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I have heard from Bob again. He got a couple of good Partial Eclipse images before it clouded over.
Here is part of the email he wrote to me -
"Colin it has been amazing here. So many stories to tell and pics to show but internet time is hard to get and I'm very busy and of course I can't get blogger here. At least we weren't totally blocked out with clouds and was able to get some partial eclipse pics before it totally clouded over, very super cool, and the sky went black like night for 5 minutes. Had people lined up to see my images and then thanking me. Chinese people are very polite, met lots of interesting people during the eclipse. I got a super video of the darkness and the reaction of the people around me when it happened which I will post when I get home."
Bob made the CNN website. He was a contact person in Shanghai and called them every 30 minutes or so to let them know how it was going. Here is a link to the CNN article. The CNN producer saw his website and emailed him to see if he'd be interested in doing an interview. How could he refuse?
"I have lots of stories and images to share when I get back, an experience of a lifetime! Bob"
On behalf of Bob, take care everyone, Astro-Nuts
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Total Solar Eclipse In Shanghai (well, not quite total)
I have heard from Bob again. He got a couple of good Partial Eclipse images before it clouded over.
24 comments:
- Stephanie B said...
Way cool! I can't wait.
- July 22, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Ivanhoe said...
Thanks AstroNut!
Bob, that's amazing! On my way to check out that CNN thingy. Cannot wait to hear your stories and see your pics :o)
- July 22, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Mary Anne Gruen said...
It sounds wonderful! Thanks for bringing over the pics and everything!
- July 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Susanne49 said...
Hi Bob,
all these sounds very exciting, also for us here "at home" :)
You're famous, man!! And I'm happy to have a famous blog friend!
Enjoy your fame :)
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- July 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Moonshadow said...
Cudos!!! Always knew you were newsworthy. Can't wait till you're home and filling us in on your adventures.
- July 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- TatianaV said...
Hey Bob, so glad that you were able to shoot some of the partial eclipse photos before it got all clouded, and will wait to see the videos and other shots when you get back home~ And congrats on the CNN collaboration - you rock mate ;)
- July 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM
- Cashmere said...
Totally cool! I simply can't wait.. :) Checking out the CNN now.. Congrats!! Don't forget us when you get famous! ;P
- July 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- betchai said...
wow, so cool, am so proud to know someone famous :)
hope you continue to enjoy your trip in China
- July 22, 2009 at 8:02 PM
- Genie said...
I was so afraid when I heard about the clouds in Shanghai yesterday, NO! I'm SO sorry he missed the total eclipse! But he sounds very happy all the same, bless him!
Can't wait for the coming updates!
- July 23, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...
Bob, you are a CNN reporter new. WOW!!! AWESOME!!! Can't wait for the rest of the China solar eclipse journey story.
Hugs, JJ
- July 23, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...
Meant "now" instead of "new". Too excited to be perfect. LOL
Hugs, JJ
- July 23, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Lynda Lehmann said...
Thanks for the update.
How interesting...He must be so excited with everything that's happening.
Yay, Bob! You are going to be interviewed by CNN!!!!!
- July 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Mikes Sumondong said...
this is really amazing! Thanks for the pictures!
- July 23, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Marvin the Martian said...
Cool, it's the end of the world!
- July 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- andrew said...
can't wait to see more!!!
- July 24, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- AngelBaby said...
Amazing pictures, wow! I can't wait to see the rest and read the stories, so cool! Congrats on getting famous on CNN, I hope you will still talk to me! LOL!
Have a great time!
Love and Blessings,
- July 24, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Anna said...
Hey Bob I am so happy for you. Your excitement just shines thousands of miles away from home. Congrats on CNN interview, its awesome. Two more days and we will be hearing all about it. Thanks to your buddy we were well informed. Anna :)
- July 26, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- Swubird said...
Quoted by CNN. Not bad. I think you're becoming an important amateur astronomy figure known around the world. Whoever said that blogging couldn't make you famous?
Happy trails.
- July 27, 2009 at 8:52 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Hey thanks everybody for your comments, it has been a super time and a growing experience to say the least.\m/\m/
- July 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Nancy J Locke said...
Swinging by for a wild wave on the eve of much anticipation for your future posts!!!
Swu's right. Blogging started me on a pubbing career. :D
Hugs, JJ
- July 28, 2009 at 7:49 AM
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Wow awesome pics....
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Lake Strom Thurmond, also known as Clarks Hill Lake, is a reservoir at the border between Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin. It was created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam during 1951 and 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near the confluence of the "Little River" and the Savannah River. At 71,000 acres (290 km2), it is the third-largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi River, behind the Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River and Lake Marion on the Santee River. The J. Strom Thurmond Dam is located upstream from Augusta, Georgia.
The Thurmond Lake and Dam is one of the southeast's largest and most popular public recreation lakes. The dam Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1946 and 1954 but the lake was filled during 1951 and 1952 as part of a flood control, hydropower, and navigation project.[1] Its legally authorized purposes now include recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish and wildlife management. Each year, millions of people utilize the many public parks, marinas, and campgrounds conveniently located around the lake to pursue a variety of outdoor recreational experiences -making Thurmond one of the 10 most visited Corps lakes in the nation.
Thurmond Lake is a man-made lake bordering Georgia and South Carolina on the Savannah, Broad, and Little Rivers. The lake is created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam located on the Savannah River 22 miles (35 km) above Augusta Georgia and 239.5 miles (385.4 km) above the mouth of the Savannah River. The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km²) of water with a shoreline of 1,200 miles (1,900 km)[citation needed]. The entire Thurmond "Project" contains 151,000 acres (611 km²) of land and water.
J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam is the first Corps of Engineers project to be built in the Savannah River Basin. Hartwell Lake and Dam the second project built in the basin was completed in 1963, and a third project, Richard B. Russell Lake and Dam was completed in 1985. Together these three lakes form a chain of lakes that is 120 miles (190 km) long. Congress authorized Thurmond Lake in 1944 and construction began in 1946. The project was completed in 1954 at a cost of $79 million.
