLY needs Jim Ross on commentary as McMahon & Lawler are clueless out there. Tomoko comes in now and takes Kyoko over by the hair and chokes her out for a bit before applying a painful-looking hold with the assistance of a foot in the back of the head. Kyoko attempts a cross-body to no avail and Tomoko gets a surfboard but Blayze quickly gets the tag and is a HOUSE OF FIYAH! Kong is back in and so is Kyoko. Aaaaaand Kong destroys her again. Jesus. Kong pulls off a British Bulldog-style suplex for 2 but Blayze breaks it up as we go to commercial. We come back with Kyoko kicking some ass, running the ropes, and dropping an elbow… on the thigh? Oops. Tomoko comes back with a cross-body but Kyoko runs the ropes and does a Kurt Angle- style overhead suplex off the top rope. Alundra's back in now and goes for the German Suplex but Kong breaks it up. A pair of missile dropkicks by Blayze take Kong out but a third misses. Tomoko then runs in to slam Blayze down but Kong misses a top-rope splash, allowing Kyoko to get the tag. Kong once again uses her power to dominate Kyoko and then nails her with the spinning backfist for the win at 6:03. Wall-to-wall action here as they were clearly setting up Kong to be the next Women's Champion before … other things happened. ***.
WINNERS: Aja Kong/Tomoko Watanabe (Kong over Kyoko)
Footage is shown from the Survivor Series of Diesel's brutal post-match attack on the Hitman followed by footage from last week of Diesel interrupting a Savio Vega/Skip match and doing his infamous 'tweener' speech.
Now it's time for the return of Brother Love (in 1995! Really?) as he's here to interview the new WWF Champion, Bret Hart. Of course, Brother Love doesn't give Bret a word in edgewise much like usual. Brother Love even mentions the fact that he brought the Undertaker into the WWF way back when and claims that Bret fears the Dead Man. I gotta give Bret credit for at least selling the whole thing well. Of course, he also mentions Bret's upcoming title defense at In Your House IV against the British Bulldog. Finally, Bret gets irritated with Love and makes sure the microphone stays in his face so he can cut a promo on Davey Boy. They're playing up the fact that the Bulldog beat Hart during their previous match at SummerSlam '92, which is pretty cool but seems to make it fairly obvious that Bret will retain at the PPV. Bret shoves Brother Love around but suddenly, Bob Backlund rekindles their old feud and locks the Crossface Chicken Wing on Hart! I legitimately did not expect Backlund to show up as I thought he was pretty much phased out by this point.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. John Chrystal
Before the match, Henry Godwinn introduces us to his "family" of pigs and talks about the Hogpen match at IYH IV against Hunter. The match itself is just a squash for Hunter as he picks Chrystal apart with his limited 1995 offense including using his knee a buncha times. Pedigree finishes this at 2:21. I don't rate jobber squashes.
WINNER: Hunter Hearst Helmsley
It's announced that Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty will face the 1-2-3 Kid and Psycho Sid at the In Your House IV PPV.
Owen Hart [w/Jim Cornette] makes an open challenge for someone to face him at the PPV and end up "just like Shawn Michaels."
The Undertaker [w/Paul Bearer] vs. Kama [w/Ted DiBiase]
If Taker wins, he gets the urn back. BUT WAIT! Kama comes out to the ring on crutches so he will not be able to compete tonight. DiBiase says that he HAS paid for the services of a replacement though and out comes Sir Mo. Oh, hooray.
The Undertaker [w/Paul Bearer] vs. Sir Mo
Undertaker is currently in the mask-wearing phase as he suffered a "crushed face" at the hands of Mabel. Taker takes out Mo right away of course with throat thrusts and a big slam but gets tripped up by DiBiase from the outside. Mo clotheslines him to the outside so Taker goes after DiBiase… and Kama attacks because he's perfectly fine, of course. Mo takes advantage and pounds Taker on the outside before ramming his back into the apron. We take a break and when we come back, Mo is choking Taker on the ropes. Thrilling. Mo takes Taker to the buckle but it's no-sold and then he chokes Mabel's bitch in the corner. Big boot puts Mo down followed by his trademark jumping clothesline. Taker then takes out Kama on the outside and intimidates DiBiase before going back in the ring with a chokeslam for Mo. DiBiase & Kama leave ringside just as Taker gets the win in 4:10. Did anyone give Mo a millionth of a chance here? ¼*.
