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[PRNewswire] The strength of the relations between the U.S. and Egypt on a business level has never been better, and Egypt is primed to increase the volume of its IT/ITES exports to US$1.1 billion by 2010.
This was the message communicated by His Excellency Dr. Tarek Kamel, Egyptian Minister of Communications & Information Technology at a special luncheon hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), and the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt), in Washington, DC. Also attending this luncheon were Mr. Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mr. Richard Patterson, Vice President of Global Delivery, IBM.
During the visit to New York and Washington, DC, Dr. Kamel and Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) officials met with senior business executives from top Fortune 100 companies like Board Chairman and CEO of IBM Corp. Samuel J. Palmisano to discuss new business, technology innovation and future opportunities to collaborate in Egypt.
Egypt has been highly aggressive over the past decade in delivering on major infrastructure, bandwidth, educational and telecommunications projects to drive increased interest in companies looking to establish major global service delivery centers in the country.
"Egypt is now at the new crossroads for next stage in the IT revolution," said Dr. Kamel. "With a long history of innovation, we are a young, energetic country with a population that grew up in the technology world, so we've keyed some of the specific goals as a nation around technology -- being a hub for innovation and research, cyber security and cross-border collaboration."
Egypt is located on the paths of most optical cables linking Africa and Asia with Europe and North America. Egypt has also developed fiber connectivity with its neighbors, which makes it a prime location for transient traffic to the region. With the only direct connection from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt is also strategically positioned to be a manufacturing, logistics and distribution hub for Europe and the Middle East.
"Many people do not realize that we are a multi-stakeholder country - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Arabic are all common languages that are currently serviced out of Egypt. So many companies across Europe and the Middle East come to Egypt and are very comfortable with the language, culture and communications," Dr. Kamel continued.
A.T. Kearney recently positioned Egypt as sixth on its 2009 Global Services Location Index, an improvement of seven ranks from 2007. Cairo was also ranked in the seventh position amongst top 50 emerging outsourcing cities across the globe in a study prepared by Global Services - Tholons. Currently, companies such as Microsoft, Vodafone, Teleperformance, Wipro, SQS, Valeo, and Alcatel all have offices in Egypt's Smart Village, a 600-acre technology business park in Cairo. In May of this year, Delta Rasmala relocated its own Egypt headquarters to Smart Village.
"Global IT and telecommunications companies find that our Egyptian market provides real opportunity and advantages for investment including competitive operational costs, political stability, and highly qualified human resources," Dr. Kamel stated.
Egypt continues to make progress in combating software piracy as highlighted by its reduced software piracy rating in the sixth annual Business Software Alliance (BSA), IDC Global Software Piracy Study. The report sees Egypt's 2008 rating drop a further one percent on the previous year, with levels reducing to 59 percent, and a total fall of 10 percent since 2003. This is the fifth consecutive year that Egypt's piracy rates have fallen and these rates are well below other countries such as Morocco, the Philippines, and Bulgaria.
Egypt is primed for business growth driven by tax, customs and financial sector reforms. Egypt was named as leading global economic reformer by the World Bank in its 'Doing Business 2007' report.
Earlier this month, Cisco and ITIDA announced that Cisco was going to be adding a brand new customer service and support center in Egypt as a means to serve its customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with employees that could communicate in seven different languages.
"Egypt is now, more than ever, at the crossroads of where technology, culture, innovation and business meet. Through the appropriate legal and regulatory reforms which can accommodate deregulation and development of the telecommunications sector, the government of Egypt has helped put laws in place around e-commerce, intellectual property and investment to help incoming companies truly maximize their profitability," said Dr. Kamel. "New tax and customs reforms were implemented by the government, according to which the highest personal tax rate was cut from 32 percent to 20 percent and the corporate tax rate cut went from 42 percent to 20 percent."
"Much of Egypt is now connected by main roads, power generation has improved considerably and Egypt is enjoying a remarkable talent pool as investing in human capital is part and parcel of the government's plan," Dr. Kamel continued. "Egypt's human resources have always been one of its greatest assets, with its almost 330,000 college graduates yearly - 31,000 alone focused on engineering or science - enjoying excellent multilingual capabilities."
Egyptian leadership is also focused on collaborating with companies to advance the penetration of the Internet in Egypt and to get the nation on the forefront of technological developments, while at the same time focused on protecting and supporting its youth in using the Internet as a means of creativity and innovation.
"The dreams of our generations are great and so are the challenges, stretching hands of cooperation and collaboration is the only way to envisage a better world. It is high time to put differences and discrimination aside, to bridge all the gaps by exchanging expertise with openness and maturity needed to push the technology forward, build on what was achieved and innovate for the future. As change is the wave of the age, innovation and creation is the future, and our role is to secure it for the coming generations."
Egypt sets goal of surpassing US$1.1 billion in information technology export revenues by 2010
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Egypt sets goal of surpassing US$1.1 billion in information technology export revenues by 2010
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Yesterday's post about traveling got me thinking about other trips, so I dug out the pictures I took on our trip to Nashville last December. We were there to visit HOB's family, but every trip is an educational trip when you're with Betty. On Christmas morning, while waiting for HOB to pick us up and transport us to Grandma's house, Sonny Boy, Evan and I decided to walk around the capitol building.
Here it is. It's quite stately, sitting there in the Christmas air. We had to walk through the large War Memorial Plaza to get to the actual building. It was eerily quiet on this morning, no one (save a few transients) was around and to tell you the truth, it was more than a little creepy.
Ummm, can you see why it would be a little creepy? I was REALLY hoping this was not like one of those acts you see on the pier where the person is dressed up, acting like a statue and then jumps out and scares people. We quickly walked past that little scene to this one:
Somebody's been working out! Nice memorial!Polky! My horse and I are on the way. We'll be there to see you real soon. You just stay right there." Polk waits patiently, expectantly.