Originally the project was to be called "Clarks Hill Dam". The "s" at the end of "Clarks" was omitted due to a clerical error in the original Congressional Authorization, and the project became "Clark Hill Dam". The authorization document outlined the plan of development for the basin with authorized purposes of power production, incidental flood control, and navigation. Later, recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish & wildlife management were added as authorized purposes. After that the dam was renamed "Clarks Hill Dam".
The 1966 Flood Control Act authorized the building of Trotters Shoals Lake and Dam on the Savannah River between Clarks Hill Lake and Hartwell Lake. This lake was later renamed to commemorate a late senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell who was very important in supporting the building of dams on the river. This created a movement to rename Clarks Hill Lake after J. Strom Thurmond, the longest serving senator in US history who was from Edgefield on the South Carolina side of the lake. This movement gained support due to the senator's great popularity in the area, and in 1988 the project was congressionally renamed "J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake at Clarks Hill"
Renaming of lake
Until 1988, the lake was called Clarks Hill Lake, after the nearby South Carolina town of Clarks Hill, and the Revolutionary War hero Elijah Clarke, whose burial place, on the grounds of Georgia's Elijah Clark State Park, is on the western shore of the lake. In 1987, however, Representative Butler Derrick of South Carolina introduced a bill before Congress to rename the lake after Strom Thurmond, the long-time Senator from South Carolina.[2]
The bill passed through Congress and local residents were quite angry the next year when they discovered that the lake had been renamed after a segregationist politician.[citation needed] In response, a group of Georgia legislators, led by Representative Doug Barnard, Jr. (who was, ironically, the only Georgia co-sponsor of the original 1987 bill) introduced a bill to rename the lake as "Clarks Hill" once again. That bill, however, was unsuccessful, and the name remained unchanged. Following the name change by the Federal government, on April 4, 1989 the State of Georgia legislature passed House Resolution No. 115 making "Clarks Hill" the official state name for both the dam and associated reservoir.[3] Accordingly, Georgia's map still refers to the lake as Clarks Hill.[4]
To this day, many residents of Georgia (as well as South Carolina), including most of those who live nearby, refer to the lake by its original name. Another noteworthy point is that man-made Lake Russell, the lake north of Clarks Hill along the Savannah River, was named after Richard B. Russell, Jr., Georgia's noted U.S. Senator and former governor, in the same 1987 bill.
See also
- ↑ Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam Hydropower
- ↑ http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0713-Thurmond-v--Clarks-Hill Clarks Hill or Lake Thurmond? The answer depends on your home state
- ↑ [1] Krinitzsky, Ellis L., Joseph B.Dunbar; Geological-Seismological Evaluation of Earthquake Hazards at J. Strom Thurmond Dam; US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station; Technical Report GL-93-18, August 1993.
- ↑ [2] Georgia Department of Transportation; 2006 Official State Map
External links
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- Protected areas of Columbia County, Georgia
- Protected areas of Lincoln County, Georgia
- Protected areas of McCormick County, South Carolina
- Protected areas of McDuffie County, Georgia
- Protected areas of Wilkes County, Georgia
- Reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Reservoirs in South Carolina
- Landforms of Columbia County, Georgia
- Landforms of Lincoln County, Georgia
- Landforms of McCormick County, South Carolina
- Landforms of McDuffie County, Georgia
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*sigh* as exciting of a game it was my god am I sick of prevent defense. All I ever see it do is leave people wide open for easy plays to move down the field and win games with field goals. It kind of makes victories feel cheep or too easy from my perspective. Then you'll hear nothing but praise about the QB coming back to win while ignoring the defense playing like complete dolts leaving people open for easy passes. Yup, so impressive.
In fact it seems like that's what half of passes look like in the nfl today, just guys passing to wide open receivers because of some badly played zone coverage where a defender just lets a WR run right pass them. That's why i don't put much stock into passing stats anymore. It all just looks too easy nowadays for so many QBs. I'll keep coming back to this game I love but dang do I feel more and more disappointed by how ridiculously easy it looks passing the ball is now, especially with how its hard enough coverage since you can't touch a damn guy covering anymore. It doesn't seem like anything on these winning drives are earned and that i'm watching a game of touch football.
Sorry for the rant, was kind of fuming after the game thinking, here we go again.
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Pete Carrol, this is what you get when you try to ice a kicker. You get burned.
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^Heh, honestly, I hope that the TV screen in Dallas Stadium collapses the night before and the lamest Super Bowl (even worse than Seattle and Pittsburgh) ever takes place at the Cotton Bowl on a Wednesday afternoon, cuz I don't like any of the remaining teams. But yet, my stupid ass will still watch it.
Weirdly enough, I dislike the Pats the least.
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Hmm, I appear to be two years behind in Super Bowl locations. In that case, let me edit:
Wishbone/triple option to the NFL?
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I had this exact same situation. Wind was really light so I couldnt relaunch, lost my board, kite was straight downwind. The wind started to pick up, but not enough for an easy relaunch. because I didnt have my board I couldnt give enough resistance to the kite to launch. Started to get dragged underwater - have worn an impact vest since. It makes it much more relaxing when you have to sort out problems. You can focus on the problem and not worry about having to tread water.frankm1960 wrote:Just for the hellofit ... at your local shallow water location... in 15kts, LE down on the water straight down wind... no board on your feet... let the kite drag you for a bit and see. As soon as you go to launch your kite from there the kite pretty much stops pulling... but until then it's pretty powered up and will drag you and you have to try pretty hard to keep your head above water. There is no upward pull at all. You'll need both hands to keep your head up. Try it.dyyylan wrote:Really? because I crash my kite like this all the time with boots on and lie back while relaunching my kite. and i live in florida, so i'm only using the flotation from my boardshorts and harness.frankm1960 wrote:
A LEI kite with it's LE in water will pull you hard down wind and there is zero upward force. You have to fight to keep your head above water until you can relaunch and this could take a while if your lines/bridals are tangled.
