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The FAA Wednesday grounded all flights of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner after two major battery malfunctions on its flagship jets. WSJ's Jon Ostrower and Former U.S. DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo discuss on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency, like other civil-aviation regulators around the world, followed the FAA's lead because the U.S. agency oversees Boeing and certified the Dreamliner. Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways also grounded their 787s, after similar moves by airlines in Japan, Chile, Poland and India on Wednesday.
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"There is no Boeing 787 flying anywhere in the world at the moment," Dominique Fouda, a spokesman for the European air-safety regulator, said Thursday.
It is the first time in four decades that U.S. regulators have pursued such drastic action to effectively ground a major airliner. The FAA called for Boeing and its airline customers "to develop a corrective action plan."
The European safety agency's order affects two aircraft operated by LOT Polish Airlines SA, the regulator said. Poland's civil-aviation authority earlier took a similar measure.
In the U.S., flights could resume in as soon as a few days or at the beginning of next week, according to people familiar with matter. That could happen, they predict, if the FAA signs off quickly on various interim safety improvements Boeing has drafted.
Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney, who discussed the matter with FAA officials before the announcement, said the company "is committed to supporting the FAA and finding answers as quickly as possible."
Mr. McNerney added that Boeing is working "around the clock with its customers and the various regulatory and investigative authorities."
The Boeing statement also said "we are confident the 787 is safe, and we stand behind its overall integrity." The Chicago-based plane maker added that it "deeply regrets the impact" on airlines and passengers.
The FAA's emergency order came after an All Nippon Airways Co. 9202.TO -0.69% ANA Holdings Inc. Japan: Tokyo ¥300 -2 -0.69% Dec. 29, 2014 3:00 pm Volume (Delayed 20m) : 19.27M P/E Ratio 30.29 Market Cap ¥1,063.02 Billion Dividend Yield 1.33% Rev. per Employee ¥49,177,300 12/28/14 AirAsia Helped Transform Plane... 12/18/14 Tokyo's Haneda Airport Challen... 12/12/14 Sony Taps Crowdfunding Wisdom ... More quote details and news » 787 in Japan was forced to make an emergency landing and evacuation. In-flight alarms indicated overheating on the jet's main battery that caused a burning smell in the cabin, but apparently no smoke. The plane's computers warned of a battery fault prior to takeoff, according to a person familiar with the details, but the warning was displayed in part of the cockpit's data system that pilots don't routinely scan just before departure.
Japanese aviation-safety officials began their investigation of the incident on Thursday and said the inside of the battery appeared to be burned and swollen. "It was like charcoal," said Hideyo Kosugi, one of the five investigators of the Japan Transportation Safety Board dispatched to the landing site.
The FAA said that before further flight, Boeing must demonstrate to the agency that the 787's advanced lithium-ion batteries are safe. FAA officials said they would work with the company and carriers to allow flights "as quickly as possible," but the agency also said it is still trying to determine the root causes of two recent battery fires.
An official carries a main battery that was removed off an electrical room beneath the cockpit of an All Nippon Airways 787 at Takamatsu airport in western Japan on Thursday. Associated Press
All Nippon Airways grounds its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, after one of its planes made an emergency landing in Japan. This follows a series of problems with the 787s, which triggered safety investigations. The WSJ's Jake Schlesinger has the details.
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U.S. regulators likely set the stage for months of debate over whether broader 787 design changes are necessary. Wednesday's announcement, which shocked the aerospace industry, came without either the FAA or Boeing publicly sketching out any clear path for what needs to be done to restore public confidence in the fleet of twin-engine jets.
The FAA's order applies only to U.S.-registered Dreamliners, meaning it will affect only the six 787s operated by United Airlines, a unit of United Continental Holdings Inc., UAL -0.70% United Continental Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE $64.82 -0.46 -0.70% Dec. 29, 2014 11:21 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 731,619 P/E Ratio 19.32 Market Cap $24.09 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $447,322 12/18/14 Tokyo's Haneda Airport Challen... 12/08/14 American Airlines Lowers View ... 12/06/14 Challenges Await Year Two of A... More quote details and news » which is currently the jet's only U.S. operator.
United said it would immediately comply with the FAA order and cooperate with the agency and Boeing "as we work toward restoring 787 service." It said it would substitute other planes on the routes currently flown by its 787s.
Both ANA and Japan Airlines 9201.TO -0.69% Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. Japan: Tokyo ¥3,575 -25 -0.69% Dec. 29, 2014 3:00 pm Volume (Delayed 20m) : 1.85M P/E Ratio 7.87 Market Cap ¥1,305.73 Billion Dividend Yield 1.90% Rev. per Employee ¥42,381,000 12/25/14 China Stocks Rise on Deregulat... 12/18/14 Tokyo's Haneda Airport Challen... 12/02/14 Asian Shares Mixed as Shanghai... More quote details and news » —the first two global customers for the 787—grounded their fleets of Dreamliners after Wednesday's incident for at least two days. In addition to United, Chile's Lan Airlines, a unit of the LATAM Airlines Group, LAN.SN +1.50% LATAM Airlines Group S.A. Chile: Santiago CLP7,125.00 +105.00 +1.50% Dec. 29, 2014 12:26 pm Volume (Delayed 20m) : 47,403 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap CLP3,830.36 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee CLP128,789,000 More quote details and news » grounded its fleet of three Dreamliners. LOT Polish airlines, whose inaugural 787 service to Chicago was en route from Warsaw when the grounding was announced, canceled the return trip to Poland.