They take their memorials and their Southerness very seriously here in Tennessee. Take a look at this plaque:
Here's Carmack's "Pledge to the South." Please remember this next time you think Betty's writing is getting a little dramatic and overwrought.
The south is a land that has known
sorrows; It is a land that has
broken the ashen crust and
moistened it with tears; A land
scarred and riven by the plowshare
of war and billowed with the graves
of her death; But a land of legend,
A land of Song, A Land Of Hallowed
and heroic memories.
To that land every drop of my blood,
ever fibre of my being, every pulsation
of my heart, is consecrated forever.
I was born of her womb; I was
nurtured at her breast; and when
my last hour shall come, I pray
God that I may be pillowed upon
her bosom and rocked to sleep
with her tender and encircling
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U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he believes racist tweets he sent over the weekend "were NOT Racist."
"I don't have a Racist bone in my body!" Trump exclaimed amid widespread criticism that he again used nativist and racist rhetoric to lash out at his opponents.
For the first time Trump indicated whom he was referring to when he took aim at a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen of color, whom he told to "go back" to the "totally broken and crime infested" countries they come from.
Trump quoted a former congressman who called them "the squad," a colloquialism that refers to freshmen congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Presley.
Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Presley were all born in the U.S., and Omar is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Somalia. All are Americans of color.
The president had previously refrained from naming the women when questioned by reporters. It is unclear why he chose to specify who he has been referring to amid sweeping criticism.
House Democrats could vote later Tuesday night on a resolution to condemn Trump's tweets sponsored by congressman Tom Malinowski.
The president called the vote "a Democrat con game," urging his fellow Republicans to "not show 'weakness' and fall into their trap."
"This should be a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the Democrat Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions, hate our Country. Get a list of the HORRIBLE things they have said," Trump said, reiterating criticism of the lawmakers.
Several Republicans have broken with the president over his comments, including congressman Will Hurd, the sole black Republican in the House caucus, who told CNN "those tweets are racist, and xenophobic" prior to the announcement of Malinowski's resolution.
The four liberal congresswomen held a news conference Monday evening in which they lambasted the president use of "xenophobic bigoted" rhetoric.
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The new Dallas made J.R. (played by Larry Hagman) a big part of the show. Because let's face it: What's Dallas without J.R.?
It would honestly have been a flop without J.R. I guess now we're going to find out what happens next for the resuscitated TNT show.
Filming was currently underway for season 2, and 6 of his episodes had already been shot.
Writers are now having to rewrite the show to give him a proper send-off, and adjust for his departure.
(Reuters) - Larry Hagman, who created one of American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, the Dallas Morning News reported. He was 81.
Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications from his battle with throat cancer, the newspaper said, quoting a statement from his family. He had suffered from liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver in the 1990s after decades of drinking.
Hagman's mother was stage and movie star Mary Martin and he became a star himself in 1965 on "I Dream of Jeannie," a popular television sitcom in which he played Major Anthony Nelson, an astronaut who discovers a beautiful genie in a bottle.
"Dallas," which made its premiere on the CBS network in 1978, made Hagman a superstar. The show quickly became one of the network's top-rated programs, built an international following and inspired a spin-off, imitators and a revival in 2012. "Dallas" was the night-time soap-opera story of a Texas family, fabulously wealthy from oil and cattle, and its plot brimmed with back-stabbing, double-dealing, family feuds, violence, adultery and other bad behavior. In the middle of it all stood Hagman's black-hearted J.R. Ewing - grinning wickedly in a broad cowboy hat and boots, plotting how to cheat his business competitors and cheat on his wife. He was the villain TV viewers loved to despise during the show's 356-episode run from 1978 to 1991. "I really can't remember half of the people I've slept with, stabbed in the back or driven to suicide," Hagman said of his character in Time magazine. In his autobiography, "Hello Darlin': Tall (and Absolutely True) Tales About My Life," Hagman wrote that J.R. originally was not to be the focus of "Dallas" but that changed when he began ad-libbing on the set to make his character more outrageous and compelling.
To conclude its second season, the "Dallas" producers put together one of U.S. television's most memorable episodes in which Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant. That gave fans months to fret over whether J.R. would survive and who had pulled the trigger. In the show's opening the following season, it was revealed that J.R.'s sister-in-law, Kristin, with whom he had been having an affair, was behind the gun. Hagman said an international publisher offered him $250,000 to reveal who had shot J.R. and he considered giving the wrong information and taking the money, but in the end, "I decided not to be so like J.R. in real life."
The popularity of "Dallas" made Hagman one of the best-paid actors in television and earned him a fortune that even a Ewing would have coveted. He lost some of it, however, in bad oil investments before turning to real estate. An updated "Dallas" series began in June 2012 on the TNT network with Hagman reprising his J.R. role with original cast members Linda Gray, who played J.R.'s long-suffering wife, Sue Ellen, and Patrick Duffy, who was his brother Bobby. The show was to focus on the sons of J.R. and Bobby.
Hagman had a wide eccentric streak. When he first met actress Lauren Bacall, he licked her arm because he had been told she did not like to be touched and he was known for leading parades on the Malibu beach and showing up at a grocery store in a gorilla suit. Above his Malibu home flew a flag with the credo "Vita Celebratio Est (Life Is a Celebration)" and he lived hard for many years.
In 1967, rock musician David Crosby turned him on to LSD, which Hagman said took away his fear of death, and Jack Nicholson introduced him to marijuana because Nicholson thought he was drinking too much. Hagman had started drinking as a teenager and said he did not stop until the moment in 1992 when his doctor told him he had cirrhosis of the liver and could die within six months. Hagman wrote that for the past 15 years he had been drinking about four bottles of champagne a day, including while on the "Dallas" set.