This isn't a normal situation ... but it did happen to me once when starting out... couldn't launch the kite (tangles in lines), seperated from my board, winds picked and it was dragging me pretty hard downwind...I was having a hard time keeping my head out of the water whilst trying to untangle the mess and re-launch. It was about 2min worth of dragging and the whole time wishing I hadn't forgot my pfd.
You never know when you're gonna need it except for the times you forget it... then it's pretty much garanteed that you're gonna need it


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Garland, who also was an involved owner of her namesake hotel in North Hollywood, died Friday after a long illness at her Hollywood Hills home, said son-in-law Packy Smith.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years and began with a supporting role in the 1950 film noir classic "D.O.A.," Garland appeared in about 40 films and scores of television shows.
"Not only was she a terrific actress, she was one of those special gals who was fun to work with," said Mike Connors, who appeared with Garland in director Roger Corman's low-budget 1955 film "Swamp Women" and later worked with her when she made guest appearances on his TV detective series "Mannix."
"She had a great sense of humor, she was very thoughtful and had a great laugh," Connors said. "You couldn't help but laugh with her when she laughed."
Despite her reputation for doing heavy drama -- including being nominated for an Emmy in 1955 for her performance as a leukemia patient in the pilot of the medical drama "Medic" -- Garland was best known to many for her comedy turn in "My Three Sons." She played the second wife of MacMurray's character, widower Steve Douglas, during the last three seasons of the popular series, which aired from 1960 to 1972.
"The only thing that bothers me is that everybody loves this character so much," Garland told The Times in 1969. "I don't remember anybody loving me all that much."
Garland also played her fair share of mothers in TV series. She was Stephanie Zimbalist's in "Remington Steele" and Kate Jackson's in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" in the 1980s, and Teri Hatcher's in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" in the '90s.
She also had recurring roles in the TV shows "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "7th Heaven" and the ABC soap opera "Port Charles."
Early in her career, Garland played undercover New York police officer Casey Jones in the 1957-59 syndicated series "Decoy," said to be the first American TV police series built around a female protagonist.
Garland's big-screen credits included roles in films such as "The Joker Is Wild" (1957), "Pretty Poison" (1968), "Where the Red Fern Grows" (1974) and "Airport 1975" (1974).
But her starring roles in low-budget exploitation films in the '50s such as "The Alligator People" gave her an enduring cult status.
For Corman, she starred in five films in the 1950s: "Gunslinger," "It Conquered the World," "Naked Paradise," "Not of This Earth" and "Swamp Women."
"Part of what made her a favorite of B-movie fans was that she was seldom a shrinking violet in her movies," Tom Weaver, a science-fiction and fantasy film expert, told The Times. "In fact, she was just the opposite."
In "It Conquered the World," "she grabs a rifle and goes gunning for the monster in its own lair. In 'The Alligator People,' she chases an alligator man into the swamp, and so on," he said.
"She didn't play the demure, reserved heroines very well," Weaver said.
She was born Beverly Fessenden, on Oct. 17, 1926, in Santa Cruz and grew up in Glendale, where she studied acting in high school and began working in little theater, which she continued after the family moved to Phoenix.
She became Beverly Garland when she married actor Richard Garland; they were divorced in 1953 after less than four years. An earlier, brief marriage to Bob Campbell when she was 18 also ended in divorce.
In 1960, she married real estate developer Fillmore Crank, a widower with two children, Cathleen and Fillmore Jr. They had two more children, Carrington Goodman and James Crank. In 1972, the couple built their mission-style hotel in North Hollywood, now called Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, which she remained involved in running. They also built a hotel in Sacramento that bore Garland's name in the '80s but later sold it.
Her husband died in 1999. Garland is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Plans for a memorial service are pending.
McLellan is a Times staff writer.


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Join the Nobile US demo tour, traveling around the USA and Canada for one month with a private plane.
In this thread you can follow where we are going to stop. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
These guys will be on the tour:
Dariusz Rosiak - Nobile owner
Mark Shinn - Nobile Owner (from Oregon on)
Mike Blomvall - team rider (until Cape Hatteras)
Scott - NA distribution
Toby - kiteforum.com
Gear available for testing:
- NHP (5 Line): 7-9-10-12-14
- 555 (4 Line): 9-10-12-14-16
- 555:
- 666: 129x39
- Shinn: 130x39
- Shinn Wave
- Skim Board
This is the current tour plan:
01. May Miami, Florida
02. May Jupiter, Florida
03. May Tampa Florida
04. May Jupiter, Florida
05. May plane pick up Vero Beach, Florida
06. May Fort Walton Beach Florida (looks more like Corpus Christie)
07. May Houston Texas
08. May South Padre Texas
09. May Corpus Christie
10. May Corpus Christie
11. May Corpus Christie
12. May Travel -
13. May San Carlos
14. May San Carlos
15. May Travel or Santa Cruz, or San Francisco
16. May Hood River Oregon
17. May Hood River Oregon
18. May Hood River Oregon
19. May Seattle, Washinton
20. May Squamish
21. May Squamish or Vancouver or Nitinat
22. May Nitinat
23. May travel and maybe stop in Saskatoon for casual demo
24. May Toronto
25. May Montreal or Quebec
26. May New York
27. May New Jersey
28. May Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
29. May Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
30. May Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
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01. Jun Charleston South Carolina
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Spring terminals added to signal conditioners
Pepperl+Fuchs 12.5mm-wide KC Series Signal Conditioners are now available with spring terminals to simplify and speed installation. In addition to their slim footprint, KC modules consume minimal power to reduce heat output when compared with competitive signal conditioners. They are designed to provide signal conditioning solution in control rooms with limited space in hazardous areas as well as general purpose locations. KC modules are also available with screw terminals.
The SIL-rated KC modules deliver broad range with 3-port isolation, and are easily programmed and configured in the field with pushbutton or dip switch logic functions. They provide limit detection with form C alarm contacts, as well as fault detection and alarm functionality. Additional features include loop-powered and analog isolators as well as removable terminals to reduce maintenance.
