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Frantz Fanon's Call to Anti-Colonial Violence (Released October 2011)
Psychiatrist Fanon studied the neuroses colonialism induces in colonized peoples (as well as in colonizers, to a lesser extent) in his first significant publication, Black Skin, White Masks (1952). Colonialism, he contends, can produce all manner of problems — including an inferiority complex that can lead to a desire to be white, a desire to marry a white person, passivity in the face of whites, extreme self-hatred, and a host of other debilitating mental states. The black man is in fact "phobogenic" — inheriting phobias from generation to generation (154).
In Black Skin, White Masks, Fanon recalls how he dealt with one black patient who was suffering from an inferiority complex. Ultimately, he concludes, the source of the illness was exterior to the man, and so to reassure the patient, to encourage him to be content with his life as it was, would be equivalent to the colonizer's message of "keep your place."
"If he is overwhelmed to such a degree by the wish to be white, it is because he lives in a society that makes his inferiority complex possible, in a society that derives its stability from the perpetuation of this complex, in a society that proclaims the superiority of one race," Fanon writes. Because "that society creates difficulties for him," the patient, if he wants to be cured, must stand up in opposition to it (100).
The argument remains that there are nonviolent methods of opposition: political action or peaceful opposition in the realm of Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. Fanon argues, even before his final call to violent rebellion, that these approaches do not work within the French colonialist structure, nor do they address the needs specific to African colonies. French colonial society is at its core Manichean, characterizing all that is white and European as good and all that is black, non-Christian, or African as evil, conflicted, and unintelligent — a system of thought that shuts down every attempt at reason from the very beginning. Fanon describes his own struggle with this Manichean outlook at length in the chapter "The Fact of Blackness" in Black Skin, White Masks. His attempts to argue against racism were futile because racism as an institution or a mode of thought had no basis in reason: "I had rationalized the world and the world had rejected me on the basis of color prejudice. Since no agreement was possible on the level of reason, I threw myself back toward unreason" (123).
Poets of the Negritude movement like Léopold Sédar Senghor and Aimé Césaire urged the black, colonized person to overcome his inferiority complex and assert his place in the world of men. Black Skin, White Masks consolidated the words of these revolutionaries into a single manifesto, and left it to the revolutionaries of 1952 to decide how they might attain their goal: "I have one right alone: That of demanding human behavior from the other. One duty alone: That of not renouncing my freedom through my choices" (229). The "them or us" mentality is already at play: even choosing not to act is an act of siding against not only one's own freedom, but the freedom of one's entire nation.
The stage is set for rebellion: the oppressed long ago ceased being ignorant of their own oppression, and now they have become the masters of their own dialectic. They know who oppresses them, they know the means by which they are oppressed, and they know why. "For once [the colonized] are in tune with their time," writes Fanon nine years later in The Wretched of the Earth. "People are sometimes surprised that, instead of buying a dress for their wife, the colonized buy a transistor radio. They shouldn't be. The colonized are convinced that their fate is in the balance" (40). Once they are fully acquainted with their situation, independence seems the only option, and violence, Fanon believes, is the only viable means to attain it.
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The Hobson Memorial Union celebrated it's 40th year in operation in the winter of 2008. In honor of our building we hosted a special exhibit of construction photos in the Touche' Gallerie, celebrations with the class of 1967 at their Homecoming Reunion, and conversations with students who were on campus when the Hobson Union was being built.
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Northern Student, Jan. 18, 1968
Student reaction ranged from sheer awe to pleasant surprise when Bemidji State College opened its million dollar student union the week of January 15, 1968. According to senior Bob Scarpino, president of the student union from Old Bridge, New Jersey, student reaction was enthusiastic opening day, with most students commenting on the lakeside view, plush furnishings and ample lounging space.
The building was totally financed through the Minnesota State College Board revenue bonding plan with each student paying a student union fee of five dollars per term.
"We've been waiting a long time for this much needed facility," John Glas, acting president of BSC noted as he toured the building on January 19th. "We're anxious now to plan an addition to the present structure, which may necessitate an increase in the present student union fee."
Mr. Frank Borelli, Student Activities Coordinator at BSC, talked about the difficulties of opening a new building. "Many students wondered if we planned to use paper cups and dishes all the time," he said. "We don't. The dishwashing unit was inoperative"
The student union, located lower Lake Bemidji in the center of the BSC campus, is a two level structure replacing the cramped quarters of the old student union in the basement of Sanford hall.
A.G. Alto Co. of Walker was the general contractor of the building, which includes on its main floor general offices, several conference rooms, an information desk, student senate offices, union board offices, a game room and a lounger overlooking the lake. The lower level houses the food service and dining areas, with the main dining area seating about 240 people and an vending area. Two private dining rooms are additional features of the new union. One dining room has a Viking atmosphere and the other a contemporary motif. A television lounge and general lounge are also located on the lower level.


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RICHWOOD — Virginia L. Green, 70, of Reeley Road, Richwood, passed away Monday, July 16, 2012, at Centerburg Pointe in Centerburg. She was born Dec. 31, 1941, in Aberdeen, Md., to the late Robin and Gladys (Bare) Walker. Virginia worked for DCS in Newark. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her children, Randy (Tammy Blamer) Green of Mount Vernon, Rick (Joyce) Green of Richwood, Bob (Rene) Green of Newark, Peg (Terry) Stevens of Fredericktown, Mary Durbin of Mount Vernon, Larry (Stephanie) Green of Utica, Keith (Casey) Green of Newark and Tammy Green of Richwood; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Kenneth (Jean) Walker of Kansas City, Kan.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Green; and a brother, Robert Walker.
Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Snyder Funeral Home in Fredericktown, where a service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. Pastor Floyd Radabaugh will be officiating. Burial will follow in Green Valley Cemetery.
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Whiting Petroleum's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Please note that forward-looking statements disclaimer and discussion of non-GAAP measures on Slide #1. Please take note that our Form 10-Q for the 3 months ended March 31, 2012, is expected to be filed tomorrow. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures we refer to and the applicable GAAP measures can be found in our earnings release and in our webcast slides.
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Thanks, Eric. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining. Whiting is off to a great start this year, with first quarter production of 14% over the fourth quarter of 2011, which topped the high end of the guidance. Also, we were able to raise our full year production guidance despite the conveyance of 4,500 BOEs per day for the Whiting USA Trust II. We now project 17% to 22% growth over 2011 versus our prior forecast of 14% to 20%. In other words, due to our strong drilling results, we should more than replace the Trust volumes we sold in the first quarter. Also, we announced several notable exploration wells at our DJ Basin Niobrara and Permian Basin Wolfcamp plays and we're expanding our activity in those areas.