Air India, with six 787s, also said it grounded its fleet.
Boeing already has proposed some interim operational changes, enhanced battery-health checks and frequent inspections to U.S. and Japanese regulators, as a way to quickly get the jetliners back in the air, according to industry and government officials. FAA officials are reviewing those suggestions.
The last time the FAA issued this type of order grounding a jetliner model occurred after a DC-10 lost an engine and crashed in 1979, although it has ordered emergency inspections of other models since. Prior to Wednesday's announcement, U.S. officials had said they didn't think the 787s recent malfunctions posed an immediate safety risk.
From the Dreamliner's inception about a decade ago, Boeing officials, regulators, and safety experts focused significant attention on mitigating the hazards of overcharging the plane's two lithium-ion battery packs. Those concerns are now at the heart of the widening international probe into the Dreamliner.
No one was hurt in Wednesday's ANA incident, but it was the most serious in a series of Dreamliner problems. On Jan. 7, there was a fire in an auxiliary battery aboard a parked Japan Airlines Co. 787 in Boston. That incident prompted a broad review by the FAA into the design and manufacture of the Dreamliner.
Technical experts from the FAA and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are scheduled to arrive in Japan Friday. Industry and government experts are saying much of the investigation is bound to concentrate on why elaborate safeguards—designed into the 787's electrical grid from the start—apparently failed to prevent the recent emergencies.
The grounded flights pose potentially severe problems for ANA and Japan Airlines. The two carriers have built their global strategies around the 787. ANA was operating 17 Dreamliners prior to the grounding, while JAL had five in service.
ANA plans a total Dreamliner fleet of 66 planes, while JAL intends to fly 33 of the aircraft by 2017, and 45 beyond that.
A JAL executive said Thursday that he expects earnings to be affected if the suspension drags on, adding that it is hard to predict now when the aircraft will resume operations. "If [the operation halt] gets prolonged and we see the impact, it is possible to feel the impact on earnings," Akira Yonezawa, a JAL executive officer, said at a news conference.
India's civil-aviation minister, Ajit Singh, said any decision by the country about restoring the 787s to service would be taken only after the FAA approves the safety of the jets.
Air India was among the early customers for the 787, ordering 27 Dreamliners in January 2006. It has received six so far.
A spokesman for Air India said the carrier is working on alternative arrangements to accommodate the passengers who were booked on Dreamliner flights. The options include using other planes on the routes served by the 787s, as well as shifting passengers to other carriers, he added. Air India operates 787s on three domestic routes as well as to Paris, Dubai and Frankfurt.
Ethiopian Airlines operates four Dreamliners and has an additional six on order, a representative for the carrier told Zawya Dow Jones.
Qatar Airways, with a fleet of five 787s, said it would resume Dreamliner service when the aircraft met U.S. safety standards.
Regardless of when flights resume, Boeing confronts the huge hurdle of shoring up airline support for the 787, which entered service in late 2011, three years later than expected, and faces continued production challenges. Airlines that invested billions of dollars to buy the aircraft, which so far has flown a total of about one million passengers without a fatal accident, face uncharted territory in trying to persuade rattled passengers that the planes are safe.
The 787, whose first commercial flights occurred in the fall of 2011, employs lightweight materials to reduce fuel usage, but also requires the high-power lithium batteries, which have caused fires aboard aircraft in the past.
The Dreamliner has two lithium ion batteries, each weighing about 63 pounds and measuring about 1½ feet long. One sits underneath the cockpit in a compartment known as the forward electrical equipment bay, which was where Wednesday's malfunction occurred, and a second in the aft bay under the wings, which was the site of last week's fire in Boston.
The reviews by regulators and by Boeing could result in a need for the company to make changes to the batteries, which could challenge its plans to double production of the plane to 10 a month by the end of this year. The company has delivered 50 Dreamliners to customers so far, and has booked orders for about 800 more.
During the introduction of most newly designed aircraft, typically "there are a certain number of things that get discovered early and are relatively easy to fix," said Richard Healing, a former member of the NTSB. But without advocating a redesign, he said safety issues raised by the 787 could take more time and effort to resolve.
"They need to be looked at very, very carefully," Mr. Healing said, including "reviewing how we got to where we are, and to see if there is something important that was missed."
The 787 has a number of redundant safety systems intended to prevent the batteries from overcharging or overheating, which creates unstable metallic lithium that can ignite and result in a thermal "runaway."