WINNER: The Undertaker
The fighting doesn't end here though as King Mabel comes out and tries to take the urn/gold necklace but Taker grabs it and has it back in his possession now. Now Yokozuna is out as well so Taker hands off the urn necklace to Paul Bearer and stalks the big sumo wrestler. This allows King Mabel to attack Paul Bearer and waddle away with the urn necklace leading Taker to stalk him to the back.
NEXT WEEK: Razor Ramon defends the IC Title against Dean Douglas! Marty Jannetty faces Sid!
OVERALL: Eh, it was an okay show this week. The ladies match was good but there wasn't anything else here that really tickled my fancy (maybe that's a really bad expression to use when talking about greased-up men touching each other).


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I just need enough to tide
me over until I need more.
-Bill Hoest
"There are ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production--with serious political implications for just about every nation on earth. The drop in food production could begin quite soon. ... The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it." The story is from Newsweek. The year was 1975 and the threat was global cooling.


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Tom Shinder: Using ISA Server to create VPN gateways
Author and ISA Server expert Dr. Tom Shinder answers user questions about how to use an ISA Server to create VPN gateways across networks. Topics include creating multiple remote branch offices to call the central VPN gateway, using a VPN gateway on a domain controller, and the ports that need to be open when a local VPN gateway is behind a firewall.
To view the PowerPoint presentation associated with this Webcast, click here.
To watch the archived Webcast, click here.
Is it possible if you have a VPN-to-VPN gateway to access the Internet, or is that risky?
The gateway won't interfere with Internet access for internal network clients. So users can use SecureNAT, Firewall and Web Proxy clients and access Internet resources. Does ISA include any mechanisms to ensure that the client hasn't already been compromised?
The ISA Server won't inspect the client configuration. You'll have to run antivirus and other software to insure client integrity. Can the local VPN gateway be behind a firewall? If so, which ports need to be opened?
The gateway can be behind a firewall, but you should use public addresses on the DMZ segment behind your firewall so that all VPN protocols can pass through. The ports you need to open depend on the protocol. PPTP requires GRE (IP Protocol 47) and TCP 1723. L2TP/IPSec requires UDP 500 and UDP 1701. Are there any issues with Ethernet MTU and L2TP, especially over xDSL links?
There is a Q article that address MTU issues that might affect your configuration. It is Q301337. What else is needed to configure a VPN Gateway while going through a PIX 515 Firewall?
All you need to do is open the appropriate packet filters in the PIX to allow the VPN protocols through and you're set. Make sure that you don't use NAT behind the PIX, though. Should it be a public IP address at the VPN gateway then a private IP?
The external interfaces of the VPN gateways should be public addresses. You can use private addresses inside the internal networks that are behind the gateways. Must the VPN be dial-on-demand?
The interface must be a dial-on-demand interface. However, you can configure the dial-on-demand interface to be a permanent connection. When you configure it as a permanent connection, the link will not drop after a period of inactivity and will redial if for some reason the link is dropped. Remember that the "redial" is to the IP address of the remote VPN gateway. Does Win2000 Server support a gateway environment for an ISA Server to connect to?
Yes! In fact, you don't even need to use ISA Server to create a gateway-to-gateway VPN. There are RRAS Wizards that will help you with the configuration. But you'll need to do some tweaking, as I mentioned in the talk. I'm trying to get a remote NetMeeting client to connect via ISA, but I keep getting "Error: the person you are calling cannot accept Netmeeting calls."