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Padraic Brady has posted about the release of three of his packages for OpenID functionality into PEAR:
After proposing these back in June/July (and getting held up by August's vacation!) I have gotten around to releasing three packages on PEAR which are required for an OpenID package later on.
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By Rik Henderson | Pocket-lint –
LucasFilm and Disney have confirmed that R2-D2 will return for the next Star Wars movie, to be directed by JJ Abrams.
The pint-sized robot will appear in Star Wars: Episode VII and the new version will be built by two men in the UK who are part of a fan-based Star Wars robot-building group.
Lee Towersey and Oliver Steeples were approached by bosses after their work was spotted at a covention in Germany. They have previously worked on Star Wars-themed commercials.
"It's a dream come true," said Steeples. "I hope I can live up to the expectations of the thousands of R2-D2 builders around the world, let alone the millions of Star Wars fans."
Although R2-D2 is returning, it is yet to be officially confirmed if he is being joined by C3PO. However, Anthony Daniels has hinted that he will be reprising the role he played in all six of the films so far.
"Yes, I am the only actor to be in all seven," he said during a spotlight panel at the New York Comic Con in October, before catching himself and adding a correction. "Six! Whatever."
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Embargoed for Friday release . ... If, in real life, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in the worlds of book writing and movie-making, it�s the way a big chunk of business is run. In those worlds, the phrase is, �If it�s a success, copy it.�
If, in real life, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in the worlds of book writing and movie-making, it�s the way a big chunk of business is run. In those worlds, the phrase is, �If it�s a success, copy it.�
The 2011 book �Divergent� and the new movie adaptation of it, are low-rent, watered-down versions of the hit book and film series �The Hunger Games.� You know, post-apocalypse, teen angst, innocent-young-girl-turns-into-political-warrior stuff. Both book series, by the way, are also trilogies, with �Insurgent� and �Allegiant� following �Divergent.�
In this newer version of the story, it�s 100 years after �the war,� and society has been broken down into five factions � five very different tribes, if you will � membership in which everyone must choose when they reach the age of 16. Faction names include: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite. No matter which one your family comes from, when you hit that special age, you can choose to stay with them or go off into a different one, where you will stay for the rest of your life, unless you become �factionless.�
You don�t want to be factionless. Those who are, at least in the movie, are seen roaming and gathering in the streets, the equivalent of hobos warming their hands over a fire. So you choose the one that your heart and mind tells you is right, then make sure you act accordingly so you won�t get thrown out and become factionless.
I�m not sure exactly how far into the future this takes place, but I�m going to guess that the education system must be in pretty good shape. Because if I had to choose one of those factions, the name of which explains what they�re all about, I wouldn�t know where to start. I know what candor and erudite meant, but who, among the 16-year-olds in the story and the young adult readers this series is aimed at, is going to know what �abnegation� means? Or �amity� or even �divergent?�
Yes, I had to look the words up. Then the story made some sense. Right, the story: Young Tris (Shailene Woodley) turns 16, goes, as she must, for her �faction aptitude test,� finds out she�s suitable for multiple factions (yeah, she�s divergent; now you don�t have to look it up), then chooses to leave her Abnegation family and become Dauntless (sorry, those words you do have to look up).
What we get is an action film with some hints of a budding love interest that takes place in front of a coming-of-age backdrop, with everything already mentioned happening amidst some confusing political intrigue. Adults make only brief appearances (Kate Winslet, Maggie Q and Mekhi Phifer among them), as the story stays mostly with the young characters: Ever-toughening Tris, seemingly emotionless Dauntless trainer Four (Theo James), and bullying Dauntless leader Eric (Jai Courtney).
There are a couple of first-rate visual effects sequences, including a bird attack and an underwater scene. But among the film�s insurmountable problems are the equally bad effects, including poorly rendered CGI people jumping off trains, and snarling dogs with obviously fake teeth. While Theo James is pretty good in a one-dimensional sort of way, Shailene Woodley is far from strong enough as a lead character. She might have less than one dimension on display, and the director should have found a way to keep her from rapidly and distractingly moving her eyes back and forth in close-ups.
In fairness to the writers, it�s a faithful adaptation of the book. Unfortunately the book isn�t very good, and the script may be too faithful. The film comes in at a lengthy 139 minutes (which is about how long it took me to read the book), and it starts to drag till it reaches its big, dumb climax and wide-open ending. But because of the success of book and its sequels, there will be built-in fans of the movie. And they only have to wait a year for the next one. �Insurgent� is set for release on March 20, 2015.
Ed Symkus covers movies for More Content Now.
Written by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor; directed by Neil Burger
With Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney
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This past weekend, I was up in NYC visiting my friend Sarah. As always, we had a great time. However, this time, I did learn a few things.
1) Central Park is a veeeery large circle and it is easy to get lost. Saturday morning, I left Sarah's apartment for a quick 40 minute jog. Since she lives just a few blocks from Central Park, it only made sense to do an out-and-back there. Plus, I had done this before. Well, my 40 minutes turned into over an hour, and I ended up doing 7+ miles. Once I hit the turn-around point (after about 22 minutes), I headed back exactly how I came. Except, I couldn't remember exactly which way that was. I headed one way, doubted myself, and the retraced my steps to head the other way. After running about a quarter-mile in that direction, I realized I was wrong and turned around to go the way I had the first time. I followed the road around to a park exit on 69th Street. Yessss! Sarah lives off 69th! I was so proud of myself, and felt like I could easily navigate myself in this huge city! I got about 3 blocks down the road when I realized, Sarah lives on EAST 69th Street, and I was on WEST 69th Street. UGH. I headed right back to the park. So then I followed the straightest path possible right through the park to end up on East 69th. And arrived at her door, an hour later. Yes, Central Park, next time I will carry a map. Or my phone. Probably both. And maybe ask for directions too.
