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Ed Cherian of Iberdrola Renewables said the state, the towns involved and scores of private landowners will see large financial benefits from the proposed Wild Meadows Wind Power Project on leased land in the towns of Alexandria, Danbury and Grafton.
Cherian disputed claims from Dr. Benjamin Luce, a professor of physics and the chairman of the Sustainability Studies Program at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vt., at a recent meeting of New Hampshire Wind Watch that cast doubt on wind power's potential renewable energy contributions in the state.
Luce said the Midwest is the only part of the United States suited for wind-power production at levels that can make practical contributions to the country's renewable energy portfolio standards.
"It's true that wind power is never going to produce half of New Hampshire's power, but it is another useful energy that contributes to the diversity of renewable power in New Hampshire and New England," Cherian said.
He said Wild Meadows would produce, on average, enough electricity to power more than 32,000 average New Hampshire homes. The power would be added to the regional power grid, and would not go directly to the Granite State.
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Cherian said there are "myths" being spread by opponents of the project, including Wind Watch, a 1,300-member group which opposes the project. One, he said, is that the wind farm would decrease property values.
"The property value argument is an emotional issue," he said. "It's been studied and these projects have been found to have no impact on property values."
Wind Watch members, who stand by Luce's statements that wind power will contribute little if any to New Hampshire's energy needs, say studies and decisions made about wind farms in Groton and Lempster are not applicable to the Wild Meadows project because those two towns do not have a large tourist economy based on natural treasures like Newfound Lake and Cardigan Mountain.
"Those are smaller farms, and they aren't in built-up areas like we have here," said Lori Lerner of Wind Watch. "We're talking about a whole lot of wind towers lining the ridges of Newfound Lake. Of course there will be a loss in property values."
A study done in December by the Whittemore School of Business and Economics into the local economic effects of Iberdrola's 12-turbine, 24-megawatt wind farm in Lempster, found the project had little or no effect on property values.
"Based on the analysis conducted in this student and taking into account other studies - based on arms-length sales property transactions, there is no evidence to suggest that the Lempster Wind Power Project has had any consistent, observable, statistically significant impact on property values in Lempster or the communities surrounding the project," the study concluded.
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Cherian said in granting approval for the company's Groton project in May 2011, the state's Site Evaluation Committee heard testimony from area residents and business owners who said the Groton project would damage land values and the economy.
But in its decision document, the SEC stated: "the project will not affect land use and tourism in a manner or degree that would unduly interfere with the orderly development of the region."
Woody Miller, a realtor at Coldwell Bank and Old Mill Properties in Bristol, said the Groton wind farm has likely already slowed the sale of one of his properties in neighboring Rumney. The property once had a nice view, but "now looks at 15 wind towers," he said.
Miller said his firm has had several potential buyers "who have expressed concern about buying in this area because of the potential wind farms."
"I would argue that wind farms here will have a substantial effect on fair-market property values," he said. "If you eliminate even a few of the pool of potential buyers for a particular property, it hurts property sales and therefore values."
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Cherian said Iberdrola wind farms in Groton and Lempster contribute heavily to the budgets of those towns, he said, noting the three towns involved in Wild Meadows would see similar benefits.
In the first year of operation, the project would contribute $286,000 to Alexandria's tax base, $352,000 to Danbury, and $176,000 to Grafton, he said. Those amounts would increase yearly, he said.
All of the towns would also see a substantial one-time tax payment from the company for the change in land usage, he said.
The Newfound Lake Association has come out against the Wild Meadows project, as has Bridgewater's board of selectmen. Meanwhile, Rep. Harold "Skip" Reilly, Sr., R-Grafton County District 8, has proposed a bill that would put a moratorium on new wind-power projects until the state updates its energy plans.
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Police are looking for the smiling woman who posed with a stolen credit card in a photo taken by an alert Ocala store clerk.
The Ocala Star-Banner reports the woman used the card moments after the picture was taken to buy more than $430 in beauty supplies.
Detectives say the card came from a wallet stolen July 4. The owner of the wallet called police Sunday to report more fraudulent activity on her card. Detective Mark Proco visited the stores where the card was used.
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This S-Type replacement is the bold, new face of Jaguar; that guttural hiss is its supercharger.
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Driver-aid technologies are continuously evolving in the upper-crust sedan segment and the XF sports some new ones including Understeer Control Logic that automatically slows the vehicle to restore front tire adhesion when necessary. JaguarDrive Control allows the driver to change the engine mapping, transmission shift points and dynamic stability control to Sport or Winter (snow and ice) settings.
Likewise, the latest in safety technology offerings are also present, including active head restraints, front and rear side-impact head curtain airbags, a tire-pressure monitoring system and automatically leveling bi-xenon headlights.
A nice balance between performance and comfort is achieved by this posh 4-door's quick, electronically adjusted suspension, a system that, fittingly for a company named for a fleet-of-foot jungle cat, is called CATS for Computer Active Technology System. Middle-of-the-road body roll is present (not real soft, not too firm) but, working with very capable 20-in. Pirelli P Zero tires with a large footprint (wide 255-mm rubber up front and even more substantial 285s aft) help the fairly hefty 4335-lb. sedan to post a respectable 0.88g on the skidpad.
Although the slalom speed of 66.8 mph is good equal to that of the Volkswagen GTI we expected more from the XF with its solid-feeling chassis, responsive dampers and excellent tires. A surprisingly sluggish throttle was the culprit, making it hard to quickly adjust the weight transfer, as is needed in the slalom. "All of the hardware is there, but the software holds it back from being a really world-class performance-handling sedan," said Elfalan.
The lethargic throttle response in testing may have been related to another issue at the track: With traction control deactivated, the XF would not allow us to spin the rear wheels excessively or even lightly during our acceleration runs. "This is a gentleman's car, so I guess you're not supposed to do burnouts," said Kim. He's right: Nobody is going to be autocrossing this luxurious British sports sedan. Rather, they should appreciate the XF for what it is an eminently capable and stylish 4-door with a top-flight interior and componentry. It can be a muscle car when called upon, or a whisper-quiet cruiser as needed.
With a full complement of standard accessories keyless start, blind-spot management, rear parking camera, heated and cooled front seats, leather, wood and aluminum interior trim, etc. and a base price of $62,200, our supercharged edition's options are limited to only adaptive cruise control with collision warning ($2200) and a heated steering wheel ($300).
The XF is definitely a worthy enough machine to help Jaguar get back into the black. But it will be an unjust irony of sorts if after injecting untold billions of dollars and years of engineering input from the Ford Motor Company this car becomes a very good seller for this storied brand's new Indian owner, Tata Motors.


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Brees, Graham, Evans, Grubbs, Jordan selected to Pro Bowl
Five New Orleans Saints have been selected to the Pro Bowl.
Four offensive players including quarterback Drew Brees, tight end Jimmy Graham and offensive guards Jahri Evans and Ben Grubs will join defensive end Cam Jordan in Hawaii.
