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The VanEck Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the "Fund") seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation. The Fund can invest in debt securities that are issued by governments, quasi-government entities or corporations in emerging market countries. These securities may be denominated in any currency, including those of emerging markets. By investing in emerging markets debt securities, the Fund offers exposure to emerging markets fundamentals, generally characterized by lower debts and deficits, higher growth rates and independent central banks. Lead Portfolio Manager, Eric Fine, has over 25 years of experience in emerging markets.
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* 30-Day SEC Yield is a standard calculation developed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows for fairer comparisons among bond funds. It is based on the most recent 30-day period. This yield figure reflects the interest earned during the period after deducting the Fund's expenses for the period. In the absence of temporary fee waivers, the 30-Day SEC Yield for EMBAX would have been 4.94% as of 09/30/20.
Eric Fine, Portfolio Manager, with Deputy Portfolio Managers, Carlos Nogueira and David Austerweil. Economist, Natalia Gurushina. Senior Corporate Analyst, Robert Schmieder.
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*Returns less than one year are not annualized.
The table presents past performance which is no guarantee of future results and which may be lower or higher than current performance. Returns reflect temporary contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the Fund incurred all expenses and fees1, investment returns would have been reduced. Expenses: Class A: Gross 2.69% and Net 1.26%. Expenses are capped contractually through 05/01/21 at 1.25% for Class A. Investment returns and Fund share values will fluctuate so that investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV.
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Prior to May 1, 2020, the fund was known as the VanEck Unconstrained Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Unless otherwise stated, portfolio facts and statistics are shown for Class A shares; other classes may have different characteristics.
†NAV: Unless you are eligible for a waiver, the public offering price you pay when you buy Class A shares of the Fund is the Net Asset Value (NAV) of the shares plus an initial sales charge. The initial sales charge varies depending upon the size of your purchase. No sales charge is imposed where Class A shares are issued to you pursuant to the automatic investment of income dividends or capital gains distribution. It is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor obtains the proper "breakpoint" discount. Class I and Class Y do not have an initial sales charge. See the prospectus and summary prospectus for more information.
1Van Eck Associates Corporation (the "Adviser") has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, trading expenses, dividends and interest payments on securities sold short, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 1.25% for Class A, 0.95% for Class I, and 1.00% for Class Y of the Fund's average daily net assets per year until May 1, 2021. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.
2The Fund's benchmark index (50% GBI-EM/50% EMBI) is a blended index consisting of 50% J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) Global Diversified and 50% J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI). The J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified tracks local currency bonds issued by Emerging Markets governments. The J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified tracks returns for actively traded external debt instruments in emerging markets, and is also J.P. Morgan's most liquid U.S-dollar emerging markets debt benchmark. Information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable but J.P. Morgan does not warrant its completeness or accuracy. The Index is used with permission. The index may not be copied, used or distributed without J.P. Morgan's written approval. Copyright 2020, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.
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Adding grated orange peel amps up the melon's flavor, and layering whipped cream with the icy granita makes for an intriguing contrast of both texture and temperature.
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- Place sugar, 1/2 cup water, and orange peel in small saucepan. Bring to simmer over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer 1 minute. Pour into 8x8x2-inch metal pan and cool.
- Puree melon in processor until smooth but some texture remains. Measure scant 2 cups melon puree and add to syrup in pan. Whisk to blend. Freeze mixture until thoroughly frozen, about 4 hours, stirring with fork every 1 1/2 hours. Cover and keep frozen.
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Find the partial decompostion of the rational function above.
Final Answer
Simplify x^5/x
x^5 divided by x^1 = x^(5-1) = x^4
x^4 * x^5
x^4 multiplied by x^5 = x^(4+5) = x^9
hence ans is =x^9
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JetBlue to let family, friends pool loyalty points
JetBlue will let family members and friends pool their frequent-flier points, a move aimed at attracting leisure travelers.
JetBlue Airways Corp. and frequent-flier experts said Thursday that no other U.S. airline lets customers share points.
But JetBlue's idea isn't novel. Several foreign carriers, including British Airways, offer similar plans. Even among airlines that don't have family accounts, "they all allow miles transfers among members, which in effect would create the same scenario at JetBlue," said Randy Petersen, the founder of InsideFlyer magazine. Other airlines usually charge members to transfer miles or points, however.
The JetBlue program will allow up to seven people to pool their points. It's open to domestic partners -- so is the British Airways plan -- and people who aren't relatives. Each pooling account needs at least one adult and can include up to five people younger than 21.
JetBlue marketing executive Dave Canty said the change will appeal to families, friends or groups of students who might not fly often enough individually to earn free trips.
Some experts were underwhelmed.
"JetBlue has a generally weak loyalty program," said Tim Winship, founder and editor of FrequentFlier.com. "The addition of a family-pooling feature makes it a bit more attractive, but only to a small segment of the traveling public."
JetBlue points used to expire after just 12 months, but it has changed that after criticism. Now they don't expire. Still, Winship said, the airline has very few partnerships with other airlines and other companies on which its customers can earn points and redeem flights.


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We operate the only Level I Trauma Center for both the adult and pediatric population in the area. Our critical care surgery arm provides post-injury or major surgery care in our 30-bed surgical intensive care unit (SICU), and our acute care surgery practice meets the needs of patients requiring emergency general surgery, as well as follow-up after surgery.
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Whether he wants to or not, Democratic leaders are pressuring Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign, saying that the scandal that just. keeps. unraveling. is an "unacceptable distraction":
"Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help," Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said in a statement. "I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress."
Wasserman Schultz called Weiner's behavior "indefensible" and said that Weiner's "continued service in Congress is untenable."
"This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Rep. Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House — and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important — his and his family's well-being," she said.
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U.S. law enforcement officials say there has been no arrest made in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, despite media reports to the contrary.
Several major U.S. news outlets, including CNN and The Associated Press, citing unnamed officials, said earlier Wednesday that a suspect had either been arrested, or had been taken into custody. CBC News, among others, carried the AP story in Canada.
Authorities postpone news conference on developments in Boston bombing investigation
The Boston Police Department took to social media to dispute those reports, saying "there has not been an arrest in the marathon attack." The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Boston also said there had been no arrest.
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The Associated Press said its source, described as a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation, was standing by information that a suspect had been taken into custody.
The news agency said later that, according to an unnamed source, investigators had obtained an image of a potential suspect in the attack after sifting through photos and video.
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of the courthouse in midafternoon, the U.S. Marshals Service told AP, and security officials were sweeping the area. Workers were allowed back into the courthouse a short time later.
Law enforcement officers were initially scheduled to hold a news conference at 5 p.m. ET to update the public after an afternoon of conflicting reports, but the event was postponed. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick couldn't say when law enforcements might next speak publicly, and he urged people to be patient as the investigation unfolds.
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Law enforcement agencies had asked earlier for the public to come forward with photos, videos or any information that might help with the investigation into Monday's twin bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 170.
The bombs exploded 10 or more seconds apart just next to the race course, killing eight-year-old Martin Richard, of Boston, and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, of Medford. The Shenyang Evening News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, identified the third victim as Lu Lingzi, a graduate student at Boston University.
Injuries from the two explosions ranged from cuts and bruises to amputations. Many victims suffered lower-leg injuries, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums. Dozens of patients have since been released from hospitals around the Boston area.
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The bombs are believed to have been made from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum carnage, investigators and others close to the case said. But the FBI said nobody had claimed responsibility.
More than 1,000 law enforcement officers from different agencies have been assigned to the investigation, which includes meticulously scouring through wreckage and debris, interviewing hundreds of witnesses and poring over thousands of videos, phone records, photographs and websites.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama called the bombings "a heinous and cowardly act." He went on to say that "given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism."
Obama is scheduled to attend an interfaith service at the the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston tomorrow. The service will be open to members of the public on a first-come, first-served basis, officials say, but a news release cautions that people hoping to attend should "be prepared for airport-like security, and are advised to plan accordingly for lines and delays."