2) Yummy tacos come with an odd/cool/unique decor. For linner (we skipped lunch in lieu of seeing The Hunger Games. BEST. DECISION. EVER.) we went to this little restaurant called Cascabel Taqueria. We started with the guac and it was perfect! I order the carnitas tacos, and they came topped with crispy rice. It was delicious! The tacos were so over stuffed, that you really only need 2 to make you full. The first one I attempted to eat like a real taco, but the second one, I had to go at it with a fork. And then there was the decor. Reminded me of Nacho Libre (I think that's what that movie was called?). Was a cute, fun theme. I DEF want to come here again (ya heard, Sarah!). There are soo many taco options to try!
3) Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean are AWESOME in concert! Yep! We headed out of the city, to New Jersey (i know..) to the IZOD Center. There we witnessed the awesomeness that is Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean. It was seriously so much fun! Also, must note, Luke Bryan's attempts to dance were just so freakin' cute!
(Sorry, no actual pics of Jason. I'll have to get Sarah to share some)
4) I like coconut water, but not tropical fruit coconut water. I thought it wold be awesome. I mean adding more tropical fruits to coconut sounds like perfection and happiness. But no. Eww. Gross. I feel betrayed by the pretty pink carton design. Eww. Can't even talk about it. Just don't make the same mistake I did.
All in all, it was a great weekend get-a-way. Next time, Sarah PROMISES to take me to one of the many cycling studios in her hood. So, I look forward to that adventure someday. 🙂 But for now, I need to take an adventure to Rite Aid to stock up on candy! Can you believe my candy drawer at work is empty??!!


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Next year, Pop Culture Shock will be releasing this Mortal Kombat statue based on Kitana.
Priced at $355, and due in Q2, it's an enormous 20" tall. There's also a limited edition version available for an extra $10, but seeing her face... it's weird. Nothankyou.
I like kitana and all but i could care less for her so ill pass now had it been my fav Jade or Mileena then i may consider it.
Your very own giant Mortal Kombat femme fatale...
The look on your mothers' face when you come in the front door with it...
There are some things money can't buy, dignity is one of them.
Looks really great , but $355 is too much.
just get a Vita or Wii U if you want to spend that much.
dam looks like The gold prices today are so high, anyway nice statue


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On Climate and Human Change – What Hurricane Sandy Tells Us
By now, the heartbreaking photos of neighborhoods swept to sea and a climbing death toll have reminded us all of the immeasurable pain and tragedy our environment can incur. We think of the millions of people who continue to be affected by the storm, the tens of thousands who have lost all that they own, and the hundreds who have lost their lives.
|Recovery in Breezy Point, New York. (David Friedman // NBC News)
Sandy also tells us a lot about ourselves. From a pessimistic standpoint, it shows human failure: our failure to listen to those who understand far better than most of us do the impact of human behavior on the atmosphere, our climate system, and the ecosystems that surround us.
While it is true that no singular weather event can be directly linked to human-caused global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – since its establishment in 1988 arguably the most thorough and meticulous scientific undertaking in human history – has reported with increasing confidence that weather extremes will become more frequent, more widespread, and more intense with rising greenhouse gas emissions. The IPCC's assessments, and those of many other leading scientific bodies, have led prominent commentators—among them Nobel laureates, prime ministers, presidents, secretary-generals, and even movie stars—to call out global warming as this century's greatest threat.
But Sandy demonstrates in dramatic fashion our inability to take more profound steps to tackle global challenges, despite our knowledge that we endanger ourselves if we don't. Sandy reveals our refusal to take responsibility for our actions and our skepticism that real change (of natural systems as well as of our own behavior) is possible.
The storm devastated the Caribbean before heading up the East Coast of the United States, then turned inland and finally crawled all the way up to Canada, reminding us that climate change is a shared threat that knows no national boundaries. It will impact certain regions differently than others, but all of humanity will be affected. And all humans will need to act. The scientific mainstream agrees that, in order to prevent a warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius (considered the absolute maximum of temperature increase without major disruptions to the climate system and many ecosystems), human-caused greenhouse gas emissions need to peak well before 2020, possibly 2015.
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Putting aside the drama and hardship that Sandy has caused, from an objective, distanced—and obviously insensitive—perspective, a "Frankenstorm" is not much more than another extreme weather event in line with the more frequent, more widespread, and more intense heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and storms—not to mention the changes in rainfall patterns, glacier thawing, polar melting, ocean acidification, and species extinctions—that have already been observed in recent decades.
Sandy illustrates what we cannot tire of emphasizing: if we don't want our climate system to spin out of control entirely, to the point of no return, then efforts to change must be made in all sectors and on all levels of human activity and interaction. From the individual to the local, from states and provinces to nations, from the regional to the global: we need change—political, technical, and behavioral change—wherever it can be achieved, as quickly as it can be achieved.
Which brings us to the positive end of what Sandy tells us: the remarkable response that humans are able to make when confronted with the absolute necessity to act—from the Republican governor who, at the peak of an election campaign praises the disaster response of a Democratic president, to the people who fought to save another's life when the storm struck, to the hundreds of thousands who are helping others, often strangers, cope with the abrupt changes that this catastrophe has brought. We can see that those communities that have begun to prepare for higher sea levels and stronger storms are faring better than those that didn't believe this would be necessary. And despite our rapid nearing of the 2°C threshold, we should not forget how much worse the impacts of climate change might already be without the many actions that humans have taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This can—and should—make us believe that, after all, change is possible.
Alexander Ochs | Re|Volt | November 02, 2012
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Pac-12 Morning Five: 12.01.11 EditionPosted by AMurawa on December 1st, 2011
- Just when you thought things were about to turn around a little bit for the Pac-12, and just when you thought Colorado was on the verge of being able to string together a few wins in a row following a solid win over Georgia on Monday night and a manageable schedule in front of them, the Buffaloes go and shoot 44.8% from the free throw line and lose a tough one against in-state rival Colorado State. CU fought back from a ten-point deficit early in the second half to tighten things up, only to have the Rams jump back out to an eight-point lead with under 90 seconds remaining. However, a 10-1 run over the next 75 seconds capped by a Nate Tomlinson steal of a CSU inbounds pass and an ensuing layup gave the Buffs a brief lead. But CSU's Dorian Green took the ball out from coast to coast and hit a jumper in the lane to give CSU the lead right back. Tomlinson was almost the hero again, but his three-pointer at the buzzer rimmed out.