Entering Week 17, Brees is second in the NFL with 4,781 passing yards and 35 passing touchdowns.
His favorite target in 2013 Graham leads NFL tight ends with 1,144 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is shooting in Kashmir's Gulmarg town, spent Monday (September 3) night in the same room where legendary Raj Kapoor filmed the famous Hum tum ek kamre mein band hon song for his 1973 superhit teenage romance Bobby.
"I am staying in 305, the room where 'hum tum ek kamre mein band ho' was shot in Bobby. Feels sweet... now just to try and lose the keys... ha ha", SRK posted on his widely followed microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday (September 4) morning.
The hut where the song was filmed is part of Hotel Highland Park in Gulmarg where Shah Rukh Khan is staying. He is here to shoot for Yash Chopra's directorial venture.
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Perhaps most startling, this review raises more questions about fluoride in drinking water, suggesting that despite its dental benefits, fluoride could permanently impair cognitive development in children. The additional chemicals documented as neurotoxins in this article include PERC, which is used as dry cleaning fluid, manganese, used as a gasoline additive, certain fire retardants, and the insecticides Dursban and DDT. Dr. Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health, was the lead author.
GRANDJEAN: We looked at every single industrial chemical that we could find information on, and our conclusion is that we're now up to 12 industrial chemicals where we have evidence that they can damage the human brain development.
CURWOOD: When you say 'damage human brain development,' what do you mean?
GRANDJEAN: Well, what we have seen with these chemicals with that the effects may be cognitive, meaning that they may relate to higher brain functions, they may relate to motor control, they may relate to a behavior. There is evidence that they can also be related to depression, so we're talking about a range of different aspects of brain function, if a child is exposed to the chemical during early life or if the exposure happens in the mother's womb, then we can see later on that the child does not have optimal brain functioning.
CURWOOD: In the United States, how many children do you estimate are exposed to these chemicals at meaningful levels?
GRANDJEAN: We're all exposed to levels that can actually interfere with brain development in humans. Of course, it's a matter of the dose, how much we are exposed, because we get pesticide residues from the fruits and vegetables unless they're organic, we get mercury even if we avoid tuna and other large fish, we're still exposed to a little bit of mercury. And my message is let's minimize those exposures, we know how to do it. Let's do the best we can as soon as possible, and then do the systematic testing of industrial chemicals so that we can figure out which additional ones to control.
CURWOOD: You say these chemicals are in general circulation, and that virtually everyone is getting exposed to them at meaningful high levels. How do they relate to what we see in terms of the high number of kids with autism, a lot of discussion about ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
GRANDJEAN: Well, we have actually not quite convincing evidence in regard to which chemicals contribute to autism and ADHD, but I suspect that the very same chemicals that are causing the dysfunctions and deficits - where we have convincing evidence - I suspect that the very same chemicals can also trigger the disease development in the kids that end up with, for example, autism. But because the etiology of those diseases is complex we haven't quite been able to extract the convincing evidence yet.
CURWOOD: What do you think exposure to toxic chemicals is costing our society?
GRANDJEAN: Quite clearly, if a child is losing IQ points, then that child will have a lesser chance of completing high school, getting a higher education, etcetera, and landing a well paying job. So economists are saying that one IQ point is worth about $15,000. If you then look at the lead exposures in this country - exposures to lead - that translates to a loss of about $50 billion dollars per year. Mercury is something like $5 billion dollars, pesticides somewhat more. So this problem is easily 100 billion dollars per year.
CURWOOD: Professor, let's talk about fluoride. Fluoride is something that I think everyone is familiar with. It's in toothpaste. It's in a lot of drinking water. What harm, if any, is this perhaps bringing to children?
GRANDJEAN: Fluoride appears to be just like the other chemicals that damage brain development, but most of that evidence comes from China. We looked at more than 20 studies from China where they have compared children exposed to high fluoride content in the water and low. And on the average, the difference in the performance among those kids was seven IQ points. That's a sizable difference. And obviously some of the kids have been exposed to substantial fluoride concentrations in water, some of them were just a little bit above what's in this country, therefore I find that evidence very worrysome, and we need to follow up and determine if there is any risk in regard to fluoride exposure under US conditions.
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British boffins and test pilots are continuing to work on a new deck-landing technique, to be employed by Blighty's upcoming generation of supersonic stealth jumpjet drivers when coming aboard the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers. It seems possible that the "Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing" (SRVL) may become a routine …
so perfect every time then...
It is difficult to overshoot when vertical. and with arrester landings full AB is used so if the arrester wire is missed the plane can return to the sky... Now with an arrestor-less rolling descent doesn't the Overshoot question come into play? these are not going to be going fast enough to return to the sky (they will be too heavy with Downward Nozzles) so what are they going to do about overshoot? a big net? or a deep pocket?
"specific in terms of temperature, altitude"
well since we are talking about carriers, I'm guessing the altitude requirements will be about 20 meters above sea level.
Reverse Thrust???
I know that these planes have thrust vectoring, but do they have a reverse thrust capability. This would solve the overshoot problem mostly.
I would also like to say that in the event that you are dealing with a lot of planes at one time, most likely they will not be returning with weapons, or at all.
Like when they are fighting/intercepting/bombing etc.
Anger Moon
The solution is simple - do not land. I'm sure the F-35 is able to refuel in flight. It would be a trivial matter to outfit the pilot with a special flight suit that washes the body, disposes of human waste, and massages the muscles. The HUD could be adapted to show television programmes and/or computer games. The pilot could stay in the cockpit for six months or so, and would be replaced at the end of his stint via helicopter.
I am going to fax this proposal to NATO tonight.
Re: "boffinry"
Yes. Boffinry.
Why not have a 'travelator' for the plane to land on?
'Scuse civvy ignorance
I realise they can't generate the power for a catapult to get them in the air, but why can't they use an arrestor wire system to get them back on deck? It doesn't require any power (quite the opposite surely).
Why can't they use these pointlessly expensive VTOL capabilities to get in the air then use arrestor wires to recover them? Are they that hard to fit to a carrier?
Am I hopelessly misunderstanding the issues here?
re: Reverse Thrust?
I'm not so sure that this is possible as well as providing Down Thrust, Dont these use a 90 Degree Bend on the main Jet Nozzle and a fan in the Fuseage? with the 90 degree bend in use, I suspect you probably wont get usable reverse thrust, (not simple reverse flaps)
Ski Jump
What I always wondered was: doesn't taking off up a ski ramp with a full load of fuel and weapons put an immense shock onto the undercarriage?
<quote>....though they admitted that the British requirement was "specific in terms of temperature, altitude and so on ... there will be instances" </quote>
Ehuum, does sea-level vary outside the british isles?
No Need for Pilots ......
Since every wardroom in the fleet has a complement of officers experienced in "carrier deck landings" that are exactly as described - a running jump followed by a heavy thud and slide to a standstill .... usually on the dining table(s).
