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Had my new 2007 Accord Coupe now for three weeks and I love it, had the 2003 model before. The only thing I was wondering and maybe ( and I hope ) is there away to get real time traffic on the Navagation unit in the Accord?
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blane Posts: 2,017bklynknight,
I can't understand why "no body knows if I'm able to get real time traffic on the Nav unit", just go to the XM Radio website here:
You'll get traffic reports through your XM radio but won't see the tieups on your screen. That's reserved for the Acura line and a few other brands of vehicles.
XM NavTraffic only: $9.95 per month
XM NavTraffic and XM audio combined: $12.95 audio plus $3.99 = $16.94 per month
If you are in Brooklyn, you are better off saving the money and going to XM channel 211 for continuous traffic reports. Plenty of AM stations too, on the 1's, 5's, 7's, 8's, etc. -
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deaner1971 Posts: 4I have a 2003 Honda Accord Coupe with the NAVI and have begun to have an issue. The NAV system keeps rebooting (running through the initial screens). This is now even to the point where it asks me for the radio id (which I have memorized due to this) and sometime just goes black. The shop recommended a new DVD which I purchased and the problem, if anything, got worse.
I am now taking it in again for a second run at a diagnosis but if it is the DVD trunk unit (not the touch screen portion actualy in the cabin) it is going to run $4400 to replace (about $3600 if I buy it myself and not from Honda).
I am curious as to whether or not anyone else has had this issue and, if so, what the outcome was. As of right now I am likley looking at selling the car (with whatever decrease in value the broken NAV causes) as too many vital controls run through the touch screen which, for those of you lucky enough to have never had this issue, comlpetely locks up when there are issues with the DVD rom.
This will likely be my last experience with a factory installed system. It was great when it was working but one accessory that costs about as much as an engine replacement seems a bit much. Also, designing the car so that if that one accessory breaks, you lose most of the audio and AC controls seems like poor design to me.
Thanks for any and all insights!
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David Moyes says Wayne Rooney not for sale by Manchester United
Manchester United's new manager David Moyes has started his reign by insisting unsettled striker Wayne Rooney will not be sold.
On Friday, Moyes made his first public appearance since succeeding the retired Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford - and Rooney's future was at the top of the agenda.
"Wayne Rooney is not for sale. He's a Manchester United player and will remain a Manchester United player. Wayne won't be sold by Manchester United," the former Everton boss said.
Rooney's Premier League goals
2002-03: Six |
2003-04: Nine |
2004-05: 11 |
2005-06: 16 |
2006-07: 14 |
2007-08: 12 |
2008-09: 12 |
2009-10: 26 |
2010-11: 11 |
2011-12: 27 |
2012-13: 12 |
Total: 156 |
Moyes, however, refused to say whether Rooney had expressed a desire to stay.
Ferguson said the 27-year-old striker had asked to leave at the end of last season - although Rooney is believed to contest Ferguson's suggestion he wanted to quit United.
Moyes explained he had spoken to Rooney, who has been linked with Arsenal and Chelsea, "several times" since being appointed.
"Whatever happened before has gone now," insisted the new United boss.
"We are working together now. I have seen a glint in his eye, he looks happy and looks as if he is going to knuckle down."
Moyes said Rooney's meeting with Ferguson "was a private meeting between two people".
"I was not privy to it," added Moyes. "I don't know what those two gentlemen said. That conversation was private and as far as I am concerned I'm looking forward to working with Wayne."
And Moyes declared all his efforts were now going into improving Rooney's condition and form for club and country, with the player hoping to figure for England at the World Cup in Brazil next summer.
The Scot added: "We are working and trying everything to get Wayne to the level where everybody can benefit. I can tell you categorically Wayne is training fantastically well."
United captain Nemanja Vidic, sitting alongside Moyes at his introductory news conference, added: "Wayne has trained really well and is in the best shape for the last five years."
Moyes refused to be drawn on transfer moves for United old boy Cristiano Ronaldo and Everton's Leighton Baines after having a £12m bid rejected for the England left-back.
Moyes said: "I will never speak about players at other clubs. I think it's wrong. But this club is always interested in the best players."
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Comment number 662.
7th July 2013 - 23:47Twas a different thread but the same thing actually, some utd boy called me a bitter little man for suggesting Fregie was covering his back by appointing Moyes. Mouriniho not good enough obviously. I will be laughing lots this season at the empty seat briggade as life unfolds.
Comment number 661.
7th July 2013 - 23:47is this about wayne rooney or just a girlie scratch your eyes out thing?
Comment number 660.
7th July 2013 - 23:25Would you two like a signed autograph to complete your nuthuggery ? You two might not be able to go 5 minutes without commenting on Manchester United but I personally have things to do and obviously less free time than you.
And your thing about not answering is entirely dependant on you two being correct to start with which has been shown time and time again to not occur often.
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Comment number 659.
7th July 2013 - 23:11so would you say , ye hes for sale and we want rid, or would you say , oh no hes not for sale and then hope to be "persuaded" or if you genuinely didn't want to sell would you just not bring up the subject, what a load of horsesh*t, hes for sale alright
Comment number 658.
7th July 2013 - 22:50An embarrasing decision by Moyes and Man Utd.
First major decision and Moyes falls at first hurdle.
Not wanted by fans, a pay rise awaiting again!?
An insukt to the decent supporters of the club.
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We are an NBAA–endorsed group of experienced aviation specialists who coordinate emergency aviation response during disasters. Our primary mission is to assist governments and NGOs by moving people and supplies to where they are most needed.
Since Operation Katrina and Operation Haiti, we have incorporated and been granted 501c3 non-profit status by the IRS and have established and met many objectives to make the next emergency response more efficient, more effective and safer.
Primary among those objectives is the establishment of five major logistics bases in the United States, which will allow us to begin initial response efforts as rapidly as possible. To do this we are continually forming new working relationships with FBOs, NGOs, Government agencies and aircraft owner/operators. The coordination of effort and intelligence that these relationships provide will serve to ensure that the assets pledged to us are utilized to maximum effect in time of need. For more information on our efforts to plan and prepare for future disaster responses, please select the "Our Future" tab, above.
Additionally, our existing relationships with various NGO's, private corporations and the United States Navy continue to afford us opportunities to assist in non disaster humanitarian operations around the world.
Please look through our site and consider joining us in both preparing for, and reacting to, future disaster response efforts. For more information, please contact us via email or via telephone to (951) 491-9827.
Hurricane Sandy
Our most recent major operation involved assessment of, and response to, the critical needs of those in the tri-state area of the Northeastern United States affected by "Superstorm" Sandy.
Prior to the storm's arrival, AERObridge began contingency planning, contacting volunteers throughout the United States with access to aircraft and, if needed, ground vehicles, the latter of which became an important component of our response due to the overwhelming amounts of donated supplies. Once the storm struck and the magnitude of need became apparent, AERObridge formally activated its network of volunteers and calls went out through social media, email and telephone lists as well as established press contacts to call for specific donations (i.e., food, warm clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, batteries and flashlights, and bottled water, generator oil among them) as well as to identify and publicize pre-determined collection points for the public to bring their donations.