- The other two games Wednesday night featured Pac-12 wins against uninspiring competition, with USC holding UC Riverside to 35 points in a 21-point Trojan victory at UCR. While Washington State, you know, the same team that lost to the UC Riverside team on Sunday, took out their frustrations on a now 0-6 Grambling team with a 69-37 thrashing. Brock Motum had 11/10 for the Cougs, while point guard Reggie Moore handed out seven assists, but WSU will need to tackle some tougher competition before anybody believes anything they're selling.
- This season hasn't exactly been the stuff of dreams for Utah in their first season in the Pac-12, and plenty of that can be attributed to a series of defections from the basketball team over the past two seasons. But at least some of their struggles can be attributed to the absence of their 7'3" senior center David Foster in the middle. Foster played six minutes in the Utes' exhibition game against Adams State on November 4, but left the game with a broken right foot. At present, it is still undecided whether Foster will take a medical redshirt and return for next season or if he will come back when able this season. Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak would prefer to have Foster return this season and play the last four-to-six weeks of the regular season with the Utes, while Foster and his dad are holding out for the possibility that a redshirt season may be the best bet. While his immediate future is unclear, what is clear is that the Utes are significantly worse off without the 3.2 blocks he provided in 20 minutes per game last season. Last year the Utes defense wasn't great (112th in the nation according to kenpom.com), but this season it is abysmal – 288th in the nation.
- You may have heard that the UCLA basketball program is struggling a bit this year. It's true. With surprising losses to Loyola Marymount and Middle Tennessee to pair with more predictable losses to Kansas and Michigan, the Bruins are off to a 2-4 start. So, what's their problem – aside from chemistry issues and a general lack of athleticism or outside shooting, that is? Jeff Eisenberg asked the coach of a team who has already beaten the Bruins this year to give an assessment of Ben Howland's club. Long story short: Their guards can't make shots, Joshua Smith's conditioning is terrible, the Wear Twins are incapable of guarding athletic small forwards and they need to get freshman guard Norman Powell more involved in the offense. Any good news? The coach expects the Bruins to get better as the season goes on, if only because he believes they're a well-coached team.
- Oregon State junior guard Jared Cunningham earned a lot of attention after scoring 37 points in the Legends Classic semifinal, after having scored 35 points in his previous game against Hofstra – both career highs at the times. Since then, Beaver opponents have put their defensive effort into slowing Cunningham's offensive attack. Vanderbilt sent senior forward and defensive savant Jeffery Taylor at Cunningham with additional eyeballs on him at all times, while Towson put its defensive energy into slowing him as well. Cunningham had better get used to other teams keying on him, because as sophomore guard Roberto Nelson put it, "they'd be stupid if they didn't." Still, even if other teams are able to limit his ability to score, Cunningham is still able to influence the game in other ways. He is an excellent defender capable of not only taking the opposition's best guard out of his rhythm, but also forcing turnovers and creating easy transition opportunities for the Beavers. He is also very capable of drawing defenders to him and finding open looks for his teammates. And, if he can keep improving his jump shot (clearly the main weakness in his game), Cunningham can still get his points.


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Judge Halts Sentencing After Feds Admit They Failed To Reveal Use Of NSA Data
from the this-is-why-you-reveal-this-stuff-up-front dept
In one such case, of "would-be bomber" Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who was accused of wanting to bomb a Portland Christmas tree lighting ceremony, this news has put his sentencing on hold. The details of Mohamud's case suggest it was yet another case of the FBI stopping a plot of their own making, as the entire "plot" was created with undercover FBI agents. But there are also some questions about how the FBI first targeted Mohamud. Now, it appears that it may have been due to NSA activities. Mohamud had been found guilty earlier this year, and was scheduled to be sentenced in just a few weeks, but the judge -- realizing that the NSA revelations throw a big wrench into all of this -- has agreed to postpone indefinitely the sentencing. I imagine there will be a flurry of legal documents as his lawyers use this to try to dump the original trial results.
Either way, expect a lot more like this to happen as the DOJ finally starts to come clean.


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In Plain Sight: Offices that Blend In at Home
For some of us a designated office that isn't open to the living space is not an option. Whether you've sacrificed a portion of your living room, dining room, entry or even bedroom, choosing the right pieces and adding smart storage can help it all blend in when your workday is over.
1. The Sloane leaning desk from Crate and Barrel is cleverly worked into a bookcase. It can be placed in the living room or repurposed as open storage in the dining room. The lowest shelf on the bookcase is perfectly sized to hold a couple of baskets for document storage. The Sloane is what I'm currently using in my own workspace (pictured). Image via Kim Lucian.
2.The Parsons desk for West Elm has gained mass appeal for a reason. When it isn't being put to work, it can stand in for a console or even a vanity in the bedroom. The sliding drawer will cleverly conceal current paperwork and supplies when the day is done. Image via Apartment Therapy of Emily from Cupcakes and Cashmere's office
3. Go vintage. An up-cycled vintage find can double as both a desk and vanity in the bedroom. Plenty of drawers mean it's easy to keep things out of sight until you need them. Image via PaperBlog
4. A wall of shelves staggered to provide both ample storage space and a broad work surface is a clean, simple solution that is at home in the living room. Image via Apartment Therapy
5. A wall-mounted desk is ideal when you need something without a real footprint; suspended from the wall, it is essentially the Murphy bed of workspaces. You can cover the underside with graphic pattern for added interest, or leave it alone and let it blend in. Image via Country Living
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With the increase in some commodity prices, the introduction of new diseases, and old ones getting worse, now more than ever Southern farmers see the benefits of what a well-timed fungicide can do to protect their crops and secure higher yields.
Anyone who grows peanuts knows the need for fungicides, which the crop requires on a consistent schedule seven or eight times a season. But in recent years, Southern farmers have increasingly used fungicides on corn, cotton and soybeans, and it is working for them, says Michael Chafin, farm manager at the Sunbelt Ag Expo.