For the uninitiated, "carrier deck landings" is a game played in wardrooms at that late stage of the evening when even mess rugby seems too tame. The idea is to simulate, as faithfully as possible, the action of landing on a carrier deck, complete with kicking one's legs up to catch the arrestor wire - usually a rolled bed sheet. It's fun at the time, but OMG the front of one's body is mightily bruised in the morning. And heaven forbid you should misjudge where the edge of the table is ....
The real question, though, is will the RN's new carriers progress beyond using a shaken up beer can to douse the flames if there is a "crash on deck"?
Mine's the beer-soaked mess jacket, thanks.
Good for?
So, like why when the rest of the world just forks out for tried and tested carriers big enough, and the aircraft designed to work on them, do we go for the bodged different approach?
And am I the only one who'll feel just a little bit sad at the sight of the BRITISH Royal Navy flying US warplanes?
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Hi Lewis, I'm writing to inform you that your El-Reg byline has been hacked, and someone is putting out articles under your name.
Us long-term readers can immediately tell this, since there were no Page-ean turns of phrase (Buckets of Sunshine, extra-mural early afternoon meals etc.)
Enjoyed the article though.
VTOL my hole
Thunderbirds had this sorted in the sixties already.
Fast Carrier
Brilliant plan, now all we need is an aircraft carrier that can do 50 knots.
Hmm... hull speed for a displacement boat, needs to be 470 yards.
An alternative would be to raise the density of the air around the carrier improving the planes aerodynamic performance. Just before landing the carrier pumps out a vast cloud of CO2 - simple. Reduces fire risk too.
Or, giant fans on the carrier could generate the lift from the boat rather than the plane.
Really a good idea ?
VTOL and jet fighters has always striked me as a solution in search of a problem. the trade-off you have to cope with are such that no good solution is possible.
The harrier was a capable plane, but its role was much more limited than a conventional one. F35B looks like a very expensive way of degrading performance of a good plane.
Of course you need much larger ships for the "normal" catapult and arrest wires thingies, but at least, when airborne you have a plane with similar capabilites as it land based cousins.
This approach seems a possible improvement, but it raises another few questions on its own :
- with no arrest wires, you will still need a fairly important vertical component in the landing motion. Could be quite rough on the airframe, no ?
- A military plane, by definition, can come back with damages. How a damaged plane will be able to do such a difficult maneuver ?
Easier solution
If we built a really, really, really fast ship that steams along at about 500 mph, the pilot could just land, switch off the jet and walk away.
I can't see any possible shortcomings with this idea and what's more, we could get Gerry Anderson to design it.
Which would be FAB.
Quick check shows a "been there done that"
Russians apparently deployed this technique for Yak 38 in tropical climate due to it being unusable otherwise. They used a backup arresting net just in case.
The water is soft
What's the big deal? The water's soft, it's not like hitting concrete. Plus, at the temperatures this is likely to happen it'll be warm too.
If the pilot doesn't want a bath, he just uses his ejector seat, right?
"The pilot could stay in the cockpit for six months or so, and would be replaced at the end of his stint via helicopter."
I like this idea, I saw Charlton Heston do it once in a movie and it worked a treat. He even got the girl at the end.
just re-route
45% of main thrust into verticles thrusts with mini jets to keep the flow a constant, and heatrods that wouldnt use much electric from a battery
phone up mclaren and get theyre KERS system. for a lockhead, rolls royce, mclaren fighter stealth rolling jumpjet
Sea level and hovering
Altitude is relative, not absolute, so YES, obviously there would (hopefully) be 'near' sea level altitude absolute altitude, but temperature would make relative altitude vary.
The F-35 doesn't have swivelling outlets for main engines as per Harrier. Instead the main engine can be vectored down at the back and the lift-fan at the front provides counter-balancing up-thrust.
If it over-shot it's still hovering (with forward velocity) and can go-around or maybe to some extent back-up.
Being at high speed on an attempted landing is only necessary if your airplane can STALL as then you can fly away and go-around
Why not just make the carrier faster
Surely the obvious answer is that if the carrier moves along faster then the relative speed difference between the deck of the ship and the fighter will be less.
Perhaps that is too obvious.
Boring bit
(boffinry goggles activated)
Travelator: no, cos planes don't have powered wheels. It's the air-speed you need to brake, not the ground-speed.
Soft water: also no, actually pretty hard if you fall in from a height. That's why people can die/get crippled whilst jumping/diving badly into water from just a few metres up.
How about smearing the runway with very sticky jam?
TBH - the point about this only being required if a lot of aircraft return all at once fully-laden is important. That won't happen in a war situation, and can be planned against when there's less stress.
outside the box
Why not just put some more air in the tyres
or how about an inflatable airbag the plane drops/crashes on to :)
I've got the answer to all the Navy's problems: Fan Assisted Takeoff And Landing.
Vivian: "It's com-pletely brilliant!".
So it works* like this:
1) Stick some mega-huge fans under the carrier deck blowing air upwards through a grill on the deck. I mean huge fans, not like those panzy-ass motorized blowers you see behind the scenes of Twister. I am talking about those wind tunnel whirlers the F1 teams use to make their cars go faster.
2) Push jet, helicopter, boat, rubbish, naughty sailors or whatever onto grate.
3) Throttle up Fan to "Launch Speed"
4) Stand back and watch as items on deck accelerate upwards like fish in a water fountain.
5) Whenever said items wish to "land", repeat procedure as they are coming down into the "Target Landing Area".
6) After objects have come to rest, re-throttle up fan to "Spin Cycle" to clean up debris, blood, bone etc ready for next "landing"
There are some other benefits to FATAL:
1) Training: The paras could use it to practice their skydiving techniques.
2) Defence: bombs falling towards the deck could be blown back from whence they came
3) Thrust: When not used in FATAL mode, the air could be vectored backwards to add thrust to the carrier. This would be really useful if the Navy needs to deploy in the Bayou Swamps.
-- Phil
* Actual results may vary
Having recently watched the Sailor episode where the hapless Bucaneer pilot took about 10 attempts to land on the Audacious class Ark Royal (the one scrapped in the early eighties), it is clear that deck landings are always fraught with problems.
I don't see why a F35B would not be able to just go to full thrust, possibly bounce, and get back up to flying speed before running out of deck. The ski jump will not get in the way (at least in the CTOL design of CVF), because the aircraft will be landing on the angled part of the flight desk, and this will always have to be clear for a non-vertical landing.
Civvy Ignorance - Chris
Adding an arrestor wire hook means significantly improving the 'structural integrity' (had to get that one in!) of the fuselage to take the immense forces required to get a warplane to go from 120+ knots to ~25 knots in 10 metres. Never had the pleasure myself but am reliably informed its like 'a kick in the groin, but all over'.
A couple of points
Re: Dunstan Vavasour
Yes - the undercarriage on a Harrier does get beasted pretty badly during take-off, but no worse than a heavy landing. That's why you design an undercarriage on all jets to use oleo-pneumatic shock absorption.