Now let's move to the slide. Slide #2 summarizes the current key statistics for Whiting. Please note the decline in long-term debt. The debt-to-total capital is now down to 28.5%. And also, please note the increase of production to 80,700 BOEs per day. Slide #3 is a breakdown of our production by region. First quarter production having averaged to be exact 80,747 BOEs per day or, again, a 14% increase versus the fourth quarter of 2011. Slide #4 breaks down our proved reserves, which totaled 345 million BOEs, 86% of our reserves are oil and only 31% are proved undeveloped. Slide #5 provides a breakdown of our proved reserves by region, and the associated PV10 value at SEC 2011 pricing. As you can see, our total proved PV10 value is $7.4 billion.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Where to Find Luxury Beach Property
"We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, 14 hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt."
Yes, luxury is a subjective concept: one person's bubble bath is another's Jacuzzi and all that. Once we sympathised with people who could only afford to live in a block of flats; now we envy those who can afford the high-rise luxury on offer in destinations such as Dubai and Florida.
One thing that remains sacrosanct, however, is that luxury costs; and if you want to talk silly numbers, just ask your friendly neighbourhood estate agent about luxury by the sea.
Keith Stewart is not an estate agent, but the chairman of, and driving force behind, Pezula, a multi-award-winning development near Knysna in South Africa. Pezula is one of the few developments in the world to successfully marry luxury with environmental awareness, and Stewart believes the development offers buyers of property in Knysna with the wherewithal the thing they crave most – privacy.
Spending time at Pezula gives one the opportunity to recharge the batteries and, dare one say it, commune with nature.
Pezula is seriously low density: just 15 per cent of the available land is developed, and a total of only 255 plots, covering a massive 612 hectares of land, which dramatically overlooks the Indian Ocean.
The development offers buyers a sort of barefoot luxury; although the properties are superbly equipped and offer all the comforts you'd expect when you're paying R1.37 million (£95,500) for the plot alone, the surrounding area is allowed to run pretty wild (apart from the golf course, that is) and you could well wake up to find the odd bushbuck grazing outside your window.
The recently launched Country Estate phase of Pezula comprises just 30 plots with an average size of around 5,000 square metres, and owners here will be afforded (and can afford) outstanding panoramic views of forest, dense vegetation and distant mountains. On top of all that they will have access to the nearby secluded Noetzie beach.
Of course, Pezula's strapping outdoor vibe may strike some luxury vultures as a mite too cardiovascular, so for them a little pied-à-terre in southern France would perhaps be de rigueur.
Of course, 'little', like luxury, is subjective. In the case of this extraordinarily beautiful villa offered by Sotheby's International Realty and situated in the residential heights of Cannes, 'little' equates to 12 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, as well as an enormous freestyle pool – and pool house – and the obligatory servants' quarters. Well, as a hotel, it would probably be called 'little'.
OK, the property in Cannes is not, strictly speaking, beachfront, but just a touch of sand scattered on the area around the pool and, voila!
With 10,000 square metres of land, those craving ultimate luxury might consider having a limo permanently on hand to drive them around the property. The pool area, by the way, has a thatched roof reminiscent of Anish Kapoor's giant artwork in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, and the indoor kitchen comes complete with an outdoor kitchen, just because, one would suppose, it has better views of Cannes.
Yes, there is a price for such ludicrous luxury; it's… on request, of course.
Coming back to earth for a moment, perhaps it's time to look at some luxury that you won't have to fight Bill Gates for.
In the Almeria region of southern Spain, the Almanzora Bay Group has recently completed construction of 24 detached beach properties on the seven-kilometre-long El Playazo beach. Just two of the front-line properties in Almeria remain, priced from around €1.2 million (£956,000).
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom properties have a touch of the maritime about them, with wooden decking, round porthole-style windows and even a sort of poop deck, for taking in the coastal scenery. And there are more nice touches, such as landscaping around the pool and a huge basement – big enough to be a serious games room and house your extensive collection of fine wines. And, as the sun drops over the yardarm, you can begin every happy hour with your toes in the sand.
Of course, the trouble with the beach is that you'll often find the hoi polloi gathered there, making the place look untidy. Better, really, to have a piece of waterfront that's all yours. In Formentor Bay in Mallorca, another too-good-to-be-true property (this one offered by Knight Frank) sits just above its own private stretch of bay – with the obligatory private jetty, of course – in beautifully manicured grounds and terraces; fit for you, a few friends and the odd passing football team.
The main house, which has the gravitas unique to finca-style mansions in Mallorca, has a mere six bedrooms and five bathrooms; but never fear, there are a further three bedrooms – and three bathrooms – in the separate guest area, as well as a staff apartment.
No need to pack the staff when you travel to the next Knight Frank offering, a mere two-bedroom villa at Bang Tao beach in Phuket, Thailand.
Again, this isn't quite a beachfront property, but, before you start complaining, it should be noted that the beach here is so exquisitely beautiful it could actually be damaging to your health to look at it for too long. Better to play it safe on the terrace of your villa (it's just a stone's throw away), with your very own lagoon for company.
As with many upmarket developments in Asia, these stunning properties are filled with understated opulence, and this relatively small package represents quiet luxury and effortless style, priced from around £556,000.
Of course, to claim ultimate luxury, it's always good to have a celebrity angle; so how good would it be to boast about owning a piece of the Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, once the home of Ian Fleming?
Pure International is offering one- and two-bedroom cottages right on the beach, while the sleek, contemporary Bond Suites, with one or two bedrooms, boast stunning views from their spacious roof terraces, the three- and four-bedroom Lagoon Villas have private pools and decks. Moving up the luxury ladder, though, Bay Cottages, on the western tip of the Goldeneye peninsula, boast their own private beaches, while the lavish Island Cottages are located on their own private island.
Prices for Goldeneye properties start at US$750,000 (£405,000) for a one-bedroom Bond Suite, rising to $3.2 million (£1.72 million) for a four-bedroom Lagoon Villa.
Sean Collins of Pure International says: "Our clients expect exclusivity, discretion and unrivalled levels of service in the world's most exceptional destinations. Owning a property in Jamaica at Goldeneye will deliver this at every level."
Couldn't agree more, Mr Collins, but you try and tell the young people of today that… they won't believe you.
First published in April 2008.