"We have for the last few years had several trials on using fungicides to protect or even increase yields in corn and to see what well-timed fungicide applications can do to protect corn and cotton against what can be some devastating diseases," says Chafin, who adds that he'll be doing work with BASF and Syngenta fungicides on corn trials this year at the Sunbelt Expo Farm site.
"But regardless of the fungicides you use, the end result can be economical for growers in certain situations."
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension plant pathologist Bob Kemerait will be on hand at the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day July 11 in Moultrie, Ga. Field day starts at 7:15 a.m. Along with representatives from leading fungicide-producing companies, Kemerait will talk about how fungicides can work for growers across a Southern farm's diverse landscape.
Less than a decade ago, UGA Extension specialists had limited recommendations for treating soybeans and field corn with fungicides.
"Today, my message to our corn and soybean producers is that each should anticipate and plan for at least a single fungicide application early in reproductive growth (first tassel, late bloom, early pod set)," Kemerait says.
Where weather is dry or yield potential is low, fungicide applications may not be needed. Where weather is favorable for disease, crop growth is robust and prices are excellent, "growers are wise to follow up with an additional fungicide application," he says.
Blight has gotten early start
With the cool, wet start to planting this year, Kemerait says, Northern corn leaf blight showed up in early May, the earliest it has ever appeared in Georgia, setting the stage for a well-timed fungicide application in corn. Leaf blight variety trials will be spotlighted at this year's field day.
And where rust is a problem, he says, a single fungicide application on corn can easily bring an increase in yield of 10 bushels per acre; even more for soybeans. "I think in corn and soybeans, our growers have reached the stage where they are very comfortable using fungicides to make them money," Kemerait says.
Where growers may not be comfortable using fungicides, though, is in their cotton fields. But that's changing with the increase in pressure from a disease called cotton target spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola.
"Using fungicides on cotton has kind of come out of left field. But for an increasing number of growers across the Southeast, the use of fungicides to manage target spot is of considerable interest now, but is also approached with uncertainty and a healthy dose of caution," Kemerait says.
Last year, he says, cotton target spot stretched from Alabama to Virginia, and growers saw advantages to using fungicides in battling it in severe situations, noting that the disease can fast defoliate cotton when it hits early in a season. Fungicides can save up to 200 pounds of lint per acre.
Target spot, he admitted, can help cotton at certain times. A little defoliation late in the season can actually help prevent boll rot in rank-growth cotton, which is most often hit by the disease.
Kemerait is now introducing a risk management tool for cotton target spot to help growers weigh their options on if, when and how to apply fungicide to control it.
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"Growers should scout their fields at the approach of first bloom to determine if target spot is present. From research conducted in Georgia, the optimum timing for an initial fungicide application is sometime between the first and third week of bloom. An additional fungicide application may be needed approximately three weeks after the first application," he says.
With increase in fungicide use to protect crops, there is the risk, or a big concern, Kemerait said, for fungicide resistance, something that can and does happen. "Using more fungicides on corn and soybeans can really put some pressure on resistance happening with our triazole- or strobilurine-based products. We don't want that. … We'll have to be careful."
(For additional information about the Sunbelt Expo Field Day and Sunbelt Expo, visit http://sunbeltexpo.com/).
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Sheriffs question move to send National Guard to border
Sheriffs said they have not been consulted and question the wisdom of sending military personnel who are not authorized to stop, question or arrest anyone
By Christy Hoppe
The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN, Texas — The governor's office confirmed this morning that Rick Perry will order 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas border to beef up patrols in South Texas.
But sheriffs along the border said they have not been consulted and question the wisdom of sending military personnel who are not authorized to stop, question or arrest anyone.
"At this time, a lot of people do things for political reasons. I don't know that it helps," said Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio.
Lucio said deputies, police and the U.S. Border Patrol work well together and that they have been able to handle the small uptick in crime along the border.
"I don't know what good they can do," Lucio said of military personnel. "I need people who I can hire who know the community, the language and who can help."
Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra also told the McAllen Monitor that the Guard troops can't make arrests and he didn't know what their objective would be.
"The National Guard they're trained in warfare; they're not trained in law enforcement," he said. "I need to find out what their actual role is going to be, but I think the money would be better spent giving local law enforcement more funds."
Perry has appeared on news shows and at political events around the country saying that if Washington wasn't prepared to secure the border, he would act unilaterally.
In a press conference scheduled for 2 p.m. CDT, Perry will appear with Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is running for governor, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to announce the military surge.
They have reasoned that drug and human traffickers might be taking advantage of border conditions and move contraband through the area. Along with redeployed state troopers, the Republican leaders have indicated that having "boots on the ground" might serve as a deterrent.
The border has been overwhelmed with the influx of 57,000 unaccompanied children, mostly from Honduras, who have been fleeing gang violence. Many are voluntarily turning themselves in to the first American authority they see.
The estimated cost to state taxpayers for the surge, including Department of Public Safety and the Guard personnel, is $5 million a week.
The border sheriffs said they could hire a lot of new deputies with that money.
"You just can't come out here and be a police officer," Lucio said, adding that he is concerned at the move to militarize the border.
"Eventually, they might get into trouble," he said of the Guard. "They're trained for different things."
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – After a standout freshman season, sophomore pitcher Andrew Vasquez has been named a Preseason-All American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA). Just one of two Big West players to be named, Vasquez was listed on the third team.
"This is a great honor for Andrew to be named to this team," said UCSB head coach Andrew Checketts. "It just goes to show what a remarkable 2012 season he had and how much upside he still has as a sophomore."
Vasquez had a historic first season with the Gauchos, leading the conference in ERA (1.93) and batting average against (.190). The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native took the Gauchos and the Big West by surprise, posting a team-high 88.2 innings pitched and serving as the Friday starter by season's end. His 104 punchouts were the most by a UCSB freshman since 2002 Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito had 123 in 1997.