Re: Really a good idea ? - AC
So, if you look at the air-combat in the falklands war against pretty capable planes, the extra maneuverability you get from thrust vectoring actually made a big difference in dog-fights. Ok, back in those days the medium range missiles weren't up to the same standards as today, so you got more close range sidewinder stuff, but that is still relevant today as well. Why do you think they have the complex thrust vectoring on most modern fighters now?
Final point is a couple of people have mentioned returning with loads on not being an issue in wartime. Actually it is. The most simple examples that the US carriers do all the time (with 4 different launch positions) are recovering a combat air patrol at the same time as you are trying to launch a full fighter or bomber force. If recovering a couple of aircraft uses your entire deck, launching at the same or similar time is very hard. The other thing you can get is a situation with multi-role aircraft where you need to quickly recover the aircraft to re-role them. Let's say you are expecting an attack by a carrier force, you put up all your fighters for defence, but for some reason your intel is wrong and you want to rapidly switch the fighter defence for a full attack profile with mainly bombers - you might have to land you entire wing, with AMRAAMs on board, to re-equip with LGBs etc.
@Nathan Hobbs
"I suspect our carriers wont be full sized comes down to 2 facts:
We don't have shipyards big anough to bild them
We don't have docks big enough to re-stock them."
I think it's more to the secret, hidden fact 3.
We don't have the defence budget anymore to build a supercarrier.
If the budget is there, then they could build / retrofit the docks to fit whatever ship needs to use them. No budget, use existing sites, build smaller ships.
Oh, what a wonderful way to decide the future of a country's defence network.
Mine's the one with 'conspiracy theorist' stamped across the back... in little red dots from the sniper teams' laser sights.
The ramp will take care of that, assuming a one runway design for the carrier.
Been here before....
<quote> And am I the only one who'll feel just a little bit sad at the sight of the BRITISH Royal Navy flying US warplanes? </quote>
Like the WILDCAT, HELLCAT and DAUNTLESS?
And of course the CORSAIR (Once we resolved the landing problem).
Hurrah Mister Cheese!
Well done for spotting things most people don't ever realise, our planes barely ever fly around in fully tooled up defensive combat patrol when not in a operational situation so why not use this technique.
And in fact the adoption of the Goalkeepr (I think, can't remember but its something like that) and the use of Type45 will mean the new carriers will be force projection.
Why not solve it in the opposite way?
Instead of very short landing planes, cant they make a very long landing strip? Observe the butterfly's tong that rolls into a tight roll, and scale up. So a kind of furlongs*-long inflatable erection, rolled out over/above the water as needed. If you'd allow photo-comments I could clarify it all...
Will also make for good Navy slang and lowbrow humor.
[*Is the furlong an accepted Reg standard dimension, or only for speeds (furlongs-per-forthnight)? Sometimes I can't remember anymore, and that scares me. Paris because... eh... I don't remember either.]
what a waste of money
Bleedin boffins researching the already known - pah!
Is LP a tad too young to have watched how Buccaneers got back on deck? The Blackburn Buccaneer used compressor bleed air fed over the leading edge of the wing (years before NASA thought of it) to keep the wing flying at low airspeed; consequently, despite the pilots' best efforts, it did not really want to land at all. So they pretty much had to crash land the things every time. Even funnier watching the Buccs that were transferred into RAF service doing exactly the same routine on terra firma.
Weapon changeover
A speedy and smooth change of weapons for the planes aboard a carrier is vital for its own defence. "Back in the day" the Japanese were caught in one re-arming to many at Midway, and that battle essentially decided the war.
@Scott: its difficult enough getting a carrier weighing 65k tonnes rolling forward in the first place, let alone adding a few knots to its speed.
@Phil: FATAL is a brilliant idea. Not to mention the fact you could use it for paying tourists during peacetime......rush down to the Patent office at once.....
</quote> So, if you look at the air-combat in the falklands war against pretty capable planes, the extra maneuverability you get from thrust vectoring actually made a big difference in dog-fights. </quote>
There were no instances of thust vectoring being used in combat during the Falklands. Also nothing that could reasonably be called a dogfight.
In fact overshoot during a vertical landing is possible and can result in a large, fuselage-shaped hole in the deck. I would expect to see the occasional vertical overshoot during heavy seas when the deck is rising and falling.
This would seem to be a good candidate for automation. I mean for avoiding the overshoot, not producing it. In any case, any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing.
Been here before
@ Zimon
And the Phantom.
@ cor
"Ehuum, does sea-level vary outside the british isles?"
Technically, yes. The sea level of the Pacific is about 20cm higher than the Atlantic.
The other use of forward motion
Moving forward while landing like this also avoids having the engine suck in it's own hot, oxygen depleted exhaust gas.
Still, I think the FATAL idea is better.
As for sea level differences - German and Swiss bridge builders have fun with that one.
@ And the Phantom
You could hardly call that ungainly, slow, overweight and bloated monstrosity with 2 Rolls Royce fans a Phantom! That is an insult to a wonderful aircraft.
Simple solution
Velcro ......
hooks on the tyres and loops on the deck
Job's a good un
So a bad clone of the redoubtable Russian Sukhoi SU34/37 MKI is coming to the non existent UK RN Carrier that has yet to have been built for the usual UK cost over run specifications/crap accommodation designs for the shoehorned in extra crew let alone on the actual naval architects drafting board !
Oh well such is life the armchair warriors and admirals appear to be out in force today as they tend to forget the Russians were there before them !
What price a choice indeed ? , says a certain some one or some things in life never change because fools fail to recognize reality in a real world !
Vertical Landing
Surely a vertical landing is *always* possible? It's what you need to do afterwards to make the aircraft ready for its next flight that varies.
I would have though the altitude specidifcations for carrier landings were failrly specific and invarient.
i.e. About 1 flagpole above sea level.
Why not just use the old steam catapults?
What I do not get is why they keep saying you need nuclear power to generate enough steam for steam catapults. Ark Royal (R09, Audacious class) had steam catapults (maybe not as powerful as needed now), but had conventional propulsion.
Regarding VTOL not being useful: ask the US Marines about that one, they LOVE their OV8Bs (Harriers). It is also a solution if you think your long runways may be vulnerable to attack (Battle of Britain anyone), as a Harrier could take of from a FAR shorter stretch.
Still like the FATAL approach though
Shit Russian aircraft and big ships in the tidal Falklands
>So, if you look at the air-combat in the falklands war against pretty capable planes
The only "capable" planes the Argies had were the French Mirage's but for range they would have wiped out the fleet. The rest of their aircraft were sixties US planes, crippled by a US arms embargo. They even used a few swizzlestick driven things for ground attack.
>Ehuum, does sea-level vary outside the british isles?
Yes the rest of the world has tides, although not always as radical as the British ones.
>I suspect our carriers wont be full sized comes down to 2 facts:
They are full sized, just not fully equipped.
>We don't have shipyards big anough to bild them
Yes we do, but only a right numpty would build a hull in a first world country.