AERObridge activated to help coordinate General Aviation aircraft bringing in much needed supplies to the victims. During a two week period, over 95 aircraft flew to NJ and NY bringing in over 50,000 pounds of specifically requested donations. In combination with aircraft, we also coordinated trucking in over 70,000 pounds of vital donations. People sometimes ask how fast the donations get to the people and hope their efforts are worthwhile.
For instance, David H. flew a Baron G58 from Columbus, Ohio Tuesday into FRG filled with 105 Winter Jackets. They were picked up Wednesday morning and distributed before the storm. With smaller quantities, the donations are normally utilized more quickly. Michael M. flew a C210 filled with Cereal (provided by our friends at Feed the Children) from Elkhart IN to NJ. It was at the shelter in Tom's River the same day. 24 hours after a request for oil to run generators, our partner picked up oil.
During the 2 week response, we utilized air and ground transportation methods as well as connecting our ground distributors with our partners at Americares to provide local access to blankets, batteries and flashlights that were already in CT. Whether people want to help by driving or flying or connecting resources, we provide a route for people to contribute in the way that felt right for them. Thanks to the leadership of Graeme S., Charley M, Jim M. and Greg S., the weekend AERObridge fly in (Nov. 9 - 11) was an immense success. Over 40 aircraft participated and demonstrated the professionalism and heart that is the very core of General Aviation. Everyone involved did an excellent job in a very busy environment with no safety issues.
Air Care Alliance allowed us, as members, to use their Compassion call sign which allowed priority handling by ATC. We are grateful to them. Also, Jeppesen donated their services. We especially appreciate our relationship with the Aviation Member Organizations, AOPA, EAA and NBAA who relayed to their membership our response efforts. US Airports in Rochester, NY and Million Air in Albany, NY were collection points for donations and Atlantic Aviation in Farmingdale, NY Ocean Air in Tom's River, NJ and the people at Eagle's Nest Airport in New Jersey were the locations we distributed through. The staff and management at all the airports and the FBO's were professional and went the extra mile to make the reception of donations a smooth process.
AERObridge coordinated vehicle delivery of targeted supplies as well as aviation delivery. Initially aircraft flew from Rochester to NJ to deliver supplies. When asking for the FBO's assistance as a collection site, we understood that the public would continue to give after the aircraft have departed so we arranged that all remaining donation and very heavy cargo would follow on via vehicle. We coordinated with Steve L. to drive his refurbished military transport truck all through the night so that the second wave of donations would be received while still critical. Alan Staats and his son Christopher drove a truck loaded with 7800 pounds of locally donated material all the way from Phoenix AZ, driving through the night to arrive in Barnegat, NJ when the need was still dire. The list of American heroes is too long to properly credit everyone who preformed amazing work.
A detailed local example of AERObridge's response.
In the Phoenix metropolitan area, AERObridge reached out to the Arizona Business Aircraft Association president Ken Casey, who in turn contacted both members of his organization as well as the directors or his employer, Pinnacle Aviation, and explored the availability of both airlift capabilities as well as drop off and short term storage space for donated goods. Casey was able to obtain space on several eastbound Citation X aircraft as well as permission from both Pinnacle Aviation's Scottsdale Airport offices and Cutter Aviation to store whatever was collected at their Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport facility. Once storage had been arranged, AERObridge's media director contacted local television stations and newspapers, giving live television interviews with Casey (at Cutter Aviation) to inform their audiences of our efforts and ways the public could help. Those interviews, broadcast on local Fox, CBS and NBC affiliates and two independent stations were run for three days, on three broadcasts per day and resulted in nearly 30 minutes of total airtime, including three spots on Fox News's national feed. Print media efforts garnered nearly 120 column inches with photos of loading efforts on the Cutter ramp, locally, as well.
The response, in the form of donations, to the media efforts quickly overwhelmed the space available on donated aircraft and during a teleconference it was decided that AERObridge and the AZBAA would seek donated ground transport. Casey and the AZBAA contacted representatives from one of their member companies, Penske Automotive Group, and initially asked for a truck at a reduced rate; Penske answered by donating the truck gratis. AZBAA, Pinnacle Aviation and Stratosphere Fuel Consortium, LLC then provided funding for fuel and Topher Property Development funded lodging and food expenses. Once the truck was loaded with 7,800 pounds of supplies, AERObridge director of media relations Alan Staats and his son Christopher drove the truck to Friendship Community Church in Barnegat, New Jersey in two and a half days.
In South Carolina, AERObridge Field Director of Emergency Services Greg Stidom put out the call to our volunteers (and neighbors) and within hours collection and dispersal efforts had begun and both aircraft and trucks were on their way north with supplies going to New York and New Jersey.
In terms of hard numbers it's fairly easy to quantify what AERObridge's volunteers accomplished during our response to Sandy; more than 120,000 pounds of blankets, clothing, food, water, medicine, batteries and equipment made its way to those in desperate need. Our efforts also taught the youth within the aviation community how they could actively help, rather than stand on the sidelines and watch everything unfold on television. Schools held collection drives, weighing and labeling each of the boxes for proper weight and balance. Little children as young as 6 helped their fathers load the planes, with full knowledge that, no matter how young or old a person might be they could be of tremendous help. What was more important, though, is what aviation helped to bring to the people affected by the hurricane: Hope. Hope and the knowledge that they weren't alone, that people thousands of miles away dropped everything and took the problem to task.
AERObridge's response to Superstorm Sandy was an example of what the aviation community in general and our volunteers in particular are capable of, something we've all proven time and again – In New Orleans, in Haiti, in Japan and in the Northeast. One of the most gratifying aspects of all this is that during our response each time we reached out and asked for something, whether it was from the owner of a 60 year old straight tailed Cessna 150 or this pilot of a brand new Citation X the answer was never "No."
AERObridge, in conjunction with FEMA, state and municipal authorities and various relief organizations took part in FEMA's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011) over a four day period, May 16 – 20, 2011.
National Level Exercise NLE 2011 was an operations-based exercise centered on the scenario of a catastrophic earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, encompassing four FEMA Regions (IV, V, VI and VII) and eight Central U.S. Earthquake States: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
NLE 2011 exercised initial incident response and recovery capabilities, tested and validated existing plans, policies and procedures including the New Madrid Catastrophic Plan which is currently under development.
The disaster scenario was as follows: On 16 May 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed that a (simulated) catastrophic earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 had occurred on the southwestern segment of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), with an epicenter at Marked Tree, AR. A second large earthquake with magnitude of 6.0 was simulated a short time later on the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (WVSZ), with an epicenter near Mt. Carmel, IN.
The response objectives to these simulated disasters included Critical Resource Logistics and Distribution, Emergency Public Information and Warning, Mass Casualty Care, Communications, and Citizens Evacuation and Shelter-In-Place.