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NFL Preseason Football
Green Bay Packers at San Diego Chargers LIVE TONIGHT Thurs LIVE CC 7:00 - 10:00 PM ESPN (Central Time A Woman official tonight |
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Don't have ESPN, otherwise I'd be watching. A woman, huh? interesting. GO PACK GO! |
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The Packers were just practicing last night! :) I didnt watch, but had no clue there was going to be a woman official. Is she for the whole season, or just the preseason?? |
I don't know about whole season or not. We watched just a little bit, and there were some comments made about how the NFL needs 'experienced officials' and that these 'young officials' are fine but do not belong at the NFL games and how they hoped the 'problem' would be solved soon. I have no idea what that was all about and don't know whether the woman official was one of the 'young officials'. I didn't see her and didn't hear anyone mention her. |
I should have checked Google first. Here's a quote from the link below: "The NFL used replacement officials to take the field due to the referee lockout caused by a dispute over a new collective bargaining agreement. However this game will be in sports history books because of Shannon Eastin, the first woman NFL official. A line judge, she'll have millions of eyes on her, as well as on the other replacement officials." |
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I had the game on in the background. I was glad they were showing it. I got tired of the announcers so much analyzing. I didn't hear much about the female official at the begining of the game she was quoted as saying that the less she was mentioned the better which would show she was doing her job. |
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Founded by Rita Brookoff, who became a proponent of vintage fashion when she began wearing her mother's 1940's suit jacket during her high school years, Legacy is a funky boutique on Thompson Street in New York's Soho that offers shoppers a unique blend of both vintage and modern fashion. Findings from Legacy regularly grace the pages of the top fashion magazines, including Lucky and Vogue. The store's vintage holdings include items from some of the fashion industry's most respected designers, including Yves Saint Laurent and Hèrmes.
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If you're a tourist and Rita is at the store when you visit, ask her for some recommended sights and attractions. The enthusiastic New Yorker is eager to share.
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February 23, 2012 - With gas prices rising to near $6 per gallon in Florida, who or what is to blame for this? Obama's house boy Jay Carney says that Obama will not "accept responsibility" for rise in gas prices, yet when Bush was in office what did we hear from Princess Pelosi? : "The price of oil is at the doorstep – $4 dollars plus per gallon for oil, is attributed to two oil men in the White House." Funny how the story changes when a Marxist jerk is holding the bag!
House boy Jay Carney went on to say that domestic oil production is at a record high right now. That's a complete lie and the Obama regime knows it. Oil production is at a record low because of Obama.:
- Oil and natural gas production on federal lands is down by more than 40 percent compared to 10 years ago.
- Under the Obama administration, 2010 had the lowest number of onshore leases issued since 1984.
- The Obama administration held only one offshore lease sale in 2011.
Need proof that the Obamamedia lays low on high gas price reports as opposed to George Bush's years in office? Well then check this out : The Business and Media Institute analyzed broadcast network news references to gas or fuel prices between Jan. 20 and Feb. 20, 2012 and from March 24 and April 24, 2008. It found that in the 2008 period there were more than 4 times as many gas prices stories, news briefs or news headlines on ABC, CBS and NBC as there were in 2012 (97 to 21). Hmmmmm … I'd say that the Obamamedia is playing a game of favorites when it comes to gas price reports under the Obama regime. -JRoycroft
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- Higher Gas Prices Could Threaten Obama's Re-election Hopes (washington.cbslocal.com)
- Rising Gas Prices: All Part of Obama's Plan? (gunnyg.wordpress.com)
- Obama Fights Critics Who Say He Is To Blame For High Gas Prices (inquisitr.com)
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The Future of Physical Education
We are at a pivotal time in public education. We know we have serious problems: other countries are lapping us academically, teachers striking, budgets being cut, and attempts at reform (a la charter schools) have been less than revolutionary. As President Obama steps into a second term with education reform in his sights, it bears asking which road that old school staple — physical education — is headed down in the coming years.
Worst Case Scenario
So that we can end on a good note, we have to start with the bad. These are the things we can basically expect in the future if we allow P.E. to continue on its present course, wherein we allow more kids to become obese and unhealthy by not taking action.
Fewer P.E. teachers and overcrowded P.E. sessions:
Budget cuts have ravaged thousands of American schools, but P.E. classes and programs seem to have been particularly hard-hit. In the bad version of the future, we will double down on our belief that "one size fits all" when it comes to fitness, with one or two gym teachers trying to corral 80 or 100 kids at once. With educators spread so thin and equipment scarce, more kids will fall through the cracks or skate by by blending in with the crowd. Forget opportunities for interacting with niche sports that might stimulate an otherwise lethargic student into action and health by helping them discover a passion for a particular activity.
P.E. eliminated altogether:
Phys ed is an American educational tradition that reaches back into the 19th century. But that illustrious pedigree hasn't kept schools across the nation from cutting their programs completely, apparently seeing physical health as expendable. In the worst possible version of the future, this trend will only continue as we refuse to recognize the link between a sound mind and a sound body. The fallback plan of recess will fail us as it too continues to be trimmed or axed entirely. The onus for ensuring kids get sufficient physical activity during an average day will fall on parents or the students themselves and, this being the worst case scenario, the results will continue to be frightening.
Stop-gap measures for meeting phys ed requirements:
As gym teachers are ushered out, the remaining teachers will be asked to shoulder one more burden: administering fill-in physical activities throughout the day. Programs like the "FitFun Games" in California's Redwood City School District, where kids "wiggle" at their desks, will become the norm. Fresh air and a change of scenery will become the stuff of legends in students' imaginations.
Promising Developments
Whew, that was depressing. Fortunately things don't have to go down like that. We have more than enough information on the importance of P.E., and certainly we all want our next generation to be healthy and not contribute to the staggering amount of health care spending on weight-related health problems. So we have both the means and the motivation to bring about a bright tomorrow full of new developments like these. Hooray!
All things being equal, adults would have to admit that their own fitness endeavors are much more successful when they have one-on-one access to a trainer than when they are a nameless face in the pack. Shouldn't students be afforded the same opportunity? Save your breath decrying it as impossible — it's already happening. Think how much more motivated to get fit kids would be with a personal trainer crafting fun and original workouts for them than an overweight old dude screaming at them to climb a rope. And if a tuition-free public school can pull it off, the future is truly promising.
Technology influx:
If you think tech is not going to feature prominently in P.E. in the future, you probably thought this whole Internet thing was a fad. There's just too much cool stuff coming out all the time for none of it to ever make its way to the school gym, and in fact the first wave already has. Kids in Philadelphia work out while hooked up to heart rate monitors and circuit-training software. Solid fitness tracking apps can be had for free on numerous electronic platforms and data on thousands of students is already being logged with their help. Even online learning organizations are getting into phys ed, offering students the ability to connect with a P.E. coach over the Internet but do the actual exercising in the comfort and privacy of their own home or local gym. Other than maybe a few engineers at Nike, who knows what technological innovations await tomorrow's students?
