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You know it: Airplanes and thunderstorms don't mix. These convective beasts can produce airframe-shattering turbulence; damaging hail; sudden and dramatic wind shear; blinding downpours; and strong, gusty winds—sometimes as far as 20 miles from the edge of a cell. The good news is that it's not difficult to avoid these violent storms—if you know how to use the tools at your disposal.
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By Alyssa J. Miller
Richard Cole was back in his element April 17, flying Panchito, a North American B–25 Mitchell bomber, over Florida. Cole, James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle's co-pilot on Crew No. 1 for the famed Doolittle Tokyo Raid on April 18, 1942, had learned short-field takeoffs in the bombers at Eglin Field in preparation for departure from the USS Hornet.
"He still loves to fly and is still very good at it," Larry Kelley said of Cole's performance during he and Cole's 40-minute flight in Panchito. Cole and Kelley have flown together a handful of times over the years.
"Approach control assigned us an altitude of 1,500 [feet]. … Each time I looked over at the altimeter while he was flying, it was exactly 1,500 [feet] level or in a turn didn't matter. This was a true indication that precise flying is still a natural for him."
Cole and two of the three other living Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, David Thatcher and Edward Saylor, gathered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, for the seventy-first and final public reunion April 17 through 21. Robert Hite was not able to attend the event. The public gathering came less than two months after Thomas Griffin died February 26.
Because of the significance of the raid, the men became heroes in the eyes of generations of Americans; but in their own eyes, they were simply fulfilling a duty to serve their country. The men's selfless act is gaining attention on Capitol Hill as Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Sergeant at Arms Brian "Bear" Anderson is visiting each Congress member's office to explain the significance of the raiders' mission. Two bills have been introduced this year to honor the men with a single Congressional Gold Medal that would be on display at that National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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By Alton K. Marsh
Perhaps you've seen it—a Piper Cub look-alike so big you have to use the landing gear as a ladder to reach the cockpit. After 25 years of research and development, hopes, and false starts, designer and partner Byron Root and Sherpa company owner Glen Gordon are finally realizing their dream. Funding from a Chinese investor will support 24 months of certification for the eight-place Sherpa K650T powered by an 890-shaft-horsepower Garrett 331-5 turboprop engine—and the six-place, 160-mile-per-hour Sherpa K500 powered by a 400-horsepower IO-720 Lycoming engine.
One of the $1.3 million 650T models will be delivered in six weeks to a customer, but it will be in the Experimental category. A second 650T airframe for the tube-and-fabric aircraft is complete, and will join another 650T model for certification trials. The secret to the new models, both the $475,000 model 500 and 650T, is an all-new wing. It is fatter than the original wing placed on the Sherpa demonstrator—now fitted with floats—20 years ago, and longer (44-plus feet) but faster and has 10 gas tanks. You could also make the case that it is slower, too.
"Sleek, good-looking wings that are so beautiful aren't necessarily the fastest," Gordon said. "How slow is slow and how fast is fast? When we're landing at 35 miles an hour, one of our problems is going to be that pilots are not used to landing so slow. They'll have a hard time believing the airplane is still flying. We're going to have a placard in the plane that says, 'If you are landing at more than 40 miles an hour, you are still flying.'"
In China, a joint venture called Ying-Kou Sherpa has been formed and will manufacture the aircraft for customers in China. Aircraft sold in the United States will be built at the existing small factory in a hangar at Scappoose, Oregon. Another group is interested in building the aircraft in Florida for military use.
Gordon, now 80, will continue to oversee operations in the United States. Root lost his eyesight a few years ago but not his vision for the big bushplane. Over the years numerous people have urged him to certify the airplane. "We're taking care of that," Gordon said.
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By Thomas A. Horne
Avionics work complete, it was time to fly to the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo at Florida's Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The nine-hour trip would give me a good introduction to the Debonair's new panel—something I'd had plenty of time to think about as the massive avionics upgrade took place over the airplane's long stay at Santa Fe Aero Services.
A couple of test hops with Pat Horgan, Santa Fe Aero vice president and general manager, gave me an intro to the new panel. That was helpful, but also showed me that the panel could do a lot, lot more than a couple of hours of dual would permit me to learn. Sure, I'd read the operating manuals for each new box, paying special attention to the Aspen Avionics Evolution 2500 displays and Garmin's GTN 750 and GTN 650 GPS/nav/com units, but a nice, long flight would give me the button-pushing and screen-touching experience that would be the foundation for a more complete knowledge of the new "knobology."
We departed Santa Fe as part of a loose three-ship formation. I flew the Debonair solo; Aspen Avionics President John Uczekaj and Aspen sales director Rob Blaha flew Uczekaj's Diamond DA40; and Horgan, wife Emily, and kids flew Santa Fe Aero's company airplane—a North American Navion.
The first of a series of pleasant surprises happened on takeoff from the Santa Fe Municipal Airport. Santa Fe Aero had done some badly needed engine work as part of the annual inspection they performed, and the result was a much stronger engine than the last time I flew it. The fuel control servo unit was replaced, the fuel screen replaced (it was 30-percent blocked by corrosion), the spark plugs replaced, the magnetos retimed, and an exhaust valve was lapped to boost a sagging compression reading. The engine sounded stronger, and had a more macho exhaust note than what I recalled from its earlier life.
In fact, the engine was now making about 20 percent more power than the last time I flew it in October 2012. I used the Electronics International MVP-50P engine/systems analyzer to set power for the takeoff from Santa Fe (elevation 6,348 feet msl). So it was full throttle, lean until the MVP read the highest horsepower—which turned out to be a respectable 72 percent—then enrichened to 100 degrees rich of peak exhaust gas temperature (EGT) for best power. Yes, the ship took its time to reach the 70-knot rotation speed while charging down Runway 20, but the airplane was off the ground and climbing at 400 fpm well before there was any concern about using up too much of the runway's 8,342 feet.
Some three hours later our formation landed in northern Texas at Sheppard Air Force Base/Wichita Falls Municipal Airport. All I can say is: Huge runways, long taxi times, and no tower! (Shepherd AFB operations are shut down on most weekends.) It felt odd to self-announce on CTAF while seeing acres of parked warplanes below. Then it was an overnight stop at Alexandria, Louisiana, after a two-hour, 30-minute flight. The next day, we went on to Lakeland, a four-hour-and-change leg that showed off the value of the Debonair's 20-gallon-per-side tip tanks (I filled them halfway).
We'll talk in depth about the avionics in the next issue, but in the meantime are you interested in the Debonair's cruise performance? Here's one set of numbers, written down at 7,500 feet msl east of the Bonham, Texas, VOR (BYP):
OAT | +18 deg C./64 deg F.
Engine settings | 21.9 in MP/2,430 rpm
Power output | 72 percent
Fuel burn | 14.3 gph
Mixture setting | 52 deg F. rich of peak
Peak EGT | 1,474 deg F., Number 6 cylinder
True airspeed | 148 KTAS
Indicated airspeed | 128 KIAS
Groundspeed | 150 knots
This would prove to be a pretty typical setup for the Lakeland trip. Sometimes I'd run at 100 or 150 degrees rich of peak EGT, just to give the engine a workout, get a better true airspeed, and continue to help clean out any remaining internal engine deposits. The engine had been essentially idle when AOPA bought it last summer, so "run her hard" is the slogan for now. There will be plenty of time to explore lean-of-peak EGT operations on future flights.