In July 1995, he was diagnosed with liver cancer, which led him to quit smoking, and a month later he underwent a liver transplant. After giving up his vices, Hagman said he did not lose his zest for life. "It's the same old Larry Hagman," he told a reporter. "He's just a littler sober-er."
Hagman was born on September 21, 1931, in Weatherford, Texas, and his father was a lawyer who dealt with the Texas oil barons Hagman would later come to portray. He was still a boy when his parents divorced and he went to Los Angeles with Martin, who would become a Broadway and Hollywood musical star.
Hagman eventually landed in New York to pursue acting, making his stage debut there in "The Taming of the Shrew." In New York, he married Maj Axelsson in 1954 while they were in a production of "South Pacific. The marriage produced two children, Heidi and Preston. Hagman served in the Air Force, spending five years in Europe as the director of USO shows, and on his return to New York he took a starring role in the daytime soap "The Edge of Night." His breakthrough came in 1965 when he landed the "I Dream of Jeannie" role opposite Barbara Eden. In his later years, Hagman became an advocate for organ transplants and an anti-smoking campaigner. He also was devoted to solar energy, telling the New York Times he had a $750,000 solar panel system at his Ojai estate, and made a commercial in which he portrayed a J.R. Ewing who had forsaken oil for solar power. He was a longtime member of the Peace and Freedom Party, a minor leftist organization in California.
Hagman told the Times that after death he wanted his remains to be "spread over a field and have marijuana and wheat planted and harvest it in a couple of years and then have a big marijuana cake, enough for 200 to 300 people. People would eat a little of Larry."
When Larry Hagman died yesterday, the cast and crew of TNT's Dallas series had finished filming six of the 15 episodes that had been ordered for the second season. He was scheduled to shoot more scenes this week and his demise reportedly came as a shock to many of those on the show.
A statement from TNT reads, "All of us at TNT are deeply saddened at the news of Larry Hagman's passing. He was a wonderful human being and an extremely gifted actor. We will be forever thankful that a whole new generation of people got to know and appreciate Larry through his performance as J.R. Ewing. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time."
Warner Bros. and executive producers Cynthia Cidre and Michael M. Robin said, "Larry Hagman was a giant, a larger-than-life personality whose iconic performance as J.R. Ewing will endure as one of the most indelible in entertainment history. He truly loved portraying this globally recognized character, and he leaves a legacy of entertainment, generosity and grace. Everyone at Warner Bros. and in the Dallas family is deeply saddened by Larry's passing, and our thoughts are with his family and dear friends during this difficult time."
Word is that the current Dallas' producers and writers plan to start revising scripts and will give JR Ewing a big send-off. Years before the original Dallas ended, Hagman said, "I know what I want on JR's tombstone. It should say: 'Here lies upright citizen J.R. Ewing. This is the only deal he ever lost.'"
This will be the third time that Cidre has had to make script adjustments.
When TNT first ordered the new Dallas pilot, Hagman was holding out for a lot more money and an agreement couldn't be reached. Cidre reportedly came up with an alternate script for the pilot that would have incorporated vintage footage of JR from the original series. Warners Bros. apparently liked the approach a lot and was ready to move forward but Hagman finally signed on.
Last October, during the filming of the first season, Hagman announced that he was battling cancer. His airtime was cut down to three episodes just in case he wasn't well enough for more (remember when JR disappeared off to Las Vegas?). He was ultimately able to appear in all of the episodes.
It's hard to imagine Dallas without JR Ewing and certainly no one else could take over the role.
The second season of Dallas is set to begin airing January 28th.
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Megan Clark Builds Confidence and Breaks Modeling Barriers
Written by Tyler Sorget Monday, 19 February 2018 14:23
In today's society, cars are being built from the factory with outrageous horsepower numbers. It is only a matter of time before we start seeing vehicles produced with four figure horsepower numbers...that's crazy! It's safe to say that by today's standards, even the "biggest and baddest" cars from 1969 would fall short. Our expectations have become so distorted, that we often forget about what makes a vehicle great...simply enjoying and sharing the vehicle with others!
As a society, our perception of beauty is no different. Models are expected to be thin, toned, and have "the right" curves in "the right" places; the quintessential hourglass figure. Women are expected to spend as much time in the gym working on their bodies, as some of us spend on social media each day. It's ridiculous and completely unfair...
Thankfully, commercial and fashion photography have started focusing on what truly makes a woman beautiful...her confidence! Models such as Ashley Graham and Hunter McGrady are shattering barriers and proving that fuller women belong in the modeling industry. Sadly, it seems that automotive photography hasn't received the memo. However, that is what our newest ShockerRacing girl is here to prove...let's give a warm welcome to Megan Clark!
Megan is a 20 year old barista, from Onaway Michigan. She noticed previous work that Tyler Sorget had done with other ShockerRacing girls, and decided to reach out to him to work on her own shoot. Although this was her first time modeling, Megan shares that this isn't the first time that she has been around cars. She has helped her father and her brother work on their cars, and it's something that she enjoys. In addition, her favorite event each year is the Truck Show in St. Ignace Michigan.
When asked who her favorite previous ShockerRacing girl is and why, Megan explained, "Nicole because she makes modeling look so fun, and her photos are amazing!"
With the trees almost at peak color, Megan and Tyler decided upon an Autumn theme for the shoot. They were greeted with a gorgeous day, which made it easier for Tyler to decide to get his Mach 1 out of the garage! Megan coordinated different ShockerRacing apparel with heels, jeans, and various flannel shirts. Appropriate outfits for the time of year in Northern Michigan. When asked about the shoot Megan shared, "I love how confident it made me feel! My favorite part was coming up with different pose ideas. Tyler was very professional and made sure that I felt comfortable throughout the entire photo shoot."