It could be that the NetMeeting client doesn't have permission to use the H.323 Protocol. Check out my article "Adventures with the NetMeeting Client" over at www.isaserver.org/shinder.
About the author:
Thomas W. Shinder is an M.D. and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Tom was a Series Editor of the Syngress/Osborne Series of "Windows 2000 Certification Study Guides" and author of the best selling book on ISA Server 2000 "Configuring ISA Server 2000: Building Firewalls with Windows 2000." He is the editor of the Brainbuzz.com Win2k News newsletter, the Sunbelt Software WinXP News newsletter, a regular contributor to TechProGuild, and content editor, contributor and moderator for the World's leading site on ISA Server 2000.
Click here to ask Tom a question. Will you cover an ISA Server-to-Win2k Server VPN gateway in addition to an ISA-to-ISA gateway?
The principles are the same, except that you can't use the Wizards to create the gateways. You'll have to manually create the Local and Remote gateways, and then create the appropriate packet filters on the ISA Server. This is a great idea for an article and I'll write it up in the near future. Thanks! Can I run a VPN Server and a VPN gateway on the same machine?
Yes! You can run both a VPN Server and a VPN gateway on the same machine. There will be no adverse effects from doing this. Should I use a gateway or a server to connect a remote network of only two or three computers to my main office?
You'll simplify your configuration if you use a VPN gateway. The VPN gateway won't prevent the clients from using the Internet through their local ISA Server, and the clients won't need to create a VPN connection to the main office VPN server individually. They'll all go thorugh the VPN gateway to access resources at the remote office. Are there any problems with using a VPN gateway on a domain controller?
No specific ones that I know of, but keep in mind that the VPN gateway is a security device. You wouldn't try to make a PIX box a domain controller, if you could. So why do that with your ISA Server firewall/VPN gateway? Will the VPN gateway interfere with my internal network clients making outbound calls to external VPN Servers?
No! The VPN gateway will not have any adverse affect on your Internet network clients ability to access Internet-based VPN servers. May I have an AD Domain Controller on a VPN Gateway synchronizing with another DC behind another VPN Gateway?
If both DCs are behind the ISA/VPN gateway machine, you should have no problems at all -- as long are your DNS infrastrucure is in place to support both networks. You may run into problems if you put the DC on the ISA Server, but I've never tested that configuration for security reasons. Concerning the Pix 515 Config -- I would assume a static route would have to be made from the external NIC of ISA to the Public NIC of the Pix Firewall, correct?
Yes, on the external interface of the ISA Server, if the PIX is your gateway to the Internet, you'll need to make the LAN interface of the PIX your default gateway on the external interface of the ISA Server. How can I get my Cisco VPN clients working through the gateway?
If the Cisco VPN client allows for IPSec passthrough by encapsulating the request in a UDP 500 packet, you can create a Protocol Rule to allow outbound UDP 500 and the packets will go through. This is the IETF implemention. If the Cisco client doesn't allow this type of encapsulation, it won't work. Can I create multiple remote branch offices to call the central VPN gateway?
Yes! The ISA Server Local and Remote VPN Wizards make it easy to create a spoke and hub VPN gateway network.


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[Biographical data of Mr. Hinson follows:]
Biographical Data
Name: Hinson, David Russell; address: 114 Rail Road, P.O. Box 1891, Ketchum,
ID 83340; business address: Douglas Aircraft, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long
Beach, CA 90808.
Position to which nominated: Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.
Date of birth: March 2, 1933; place of birth: Muskogee, OK.
Marital status: Married; full name of spouse: Ursula Berta Hinson; names and
ages of children: Eric Peter, 32; Spencer David, 31; and Heidi Ann, 29.