After last season, Vasquez was named to All-Big West Second Team, and he also appeared on the Louisville Slugger and NCBWA Freshman All-American teams. His signature victory came in a 13-3 victory over Rhode Island on Mar. 16, when he pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits while striking out a dozen.
"Our expectations are very high for Andrew in the upcoming season," said Checketts. "But knowing his character and work ethic, he should have no problem meeting and exceeding the high standard expected of him."
Michael Lorenzen of Cal State Fullerton was the only other Big West player to crack the list. Lorenzen led the Titans in doubles (20), hits (69), RBI (43), and stolen bases (14), while also serving as one of the better shutdown closers in the country, pitching to a 1.23 ERA with 16 saves.
The entire NCBWA All-American Team can be found here.


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Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
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First Posted : May 6, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 3, 2017
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This research work is important for the cure/control of HIV infection. The study is intended to confirm the efficacy of "Kallunk Oxide (Immunotherapy)" molecules in the Treatment of HIV infection. The study will investigate the T- Lymphocytes (immune) response to HIV in order to boost the body's natural immune ability against infection. The basic study is directly inhibit a protein's increased functions, not only in the CD4+T cell but also CD3+ and CD8+ T cells and the CD45+. cells.
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|Phase III Clinical Studies on Traditional CAM Therapy in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
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|February 27, 2012
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|February 27, 2017
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Prolonged Viral Suppression
HIV Infections
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RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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U.K. may decide in 2015 how and whether to solve its maritime patrol aircraft shortfall
For a self-professed naval power, the U.K. has seen surprisingly large gaps develop in its maritime surveillance capability in recent years, a trend the Defense Ministry is setting out to reverse.
Both unmanned and manned aircraft options are being considered to address the shortfall, but even if most projects pass muster—and funding can be secured in a period of budget austerity—the ability to monitor and control sea-lanes from the air will likely not be fully restored until the end of the decade.
One key gap challenging the U.K. was created by the budget-driven decision in the 2010 Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) not to field the Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft. This leaves the U.K. without a long-range platform to track and engage submarines from the air, and the decision is often cited as one of the SDSR's most difficult capability sacrifices.
With the ink barely dry on the SDSR and many implementation steps yet to be put in place, the U.K. is weighing what would be required to reverse the decision and avert the capability gap. Air Vice Marshal Mark Green, the Defense Ministry's director for joint and air capability transformation, tells Parliament's defense committee that the decision on reconstituting the maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) capability will likely be determined as part of the 2015 SDSR.
An internal Defense Ministry study found that new aircraft would need to be purchased to fill the MPA gap. "The underlying view of the [Defense Ministry] is that an aircraft is likely, over the medium term, to be the solution that actually fills the gap that was created when we took the Nimrod out of service," Green says. However, he adds that right now, "there is no requirement to buy an MPA." The SDSR process will assess where maritime patrol fits in with the overall requirements.
Meanwhile, industry is preparing for a potentially new program. Lockheed Martin and Marshall Aerospace have floated concepts for a C-130-based maritime patrol system; Boeing would look to leverage its P-8, being fielded by the U.S. Navy.
To help sustain its MPA skill set, the U.K. has established the Seedcorn program, one part of which aims to maintain know-how by placing troops with other militaries. The program should provide the U.K. with a bridge to recreating the MPA capability up to 2019.
Green says there are existing platforms that could meet the U.K.'s MPA requirements in time, even if a new system is not acquired until 2015.
In the run-up to the 2015 SDSR, Defense Ministry staff will examine the requirements more closely and look into whether an off-the-shelf option could satisfy them.
But the U.K. may move to strengthen its naval airborne intelligence-collection capability in the meantime, perhaps through fielding a ship-based tactical unmanned aircraft. Meeting that requirement is a "near-term" endeavor, Green says.
The maritime requirement has long been recognized as unaddressed, but that was accepted, given the focus in recent years on military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Green notes that since the 2010 defense review, however, "the defense environment has changed." With forces out of Iraq and being drawn down in Afghanistan, the maritime gap is taking precedence again.
In the coming year, military officials plan to determine the type of vehicle required through several capability demonstrations. Industry officials say it is not clear if the U.K. would buy a small or larger tactical unmanned aerial vehicle for its ships.
Qinetiq and Northrop Grumman, for instance, are talking to the Royal Navy about developing an unmanned version of the Gazelle helicopter, along the lines of the Fire-X conversion of Bell 407s in the U.S. Thales and Boeing are working on an unmanned Little Bird concept for France, which could also play in the U.K. Schiebel has been promoting its much smaller Camcopter UAV.
The Royal Navy's UAV options could be linked to the U.K. government's aircraft carrier design choice, which is under debate because of the cost of modifying existing designs for catapult-launch and arrester-gear operations. London is expected to abandon the SDSR decision to buy the F-35C and instead acquire the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing F-35B.
But eliminating the catapult launch and arrester gear from the carrier (a move associated with the shift to the F-35B) would limit the U.K.'s options for carrier-borne unmanned aircraft, warns Lee Willett, head of maritime studies at the Royal United Services Institute.
The Defense Ministry work is being underpinned by a recent study of information, surveillance and targeting concepts that examined which systems the U.K. could afford in the next 15-20 years.
There is also pressure on the U.K. to look at other capability options. Tony Rix, a consultant and former Royal Navy admiral, argues that hybrid air vehicles, UAVs and satellite technology must be considered to meet future needs.
Green says those are longer-term options and that while many can take on the maritime surveillance part of the mission, they cannot perform the patrol element of engaging a target. Down the road, he sees unmanned underwater vehicles taking on that mission, though the technology will not be ready for another 20 years.
The Sentinel R1 airborne standoff radar (Astor) program could play a maritime surveillance role, even if it could not attack a target, but the SDSR targeted it for retirement once Afghanistan operations wind down. Military officials indicate that a move is afoot to retain the aircraft past 2015, and that it could be upgraded to take on sea-surveillance responsibilities.
The U.K. notes that the core Astor fleet has grown to five similarly capable aircraft, now that the first one delivered, ZJ690, has been brought up to the standard of the other four.