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Mary Heilmann, To Be Someone
My neck comfortably resting on my très chic Isaac Mizrahi cashmere mini-pillow (sale of a sale of a Target sale), I'm eschewing the Jet Blue entertainment system to read the only thing currently accessible to my painkiller-numbed brain, the latest Vogue issue. It is the "Age" issue you see, the yearly "how to look great whatever your age as long as you are tall, thin, blessed with high-cheekbones and good hair and don't have any money issues, really darling this is soooo effortless".
I'm waiting for the "how to look cool when you are short and dumpy with bad skin" issue myself.
So I'm vaguely browsing it, and at the end, Ta Da! My favorite, favorite Cool Lady Artist, Mary Heilmann! This is it, everything is conspiring to derail my firm resolution of a contemporary art break this Summer! I am so happy with her inclusion I am keeping the issue for at least a week, rather than tossing it in the next recycling bin I find. Hail Mary, you are not one of those impossibly Waspy women who are the norm in the rest of the issue.
Anyway, I have been very excited over the last few months when running into Liz Armstrong as she was preparing the To Be Someone Mary Heilmann Retrospective at OCMA. Mary Heilmann is an artists' artist as we say, meaning until now she never had the recognition she deserved but is highly respected among her peers AND the younger generation of painters/artists (the good ones, I mean). I have this half-baked theory about great paintings and artworks not lending themselves easily to photography: you don't see the surface details, whatever amount of color corrections are never going to show the subtle differences between glossy surfaces, duller shines and minute variations in brushstroke sizes and patterns. Of course Heilmann's work magnificently fits my crackpot theory, and even the gorgeous catalogue (there's a Deluxe edition too) doesn't give justice to her paintings.
My friends Ivan Morley and Donald Morgan and I were eagerly anticipating the show, and we were blessed in getting an invitation to the opening. Donald used to be her assistant when living in NYC, and I was very touched to see that she had remembered him and got him invited to the dinner. I like when artists don't have an attitude – I don't do well with Prima Donnas and egomaniacs, as a rule.
Now this is not the Artforum "scene and herd" diary so I won't tell you who was there (note to Artforum: if you do cover West Coast events, don't mention your NYC cronies. We don't care. They are ugly Yalies anyway and they can't distinguish painting from critical theory).
I just want to mention the atmosphere was warm and fuzzy including the speeches. Everyone was relaxed and happy which changed nicely from the increasing stuffiness creeping over LA now that the institutions are so ostentatiously taking themselves sooooooo seriously, what with all these NYC /East Coast imports being hired everywhere.
Anyway, down to the exhibition. It started with very early works, part sculptural part painterly. They are reminiscent of Eva Hesse, minus the pathos and the tragedy, with a very playful and joyous edge. Interestingly they look very self-confident and don't show the typical hesitation of these pioneering work that were neither/nor painting/sculpture but something else entirely and were going to give birth later to Judd's specific objects (via Ann Truitt early experiments. Honneur aux dames).
Then we moved onto the first paintings themselves. I am not going to describe them by titles because I am typing from thousands of feet above the lovely USA, without access to any sources.
Generally speaking, the show can be described as a little bit crowded (the space is small and there is much to see), filled with gorgeous explosions of colors one after another. I think it had to look crowded out of necessity, out of the high quality of the paintings themselves. Each one and every single one of them could hold an entire wall. They are so strong whatever their format that even the small ones don't seem so intimate as rather highly charged little painterly bombs packed with presence.
The sense of color is overwhelming in the way it is mastered: Heilmann can work from subdued monochromes and duo-chromes to multicolored bright hues, escaping the vagaries of boring minimalist chic as well as avoiding any sense of clash or gaudiness.
Another impressive feat is that first impression of sloppiness, immediately belied when the paintings are closely observed, at the leisurely pace they deserve. They do demand attention. Careful observation unearths under-layers of colors, say a dark green patch visible by transparency under a stratum of lighter blue that creates a dark blackish tone. Some white washes serve to tone down and reveal brighter colors.
I usually dislike sloppiness in art if it isn't a deliberate part of the execution and even if it is (take that, Manfred Pernice!) it has to be extremely well done to pass muster.
It takes an extremely gifted, brilliant painter to pretend to be a bad one, as we can witness with Magritte's Période Vache, Sigmar Polke's early career and all of Kippenberger's work. In short, appearing sloppy demands a great attention to balance, to composition, color arrangement and execution to create those masterpieces of seemingly effortless, carefree gestures. Mary Heilmann's paintings are so deceivingly simple and easy, so attractive and playful in conveying this sense of spontaneity, as if they were made as an afterthought, in some spur of the moment casual encounter between the brush, the paint and the canvas.
They manage to let us forget how many hours of toil, technique and craft went into their happy radiance, their bright sense of togetherness. Appearances are deceiving, and it could well be that her work was overlooked for its awe-inspiring "simple" beauty , when too many of her male counterparts from the 1960s to the 1990s were stuffing their discourse and work with grandiloquent pomposity, uptight seriousness and macho self-aggrandizing postures. She was then too cool for her age, trop en avance, devoid of that would-be-rock-star attitude that plagues the art world.
Anyway, the show ends on August 26, so last chance for West Coaster to see it befor eit moves on. Future stops include Houston, Columbus and NYC.
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Hi everyone and Happy June. It is a new month and that means a new challenge over at MHK Designs.
If you have never played in our challenges before, let me break it down for you. If you do not use one of Mynn's designs, then please use our picture prompt for your inspiration. If you use one of Mynn's designs, then it is anything goes.
This set is called Sea Creatures and is now available over in the MHK Etsy Shop.
Now what is a challenge without prizes? The winner winner will receive a set of sentiments and a patterned paper picked by Mynn. So let us know how the image inspires you? We would love to see you play along. I have provide a link to our challenge rules in case you are not familiar with them.