>We don't have docks big enough to re-stock them.
Yes we do, but carriers are mostly restocked at sea, indeed the fit out of every large ship is done afloat.
>redoubtable Russian Sukhoi SU34/37 MKI
It's not. Russian aircraft are shit. The techno-gizmosity (avionics) is what matters and the yanks have it.
The main disappointment with the whole Georgian slaughter is that the yanks didn't take the opportunity to show the Russians what a real military looks like. The ruskies would've had their asses whupped, more than Max Mosely on a two-for-one Tuesday - because Russian stuff is crap.
(AND REG! Why do all my comments come out double spaced!!! [FF3, Windows])
@Phil : FATAL
That was my idea, you're only getting the credit because of a catchy backornym.
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That he is former military was among the first information the Capitol crowd had on John Bel Edwards in 2008, before he arrived for his inaugural session as a newly minted state representative. The rest of his dossier was pretty standard stuff: Democrat, House District 72, Amite native, Catholic, trial attorney, not related to Edwin Edwards.
When he paces the House floor lining up votes for the Democratic Caucus, he doesn't carry himself with the stiffness of a drill sergeant and doesn't bark out orders, but Edwards is definitely former military. He graduated from West Point, which has produced two presidents. He was an Army infantryman, which indicates he wanted to be a grunt.
His colleagues regard him as smart, observant and respectful, but incisive with his questions. They say he's effective in committee, unafraid to tackle tough issues and quick to challenge powerful opponents. The anti-administration policies Edwards pursued and the legislative goals he set early on quickly revealed his political stripes. They also set the foundation for his recently announced campaign for governor.
He was an Airborne Ranger, which means he volunteered to jump out of moving planes, land safely on the ground, and attack the enemy. He commanded his own rifle company in the 82nd Airborne in the 1990s. It was a fighting division, still is, with soldiers proud to wear the famous "AA" patches — "All-American" — on their shoulders.
Edwards received his first orders for a combat mission as an Airborne Ranger in 1994. Despite objections from Congress, former President Bill Clinton set into motion a military intervention after the Haitian government refused to restore democratic rule. Edwards' division was called up. "We were loaded and ready. The doors were closed and we started moving," he recalls. "We had already donned our parachutes."
Unbeknownst to Edwards, Clinton had also sent a delegation that included former President Jimmy Carter to Haiti to negotiate a surrender of the government. At that moment, most of America's ready military fleet was told to stand down. "They turned us around and sent us back," says Edwards, now 46. "I ended up being a peacetime soldier. And look, I was not one of those people who felt like their life would not be complete if they did not engage in combat. I am not going to tell you I was disappointed, because that was not going to happen without a tremendous loss of life. Not on our side — on their side."
Edwards says he knew what his job was when he boarded the plane. "I believe in fighting when necessary," he says. "It should always be a last resort, and in this case it was."
While he initially expected to pull a 20-year hitch in the Army, Edwards became a civilian just two years later. "My oldest child, Samantha, was born with spina bifida, and she had several brain surgeries over her first few years — and I was always gone, long deployments, training, and my wife had to tend to that by herself," he says. "I got to feeling like that was unfair to her and that the family would be better off if we came home. Also, at the time, the Cold War was over and the Army was getting smaller. They were asking people to leave and get out the Army if they were not absolutely sure they were staying in it for a career."
From that point on, Edwards' new career became the law and politics, with larger ambitions just beyond the horizon.
In terms of the 2015 governor's race, Edwards announced at zero dark hundred, that ambiguous military timeframe when the sun is still down, the crickets are chirping and there's dew clinging to blades of grass. Among Democrats, he remains the only committed candidate. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is said to be comfortable where he is for now. The mayor's sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, is gearing up for her own tough re-election campaign; she is the only statewide elected Democrat in Louisiana.
Bernie Pinsonat, president of Southern Media and Opinion Research in Baton Rouge, says Mitch Landrieu is the real wild card among Democrats and looms as Edwards' biggest political obstacle. "Mitch Landrieu would be the strongest candidate. He has already held statewide elected office," says Pinsonat. "It doesn't matter what John Bel Edwards does. If Mitch decides to run, Edwards becomes a non-candidate."
Jim Bernhard, former CEO of the Shaw Group in Baton Rouge and one-time chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party, is rumored to be considering the race, especially following whispers that President Barack Obama had him on the short list for energy secretary. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is a perennial maybe candidate, too, with a populist twist.
"There will be others," says state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson of New Orleans, current chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party. "I have heard interest from different people, although I can't reveal who they are."
Edwards believes he'll have company, too. "We're not lacking. The bench is there," he says. "The question is whether these folks will want to get in the game. I am truly impressed by the quality of talent." He adds that statewide Democratic candidates could easily emerge from the Legislature, most notably Speaker Pro Tempore Walt Leger of New Orleans and Sens. Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte and Rick Gallot of Ruston, as well as from mayor's offices in Alexandria and Baton Rouge. "I don't know what these people want to do, but they're capable."
It's a different picture on the Republican side, where likely candidates are already stacking up: Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, Treasurer John Kennedy, state Sen. Gerald Long of Winnfield, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain and U.S. Sen. David Vitter, among others.
For his part, Edwards is right now running against a Republican who won't even be in the race: Gov. Bobby Jindal, who's nearly halfway through his second and final term. With favorability ratings lower than Obama in Louisiana, Jindal is in a free fall following legal challenges to his landmark education and retirement reform packages, poor performances on the national presidential circuit, and a tax-swap plan that was pronounced dead before the current legislative session even opened. The governor's budgets, always accompanied by shortfalls and mid-year cuts, are likewise causing him political heartburn.
Jindal has upset teachers, state workers, unions, working families — and even middle-class moderates with kids in or considering state colleges and universities. That has created a perfect political opportunity for someone like Edwards, an unrelenting critic of the administration, to swoop in and promise to play the role of hero. "I think it's clear to people in this state that the governor has placed personal ambition above their welfare," he says. "His policies more than anything are causing people who have voted Republican over the last few election cycles to realize there is a cost associated [with such a vote]."
Pinsonat agrees. Republicans have been on a roll since 2011, he says, claiming the state House, Senate and all but one statewide office (including the federal seats). But Jindal has recently become a liability. "His cuts to hospitals and higher education and mental health facilities and all that may or may not affect that race," the pollster says. "It could help push lower and middle income voters away from Republicans and make this thing achievable. That is something to be watched, and it is showing up in polls. But that's right now. The election is a long ways off."
Jason Doré, executive director of the Louisiana Republican Party, notes that Edwards, should he be the lone high-profile Democrat, has a decent shot of making the runoff against the top GOP vote getter, given history and the nature of the state's jungle primary. But the lawmaker's constant opposition to Jindal's policies and support for Obama's will help Republicans paint him in a fashion that has sunk other Democratic candidates with more skin in the game.