The announcement came even before FAA investigators had a chance to examine the battery on the second airliner that recently caught fire. But based on preliminary information, the FAA decided that continued flight was too dangerous in light of the "release of flammable electrolytes, heat damage and smoke" that resulted from the pair of incidents earlier this month.
Changing the battery wouldn't be as simple as swapping one out for another type, said a person directly familiar with the jet's design. The 787's integrated architecture is anchored around the quality of the power from the lithium-ion battery. Any change in supplier or design would be "a pretty significant challenge," the person said, requiring layers of modification from hardware to controlling software to adjust for a new battery.
"You start changing the variables the second you change the established and certified system, you have to change all the tentacles that are attached and that are reliant on that battery," says Carter Leake, a former airline pilot and senior equity research analyst for BB&T Capital Markets.
Boeing shares were down 18 cents at $74.16 at midday Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, after a 3.4% decline to $74.34 at 4 p.m.Wednesday.
Years of tests and deliberations ended in 2007 with the FAA certifying the use of the powerful lithium batteries on 787s—a precedent-setting step for a jet—to power key onboard systems, including flight controls, emergency lighting and cockpit recorders. As in earlier jets, the agency wanted assurances that in the event of a battery emergency, the high temperatures wouldn't damage surrounding structures and any smoke or fumes would be sucked outside rather than into the cabin.
But final approval for the 787 also was contingent on Boeing, among other things, designing an automatic system able to disconnect the batteries from the plane's electrical grid in case of unexpected problems. The FAA also required Boeing to demonstrate that its design had a way "to prevent overheating or overcharging of lithium ion batteries" even if the automatic-disconnect system malfunctioned or failed.
As part of their investigation, Japanese and U.S. experts want to determine if an internal battery failure, or defective lithium-ion cell, was the ignition source in either of the two incidents. Laboratory tests have shown that such events can prompt nearby cells to quickly heat up and result in a fierce, high-temperature fire engulfing the battery and anything nearby.
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The Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort submitted an application to the Planning, Zoning and Building Department Monday, Aug. 17, requesting an additional 85 tourism units from the newly-created pool of 250 tourism units available Key-wide.
Longboat Key Hilton owner Mark Walsh vowed last year that he would expand his 102-unit hotel considerably if the voters approved the charter amendment allowing existing grandfathered tourism units to be converted to legal tourism units at their current density.
Walsh made good on his promise when the Hilton's application was the only one submitted by Monday, the application deadline date, which was created in the event that the town received multiple applications at once and needed additional time to review them before dispensing the units.
The application proposes to increase the number of hotel guestrooms from 102 rooms to 187 rooms.
In the application, which has not yet been reviewed by town staff, Walsh and his agent propose the demolition and reconstruction of the existing two-story restaurant, bar, retail and banquet facility.
The Longboat Key Hilton, owned by Delray Beach-based Oprock Longboat Fee LLC, currently has several structures on its 5.6-acre site, including the five-story guestroom building and two-story public facilities building that include the restaurants, retail, banquet and support facilities.
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Walsh did not return a phone call seeking comment for the story.
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The application states once the project is approved and all permits are received for the work, construction will begin within 90 days and will be complete no later than three years from the day construction commences.
Planning Board Vice Chairman Al Hixon said he's interested in seeing the Longboat Key Hilton's application.
"But the weakness in the real-estate market is displayed by the fact there is only one application sought for the potential 250 tourism units to be added," Hixon said. "And the lack of competition is disappointing."
Explaining that the hotel was built in the late 1970s to provide hotel accommodations, the application states that, over the years, various hotels along Gulf of Mexico Drive have morphed into residential properties.
"To remain financially sound and competitive for the next generation of resort guests, the hotel needs to take steps to reposition itself for the future," the application states. "This will help ensure the economic viability of the surrounding commercial properties."
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The proposed addition of 85 hotel rooms will add approximately 60 weekday afternoon peak vehicle trips in season, according to the application.
The Longboat Key Hilton is the first town property to take advantage of two charter amendments that allow grandfathered tourism and condominium units to redevelop to their current density and the creation of a tourism unit pool of 250 units.
The application comes 29 months after Longboaters overwhelmingly approved both measures in March 2007, in the hopes of boosting Key tourism to the year 2000 levels.
The voluntary-rebuild ordinance allows grandfathered properties on the Key to tear down and rebuild their properties without losing some of their current units that do not conform to the town's current density requirements.
And, the tourism-unit ordinance creates a pool of 250 units, which is said to be the historical difference between the number of units in the year 2000 (the year the Holiday Inn shut down) and the present time.
Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson and her staff must review the project with the applicant before it's considered for placement on a future Planning and Zoning Board agenda.
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SPRINGFIELD — An appraisal used to justify the $23 million purchase of a major batch of Lincoln artifacts didn't investigate whether one of the collection's most important pieces — a stovepipe hat that purportedly belonged to the 16th president — actually was authentic.
Questions about the hat's provenance, first reported last year by the Chicago Sun-Times, have led to calls for DNA testing and the public release of the 2007 appraisal by a bloc of members on the state historic panel that oversees the Lincoln presidential museum, where the hat was recently put on a six-month display.