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Write down your oath to live at a higher standard of living.
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Have another person that shares your goals.
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If you can, get your parents behind you.
This won't work for everybody. My dad is an awesome guy. He's achieved so much in life. He was an Alaskan hunting guide, he was a taxidermist, he built a huge log home by himself (the log home took two years and a ton of debt). But after all that he went through I think he doesn't want to have to watch me live through money problems my whole life. So he hardly ever backs me up on my ideas, but mom on the other hand is a different story. Seriously, if you can get one or both of your parents behind you, you have got a serious opportunity to make all your goals happen.
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Its the little things that make life so enjoyable and fun! Doing something spontaneous, being rewarded for hard work, doing something you love, spending time with the people you love, time to yourself, getting a compliment from a stranger, giving a compliment to a stranger, indulging your cravings, taking the time to notice the beauty in nature..
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I played a gig last weekend with my band. I stayed the whole night at the venue, from soundcheck to the very last band and the bar being cleared out.
But it struck me that that some of the musicians themselves there didn't actually see the other bands. Why? And how can this be? Shouldn't you support other bands who are actually in exactly the same boat as you are and need as many people there to create a good vibe and atmosphere?
Sadly, this wasn't the case and I have seen this happen a few times. The worse sin is when bands play their own set and then head off home! Needless to say that as an unsigned musician, you should go to other unsigned gigs and if you can't do that than at the very least you should support the other bands who are playing on the same bill as you.
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'Disability Insurance: An Essential Part of Social Security'
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"Envy, bitter envy, was permeating his soul drop by drop, like a poison that tainted all his pleasures and made his life hateful."
"She had expected him to be overjoyed, and was annoyed by this coolness. 'You really are incredible. Nothing satisfies you now.'"
There are moments with this book when you are trying very hard to like the main character Duroy. As a journalist you want him to fall in love with the written word and understand the power and attraction of informing others and being a man in the know.
Unfortunately all that seems to motivate Duroy is money. The power is a secondary thing that is gained as a result of the quest for more money. Nothing is ever enough and the son of peasant tavern owners in Normandy all too quickly forgets his past. His lucky break is also quickly forgotten and a growing sense of deserving money and influence starts to grow in his heart.
Duroy is almost blind to the pain and hurt he causes others starting with his mistresses and then moving on to his wife. He marries well above his position and manages to enter into a social world that was completely beyond him when he was a clerk for the Northern railway company.
But as his heart hardens and he sets his sights on greater prizes the reader also starts to lose support for 'Bel-Ami' the handsome man who is able to conquer hearts.
But there are moments of dislike here reserved for journalism as a whole rather than just the general power hungry social climber as the exchange between Duroy and the journalist Saint-Potin show after they have been sent to interview prominent Indian and Chinese officials.
"Saint-Potin began to laugh: 'You're still very naive, aren't you! Do you really believe that I'm going to ask that Chinaman and that Indian what they think of England? As if I didn't know better than they do what they're supposed to think for the readers of La Vie francaise! I've already interviewed hundreds of those Chines, persians, Hindus, Chileans, Japanese and suchlike. As far as I'm concerned they all tell me the same thing. I simply have to take the article I wrote most recently and copy it word for word. What does change, naturally, is their appearance, their names, their titles, their age, their staff.'"
But once his feet are under the table Duroy manages to navigate a path to becoming not only wealthy but in terms of relationships spoilt for choice of mistresses. But he fails to see love in any real shape, even from his parents, and instead keeps moving forward with those pound eyes in those eyes.
He fears failure like others fear death and that spurs him on to set his sights on power and money and to gain it in such a ruthless manner.
"A confused, immense, crushing terror was weighing upon Duroy's soul, the terror of those infinite, inevitable nothingness, endlessly destroying each fleeting, miserable life. Already, he was bowing his head before its threat."
The fact that you are not only inducted into the world of Duroy and can grasp the issues of the day as France argues with itself over its imperial ambitions is because of the way De Maupassant builds up the picture. It starts slowly as Duroy takes his first tentative steps into society but by the end as the issues become more complex the reader is able to navigate round this world of newspaper, foreign ministers and mistresses and still come to the conclusion that Duroy is dangerous.
Just as in Pierre et Jean what you admire here, along with the plot, is the way that De Maupassant is able to serve up such wonderful characters. Just as with the other book the bare bones of the story are reasonably simple enough the magic comes when he describes how certain characters react to those circumstances.
Politicis and journalism might have changed but what keeps Bel-Ami timeless is the master class in describing human behavior and then motivation of those captivated and driven by wealth and power.


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I picked these up from the local GLS parcel shop today. Destined to become part of several regiments, as they are too yellowish to match up with my normal paint scheme, I am probably going to spray them white after re-basing them and re-fitting those that need alterations (I am definitely going to get rid of the double torsos, and all the shields will be clipped off, some of them probably flattened on the backside and re-used for leaders and the likes).
I am not going to commence work on them until after Christmas, though, as I have some seasonal minis incoming from North Star/Copplestone (and some minis from Caliver, too), of which I shall endeavour to finish the Chistmas-themed ones before the holidays (plus, I have some WIP minis for the BoBPC at LAF and some WIP Zulu for my IHMN/USUTHU! project that I need to progress on).
Monday, 28 November 2016
GoB: More Ancient Dead
Labels: 28mm, Acquisitions, Citadel, Fantasy, GoB, GW, Miniatures, Oldhammer, Planning, Plastic, Second Hand, Undead
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Excellent "cannon fodder", but they do need some work doing on them, don't they?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, some bits and bobs and arms here and there, shields for the hand weapon armed ones, re-basing, and over-all re-paint. I bought them, mainly because most of them are the Mk I sculpts that fit with the remaining skeletons from my age-old job lot, from which I spawned most of my Lords of Undeath army.Delete
Painting is easy, though. White spray, block out details, and brown wash ;DDelete
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We've heard speculation of a low turnout. Usually that favors Republicans, the more conservative voters. What about in a primary? Does a low turnout favor the more conservative Republicans in the primary?