AERObridge activated a response to the simulated disaster and within a very short period of time achieved several critical initial goals. These included:
1. The rapid deployment of Eagles Wings Foundation teams to do aerial surveillance with several aircraft flying actual missions;
2. Simulated 2 aircraft up immediately to survey airports which would have provided a complete survey of usable runways, taxiways, ramps, hangars and airport ingress/egress routes within 6 hours;
3. Rapid response from a number of member-based organizations with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association leading the way with a simulated outreach to their 400,000-plus membership for aircraft donation within 2 hours of the initial disaster notification;
4. Established contact with FEMA Region VII's Volunteer Agency Liaison Jono Anzolone who communicated to us that the location for mass care and triage was designated as Springfield MO. This allowed us to rapidly decide that our round robin flights would be between Springfield and the 10 designated General Aviation airports we had targeted in the disaster zone. Also, he gave us the Points Of Contacts from the Red Cross who were coordinating operations at the mass care locations in Springfield;
5. Coordinated with FAA at MCC to establish VFR procedures and explained mission parameters and objectives;
6. AERObridge VP Aviation Relations Eric Whyte coordinated donated aircraft assets and their potential missions, directing simulated groups comprised of a variety of aircraft selected to meet each of the stated, perceived and potential capability levels necessary to facilitate the response
efforts. The total number of GA aircraft "procured" for the effort maximized, but did not exceed, the capacities of the airfields within the response zone;
7. The simulated airlift, based on the performance and capabilities of the 100 aircraft confirmed as available to fly (if this had been an actual event) between Springfield, MO and the 10 GA airfields surveyed and selected in disaster zone would have provided the ability to move, on a daily basis, 2,360 people in to as well as an equal number out of the disaster zone and 178,000 lbs. of supplies both into and out of the disaster area. This translates to 16,520 people and nearly 1.25 million pounds of supplies moved over the course of the first seven days of disaster response.
"NLE 2011 completely validated the lessons we've learned and the plans we've made since our first activation in response to the relief needs after Hurricane Katrina," AERObridge president Marianne Stevenson said. "We were able to assess, communicate and subsequently meet the adjunct transportation needs simulated during NLE 2011. While doing so we were also able to further underscore the utility and outright necessity of a vibrant, capable and varied general aviation fleet. We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the owners of the donated aircraft, as well as to AOPA staff and members who pitched in to make this exercise realistic and demonstrate that the goals we set are achievable in a real world scenario. We must thank the NBAA and its membership who also pledged their aircraft to the response efforts as well."
After the catastrophic Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, AERObridge assessed the manner in which it's support of the victims would be appropriate and relevant. Initially, we contacted NBAA and NATA to advise them that AERObridge would help connect Business Aircraft that were flying to Japan for their own purposes with search and rescue personnel and critical supplies. Through relationships with other organizations, we were able to gain access to offers of donated commercial passenger flights and cargo flight. While coordinating a GV, we received intelligence that the Nuclear threat was at a level that we determined to be unsafe for American relief workers and adopted the formal position that AERObridge would not recommend or coordinate passenger flights to Japan. Although we wanted to support the victims of Japan, we recognized the difference of this disaster response, primarily, Japan is a First World Nation with the resources and infrastructure to respond quickly within it's own Nation. Additionally, the Japanese people are extremely capable to create supply chain networks and distribute to the people in need. Therefore, AERObridge determined the way to support the victims was to support several Japanese distribution groups with supplies that they requested. We created the Humanitarian Alliance, a group of Japan and US based non-profit organizations and corporations, which worked collaboratively to develop a supply chain that allowed three different avenues for individuals and corporations to contribute by donating dollars and requested supplies.
The three different avenues were:
1) Cash Donations for Direct Bulk Purchase In Japan Through an International Wholesale Chain. 100% of donations purchased pallets of requested supplies, the donor received a invoice and a tax deductible letter.
2) Product Donations in Tokyo which supplied three local Distribution Networks.
3) Donations of select products (only those requested and able to clear
customs) in the US that were transported via air cargo/ocean vessel from Los Angeles to Tokyo to link with the Local Distribution Network.
By far, the fastest, most responsive method for donation to best service the people of Japan was Cash Donations for Direct Bulk Purchase In Japan. This method of Direct Bulk Purchases streamlined the process of giving in many respects. The products they received were familiar and written in their own language, there were no customs or duty issues, the Japanese people had continued employment and the groups received them within 24 hours after the purchase was made and was therefore responsive to the changing dynamic needs of the people of Japan.
The earthquake that struck Haiti January 12, 2010 produced a unique situation where General Aviation was the solution, and we activated. C.A.R.E began making phone calls to coordinate missions the morning after the earthquake devastated Haiti. Within 48 hours the first flight arrived in the island nation.
Operation Haiti has involved more than 715 flights, 3800 passengers and more than 1,400,000 pounds of critical supplies.
Passengers have included medical personnel, relief workers, newly adopted children, injured patients and missionaries.
More than 125 aircraft have been activated for the program, flying more than $5,000,000 worth of flight hours.
Through relationships in the business aviation community, C.A.R.E established a complete supply chain from Fort Lauderdale and Santiago, Dominican Republic to some of the outlying areas around Haiti's capital city of Port Au Prince, including Jacmel, Leogane, Les Cayes, Pignon, Port de Paix and Jeremie.
We provided critical passenger and supply transportation in and out of Port Au Prince prior to the commercial airlines resuming their service.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast. The widespread devastation made headlines on CNN and other major news networks. America watched and waited for the misery to subside and aid to be rendered. After several days of waiting, five individuals within business aviation began using their expertise to organize relief missions. Through a coordinated effort, we began dispatching relief missions and operating supply chains and realized the benefit of a collective response. Our Hurricane Katrina Operation included about 155 flights with approximately 1000 people and 250,000 lbs. of critical supplies.
During Operation Hurricane Katrina we:
Flew 26 TSA agents responsible for opening up the New Orleans airport to commercial aircraft, CDC personnel and evacuees of the disaster.
Utilized connections with the PRC to establish a supply chain to numerous shelter groups.
Focused on General Aviation airports in the disaster region that were cut off from road access.
Brought in life saving supplies until the roads were open and they had other sources of assistance.
After the aviation response was no longer critical and prudent, our group chose the name of Corporate Aviation Responding in Emergencies (C.A.R.E.), elected Marianne Stevenson as President and asked NBAA for it's support, should the group ever need to activate again. We resumed our professional aviation careers for more than five years before we needed to reactivate.
Our mission is to assist in times of catastrophic emergency by coordinating donated aircraft to provide a powerful, immediate response to disaster. By matching aircraft with emergency response teams and critical supplies, we are able to provide a vital window of assistance to save lives and aid those in need.
AERObridge is registering owners of aircraft for our Ready Fleet who would be inclined to donate their aircraft upon our activation and be responsive within four hours of notification.
Existing volunteers may login here.
Financial support is always the most flexible way to help. We are able to use monetary support to act quickly in emergency response situations when a situation calls for immediate action. We are currently seeking monetary donations which:
Please contact Marianne Stevenson if you would like to make a tax deductible contribution, or donate immediately using PayPal.
If you would like to make a recurring monthly donation to AERObridge, please click here.