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"Kaller's task was to appraise the value of the collection, not to authenticate each item," according to a statement from the Lincoln presidential museum that accompanied the appraisal.
The agency made the report public six minutes before the close of business Friday, a time of diminished public interest and scrutiny going into the three-day Presidents Day weekend.
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"I'm not sure I found enough information on the hat to make me more comfortable about it and whether it was indeed owned by Lincoln or worth $6.5 million," said Shirley Portwood, a retired Southern Illinois University history professor and member of the state Historic Preservation Agency board.
In his report, Kaller steered clear of delving into the hat's provenance but said it was "generally accepted" then as the only Lincoln hat still in private hands. He also said he inspected a separate appraisal provided by Taper — one that the foundation did not release last Friday.
"The items in this collection have already been inspected and authenticated," Kaller wrote. "The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has indicated that, based on prior in-depth research, it is comfortable with the provenance and descriptions provided. I have therefore made my valuations based on accepting the provenance information provided to me at the start of this project."
His report used the auction prices of other Lincoln relics and even such disparate items as Mark McGwire's 70th home run baseball; an Eric Clapton guitar; a replica of the Starship Enterprise from the "Star Trek" television series, and an imitation of Princess Diana's wedding dress as benchmarks to come up with the value for the entire Taper collection.
Kaller did not respond to an email seeking comment Monday.
"The [hat's] provenance is not clarified with this appraisal," said Tony Leone, another Historic Preservation Agency board member who had pressed the foundation to release its appraisal. "Accepting this really questions an IHPA board member's fiduciary responsibility."
The Chicago Sun-Times last year raised questions about the hat's background because the museum's explanation of where it came from doesn't square with a 57-year-old affidavit describing its ownership trail.
The museum maintains Lincoln gave the hat as a token of thanks to a southern Illinois farmer at an 1858 debate with Stephen Douglas, but a descendent of that farmer claimed in a 1958 affidavit that her father-in-law got it from Lincoln "during the Civil War in Washington."
Beyond family lore, no evidence exists that the farmer, William Waller, ever made the long trip to the nation's capital, and Lincoln never returned to Illinois after becoming president. Nor is there any evidence — such as a newspaper clipping, a letter, diary entry or photograph — to prove a handoff occurred at the 1858 debate.
In an interview last year, the museum's Lincoln curator, James Cornelius, explained why the museum tied the hat's origin to Lincoln's 1858 debate appearance rather than how the Waller affidavit described things a century later.
"I guess you'd say we've taken something of a historic liberty in re-dating it to a much more plausible time and place," Cornelius said then.
In a statement that accompanied the release of the Kaller appraisal, the head of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum stood by the museum's belief the hat is real.
"Everything about our hat matches what experts know about other stovepipe hats worn by Lincoln, down to the size and shop it came from. I have been told by our Lincoln curators its chain of ownership can be traced back 150 years to a prominent southern Illinois farmer and Lincoln supporter," said Eileen Mackevich, the presidential museum's director.
"The hat has been loaned to other institutions, including the prestigious Huntington Library, and no questions were raised about its authenticity. In addition, the Illinois state historian reviewed the hat's history before it was added to our collection," she said.
Mackevich also shot down any possibility of testing the hat for Lincoln's DNA, saying the facility is "concerned that DNA testing might do undue harm to an irreplaceable artifact."


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Timothy Kien Amukele, MD PhD
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- Medical Director, Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration Core Laboratory
- Co-Investigator, Johns Hopkins Malawi Clinical Trials Unit
- Assistant Professor of Pathology
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Research Interests
Quality of clinical laboratories in sub-Saharan Africa; Non-communicable diseases in sub-Sarharan Africa
Dr. Timothy Amukele is an assistant professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise includes pathology. Dr. Amukele serves as the medical director for the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration Core Laboratory in Kampala, Uganda. He is also a laboratory co-investigator for the Johns Hopkins Malawi Clinical Trials Unit in Blantyre, Malawi.
His research interests include clinical laboratories and chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Dr. Amukele earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed his residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in clinical pathology and performed a fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center.
Dr. Amukele is the associate director for clinical pathology programs for Pathologists Overseas Inc. He serves as a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology.
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Diplomate, American Board of Pathology
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Univ (Bronx NY ) (2006)
- University of Washington Medical Center / Clinical Pathology (Seattle WA ) (2009)
- University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle WA ) (2010)
- American Board of Pathology / Clinical Pathology (2009)
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Research Summary
Dr. Amukele's research interests are twofold: clinical laboratories and chronic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). His goal is to drive the conversation about both issues by studying, documenting and publicizing the facts, including:
- How many clinical labs are there?
- What is the quality of the work these labs do?
- How much do they charge for their tests?
- Are people getting value for the money being invested?
- What is the profile of individuals with kidney disease in SSA?
He has created a laboratory quality assurance that has been deployed in Eritrea, Bhutan, Uganda and Malawi. He aims to create a system of laboratory quality assurance that produces measurable results in settings without financial or regulatory incentives.