How about absentees? They, like low turnouts, favor Republicans more often than not. How about in a primary? Will a lot of absentee votes favor the more conservative Republicans?
We bet some campaign consultants made big money advising on that subject, well, until 8 p.m. when it became academic. We'll soon know.


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Monday, May 12, 2008
Back on Track
Anyways, I know all of this is not that important, and I'm pretty happy with the way I look right now, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to look and feel better right? Plus, when I don't exercise I seem to be tired ALL the time.
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- Wendy said...
Thanks... you're making me blush. Especially when I didn't get to go to the gym today, because kenzie seems to have a cold, so I can't take her to the kids club. I think I'll do one of those workout videos instead... or maybe go t o the grocery store on my bike.. hmm I like the last option.. more fun for kenzie too. Well.. I love you and know You can always call me for a little pick me up or booster to get you on the right track!!
ps. how did you put a link of my blog into you actual post???
- May 13, 2008 at 11:48 AM
- Rebecca said...
I think healthy eating is more a balance of eating the right things, not making unrealistic expectations for yourself or calorie counting. But that's just my take. Eat your healthful food, but don't worry about the numbers. If you know your eating raisins instead of cookies, you know you're doing better.
- May 13, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- wannabee free said...
Where on earth are you going for a vacation? And with whom? It seems very intriguing to m e...
I agree with Rebecca's post, it doesnt' matter to me either about calories and all that stuff. Eating more healthfully and definitely being active is what counts.
now finding out what is actually healthy might help. My sister was eating tons of crackers and cheese and things that to her were considered "healthy" snacks when I would consider them junk food snacks. I guess it depends on what you compare it to.
- May 19, 2008 at 3:58 PM


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About the Talk
September 25, 2010 8:45 PM
Sever Side JavaScript (especially Node.js) is a hot topic right now, but we are still figuring out what good SSJS code looks like. It isn't enough that we can write JavaScript on the server, or even that it is well written JavaScript. It's essential that we write maintainable JavaScript for the server environment. This talk will examine different coding styles for event driven, non-blocking SSJS and which styles are most successful.
We'll take a look at strategies that other languages and frameworks with similar attributes such as Clojure, Erlang, Python/Twisted and Ruby/Event Machine use. From these languages we'll take a look what has worked well and what hasn't. We'll explore how these models can apply to JavaScript to create patterns that can be used to make code more maintainable.


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Immokalee Fire Department – New Construction Fire Inspection Request
Current scheduling is 2-3 business days for IFD
To ensure timely inspection services, the Collier County Fire Marshals require all inspection requests be received no later than 4:00 p.m. You will receive confirmation of your request for inspection within the next business day.
Time-specific inspection will be honored for a fee of $75.00. Fee is due at time of the inspection. Check, or money order accepted. Time-specific inspections require a 48 hour notice.
Cancellation of any inspection shall be made no later than 7 a.m. the day of the inspection. Failure to cancel the inspection by 7 a.m. shall result in re-inspection fees.
Approved Collier County stamped plans (original and revisions), permit cards and any additional documentation shall be on the job site at all times. If these documents are not on the job site upon the inspector's arrival the inspection shall be cancelled, and re-inspection fees applied.
By requesting any inspections, you grant permission for any Fire District in Collier County, fire inspectors and/or firefighters, to photograph all items related to the building or site to be inspected.
Only the Permit holder is authorized to call in an inspection on their respective permits. Inspections will be scheduled in AM or PM blocks.
Inspections may be cancelled or delayed due to fire rescue emergencies.
Immokalee Fire Department Inspection Request
Fill out each section below. Checkbox each type of inspection requested for section A. Fill out all applicable information for Section B. Then Choose one item from Section C. After the form is completed press Submit button to send your request.
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The bridge, which holds the Guinness World Record for the longest LEGO® brick bridge, has been brought to the city by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to mark the Institution's bicentenary and Scotland's Year of Young People.
People will be able to visit the impressive structure from Saturday 23rd June when it officially launches in St. Enoch Centre to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) and ICE's Explore Engineering weekend.
To celebrate its arrival and throughout its stay, St. Enoch and ICE will host a number of activities, the first of which starts on Saturday 23rd June and will feature interactive sessions from 11am-4pm. Shoppers will also have the chance to meet the invisible superheroes responsible for building the bridge in Glasgow.
The giant bridge, which stands at a whopping 3m tall and spans 31m - almost the length of three double-decker buses - has been re-built within the shopping centre's mall area by a team of specialist civil engineers who worked tirelessly throughout the night. Designed by ICE Fellow, Dr. Robin Sham CBE, the bridge was first assembled in London in 2014 and has since been displayed in Liverpool and most recently, Hong Kong, before arriving in Scotland.
The bridge will be on display during centre hours from 23 June right through until the 28 October, as part of St. Enoch Centre's busy summer calendar.
For more information on what is on at St. Enoch this summer, please visit www.st-enoch.com. For more information on Institution of Civil Engineers, please visit www.ice.org.uk.
While we take every opportunity to ensure the details for World's Longest LEGO Bridge are accurate, we always advise that you contact the event organiser before setting out for the event to avoid disapointment. All information (whether in text or photographs) is given in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact.