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On Wednesday night, a game between the Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres was the first major sporting event in the city since the attacks.
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Both the Bruins and Sabres players wore Boston Strong decals on their helmets.
The Sabres won in a shootout, and after the game players from both teams gathered at centre ice to salute the crowd.
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Advisor Group, part of the SunAmerica Financial Group, said in late July that it planned to buy Woodbury Financial Services from The Hartford, and top executives at the two independent-advisor firms say they are confident that the firms' retention efforts and mix of business skills should lead to increased sales, as well as further acquisitions.
"We were very transparent with advisors and upfront with them" since Hartford went public with plans to exit the variable annuity and life insurance fields in late March, said Patrick McEvoy, president and CEO of Woodbury Financial Services, in an interview in early August. "We all agree to overcome three challenges for advisors with this transition: Keep the Woodbury culture, minimize paperwork and distractions for them and their clients and maintain an independent environment."
The alignment with the 4,400-rep Advisor Group should help Woodbury deliver on these promises with its 1,400 advisors, McEvoy adds. "We are very excited and are getting good support and plenty of congratulations in our calls with advisors," he said.
Neither McEvoy nor Advisor Group head Larry Roth, who is in charge of the umbrella organization for broker-dealers FSC Securities, Royal Alliance and SagePoint Financial, would disclose the details of any retention arrangements or the number of bidders involved in its acquisition. (The deal should close by the end of 2012, subject to regulatory approval and associated conditions.)
McEvoy said it was a "long, arduous process." "The Hartford made a commitment to consider all stakeholders, and it delivered on that by putting us in the hands of the Advisor Group," he noted.
(On March 21, after heavy lobbying by hedge fund manager and major shareholder John Paulson, The Hartford announced it would be exiting the variable annuity and life insurance businesses to focus on its property and casualty insurance business. In addition, The Hartford said it would sell its independent broker-dealer, Woodbury Financial Services, in what was the latest in a string of cases where an insurance company parent had sold, or said it intended to sell, a subsidiary independent broker-dealer.)
Business Outlook
According to McEvoy, the average level of production, or yearly fees and commissions, for its advisors was about $170,000 in 2011—"a significant rise over the year before," when production averaged $147,000. And Woodbury advisors have a fairly diverse book of business already, according to the Woodbury executive, who is based in Oakdale, Minn.
"We work with plenty of mid-America clients on their retirement," he explained. "Yes, this includes lots of insurance, but also wealth-protection products and guaranteed-income products. Life insurance and variable annuities are growing substantially on advisor platforms."
For Roth, this is an area that can translate into sales growth for the broader Advisor Group reps, who have average production of about $170,000 to $180,000 a year. "This is one reason we are excited to have a new member of the family," he said in an interview.
Of this overall Advisor Group production, about 35% of sales come from fee-based activities and less than 5% is insurance based. About 12% of Woodbury advisors' sales are fee based.
"One thing we love is that Woodbury is very focused on financial planning and training that allows its advisors to know and learn about all the clients' needs … and to support them with access to long-term care, guaranteed income and annuities that can serve the clients over the next 20 years," explained Roth.
Thus, Woodbury can boost the Advisor Group's retirement focus, while Advisor Group can help Woodbury reps expand fee-based wealth management results. "This will be one area that will be good for us as we look to grow the business," said McEvoy.Advisor Group recently introduced its reps to a new wealth management platform. About $14 billion of the group's $100-billion-plus assets are now on it. (Woodbury has client assets of roughly $26 billion.)
Both executives expect further consolidation in the independent-advisor space. "We are working hard to attract small- and midsize firms and would love to acquire more firms and fold them into our operations," said Roth.
Joyce Hanson and John Sullivan contributed to this report.


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(CNN) – New York's Grand Central Terminal turns 100 years old today. The iconic train station on Manhattan's 42nd street remains a popular destination for commuters and tourists alike. Three-quarters of a million people pass through the majestic building everyday.
[2:13] "It is not only beautiful and an architectural treasure as you can see, but it is an enormously well functioning room," said Peter Stangl, Chairman of the Grand Central Terminal Centennial Committee.
[1:22] "Even during rush hours you very seldom see people bumping into each other… There's a magic dance that people do coming through here. It doesn't matter how crowded it is. It's fascinating at times."
Memorable moments in Grand Central's 100 years
It's amazing that the terminal still exists. Built in 1913, it nearly fell victim to the wrecking ball, but was saved by a landmark preservation movement spearheaded by Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis. Stangl says a massive project in the 1990's restored Grand Central to its original grandeur.
[4:29] "What we tried to do in the restoration was to, first of all, maintain it as a functioning railroad station, secondly, to restore both the parts you can see and the parts you can't see."
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So what are the Tea Party Patriots going to do now that their fearless leader has been broomed from Fake News?
They will wander aimlessly around their trailer parks like lost little zombies.
great place. I was there 9 days after 9/11
I grew up in rural southern Vermont and I remember as a child walking into Central Station on my first visit to New York and being awed by the scale and beauty of it all. When I think of other places that conjured up similar feelings, I can't help but think of seeing the green grass inside Fenway Park in Boston for the first time. These are magical cultural milestones that thankfully people had the foresight and sense to preserve. We would all be poorer had these treasures been discarded.
Buildings like Grand Central Station represent nothing more than hoarding in the public sphere. We would be better served if we demolished useless structures and replaced them with useful things no matter how loudly the architectural snobs/hoarders of the commons squealed.
Aw, C'mon. For 40 years, almost daily, I walked through the wonderful space of Grand Central on the way to my office in the (then called) Pan American building, which, incidentally was built almost on top of the grand old station. And I am not an architectural snob, but I love fine old buildings.
Luckily those in Europe do not think the way you do or we'd have nothing to go see. Unfortunately too many DO think like you. In my town, they tear down everything over 50 years so we have almost nothing historical to see. Old buildings are our history. They represent where we've been, who we were, who we are becoming. They can also mean lots of tourist dollars as others want to see them and will pay to see them. As a huge Frank Lloyd Wright fan, I'm glad that many of his buildings were not torn down, even though some are over 100 years old.
Luckily for us the extent of your influence is rambling on cnn's web page.
As a tourist who visited the place - Long live the station and the 500,000 who pass through daily.
Fortunately Tom's incompetent rants do not affect public policy regarding such structures.
I'm all for progress, but we must conserve some history. I'm not fan of people who try to protect everything as historical sites. However GCS seems to be one that should be preserved.
Hey Tom, Et Al:
It's a terminal, not a station.
And to think it nearly had the fate as Penn Station – demolished to build hideous structures. Decent citizens of NYC stood up against the busy-fingered, shadowy, rodent-looking NYC property developers.
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Did you know you recieve a higher than normal dose of radiation from working tthere?
Aliens abduct people there because, statistically because so many pass through each day, no one notices.
Why are the written highlights so biased? Why mentioning JKO and not mentioning the person (Vanderbilt) that made it all possible? This morning I heard on PBS a far better story than this one.
I always loved Grand Central. This quote, "Even during rush hours you very seldom see people bumping into each other… There's a magic dance that people do coming through here", reminds me of the scene in The Fisher King where the rush hour crowd transforms into everyone dancing with each other. One of my favorite movie scenes and captures that quote perfectly.
My brother Steven has worked as a carpenter and all-round special events builder in Grand Central Station for more than 25 years. He always has an interesting story to tell.
Happy Birthday, Grand Central! We hope you are still standing and looking exactly the same in another 100 years!
The 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were a cultural wasteland in terms of architectural design, and the 1980s weren't much better. Losing Grand Central would have been a catastrophe – it's a magnificent building, perfectly suited to its function and its site.
I travel to Grand Central several times a year and appreciate the beauty and convenience of the terminal.
Great. Now let's renovate Penn Station so it is fit for humans.
The real shame about Penn Station is that they tore down the original structure in the early 1960's to make way for Madison Square Garden. Just another glaring example of how we demolished our architecture heritage in the destructive 1960s and 70s...