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By Ian J. Twombly
Last fall it was estimated that 70,000 Android tablets and roughly 1.2 million Android phones are activated every day. There are 700,000 Android applications that have been downloaded more than 15 billion times. Those are staggering numbers that highlight Android's estimated 75 percent of the worldwide smartphone market. But Android has been playing catch up in the tablet market. There are now dozens of Android tablets, if not hundreds, on the market.
Other than stiff competition from the iPad, the biggest impediment to Android's adoption in the cockpit has probably been a lack of aviation-specific applications. Android is open source and works on multiple devices from multiple manufacturers. It also has numerous versions. That leads to complications for developers. Between a smaller market and increased difficulty to get the application to work, it makes sense that developers have stayed away. Now more applications are coming to the Android market.
Pilots looking at purchasing a tablet today have two options—Apple's iPad or not. The "not" category can be anything from a basic $200 off-brand tablet to one costing hundreds of dollars. Although the number of choices seems overwhelming, it presents an advantage for pilots. Because you can shop for size, weight, price, and form factor, it will be easy to find one that fits your budget and cockpit.
Foreflight may be the leader in all-in-one flight bag applications for Apple, but it's nowhere to be found on Android. And that's unlikely to change. CEO Tyson Weihs has said that developing for Android simply doesn't make sense for the company. His sentiments are echoed by many other top Apple aviation developers, but not all. In the Google Play store you will find AOPA's FlyQ Pocket, Garmin Pilot, and WingX.
Some of the top-rated applications were, not surprisingly, purpose built for Android. Here are a few of our favorites, although they do not represent all the great applications currently available.
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Avilution's one-stop navigation tool is all you could hope for from a tablet-based aviation application. Features such as a full chart suite, flight planning with airways, weather briefings, weather overlay, user waypoints, third-party weather device support, and airport information that we've come to expect are all here. There are a few unique or unusual features, such as split screen, and a flight segment-specific notepad that has prefilled slots for takeoff information, holding, and more. Users can also draw on the maps to create traffic patterns, holds, or anything else they need to visualize.
Price: $54.95 a year with auto-renewal or $74.95 a year for one-time sign-up
When you hear Garmin you automatically think great user interface, lots of data, and stable platform. Garmin Pilot delivers on all fronts. It has detailed airport information, all the normal charts and approach plates, weather downloads and overlays, and ADS-B in-flight weather support. You also can receive georeferenced approach plates and SafeTaxi, Garmin's georeferenced airport diagrams.
Price: 30-day free trial, then $49.99 a year, not including $49.99 a year for georeferenced approach plates and $29.99 a year for SafeTaxi.
This basic application from BBFlight, LLC. is a simple presentation of only the FAA's instrument approach procedure charts. Approach Charts is simple, easy to use, and a great resource for these important documents. It opens to a simple screen with a field for airport identification, city, or state. Enter one of those and the charts automatically download and are listed as ready for use offline, categorized by airport identifier. Click on the star and that airport is saved as a favorite.
One of the unique features of Approach Charts is the ability to search for plates with a route. Type in your departure airport identification, "TO," and then the arrival airport, and the application will download all the charts for every airport along the route.
Price: $9.99 one-time purchase that includes lifetime updates
Aviation Pocketknife includes 14 categories of conversions, calculators, and general information. Included is everything from airport information and approach plates to time, fuel, distance calculators, a crosswind calculator, and an international aircraft registration guide. This application may not give you everything you need, but the price is right.
Price: Free
The Zululog application is one of the most popular on Android, and it's also one of the best. It can be used either as a standalone application or in sync with the desktop version. The logbook can track any flight regime you can throw at it, as well as keep up with your currencies and flight time totals. It also includes a flight timer and a "flashlight."
Price: Free
By Dave Hirschman
Photography by Mike Fizer
When you ask Sammy Mason how much flying time he has, the 19-year-old isn't quite sure how to answer.
"The short answer is 1,100 hours," he says. "But I flew hundreds of hours in a Cub with my mom before I was a pilot, and I couldn't log any of that because she's not a CFI. Mom would take me flying in the Cub even before I was born, and when her belly got too big to hold the stick all the way back, she did wheel landings."
Mason's parents, Pete and Rowena, are accomplished pilots and aircraft restorers at Santa Paula Airport in Southern California, a center for vintage, experimental, and aerobatic flying.
Sammy, the grandson of pioneering Lockheed test pilot Sam Mason, was literally raised at the airport. He was homeschooled from seventh grade on, but "airportschooled" may be more accurate as he apprenticed at his parents' restoration business, shared aviation ideas and ambitions with like-minded kids (see "Youth Movement," March 2009 AOPA Pilot), and soloed a glider and a powered aircraft at the earliest legal ages (14 and 16).
He's currently competing at the Advanced level in IAC aerobatic contests in a Pitts S–1S he helped his father rebuild, performing in airshows (he has a low-level aerobatic waiver in Pitts and Stearman biplanes), towing gliders, and working on an instrument rating. Mason's professional goals include a range of flying including teaching, airshows, movies, and perhaps corporate jets.
"I can't picture myself in any career other than flying," Mason said. "I'd like to teach aerobatic and tailwheel flying because that's what I know best. I want to finish my ratings, and I can't imagine anything better than travelling, going places in a jet, and making a living doing it."
On a recent photography flight in the 275-horsepower Stearman the family built as a tribute to Mason's grandfather (the red airplane has a distinctive dead rat on the fuselage and wheel covers, just like the 1930s biplane Sam Mason used to fly that was owned by a fumigation firm), the young Mason flew with fluidity and precision over some of the surf spots he frequents when not flying.
Mason's mother said her son decided at age 12 that he wanted to fly. "We've done a lot to make flying opportunities available to him without pushing him into it," she said. "There was a period when he was 10 or 11 that he didn't want to come to the airport at all, and that was OK with us. But when he decided he wanted to fly, there was no holding him back."
Mason said flying came easily for him, but it wasn't totally intuitive.
While learning in the family's Cub, his dad kept reciting the old "step-on-the-ball" mantra, but Sammy—then 12—thought his dad was referring to a real ball, and not the tiny one suspended in the inclinometer.
"I kept looking all over the floor of the airplane for a ball," he said. "I didn't know he was talking about something on the instrument panel. But at some point, I got it, and things just clicked."
After our photo flight, Mason made a series of takeoffs and landings at Santa Paula's Runway 22. On some, he'd touch down on the left main wheel and track the centerline, and then lift off again and alternate with the right wheel.
Showing off?
"No, just practicing a coordination exercise my dad taught me," he said. "I hadn't flown the Stearman for a few months, so it's a way to develop a feel for the airplane."
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By Alton K. Marsh
Two years after retirement Burt Rutan is at it again, developing a new seaplane called the Skigull at his cabin near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It rises from the water on skis. At first he thought he had an original design, a tandem-seat twin-engine amphibian that can land on snow, grass, and—if you must—a paved airport. Then he found the 1950s Sea Dart jet on the Internet taking off on water skis.
It's also a piston-engine motor glider. It has to be if Rutan, who lost his medical in 1998, is going to fly it. An FAA friend told him that he needed longer wings if he wanted it to qualify as a motor glider. So Rutan created a 43-foot wingspan that can be folded for docking while still on the water, or for storage in a garage. The design may be sold as a kit, if it works," Rutan told a meeting of The Old Bold Pilots in California.
If it works, Rutan will have himself a two-seat amphib capable of making it from the cabin to Oshkosh with one stop. He won't need a medical. He has not chosen the engines because he does not yet know the power that will be needed. The two engines will blow across a high-lift section of the wing. With all that wingspan comes the tendency to float, so he will have big flaps to give him short takeoff and landing capability for small lakes—the kind he likes to explore.