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Friday Finals: Titans, Ice Dogs stay alive with Game 3 wins
East Division Finals, Game 3: Aston Rebels 0 @ New Jersey Titans 4 (Aston leads series 2-1) - The New Jersey Titans held a steady offensive presence on their way to their first win in the East Division Finals. Gordie Helmuth opened the game with a goal at 5:15 after a pass from Tiernan Seningen to put the Titans up 1-0. Nick Boyagian extended their lead with help from Danny Eruzione and Andrew Husted at 17:33 of the second period. After forty minutes of play, the New Jersey Titans lead the Aston Rebels, 2-0. Dylan Healey found the back of the net at 5:32 of the third period – assisted by William Riedell and Todd Goehring. Goehring brought the final score to 4-0 with an empty netter off a pass from Healey. New Jersey's Ryan Ferland made 22 saves for the shutout victory, while Mareks Mitens stopped 28 shots for Aston. With the win, the Titans keep their Robertson Cup dreams alive – forcing a Game 4. Boxscore
Central Division Finals, Game 3: Minnesota Wilderness 4 @ Aberdeen Wings 1 (Minnesota leads series, 2-1) - A pair of goals from Nick Altmann helped push the Minnesota Wilderness to take their first series lead after a 4-1 victory over the Aberdeen Wings in Game 3. Nick Altmann opened the game with a goal just 5 seconds into the first period, unassisted. Tim Nicksic also notched one in the first period – at 10:27, also unassisted. Altmann found the back of the net again at 13:18 of the second period, with help from Ashton Altmann and Tyler Vold. Luke Dow brought the scoring total to four goals – at 18:48, assisted by N. Altmann and Gunnar Goodmanson. The Wilderness head into the third period with a 4 goal lead. Colin Raver notched the only Wings' goal of the night, off a pass from Carter Roo at 17:41 of the third – bringing the final score to 4-1. Minnesota's Luke Kania made 30 saves on the night, while Forbes Ploszaj stopped 23 shots for Aberdeen. Minnesota heads into Game 4 with a chance to advance to the Robertson Cup, and the Wings face elimination. Boxscore
Midwest Division Finals, Game 3: Janesville Jets 1 @ Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3 (Janesville leads series, 2-1) - The Fairbanks Ice Dogs grabbed an early lead to secure a 3-1 victory and pick up their first win of the Midwest Division Finals and first win in seven tries this season against the Jets. Ryan Kero opened the game with a goal at 17:45 – assisted by Tanner Schachle and Luke Orysiuk. Erkka Vanska scored at 11:17 of the second to extend the Ice Dogs lead to two goals. Vanska was assisted by Orysiuk and Connor Chilton. Cayden Cahill brought the scoring total to 3 when he found the back of the net at 18:48 of the second period, with help from Hunter Wendt and Marc Sullivan. Down by three, Jack Gates notched the only Janesville goal when he notched one at 13:14 of the final period, assisted by Cole Paskus and Adam Roeder. Fairbanks goaltender Erik Gordon made 35 saves on the night, while Jacob Barczewski stopped 17 shots for the Jets. With the win, Fairbanks forces Game 4 on Saturday night in Fairbanks. Boxscore


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#MovenAroundTheGlobe: Prague
Hello Readers,
My name is Taylor May and I am another member of the Moven Enterprise team! Morten is rested up and currently on his way to another interesting destination (post to come soon). Meanwhile, the rest of the team is also out and about… so we figured we would keep this series going.
Andrew, our VP APAC, and myself are busy, busy, busy. FinovateAsia is coming up in a just few weeks and I'm currently travelling back from a conference in Prague, Czech Republic. At the event, titled 2nd Annual Innovations on Banking CEE, I spoke about the current state of partnerships in the industry and explained how Moven fit into that picture. (On that note, if you're looking for a committed and fast-moving partner to collaborate with your institution on upcoming financial wellness initiatives, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.)
Overall, It was a great event and my thanks go out to the organizers for bringing together such a diverse group. It was fascinating to listen to my fellow presenters as they covered everything from creating a culture that embraces innovation to explaining how to open up an account using real time video chat with a bank representative. From my experience and subsequent follow ups, I have noticed that the region as a whole is making great strides to embrace new technologies and partnerships are already a part of that ecosystem.
The Garanti Bank presentation was a real highlight! I have never seen a room full of bankers burst out laughing… check out the video they shared here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LT7FZIXng
I hope you enjoyed my insights. Stay tuned for the next post from the Moven Enterprise team coming soon!
Until next time,
Taylor May Woolsey
Business Development & Marketing
Moven Enterprise


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Liverpool finally break through against Huddersfield
Liverpool finally break through against Huddersfield
Took their time about it. Long was much quicker
74 points the difference between the team when they play: record?
Commentators praising Liverpool for spotting VVDs potential.
Oh yeah no one saw it at Saints
And Carragher agrees.
Goal went in. Commentator on NBC said, 12 seconds but not as quick a 7.69 seconds Shane Long. One minute later, Lee Dixon, "I wonder what the fastest EPL goal is, maybe someone could look that up for us". Commentator, incredulous "uh, Lee, it was the other night by Shane Long".
This is a gimmie
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Goalkeeper all over the place for the third. Made up Salah's mind for him.
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This could be a disadvantage for 'pool. Way too easy for them, sloppiness creeps in. They won't get this time and space vs Newcastle and Wolves.
Salah is such a glory boy, so greedy.
My goodness Mané is a good header of the ball, like a ****ing spring. 4-0
4-0 up and Klopp took off Sturrage. Surprised he's not protecting Mané and Salah.
Ox had a great chance to score or set up Mané's hat trick there.
Mane hits the post when it's easier to score...
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It's going to be a real sickener when this Huddersfield team beats us on the last day to send us down.
Can't wait for Huddersfield to go down, wish they did last season. Pathetically useless, rivaled only by that Derby team in recent memory.
Bolton are a cluster **** of a club these days. I'm assuming they'll be handed a fairly significant punishment for postponing today.
God it must be **** being a hudders fan right now like being kicked in the nuts every weekend.
Spurs game a bit of a dullfest.