Education: University of Washington, 1951-54, B.A. General Studies; U.S. Navy
Flight Training, 1954^5, Naval Aviator; University of Washington, 1960-61, Busi-
ness; and Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1972, Executive Pro-
Employment: 1954-59, U.S. Navy, Pacific Fleet, Carrier Pilot; 1959-62, Northwest
Airlines, Airline Pilot; 1962-63, United Airlines, Flight Instructor; 1963-73, Hughes
Airwest, Executive Assistant to General Manager; 1973-85, Hinson-Mennella, Inc.,
President and CEO; 1985-91, Midway Airlines, Chairman and CEO; and 1991-93,
McDonnell Douglas, Executive Vice President.
Government experience: Oregon-1975, Appointed by Governor Straub (D) to Citi-
zens Commission on Liquor Control; and Oregon-1980, Appointed by Governor
Atieyh (R) as Commissioner on Economic Development Commission for Oregon.
Political afliliations: Oregon-1984, State Committee to Reelect Reagan-Bush. Fi-
nancial contributions: BUI Lipinski, Congress: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 ($100
each year); Marty Russo, Congress: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 ($100 each year);
Mayor Richard Daly, Chicago: 1988, 1989 ($100 each year); Denny Smith, Congress:
1983, 1984, 1985 ($100 each year); Neil Goldschmidt, Mayor, Portland, OR: 1984,
$100; Paul Simon, Senator: 1986, $100; and Reagan-Bush: 1984, $1,000.
Memberships: University of Chicago, Member, Advisory Board, Graduate School
of Business; University of Washington, Member, Advisory Board, Graduate School
of Business; Lewis & Clark College, Trustee, Board of Trustees; Naval Aviation Mu-
seum Foundation, Member, Board; Society Air Safety Investigators, Member, and
United Cerebral Palsy Drive, Chicago, Chairman (1987-88).
Honors and awards: Hughes Airwest Award of Merit; Illinois Vietnam Veterans
Association "Man of the Year" (1989); Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mid-
west Business Man of the Year (1989); and Illinois Business Roundtable, elected
Published writings: None.
The Chairman. Mr. Hinson, when we talked in these glowing
terms up here in Washington about we are No. 1, that we are the
world's superpower, I cannot help but think that we also are the
world's superbroke, and that the first thing we had to do is borrow
$1 billion at 8 o'clock this morning to keep the doors open.
Now, when you say the world's foremost aviation authority at the
forefront of international standardization and technical improve-
ment, we know that we are behind on the traffic control moderniza-
We keep asking administrators to give us a game plan. And that
will be my request.
And I will yield to our chairman, Senator Ford, who is given
leadership in aviation here on the Senate side.
What happens to the FAA is that people put their money into a
trust fund. I keep paying into it everv week when I travel by plane,
and yet my money is used for something else. It is not used for air
traffic control modernization, or safety, or any of the important pro-
grams of the FAA. Instead, it is used to mask the deficit. There is
no deficit in the Aviation Trust Fund. In fact there is a $4.4 billion
surplus, and they are cutting your budget.
So, as a Senator, I know that we are going to be in conference
on the Transportation appropriations bill right after Labor Day
fighting to get you the money you need. I want to be fortified with
the facts.
You get in there and work out a game plan that you expect, as
Administrator, to implement in general terms for the next year, the
next 2 years or the next 3 years, whatever you wish or think is re-
alistic in a short period of time. That way we can properly allocate
those funds, because I know we should not be cutting $300 million
out of the AIP program, when we are rebuilding our airports.
That is not an exercise in fiscal prudence. It is taking your
money and running it after somebody else's deficit. So, on that
basis, you give me that plan or tell me that the Secretary of Trans-
portation says you cannot do it or the President says you cannot,
I want to know why and how so when we come back here after
Labor Day, I have something in front of me, as a member of the
Appropriations Committee, that I can argue to continue to get your
job done.
Mr. HiNSON. Yes, sir. I will do that.
The Chairman. Thank you very much.
Senator Ford.
Senator Ford. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I have several questions for the nominee. And then I have sub-
mitted some questions that he will respond to in writing, which are
not necessary for my support as the Administrator of FAA.