Ditching high-profile team sports for individual "lifetime" sports:
In November 2012, the historically black women's college Spelman announced it was cutting its athletics department to focus its sports budget on a wellness initiative for the entire student body. The number of resulting headlines revealed how radical many found the move. But the reality was the program was losing $10 million a year and their hands were effectively tied. Nevertheless, Spelman may have unintentionally given the rest of us a glimpse of the future of physical education. About 99% of students are not going to go pro in football or baseball. What they need is instruction in tennis, swimming, yoga — sports they can enjoy their entire lives. And the P.E. class of the future will offer all that and more.
Broader topics:
As late as the '50s, phys ed included instruction in hygiene. Of course, fast food and packaged food had yet to take over the American diet, so people arguably didn't need much nutritional education. Boy, have times changed. Not only is our food packed with chemicals, even when we try to eat healthy we don't even know where to begin (just ask Michal Pollan). The need for physical education that encompasses the entire physical human structure has never been greater. Call it wellness, nutrition, lifestyle education, whatever. But the effective P.E. programs of the future will teach kids what to eat, how to grow healthy food, how to care for their bodies, and more.
Updated activities:
Thankfully, futuristic school gyms will feature more than that rope hanging from the ceiling and a few wrestling mats. P.E. teachers are fully aware of the need to show kids exercise can be fun (gasp!). Of course, there will be a lag in adoption time for new workouts and fitness trends, but the fact that CrossFit is starting to pop up in schools is a wonderful sign. Others have fronted plans for things like active gaming and Pilates for creative ways to get students moving.


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Mists of Pandaria Beta: Beware of Darkmoon Rabbits {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 8:14PM Not that it matters but: Asheron's Call did it first. There used to be crowds of us, fighting and being slaughtered by the dread white bunny!
I've got screenshots at home, but nahhh.
Mists of Pandaria Beta: Temple of the Jade Serpent overview {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 4:17PM Oh wow, that's not the beginning? That's _great_ to know.
My experience in this dungeon caused me to shrug and go back to playing Live. (I'll be back to the beta soon I'm sure.)
I got my bars set up how I like 'em, queued for the dungeon, waited 30 minutes, and showed up in front of anger and strife. Nobody could explain it, and when someone finally did (my imperfect impression is to pick one, DPS it to 5 stacks, let the stacks fall off, repeat) nobody else would follow the instructions.
All I wanted was to try out my new spells in combat. :(
Aiding the Alliance: The idle Varian Wrynn {WoW}
Dec 8th 2011 6:02PM Oh hey I was just talking about you. Glad you made it to the thread, and thanks for the link - now I finally get to see what you were talking about.
Aiding the Alliance: The idle Varian Wrynn {WoW}
Dec 8th 2011 6:00PM My guild leader says that there was originally an alliance storyline/movie around getting to the Twilight Highlands that was closer to the Horde version which made Varian MUCH more badass, deep, developed his character, etc. I don't know how he knows this - maybe it was a big story and I just missed it. But it sounds cool. I now have raiding characters in both factions, and finally got to see the horde version - WHOA. Big, big difference. I love me some Flintlocke, but alliance truly did get robbed, there.
Horde version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTqKi1VDQlE
I can't find this supposed cool alliance version anywhere.
Addon Spotlight: Patch 4.3 news, fixes, and troublemakers {WoW}
Dec 1st 2011 7:51PM I've got a question for either Matthew or the Lawbringer (or if he's both, then just Matthew.)
Licenses in Addons: Are they legit? Can you license an addon to a work you don't own? Does WoW's license/TOS enable/support that or is that irrelevant? Has it ever been tested in court?
Just curious, no intentions (good bad or indifferent) here to do anything with anybody's addon, I just always wondered this. It came up today because like you mention, RealUI's author is leaving wow. (Maybe somebody could take it over?) So, I took a look at ElvUI and sure enough there's a license for it. Apparently they had trouble with others copying them in the past.
Thank in advance!
Addon Spotlight: Addon Roulette and win a Razer Nostromo {WoW}
Oct 27th 2011 7:21PM MageManaBar is getting to be pretty nice.
My (left) shoulder tendonitis might get some use from a Nostromo.
Arcane Brilliance: Optimizing your mage's gear through Rawr {WoW}
Oct 8th 2011 6:05PM Kavan's been a huge boon to Blizzard in general and mages specifically. Astrylian too. The only downside to Rawr is that each class and sometimes spec needs it's own dedicated developer, or it dies. You can no longer use it for every class - some haven't been updated for Cataclysm.
I use it for my main (a mage, naturally) but find myself having to rely on AskMrRobot.com for my hunter, rogue, etc.
A HUGE thanks to the Rawr devs for making it work as well as it does!!
Ready Check: Looking into DKP loot systems {WoW}
Sep 23rd 2011 6:14PM The problem I have with loot systems is when there is also social pressure to pass loot to players who "need it more" for the "good of the raid". I call BS right there.
You want to have people passing loot, CODIFY IT IN THE RULES. None of this "Please sir, after you." "No I insist sir, after _you_" garbage. If it's part of the stated loot rules, great. Otherwise, it makes me a little less interested before.
At best, this is unfortunately covered by, "and of course the GL has the last word", meaning their buddy gets the loot.
(Yes this happened, no I wasn't involved as a loot candidate or officer or anything really.)
Ready Check: How to handle raid loot systems {WoW}
Sep 16th 2011 8:20PM That's great! Now how about a web page to do it too? I don't have an iPad, iPhone, or Android.
Keep up the great work, I totally love Ask Mr. Robot!


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded the Asian citrus psyllid quarantine in California to include Camp Pendleton Marine base after the pest was detected in nearby San Clemente.
The quarantine regulates the movement of host plant material within its boundaries and material leaving the boundaries, according to a National Plant Protection Organization pest alert.