When you must positively, absolutely land at a boring paved airport, roller-blade wheels will extend three-tenths of an inch below the skis. The skis are coated with the same kind of plastic used on recreational skis and Iditarod race sleds in Alaska.
The taildragger is a trimaran, with 40 percent of its weight supported in the water by the sponsons and 60 percent supported by the hull. His waist will be below the waterline. There are still questions to be answered, so a wooden model of the Skigull has been completed and will be attached to a modified boat that will push it through the water to measure the power required. This will be Rutan's thirty-seventh aircraft design (see "An Unlikely Astronaut," page 64).—AKM
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A video of Rutan can be seen on YouTube.
Bill Yoak of Lewisburg, West Virginia, was an artist who made metal works of fantasy, mystery, and beauty—and all of them flew. He provided fantasy aircraft to Hollywood, mysterious aircraft for the Lockheed Skunk Works, and beautiful ones for himself and warbird owners. Yoak died in mid-March at age 67 of colon cancer.
He created helicopters for the movie Blue Thunder while working at the R.W. Martin company, and for Rambo III. While at the Skunk Works he worked on the Cheyenne helicopter, the U–2 spy plane, and the nose and cockpit of the SR–71. The nose was redesigned depending on the mission. He was a Corsair stunt pilot in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Yoak left Hollywood to raise his son, Scott, in a "more wholesome environment," as he told Warbirds magazine. Until his death he had worked with Scott at Aerospace Specialties. Scott took over the business two years ago after learning all his father's tricks for bending metal to his will. The senior Yoak's pride and joy was the North American P–51 Mustang called Quick Silver that is often displayed at airshows.
"Dad loved what he was doing," said Scott Yoak. "He loved the industry and the people in it."
By Jim Moore
Restored with care after a crash landing, the Fleet Model 2 that carried Maryland pilot Stan Sweikar to Lakeland, Florida, for the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-in and Expo completed a journey 24 years in the making. The bright yellow wings that gleamed in the Florida sun had been replaced after the original set was destroyed in 1988, when Sweikar lost engine power over Virginia on his way home from Oshkosh.
"I had to put it into a tree line on the edge of a swamp," Sweikar recalled, pausing from the task of meticulously wiping down the bright red undercarriage. After he got it back in the air on July 1, 2012, he flew it to EAA AirVenture and earned the Silver Age Champion—Bronze Lindy trophy. Other accolades have followed, though Sweikar said the Fleet's run as a show airplane may be limited: bugs, dirt, and oil take their toll on pristine finishes, and the opportunity to compete and win might be over in a year. "You've got to do it when it's fresh."
Sweikar's Fleet rolled out of the Consolidated Aircraft Co. factory in Buffalo, New York, in August 1929, and went to work as a trainer in Cleveland. Several owners later, bestselling author Richard Bach barnstormed across the country with it, and gave the airplane a starring role in his 1977 book Illusions. Sweikar has meticulously restored the red and yellow paint scheme, the Fleet logo on the tail, and the "Great American Flying Circus" logo that adorned the fuselage during Bach's ownership—a fuselage that escaped nearly undamaged in the 1988 crash landing.
"I didn't get a scratch," Sweikar said, though "the wings were wiped out."
The Kinner B-54 radial engine is not the original K-5, but painstakingly overhauled and restored with the same kind of care as the rest of the airplane. Its lacquer-black cylinders, heads protruding from a round nose, shine like mirrors. The Fleet is one of four planes Sweikar, 73, has restored. The retired U.S. Navy flight test engineer said he is now working on a Culver Cadet at his home in Dameron, Maryland, which features a grass strip in the backyard. "This is my avocation," he said with a smile.
Sweikar said the Fleet is a joy to fly, like a "Cub with two [sets of] wings," cruising at 85 mph or 90 mph, cockpit open to the wind, sipping seven gallons of fuel per hour. "You get to see the countryside go by."
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By Alton K. Marsh
Ever see the movie, The Goonies, written by a then-lesser-known writer named Steven Spielberg? I'll spoil it for you right away, especially since it came out in the 1980s. The house that the mean banker was going to foreclose on, but was saved because the kids found the treasure, is still standing in Astoria, Oregon. The private owners will let you look from the outside and would appreciate it if you would drop a dollar in the box to keep the house looking movie perfect.
The kids found the treasure on a ship manned by skeleton pirates and that was hidden in a cave on the Oregon coast. This area of Oregon's coast was made famous by dozens of television commercials—especially car commercials. Take a 40-minute drive south to Cannon Beach, home of the famous 235-foot-tall Haystack Rock in the surf.
The best way to take in miles of the Oregon beach at once is to ride in Gary Turel's Seaside Helicopters Bell Jet Ranger (503-440-4123). Flights start at $41. You'll see his stand on Highway 101 as you drive south only a quarter-mile south of Seaside, Oregon. Turel has a single-engine helicopter, so he won't go out over the ocean. No problem. The scenery is the rock formations along the beach.
Topping the list of world-class restaurants in Astoria is T. Paul's Supper Club in downtown Astoria, where the guy next to you may just be a helicopter pilot. Next up was the Silver Salmon, which is more formal than the Supper Club—but the food is worth the higher price. Bridgewater Bistro offers a contemporary restaurant design in a restored part of the dock area and built right over the water. Sit at the fireplace and look through the transparent floor at the waves lapping at the dock pilings below. There is a pirate skeleton hanging just above the waves—not always a permanent fixture, so don't set your hopes on seeing it.
The attraction that draws 100,000 people here each year is the Columbia River Maritime Museum. It is the third largest such museum on the west coast. Built 50 years ago, it had a $6 million renovation in 2002 and is more than worth the $12 admission price (less for kids and seniors). The gift shop alone is worth the visit.
Do you know what the Columbia Bar is? You'll learn about the roiling waters that have claimed 400 deep-draft vessels over 220 years. (If you count the smaller boats, 2,000 total have sunk, taking 700 lives.) Working with the Coast Guard, the museum features videos of ships bouncing through the 20- and sometimes 40-foot waves of the bar, where the Columbia River pounds into the Pacific Ocean. The museum is featuring a new 3D theatre experience called Sharks! a film created by Jean-Michel Cousteau.
Astoria loves the Coast Guard and vice versa, with the city sign claiming that Astoria is a Coast Guard city. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria is located at Astoria Regional Airport. You may see big Sikorsky MH–60 helicopters on their way to a rescue, or a bright yellow AgustaWestland 109 with the word "pilot" on the side (ship pilot, not airplane pilot), delivering a qualified captain who will guide a giant cargo ship through the dangerous bar.
Kids will get a kick out of buying a balsa airplane for $1 at the Astoria Column gift shed, located at the highest point in the city, and throwing it off the top. It's actually encouraged, and the parents will take in a panoramic of fog, mountains, and water in all directions from its apex, 722 feet above sea level. If you get the urge to run up the circular stairway, don't—it's 164 steps to the top.
Cross the Astoria Megler Bridge, which rises 200 feet in the air, for a visit to the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, where campgrounds are available. The Coast Guard often trains above the beach near the campgrounds. Drive out to the north jetty and watch the Columbia River beat up on the Pacific Ocean. It's quite a fight.
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Cargo ships must stay in a channel 43 feet deep—50 feet at the dangerous Columbia River bar. Rising and falling of the rough water at the bar can put huge ships perilously close to the bottom. A bump on the bottom can cost $1 million in damage to a cargo ship. The routine rising and falling can be as much as 15 feet—more on a rough day when the bar must be closed, causing ships to wait in the ocean for calmer weather.