If Edwards tries to fit himself into the mold of a conservative Democrat, Doré says, it won't resonate with voters. "John Bel Edwards just doesn't seem to be embracing the mantle of conservative Democrat," he notes. "That will become more apparent in the runoff, when it will be a clear choice between a conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat."
Dem party chair Peterson, for one, says next year's re-election campaign of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu will be a better litmus test for Edwards' hopes. "No question. It will be telling. There's no tap dancing around that," she says. "We're going to have to start building momentum with that race."
For Edwards to transform barely two terms in the state House into at least four years in the Governor's Mansion, he needs to introduce himself to voters early — before Republicans can define him as an Obama patsy. He says he's sturdy on both fronts, but until the campaigning really starts, he remains largely an unknown.
Edwards comes from old political stock. His great-grandfather, grandfather and father were all popular sheriffs in Tangipahoa Parish. So popular that his younger brother Daniel, who inspired him to be an infantryman, is now the fourth generation to wear the badge. Not to be outdone, his older brother Frank is police chief in Independence, and he has a sister-in-law on the bench.
He spent a good deal of time in the woods and in the duck blind with his brothers, who recall the state representative bragging — long before he fired as an expert marksman on the range — that he could "outshoot Davy Crockett" and take down any game. "That's probably true," Edwards says with a laugh. "As a kid, if a duck fell, I would claim I shot it."
His mother claimed his fourth grade teacher sent home a note one day calling him a "born leader." Edwards later made his mark on the local football team and married his high school sweetheart.
With the goal of attending law school, Edwards was late to apply for West Point, but he was aided by recommendations from former U.S. Sens. Russell Long and J. Bennett Johnston. "I didn't know either of them personally, but they certainly knew who my dad was," Edwards recalls. He was also elected by his fellow cadets to serve as vice chairman of investigations for the Honor Committee, which oversaw conduct hearings and rendered rulings.
He left the military for a new start as a small-town attorney. Given his career choice and family background, it was only a matter of time before Edwards made the leap into politics, which he did by winning a House district that is largely African-American and poor. He garnered 66 percent of the vote in 2007 and 83 percent four years later. In his first year as a lawmaker, he landed a chairmanship over a select committee on veteran affairs. By his third session, he had risen through the ranks to chair the Democratic Caucus.
He passed a tough bill early on, prescribing how war veterans' homes and care facilities can be used, and he crafted new protections for victims of child pornography. Edwards also made a name for himself second-guessing the Jindal Administration's priorities on everything from teacher tenure to public retirement benefits.
Peterson says Edwards exemplifies the kind of "American values" that resonate across party lines, even if some people disagree with his politics. "These are values we have in common," she says. "It's an entry point to talking about common interests."
While that may be a good political introduction, Pinsonat says poll numbers today show a tough challenge for any statewide Democratic candidate, regardless of his or her story, adding, "It's not impossible, but it would be a difficult task because of the demographics of Louisiana."
In addition to the poll numbers and recent trends, history is not on Edwards' side. No candidate in modern times, if ever, has moved directly from the House of Representatives to the Governor's Mansion. If Edwards succeeds, or even comes close, his candidacy could be transformative for the Dems.
In his campaign for governor, Edwards says he will make higher education his top issue. "We're dismantling our most important institutions that people rely on," he says. "It's not helpful when you are trying to graduate students on time and retain teachers and you don't give the universities enough money to accomplish that."
The issue is polling strongly right now, chiefly due to Jindal's funding reductions in recent years. A Southern Media poll taken just before the session found that nearly 80 percent of Louisiana voters opposed further cuts to higher ed. The numbers are nearly identical on health care, another important campaign plank for Edwards.
To get his bio and ideas out to voters, Edwards will need money. Lawmakers are banned from fundraising during legislative sessions, but Edwards hosted an event in Hammond before the current session convened. He says it brought in, along with smaller fundraisers preceding it, more than $300,000. In 2012, he raised just $61,000 and went into 2013 with about $37,000 in the bank. The campaign will need millions to compete effectively for governor, but his recent efforts show there is potential, Edwards says.
He raised only about $9,300 last year from political action committees, and spent just as much on polling with the Kitchens Group of Florida. Financial disclosure forms on file with the Ethics Administration show he has received food and lodging from groups like AT&T and the Farm Bureau while delivering speeches he described as focused on budget challenges.
Edwards' largest donors by far are attorneys, which speaks to his own calling as a trial lawyer. He refers to his business as a "plaintiff's practice." Pinsonat says business and industry won't see a distinction. "His profession is a trial lawyer, and Louisiana is not a friendly state [for trial lawyers], one of the top three in that regard," the pollster says. "He will certainly be up against it with the business community, and they will be throwing money at it."
Edwards says most of his clients are small businesses and he doesn't specialize. "In a small town, you can't specialize too much or you'll starve to death," he says. He adds that he avoids cases that overlap into law enforcement so as not to create conflicts with his brothers.
His personal financial disclosure form shows he has represented clients before state departments since being elected, but Edwards says that kind of work did not start with public office. "There were times when someone would have a dispute with the Department of Revenue and I would write a letter or make a phone call," he says. "I had done it on a few occasions before becoming a state representative."
The first time Edwards ever had to raise money on a large scale was in 2011, when he toured the state helping House Democrats maintain their seats. In some respects, that was a trial run for his planned gubernatorial campaign. With Jindal handpicking candidates and Vitter shepherding his own GOP committee, Edwards knew Democrats would eventually be outspent 4-to-1 in the last statewide campaign. But he worked it for the caucus full-time.
Dems lost their House majority in 2011 while Edwards was caucus chair, but that was because several representatives switched parties. On Election Day, Democratic candidates actually fared very well — holding onto every challenged seat. "We didn't get any really big dollar donations," Edwards says. "It was a multitude of smaller donations. It's the hardest way to raise money, but it puts you into contact with the most people."
On at least one hot-button issue, Edwards aligns with other moderate-to-conservative Democrats in Louisiana: he is pro-life, with exceptions for cases involving incest or rape. He is also pro-gun and opposes legally recognizing gay marriage. On the other hand, he believes the science supporting global warming and doesn't believe creationism should be taught in public schools. "I send my kids to catechism for that," he says.
There's a lot of talk about applying the "John Breaux Democrat" label to Edwards and other like-minded Dems. Breaux was a former U.S. senator from Louisiana, now a top-shelf lobbyist on K Street in Washington, who excelled at voting along conservative and moderate lines on the Hill to placate his base back home. The relatively few Louisiana liberals stayed loyal to him because, well, he was a Democrat.
Doré says Edwards deviates too much from the Breaux model and won't be able to use that template in the coming months to create a campaign message. "I just don't see it," he says.
Bob Mann, LSU's Manship chair in journalism, knows the thread all too well. He served 17 years as state director and press secretary to Breaux and also worked for Russell Long and J. Bennett Johnston. "When people talk about John Breaux Democrats, that's a problem," he says. "[Breaux's] not around anymore."