Simply JOIN and SHOP. When you "click" on a merchant or a money-saving coupon on Buy4, you will be sent to that merchant's site. When you make an eligible purchase on the merchant's site, a percentage of each sale will be credited to AERObridge's account in 2-3 days. Buy4 never sees your credit card information or performs any of the transactions. Shopping through Buy4 does not cost any more than shopping directly on our partners' sites, and can even save you money when you use a coupon.
Review the posted needs below and try to match an existing need. You can filter the list by selecting a Category, Recipient (NGO) name or other criteria listed below. Click the "Details" link and scroll to the bottom of this page to get all the specifics of the need, including minimum / maximum quantities, expiration date, etc. Once you locate an item that matches your offer, simply click the "Donate" link at the left of the row.
If you do not find a posted Need that matches your services, click the "Volunteer your Airplane" button to make an offer. Submit all the specific details of your offer and our coordinators will facilitate flights based upon your parameters of assistance.
If you feel that you have the background, skills, motivation and time to participate in AEROBridge's future, please click here to email Marianne Stevenson at AEROBridge your resume' and contact information.
Flight Coordinators - Will assist with the coordination of aircraft pilots/owners and first response teams/evacuees and supplies when activated.
Book Keeper
Program Coordination Manager to Commercial Carriers – Establish the Known Shipper Status Program and facilitate cooperation among Commercial Carriers to allow greater communication and efficiency during disaster.
Fundraising Manager – Raise money for operational costs and programs such as a Fuel program to assist with costs of fuel for the light GA aircraft..
Legal Counsel preferably practicing Aviation Law
Event Coordinator – Identify and Coordinate the many details involved with promotional/informational events.
Ground/Ship Logistics Transportation Manager - To assist with ground and vessel transportation avenues that will connect with our staging area during the Emergency Response Phase and lead into the transition transportation when aircraft are no longer prudent.
Emergency Response General Help - During a disaster response, people are critical to the success of the operation. People are needed to sort critical supplies, drive supplies or people a short distance to connect with the airplanes, and do any of 100 things that will change as the situation changes. We cannot say what the job will be but we do need people who will "step up" and fill the gaps which makes all the difference.
AERObridge NAA Award Press Release
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"The Perfect Mission" Press Release
Jeppessen and JetNet Join AERObridge as partners in relief efforts Press Release
Aviation Visionary Alan Klapmeier Joins AERObridge Board of Directors Press Release
AERObridge Ground Mission to Sandy-ravaged areas of New Jersey.
Local pilots flying from Fitchburg airport aid in Sandy relief.
Pilots to fly more hurricane supplies to N.Y., N.J.
By air and land, helping victims
Storm-relief effort takes off, again
Fitchburg pilots to deliver more hurricane supplies
Planes from Fitchburg Airport brought relief to Sandy victims
Planes will fly out of Fitchburg Airport with relief supplies for N.Y. hurricane victims
Ayer business owner flies aid to New York
Fitchburg Pilots Assoc. sends planes of supplies to NY
One Last Thing: Fitchburg Flight School Bringing Supplies To Sandy Victims
GA flights help hurricane relief effort (AOPA Pilot)
EAAers Coordinate Relief Efforts for Sandy Victims
AERObridge dispatches Citation X to New York With Relief Supplies
SUPERSTORM SANDY LATEST: Local pilot flies supplies to New York
AERObridge dispatched a flight to save the life of a Lyme Disease patient.
AERObridge Participates in National FEMA Disaster Response Exercise
Retired Congressman Vernon Ehlers Joins AERObridge Board of Directors.
AERObridge NAA Award Press Release
AERObridge ASAE Summit Award Presented to AERObridge Press Release
"The Perfect Mission" Press Release
Jeppessen and JetNet Join AERObridge as partners in relief efforts Press Release
Aviation Visionary Alan Klapmeier Joins AERObridge Board of Directors Press Release
Disaster Simulation to Include GA response
Courtesy AOPA Pilot Magazine
By Dan Namowitz
Harnessing the tremendous support resources that general aviation can provide in times of crisis will be one component of a planned disaster exercise to be run by the Department of Homeland Security May 13 through 17.
Click here for the full article.
On January 31st, AERObridge received an email requesting the emergency transport of a paralyzed 12 year-old girl from Port au Prince, Haiti to Charlotte, NC. This story in the NBAA Update details what transpired next. (Read more here...)
Article by Mary Kirby in Flight International Magazine detailing AERObridge relief efforts. Available as a direct link to the FlightGlobal Website by clicking here or as a downloadable PDF by clicking here.
New York Times, February 4, 2010 LÉOGÂNE, Haiti — On a good day, a stray cow might be the only obstacle to landing the small planes bringing oxygen, crutches, baby formula and other supplies that will be put to immediate use at a hospital set up in a nursing school dormitory here (read more)...
AERObridge (formerly known as C.A.R.E., or Corporate Aviation Responding in Emergencies) was honored by the National Aeronautic Association and The Air Care Alliance in recognition of the group's efforts to provide transportation and logistics assistance in support of relief work during the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. (read more)...
They flew out of New Jersey on board a private aircraft donated by Corporate Aircraft Responding in Emergencies (CARE), a network of aviation specialists who assist as first responders to catastrophic events. They landed in Cap-Haitien (read more)...
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• 1000 NM outside the United States
When will AERObridge respond?
• In regional disasters that overwhelm the local and state emergency response systems.
• When there is no ground access into a disaster area.
• We will not coordinate flights into any areas that compromises the safety of the aircraft and crew; war torn areas, radiological or chemical disaster zones.
Why is AERObridge needed?
• AERObridge has the general aviation experience to coordinate an airlift rapidly until other larger organizations can respond. Rapid response and fluidity are the core components of the aviation industry on an everyday basis.
• Disasters can occur in areas that have no access to commercial airports and require general aviation airports or more innovative solutions that we have the experience to create.
How is AERObridge Funded?
• AERObridge has received donations from individuals and corporations in the past. We could increase our level of preparedness with more resources but we are all volunteers, which keeps our expenses low.
Our mission is to assist in times of catastrophic emergency by coordinating donated aircraft to provide a powerful, immediate response to disaster. By matching aircraft with emergency response teams and critical supplies, we are able to provide a vital window of assistance to save lives and aid those in need.
AERObridge Future Efforts
AERObridge has taken the hard-won lessons from Hurricane Katrina, the Haitian Earthquake, the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami and Hurricane Sandy and molded them into cohesive and far-reaching plans, strategies and policies to guide our future efforts.
First and foremost is our philosophy and practice that we will respond to extreme need with assets that are precisely matched to both the need itself as well as the conditions and facilities available at the destination. During Haitian operations, for example, AERObridge dispatched a fleet of aircraft that ranged from Part 121 Transport category aircraft which operated into and out of Haiti's Toussaint l'Ouverture International airport to single engine aircraft that literally operated onto and off of local roads. Each flight was loaded to the maximum capacity of the aircraft dispatched, and threrefore provided maximum benefit to those in need. In some cases, for example, excess fuel "tankered" in was offloaded at the destination and used to fuel emergency generators. The bottom line is that each donated asset was utilized to its full potential.
Despite the fact that relief missions in general are often spur-of-the-moment, AERObridge endeavours to make maximized use of available donated assets, combining that with precise flight planning and logistics arrangements to minimize mission time and get the participant's aircraft back to work as soon as possible.