He's interested in studying the etiology of chronic disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is especially attractive for elucidating disease mechanisms because it is the most genetically diverse region in the world, and reflects the biological and physical conditions where modern humans evolved. Current projects include: epidemiology and etiology of acute kidney injury in ambulatory patients in Kampala; and epidemiology and etiology of acute kidney injury in ambulatory patients in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Selected Publications
- Schroeder LF, Amukele T. "Medical laboratories in sub-saharan Africa that meet international quality standards." Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Jun;141(6):791-5. doi: 10.1309/AJCPQ5KTKAGSSCFN.
- Elbireer AM, Jackson JB, Sendagire H, Opio A, Bagenda D, Amukele TK. "The good, the bad, and the unknown: quality of clinical laboratories in Kampala, Uganda." PLoS One. 2013 May 30;8(5):e64661. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064661. Print 2013.
- Amukele TK, Soko D, Katundu P, Kamanga M, Sun J, Kumwenda NI, Taha TE. "Vitamin D levels in Malawian infants from birth to 24 months." Arch Dis Child. 2013 Mar;98(3):180-3. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302377. Epub 2012 Dec 7.
- Amukele TK, Michael K, Hanes M, Miller RE, Jackson JB. "External quality assurance performance of clinical research laboratories in sub-saharan Africa." Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 Nov;138(5):720-3. doi: 10.1309/AJCP8PCM4JVLEEQR.
- Amukele TK, Baird GS, Chandler WL. "Reducing the use of coagulation test panels." Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2011 Dec;22(8):688-95. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32834b8246.
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LocationsThe Johns Hopkins Hospital600 N. Wolfe StreetHospital Main Entrance - Sheikh Zayed TowerBaltimore, MD 21287Appointment Phone: 410 955 4382Location MapJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center4940 Eastern AvenueBaltimore, MD 21224Appointment Phone: 410 955 4382Location Map
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text: 4 (Hopefully not) The Final Frontier.HeadlessHorseman | 18/08/2010 | See all HeadlessHorseman's reviews (17)Those Maiden guys are a canny lot aren't they? Whilst other music artists are releasing their shiny spinny discs in flimsy card wallets (no names mentioned, but you know who you are!), that's not good enough for the 'Irons'. Nay and thrice nay, they put their disc out in a METAL CASE and to Hades with being environmentally friendly! And a sweet looking thing it is too, but what the heck have they done to our Eddie?! Looks like a 'Predator' reject, so he does!To the album then, and it's quite a belter, albeit a little flawed. It starts off very well with 'Satellite 15. . . The Final Frontier', a two-fister that starts with a great atmospheric intro and concludes with a ripping song, now unobscured by its nonsense video, which gets the album off to a great start. 'El Dorado' is a little corker of a track that hits the ground running and scarcely pauses for breath by the end and hints at a direction I'd love to see Maiden go in the future. 'Mother Of Mercy' is a typically Maiden-esque sounding track, which is let down just a little by Dickinson's vocals, surprisingly, as he seems to struggle a little bit with the top notes during the chorus; you could argue that he's really pushing himself as a singer, but his range definitely tells in this song. 'Coming Home' ironically sounds a bit like early 90s Helloween as it opens, but turns into a lyrically fantastic song which is definitely drawn from Bruce's piloting experiences (presumably his co-writing credit for this song is for the lyrics), with some nice composition and Guns and Roses style guitar solos which smacks a little of 'Out Of The Shadows' from MOLAD, but not too much to the song's detriment. 'The Alchemist' kind of spoils the party a bit, given the quality of the songs that came before. Its composition smacks of very early Maiden - it's not a bad song, just decidedly average for Maiden. 'Isle Of Avalon' however is a different matter altogether, which I think should make for a great live experience, but loses its way just a smidge in the middle on the CD incarnation, perhaps it could've done with being a minute or two shorter, as it does come across as a bit over-indulgent. 'Starblind' is another solid Maiden composition which has grown on me with successive plays, but has the problem of sounding a little bit too samey, compared to other contemporary Maiden tracks. 'The Talisman' you could almost mistake for being written for some off-Broadway stage production, but that's not particularly a bad thing. Depsite its slow start, it does build in drama and has a good amount of variation in the composition which makes for a very enjoyable track. 'The Man Who Would Be King' is a fine song with a good hook and a good attempt at doing something different although, again, it's a bit of a slow starter, tempo-wise, but its place on the album is a good way to start to wind things down to the final track. And what a final track it is; 'When The Wild Wind Blows' is a great album closer and a fine track in itself. Fantastically atmospheric and eerie and is weighted with an immense amount of pathos and tinged with a strong sense of sadness, in a similar way to 'Paschendale' from 2003s 'Dance of Death' album, with very strong lyrics and fantastic composition. A magnificent tribute to the Raymond Briggs film 'When The Wind Blows' and a fine example of Maiden getting it absolutely right.In all, an excellent album which could easily have been a classic, if it weren't for the weaknesses of its middle order, but comes back batting strong for the climax. Arguably their best work since 'Seventh Son' and proof, if any were needed, that the Irons still have plenty to offer after over thirty years.