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Brazil's brand-new Wega arrived in the United States in April. The Wega is an all-composite, Experimental-category airplane built in the Santa Catarina district in Brazil. Inspired by the Falco series of piston singles created by the design legend Stelio Frati, the Wega uses a single-piece wood spar reinforced by a carbon-fiber outer layer. Wega turns in a maximum cruise speed of 190 knots on a fuel burn of just 8 gph. It will come as a kit selling for $200,000. Construction time is estimated at 2,000 hours.
Engine | XP 360, 180 hp
Cruise speed | 190 kts
Range | 1,200 nm
Fuel capacity | 57 gal
Price | $250,000
Taking less time to build is a Light Sport kit from Zenith Aircraft Co. called the CH 750 Cruzer from Chris Heintz. Although it's influenced by its well-known short-takeoff-and-landing predecessors, the CH 750 Cruzer is a new design. The 750 Cruzer's fuselage and wide cabin are nearly identical to those of the STOL CH 750. The cruise speed for the 400-hour kitplane is 118 mph.
CH 750 Cruzer
Engine options | Continental O-200, Lycoming 233, Rotax 912 series, Jabiru 3300, 95-160 hp
Cruise speed | 118 mph
Range | 400-525 nm
Fuel capacity | 20 gal
Price | $16,490, kit
The Pipistrel Panthera made its first flight of nearly an hour in Slovenia. The Panthera is a four-seat aircraft that can take four people 1,025 nautical miles at 200 knots burning 10 gallons of fuel per hour. With full composite construction and a titanium retractable undercarriage, enhanced comfort, and parachute rescue system standard, The Panthera can be equipped with a conventional, hybrid, or all-electric propulsion system. The certified price is $513,500, or you can buy it as a factory-assist kit for $50,000 less.
Pipistrel Panthera
Engine | Lycoming IO-390, 210 hp
Cruise speed | 202 kts
Range | 1,025 nm
Price | $513,500


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Structure can be a good thing sometimes, but I'm not into it as much as some people. I like to do things as freewheeling as possible sometimes without all the timetable and deadline stuff. Perhaps that is because I didn't spend as much time in the dairy industry as other members of my family did. We used to have a guy come to the farm about once a month when we milked. He would measure the amount of milk each cow would give and he'd take a sample of it. Those samples would then be analyzed and we would get a report on the components of the milk from each cow. That helped in identifying which cows were performing the best and which ones maybe needed to take a trip to town and investigate a career change. The milk tester guy would also make notes as he went from cow to cow as The Chairman Emeritus was milking. He mentioned after a few months that he had noticed something. The Chairman wasn't just a detail guy. Nope, he was a bit more intense than that. "You put the milker on Cow #38 at exactly the same minute every month now for the past ____ months in a row!" the tester remarked.
The Chairman saw that as a big compliment and a testament to his military precision in doing his job with such dedication. I saw it as a reflection of how monotonous the dairy industry can be. I like stuff to change from time to time. The Chairman likes things to be the same.
Going on vacation to Florida with my folks, my wife and her mother this past winter was something I think we all enjoyed tremendously. I know I did. Part of the appeal was being able to see a lot of different things and different country than what we are used to in the Midwest. Sherill and I had driven by the Clewiston, Florida, area on a previous trip and saw a bunch of activity at the local sugar cane processing plant and related farms. We made another trip a year later and took a tour of the whole enterprise. It was great to see what goes on in the daily life of other people, so I decided to offer up that opportunity to my traveling companions on our recent trip. Technically, it was farm-related stuff, so I figured both my mother and The Chairman would like to see what goes on in that part of agriculture. They have always been big fans of behind-the-scenes type tours.
This one did not disappoint, but it did bring up some scheduling issues. We had already spent a couple of days in Orlando at Disney World. Our next adventure took us to Homestead, Florida, where we would make the short jaunt to the Keys and get a feel for that area. Sherill and her mom are big fans of the water, so they decided they would like to do some deep-sea fishing. Me? Thanks, but I'll stay on land instead of putting myself through another test of my seasickness tolerance level. My guess was that my decision would follow a bit of a genetic trend. Sure enough, there were two people who wanted to go deep-sea fishing and three who wanted to hit the road and learn about sugar.
That's where my life turned into a story problem once again. We were in Homestead, Florida at the time. That's pretty much at the southern base of Florida, right before you get to the Keys. The sugar tour was a good two hours north of there in Clewiston. Our departure from Florida and return to the Midwest would take place in Fort Myers, on the west coast of Florida about two or three hours to the northwest of where we were. This wasn't Iowa. There wouldn't be nice paved or gravel roads every mile, and they sure wouldn't be straight and square. Instead, there would be a large mass known as The Florida Everglades to our north. That meant that we couldn't really zip straight from one place to another in short order.
To complicate matters even more, we'd have the added benefit of tour schedules. The sugar tour in Clewiston started promptly at 9:45 a.m. each day. We'd have to leave Homestead by 7:30 or so to get there on time. Sherill and her mom would need to hit the road for fishing at 6:00 in order to be at their destination for a 7:00 departure an hour to the south. There was no way I could get the two of them from Homestead to Islamorada and then get myself back to Homestead in time to get the rest of my party to Clewiston by 9:45. Sure, there was a way it could be done, but that would require everyone to be ready at an appointed time and it would require all traffic situations for me to work absolutely perfectly.
Fat chance.
We decided to try something different. A rental car outlet in Homestead would not only rent us a vehicle on short notice (because I don't like structure and planning ahead if it can be avoided, so I didn't rent it ahead of time), but they'd also send someone to the hotel to pick Sherill up to retrieve it. Bing, bang, boom, the rest of us could hit the road for Clewiston and get to the sugar tour in a timely fashion without this turning into the newest edition of Smokey & The Bandit.
The trip to Clewiston turned out great. We got to see a few things that Sherill and I had missed on our previous trip, and we still made it back to Homestead in decent time. That left us with yet another option for the next day. We could go to the Keys and see a few things we missed the first time, or we could head northeast and see some sights along the coast before heading back across the state to get to Fort Myers for our return flight the next afternoon. As it turned out, the verdict was to make our way toward Lion Country Safari near West Palm Beach. That would send us back through Clewiston on our return trip to Fort Myers.
I looked at several different hotel options for that evening in Fort Myers before we left our hotel in Homestead. There were several different options available, all at pretty reasonable rates and all within decent driving distance to the airport the next day. Nothing really struck me as a must-have, so I decided to play it by ear and make our decision when we got closer to Fort Myers.
Strangely enough, someone in the group (who was not ME) decided that the evening meal needed to include some dessert. When I say "include," what I really mean is "consist of as the main and only course." Had it been me who suggested such a high-carb-based menu, I think there would have been a great deal of Home Ec 101 recited to me. Things like meat and vegetables would have played a starring role, not the dessert.
We got to a restaurant that sure looked like it would fit the bill for our needs and desires -- Cracker Barrel. Everyone got what they wanted. I did a little work on my phone and started checking out all of my hotel options. Unfortunately, my list of limitless options had changed dramatically. I kept getting pages telling me that my request for a room was not able to be fulfilled. Perhaps it was a phone signal problem and I wasn't getting a decent Internet connection. I'd head to the car and try my other option, the one I like to call Mobile Google. That would be my sister, Jean. She does a lot of searching for me when I'm driving and can't do all of the screen work, because she's usually in front of a screen herself.