To make that goal a reality, AERObridge has studied the data gathered during our past disaster response efforts, taken the lessons learned and through meetings, consultations and planning sessions with Federal, State and Local Authorities, Military Representatives, Private Sector Entities and numerous large and small NGOs has formulated plans for future disaster response efforts.
AERObridge has identified 7 geographic locations for major logistic staging areas in Seattle WA, Sacramento CA, Carlsbad CA, Colorado Springs CO, Hartford CT, Bamberg SC, and Jacksonville FL.
We continue to reach out to aircraft owners and operators within all spectrums of General Aviation - from major airlines and flight departments flying transport-category aircraft to individual owners of small, but nonetheless capable, single engine aircraft - to expand the potential responding fleet as well as the overall capabilities of the fleet itself. This will allow AERObridge to dispatch large aircraft onto major runways in the disaster area as well as foreseeing the potential distribution efforts away from those facilities to outlying and remote areas.
Marianne L. Stevenson founded Strategy Aero Group, an aviation management and services corporation in early 2008, and serves as the CEO. She is primarily responsible for setting the company's vision and business strategies.
Mrs. Stevenson joined the company from Applera Corporation, a Fortune 500 corporation, where she had served as Senior Manager of Executive Logistics since 2000. At Applera Corporation, she played a vital role in the coordination of executive level travel and safety. Before Applera, Mrs. Stevenson was with Air Transport International from 1997-1999, where she performed international operations within a Part 121 airline. From 1992-1996, Mrs. Stevenson preformed Russian linguistics aboard a RC-135 airborne platform with the United States Air Force military intelligence.
Mrs. Stevenson formed and serves as President of AERObridge, a NBAA-endorsed organization that coordinates private aviation assets during catastrophic domestic emergencies when traditional institutions require assistance.
Mrs. Stevenson received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1992 from Trinity College.
Noel Fournier has worked in business and corporate aviation for more than 15 years. He is currently working for Air BP Aviation as a Business Aviation Sales Manager responsible for managing the sales for Air BP Sterling Card Fuel Program.
Prior to joining Air BP, Noel was the Vendor Relations Manager and Charter Department Supervisor for Avjet Corporation, one of the premier part 135 aircraft and charter management companies, with a fleet of 26 aircraft ranging from Gulfstreams to Westwinds. He negotiated, developed and managed pricing and logistical support for all domestic and international vendors, fuel suppliers, FBOs, and part 135 charter operators worldwide.
Previous to that, Noel has held positions as Charter Sales/Operations Manager for several aircraft charter operators. He began his aviation career as an Assistant FBO Manager of Redwood Aviation marketing and supplying fuel to corporate and airline aircraft operators.
During the Katrina crisis, Noel was one of the key coordinators in dispatching/coordinating flight operations for relief missions throughout the U.S.
Mr. Schultz serves as Director of Aviation for Ross Investments Inc., a Corporate Flight Department in California. His past experience includes the positions of Director of Aviation for Applera Corporation, a Fortune 500 Bio-medical company that operated two large business aircraft worldwide, Base Manager for TAG Aviation in Reno, Nev., Director of Aviation for Prestige Air, the Flight Department for Broadcom Corporation, where he managed seven large business aircraft and a helicopter, Chief Pilot for Carolina Blue Air, managing three business aircraft. He also worked as an Airline Pilot for Air Transport International flying Jumbo Jets internationally and American Eagle, with scheduled passenger operations.
Mr. Schultz has worked as an Aviation Consultant for Global Crossing, Professional Jet and Disney/EarthStar.
He holds F.A.A. certificates as an Airline Transport Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, Certified Ground Instructor and Captain rated in four large business aircraft.
Mr. Schultz is currently on the Northern California (NBAA) National Business Aviation Association steering committee and is an active member of the NBAA (CAMC) Corporate Aviation Management Committee.
Mr. Schultz attended the University of North Carolina in Computer Science and received an Associates Degree in Aviation Management & Career Pilot Technology at Lenoir College. He is currently enrolled at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in the MBA Program of Business Aviation.
Steve enlisted in the Navy after attending Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central High School. He progressed through the ranks obtaining the enlisted rank of Chief Petty Officer (prior to being commissioned) while stationed aboard various ships and submarines in places such as Mayport, FL; Norfolk, VA; Subic Bay, Philippines; Whidbey Island, WA; San Diego, CA; and Charleston, SC. While stationed aboard the Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658) in Kings Bay, GA, he was honored as Sailor of the Year.
Steve was one of 22 personnel selected from over 2,000 candidates for the highly competitive Enlisted to Officer program in 1987 and was commissioned as a Supply Officer. During his career as an officer he served as a Supply Officer with Naval Air Station Norfolk, USS Saipan (LHA2), Naval Station Guam, and finally, was based in Hawaii as the Logistics Policies and Procedures Officer for the Pacific Fleet Seabees before retiring after 24 years of Naval service.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA degree specializing in accounting from St. Leo University in 1993.
Steve was chosen as one of 40 Hampton Roads Business Leaders for the Leadership Hampton Roads class of 2000.
He completed requirements for a Masters in Public Administration from Troy University in December 2003.
Steve completed the applicable requirements, passed a comprehensive examination and was awarded the Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) designation in May 2010
In 1997 he was employed with Mercy Medical Airlift as a Program Director and subsequently promoted to Executive Vice President. In 2001 the Board of Directors selected Steve to become Executive Director of the Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic region and beginning in 2004 he concurrently served as Executive Director of Air Compassion America.
Steve is a founding member of Angel Flight America (now Air Charity Network). The Angel Flight America network provided charitable air transportation to and from distant treatment facilities for over 30,000 individuals in 2006. Steve continues to serve in the public charitable air transportation arena as the Chairman of the Board of Children's Angel Flight and he also serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Health and Medical Research Charities of America.
Steve was selected for his current position as the Purchasing Agent for the City of Norfolk in December of 2006. In this position he is responsible for the procurement of approximately $200 million worth of goods and services annually for the City. Steve represents the City as the Chairman of the Norfolk Municipal Employee Federal Credit Union responsible for the oversight of administration and internal controls. Steve also represents the City as a member of the State Board, Chesapeake Bay Region, Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP). The ASAP board is a proactive board dealing with drinking and driving offenses within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Steve is the President of the Home Owners Association in his community and actively serves as an ordained deacon and current member of Bayside Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA.
Alan Klapmeier, who founded and served as Chairman of Cirrus Design until 2009, currently leads Kestrel Aircraft of Brunswick, Maine. Mr. Klapmeier also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA), and was its Chairman in 2008. He's also on,the AOPA Air Safety Foundation Board of Visitors, the Board of Directors of the Small Aircraft Manufacturers Association, and the Ripon College Board of Trustees.
In 2007, Mr. Klapmeier and his brother, Dale, received the Aero Club of New England's prestigious Dr. Godfrey L Cabot Award for the advancement of aviation, and the Experimental Aviation Association's (EAA) Freedom of Flight Award that same year. In 2006, he became one of Airport Journal's "Living Legends of Aviation" and was named Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year. Klapmeier also received the EAA August Raspet award, the Air Safety Foundation 2005 Admiral de Florez Award for significant contributions to aviation safety and accident prevention, and was Ernst and Young's 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year for Manufacturing.