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shut up white boy, cracker, ofay.
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A word of unspecified West African origin that refers to "white" people. It's commonly used in the American South but has fallen out of favor as "White Devil" has assumed prominence.
This ofay at my job is jealous of my ability to get the job done faster and better than him. But he can't help his ofay ways.
viết bởi IncogNegro (FC) 20 Tháng hai, 2003
disparaging term for a Caucasian.
You big-haired trashy macaroni-and-cheese-eatin' ofay bitch!
viết bởi Anonymous 17 Tháng hai, 2003
Insult to a white person from a black person meaning punk, cracker, bitch.
That ofey is pissing me of
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Still a mystery as to the origin of the word. It almost certainly isn't Gullah of West African. It almost certainly isn't from "foe" in Pig Latin as that form of "Pig Latin" didn't really start until 1920 and "ofay" was around from at least the 1890s. It usually wasn't used in a derogatory way about whites, but rather just as a matter of fact expression. Quite often used in early Black newspapers in columns written about theatrical performers and that the "ofay" owned the theater in which the Black performers, er uh, performed.
It is really the most beautiful city of its kind in the South. It has all modern conveniences, electrical effects, etc, is situated near the harbor and the audiences are all ofays, principally foreigners.
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French for Punk, cracker, bitch
man 1: "You see larry over, there?"
man 2: "Yeah, what an o'fay!"
man 2: "Yeah, what an o'fay!"
viết bởi mattyfun 12 Tháng một, 2004
Also spelled O'Fe. Old world slang term for caucasian people. A Pig Latin derivation of 'Foe' (O'Fe)used by African slaves in their 'Patois'.
It was a typical O' Fay crowd at the Kanye show.
You better tell O' Fay One Kenobi to take his puny, slack jean wearin, YT ass back to Honkytown, dig?
You better tell O' Fay One Kenobi to take his puny, slack jean wearin, YT ass back to Honkytown, dig?
viết bởi p.w. rush 08 Tháng tám, 2006
That shizzle eating o'fay's been all up in my hizzle all night
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- Computational Bounds for Elevator Control Policies by Large Scale Linear Programming (2013)
- We computationally assess policies for the elevator control problem by a new column-generation approach for the linear programming method for discounted infinite-horizon Markov decision problems. By analyzing the optimality of given actions in given states, we were able to provably improve the well-known nearest-neighbor policy. Moreover, with the method we could identify an optimal parking policy. This approach can be used to detect and resolve weaknesses in particular policies for Markov decision problems.
- A survey of the higher Stasheff-Tamari orders (2012)
- The Tamari lattice, thought as a poset on the set of triangulations of a convex polygon with n vertices, generalizes to the higher Stasheff-Tamari orders on the set of triangulations of a cyclic d-dimensional polytope having n vertices. This survey discusses what is known about these orders, and what one would like to know about them.
- Das Optimierungslabor – ein Erfahrungsbericht (2012)
- Seit mehreren Jahren besuchen uns Schülerinnen und Schüler an der Universität zu Anlässen wie dem Tag der Mathematik, dem Girls' Day, der MINT-Universität oder einfach auf Initiative ihrer Klassenleitungen. Sie möchten einen Einblick in die Welt der Mathematik über die Schulmathematik hinaus bekommen. Doch wie lässt sich die Brücke vom Schulstoff zu den Inhalten der Universitätsmathematik schlagen? Und: findet man einen Themenschwerpunkt, bei dem ein aktives Mitmachen trotz fehlender Vorkenntnisse in Anbetracht begrenzter Zeit möglich wird? In der diskreten Optimierung lassen sich Problem-Modellierung und Problem-Lösung sehr gut trennen. Selbst forschungsnahe Modelle der ganzzahligen linearen Optimierung (MILP-Modelle) basieren auf sehr elementaren Überlegungen, wie die Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten, Ziele und Restriktionen eines Alltagsproblems in Variablen, Bewertungsfunktionen, Gleichungen und Ungleichungen ausgedrückt werden können. Wie dann optimale Lösungen gefunden werden, erfordert zwar tiefergehende Mathematik, es gibt aber Software dafür, in der das Wissen aus Teilen des Mathematik-Studiums und der mathematischen Forschung kondensiert vorliegt. Unser Vermittlungsziel: Schülerinnen und Schüler wissen nach dem Besuch, dass man verschiedenste Probleme angreifen kann, indem man sie in die Sprache der Mathematik übersetzt, denn in Software gegossenes mathematisches Know-How kann dann diese Probleme lösen, ohne etwas über die Probleme selbst zu wissen. Unsere Idee für eine Maßnahme: Ein Optimierungslabor. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler isolieren in Teamarbeit die wesentlichen logischen Merkmale von Sudokulösen, Rucksackpacken, Routenplanung u.v.a.m. Dann übersetzen sie die Problemstellungen in die Sprache der Mathematik (hier: MILP-Modelle) und lassen sie (unterstützt durch unser Team) von Computerprogrammen lösen (MILP-Löser), die nichts anderes als diese Sprache verstehen. Schließlich übersetzen sie die mathematischen Lösungen wieder in die Sprache der Problemstellung. Erfahrungen mit der Modellierung auf Basis linearer Gleichungssysteme können dabei aus dem Schulunterricht eingebracht werden. In diesem Bericht wollen wir unsere Erfahrungen mit konkreten Details der Umsetzung schildern.