And this includes some of the questions that we have discussed
by our colleagues who are not here this morning, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Hinson, the FAA procurement process continues to be a con-
stant frustration. I personallv do not understand why it takes three
to 5 years to get off-the-shelf equipment like an instrument landing
system that we refer to as ILS, equipment acquired and installed
in a reasonable timeframe.
My experience in trying to help airports, particularly in Ken-
tucky, is that the process is slow, and it is inefficient, and under
those two circumstances make them expensive.
What we see are excessive delays in the process which get in the
way of important safety capacity and efficiency improvements.
Would you agree that if the FAA acquired and maintained an in-
ventory — if we could use that term or use that proposal — of naviga-
tion aids to be available to airports when they are approved, there
could be considerable costsavings to project sponsors and the Fed-
eral Government, and the acquisition and installation process could
be shortened?
Mr. Hinson. Senator, in any business, the careful control of in-
ventory is a very important part of managing the financial effi-
ciency of that organization.
I am not intimately familiar with the inventory policies at the
FAA. So, I cannot tell you for a fact whether we do or do not have
inventory on the shelf with respect to, say, the ILS.
I can assure you, though, that if I am confirmed, that one of my
early interests will be to determine as a function of the procure-
ment process exactly what our inventory policies are, because, as
you suggest, they can play an important role in reducing our costs
and making us more efficient.
Senator Ford. All right. Mr. Hinson, you know, there is a lot of
enthusiasm by aviation users for navigation aids like LORAN-C
and instrument landing systems. As I understand it, the global po-
sitioning satellite, the GPS— —
Mr. Hinson. Yes, sir.
Senator Ford [continuing]. Is compatible with these technologies.
And substantial investment has already been made by the Govern-
ment and aviation users to these systems.
I understand the excitement. I have been there before on some
other projects with the capabilities of GPS, but I fear we might
have another MLS situation where the FAA attempts to stop all in-
stallation of other navigation systems years before the new tech-
nology is ready.
Does it make good sense to continue taking advantage of these
landing aids?
Mr. HiNSON. Senator, the evolution of technology on the systems
available to the FAA to aid in navigation is always going to impact
a decision process as to when you stop using an old technology and
begin using a new technology.
In the case of MLS, for instance, the advent of GPS and the will-
ingness of the U.S. Government to make that available to the
world's users has caused us to begin to investigate its applicability
for low visibility approaches, precision approaches, as a considered
alternative to ILS and/or MLS.
It is my understanding that we will not really know the answer
to that question for 1, 2, or 3 more years while we do the necessary
research and development. There are a number of other issues with
GPS as well.
In the interim, we are continuing a low level of research and de-
velopment on MLS, because the European Community, among oth-
ers, is intent on using MLS. And, as you know, our primary system
is ILS.
I think I could answer your question, though, by simply stating
that at some point, we have to make a collective decision to freeze
the technology and go forward. I will look at that carefully.
Senator Ford. The problem is that if you freeze it too early and
you do not use it, then the other one is not far enough along
Mr. HiNSON. Yes, sir.
Senator Ford [continuing]. That you have confidence in it.
Therefore, you lose both ways. And so until you have the confidence
in the new technology, I think we ought to continue to expedite
those that are — or at least use those that we have confidence in.
The chairman mentioned this a moment ago, but substantial re-
sources have been provided for the advanced automation system.
We refer to it as the AAS program. The flying public has paid and
expects a modem, efficient national air transportation system.
Secretary Pefia has repeatedly stated that he is committed to the
AAS program, and that it will meet its new time table and budget.
One of the biggest problems with this program is that no Admin-
istrator has really taken an interest, even though billions of dollars
have already been appropriated. The FAA and IBM seem to be, to
this Senator, to be on the right track now.
But can you assure this committee that you are fully committed
to this program and that you will work cooperatively with the
prime contractor to see that the program gets the high priority, at
least I feel it should have, and full attention to meet its required
Mr. HiNSON. Yes, sir. I will. I cannot speak for the gentlemen
who were the former Administrators about their interest level in
the AAS system or, previous to that, the NAS plan or the CIP plan.