While at Cirrus, he was responsible for the certification of the Cirrus SR20 and SR22, with the latter becoming the world's best selling aircraft for several years. Klapmeier has also been on the vanguard of incorporating new technologies into general aviation aircraft, including the glass cockpit, the whole-plane parachute system and in-flight weather information.
Mr. Klapmeier holds degrees in Physics and Economics from Ripon College in Wisconsin. He's been an active pilot for more than 30 years and has accumulated over 5500 hours of flight time.
Vernon Ehlers is a retired nine-term U.S. Representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1993 until 2011. Educated at the University of California Berkely, Ehlers earned a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics, and taught at both Berkeley and Michigan's Calvin College before entering politics.
During his tenure in Congress, Ehlers served on a number of influential committees, including the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Aviation.
"Representative Ehlers has been an aviation enthusiast all his life, and in Congress he has been an outstanding advocate for the industry," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. "He has long understood that all aviation, including business aviation, promotes economic opportunity, for the Grand Rapids area, where his Congressional District is located, but also for towns across the country. We thank him for his long-standing support for the industry, and we wish him well in his future endeavors."
Throughout his tenure, the Congressman supported key aviation proposals. For example, last June, Ehlers co-sponsored an amendment to bring the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to the table with industry representatives to discuss changes to the Agency's controversial Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP).
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
BUDDY, a 6 year old male Lab mix is STILL PATIENTLY waiting for a forever home! Buddy has been at the shelter the LONGEST - over 1 year! He is heartworm negative and very healthy. Buddy is smart, playful, loyal and gets along well with other dogs! We don't know how he gets along with cats because he isn't near them at the shelter. No one can understand why he hasn't been adopted long ago because he is such a sweetheart. Buddy is handsome, too, as you can tell from his pictures. Buddy is in Madison, Mississippi but transport to New England can be arranged through Animal Rescue Front. If you are interested in taking Buddy into your forever home, please fill out the adoption form here: http//www.animalrescuefront.org/Adoption-Form.html
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Claude Bernard Pennington is born in Chunky, Mississippi on March 30.
Claude B. Pennington and Irene Wells are married.
C.B. "Doc" Pennington, Baton Rouge Optometrist decides to change careers, turning to the oil business.
Doc goes independent, striking his first oil well in Lobdell Field near Baton Rouge.
Called by the Chicago Tribune "the best real estate transaction since Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from the Indians in 1624 for $24 in beads, trinkets and cloth," Doc acquires 2,000 acres of land near Port Hudson called Mt. Pleasant Plantation. Pennington had approached the owner, 93-year-old Edward Eagle Brown, chairman of the board of the First Chicago Bank, proposing to lease the land. Brown refused, offering instead to sell. Reportedly, when Pennington responded that he did not have the money, $400,000, Brown himself lent Doc the full purchase price.
August 16: Doc's only son, Claude Bernard Pennington, Jr., dies in an oilfield accident, leaving a young wife, Peggy, and three children: Paula, Claude, III, and Daryl.
Amoco, leasing the acreage from Doc Pennington, strikes pay dirt, hitting the "Tuscaloosa Trend" in Port Hudson field.
LSU Board of Supervisor's member, Billy Brown, tells Allen A. Copping, D.D.S., chancellor of the Louisiana State Medical Center, that Doc Pennington is considering a large gift to an educational institution. Dr. Copping visits Doc Pennington and suggests a nutritional center.
At age 80, Doc Pennington and his wife, Irene W. Pennington, pledge $125 million to Louisiana State University, which at the time is the largest single gift to an institution of higher learning. Pennington cites his travels to underdeveloped nations and witness of malnourished children as reason to focus on nutrition.
Pennington creates the Pennington Medical Foundation to serve as trustee of the gift. David Treen is governor of Louisiana. Dr. Copping begins discussions with Doc to define the exact purpose and nature of how the gift will be used. The Board of Trustees of the Pennington Medical Foundation holds their first meeting.
Louisiana State University Medical Center awards Doc an honorary Doctor of Science degree. (See note on additional honorary degree under 1991)
April 21: Allen Copping, David Treen, Doc and Irene Pennington, Board of Supervisors Chairman Sheldon D. Beychok, and the immediate past president of the LSU system, Dr. Martin D. Woodin, symbolically break ground on what Pennington calls "the country's biggest and best nutrition and preventive medicine center."
LSU provides land for the site. Called the Quail Farm and used by the poultry science and agronomy departments, the land is occupied by experimental cotton and soy fields, and large chicken coops.
Actual construction of the Center begins.
March: Allen Copping, D.D.S., becomes the new president of the LSU System
The new research center is completed, located on 234 acres and consisting of five buildings that total 223,000 square feet and include an administrative building, inpatient and outpatient clinics, a basic laboratory wing, an animal care facility, and a physical plant. The search for a director begins with ads in Nature, Science and the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as 500 to 600 letters to universities. The center sits vacant for two years as LSU struggles in a broken oil economy to find funds to operate the center. The center is officially part of the Louisiana State University Medical Center. A search committee chaired by Perry Rigby, M.D., then chancellor of the LSU Medical Center begins to look for a permanent director of the Center. Doug Braymer, Ph.D., vice chancellor of academic affairs for the LSU System, is secretary to the search committee. He and others begin to acquaint the community with the physical facilities of the Center.
U.S. Senator Bennett Johnston and Congresswoman Lindy Boggs help guide a funding request through the halls of Washington, resulting in the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarding a grant of $9.4 million for the purchase of equipment to outfit the first labs. The grant proposal was prepared by Bill Pryor, Ph.D., Ron Montelaro, and Doug Braymer, Ph.D. Bill Silvia, a vice president for administration and finance within the LSU System, secures, perhaps, the first air photo of the Center to use as a cover photo for the grant proposal.
August: Baton Rouge business leaders form the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation to solicit further private donations. In addition, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation provides critical funds when it commits about a third of its total resources, primarily to provide a sufficient salary to hire the Center's first executive director.
March: Governor Buddy Roemer announces to Rotary Club of Baton Rouge that LSU Boyd Professor William Pryor, of the LSU Chemistry and Biochemistry departments, is interim director of the Center and announces the Center will be open in "60 to 90 days." He promises state support . Pryor subsequently names Bill Silvia to associate director of the Center, a role he will play while continuing as LSU System vice president.
May: With an assortment of funding from the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, the U.S. Department of Defense, and individual and corporate gifts, Daniel Hwang, Ph.D., Dan Church, Ph. D., Chandan Prasad, Ph.D., and Wayne Vedeckis, Ph.D. begin moving in from other LSU system campuses to become the first researchers at the Center.
November: After a two-year recruitment effort, George Bray, M.D., an internationally known specialist in obesity, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Southern California, is appointed the Center's first executive director on Nov. 11. A grant from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation guarantees his salary, and he tours the Center in late November, marking the fact that the Center is open and operational.