- An exact column-generation approach for the lot-type design problem (2012)
- We consider a fashion discounter distributing its many branches with integral multiples from a set of available lot-types. For the problem of approximating the branch and size dependent demand using those lots we propose a tailored exact column generation approach assisted by fast algorithms for intrinsic subproblems, which turns out to be very efficient on our real-world instances.
- The Stochastic Guaranteed Service Model with Recourse for Multi-Echelon Warehouse Management (2012)
- The Guaranteed Service Model (GSM) computes optimal order-points in multi-echelon inventory control under the assumptions that delivery times can be guaranteed and the demand is bounded. Our new Stochastic Guaranteed Service Model (SGSM) with Recourse covers also scenarios that violate these assumptions. Simulation experiments on real-world data of a large German car manufacturer show that policies based on the SGSM dominate GSM-policies.
- Local Approximation of Discounted Markov Decision Problems by Mathematical Programming Methods (2011)
- We develop a method to approximate the value vector of discounted Markov decision problems (MDP) with guaranteed error bounds. It is based on the linear programming characterization of the optimal expected cost. The new idea is to use column generation to dynamically generate only such states that are most relevant for the bounds by incorporating the reduced cost information. The number of states that is sufficient in general and necessary in the worst case to prove such bounds is independent of the cardinality of the state space. Still, in many instances, the column generation algorithm can prove bounds using much fewer states. In this paper, we explain the foundations of the method. Moreover, the method is used to improve the well-known nearest-neighbor policy for the elevator control problem.
- Stability with uniform bounds for online dial-a-ride problems under reasonable load (2011)
- In continuously running logistic systems (like in-house pallet transportation systems), finite buffer capacities usually require controls achieving uniformly bounded waiting queues (strong stability). Standard stochastic traffic assumptions (arrival rates below service rates) can, in general, not guarantee these strong stability requirements, no matter which control. Therefore, the worst-case traffic notion of reasonable load was introduced, originally for the analysis of the Online-Dial-a-Ride Problem. A set of requests is reasonable if the requests that are presented in a sufficiently large time period can be served in a time period of at most the same length. The rationale behind this concept is that the occurrence of non-reasonable request sets renders the system overloaded, and capacity should be extended. For reasonable load, there are control policies that can guarantee uniformly bounded flow times, leading to strong stability in many cases. Control policies based on naive eoptimization, however, can in general achieve neither bounded flow times nor strong ability. In this chapter, we review the concept and examples for reasonable load. Moreover, we present new control policies achieving strong stability as well as new elementary examples of request sets where naive reoptimization fails.
- How to avoid collisions in scheduling industrial robots? (2010)
- In modern production facilities industrial robots play an important role. When two ore more of them are moving in the same area, care must be taken to avoid collisions between them. Due to expensive equipment costs our approach to handle this is very conservative: Each critical area is modeled as a shared resource where only one robot is allowed to use it at a time. We studied collision avoidance in the context of arc welding robots in car manufacture industry. Here another shared resource comes into place. When using laser welding technology every robot needs to be connected to a laser source supplying it with the necessary energy. Each laser source can be connected to up to six robots but serve only one at a time. An instance of the problem consists of a set of robots, a set of welding task, a number of laser sources, a distance table, collision information and a production cycle time. The goal is to design robot tours covering all task and schedule them resource conflict free such that the makespan does not exceed the cycle time. We propose a general model for integrated routing and scheduling including collision avoidance as well as a branch-and-bound algorithm for it. Computational results on data generated with the robot simulation software KuKa Sim Pro are also provided showing that our algorithm outperforms standard mixed-integer models for our application.
- Exploiting combinatorial relaxations to solve a routing & scheduling problem in car body manufacturing (2010)
- Motivated by the laser sharing problem (LSP) in car body manufacturing, we define the new general routing and scheduling problem (RSP). In the RSP, multiple servers have to visit and process jobs; renewable resources are shared among them. The goal is to find a makespan-minimal scheduled dispatch. We present complexity results as well as a branch-and-bound algorithm for the RSP. This is the first algorithm that is able to solve the LSP for industrially relevant problem scales.