But I can assure you that I have a very high interest in the suc-
cessful implementation of the Airway Modernization Program.
My briefings have indicated that the FAA has set new deadlines
and new milestones. And they are managing the program in a
much more professional manner.
I am pleased to tell you this morning that I have been advised
that the first two of those milestones have been met, the second
one 10 days early up at the Gaithersbure facility. The next two
milestones are 9-1 and 10-1. And I am told that those are on track
and will be met as well.
This program, however, requires an ongoing, continuous, persist-
ent, aggressive management effort by FAA, because when you are
trying to build a sophisticated, complicated system of this mag-
nitude, there are always unknowns.
And it is the unusual and the unexpected that is more normal
than not in a program like this. I think the FAA is now properly
sensitized to the dimensions of the management required to do this
And, Senator, it is going to be a very, very high priority of mine.
Senator Ford. I just want the attention of my colleagues on the
questions and answers that are going on here.
One of the greatest problems that has been facing the FAA is
that no Administrator in the last decade stayed over an average of
18 months. This musical chairs situation has always disturbed me.
And that spurred my effort to make FAA gm independent agency
and appoint the Administrator for 7 or 9 years or try to work it
And at about the time the Administrator learned the ropes and
reorganized and got the chairs and the desk moved around, he is
gone. And I understand you have given a commitment to stay for
the President's term. And I commend you for that promise.
And one other thing, Mr. Chairman, we have not had to issue a
waiver for this gentleman. [Laughter.]
Used to be, we could not get the waivers through, and we had
the nominee confirmed; or we did not have the nominee confirmed,
and we had the waiver through. And so it was always a problem.
I would like to commend you for that because it, I believe, will
be beneficial to not only FAA but to the system. Would you like to
comment on your commitment to stay on under the President's
Mr. HiNSON. Senator, the FAA Administrator serves at the pleas-
ure of the President and, in order to be effective, should have a
very close and effective relationship with the Secretary of Trans-
And as I said earlier, I am very flattered and pleased to have
been nominated by the President. And I have already established
what I believe to be a very close and effective relationship with the
Let me conclude my comments on tenure by just saying that in
any structural organization that requires ongoing management, I
think it is safe to say stability is preferable to instability.
Senator Ford. I have taken too much time, Mr. Chairman. I
have just a couple of others. And I will just go through those.
I am very concerned about the noise problem, as you know. And
we passed a bill here in 1990 that finally gave us a national policy.
A number of the airports are convinced that they are — that they
have the ablHty to phase out a stage 2 aircraft sooner than the na-
tional standards. I do not beHeve that. They have the ability to im-
pose restrictions on their airports as to times and landings and
things, but I want you to look at that very closely.
And on the letter of intent, Mr. Hinson, the House Appropria-
tions Committee has included in the FAA budget elimination of let-
ters of intent for airport construction projects.
As long as I have been dealing with this as Governor and now
here, I know of no other way to fund multimillion dollar airport
projects in any other way. Certainly, the annual appropriation
process will not work. So, I hope that you will help us with the let-
ter of intent.
And one other item — and, Mr. Chairman, as I close, last spring
in an FAA authorization hearing, I inquired as to the need and cost
of the Aviation Safety Journal. One year later, and several editions
of the Aviation Safety Journal later, I received a response from
There has to be a cheaper way of getting the message out, Mr.
Chairman. I understand the House Appropriations Committee has
eliminated the funding for the publication. And I want you to know
I highly concur.
It is a pretty nice piece of slick, five-color, good work, but the
message is just not there. And I hope that, under your watch, the
FAA will be more sensitive to the budget and environmental con-
I thank the chairman. I have taken too long.
The Chairman. No. Very good.
Senator Inouye is scheduled to chair another hearing. Let me
yield to him now.
Senator Inouye. Mr. Hinson, I am sorry that I cannot be here
to listen to your responses, but I would like to submit to you my
questions and ask for your consideration, sir.