Donna Ryan, M.D., is appointed as the Center's first Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research and joins the Center to create and lead its first clinical research efforts.
Senator Bennett Johnston and U.S. Congress members Richard Baker, Bob Livingston and Lindy Boggs, shepherd an additional funding request, resulting in a $3.5 million research agreement with the U.S. Army through its U.S. Military Nutrition Programs.
David York, Ph.D., becomes the Center's first head of basic research, leading the Experimental Obesity Research Program.
The Center publishes its first newsletter, the Pennington News.
Dr. Bray announces the first clinical research team, led by Dr. Donna Ryan.
The design and construction of a conference center complex and a 17-acre lake are announced by the Pennington Medical Foundation.
The Louisiana Legislature commits to a $5 million annual appropriation for operations.
The PBRF receives sufficient funds to create the Center's first endowed chair, the Claude B. Pennington, Jr Chair.
May 17, 18: The first of ten meetings called "Frontiers in Nutrition" is held at the Center. The meetings eventually result in a 10-volume set of the collective presentations entitled Pennington Center Nutrition Series, published by LSU Press.
June: Operating as a branch of the LSU Medical Center Library in New Orleans, PBRC's Library and Information Center opens in the Administration building.
Dr. Bray requests that LSU system president Allen Copping remove the research facility from the Louisiana State Medical Center and allow it to stand as a separate center of the LSU system. That request is granted, PBRC became a separate campus of the LSU System in fiscal year 1990-91, and Dr. Bray's position as executive director is granted the same status as chancellor.
January: Pennington News becomes Inside Pennington
May 16: LSU (Baton Rouge) awards C.B. "Doc" Pennington Honorary Doctor of Science.
The Center's staff tops 100 (161 scientists and staff) and undertakes the first human trials, opening the clinical side of the Center's research with a U.S. Army grant to study the effects of diet on soldiers' performance.
The Centers' first clinical volunteers enroll in an investigation of the effects of dietary patterns in overweight women. The trial is under the direction of LSU professor of psychology, Dr. Don Williamson, and his graduate student, Candy Lawson. The study examines the effects of eating habits on body weight and metabolism. Collaborators are Columbia University, the University of Minnesota and Pennsylvania State University.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides a five-year grant to study dietary fat and human disease.
The Pennington Medical Foundation provides funding to build a Metabolic Kitchen and Whole-Room Indirect Calorimeters.
Volume One in the Pennington Center Nutrition Series is published.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center is selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to participate in a multi-center study, along with Columbia University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Minnesota, to examine the effects of diet on risk factors for heart disease.
The Pennington Medical Foundation begins construction of the C.B. Claude Pennington, Jr. Nutrition Conference and Education Center.
The Center publishes its first scientific report, called the Annual Report and convenes its first external advisory committee composed of leading experts across the country.
The Center receives its first pharmaceutical research grant.
The first professorship, the Douglas L. Manship Professorship, is created
April: Mary Ann Stipe, Peggy Jenkins and Mitzi Bray form the Pennington Center Docents to allow the general public to take tours and learn of the center.
The Center's first major expansion, 93,000 square feet financed by the Pennington Medical Foundation, is completed. The three buildings are the C.B. Claude Pennington, Jr. Nutrition Conference and Education Center, a guest lodge and an exercise research facility. They line the bank of a newly constructed lake.
NASA funds a study of the role that nutrition and metabolism may play in preventing bone and muscle loss during long-term space flight.
NIH selects the Pennington Center along with Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and Harvard University to study the effect of diet on reducing or preventing high blood pressure. It is called the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trial.
The U.S. Dairy Council names PBRC a Nutrition Institute
The National Dairy Council awards funding for studies of dietary fat, genetics, and heart disease.
Center employment totals 269 scientists and support staff
The Nutrient Data Base Conference and North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) hold their annual meetings in the new conference and education center. NAASO is the premier organization in the country for the study of obesity.
U.S. Department of Agriculture funds a multi-center nutrition intervention study of the rural Mississippi River delta regions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It is called The Lower Mississippi River Delta Nutrition and Health Initiative.
The Transgenic Laboratory is completed through funds provided by Pennington Medical Foundation.
March 9: The Center holds its first open house "Pennington Preview" in the C.B. Pennington, Jr. Conference Center with scientific displays of all center work.
Center employment totals 350 scientists and staff. Total funding exceeds $15 million.
April 17: Results from the NIH-funded study on diet and high blood pressure are published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The DASH Diet results are published and conclude the diet significantly lowers blood pressure.
NIH selects the Center to participate in a second study of dietary patterns and blood pressure with Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University.
The National Dairy Council awards a second grant for continued studies of dietary fat, genetics, and heart disease.
August 7: C.B. "Doc" Pennington, the Center's benefactor, passes away. He was 97.
The Center publishes a 10th anniversary edition of Inside Pennington, charting a decade of milestones.
An extension of the Comparative Biology building, including a new "barrier" facility and the Transgenic Laboratory is funded, constructed, completed.
PBRC goes live with its website, www.pbrc.edu. Among other benefits, the website improves recruiting for clinic and postdoc programs.
March: PBRC holds an open house to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its opening.
January: After ten years on the job, the center's first executive director, Dr. George Bray, announces he is stepping aside to resume full-time research at the Center.
Total grants from NIH reach $5.5 million and for the first time exceed state appropriations.
Allen Copping, D.D.S., who played a key role in creating the Center, steps down as LSU System president. William Jenkins, Ph.D., succeeds him.
August: Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., of the Université Laval in Quebec, becomes the center's second executive director and occupies the George A. Bray chair in Nutrition. He develops an agenda for growth, and begins work on the Center's first strategic plan. The center's first executive director, Dr. George Bray, takes a position as full-time faculty member and is appointed Boyd Professor.
The Board of Regents awards a five-year, $6 million grant to Drs. David York and Leslie Kozak to discover genes associated with obesity.
Pelican Press publishes The Pennington Cookbook – The Art of Taste, The Science of Nutrition. Chef Kelly Patrick Williams, nutritionist at the Center, is the author.
Dr. Bouchard releases Vision 2005, the Center's first 5-year strategic plan, calling for a doubling in the budget, faculty and staff, including new construction to accommodate the expansion.
The LSU Board of Supervisors approves plans for a new 180,000 square foot Basic Science Laboratory Building and an 80,000 square foot Clinical Science Building as part of Vision 2005. The Pennington Medical Foundation provides bond funding for the new facilities.
The Center and its 26 partners in the NIH-funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) announce that at least 10 million Americans at high risk for type 2 Diabetes can sharply lower their chances of getting the disease through improved diet and exercise.
July: Ground is broken on new Basic Science Laboratory Building.
The NIH awards a seven-year, $12.4 million grant to study the possible benefits to aging of a long-term reduction of calories. The grant is awarded to Eric Ravussin, PH.D., and is the largest NIH grant in the Center's 14 year history.
The Division of Education is created to accompany the research divisions, with Phillip Brantley, Ph.D., as director. The existing research divisions include Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, Health and Performance Enhancement, Obesity, and Functional Foods.