The federal order mirrors that imposed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
In California, the quarantine includes all of Imperial, Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties; and parts of Santa Barbara, San Diego Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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FUTURA x Fatsarazzi – Hilton Mask T-Shirt
FUTURA LABORATORIES released a collaborative t-shirt adorned with a black & white portrait by famed photographer Fats Shariff, or better known as Fatsarazzi. The photo/print featured a photo of FUTURA (presumably) wearing the Lucha Libre wrestling mask, Hilton Mask, created by FL for Spring/Summer collection of 2007. … READ MORE
FUTURA LABORATORIES – F2T Bottle
Seen on FUTURA LABORATORIES, the new water bottle is crafted from a single-piece of aluminum that is durable and crack-resistant. Another advantage is it doesn't alter the taste of the water. A screw top cap and a carabinger in matching colorway make it easy to latch onto … READ MORE
FUTURA LABORATORIES – Pointman Messenger Bag
The latest from FUTURA LABORATORIES just arrived at STLESS. A medium sized messenger bag, featured FUTURA's signature Pointman character printed on water-proof tarpaulin. Available in 4 different colorways. > STLESS [ZOZOTOWN] > FUTURA LABORATORIES More after the jump…
FUTURA LABORATORIES – Checker Messenger Bag
In STLESS (member of ZOZOTOWN) in another new messenger bag from FUTURA LABORATORIES, this time in bold graphics of large checkers. Much of the interior is lined with a layer of bright yellow water-resistant fabric and enough Velcro to keep everything in. > STLESS [ZOZOTOWN] > FUTURA … READ MORE
STLESS x FUTURA LABORATORIES – Messenger Bag
FUTURA LABORATORIES will be creating this limited edition messenger bag as part of online shop STLESS' ongoing 5th anniversary celebration. Though the pack's form still retain the familiar messenger bag silhouette, the bold graphics on both interior and exterior of the bag are anything but. Large diagonal … READ MORE
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Here at Odopod, the dev team meets weekly to talk about what's happening with technology around the web. Here's our top this week:
Aves - Paul Bakaus' JavaScript game engine.
• Cool: Everything.
• Not cool: It won't be released as open source (hey the man needs to make money right?)
scene.nr - Eddie Abrams' HTML5 audio project.
• Cool: HTML5 Winamp port including Winamp skin loading.
• Not cool: It still relies on Flash to grab the raw audio data.
UI Thread Presentation - Nicholas C. Zakas' super interesting talk from the jQuery conference.
• Cool: Understanding the inner workings of the UI Thread allows us to be smarter about page loading as well as maximizing user perception of speed.
• Not cool: The UI thread is a linear queue of execution.
Web Workers - Defines an API for running scripts in the background independently of any user interface scripts.
• Cool: Asynchronous JavaScript execution.
• Not cool: Only Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4 currently support this.
This past weekend (Apr 24th and 26th) the jQuery Team had their first west coast conference, and it was a total success. The sold-out event, with an attendance of 500 people, was the biggest JavaScript conference to date.
Throughout the conference it was evident that talks and takeaways were more far reaching than the world of jQuery alone. This was not, by any means, a conference about pure evangelism. This approach, in my mind, made the conference even more of a success.
It's been thirteen years since we started Odopod.
We've always wanted one thing: to do the best work of our lives. Along the way, we have been joined by an eclectic and exceptionally talented bunch of people who wanted the same thing. Together, we've built a company we love.
Two years ago, Odopod was acquired by Nurun.
The acquisition was a validation of everything we had built. It was also a catalyst for some big changes we wanted to make. We began to tackle bigger, thornier problems and to work all over the world. With Nurun, we've had a series of huge wins and have been producing our best work yet.
That's why we recently decided to retire the Odopod brand, formally adopt Nurun as our name, and take the reins of Nurun's US operations.
We're all still here—same team with the same appetite for great work, only now with different e-mail addresses and more frequent flyer miles. And we're growing, so send your talented friends our way.
Keep an eye out for new work from Nurun. It will be our best yet.
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What's Your Entertaining Style?
There's something that happens a couple times a year in New York City (and other cities around the country) called Restaurant Week, in which a number of restaurants offer special prix-fixe three-course lunch and dinner menus. It's been going on for years, and when I first moved to the city trying to score a reservation at one of the participating restaurants (many of them are high-end) was a big deal.
These days, Restaurant Week in NYC isn't nearly as exciting (or as good of a deal) as it used to be. And the good old-fashioned art of eating in—the dinner party—is back in style. In fact, my friend Mark has created a series of dinner parties he holds quarterly he calls Eat In Week—a direct response to Restaurant Week's urging for everyone to go out and eat.
The premise is simple—he hosts about 10 straight days of dinners in his spacious apartment and enlists friends or eager amateur chefs to cook each night for about 8 guests. There's usually a theme; Moroccan food, French fare, Middle Eastern barbecue, and so on. I'm a big fan of this concept; I love meeting new people and bonding over creative food and many glasses of wine. At the one I attended last week, Mark himself was the cook.
Most people aren't used to eating raw beets—grated, they make a refreshing palate cleanser.
These dinner parties are elaborate, often epic affairs. Dinner doesn't begin until after 9 p.m. and often runs until way past midnight (yes, even on school nights—the next day is always painful!). Mark put together quite an eclectic feast, including a raw beet salad with frozen oranges and avocado, a mango-avocado-nori course, a lovely savory Japanese custard called chawan mushi with shrimp and shiitake mushrooms, and the final dish of braised short ribs and seared scallops with sticky coconut rice and a black bean puree. Each dish was plated individually and with creativity and care, which made the food and the experience that much more impressive.
The seafood-flavored chawan mushi was covered in plastic wrap and steamed in individual cups to get just the right silky texture, then steamed again with the mushrooms and shrimp on top just enough to lightly cook them.
While I certainly admire Mark's style of entertaining, I admit I'm a much more rustic hostess. I tend to favor family-style meals, where all the dishes come out at once and everyone just helps themselves. Truthfully, this might just be because I'm lazy—I want to get all the cooking and work out of the way, then sit down and enjoy myself with everyone else and not be constantly running back and forth to the kitchen.
Here's Mark plating a cucumber-dill salad to go with a salmon sashimi garnished with roe. Fancy!
What's your entertaining style? Do you favor 5-course plated meals, or do you prefer your dinner parties to be more casual?


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As passengers on aircraft taxiing to the runway, we've often wondered what a plane would be like if it spent all its time on the ground. The makers of the Helicron concept obviously had similar ideas, but unfortunately brought them to reality. The French car uses a propeller to move it slowly down the road and up hills. According to Old Cars Weekly, top speed is "a gusty 60 miles per hour."
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The function of the Comprehensive Examination is to ensure that you have a broad yet focused understanding of the field of literacy. The exam is part of the larger process of the program that begins with establishing a broad understanding of the field providing the context for a deeper understanding of a specific domain within which you complete a very focused piece of research. At the same time, the exam does have a certifying or gate-keeping function in that a solid understanding of the broad field of literacy is a necessary expectation of an individual holding a doctoral degree from this institution. Consequently, the exam requires you to demonstrate to the members of the department, in writing, a thoughtful and critical understanding of the theory, research, and tensions in the broad field of literacy through each of the three domains--The nature and acquisition of literacy across the lifespan, Literacy and schooling, and Literacy and society.