Mr. Hinson. Yes, sir. Thank you very much.
Senator Inouye. Thank you very much.
The Chairman. Thank you very much. And let me take some
time, before some of these distinguished colleagfues leave, to recog-
nize our newly appointed Member, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas.
We are very pleased to have her.
If you know the State of Texas, they have very important airline
facilities located there. In fact, having campaigned there, you can-
not get anywhere in Texas except by plane. [Laughter.]
So, we are very, very honored to have you. Senator Hutchison.
And we will recognize you, as we always do here, in the order of
And since we have about 11 more members — I hope the members
will limit themselves as they will.
Senator McCain.
Senator McCain. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I had the opportunity of campaigning for Mrs. Hutchison in
Texas. And we ran off the runway in one little town in Texas. So,
I am very interested in your looking at some of those runways, Mr.
Hinson. [Laughter.]
Mr. Hinson, a kind of a funny thing is going on in Washington
today and in these couple of weeks. One of them is we have an air-
line commission which is appointed, as you know, to examine the
ways that we can make the airline industry survivable. I believe
just last summer, a $4 billion hemorrhage took place in the indus-
And as usual, information about their recommendations are com-
ing out. One of them will be that they be exempt from the gas tax.
At the same time, there is a story in the Washington Post this
morning, "Once Reviled Gasoline Tax Gains Appeal."
I will not ask you your opinion as to whether the gas tax should
be passed or not, but it is, I think, kind of paradoxical that here
we are, on the one hand, trying to save an industry, and one of the
key recommendations will be to repeal the gas tax. And the other,
of course, is that the gas tax seems to be gaining momentum.
But what I would like to ask you about is one of the rec-
ommendations that is reported this morning. It is that there will
be created an independent corporation within the Department of
Transportation that would take over developing and running the
air traffic control system.
The corporation would have the power to raise its own funds by
issuing bonds and, according to the panel, could move more quickly
and efficiently than the F/U^ on such issues as movement of sat-
ellite-based air traffic control system. Safety functions and overall
policy guidance will remain with the FAA.
Do you have any views on that recommendation, Mr. Hinson?
Mr. Hinson. Good morning. Senator McCain. I have not read the
draft report of the commission. And I only, like you, perhaps have
read the newspaper this morning. So, I do not have a clear under-
standing of their recommendation.
If I were to speculate — and I have been told I should not, but I
will anyway. If I were to speculate, I think their view is to provide
a constant and known source of funding, leaving FAA within DOT,
but actually setting up some sort of special corporation which has
the authority and the ability to issue bonds and do other financing.
Whether or not that is a good idea, I do not know.
Senator McCain. Well, I went down and spent a couple of hours
with them. And I was very impressed by the Commission, the ex-
pertise and the talent and dedication involved there.
What they feel, what they are reflecting is the information and
the testimony before that commission that the FAA moves very
slowly, is inefficient, and has failed to respond to the requirements
for modernization of the air traffic control system for a whole vari-
ety of reasons.
And I wonder if you at least agree with their conclusions that
there have to be improvements made, if not specifically that rec-
ommendation to create an independent corporation.
Mr. Hinson. Yes, sir. I do agree with that. I do think there are
necessary improvements to be made. And I believe that is one of
the reasons that I am sitting here.
Senator McCain. Thank you. At risk of provoking another dis-
cussion which has gone on for many years on this committee, I
would like to point out to you what you already know far better
than I do, and that is that the commercial aircraft orders have
been off 25 percent in 1991.
The aerospace industry is in a slump. The product of new general
aviation aircraft has plummeted from 18,000, just a few years ago,
to 656 this year. Employment has been cut in half
Cessna has been out of the twin-engine piston aircraft business
since 1986, from 9,000 at its peak. The average age of single-engine
aircraft in America is 27 vears.