Plus, members of Congress have an easier time straddling the fence than a governor, Mann adds. The conservative label could cause trouble for Edwards, especially against a Republican like Vitter. "You're just not going to outdo David Vitter, in terms of being conservative, in Louisiana," Mann says.
Edwards counters that he has been there before. He had to prove himself in the shadow of a political family and then later in the Army. But his biggest challenge may have been convincing a House district of largely African-American, poor voters that a white man from a relatively privileged background would relate to their lives, something he accomplished thanks in large part to his father's relationship with the community while he was sheriff. There was still KKK activity many years ago, Edwards says, but his father, among other things, appointed African-American deputies.
Now Edwards has to do the mirror image of that kind of bonding with a statewide electorate that is mostly white, middle class and loves voting Republican, even if they aren't registered as such. Edwards says he is standing pat with his party, no matter what. In doing so, he could define what the next John Breaux Democrat looks like.
"It has never occurred to me to switch parties, not that I am 100 percent happy with the Democratic Party," he says. "But I know I would never be happy as a Republican. The message they have is not something I could believe in."
NOV 28 Columnist James Gill writes about an irritant for AG Buddy Caldwell in this post. Caldwell's upset about a "technicality" that turns out to be the US Constitution, Gill says.
NOV 28 Bill Cassidy says the story about his possible double-dipping from taxpayers is a "non-issue," the ABC News politics blog reports here. The story, broken by bloggers Lamar White Jr. and Jason Brad Berry earlier this week, is probably an issue for some taxpayers.
NOV 28 Blogger Tom Aswell writes about the next step for the 6th Congressional race. Former Gov. and ex-con Edwin Edwards plans to take some shots at opponent Garret Graves by pointing out that Graves is buddies with Bobby Jindal.
NOV 28 Gov. Bobby Jindal has much to be thankful for this week, the Picayune reports here. Specifically, he moved up in the latest GOP presidential poll - to 2 percent. Whoopie!
NOV 28 Blogger Ian McGibboney responds to a troll-like poster who had a problem with his most recent post about the Saints. Since people are rioting in Ferguson, Ian shouldn't talk about football, this individual opined. It's possible to care about more than one thing, Ian counters.
NOV 28 Yet again, we're hearing about budget cuts that are necessary because of a big budget hole, this editorial in the American Press says. This raises some questions, the paper says, such as: Why does this keep happening? And how can this be so when we're being told our economy is doing great?
NOV 28 Blogger Jason Brad Berry, arguably the only guy in Louisiana who is truly paying attention to the BP claims process, has a little something to say about a Picayune story on the audit reports. He wants to know if the reporter has ESP, or just wrote her story based on a press release. He also has links to the documents she wrote about - so you can judge for yourself.
NOV 28 The publishers of the Forward Now blog post this disclaimer about their social media accounts. They don't monitor who "likes" their articles, the publishers say, and they aren't trying to manipulate Facebook likes. Say what?
NOV 26 Jim Brown, like many of us Louisiana voters, seems fed up with out of town know-it-alls trying to tell us what to do. Bill Cassidy can't make it through the day without flying someone in to "tell us political retards" how to vote, he says.
NOV 26 Zach Kopplin, who we came to know and love when he was a Louisiana high school student lobbying for the continued inclusion of science stuff in science class, pens this post in The Atlantic about a "textbook" available for social studies instruction in Texas that discusses how Moses contributed to the Constitution. (Oy! Texas rednecks love Jews. Who knew?)
NOV 26 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing about the behavior of the two finalists in the 6th Congressional District race: Edwin Edwards and Garret Graves. Edwards has come out swinging, but Graves' campaign seems bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Tom says.


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Gabby Douglas' Hair Sparks Debate: Why?by Free Britney at . Comments
American teenager Gabby Douglas has been wowing the world with grace, style, and of course, the women's all-around gymnastics gold medal.
Nevertheless, much of the chatter on social media and online platforms has been about the upkeep of her hair, and not all feedback is positive.
Douglas, one of the few African-American gymnasts ever to compete in the Olympics and the first to win all-around gold, is an inspiring story.
Time and Sports Illustrated have her on their covers. President Barack Obama called to congratulate her. So why do people care about Gabby Douglas' hair?!
"I love how she's doing her thing and winning,'' says 22-year-old Latisha Jenkins of Detroit told The Daily Beast. "But I just hate the way her hair looks."
"With all those pins and gel ... I wish someone could have helped her make it look better since she's being seen all over the world."
"She representing for black women everywhere.''
According to reports, the 4'11" Douglas appears to have chemically relaxed natural hair, to which she adds a human-hair ponytail for height.
The Olympic champ then apparently slicks it all back with a heavy layer of gel to help it stay in place during her high-energy performances.
Hair has always been something of a hot button issue for African-American women culturally, but in the case of Douglas, isn't the criticism a little much?
Douglas' accomplishments speak for themselves ... for the conversation to turn to a teenager's physical appearance and upkeep seems a bit unfair.
Do you like her hair? Does it matter? Tell us what you think.
She looks good for planting cotton.........are her parents that cheap that she puts $1.00 clips in her hair???
I feel sorry for the hair complainers, they seem to be stuck in some funky time-warp. Most of them parade around with fake hair extensions and they not only diminish themselves but look like cloned clowns. They are not satisfied as they are, naturally. I see little girls with those things on their heads and I ask about their feelings of self worth. It's just not there. Gabby is focused on her art and the hair should never have been an issue. But, I feel that if she didn't have her hair straightened and dropped the extension, her true lovliness would shine through, as the Lord intended. I never hesitate to compliment a Black girl or woman for sporting a neat, coifed, lightly textured, or natural hairstyle. Let's get some dignity back and really keep it REAL!
who cares what her hair looks like? she wasnt out to win a metal for her hair sytle. i can bet that 95% (maybe more) of the haters would never be able to win an Olympic gold metal! way to go Gabby!! look past all of the ignorant and JEALOUS people in this sad world!!
Amen to what Anne said above. Why are we even giving any attention to what these shallow "haters" have to say? What I have to say is congratulation Gabby, your accomplishments are a lot more important than your hair, and anyway your hair looks just fine. You are an incredible young lady. I want my 8 year old African American daughter to look up to you as a wonderful example.
Gabby, I am proud of you. Don't be concerned about what anyone says about you or your hair. Keep your focus. We know what's going on w/them. You are great in my eye sight.
Oh forget the hair! I read far more worst things being said about this lovely child. Things that hurt me as an African American. She is who she is made perfectly in God's Eyes. I am sure Gabby is strong and will see pass all those tiny minded people and pray for them.
Its really messed up that her hair is an issue she is a beautiful and talented young lady and i am proud for her to represent our country!! You go girl i do my hair like that all the time damn what they say your doing what they cant now african american hair that suckas :)
You People Need to stop all this hateful hair talk and think of all her hard work. Gabby continue working on your Personal Legend.