These domains clearly overlap and are not intended to split a thoroughly interconnected field into separate pieces. Literacy acquisition across the life span is influenced by the institutional structures within which it is acquired, and these structures and the acquisition are influenced by society. Although literacy acquisition and learning happen in societies, in families, and in and out of school and other institutional contexts, these are not the focus of domain 1. Issues of gender, or of reading disability, for example, might turn up in all three domains, but would be cast differently in each. Texts children read could be located in any or all of these domains, depending on how they are framed. The domains are merely to provide divergent points of emphasis and thus ensure a broad understanding of the field.
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When you have obtained agreement from faculty to serve on your committee, and appointed a chair, you and your committee will set the domains for your Specialization Examination. The Specialization Examination is the vehicle through which you demonstrate an understanding of the methodological and substantive issues in your area of specialization. It is intended to ensure that when the dissertation study is designed, it is current, significant, and theoretically and methodologically sound.
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February 28, 2008
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
While pilots across the country continue to gripe about Lockheed Martin's handling of the Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) contract, the FAA says it's taking corrective actions to ensure pilots get the information they need, according to a report submitted to Congress. Lost or misfiled flight plans and lackluster briefer knowledge of a pilot's proposed flying area top the list of grievances, according to the report. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association notes on its Web site that it pushed for congressional oversight of the AFSS program after pilots reported massive problems with system last summer. AOPA President Phil Boyer urged the FAA to provide regular updates on FSS performance, and FAA agreed to provide the House Aviation Subcommittee with a report every 90 days. The first such report was delivered on Jan. 30, and covers FSS activity from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2007.
The FAA says that calls are being routed to specialists with expertise in the calling pilot's area, not just to the next available briefer. Specialists are being offered bonuses if they train and qualify to handle multiple service areas. Still, the FAA is standing by its original target of saving $2.2 billion over the 13-year contract period. Lockheed Martin averaged 650,000 operations a month during the report period, and received a total of 1,724 complaints. Pilots can submit comments and complaints on the AFSS Web site or by calling 888-FLT-SRVC (888-358-7782).
In testimony presented Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Committee on Science and Technology, David A. Powner, director of information technology management for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), questioned whether the FAA and the National Weather Service will be able meet their goals for restructuring the way weather information is gathered and delivered to pilots. In a January 2008 report, the GAO criticized the FAA and NWS for failing to establish reliable performance metrics and oversight responsibility for the weather services provided by the 21 en route center weather service units (CWSUs). The report was in response to an October 2006 restructuring proposal submitted by the NWS to the FAA, which subsequently rejected the proposal in April 2007 on the grounds that it was too expensive. The FAA gave the NWS a revised set of requirements in December 2007, and expects the NWS to respond by early May 2008.
"FAA's estimated time frames for providing the revised services may be overly ambitious," Powner said. "Given the importance of accurate and timely weather information in air traffic control, it will be important for NWS to conduct a thorough evaluation before it transitions to a new operational concept in order to ensure that there are no impacts on the continuity of air traffic operations and no degradation of weather service." The FAA is asking the NWS to submit plans for three operational concepts, from which the FAA will choose one in August. The options are to improve services but maintain the existing configuration at the 21 CWSUs, with a 90-day transition period; provide remote services through a reduced number of regional facilities, with a 180-day transition period; or provide remote services through a single centralized facility, with a one-year transition period.
Eugene D. Juba, senior vice president for finance services at the FAA's Air Traffic Organization, also testified before the committee Tuesday. He said the FAA spends over $200 million a year on aviation weather services, with $12 million of that going to support 84 NWS employees located at the 21 centers. "We believe the NWS is committed to providing their best response to these requirements," Juba said. "We believe GAO is on target with its analysis identifying shortcomings and variability in some of the existing CWSU support for FAA," testified NWS Director Jack L. Hayes. He noted that the NWS is actively involved in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) development through its participation on the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Board and in providing leadership for the JPDO Weather Working Group.
It might seem like a sensible solution, especially at big airports with a complex array of taxiways and runways -- embed red lights into the runway pavement at the intersections. It's been tried at Dallas-Fort Worth and in San Diego, and reports are positive. But the technology is simply a "a stopgap measure," according to FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell. "Runway status lights are one way to drive down incursions, but theyre not the best way," he said this week, while visiting Los Angeles International Airport to announce that the lights will be installed there. At LAX, he says, the runways are simply too close together, and that layout needs to be addressed. A recent report by the Office of Inspector General for the Transportation Department found that the status-light systems are effective and should be deployed at airports across the country.
The new lights at LAX should be up and running by early next year. The LAX system will be the first to include installations on high-speed exit taxiways.
The Accomack County, Virginia Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday night to approve funding that will literally pave the way for long-awaited runway and apron improvements at the Tangier Island Airport, located in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Over the years, pilots have developed a love-hate relationship with the lumpy, bumpy runway at Tangier Island, which is best known throughout the mid-Atlantic region for its land-that-time-forgot local atmosphere. Ron Wolff, chairman of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors, told AVweb that the $3.25 million project hinged on getting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to commit to paving the roads that lead to the airport. Most of the money is coming from the FAA's Airport Improvement Program, but Wolff said VDOT's budget allocation for much-needed road repairs on Tangier Island would have expired tomorrow if the town had not found a way to fund its share of $65,000 toward the airport project. So Wolff convinced the board to put up a $40,000 interest-free loan to the town that, combined with local fundraising efforts, was enough to seal the deal. Local pilots are organizing a $50-a-head fly-in brunch to help pay off the loan, Wolff said.
"We only have 550 residents, and raising that kind of money is not the easiest thing to do," said Airport Manager Renee Tyler. Bids for the project are expected to go out in April, with construction completed later this year. Tyler said the runway will be shortened from its current 2,950 feet to 2,700 feet to provide a greater safety zone between the sea wall and the threshold on the south end. "Being out in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, it's very costly to get a portable mixer out to the island," Wolff said. "The idea was, once the runway could be resurfaced, VDOT could piggyback on that to do the runway at the same time."
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) gear will be up and running in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of next year, Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell told the HAI Heli Expo crowd in Houston this week. The installation aims to improve safety for helicopters serving offshore oil platforms. Sturgell said the system, designed by ITT, will help controllers at Houston Center to separate traffic in the Gulf, which doesn't have radar coverage. "We're stretching the airspace," Sturgell said, "extending it to the altitudes and the areas that you [helicopter pilots] operate in." Sturgell added that ADS-B services will expand, and will prove useful to other segments of general aviation, such as air tour and emergency medical services. AOPA, however, is less enthused about the costs and benefits of the technology. An FAA proposal would require GA aircraft to equip with ADS-B equipment by 2020 if they want to fly in Class A, B, or C airspace, or above 10,000 feet msl. AOPA says it's concerned that the mandated avionics are too expensive and there appear to be too few benefits for GA.
