text: Citizen soldiers: 'First in war, first in peace' Jim Leinfelder January 3, 2004 Seated across the table in a booth in Scooter's in the basement of Murray-Herrick Campus Center, 23-year-old junior Lisa DeLance looks like a typical St. Thomas coed.Her long blond hair shiny, blue eyes bright, wearing a pink cable-knit sweater, it is hard to imagine DeLance in a chemical weapons suit, hunkered down in a foxhole as Iraqi SCUD missiles roar overhead.A criminal justice major who works full time in Public Safety at St. Thomas and goes to classes half time, DeLance joined the Army Reserve in 1999. She viewed it as an opportunity to test herself and signed up for the reserve's "six-by-two" program, which amounts to drilling one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer over six years."I wanted to see if I could be a soldier, but only part time. When I joined, war didn't seem likely," said DeLance, when she was briefly home on leave in December.She was on "inactive status" on Feb. 7, 2003, when her unit was deployed in Kuwait and then Iraq. DeLance is a chemical operations specialist – the newest job in the U.S. military. Essentially, a COS is responsible for cleaning up soldiers and their equipment hit in a chemical attack, and getting them back in the fight as quickly as possible."The modern COS has yet to have to actually do their job, thank God," DeLance said. "But we train like crazy for it just in case." Picture a cross between a MASH unit and a full-service car wash. "Our goal is to set it up so that it is safe, easy and stress free. We realize that our job is very important." Back in the United States, DeLance and her fellow COS unit members also are trained to deal with any kind of chemical or radiological attack on U.S. soil.DeLance: 'If you're slow, you're dead'DeLance spent her first month in Kuwait at Camp Coyote, attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force about 30 miles south of Iraq. Her unit trained for a chemical attack on the Marines, which at the time seemed inevitable given that Camp Coyote was well within range of Iraqi SCUD missiles carrying chemical weapons. But it soon became apparent they were geared up for an assault that would never come.That didn't mean the Iraqis weren't firing at coalition forces in Kuwait. The Iraqi military was vainly launching SCUDs without guidance chips into DeLance's area at random. U.S. forces could detect the moment a SCUD was launched, sometimes picking them off in mid-flight with Patriot missile batteries or scrambling a fighter jet to shoot them down.Nonetheless, each time a missile would launch, DeLance and her fellow soldiers had to put on their protective masks and suits and run for the nearest foxhole. During the war, DeLance said the SCUD alerts could be five to 10 times a day and she'd sit in the bunker for anywhere between five minutes to an hour before the all clear was sounded."The suit adds about 20 degrees to the temperature. And in Iraq it's usually hot (120 degrees is not uncommon), so the suit gets very hot very fast, like a sauna. The mask has a tube that's hooked up to your canteen and you just keep drinking water. It can be complicated. You train for it, but when it's for real, you almost stop breathing and it's scary," DeLance said.Soldiers have eight seconds to clear and seal their masks and 15 seconds to don them and eight minutes to put on the suit and boots. "In basic training, the drill sergeants have stop watches. And if you take more than eight seconds to clear your mask, they just look at you with no expression on their faces and say, 'You're dead.' Over there, if you're slow, you're dead."When it became apparent that the Iraqis were not using chemical weapons, her unit decontaminated equipment, like bombs, so they could be shipped back to the states. She liked the duty because "I made a lot of friends. It was fun meeting so many different people with different points of view."By the end of August, DeLance's company was packed and ready to head stateside. But then her unit was assigned to a base in An Nazaria in southern Iraq. "We were shocked," DeLance said. "We had been planning on going home by the end of September."When we heard we were going to An Nazaria, we breathed a sigh of relief because we thought of it as a safer area. An Nazaria saw some of the worst fighting at the outset of the war. Jessica Lynch was captured there and there were lots of casualties. But once the fighting subsided there was very little insurgent activity. It was Shiite-controlled and they were generally friendlier to the U.S. military." However, it was in An Nazaria that 16 Italian soldiers died from an insurgent bombing.An Nazaria was bare bones. "In Kuwait, you had fast food in trailers," DeLance said. "There was a Subway trailer, a Pizza Hut trailer, you name it. But in An Nazaria, there was nothing like that. About a week after we got there the Army Signal Corps set up an Internet Café with four computers for checking e-mails – usually about a two-hour wait. No phones were available."It was the only way to communicate with home and feel like you really still belonged back there. My dad (Larry DeLance) served in Vietnam, so being able to reassure him that I was in a safe area really helped."Swenson: 'MP stands for multipurpose'Lisa has never met Joel Swenson, a 24-year-old senior in criminal justice four credits away from graduation. Swenson, now a corporal, is a member of the Marine Reserves military