@Chad31 It was the demolish of the old Penn Station that led to the saving of Grand Central. While the current Penn Station cramped, dank and unappealing, the old Penn Station wouldn't have been able to handle the number of commuters who use Penn Station today. As it stands right now the current Penn Station is well over capacity. I wish the old building was still with us but the city's leaders still would have had to do something to expand the station over the years. Thanks for listening to my story.
I agree, while we lost a great station it did put a stop to the demolition to other buildings with architectural significance. However this country has lost its ability to create great "classic" designed buildings which may or may not suit the needs of a modern society.
I'm with Tyler. Just contrast an Art Deco skyscraper like the Chrysler Building with a 1960s glass box like the Metlife Building. Our buildings today are too often big, ugly, and designed more for appearance than function.


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The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The most significant airframe modification is a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.
The U.S. Navy uses the H-60 airframe under the model designations SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60R, and MH-60S. Able to deploy aboard any air-capable frigate, destroyer, cruiser, fast combat support ship, amphibious assault ship, or aircraft carrier, the Seahawk can handle anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC). All Navy H-60s carry a rescue hoist for SAR/CSAR missions.
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During the 1970s, the U.S. Navy began looking for a new helicopter to replace the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite.[3] The SH-2 Seasprite was used by the Navy as its platform for the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) Mark I avionics suite for maritime warfare and a secondary search and rescue capability. Advances in sensor and avionic technology lead to the LAMPS Mk II suite, but the SH-2 was not large enough to carry the Navy's required equipment. In the mid-1970s, the Army evaluated the Sikorsky YUH-60 and Boeing-Vertol YUH-61 for its Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition.[4]
The Navy based its requirements on the Army's UTTAS specification to decrease costs from commonality.[3] Sikorsky and Boeing-Vertol submitted proposals for Navy versions of their Army UTTAS helicopters in April 1977 for review. The Navy also looked at helicopters being produced by Bell, Kaman, Westland and MBB, but these were too small for the mission. In early 1978 the Navy selected Sikorsky's S-70B design,[3] which was designated "SH-60B Seahawk".
SH-60B Seahawk
The SH-60B maintained 83% commonality with the UH-60A.[5] The main changes were corrosion protection, more powerful T700 engines, single-stage oleo main landing gear, replacing left side door with fuselage structure, adding two weapon pylons, and shifting the tail landing gear Script error: No such module "convert". forward to reduce the footprint for shipboard landing. Other changes included larger fuel cells, an electric blade folding system, folding horizontal stabilators for storage, and adding a 25-tube pneumatic sonobuoy launcher on left side.[6] An emergency flotation system was originally installed in the stub wing fairings of the main landing gear; however, it was found to be impractical and possibly impede emergency egress, and thus was subsequently removed.[citation needed]
Five YSH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III prototypes were ordered. The first flight of a YSH-60B occurred on 12 December 1979. The first production version SH-60B achieved its first flight on 11 February 1983. The SH-60B entered operational service in 1984 with first operational deployment in 1985.[4]
The SH-60B LAMPS Mk III is deployed primarily aboard frigates, destroyers, and cruisers. The primary missions of the SH-60B are surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare.
The SH-60B carries a complex system of sensors including a towed Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) and air-launched sonobuoys. Other sensors include the APS-124 search radar, ALQ-142 ESM system and optional nose-mounted forward looking infrared (FLIR) turret. It carries the Mk 46, Mk 50, or Mk 54 torpedo, AGM-114 Hellfire missile, and a single cabin-door-mounted M60D/M240 7.62 mm (0.30 in) machine gun or GAU-16 .50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun.
A standard crew for a SH-60B is one pilot, one ATO/Co-Pilot (Airborne Tactical Officer), and an enlisted aviation warfare systems operator (sensor operator). Operating squadrons are designated Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, Light (HSL).
The SH-60J is a version of the SH-60B for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The SH-60K is a modified version of the SH-60J. The SH-60J and SH-60K are built under license by Mitsubishi in Japan.[7][8]
After the SH-60B entered service, the Navy began development of the SH-60F to replace the SH-3 Sea King.[9] Development of this variant began with the award of a contract to Sikorsky in March 1985. An early-model SH-60B (Bu. No. 161170) was modified to serve as a SH-60F prototype.[10] The company was contracted to produce seven SH-60Fs in January 1986 and the first example flew on 19 March 1987.[11]
The SH-60F primarily serves as the carrier battle group's primary antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. The helicopter hunts submarines with its AQS-13F dipping sonar, and carries a 6-tube sonobuoy launcher. The SH-60F is unofficially named "Oceanhawk".[11] The SH-60F can carry Mk 46, Mk 50, or Mk 54 torpedoes for its offensive weapons, and it has a choice of fuselage-mounted machine guns, including the M60D, M240D, and GAU-16 (.50 caliber) for self-defense. The standard aircrew consists of one pilot, one co-pilot, one tactical sensor operator (TSO), and one acoustic sensor operator (ASO).
The HH-60H was developed in conjunction with the US Coast Guard's HH-60J, beginning in September 1986 with a contract for the first five helicopters. The variant's first flight occurred on 17 August 1988. Deliveries of the HH-60H began in 1989. The variant earned initial operating capability in April 1990.[11] The HH-60H's official DoD and Sikorsky name is Seahawk, though it has been called "Rescue Hawk".[12]
Based on the SH-60F, the HH-60H is the primary combat search and rescue (CSAR), naval special warfare (NSW) and anti-surface warfare (ASUW) helicopter. It carries various defensive and offensive sensors, it is one of the most survivable helicopters in the world.[citation needed] Sensors include a FLIR turret with laser designator and the Aircraft Survival Equipment (ASE) package including the ALQ-144 Infrared Jammer, AVR-2 Laser Detectors, APR-39(V)2 Radar Detectors, AAR-47 Missile Launch Detectors and ALE-47 chaff/flare dispensers. Engine exhaust deflectors provide infrared thermal reduction reducing the threat of heat-seeking missiles. The HH-60H can carry up to four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on an extended wing using the M299 launcher and a variety of mountable guns including M60D, M240, GAU-16 and GAU-17/A machine guns.
The HH-60H's standard crew is pilot, copilot, an enlisted crew chief, and two door gunners. The HH-60H is operated by Helicopter Antisubmarine (HS) squadrons with a standard dispersal of four F-models and three H-models. In Iraq, HH-60Hs were used by the Navy, assisting the Army, for MEDEVAC purposes and special operations missions.[citation needed] As the Navy transitions its Helicopter Antisubmarine (HS) squadrons to the MH-60S, remaining HH-60Hs are being transferred to its East and West coast special operations squadrons (HSC-84 and HSC-85, respectively).