In the Gulf, however, oil companies and helicopter companies are facilitating the installation of the equipment, flying crews out to the platforms. Because of the lack of radar coverage, controllers have maintained 20 miles of separation (based on position reports) between aircraft. ADS-B will allow much closer separation limits while increasing safety and efficiency, the FAA says. The technology was first deployed in Alaska, where it was credited with contributing to a dramatic improvement in safety.
Xerion Avionix of Canandaigua, N.Y., on Monday received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to install its AuRACLE line of full-color, digital engine monitors in virtually every model of Beechcraft Bonanza.
Last July, Xerion earned an STC for the Bonanza A36, and company vice president Eric Hathaway told AVweb that theyve submitted an application to get STC approval for the units in all Cessna and Piper single-engine aircraft, except for newer "glass panel" models that already have digital engine instrumentation. "The process of going from a single model certification to an approved model list brings up a lot of discussion about where the display is mounted in the panel," Hathaway said. "Now that we move into Cessna and Piper, we've already worked through the largest issue which is where is it going to be installed in the panel." That spot is right in the middle of the panel, and to date, 45 Bonanzas have been retrofitted with the AuRACLE. Hathaway said installation of the unit takes about 30-45 hours. The equipment is priced at between $5,450 and $6,300 depending on the size of the engine being monitored.
One of the more interesting landmarks to spot while flying in a small airplane is a blimp hangar. There aren't that many of them, they are huge and unmistakable, and they bring to mind the kind of low and slow treetop flying that many GA pilots find appealing. One of those hangars can be spotted near Elizabeth City, N.C., where TCOM builds airships and various kinds of lighter-than-air vehicles. And apparently the market for lighter-than-air is growing, because last week the company broke ground for a new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The space will be used to build unmanned, tethered balloons, known as aerostats, as part of an Army contract. TCOM also will develop and test an aerostat for an emergency communications system for use during natural disasters.
The company's blimp hangar is about 1,000 feet long, and once launched Navy "K" airships during World War II. The airships were instrumental in combating enemy submarines that prowled the coastline. TCOM has operated at the Elizabeth City site since 1973.
As the stars and their entourages headed to Los Angeles for the Academy Awards a real-life melodrama was playing out in British Columbia and a corporate jet flew to the rescue. Officials with the B.C. Transplant Society told the Globe and Mail that last Thursday when they tried to charter a jet from any of 11 companies that normally provides the service, they were told none was available. "As a result of the Oscars going on in California, all of the [charter] jets had been spoken for," Bill Barrable, executive director of B.C. Transplant told the newspaper. "We were in a situation where we could not secure a jet in the tight time frame that we needed to." At stake were seven organs ready for harvest from a man who had died in a rural town several hundred miles from Vancouver, where seven patients were awaiting life-saving or life-enhancing transplants. So Barrable called his friend and former college mate Robert McFarlane, the CFO of Telus, a large Canadian telecommunications company, and the firms Citation was on the way within an hour.
Organs must be harvested and then transplanted within hours for them to function successfully. Thanks to the Telus jet, which the company provided for free, the transplant team was able to harvest the organs and have them working in the seven grateful patients in time. Brian Parsons, a 43-year-old firefighter from Vernon, B.C., got the donors heart and said he hopes to soon return to the active job and life he enjoyed before his own heart became enlarged. "It was just one of those things where timing was not its best and all the jets not being available. ... I'm so grateful because I know the outcome could have been very different," he said.
AVweb founder and now our popular "Savvy Aviator" columnist Mike Busch has been named the FAA's AMT of the Year in the National GA Awards. Other winners included Timothy Daniel "Tim" Adkison of Benton, Kentucky - Avionics Technician of the Year; Max Trescott of Mountain View, California - Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) of the Year, and John Anthony Teipen of University City, Missouri - FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year. Mike Busch founded AVweb in 1995 after retiring as a software developer, and at the same time he started getting serious about learning how to maintain and fix his own airplane.
In retirement (if that's what you could call it) he earned his A&P and inspection authorization. Busch married his mechanical expertise to his well-developed communications skills, and he's been a popular columnist and lecturer on piston aircraft maintenance ever since. In addition to his work with AVweb, Busch writes for American Bonanza Society Magazine, Cessna Pilots Association Magazine, and Cirrus Pilot. He's also a sought-after speaker at most general aviation gatherings and holds weekend Savvy Aviator seminars all over the U.S.
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I wrote about the loss of the IMC rating last month, and the issue is not going anywhere for a while. However, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon for U.K. IMC-rating holders. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has indicated that it could be in favor of preserving the IMC. Opinion is divided across Europe on the safety of the license, with many states believing that in order to fly in IMC conditions, pilots should have a full instrument rating (IR).
Speaking at a briefing in London at the end of last month, Eric Sivel, deputy head of flight standards at EASA, said that the U.K. CAA had fought hard to keep the IMC rating during negotiations with EASA's governing committee, which is made up of representatives from all 27 states of the European Union.
From February, EASA is due to cover Flight Crew Licensing, which had previously been under the jurisdiction of individual national authorities. There will then be a four-year limit to change to new pan-European licensing rules, which will come into effect in March 2012.
U.K. accident statistics support the notion that the IMC rating saves lives, rather than persuading its holders to fly in dangerous conditions. Many British pilots feel that the present European IR for private pilots is onerous, requiring some 300 hours of ground school and aimed at those wishing to pursue careers as commercial pilots. At GBP12,000 (approx $24,000), it is also much more expensive than the equivalent U.S. IR, which comes in at around GBP5,000 (approx $10,000). The current IMC is priced at around GBP2,250 (approx $5,500).
Suggestions to resolve the issue include a simpler Euro IR for PPLs, or possibly a new European IMC rating. Eric Sivel is urging private pilots to get involved in the discussions.
AOPA U.K. is calling on human-rights legislation to save the restricted Basic Commercial Pilots License (BCPL), the ticket that allows British flying instructors to earn money for their skill. The BCPL is under threat because of the new EASA legislation outlined above. The license is due to disappear, along with all other national licenses, and be amalgamated into new pan-European ratings. However, AOPA argues that because the 400 to 500 instructors flying on the license in the U.K. will automatically lose their jobs, the new regime will contravene European human-rights laws, which state that every citizen has the right to work and that employment cannot arbitrarily be taken away. Writing in British AOPA's GA Magazine, CEO Martin Robinson said, "The Treaty of Rome, the Treaty of Amsterdam, every European major treaty enshrines this principle. You are protected by law from being forced out of work, and if EASA persists with this course, it will be acting contrary to European law." Situations like this provide just one of the many reasons why it's worth joining AOPA, to give a united voice to GA pilots throughout Euroland.