The commercial aircraft industry in America is becoming so des-
perate that they are willing to settle just for a limitation on a pe-
riod of repose of 15 or 20 years.
Do you have any views on that?
Mr. HiNSON. Well, Senator, as you know, in our brief discussion,
I spent a little over 13 years or so active in general aviation. I
know the industry quite well, and as vou correctly point out, it is,
to use the right word, a disaster. We have gone from, as you have
said, 17,000-odd airplanes, down to 600. I know of no other viable
industry that could sustain that sort of punishment and continue.
Specifically, to your question, I am going to suggest to you I am
not a lawyer. I am not intimate with all of the issues of product
liability, and whether there should be repose at 10, 15, or 20 years,
or repose at all, I cannot say. I know that on this very committee
there are differences of opinion on that.
I would hope that perhaps a proper compromise could be reached
that would hopefully satisfy the two views. Certainly, anything
that could be done that was constructive, and not harmful, and pro-
tected interests, would be very beneficial to the general aviation in-
Senator McCain. Thank you, Mr. Hinson. I do not want to be-
labor the point, but the fact is that general aviation in this country,
the business has been taken over by foreign manufacturers; right?
Mr. Hinson. To some degree. Yes, sir.
Senator McCain. The statistics are there. And clearly we have
to address the issue, which Congress unfortunately, and the past
administrations failed to do so.
Finally, on a little bit of a parochial issue, we passed legislation
through the Congress a few years ago, providing for quiet over the
Grand Canyon and Hawaii. I do not know how familiar you are
with that. We have a fairly good success in both areas, both in Ha-
waii and over the Grand Canyon.
I wonder if you had any thoughts on that issue in general, and
whether you think that maybe we should start looking at trying to
preserve the natural quiet over other national parks in America.
Mr. Hinson. Senator, I must be very candid with you and say
I really have not thought about that. I know that this is a particu-
larly sensitive issue in the Grand Canyon, and perhaps other pub-
lic areas as well, particularly Hawaii.
There obviously is tension between the people who want to see
our beautiful outdoors, and those who want to enjoy it from an-
other perspective. I really do not know much about that, but I will
assure you that if confirmed, I will work with you on that.
Senator McCain. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I have additional
questions for the record. For the sake of time, I would like to have
wiose submitted.
The Chairman. Very good. Thank you.
Senator McCain. Thank you, Mr. Hinson.
The Chairman. Senator Pressler.
Senator PRESSLER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by
asking some questions. There was an Aviation Safety Commission
report in April 1988. Have you had a chance to read that report?
Mr. Hinson. Senator, I may have, but I do not remember.
Senator Pressler. Well, they made a number of recommenda-
tions about air safety. I do have some questions. In that particular
Commission, one of their discussion points involved the rulemaking
process at the FAA. They say the FAA needs to improve respon-
siveness to safety issues. Three examples illustrate this point.
The first example involves antimisfueling and fuel tank filler
opening adapters. The issue was first raised in 1970 by the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board as a result of an accident.
Although the issue remains active, in 18 years, the FAA has still
not developed adequate rules to deal with this problem, even
though misfueling accidents continue. Are you aware of that, or
what is your reaction to that?
Mr. Hinson. Well, experientially, of course, I know that there are
occasionally misfuelings of aircraft. I am not specifically aware of
that recommendation or the 18-year issue that you discussed. No,
Senator Pressler. There was an accident about 4 years ago with
a group of businessmen from my State. They stopped somewhere
for fuel. It was raining. And they somehow got the wrong kind of
fuel put in the plane, and they crashed. There were fatalities.
I wonder if we could get a copy of that report, of that crash, to
you today, or if you can get it. We will identify it to your staff. I
would like a response on uiat, because according to this, the NTSB
has been trying since 1970 to get the FAA to act.
Now, what would be the standard? Well, first of all, what can be
done to prevent misfueling? Is there a way that an alarm can go
off in the plane? I do not understand that technology of it.
Mr. Hinson. Well, Senator, I do not like to speak when I do not
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