The MH-60R was originally known as "LAMPS Mark III Block II Upgrade" when development began in 1993. Two SH-60Bs were converted by Sikorsky, the first of which made its maiden flight on 22 December 1999. Designated YSH-60R, they were delivered to NAS Patuxent River in 2001 for flight testing. The production variant was redesignated MH-60R to match its multi-mission capability.[13]
The MH-60R is designed to combine the features of the SH-60B and SH-60F.[14] Its sensors include the ASE package, MTS-FLIR, the AN/APS-147 multi-mode radar/IFF interrogator,[15] an advanced airborne fleet data link, and a more advanced airborne active sonar. It does not carry the MAD suite. Pilot instrumentation is based on the MH-60S's glass cockpit, using several digital monitors instead of the complex array of dials and gauges in Bravo and Foxtrot aircraft. Offensive capabilities are improved by the addition of new Mk-54 air-launched torpedoes and Hellfire missiles. All Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light (HSL) squadrons that receive the Romeo are redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) squadrons.[16] During a mid-life technology insertion project, the MH-60R fleet shall be fitted with the AN/APS-153 Multi-Mode Radar with Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination (ARPDD) capability.[17]
The Navy decided to replace its venerable CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in 1997. After sea demonstrations by a converted UH-60, the Navy awarded production contract for the CH-60S in 1998. The variant first flew in 27 January 2000 and it began flight testing later that year. The CH-60S was redesignated MH-60S in February 2001 to reflect its planned multi-mission use.[18] The MH-60S is based on the UH-60L and has many naval SH-60 features.[19] Unlike all other Navy H-60s, the MH-60S is not based on the original S-70B/SH-60B platform with its forward-mounted twin tail-gear and single starboard sliding cabin door. Instead, the S-model is a hybrid, featuring the main fuselage of the S-70A/UH-60, with large sliding doors on both sides of the cabin and a single aft-mounted tail wheel; and the engines, drivetrain and rotors of the S-70B/SH-60.[20][21]
It is deployed aboard aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, Maritime Sealift Command ships, and fast combat support ships. Its missions include vertical replenishment, medical evacuation, combat search and rescue, anti-surface warfare, maritime interdiction, close air support, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and special warfare support. The MH-60S is to deploy with the AQS-20A Mine Detection System and an Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) for identifying submerged objects in coastal waters. It is the first US Navy helicopter to field a glass cockpit, relaying flight information via four digital monitors. The primary means of defense is with the M60D, M240 or GAU-17/A machine guns. A "batwing" Armed Helo Kit based on the Army's UH-60L was developed to accommodate Hellfire missiles, Hydra 70 2.75 inch rockets, or larger guns. The MH-60S can be equipped with a nose mounted forward looking infrared (FLIR) turret to be used in conjunction with Hellfire missiles; it also carries the ALQ-144 Infrared Jammer.
The MH-60S is unofficially known as the "Knighthawk", referring to the preceding Sea Knight, though "Seahawk" is its official DoD name.[22][23] A standard crew for the MH-60S is one pilot, one copilot and two others depending on mission. With the retirement of the Sea Knight, the squadron designation of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) was also retired from the Navy. Operating MH-60S squadrons were re-designated Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC).[16] The MH-60S was to be used for mine clearing from Littoral-combat ships, but testing found it lacks the power to safely tow the detection equipment.[24]
On 6 August 2014, the U.S. Navy forward deployed the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to the U.S. 5th Fleet. The ALMDS is a sensor system designed to detect, classify, and localize floating and near-surface moored mines in littoral zones, straits, and choke points. The system is operated from an MH-60S, which gives it a countermine role traditionally handled by the MH-53E Sea Dragon, allowing smaller ships the MH-53E can't operate from to be used in the role. The ALMDS beams a laser into the water to pick up reflections from things it bounces off of, then uses that data to produce a video image for technicians on the ground to determine if the object is a mine.[25]
Operational history
The Navy received the first production SH-60B in February 1983 and assigned it to squadron HSL-41.[26][27] The helicopter entered service in 1984,[28] and began its first deployment in 1985.[26]
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The SH-60F entered operational service on 22 June 1989 with Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 10 (HS-10) at NAS North Island.[18] SH-60F squadrons planned to shift from the SH-60F to the MH-60S from 2005 to 2011 and were be redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC).[29]
As one of the two squadrons in the US Navy dedicated to Naval Special Warfare support and combat search and rescue, the HCS-5 Firehawks squadron deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. The squadron completed 900 combat air missions and over 1,700 combat flight hours. The majority of their flights in the Iraqi theater supported special operations ground forces missions.[citation needed]
A west coast Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41, received the MH-60R aircraft in December 2005 and began training the first set of pilots. In 2007, the R-model successfully underwent final testing for incorporation into the fleet. In August 2008, the first 11 combat-ready Romeos arrived at HSM-71, a squadron assigned to the carrier John C. Stennis. The primary missions of the MH-60R are anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. According to Lockheed Martin, "secondary missions include search and rescue, vertical replenishment, naval surface fire support, logistics support, personnel transport, medical evacuation and communications and data relay."[30]
HSL squadrons in the US have been incrementally transitioning to the MH-60R and have nearly completed the transition. The first MH-60Rs in Japan arrived in October 2012. The recipient was HSM-51, the Navy's forward deployed LAMPS squadron, homebased in Atsugi, Japan. The Warlords transitioned from the SH-60B throughout 2013, and shifted each detachment to the new aircraft as they returned from deployments. HSM-51 will have all MH-60R aircraft at the end of 2013. The Warlords are joined by the Sabrehawks of HSM-77, who will also fly the MH-60R in Japan.
On 23 July 2013, Sikorsky delivered the 400th MH-60, an MH-60R Seahawk, to the U.S. Navy. The Navy operates 166 MH-60R versions and 234 MH-60S versions. The MH-60S is in production until 2015 and will total a fleet of 275 aircraft, and the MH-60R is in production until 2017 and will total a fleet of 291 aircraft. The two models have flown 660,000 flight hours. Seahawk helicopters are to remain in Navy service into the 2030s.[31]
The SH-60B Seahawk completed its last active-duty deployment for the U.S. Navy in late-April 2015 after a seven-month deployment aboard the USS Gary (FFG-51). After 32 years and over 3.6 million hours of service, the SH-60B was formally retired from US Navy service during a ceremony on 11 May 2015 at Naval Air Station North Island.[32][33]
Other and potential users
Spain ordered 12 S-70B Seahawks for its Navy.[34] Spain requested six refurbished SH-60Fs through a Foreign Military Sale in September 2010.[35][36]
Australia requested approval to buy 24 MH-60Rs through a Foreign Military Sale in July 2010.[37] The MH-60R and the NHIndustries NH90 were evaluated by the Royal Australian Navy. On 16 June 2011, it was announced that Australia would purchase 24 of the MH-60R variant, to come into service between 2014 to 2020.[38] The helicopter selected is to replace older Seahawks currently in service.[39][40]
The Royal Danish Navy (RDN) put the MH-60R on a short list for a requirement of around 12 new naval helicopters, together with the NH90/NFH, H-92, AW159 and AW101. The Request For Proposal was issued on 30 September 2010.[41] In November 2010, Denmark requested approval for a possible purchase of 12 MH-60Rs through a Foreign Military Sale.[42][43] In November 2012, Denmark selected 9 MH-60Rs to replace its 7 aging Lynx helicopters.[44]
In July 2009, the Republic of Korea requested eight MH-60S helicopters, 16 GE T700-401C engines, and related sensor systems to be sold in a Foreign Military Sale.[45] However, South Korea instead chose the AW159 in January 2013.[46] In July 2010 Tunisia requested 12 refurbished SH-60Fs through a Foreign Military Sale.[47] But the change in government there in January 2011 may interfere with an order.[48]
In February 2011, India selected the S-70B over the NHIndustries NH90 for an acquisition of 16 multirole helicopters for the Indian Navy to replace its aging Westland Sea King fleet; the order include an option for 8 additional aircraft.[49] India selected the Seahawk and confirmed procurement in November 2014.[50]
In 2011, Qatar requested a potential Foreign Military Sale of up to 6 MH-60R helicopters, engines and other associated equipment.[51] In late June 2012, Qatar requested another 22 Seahawks, 12 fitted with the armed helicopter modification kit and T700-401C engines with an option to purchase an additional six Seahawks and more engines.[52][53]
In 2011 Singapore bought six S-70Bs and then in 2013 ordered an additional two.[54]
In 2015, Saudi Arabia requested the sale of ten MH-60R helicopters and associated equipment and support for the Royal Saudi Navy.[55][56]
U.S. versions
- YSH-60B Seahawk: Developmental version, led to SH-60B; five built.[57]
- SH-60B Seahawk: Anti-submarine warfare helicopter, equipped with an APS-124 search radar and an ALQ-142 ESM system under the nose, also fitted with a 25-tube sonobuoy launcher on the left side and modified landing gear; 181 built for the US Navy.