Turns out it wasn't just my phone that was the problem. Jean was also not getting any answers for me in short order. Another call was placed to yet another sister. She soon discovered that various windows for hotel options on her computer were closing and popping up with messages to the effect of "No rooms are available."
This was a Wednesday night in early March. That's not exactly a tourist hotspot time of year, not in my mind, anyway.
I found another option and called an 800 number for Travelocity for assistance. It was pretty obvious to me that the guy on the other end of the line was not in the United States, even though he wanted me to believe his name actually was Steve and the weather was great.
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Steve would help me find a room. He'd get one set up for me and when it was time to finish the process and give him my credit card info, his computer would tell him that the transaction could not be processed and the reservation could not be made. I hadn't even given him my card yet, so I knew it wasn't a matter of my card being declined. We hadn't had that much fun on vacation so far!
Steve kept going through the motions of finding me a room at several different hotels in the area. They were all booked solid by the time we got to the final step in the process. Steve had no idea what was going on, even though I was supposed to believe he was practically next door in Springfield or Mayberry.
After being on the phone with Steve for close to 45 minutes, my cell phone battery was getting low. Steve was making no progress for me, but he wanted me to believe he was. I finally gave up and hung up on him after he wouldn't take a polite hint that his usefulness to me had expired. We were parked next to a hotel, so I went over there to find out what my options were. The clerk behind the desk told me they were full for the night. When I asked if there were any other options nearby, I was told there weren't. All of their competitors were also full.
That's when I switched to guy mode. My blood pressure was about to ring the bell and I was in a town where I'd never been before and had no apparent chance of successfully getting myself and my party housed for the night. Solution? Get on the road and drive.
"We're hopelessly lost, but we're making dang good time!" That was my theory. Sitting around asking questions and directions had gotten us nowhere. The answer had to be out there on the open road somewhere.
We got on I-75 and headed south. A mile or two into our journey, I saw a sign for a variety of businesses at the next exit. One was a hotel. It was almost next to I-75. Granted, that may not be the quietest place to sleep, but it would be a place to sleep, and those seemed to be in short supply.
The rest of my group remained in the minivan while I went in to the front desk. The clerk behind the desk looked like the diploma from his college degree was still dripping with wet ink. He had not yet mastered the phoniness that comes with dealing with the public when the public is tired and borderline hostile. I asked if he had any rooms available that night and he gave me a straight answer without checking his computer screen or going through any motions.
"Nope, we're full," he said very matter-of-factly.
Okay, I'm not surprised, I guess. Quick question: Why are everyone and their brother packed to the rafters tonight? What the heck is going on in Fort Myers that so many places filled up so quickly?
That question was handled as sort of a team effort. The kid in the hotel uniform was on the other side of the counter. To my right was another young guy of about the same age. He was definitely not in a hotel uniform. Not even close. He had a hat on that was about 45 degrees from being square with his head. He was not what you'd call business casual, either. He had sort of a sleeveless number on and his arms were covered with tattoos that went high enough they'd probably show up in his mug shot… on the incredibly off chance that such a photo would ever exist. It was not the kind of ensemble that made me think he was a hotel guest just hanging out at the front desk, but he jumped into the conversation without hesitation.
"Well, it's spring training for the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers," he declared.
Hmm. Okay, so I guess most of the New England area showed up tonight on short notice and is staying for a few days, right? That's why all the hotel rooms disappeared in a matter of hours.
Then the hotel staffer chimed in. "The airlines canceled a bunch of flights out of Fort Myers because of weather this afternoon, too. They just called all the hotels and took all the rooms that were left, because they knew their passengers weren't going to be leaving. That's why the rooms went so fast."
Okay, that makes more sense than the sudden groundswell of support for the Red Sox. So what are my options, guys?
"Well, there's really nothing here in Fort Myers, but you could go to Miami, I guess," said the hotel staffer. "That's about three hours or so."
Interesting. Drive back to more or less where I just came from in order to turn around and do it all again the next day. Kind of like being in Des Moines for a flight out the next day, trying to get a hotel room, and being told, "Hey, we're full, but there's a Super 8 in Cresco where you could stay!"
Okay, what about anything in between here and there? How about Naples?
They both looked at one another with an "I'm-not-gonna-tell-him. You-tell-him" look and then back at me. "Well, I mean, yeah, you can find a place, but it's gonna be at least three times what you'd pay here. Best guess, you're going to be $500 to maybe $700 a night there . . . per room," The Human Canvas replied.
Well then. Looks like my decision to skip the structure and organization of reservations and not book the room that morning could end up costing us an extra grand or two before this trip ends. A guy could buy a lot of pairs of pants with seats to fly by for that kind of money!
"Tell ya what," The Human Canvas said. "There's a couple other options. I'd look at Fort Myers Beach."
Perhaps it was my preexisting tattoo-presence-and-sleeve-absence bias, but my first thought was that this guy could very well be talking about the beach itself! This wasn't exactly the concierge desk at The Four Seasons where we were at the moment, so sleeping on the beach may actually be his suggestion. Although, he did sound quite articulate, come to think of it. This could be the kind of guy who would be able to go out to the van and explain to The Chairman how we'd be sleeping on the beach that night, and how it would be quite enjoyable. With a crisp shirt, a collar high enough to hide his ink and the loss of his hat, this guy could almost be slick enough to sell insurance.
He then proceeded to rattle off the names of a couple different hotels at Fort Myers Beach. Without making any notes on the actual hotel names he'd mentioned, I thanked him kindly and went out to the minivan. Another Mobile Google call was placed. Lo and behold, one of the hotel names The Human Canvas had mentioned was not only available, it was also affordable! We wouldn't have to drive 400 miles to get to the airport 10 miles away, and we wouldn't have to spend two grand to stay for just a few hours an hour away. This was working out much better than I thought it would.
I didn't just hop in and drive off into the sunset at that point. Nope, I decided to keep it interesting. I jumped out of the van and made my way back to the front desk. By the time I got to the front door, I reached into my shirt pocket and pulled out a business card. The Human Canvas stood at the front desk as I walked up to him.
"We got a room in Fort Myers Beach, so we're all set. Thanks," I told him. "I write a humor column for a farm magazine's website. You're probably going to be in it."
With that, I handed him a card and made as quick an exit as I could before a Q & A session broke out.
Once in the van again, I backed up just slightly so that my fellow passengers could see the front desk. I told them to take a look at the folks at the desk. See the guy with all the tattoos and the hat on crooked? He's the one who got us a room, not the well-dressed kid who works for the hotel. Think about that and try not to choke on the irony.
Just as the irony was starting to sink in, I was ready to leave when someone said The Human Canvas was headed our way and waving. I backed up slightly and rolled down the passenger side window.
"Oh my God, I just read the last line on your card! Man, I love that! It's just hilarious! [Thanks, Jill!] I'm definitely going to check you out. You see, I do stand-up comedy at a couple clubs around here."
That sounds about right in my world. Next time I'm in Fort Myers, I'm going to look him up. I mean, we're both in the humor business. He's practically family.
Guy No. 2
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Date: September 3, 2009
Description: Hilltop National Bank
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Hilltop National Bank, Casper, Wyoming
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
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Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $2,170.82 and do not contain the bank's logo.
Due to possible variations between the appearance of the bank's authentic items and the counterfeit items associated with differing scams, officials of Hilltop National Bank suggest they be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's official items if received by an unknown individual or entity.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit checks may contain the letterhead of "EASNER SOLUTIONS, 62 Townline, Orangeville, ON L9W 1V6" and may be signed by Carson Bahns, Award Dispatch Manager. The correspondence informs the recipient that he or she has been selected as a winner in a sweepstakes give-away. The letter states that the enclosed check is to be used to pay for a surety bond certificate, which is mandatory in order to collect the winnings. The surety bond is to be obtained from Old Lane Bonding Company (OLBC). Recipients are instructed to contact George Willson at OLBC via telephone at 1-647-219-5594.