I am shocked that this young lady was criticized for having her hair pulled back and pinned for her competition just like all the rest of the competitors. MOST female athletes keep short, no fuss hair or bind it up to keep it from getting in the way or causing sweat to drip in their eyes. She is American and can wear her hair any way she pleases. Looks like people don't stop being mean after middle school. Gabby, I hope you know for everyone who is criticizing you for your hair style there are 1000 more AMERICANS who are proud of your representation of our country and are so happy for your success and win!
she is an athlete. you are not worried about your hair when competing in an athletic event. Their is no bigger stage to compete on then the Olympic. Who cares what her hair looks like. Come on people. Maybe after she gets her 2 to 3 million dollars endorsement deal she can get her hair done!!!


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Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea is excited about the prospect of facing Spanish side Real Madrid during Tour 2014, presented by Aon.
United face Real in Ann Arbor, in the International Champions Cup - a competition which will also pit the Reds against AS Roma (in Denver) and Inter Milan (in Washington DC). For De Gea, the sold-out meeting with the La Liga outfit holds special significance, as he came through the ranks at their fierce local rivals, Atletico Madrid.
"It's a Spanish team, and I will enjoy playing against them," the goalkeeper told ManUtd.com. "It will be special for me. With it being a friendly, there is not as much pressure, but of course we will try to win the match.
"Although you know it's just pre-season, it always helps to compete against strong sides. Big teams are involved in the tournament and we will need to play well. Hopefully we can win it."
In addition to the trio of European giants, the Reds will also take on LA Galaxy in the Chevrolet Cup, and De Gea feels the MLS club, who are in the middle of their season, will provide a strong challenge. "It's always good to play against teams from outside Europe. I am sure it will be a tough game and it will help us gain pace and fitness."
Aside from taking part in some mouthwatering pre-season matches, the United no.1 is excited to be linking up with the rest of the squad once more ahead of the new campaign. "After a long break you want to see your team-mates and start the new season," he said. "You are looking forward to the training, which is tough, but enjoyable."
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We go way back
The history of Muslim-Catholic relations is one of both confrontation and dialogue.
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge once said, "Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good." As creatures of the modern age, most of us take great consolation in the idea that, however dismal the contemporary scene may appear to be, we are constantly improving on the track record of our ancestors.
Won't you be my neighbor?
Friendly meetings between Catholics and Muslims can make it a beautiful day in the neighborhood for all God's children.
A couple of Muslim children-fourth- or fifth-graders probably-squirmed and whispered to each other in the middle of midday prayer at the Muslim-American Youth Academy (MAYA) in Dearborn, Michigan.
Pardon our dust
We live in a messy time of transition in the Catholic Church. Sociologist Bryan T. Froehle offers four tools to help us through the renovation.
How is the Bible true?
"Since many have undertaken," St. Luke begins his gospel, "to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, I, too, decided... to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed: (1:1, 3-4).
Battle fatigue
Five years into the sex abuse crisis, some Catholics are growing weary, while others are cautiously optimistic.
Dear Pope Benedict
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Ambrose Swasey Professor, and Director
Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics
Monkey business: Why intelligent design is weird science
Francisco J. Ayala, a professor of evolutionary biology and philosophy at the University of California-Irvine, is both an expert in the field of evolution and its ardent defender.
From serving as an expert witness in court battles over the teaching of evolution in public schools to writing a letter defending evolution to Pope Benedict XVI just last year, Ayala has been a tireless advocate of what he calls the "fact" of evolution, arguing strongly against the theory of intelligent design, whose advocates claim that evolution leaves no room for God.
Semper ubi sub ubi
If you don't understand that, you're gonna love the new, old Latin Mass.
The old German pastor of my first parish, Father Albert Henkel, was marked by both an endearing character-affectionately calling all us servers by our "real" name, George-and an almost indomitable resistance to change. When the liturgical reforms of Vatican II rolled around, the only new addition to the church was a plywood altar finished in family-room paneling, a reflection of Father Henkel's belief that the "old" liturgy would soon return.
...and what we've failed to do
The abuse crisis will never be over without a full confession and a freely given absolution.
The people of God in Los Angeles experienced collective jaw-drop in July when the archdiocese announced the largest sex-abuse settlement in U.S. history. Paying out $660 million to settle 508 claims, the archdiocese avoided costly litigation, which was to begin the next day.
Is it OK to be a cafeteria Catholic?Survey Parish Life
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Torchwood: Miracle Day UK Air Date
At this stage it's a bit of a miracle in itself, but Torchwood: Miracle Day finally has a UK air date. The actual date is Thursday 14th July at 9pm on BBC1. This means the UK will be a full 6 days after the US premiere and also Canada and Australia.
It's not quite as bad as we feared, but never the less, it's disappointing for long-term UK fans.
The 10-episode series kicks off with The New World, written by Russell T Davies.
Here are all the confirmed air dates, in order of broadcast.
- US premiere -- Friday 8th July at 10pm on Starz
- Australia -- Saturday 9th July at 8.30pm on UKTV
- Canada -- Saturday 9th July at 9pm on Space
- UK -- Thursday 14th July at 9pm on BBC1
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CHICAGO — Playing in front of a packed Lincoln Hall Friday, Feb. 22, The Giving Tree Band brought their seven man act to the Chicago scene.
Featuring at any one time an acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, violin, banjo, acoustic slide guitar, mandolin, piano, organ, drums, upright bass, electric bass, trumpet, trombone, xylophone, hand percussions — the band had people stomping their feet and clapping their hands.
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but wouldn't Usagi go better with Rarity, not to be rude though, it's just my idea.
I don't know about that since to me the most generous one is Splinter. He always thinks about others before himself and was so generous to take care of 4 turtles and let them grow up and trust themselves. he could have abandoned them and live his own life but he didn't and that's reason enough for me to put him together with Rarity who does a lot for her friends without asking for something in return. Like the time she made them all a dress to the gala.


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Personalities: Rocker Doctor
"Oh, you mean my devil horns?" says Jamie Hall, MD, when asked about his unique hair style. "They actually retract pretty nicely for work." The Detroit physician cares for poor and uninsured patients by day, and rocks out as the frontman of a punk/metal band called HafLife by night.


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November 25, 2014
The bi-partisan Rural Schools Task Force is issuing a list of recommendations for how to improve education in the state's more than 200 rural school districts.
The task force is made up of State Assembly members, including Rep. Rob Swearingen of Rhinelander.
The group is recommending increased funding for rural school transportation and also initiatives to attract teachers to want to teach in the districts.
This includes a proposal to offer student-loan debt forgiveness to teachers who accept jobs in these districts.
Representative Swearingen says the recommendations come from talking directly to school staff.
"The report that was released earlier this week is a compilation of all the testimony we received from superintendents, from teachers, from librarians, and from parents." Swearingen says.
The recommendations cannot go into effect unless they pass in the next legislative session.
Many Democrats have expressed concern that the recommendations do not address how to deal with declining enrollments in rural schools.
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