- NSH-60B Seahawk: Permanently configured for flight testing.[57]
- CH-60E: Proposed troop transport version for the U.S. Marine Corps. Not built.[58]
- SH-60F "Oceanhawk": Carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare helicopter, equipped with dipping sonar; 76 built for the U.S. Navy.[59]
- NSH-60F Seahawk: Modified SH-60F to support the VH-60N Cockpit Upgrade Program.[57]
- HH-60H "Rescue Hawk": Search-and-rescue helicopter for the U.S. Navy; 42 built.
- XSH-60J: Two U.S.-built pattern aircraft for Japan.
- SH-60J: Anti-submarine warfare helicopter for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
- YSH-60R Seahawk:
- MH-60R Seahawk:
- YCH-60S "Knighthawk":
- MH-60S "Knighthawk":
- HH-60/MH-60 Jayhawk: U.S. Coast Guard version, developed from HH-60H.
Export versions
- S-70B Seahawk: Sikorsky's designation for Seahawk. Designation is often used for exports.
- S-70B-1 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Spanish Navy. The Seahawk is configured with the LAMPS (Light Airbone Multipurpose System)
- S-70B-2 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Royal Australian Navy, similar to the SH-60B Seahawk in U.S. Navy operation.
- S-70B-3 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Also known as the SH-60J. The JMSDF ordered 101 units, with deliveries starting in 1991.
- S-70-4 Seahawk: Sikorsky's designation for the SH-60F Oceanhawk.
- S-70-5: Sikorsky's designation for the HH-60H Rescue Hawk and HH-60J Jayhawk.
- S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk: the Greek military variant which is a blend of the SH-60B and F models, based on Taiwan's S-70C(M)1/2.
- S-70B-7 Seahawk: Export version for the Royal Thai Navy.
- S-70B-28 Seahawk: Export version for Turkey.
- S-70C: Designation for civil variants of the H-60.
- S-70C(M)-1/2 Thunderhawk: Export version for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy, equipped with an undernose radar and a dipping sonar.
- S-70C-2: 24 radar-equipped UH-60 Black Hawks for China, the delivery of the helicopters was halted by an embargo.
- S-70C-6 Super Blue Hawk: Search-and-rescue helicopter for Taiwan, equipped with undernose radar, plus provision for four external fuel tanks on two sub wings.
- S-70C-14: VIP transport version for Brunei; two built.
- S-70A (N) Naval Hawk: Maritime variant that blends the S-70A Black Hawk and S-70B Seahawk designs.
- S-70L: Sikorsky's original designation for the SH-60B Seahawk.
- Danish Navy (9 on order)[60]
- See SH-60J/K
Specifications (SH-60B)
Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory,[62] Navy fact file,[22] and Sikorsky S-70B[63][64]
- Crew: 3–4
- Capacity: 5 passengers in cabin, slung load of Script error: No such module "convert". or internal load of Script error: No such module "convert". for B, F and H models; and 11 passengers or slung load of Script error: No such module "convert". for S-model
- Length: 64 ft 8 in (19.75 m)
- Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16.35 m)
- Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
- Disc area: 2,262 ft² (210 m²)
- Empty weight: 15,200 lb (6,895 kg)
- Loaded weight: 17,758 lb (8,055 kg) ; for ASW mission
- Useful load: 6,684 lb (3,031 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 21,884 lb (9,927 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft, 1,890 shp (1,410 kW) take-off power each
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- Range: 450 nmi (Script error: No such module "convert".) at cruise speed
- Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,580 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,650 ft/min (8.38 m/s)</ul>Armament
- Up to three Mark 46 torpedos or Mk-54s,
- AGM-114 Hellfire missile, 4 Hellfire missiles for SH-60B and HH-60H and MH-60R, 8 Hellfire missiles for MH-60S Block III.
- AGM-119 Penguin missile (being phased out),
- M60 machine gun or, M240 machine gun or GAU-16/A machine gun or GAU-17/A Minigun
- Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) using Mk 44 Mod 0 30 mm Cannon
See also
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- Related development
- Sikorsky S-70
- Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
- Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
- Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk
- Mitsubishi H-60
- Piasecki X-49
- Sikorsky S-92/CH-148 Cyclone
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Boeing-Vertol YUH-61
- Eurocopter AS565 Panther
- Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite
- Kamov Ka-27
- Harbin Z-9
- Westland Lynx
- Related lists
- Notes
- ^ MH-60R Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) (PDF), US Department of Defense, 31 December 2011, p. 11, retrieved 2013-04-27
- ^ MH-60S Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) (PDF), US Department of Defense, 31 December 2011, p. 14, retrieved 2013-04-27
- ^ a b c Leoni 2007, pp. 203–4.
- ^ a b Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk, Vectorsite.net, 1 July 2006.
- ^ Eden, Paul. "Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk", Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft, p. 431. Amber Books, 2004. ISBN 1-904687-84-9.
- ^ Leoni 2007, pp. 206–9.
- ^ Mitsubishi (Sikorsky) SH-60J (Japan). Jane's, 17 April 2007.
- ^ Mitsubishi SH-60K Upgrade[dead link]. Jane's, 11 June 2008.
- ^ Leoni 2007, p. 211.
- ^ "Bureau (Serial) Numbers of Naval Aircraft" (PDF).
- ^ a b c Donald 2004, p. 158.
- ^ SH-60 Multipurpose Helicopter at Aerospaceweb.org
- ^ Donald 2004, pp. 161-162.
- ^ Donald 2004, p. 161.
- ^ "MH-60R Equipment Guide". Military.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ a b Airscoop, US Navy, 2003, retrieved 2011-06-30
- ^ "Telephonics to supply AN/APS-153 radars for US MH-60R aircraft". Naval Technology. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ a b Donald 2004, pp. 159-160.
- ^ Donald 2004, pp. 160-161.
- ^ MH-60S Knighthawk — Multi-Mission Naval Helicopter, USA, Naval Technology, retrieved 2008-10-05
- ^ Air Cache: MH-60 KnightHawk
- ^ Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter, Fact File[dead link]. Sikorsky. checked 2008-10-05
- ^ LaGrone, Sam. "MH-60S underpowered for MCM towing operations, report finds." Jane's Information Group, 21 January 2013.
- ^ U.S. Navy deploys its new Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) for the first time - Navyrecognition.com, 6 August 2014
- ^ a b Donald 2004, pp. 156–157.
- ^ Tomajczyk 2003, p. 55.
- ^ Leoni 2007, p. 205.
- ^ Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, Pacific. GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ "MH-60R Helicopter Departs Lockheed Martin To Complete First Operational Navy Squadron". Lockheed Martin, July 30, 2008.
- ^ Sikorsky Delivers 400th MH-60 SEAHAWK Helicopter to U.S. Navy - Marketwatch.com, 23 July 2013
- ^ Alford, Abbie (11 May 2015). "Navy retires the SH-60B Seahawk". San Diego: CBS 8.
- ^ USS Gary Returns From Final Deployment; Also Last for SH-60B Seahawks - News.USNI.org, 20 April 2015
- ^ Leoni 2007, pp. 303-304.
- ^ "Spain – Refurbishment of SH-60F Multi-Mission Utility Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Spain seeks more Seahawk helicopters". Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ "Australia – MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 9 July 2010.
- ^ [1] Australian Broadcasting Corporation Online, 16 June 2011
- ^ "Australia requests US helicopters". Rotothub, 29 April 2010.
- ^ "MH-60R or NH90 NFH - Australia plans to buy 24 naval combat helicopters". Defpro.com, 29 April 2010.
- ^ Danish Request For Proposal. forsvaret.dk
- ^ "Denmark – MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 30 November 2010.
- ^ Hoyle, Craig. "Denmark requests Seahawk helicopter buy". Flightglobal.com, 13 December 2010. Retrieved: 14 December 2010.
- ^ Hoyle, Craig. "Denmark confirms MH-60R selection to replace Lynx helicopters". Flightglobal.com, 21 November 2012. Retrieved: 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Korea – MH-60S Multi-Mission Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 22 July 2009.
- ^ "South Korea picks AW159 for maritime helicopter deal". Flight International, 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Tunisia – Refurbishment of Twelve SH-60F Multi-Mission Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 2 July 2010.