Antonio, top lad.
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At least this means West Ham are guaranteed to be terrible next weekend.
Chambers scores for me please
Cardiff game had about 10 mins of stoppage time, so expect some late drama after our match is over.
Cmon Cardiff. I want them to stay up, I like watching Warnock flip out
They have come close three times, great save, underside of bar and now cleared off the line.
Save after save by Fulham
I guess this means that Cardiff are down if Brighton beat Newcastle later.
brighton losing


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This Week:
24 November 2016
Tech Startup Fair Berlin Autumn 2016
Place: Skygarden of Sony Center 6th floor, Kemperplatz 1 building D entrance A, 10785 Berlin
Costs: Free for job seekers and students
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25 November 2016
Berlin Christmas event
Place: Haubentaucher Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin, Germany
Costs: €0 – €30
Website: http://clubglobals.com/events/berlin-christmas-26nov/
Club GLOBALS Special Christmas on Saturday 26th November 21hs will be a great occasion for the international community to gather and celebrate the upcoming holidays at Berlin's nicest Christmas Market. Also, they invite the crowd to our after-event with DJ at Heimat Hall Club.
25 – 27 November 2016
POST /bank/hackathon/stuttgart
Place: Design Offices, Stuttgart
Costs: Free
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What will the digital future of banking look like? And how do topics like retail and smart data play into it? These questions and many more will be addressed as part of our POST/ bank hackathon series. We are looking for developers, designers, start-ups and students and everyone who's interested in joining us in Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Bonn.
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Place: Munich
Costs: Free
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Bring some popcorn or your favorite movie snack. We'll be watching a video on Douglas Tallamy's latest book, The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden and discussing the information in the movie. You'll learn how to change your landscape to attract more creatures, especially caterpillars! Your garden can become a food hub in the middle of suburbia. We will meet in the First Floor Program Room.
Doug Tallamy is currently professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he has taught insect taxonomy, behavioral ecology and other subjects. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.


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The College of Engineering Awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of the college's teaching and research assistants, staff, and faculty members in a variety of categories.
Students, staff, and faculty members can submit online nominations for these awards.
Awardees and nominees will be acknowledged at a college-wide reception Thursday, May 12, 2016.


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The U.S. Navy is preparing for the first test flight later this month of its upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Aircraft System, a helicopter-like, vertical-take-off-and-landing maritime drone engineered to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, service officials said.
The MQ-8C Fire Scout, slated to fly out of Point Mugu, Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., is an upgraded version of the existing MQ-8B Fire Scout which has been in production since 2009. The MQ-8B Fire Scout is now on its seventh deployment and is currently aboard the USS Simpson, a Navy guided missile Frigate.
"With the MQ-8C, we took a commercial Bell 407 helicopter and modified it to include additional fuel capability to provide increased range and endurance – and then integrated the majority of the MQ-8B avionics and payloads onto that air frame. This method allows us to maintain all of the infrastructure we have already invested in," Capt. Patrick Smith, program manager, multi-mission tactical unmanned air systems, NAVAIR, told Military.com in an interview.
The upcoming flight test is intended to build upon the work designed to check the aircraft's engine, electrical signals and control systems prior to flight, Smith explained.
"We went through a start-up procedure. The initial ground testing has finished up and we're doing some analysis of all the data," Smith said.
Overall, 30 Fire Scout MQ-8Bs have been acquired and the unmanned helicopter has deployed to the Mediterranean, Africa, Afghanistan and other key locations throughout the globe.
Commanders have issued a request for the rapid deployment 28 MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft, Smith said.
The existing MQ-8B Fire Scout can travel 110 nautical miles and remain on station for at least 3 hours, Smith said.
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Helping to overcomewhat many military planners call the "tyranny of distance" by extending the mission range of drones, is a large part of the rationale for the MQ-8C, Smith explained.
The Bell 407 helicopter airframe of the MQ-8C Fire Scout is being equipped with the same sensing capabilities on the initial Fire Scout UAS. The Fire Scout uses a BRITE Star II made by FLIR, an electro-optical/Infrared sensor which also provides laser designation and laser rangefinder technologies, Smith explained.
The Fire Scout also uses a transponder friend or foe system called Automatic Information System or AIF, Smith said.
Using a Ku-band data link called Tactical Common Data Link, the Fire Scout sensors are able to beam images in real time back to a control station on a ship and also stream video directly to hand-held devices.
"We don't always have to send video back to a control station. We are able to send it directly to a hand held unit," Smith added.
There are some modifications needed as engineers work to transition the sensors and electronics to the new, larger MQ-8C airframe. However the sensors, TCDL data link, control stations and recovery system will be the same as the original Fire Scout. Also, instead of traveling primarily on guided missile Frigates as the MQ-8B does, the new MQ-8C is slated for testing on a destroyer, Smith said.
In addition, the Navy plans to ensure that Fire Scout MQ-8C is configured with the mission equipment packages on board the Littoral Combat Ship. The existing Fire Scout is already set up to work as part of the LCS mission packages. The Fire Scout's control stations are installed on the first three LCS ships, Smith said.
Both the existing MQ-8B aircraft as well as the new Fire Scout will be engineered with radar capability, Smith said. Testing of a new MQ-8B radar system built by Telephonics is now underway, Smith said. A key concept is to engineer the radar such that it can cue the EO/IR sensors on board the aircraft, he added. The radar is a flat dish array with a 180-degree field of view.
Smith said the Navy plans to have the MQ-8C ready for deployment by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014.
One analyst said using helicopter air frames like the 407 Bell can give a drone greater range and other advantages.
"The advantages are you can carry greater payloads and have greater versatility. Also, this will enable you to carry more weapons on the platform," said Philip Finnegan, director of corporate analysis, Teal Group, a Va.-based consultancy.