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Case-Mate published a page today featuring iPhone 5 case designs and pulled it just shortly after. If the case designs are the real deal we may be seeing an overhauled design for the iPhone 5 after all.
Case-Mate recently claimed to have inside info regarding the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. (Which we are still a bit skeptical about.) As we get closer to an announcement we typically see a lot of case leaks but they don't typically come from a manufacturer as reputable as Case-Mate.
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BAKER � Flying cypress chips, bluegrass music and the aroma of fresh pork cracklins and boiled peanuts will fill the air Saturday at the Baker Block Museum and Heritage Park.
The museum's Heritage Day is an annual celebration of Northwest Florida traditions, with demonstrations and displays of crafts, history exhibits, folk music performances and lots of food.
As the festival's popularity grows, more and more groups ask to participate, Museum Director Ann Spann said.
"We have a full park this year," she said. "All our booth space is taken."
Vendors, exhibitors and historic societies fill the park's open areas around historic buildings including an old post office, "dog-trot" house, timber company store and an outhouse.
Historic re-enactors demonstrate blacksmithing, cypress shingle making, soap making, butter churning and quilting.
Vintage, lovingly restored Model T and Model A Ford vehicles will be displayed in front of the museum, which will be open during the festival, Spann said.
History to take home
For the second year, the heritage association will sell its "Lost North Okaloosa Calendar," featuring vintage photos of lost landmarks including schools, churches and stores.
Both volumes of "The Heritage of Okaloosa County" and other local history and heritage books will be available.
Local produce and baked goods will be for sale. Activities include colonial games, pony rides and a petting zoo, Spann said. Live music includes local gospel, folk, bluegrass and country artists.
Regional American Indian groups will share their tribes' traditions. History booths also include representatives from Laurel Hill and the Walton County Heritage Society.
Historians and archeologists will staff two archeology booths to address attendees� questions, Spann said.
"People can bring artifacts and have them identified," she said.
The annual festival draws attendees and participants from throughout Okaloosa, Walton and Santa Rosa counties, as well as Alabama.
"People come from all directions for the Heritage Day," Spann said.
Want to go?
WHAT:Baker Heritage Day Festival, sponsored by the Northwest Florida Heritage Association
WHEN:9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2
WHERE: Baker Block Museum and Heritage Park, State Roads 4 and 189, Baker
COST: Free admission
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So yesterday I decided to give this a go, and I learned a few things. Like, how few instructions there were in the recipe--absolutely no hint of shape or folding technique, which of course is so paramount in dealing with phyllo.
Here are two pics of my final result:
So, looked great, tasted great (Bob ate TWO huge slices, and might have gone for thirds if I had not stopped him. But I still have a few complaints which could easily be rectified, and I want to pass those thoughts on to any of you who attempt the dish.
1) Type of phyllo. These days you can buy small sheets of phyllo, but for this recipe you need the full size, 12' x 17".
2) Type of pan to use. I chose to go springform and went with the 10" size based on the ample amount of filling I had in the bowl. Phyllo is so delicate that I couldn't see myself trying to scoop it out of a glass pie dish, and I knew the metal pan would result in crispier crust. Too, in my head, I liked the idea of a large, uniform pork pie shape both as an aesthetic all by itself and for what would end up on the plate. The springform was perfect, and I would use it again.
3) Chicken. I didn't bother with breasts only, I used meat from a whole Costco chicken I bought the day before. I didn't 'chop' as per the instructions, rather I shredded. To season it and because it wouldn't cook with the seasonings as per the original instructions, I simply mixed the dry spices into the chicken broth and poured that over.
4) Herbs and spices: didn't bother with the parsley, but went bigger on the cilantro. Also added a nice bit of freshly ground black pepper and two fat pinches of red chile flakes. I didn't use the extra spoon of cinnamon, being one of those who loves that spice in moderation but can tire of it real fast. I didn't need it to fight the cumin, but rather support it.
5) Eggs and feta. Used the prescribed quantity of eggs and feta, guessing of course on the latter since I don't have a scale. 200 grams would be half a pound, which I guessed to be about 3/4 of already crumbled cheese. I would double that, and would also add a third egg: the pie was on the dry side (a half cup of broth doesn't go very far) and needed more 'glue' to cause the ingredients to meld together.
6) Butter and assembly. The recipe says 2-3 ounces of butter, about which I was skeptical from the getgo so melted a cube. I used at least about 75% of that even though I brushed quite sparingly and only used 11 sheets. Should have settled for half a cube and added a few tablespoons of a neutral oil to it, like safflower. How I used the 11 sheets, which turned out to be judiciously right: I buttered the sheets on my prep counter and then moved them into the pan. The part of each sheet in the bottom of the pan went about two-thirds of the way across. The first four went in so that I created a '+' shape. I then laid in four more in the shape of an 'x'. That created eight flaps even spaced apart for the top crust. Next I cut three circles roughly the size of my pan's footprint out of dry phyllo, brushed TWO of them, reserving the third, and laid the two in the center to reinforce the bottom crust at 10 sheets thick. Now, in went the filling, which I patted flat, and the flaps were folded in as tidily as possible. Finally, the third round sheet was brushed and laid on top for a uniform surface. Almost put two on top but decided to see if just one sufficed, and it did.
7) Baking time. The overall cooking time of 40 minutes with half of that at 300 degrees seemed a little short to me, considering the overall density and that there was raw egg in the pie. So I went 30 minutes at 350 (on a lower shelf, to keep it from coloring too fast), removed the pie from the oven and removed the outer ring of the form, found the vertical edges a bit soft/dry, so brushed them with butter, put the pie on a cookie sheet to catch any falling bits, and returned it to the oven for 10 additional minutes--all at 350.
So there you have it. The whole concept and the flavors, we LOVED. It just needed a bit more moisture to keep the bits from tumbling out by themselves.
The original recipe:
Paula Wolfert's Chicken and Artichoke Pie
4 small or 3 large chicken breasts
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp cinnamon; another 1 tsp set aside for later
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 cup chicken stock
some olive oil
2 leeks, chopped
a handful of chopped parsley (about 1/2 a bunch)
a handful of chopped cilantro (same)
2 jars artichoke hearts (canned in oil), chopped
200 g feta cheese, crumbled
2 eggs
phyllo dough sheets (about a dozen for a large pie)
butter, melted (about 2-3 oz)
Bake chicken, covered, at moderate heat with spices and stock, about 30 mins; chop the chicken into small chunks, reserve about 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid for later.
Stir-fry chopped leeks with olive oil (about 10 mins, until they are soft).
Combine chicken, reserved juices, leeks, parsley, cilantro, artichokes, feta cheese, egg, and the extra cinnamon in a bowl; mix well.
Be careful not to let the phyllo dough sheets dry out (I roll them back up every time I take one sheet). Melt the butter; use a pastry brush to spread butter all over the sheet. Put the sheet into a greased baking dish, so that the edges hang over. Continue until you have about a dozen sheets, arranged all around the dish. Scoop the filling into the dish; fold over the edges of the pastry sheets. If the pie is not fully covered, butter up a few more sheets and arranged them in the middle so everything is covered. Brush the top of the pie with butter.
For a large pie, bake for 20 mins at a moderate-high temperature (I usually go for 350); then for another 20 mins at moderate temperature (e.g. 300), until the pastry is golden.