- ^ SH-60F Seahawk Helis for Tunisia
- ^ "India to go for open bidding for Navy deal, rejects US offer". Economic Times, 18 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.janes.com/article/45511/indian-mod-opts-for-seahawk-in-navy-s-mrh-tender
- ^ http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/Qatar_11-26.pdf
- ^ "Qatar – MH-60R and MH-60S Multi-Mission Helicopters". US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 28 June 2012.
- ^ Sambridge, Andy (30 June 2012). "Qatar keen on $2.5bn US helicopters deal". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ Waldron, Gregg (February 20, 2013). "Singapore orders two additional S-70B helicopters". Flightglobal. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/163865/us-approves-$1.9bn-sale-of-mh_60r-helicopters-to-saudi-arabia.html
- ^ http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/kingdom-saudi-arabia-mh-60r-multi-mission-helicopters
- ^ a b c DoD 4120-15L, Model Designation of Military Aerospace Vehicles. US DoD, 12 May 2004.
- ^ Donald, David, ed. "Sikorsky S-70". The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. ISBN 0-7607-0592-5.
- ^ "S-60B (SH-60B Seahawk, SH-60F CV, HH-60H Rescue Hawk, HH-60J Jayhawk, VH-60N) - Sikorsky Archives". Sikorsky Aircraft.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j World Air Forces 2014 "World Air Forces 2014" (PDF). Flightglobal Insight. 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ http://www.sikorsky.com/pages/AboutSikorsky/PressreleaseDetails.aspx?pressreleaseid=278
- ^ Taylor, M J H (editor) (1999), Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition, Brassey's, ISBN 1-85753-245-7
- ^ S-70B Seahawk Technical Information, 2001.
- ^ S-70B Seahawk Mission Brochure. Sikorsky.com.
- Bibliography
- A1-H60CA-NFM-000 NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model H-60F/H Aircraft
- Donald, David ed. "Sikorsky HH/MH/SH-60 Seahawk". Warplanes of the Fleet. AIRtime, 2004. ISBN 1-880588-81-1.
- Leoni, Ray D. Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. ISBN 978-1-56347-918-2.
- Tomajczyk, Stephen F. Black Hawk. MBI, 2003. ISBN 0-7603-1591-4.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to SH-60 Seahawk.
- S-70B Seahawk page on Sikorsky.com
- SH-60 fact file and SH-60 history page on US Navy site
- SH-60, HH-60H, MH-60S pages on Globalsecurity.org


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The newest must-have for baby is the iPhone: Toddler-friendly applications are now available on the devices, the Washington Times reported.
Applications like the recently released Shape Builder and ABC Memory Match are aimed at kid users who can play with blocks, match letters and numbers and put puzzles together on the iPhone by dragging and dropping items on the screen.
The new programs are a positive way to keep kids occupied while parents are busy running errands, supporters said.
"I think they can be a great way to engage your child whether you're in the grocery store line or in the car," expert toy analyst Len Simonian told the Times
"They also eliminate the need to bring yet another gadget, like a portable DVD player," Simonian said.
Critics say the apps give children yet another screen to zone-out in front of and enable them to disengage from the outside world.
"What about conversation? What about standing in the grocery store line and talking about the colors of the chewing gum packets?" asked Dr. Michael Rich, a Harvard Medical School assistant pediatrics professor.
"What about giving them a little notebook and letting them draw and write what they see, instead of making them psychologically dependent on digital media?" Rich said.
Pencil? Paper? Human interaction? What is this, the Stone Age?
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2013 Business Ideas for Women, an Updated Article by Sandy McQueen, Currently Trendingby Jacob Willam SEO Wizard
The power of the Internet has created many business opportunities even for stay home mothers who have no more time going to a typical nine to five office job. With more women choosing to be entrepreneurs, finding 2013 Business Ideas for Women has been a trending topic for the first quarter of this year.
For this reason, popular Internet marketing expert Sandy McQueen has recently announced that she has updated one of her well-liked articles published on her blog, McQueenAtHome.com .
Posted on October of 2012, the article has given businesswomen tips and hints about what businesses will be potential hits in 2013. Those who read the article last year and followed Sandy's tips are currently reaping the benefits of following her advice today.
At present, her tips written in the said article are still relevant according to her subscribers, as the year is not over yet. In line with this, she has announced that she has updated the information in her popular blog post to provide a more in-depth perspective on the subject.
"These are 2013 business ideas for women that are growing in demand. In many cases you can work hours that are convenient for you, and you do not need a lot of money to get started." says Sandy in her updated article post.
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From Social Workers to First Responders, D.C. Residents Make Kaheem's Wish Come True
Sometimes, superheroes hide in plain sight. Even the most-famous of them barely conceals his true identity (putting on glasses and pretending to be a newspaper reporter doesn't fool many people, especially not evil geniuses).
Super Kaheem fits that mold. His real name is even part of his superhero identity and his mild-mannered kindergarten alter-ego. Of course, if you're as powerful as Super Kaheem, you don't really need to hide your identity from evil-doers and their minions. Before he discovered his super powers and was known simply as Kaheem, he faced a terrible, implacable, uncaring foe that has disrupted the lives of millions of people around the world: cancer.
Next to cancer, the criminals responsible for a mysterious crime wave in Washington, D.C., were less-intimidating to Super Kaheem. With help from a council of superheroes, he tackled an array of missions using super powers he gained from drinking a mysterious potion. Santa Claus is stuck on a Ferris wheel? Super Kaheem soon had him free and ready to bring presents to children across the globe. There's a flag missing from the Capitol? Super Kaheem soon recovered it from the clutches of evil. Sports mascots tied up at the Newseum? Super Kaheem saved the day for them, too.
Granting Kaheem's wish involved hundreds of caring people in Washington, D.C. Starting with the hospital social worker who referred Kaheem for a wish to the first responders who volunteered their time, members of the community came together to make a lasting, meaningful change in his life. Friends and neighbors had a great time bonding over their shared experience making a wish come true.
So even though everyone clearly knows Super Kaheem's real identity, the forces of darkness have no power over him. He united his community and shared the encouragement and renewal of his wish with everyone who was part of the experience. And no villain can withstand a superpower like that.
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Systematic racism plagues many of our American institutions, and our system of higher learning is no different. As such, we as a fraternity have to remain proactive in the fight for racial, economic, and social justice. That's why the events we have currently watched unfold on the University of Missouri campus, as unfortunate as they are, come as no surprise to those who continue to feel the all too real symptoms of racism in our culture. I have been in constant contact with our brothers of Zeta Alpha chapter seated at the University of Missouri. Zeta Alpha chapter president, Brother Phelan Simpkins, Missouri Students Association president, Brother Payton Head, and Brother Anthony Sherrils, a Mizzou football player, have been exhibiting outstanding leadership throughout the events of this week.
They weren't alone as students and faculty took a stand to make the University of Missouri a better establishment, particularly the Mizzou football players, who unified not only to take an action for social justice but one with economic implications. These student-athletes supported their fellow UM student, Jonathan Butler, member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, who staged a hunger strike until UM president Tim Wolfe resigned. Everyone who came together did so not because it would be instantly beneficial individually but to create the long-term change needed as a community.


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Let's suppose we have a Scheme $X$ over the the field $k$, where such a field can be though to be either $\mathbb{C}$ or a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. Then having this in mind, Where do we find some representative examples where Geometry governs arithmetic? That is to say, examples where the geometry (or topology) of $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$ dictates the arithmetic behavior over $\mathbb{F}_q$.
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You sir, have just made my entire month. :D
Cheers! qwerty,they look great,a lot better than the originals.:)
Outsanding, my sincere congratulations!
zomg thank you!!!
edit: I tested these out and they really are amazing; qwerty, I hope that you are able to do the same with the other clothing (particularly shirts, shoes, and skirts), because these are great!!!