- The Top-Dog Index: A New Measurement for the Demand Consistency of the Size Distribution in Pre-Pack Orders for a Fashion Discounter with Many Small Branches (2008)
- We propose the new Top-Dog-Index, a measure for the branch-dependent historic deviation of the supply data of apparel sizes from the sales data of a fashion discounter. A common approach is to estimate demand for sizes directly from the sales data. This approach may yield information for the demand for sizes if aggregated over all branches and products. However, as we will show in a real-world business case, this direct approach is in general not capable to provide information about each branchs individual demand for sizes: the supply per branch is so small that either the number of sales is statistically too small for a good estimate (early measurement) or there will be too much unsatisfied demand neglected in the sales data (late measurement). Moreover, in our real-world data we could not verify any of the demand distribution assumptions suggested in the literature. Our approach cannot estimate the demand for sizes directly. It can, however, individually measure for each branch the scarcest and the amplest sizes, aggregated over all products. This measurement can iteratively be used to adapt the size distributions in the pre-pack orders for the future. A real-world blind study shows the potential of this distribution free heuristic optimization approach: The gross yield measured in percent of gross value was almost one percentage point higher in the test-group branches than in the control-group branches.


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Cascading down the hillside behind the Sanssouci Palace, the garden was designed in a convex arc to maximize sunlight in the German countryside. On each level of the gradually gradating hill is a series of glazed niches, with fresh figs growing on each one. Trellised vines from Portugal, Italy and France climb the brickwork around the fig plants. The hedges around each level of the garden also bear edible fruits.
Lush grass rolls down each hill and spreads towards the nearby ponds and carefully landscaped forests. The Great Fountain, which is in the center of the half-circle, is flanked by marble sculptures depicting mythological figures and benches that modern day visitors are welcome to relax upon and take in the sights.
A Baroque ornamental garden appears just as it did in 1745, which topiary trees and colorful flowers from around Europe. Sanssouci also features a kitchen garden that is separate from the floral gardens and sculptures. The kitchen garden grows fresh vegetables and herbs for the estate, and it was even used back in the 18th century to cultivate the same.
Just as they appeared in the time of King Frederick, the grounds still have a magical quality. Visitors can explore beneath the wind mill, sit near one of the many ponds, or cut through the high hedged paths to one of the many ornamental buildings or stone and metal gazebos once enjoyed by Germany's royalty.
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Back yet again, this time for a vert frame. Great product as to be expected. Thanks again!
Back yet again, this time for a vert frame. Great product as to be expected. Thanks again!
Sent a rail to be milled ule and set up for an emag manifold to run a sleeper project I am working on. Also, needed a lpr turned down a little to fit inside the battery pack.
What can I say...I'm extremely pleased with the work he did. It's very clean...no marring from setup.
Luke was very patient with me while I tried to explain over email what I wanted done and what he could/couldn't do.
Also, he forgot to ship the rail back with everything else. As soon as I told him he was on his way to ship it out that minute. Speaks volumes to his customer service and dedication.
Thanks Luke, I'll post some pics in a month or so when I finally get it set up.
Bought one of Luke's mini vert frames, and couldn't be happier. He shipped fast, it showed up fast, the build quality is excellent; I'm very pleased. A+ sir, I'll certainly deal with you again.
He done some milling on a angel space frame for me to fit am rails.A+++ work ,shipping,communication and just a good all around experience. thanks:-)
Luke did a couple pump milled/ule'd AM/MM rails for some friends of mine and a ULE'd and profiled rt/pro rail for me for a build I am planning.
His work is excellent and worth every penny. I used to send stuff to Danny Love back in the day and I personally think his is much better and much cleaner.
I'll post some pics when I get a chance but if you're considering sending him stuff to mill he does great work and for me at least, it is worth every penny.
I ordered an Armada-L rail in the pre order list. As soon as they were done Luke shipped and that was two days after he posted that they were done. Rail is beautiful and I'm 1000% happy with the product and the deal.
I took the road least traveled...now where the hell am I ?
Just got my armada rt pro rail from him and totally impressed with it. :-) :-) A++++ all the way around.
Luke is great! I asked if he would mill a rail to fit my custom trigger frame length he did it and it looks great
Very satisfied!!
got the flat black panels for the z-grip. Work is immaculate and shipped very quickly. A+ seller.
bought the short, straight grip extension. After seeing his other work, I knew this would be great and it doesn't disappoint. A+
Sent 3 warp bodies to get extra detents added. Shipped to him Saturday I had them back in my hands the following Friday. A+ in my book
sent ule body to get milled and drilled! did an awesome job as always, dont know why people leave feedback for him we all know he does great work haha!
Helped me as a third party on some Automag stuff on Ebay, I also bought some stuff from him. Exceptional communications and a really easy guy to deal with. Do not hesitate to do business with him. Thanks for a smooth and trouble free transaction.youtheman
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I bought an armada rail, it was shipped out fast and looks awesome.
Bought a few items and have also had some work done by luke and I have always been completely satisfied! Thx again.
Echo echo echo. Had a few jobs done, and I am very pleased with all of it.
Any-day again!
Recently bought a battery adapter, warp mount, hyperframe trigger. All great. Thanks
Purchased a grip from him---- A+++
Not the first time I bought stuff from Luke. I always get the same great service. This time he even helped with getting a Micromag to Sweden. Can it get any better than that?
Thanks once again


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