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Hush Hush...
11 November 2010
So some of you may have already guessed with my OnePiece post the other day, that i am well and truly in winter/Christmas mode.
There is something about this time of year with the cold days and dark nights that kind of make you want to always be wrapped up and cozy
I have came across the UK label Hush
I am in love with it
You know when you come across a website and you go 'ooh i want that, ooh and that , actually i love that too'
Every piece on their site looks like it was just made to be included in my winter wardrobe
I love the way that they have styled the looks too, the layering is perfect and if i had an endless amount of money (FYI I don't) then i would wear these exact looks all through winter.
The store has the most beautiful nightwear too. I have always wanted a pair of really pretty but still relaxing pair of pyjamas that actually match and this shop has an abundance of them
I can also imagine wearing the lounge wear in the summer just swap the chunky scarfs for a light one and add a brogue or flat shoe
I really can't decide what my favourite piece is their is just so much to choose from but from these looks i think the 1st or 5th look is probably my favourite. Especially the chunky socks, i am so in need of a pair.
So, what do you think, is this the perfect lounge wear?
Will you be purchasing some of this loveliness for Christmas presents?
Here is the site so you can have a peek-Hush
6 comments:
- LaraLainThatsMyName said...
Nice pics, these all look comfy
- 11 November 2010 at 16:58
- daer0n said...
This is more than perfect lounge wear! I love everything.
- 11 November 2010 at 17:08
- daisychain said...
oh goodness, how comfortable does this look?
- 11 November 2010 at 18:05
- Alyssa said...
I thought this was a layering tutorial. Which I actually needed because I bought so many comfy basics this year! Their stuff is really cute though. Good find!
- 12 November 2010 at 03:04
- Leather and Lace said...
so cozy!
- 12 November 2010 at 07:46
- Andee Layne said...
ahhh im loving thre 2nd and 4th look!
- 21 November 2010 at 17:42


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Lavalette A. Moore, 64, of Bushkill, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, April 25, 2013, at the White Stone Health Care Facility, Stroudsburg.
Born in Lenoir, N.C., on May 4, 1948, she was a daughter to the late Willard and Wilhemenia (Branon) Jackson. Lavalette graduated from Ridge View High School, Mary Mount College, Arlington, Va., where she earned a bachelor's degree. Lavalette then went on to get her master's degree at New Rochelle College, New Rochelle, N.Y. Lavalette was employed as a special education teacher with the Manhattan School System at PS138, in Manhattan, N.Y., for 35 years, until her retirement in 2009.
Lavalette loved to sew, do needle point, draw, paint, cook, bake and spend the summer and holidays with her granddaughter.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Hunt and Teressa Connelly; and brother, Carl Dill.
Surviving are her husband, Lemont Carnegary Sr., at home in Bushkill; son, Timothy Moore of Houston, Texas, and Lemont Carnegary Jr. and his wife, Annie, also of Bushkill; sisters, Annette Jackson of New York, N.Y., Priscilla Hunt and her husband, Forest, of Hickory, N.C.; a granddaughter, Shana Moore of Charlotte, N.C.; and a grandson, Brandon; and a host of nieces and nephews, the Jacksons, the Bonillia and the Carnegary families.
Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday, April 30, at the Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, 27 Washington St., East Stroudsburg. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery, Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg.
A pubic visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service, Tuesday at the funeral home.
Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home
27 Washington St.
East Stroudsburg
Lavalette A. Moore
Lavalette A. Moore, 64, of Bushkill, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, April 25, 2013, at the White Stone Health Care Facility, Stroudsburg.


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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Katerina's Costume/Dress Up Day" Katerina's Costume: Daniel and Katerina are at Miss Elaina's Museum-Go-Round to make their costumes for Dress Up Day. While Daniel and Miss Elaina know exactly what they want to be, Katerina is having a harder time deciding on just the right costume. Eventually she comes up with a very clever idea! Dress Up Day: It's Dress Up Day in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and it's time for the annual main street parade! The children visit all the stores, showing off their fancy costumes and receiving different stickers from their neighbors. D
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Curious George "George Measures Up/Something New Under The Sun" George Measures Up - Chef Pisghetti is cooking one up for the records book - a strand of spaghetti that measures 30 feet! When the Chef leaves for an important appointment, George protects the noodle from being destroyed by a playful Gnocchi. Later, the Chef calls to ask George how tall the building next door is, but George doesn't have anything long enough to measure with. or does he? Chef Pisghetti returns and sees a monkey measuring a building with the world's longest noodle. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, the S&P posts its longest win streak in nine months. And with stocks hitting records and rates expected to stay low, will dividend plays payoff for investors? And, President Obama meets with insurance company executives at the White House. What happens next and will any of the deadlines be met?. D
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Marketing Professor John Sherry is seeking to find out.
Sherry is a leading researcher in the emerging field of consumer culture theory. Unlike market researchers who work in testing labs and with surveys, consumer culture researchers observe and interact with people out where they live and work and shop.
These immersion methods, which draw from sociology and anthropology, help researchers examine broadly how marketing and culture interact in people's lives.
The findings can be surprising. "If you're a typical marketer, you have a good functional understanding of your product and what it's supposed to do," Sherry explains "But it turns out that consumers use your product differently than you think they do, or they have different impressions of your product altogether. Understanding what we call the lived experience of consumer behavior, a lot of times completely changes the way the firm will look at its product or its advertising or its retail outlet."
Sherry points to scented detergents, tactile food containers and how the cluttered interior of a refrigerator inspired designs for soft drink cartons that both store and dispense cans, as examples of converting insights of close observation into marketing practice.
Sherry served as co-editor of the book Explorations in Consumer Culture Theory, in which researchers shared their findings from diverse settings and situations: DNA testing, Wal-Mart, Christmas trees, doll stores, personal training and gambling casinos, to name a few.
To learn more about the research of John Sherry, Herrick Professor of Marketing, visit business.nd.edu/johnsherry.


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wjjw wrote:TwitchyDoc wrote:I suspect that this is stress related (worsened), one person PMed me about a person diagnosed on the other forum with dirty EMG, fasciculations, cramps but no weakness at all. I tried to not think about it but ....
Yeah, you tried not to think about it, but instead you decided to post it here so that everyone else can think about it? Little bits of information, lacking full details, but just enough to scare the crap out of people already trying to deal with anxiety.
Stop reading my mind, Bill.


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Diddy Kong Racing was, at one point, R.C Pro-Am 64
Let it be known that the R.C Pro-Am titles are awesome. There's no argument to be had. No debate to be made. They are arcade racing done right. For many years, certain members of Team VideoGamer have hoped a third in the series would come to light. As it turns out, it already has...
Having a working title of Pro AM 64, Rare's now fondly remembered racer changed track after Miyamoto suggested Diddy Kong made an appearance in the game. After some initial resistance, the brains behind Goldeneye decided to accept the change and the rest, as assholes say, is history. More importantly, though, the end result was still excellent, proving that the franchise can do no wrong.
Will we ever get another? Probably not due to Rare's association with Microsoft. And that's a shame.
You can uncover The Joker's ruse in Batman: Arkham City before being told about it
Rocksteady are the kings and queens of easter eggs, both its Arkham games littered with secrets to both stumble across and discover. This thinking goes right through the sequel, too, allowing the player - that's you - to be more informed than Batman should you be intelligent enough to outwit him.