Just letting you know that I started similar thing for skirts:
Female meshes are mostly done
Excellent! They really do look amazing in game :)
You are amazing at this! Thanks again.
qwertyasdfgh wrote:
Just letting you know that I started similar thing for skirts:
Female meshes are mostly done
Hooray!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
They look really good.
Awwesome work qwertyasdfgh!
I can't wait to see the original Vvaardenfell fashions revived. This is definitely something to look forward to.
Damn Qwerty, that looks freakin good man!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it :)
Male models:
Now all that's left is to duplicate the meshes several times, applying different textures and create some normal maps
Skirt update is out:
New esp includes both pants and skirts. However you still need to download archive from first post (if you haven't already) for the resourses.
Skirts use HGEC female and Robert's male bodybase. If you're using other body replacers there might be visual oddities (mostly with short skirts)
Really getting the Morrowind nostalgia back now! :D
Yea, I think that clothes with original design realy add a lot to atmosphere. That's exactly why I started this replacer.
Thanks for the update!
Which versions of HGEC and Robert's male did you use for these?
HGEC Default Lowerbody and Robert's 'Average' (V5)
I was thinking about this a few moments ago and remembered Hashmi1's Robes Restored resource. I thought you might be interested. maybe you could find a use for it?
Yeah, I've seen this (it's part of existing clothing replacer)
Maybe I'll update the rest of the robes, so the replacer would be complete.
And this will still leave us with shirts and shoes
Shirts probably will be very time-consuming, since most of them are unique (unlike pants\skirts where you can just apply different textures to same models)
Also, lets not forget rings and amulets. Converting them is relatively easy, but redirecting records in CS to new models is very boring :)
I know, every time I rebuild my bashed patch I compulsively assign every Bosmer lore-correct pitch black eyes. it takes forever with all my mods. I can only imagine doing the same with every model, ground model, and icon, for every piece of clothing in morrowind.
I'm slowly continuing this replacer - working on shoes and robes right now.
For shoes I mostly re-use Morrowind meshes fitted to Oblivion body, but some of them are just so bad that I have to recreate everything from scratch, like in this example:
For robes I'm making better ground models for Hashmi's restored robes
Still need to convert about 8 robes, but this shouldn't be hard.
Beautiful! Looking great! :-D
Thanks :)
I almost finished the shoes. Here're some more examples (the first one is questionable, but this is as close as I could get to original design, without it looking super ugly):
Common shirt 01 - the first fully converted shirt
I'm also trying to make female robes less bulky. Something like this:
Great job you're doing, thank you!
Sure, go ahead. Note that, only pants and skirts are currently available for download. Next release will include shoes and (hopefully) robes - you can expect it in a week or so. (it will include some tweaks and updates to previously released meshes as well)
A little later than expected, but ver. 1.2 is here :)
- Added missing skirt model
- New, more badass, ground models for pants
- Some pants were given different shapes to increase diversity. Examples:
- All 19 shoes variations (pictures in the posts above)
- Included 21 robes converted by Hashmi + 4 more robes converted by me (6 robes still need to be coverted)
- A few robes have updated ground and female models (see posts above)
- 2 Shirts: Common01 (male and female), exquisite (male only):
- Mod packed into single archive, all textures optimized. Added Bash tags: {Graphics, NoMerge}
Download (When installing, overwrite all previous files)
Fix for corrupted pants mesh which displayed as a stretched piece of polygons ingame. I wonder how no one noticed that :D
lol, probably no one put on those particular pants. nice work.
I've been using this and I wanted to say thanks. :)
Sadly, mediafile blocked this file. Any possibility to reupload?
Both links from first post work for me. Why would mediafire block it anyway?
Download screen looks like this for me. :(
Do you know a reliable file sharing service where I can reupload it? Nevermind, see below.
Alright, I just uploaded it to the forum. Hope that'll work.
I haven't installed it yet, but the DL worked okj ..
Install works ok.
I dont use hgec so I cant use the mod, but it looks ok to me.
Excellent work!!
qwertyasdfgh, many thanks for upload.
Something strange going on with mediafile. I see this "Archive blocked" screen more and more often.
I had a file up on mediafire that just gave someone that exact same error! I wonder what's going on...
Mine was 7z as well, so I'm reuploading as a zip, maybe that has something to do with it.
And yeah, the clothing is a sight for sore eyes. It's so good to see the old Morrowind Style... except without being so blocky. :D Thanks qwerty!
Improved some more robes lately
Downloaded and installed picture look Good,Look even better in Game
Thanks Qwertyasdfgh
Was just reading this and noticed nobody had posted anything for a month. Have you made any more updates on this mod and have you added the most recent robes to the download?
No, not yet.


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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. I wasn't completely prepared when an opportunity arose, but I ended up getting a bit lucky anyway. That's how my world works.
Let's say you raise some bees. All of those bees hopefully generate enough labor to yield some honey. That honey doesn't just magically appear in bear-shaped bottles. Not even close. It must be extracted from the frames where it is originally produced and stored. That extraction process can be a little bit involved, or it can be majorly involved. It's your choice. My preference was for some significant mechanical involvement. The other option was to get ourselves a manual extractor. We're talking hand-crank equipment in that scenario. It's on par with churning our own butter.
Get real. I'm more of the "flip-this-switch-and-see-what-happens" variety of entrepreneur. So we bought a halfway decent extractor that is powered by an electric motor. Take the frames out of the hives, carefully set them in the extractor so that they are balanced against one another, then toss the cover on that puppy, flip the switch and stand back while all of the golden stream of revenue starts to flow from the bottom of the machine.
The concept sounds good, right? Now let's review the background for the scene. Bees aren't terribly wild about you coming into their hive and swiping all of their frames of honey. You can do it, but a few things have to happen for you to do it without any kind of retribution on the bees' part. The removal works best if you do it toward the very end of the day, under cover of darkness. The bees are relatively quiet then.
Actually, it's not so much the removal of the frames that's time-critical as it is the extraction of the honey. Put yourself in a full-body bee suit and you can do the removal any time you want. Here's where the irony comes back to kick your butt. Honey flows best when it's warm. Bees are most active when it's warm. Do your work in the dark and you won't be at risk of being stung by the bees. Do your work in the dark when it's cool and your honey will flow a bit like molasses in the winter.
Now consider the geography of the extraction. Why not just bring the work inside and do it in the house, you ask? Hey, why not butcher the beef right there at the kitchen table, too? Take your pick. You can have a bloody mess in your kitchen, or you can have a sticky mess in your kitchen. Some stuff is best done outside. Other stuff is best done in a dedicated facility. We don't bring ears of corn inside to shell the kernels. We do that outside with mechanical help from a combine. We take animals to a meat locker to get them converted from live beings to packages of steaks and burgers.
We did our honey extraction last year after dark. We also did it in the yard, since we didn't want to mess up the kitchen with honey dripping everywhere and we didn't want to build a stand-alone facility for honey extraction. Playing with bees and honey in the middle of the night gets old in a hurry.
So, about this honey.
As George Carlin would say, we needed a place for our stuff. We wanted someplace where we could process honey and we wanted it to be easily accessible and clean enough to use for food production. Lo and behold, a guy named Craig and his list came to the rescue. Someone passed along a link to me of an ad from Craigslist for a small building. It was 10 ft. by 12 ft. and seemed to be just what we needed. It also happened to be located within a few miles of us. Better yet, it was owned by someone I knew. One half of the couple used to cut my hair. The other half of the couple used to be the foreman at the company where our livestock trailer was made. These weren't complete strangers who'd end up murdering me and mailing my carcass fragments in several small business reply envelopes like your average Craigslist consignor would / does. (I checked that on Snopes after I got it in a Fw: Fw: Fw: email. It's not just true, but fairly common. Look it up. "Cause of death: Craigslist" shows up on more death certificates than you think!)
Sherill and I took a short trip to the other side of rural Cresco and checked out the building. It looked like it would suit our needs quite nicely. The price was right, so we decided to take it.
Okay, that was a poor verb choice. We decided to buy it. Big difference. The buying was the easy part. The taking was another matter.