Planning begins on the first in a series of international scientific symposia.
Growing clinical research necessitates use of trailers for temporary office space located on the upper parking deck.
In the Center's first economic "spin-off," Pennington Discoveries, Inc., an investment arm of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, partners with a Swedish corporation to form Pennington Management of Clinical Trials (PMCT). The company specializes in the planning, participant recruitment, implementation and management of multi-center clinical trials.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting, with a grant from the Reilly Family Foundation, produces "Kids: Trying to Trim Down" a program on the work of Center researcher Melinda Sothern, Ph.D., with obese children. The program is seen hundreds of times nationally as local public television stations request it.
January: Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, Doc's granddaughter, is named Chairman of the Board of the Pennington Medical Foundation.
July 17: Irene Pennington, Doc's wife, passes away. She was 104 years old (1898-2003).
January: A 187,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art Basic Science Laboratory building opens.
February: NuPotential is formed as a limited liability company and begins operations in PBRC. The company, founded by Dr. Ken Eilertsen of the Center, produces reprogrammed cell lines. Cell reprogramming restores an existing cell to a state where it can differentiate into a new cell type. Reprogrammed cell lines will be used to develop therapies for such afflictions as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, stroke, and other degenerative diseases.
September: Needing more clinical research space, the Center, utilizing funds from the Pennington Medical Foundation, begins plans to renovate the C.B. Pennington, Jr. Nutrition Conference and Education Center to add space for population research studies and to convert meeting space to permanent research space.
PBRC and the USDA sign a working agreement to begin USDA research on campus. This is regarded as the first step toward a broader partnership between the USDA and PBRC.
October: Louisiana Public Television, following the success of its first program, produces a six-part series entitled "Step by Step, Kids trimming down" which again features work by Center researchers. The Reilly Family Foundation is the sole underwriter of the series.
January: Both Nature and Science in the same month feature manuscripts by Center researchers.
The Center releases Vision 2010, a five-year strategic plan presenting the Center's goal to be "the leading nutrition and preventive medicine research center." The plan calls for continued significant growth, including a new $25 million clinical research building.
March: The Center establishes a new research division "Nutrition and the Brain" to be led by Richard Rogers, Ph.D.
April: William Cefalu, M.D., leads a team to win PBRC's first NIH Center Grant to establish a Center of Excellence in Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome. In partnership with Rutgers University, the center is to focus on clinical and basic research into the conditions that lead to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and to determine whether plant extracts can effectively treat those conditions. A related grant from the Coypu Foundation allows the center to create its first named laboratory: The John S. McIlhenny Laboratory of Botanical Research.
July: Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., leads a team to win PBRC's second NIH Center Grant to establish a NIH-NIDDK Clinical Nutrition Research Unit to focus on prenatal causes of obesity. The theme is "Nutritional Programming: Environmental and Molecular Interactions".
August: The Center, in cooperation with the LSU Health Science Center, confers its first honorary doctorate (Honoris Causa Doctorate) to Douglas Coleman, Ph.D. for his groundbreaking research on obese and diabetic mice, which led to the discovery of leptin and its critical role in hunger and satiety.
September: Hurricane Katrina's destruction of New Orleans causes a temporary relocation of the LSU Health Science Center. Both classroom and research units of the LSU Medical School, Dental School and School of Allied Health move to PBRC, doubling the campus population with an influx of nearly 650 students and faculty.
A grant from center researcher Willam Hansel, PhD., and his nephew, Edward Downey, create the Center's second named laboratory; The William Hansel Laboratory of Cancer Prevention.
December: PBRC leaders and investors establish the first venture capital fund to finance development of early-stage Center discoveries. Called Themelios, the fund is established with a $10 million initial investment from the Pennington Family Foundation.
William Silvia one of the LSU System leaders who helped open and manage the Center in its formative years, leaves his position as Executive Vice President in the LSU System office to assume a new role as Chief Financial Officer of the Pennington Medical Foundation and special adviser to PBRC executive director Claude Bouchard. His initial role is to craft the Center's first request to the state legislature for $25 million for new construction, to be used for a new clinical research building.
The Center Hosts the first international symposium on infectious obesity, the theory that a virus may cause some human obesity. The symposium is led by Center researcher Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, the first scientist to pose the theory, and the founder of the field of research he dubs "infectobesity."
Portions of the former conference center are renovated, a new wing is, and the name is changed to the Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Building. Researchers begin to move into what will now be the new home of the Center's growing Population Science effort.
September: NIH awards a grant to establish a Center for Excellence in Biologic Research Education (COBRE)
The Center formalizes its already diverse Population Science research by establishing a new leadership position: Associate Executive Director of Population Science, and hiring Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., to fill that role.
The Center is successful in its first ever request for state allocated construction funds. The legislature approves $21 of million for construction of a new clinical facility.
Two outstanding supporters of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Foundation are honored and recognized. The executive director conference room is officially named the "John W. Barton, Sr. Conference Room", while the auditorium in the administrative building is formally named the "Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Auditorium." These two gentlemen are acknowledged for their longstanding support, leadership, and devotion to the Center and Foundation.
Private Investors form Esperance Pharmaceuticals, LLP, a company created to license cancer-fighting compounds developed at the Center by Drs. William Hansel and Carola Leuschner in collaboration with researchers at LSU and the LSU AgCenter.
January 21: Kicking off 20th anniversary activities, Dr. Claude Bouchard addresses the Baton Rouge Press Club to announce series of activities, including international conference on obesity, public health conference on childhood obesity and public forum on the role of biotech and the Center on Baton Rouge economy.
March 3,4: PBRC convenes conference on 20 Most Significant Achievements in Obesity Research, Treatment and Prevention. Governor Bobby Jindal announces from the Basic Science Building atrium his call for a special session to allocate more than $1 billion surplus. He recommends $50 million for the Center to complete new clinic building funding, renovation of the existing clinic plus campus improvements, equipment and instrumentation.
March 13: Legislative special session closes with Center's $50 million package in tact.
December – Dr. Claude Bouchard announces his retirement as of June 2009. He will stay on until LSU System President John Lombardi chooses successor.
January 14:
Governor Bobby Jindal, Dr. Claude Bouchard, Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, LSU System President John Lombardi and others break ground on new clinical research building. Actual ground clearing and site preparation is already underway.
April 29: Governor Bobby Jindal, on PBRC's campus, introduces new executive director, Dr. Steven Heymsfield and announces a $10 million challenge grant to the center as a jobs-creation program. The Center will receive the money by raising $10 million of its own, and using it to create 250 clinical research jobs outside Baton Rouge.
June 1:
Steven Heymsfield, M.D. becomes Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical. Former Executive Director Claude Bouchard, Ph.D. returns to full-time research at the Center.
The Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center Received a nearly $20 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to support biomedical research in Louisiana. The goal of LA CaTS program is to increase the critical mass of and to support the next generation of clinician scientists.
Pennington Biomedical begins its 25th year with 77 full-time faculty members, nearly 400 employees and grant income totaling $47 million.
William Cefalu, M.D. becomes Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical, as Steven Heymsfield, M.D. resumes full-time research efforts at the Center.
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