Brussels launched its "Clean Sky Program" on Feb. 5. The new research program, based on applying joint technology-initiatives within the European Union, aims to create sustainable air travel by encouraging the aeronautical industry to develop and produce cleaner, greener and quieter aircraft. One of the founding members of the working group, Italy's AgustaWestland, has announced that it has committed to investing in technologies and processes that reduce the impact on the environment in all phases of the life-cycle of rotorcraft, from manufacturing, through operation, and up to disposal. There are no further details yet, but watch this space.
In news that is going to reshape air traffic control in Europe forever, NATS, the U.K.'s air traffic services provider, has awarded a contract worth GBP47 million (approx. $94 million) to Spanish IT business Indra to build the next generation of flight data-processing equipment. In what is a major step towards creating Europe's new air traffic control system, NATS and Indra engineers will work together on this complex and technically demanding project. Other European countries are also analyzing the new system, called iTEC-eFDP (interoperability Through European Collaboration -- european Flight Data Processing). The project is designed to operate within the overall iTEC-eFDP framework being developed jointly by NATS and Indra with the Spanish air navigation service provider, AENA, and its German counterpart, DFS.
The system can also slot into the SESAR project, which is aimed at harmonizing air traffic management across Europe by 2020. The European Commission and Eurocontrol, the co-coordinating body for air traffic in Europe, drive SESAR. NATS' Supply Chain Director Chris Odam said, "We have a strong business collaboration with Indra that is highly valued by both organisations. It is this breadth of activity and the already strong personal relationships between key players in our organisations that will make our working together a success."
NATS manages some of the most complex and busiest airspace in the world and handled almost 2.5 million flights last year. It provides air traffic services at 15 airports in the U.K., including Heathrow and Gatwick. Indra is one of Spain's leading IT companies with 22,000 employees and customers in more than 80 countries across Europe and Latin America.
Cessna's new Citation 510 -- a.k.a., Mustang -- moseyed into the U.K. in style at the end of January. London Executive Aviation, Britain's largest private jet operator, took delivery of the first of its order of 10 Mustangs, which it will offer for charter in the U.K. The new aircraft will enter in mid-February, meaning that LEA will become Europe's first Mustang fleet-operator.
The Mustang will make its presence felt elsewhere over the next few months. Farnborough based start-up Blink is Europe's largest Mustang customer, having taken 30 of the type. The air taxi operator is due to get its first aircraft this May.
On the VLJ theme (although Cessna denies that the Mustang is a VLJ, referring to it rather as an "entry-level" jet), the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), along with several manufacturers, has become involved in European VLJs Integration Platform (VIP), launched at the beginning of the month. With business aviation one of the fastest growing sectors in Europe at around 10 percent per annum, the introduction of VLJs is a welcome addition to this healthy growth. Eurocontrol's studies show that there are about 440 VLJs currently on order for operation in Europe. Of these, at least 230 are expected for delivery by the end of 2010. The majority of the aircraft are expected to be used for air-taxi type work.
Eric Mandemaker, CEO of the EBAA said, "The EBAA feels that a forum such as VIP is a positive development for business aviation in Europe. We are convinced that the services that these additional air-taxi operators provide will only enhance the business travel industry in the region and the travel options open to customers."
In product news this month, Diamond Aircraft Industries has announced that it has expanded to South America, where it will start to sell its single-engine DA20 and DA40 aircraft, as well as its popular twin, the DA42, and its Airborne Sensing portfolio range. Globe Connect International will distribute the products in Brazil, whilst Aviaservice International will take care of business in Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba Bonaire and Curacao. Diamond now has a presence on every continent.
And finally, proving he's no different from any other pilot, Prince William was snapped sporting a huge grin after his first solo. On Jan. 17, eight days into his intensive RAF course, the prince did his first solo circuit at RAF Cranwell in a Grob 115E Tutor.
He said afterwards, "God knows how somebody trusted me with an aircraft and my own life. It was an amazing feeling, I couldn't believe it." In a scenario that will be familiar to many, he explained how it happened. "I was doing a few circuits going 'round and 'round, then Roger my instructor basically turned round and said, 'Right, I'm going to jump out now' and I said, 'What, where are you going?' He said 'You're going on your own,' and I said, 'There's no way I'm going to do that,' but he said I was ready for it and jumped out. The next thing I knew I was taxiing down the runway and I was sitting there saying, 'Oh my God, this is a bit odd ... there's no one in here.' Going solo is one of those things. If you had a list of the top 50 things to do before you die, it would be in there."
His instructor, Squadron Leader Bousfield, said, "To get William to go solo is fantastic. He's worked very hard and has coped marvelously to pick it all up and that's been backed up with some natural talent in the air. He's got good handling skills and learns lessons really quickly and keeps hold of those lessons, which makes it easier for the next time we're in the air."
Prince William is actually in the British Army, ranked as a Second Lieutenant with the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals. However, he is on attachment to the RAF, where he is known as Flying Officer William Wales -- equivalent to his Army rank.
His father, The Prince of Wales, earned his wings more than 35 years ago.
For more aviation news and information from Europe, read the rest of Liz Moscrop's columns.
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On Final at Sebring in a Drifter
Last week, we mentioned that we get a lot of approach shots here at "POTW" central but that very few seem to make it into the top spot. Perhaps taking this as a challenge, Robert Hurd of Largo, Florida sent in this gem, taken with his "hand held [at] arm's length ... from the back seat."
Point taken, Robert. Your hat is on its way, and we're already bracing ourselves for the rush of approach photos that will surely batter us down in the days to come ... .
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Pulling Tightly ...
Sometimes it's stiff competition for that top spot, and this Osprey photo from Christian Hauser of Grossenzersdorf, Austria has left us second-guessing our normally impeccable judgement all afternoon. At the end of the day, we had to award this week's coveted AVweb ball cap to someone else, but we promise to make this one on our desktop wallpaper and moon over it for a couple of days. (Just look at those shadows!)
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"That's my youngest running from his first open-cockpit flight to tell me how cool it was," writes John Hyle of Peachtree City, Georgia. "It was Chris Polhemus's Stearman (there in the background). I used to wipe the oil off that airplane about 28 years ago."
Come on, folks tell us the golden sun flickering across the grass as John passes the dream of flight on to his son doesn't give you a warm, summery feeling. Ignore the snow and slush; summertime's almost here!
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Sean Cannon of Monte Vista, Colorado seems to have had an, um, interesting landing "in the Ecuadorian community of Acado."
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Semi-regular contributor Brian Emch of Lancaster, California gets to hang around some pretty cool planes. Here, he snaps a pair of stealth bombers gearing up for take-off at Nellis Air Force Base.
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