This is a portable building. It's not anchored to a concrete foundation. It's not built with poles stuck in the ground. It's a shed built on two beams with tapered ends. Realistically, a guy could just hook a chain onto that puppy and drag it home. Of course, a guy could just have two splinters left instead of beams by the time it was home, too. Nothing else I've ever dragged down the gravel has ever gotten better as a result. We didn't need to reinvent the wheel here; we just needed to apply the wheel properly.
That's when I went into detective mode. This shed didn't just sprout from the ground where it was, I surmised. It had to get there somehow. Surely it could leave the same way. I'd be hitting the Rewind and Play buttons on my DVR of life.
It got there on a truck, so it could leave on a truck. Get a truck to haul it for me. Preferably, it would be a truck with a hydraulic hoist and a tilt bed. Back up to it, tilt the bed, hook on to it and winch it onto the truck and then leave. Get home and do the whole lather-rinse-repeat process again in reverse. Pretty simple.
Multiple calls were made to people with trucks. A grand total of zero responses were generated. No one else wanted in on this rare opportunity.
That left me with only one option.
This shed was basically a large bale of hay. It needed to be moved and it needed to involve the least amount of effort and expense possible. If I can get several hundred packages of forage transported with, let's say, minimal collateral damage, how tough could one dinky shed be?
The plan was hatched and execution was begun. I opted to take the Ranch Hand with a gooseneck flatbed trailer with me to the other side of rural Cresco. We'd take the shed owner's skid loader and simply lift the shed onto my trailer. I'd drive it home and set it off here. Pretty simple.
The Ranch Hand and trailer were backed into position. The skid loader was positioned on one side of the building to raise it so the Ranch Hand and trailer could be backed underneath. That's when physics caught up with us. Lifting from one side of the building pretty much raised the building up on one side and caused the opposite side to go down. Even with a couple of us pushing as counterweight, we weren't lifting it up so much as we were tipping it over!
More hands make the work easier, right? If one loader is good, two have to be much better. Why not go home and bring a tractor and loader with pallet forks over to lift from the opposite side? We'd get a machine on each side and gently elevate that puppy skyward. Back the trailer under it, hit the Rewind button again and then it would be time to hit the road.
I got home and retrieved my loader tractor and put the pallet forks on it. On my way back to the crime scene, one of my potential haulers finally called me. He had just the ticket for me. It was a trailer that he uses to deliver buildings for a lumberyard. Perfect solution for me, he felt. Not elaborate at all, but effective. I could swing in and take a look at it, seeing as how I was two blocks past it at the moment he called.
His "trailer" was an I-beam with a ball hitch on one end and a set of wheels at the other end. In the middle of the 30-foot-long I-beam were two pieces of strap iron welded perpendicular to the beam. They were maybe five or six feet long. The shed would be gently lifted onto the strap irons and then transported to the destination.
Lots of things ran through my mind as I stopped and looked at the trailer. Words like "stark," "minimalist," "bare-bones," and "cobbled" kept coming up. They were part of a scene in my head that involved my new shed rolling off into a ditch somewhere on the way home. I decided to stick with my current plan.
Two heads are better than one. Two loaders are more impressive and effective than one, too. We managed to get our machines positioned and lifted the building off the ground with no problem. I backed the Ranch Hand and trailer underneath and we gently set the shed down onto its new mobile location.
Then came the fun part. There are laws of gravity and everything, but you can't forget the corollaries and amendments about momentum. Yeah, that shed looks really solid sitting on top of the trailer, but it's not a straight shot from where I was at the moment to my yard. There would be stops. There would be hills. There would be turns.
There would be tie-down straps!
This wasn't my first transport rodeo. I could very well be taking the same route home that I followed about fifteen years ago with a load of hay. That's the one that got me a spot in the Des Moines Register and kind of launched this whole column concept. It involved me, a load of hay, a stoplight, a free-wheeling bale of hay, a white Cadillac driven by a non-local and a front-end loader. You do the math.
We strapped the load soundly on this day, mainly because of that last event. What with the need for the loader tractor and the accompanying delay, it was now close to dark. I opted not to go home directly down Highway 9 through the middle of Cresco. Nope, I took a couple of side roads that let me get from Point A to Point B via Points C through about Q, without anyone wearing a badge even knowing I was out there. You see, I'd driven past several members of the region's law enforcement community enjoying a meal at an establishment on the highway in town as I went by in my loader tractor a short while before. Why interrupt their meal with a discussion over whether one of the multiple state troopers, or the DOT officer, or the city cop would be the one who gets to go outside and "write that moron a ticket" when I could let them eat in peace while I slipped by a mile or two away? I was doing them a favor. It was textbook Golden Rule stuff.
The new honey house successfully made its way back here to the farm with little trouble. Sure, there were some strange looks from the people I met on my route, but how often have you had to slow down as you met a building being pulled on a trailer by a Ranch Hand? Common stuff around here.
The building was gently lifted off the trailer and placed into position in the yard for its new role in the food industry. Just for fun, I may hoist it back onto the trailer at some point and pull into a local campground with it. I'll keep a couple boxes of bees on the front porch just to add that special redneck ambiance to the equation.
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First came the NiteRider Minewt 600 which was just 'ok' as it was rough and wasn't close to its 600 Lumen claims. Then came the Lumina 650 and it was light years better, as it was polished and honest at 647 measured Lumens.
So now comes the the Lumina 700. It's just a little better than the 650, but it is dialed already and is NiteRider's best selling light of all time, selling about 30,000 units last year.
Mounting is now improved with a clamp that is tightened with a hand lever. This ensures a proper hold on the bar for those high-speed, rocky descents. The USB charging port is now moved to the bottom of the light with a better seal. This protects it from moisture and dirt much better.
The real story here is the Lumina family of lights has expanded for 'more better' options and it's not just a bunch of weaker versions of the light in the same case. They actually put some thought and engineering in the other versions. They are as follows:
NiteRider Lumina Micro 220 – $70 micro light with 240 measured Lumens.
NiteRider Lumina 550 – $110 light with 558 Lumens.
NiteRider Lumina Flare 650 – $170 light with integrated tail light making it ideal for helmet mounted commuting.
NiteRider Lumina 700 – $140 with 692 measured Lumens.
- Price: $140
- Claimed Lumens: 700 Lumens
- Measured Lumens: 692 Lumens
- Measured MTBR Lux: 74 Lux
- Lumens per $: 4.94 Lumens
- Lumens per gram: 4.02 Lumens
- Time on High: 1:30 Hours
- Charge Time: 6:00 Hours
- Mounted Weight: 172 grams
- Category: Flashlight/Commuter
- Great improvements over MiNewt 600 and good bump from the Lumina 650
- Actual output of 692 is close to 700 claimed Lumens
- Excellent design and clamp
- Good value for the money
- Mount is easily removed and can be used as a great flashlight
- Great form factor and packaging
- Beam pattern has been cleaned up with a nice trapezoidal shape that is flatter on top and shines more light at the bottom
- It's one of the bigger lights at this output level
Instead of the snap-on strap, the Lumina 700 now has a mount that is a c-clamp type and is tightened with a hand adjustable screw. This allows a secure connection to keep it from moving out of place during rocky descents. Standard helmet mount is included.
Mtbr Light Meter Measurements
This light measured 74 Lux on our ambient light measurement facility. The light output measurement is performed by placing a Lux light meter beside the light. Both are pointed at the ceiling (five feet above) of a dark room. This measurement uses the ambient light produced by the bike light.
Integrating Sphere Measured Lumens
This light measured 692 Lumens in an integrating sphere. Claimed Lumens by the manufacturer is 700 Lumens. The Lumen-hour graph below shows how the light performs over the first three minutes of its battery cycle.
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Tunnel Beam Pattern Photo
The location is useful since it has walls and a ceiling that can display a bike light beam pattern. The walls have a lot of graffiti on them and actually show detail when they are lit up by a light with a wide angle. Cones and targets are set up with the far target set up at 120 feet.
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