One such moment comes during The Dark Knight's many encounters with The Joker and utilising 'detective mode' in the right fashion. If done correctly, The Caped Crusader's arch-nemesis is shown to have no bones and a BPM of '???'. Why? Because as old Brucey boy eventually discovers, Clayface has been brought in to fill in for the very sick and very dying Joker. And clay doesn't show up on radar...
Condemned only has 970 Achievement Points
Launching alongside the Xbox 360, Condemned was actually pretty damn good. It was not, however, entirely finished.
At one moment in time, Sega had planned DLC for the survival-horror game and with it, an extra 30 Achievement Points, arguably to entice people further into buying it when it dropped. The problem was, this additional content was never released leaving millions of individuals with OCD to be haunted by such a random number.
Dead Space has its twist hidden in the names of its chapters
Isaac Clarke's loves his girlfriend, so much so he's willing to board a terrifying ship to try and find her. You probably just brought your partner some perfume... or something. Unfortunately for our hero it's all a waste of time as his lover is dead. If only he had known before...
As it goes, he could've found out before going to all this trouble if he had simply known what each chapter in Dead Space was called. For you see, they have a very telling message hidden in the first letter of each level:
Chapter 1:New Arrivals
Chapter 2: Intensive Care
Chapter 3: Course Correction
Chapter 4: Obliteration Imminent
Chapter 5: Lethal Devotion
Chapter 6: Environmental Hazard
Chapter 7: Into the Void
Chapter 8: Search and Rescue
Chapter 9: Dead on Arrival
Chapter 10: End of Days
Chapter 11: Alternate Solutions
Chapter 12: Dead Space
Gears of War's Locusts were going to be called 'The Geist'
Although many are keen to hurl crap at Nintendo's GameCube, a lot of very good games were released for it: Resident Evil 4, Eternal Darkness, Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker. Among these gems was under the radar Geist, once touted as a potential superstar with its interesting premise.
As it turned out, it sucked, but it had a lasting impression years later when Epic had to change the name of the enemy in its blockbuster franchise so people didn't get confused between the two.
Gears of War was also originally meant to be part of the Unreal franchise the North Carolina developer had been so dedicated to in the past. As the project progressed, however, it was decided Gears felt too different and needed its own identity and title.
Halo 3: ODST hints at Destiny
Bungie has obviously had Destiny planned for some time. The studio has said as much, and continually mentioned how much time and effort has gone into creating the new franchise. Its plans have been so well formed, things were being hinted at as far back as Halo 3: ODST.
Explore the environment enough and you come across the above imagine, clearing showing Earth, a white moon (The Traveller) and the not so subtle words: 'Destiny Awaits'.
Mirror's Edge has a giant rat in it
'What!?', you scream out loud as you wonder if we've made a typo. We haven't. Just watch the video...
Mario is a brutal murderer
Using the original Japanese manual as our source of evidence, the story of Mario goes thusly: the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom - the Toads - have been, horrendously, turned into blocks and scattered around the land.
With this information, it means everytime Mario smashes a block with his head, he is killing a Toad. Think about that next time you want one of those juicy mushrooms...


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Pregnant Morena Baccarin - Emmys 2013 Red Carpet
Morena Baccarin shows off her large baby bump on the red carpet at the 2013 Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (September 22) in Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old pregnant Homeland actress has said that if she happens to go into labor during the show, she is going to try and sit it out!
Morena is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the hit Showtime series. Her on-screen son Jackson Pace was also seen on the red carpet that night.
FYI: Morena is wearing an Alexander McQueen gown, em>Charlotte Olympia heels, Rauwolf clutch, and Fred Leighton jewelry.
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Picking a DCS: Who Decides and How
Here Are the Results of a Survey of Who Makes This Important Buying Decision and What Criteria Come into Play
This article was printed in CONTROL's December 2009 edition.
By Willem D. Hazenberg
The choice of a distributed control system (DCS) for a process company is one of the most important ones it can make. First, it is expensive. Average cost for a DCS is $1.5 million. Expenses for the selection process alone can run from €100,000 (approximately $150,000) for one project to €3 million (approximately $4.4 million) for a corporate-wide implementation. Investments in large-scale projects can run as high as €30 million ($45 million). The service costs over the lifetime of the DCS can run into multiples of the initial investment. Vendors typically will spend upwards of €35,000 ($50,000) to make a sale. Second, the selection process takes a long time and involves a lot of personnel. Selection alone can take nine month to three years, and the implementation can take another 12 to 24 months.
Then, the decision involves a long-term investment. The average life expectancy of a DCS is 17 years. Also, the choice of a DCS will have profound effects on the efficiency, productivity and profitability of an operation. It's a decision that companies can't afford to get wrong.
At the same time, local employees tasked with making the decision about the firm's next DCS are often at a disadvantage. Because this investment only takes place every 10 to 17 years, most selection team members don't have the knowledge needed to perform this analysis. Selecting a control system also is uncertain due to the subjective judgment of decision makers. The main problems are: 1) the exact criteria for selection are not known; 2) the method for deciding is unknown; 3) there are multiple actors, each with their own biases and preferences for particular suppliers; and 4) internal politics.
So, the choice of a DCS is not always univocal, and the relationship between the business case, chosen solution and selection process isn't always there. This disconnect will have growing consequences in the future. In 2006, the value of the DCS installed base more than 20-years-old was more than $65 billion, making them replacement candidates soon. As a result of my research, I've concluded that process users need to choose DCSs in a more univocal way, and so make their decision process more transparent.
Within the framework of my MBA thesis, I conducted a literature review and interviews alongside a survey. Research was done in 39 countries with 166 people about the selection criteria and processes for the purchase/migration/expansion or replacement of a DCS. The respondents work for end users, DCS suppliers, system integrators and engineering companies.
I investigated what kind of value proposition end users wanted from their DCS vendors, and asked DCS vendors the same (Table 1). For end users, it was not the superior product, but the best product for the best price that was the most important value proposition.
When I looked at end users' expectations about the technology, I discovered that "cutting edge" was not necessarily what most of them wanted. More then 70% of all users call themselves industry followers, and 51% said they will wait one year after the first product is released before considering it. Twenty-four percent said they would wait more than a year to install newly released products.
Multiple Phases of Selection
There are multiple phases in the DCS selection process (Figure 1). The first is the trigger point. A company decides it needs a new system for any number of reasons. The primary business case and trigger point to start the process of buying a DCS for replacement and migration projects is external—the DCS supplier will no longer maintain the current system. The vendor ceases support, and replacement parts become unavailable.
A second reason for many customers is the need to reduce equipment maintenance and related expenses, or the desire for process improvements and increased production. So, it's reasonable to say that migrations and replacements are more driven by fear of an obsolete system than by potentially improving capacity, gaining better control or other functional possibilities of a new system.
However, when considering extending an existing system or choosing a DCS for a greenfield project, the main drivers are improving automation, availability of improved algorithms, ability to get business information to the workplace through real-time data to enable faster decision-making, and automatic start-up and shutdown routines. In these cases, an internal desire to improve automation is the driver.
Once this trigger point is reached, a funnel effect begins to take place. The choices, determined by a variable group of people and a variable set of criteria, continuously narrow the options until one vendor remains. The first set of narrowing variables is corporate guidelines about preferred vendors, usually defined by the purchasing manager and an engineering consultant. The field of possible DCS vendors is narrowed to between one and five vendors—often only one or two. Government or related organizations mostly follow government procurement rules, which often require choosing the lowest-cost or, in the best case, the most economically advantageous tender.
Next, the selection process begins again, and the long list is narrowed even more, using more specific criteria, until finally the decision makers arrive at one choice.
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