police stationed at Fort Snelling. He was back in St. Paul last fall and returns to Iraq this spring.Swenson also joined the reserves in 1999, eager for the physical challenges. He is a field MP. Rather than rounding up drunken Marines who overstay their leaves, field MPs train for battlefield situations. They handle POWs; work in battlefield circulation and control, which amounts to making sure Marines are where they need to be when they need to be there; and scout and keep open routes for military convoys."We always say," Swenson said, "'MP stands for multipurpose.'"After training for six days at North Carolina's Camp Lejune when he was activated Jan. 29, 2003, Swenson and fellow reservists flew civilian aircraft to Camp Matilda in Kuwait, home to 5,000 Marines with the 1st Marine Division. "Everything's a lot more intense than it was in the reserves," Swenson said.All 80 men in his company were housed in what looked like circus tents, "packed in there shoulder to shoulder on the wood floor like a bunch of sardines," he said.At the first morning briefing, Swenson's battalion commander told the assembled troops, "You take the KU out of Kuwait and you've just got wait. But we're not waiting any longer." The invasion of Iraq was about to begin.Swenson's unit moved from Matilda to an "assembly area" several miles south of the Iraqi border. Attached to an assault amphibious battalion, the MPs rode in Humvees equipped with .50 caliber machine guns and grenade launchers, with their packs strapped to the outside. "I remember some of the guys having trouble getting their packs on they were so heavy – they averaged 100 pounds," he recalled.Swenson carried a 240 Gulf machine gun that can fire 600 to 700 rounds a minute, the heaviest of the hand-held machine guns. In a battle situation, his job was to lay down heavy suppressive fire. "It's easy to take for granted how much power you're holding in your hands. But for me it always felt like a big responsibility," Swenson said.His job was to race ahead of the convoy, like a motorcycle cop escorting a motorcade, make sure the way was still secure, and then drop back and cover the convoy's flank."Our orders were to move in on anybody we saw, identify them, sight in on them, make sure they weren't an immediate threat to the convoy, and then keep moving," he said. "The emphasis was on speed and safety."But one day, while traveling cross-country, Swenson's team found itself smack dab in the middle of an Iraqi minefield. "Nothing blew," he recalled. "Once we realized we were in it, we had to slowly back out the same way we came in by following our own tracks."The convoy covered 300 miles in 21 days, ending up on the outskirts of Baghdad, where Swenson and his fellow MPs were assigned to secure a bridge critical to the coalition troops' access to Baghdad. Just one problem: the bridge was rigged to explode. Navy Seabees had constructed a span over an already demolished section of the bridge. It was Swenson's job to keep military vehicles off the bridge until the explosives could safely be removed.But before that work could be done, a battalion of tanks came roaring up in "attack posture," and when Swenson approached the lead tank, the battalion commander aboard barked out, "Listen up, stud! We are in attack mode! So step aside!""I had to assume he knew something about that bridge I didn't because he was putting his Marines in jeopardy, not to mention ours," Swenson said. He held his breath as the column of tanks rumbled safely across."In war, nothing's perfect. You're constantly improvising and reacting to the situation," Swenson said.Dibaki: 'There is no certainty around here'U.S. Army Sgt. Collins Dibaki is a junior studying computer science and finance and would like to run his own business some day. But for now, he is on duty in Iraq and was interviewed by e-mail.He measures the future in much smaller increments than he used to. Getting through each day in Iraq is about as far ahead as Dibaki feels he can plan. He draws from his training for any sense of security he can muster. And he feels he's ready for whatever may come."Basic combat training gave me a feel of what this was going to be like," he said. "I learned to deal with things like sleep deprivation, not having all the comforts like a warm shower or seeing loved ones. The training plus your individual survival instincts keep you alive in this part of the world. Discipline is the highest motivator. Knowing what, where and when you are supposed to be at any given time makes life easier as a soldier."He can't discuss the specifics of his mission or where he is, but Dibaki e-mailed from Iraq that the most boring duty is also the potentially most dangerous – "guard duty because it is just monotonous. You see the same thing over and over for hours. And boredom is not a luxury any soldier serving in Iraq can afford. At nights or in the early morning hours when there is low visibility, the enemy believes they can successfully conceal themselves under the cover of darkness."I know or expect the worst to happen at any given time or place," Dibaki wrote, "There is no certainty around here."Warner: 'Volunteers can make a difference'Nate Warner, 24, is home after eight months in Iraq and "getting used to snow again." He is majoring in international business and will graduate in May 2004.After being on the front lines, crossing the Iraq border the first day of the U.S. attack and moving on to Baghdad, Warner has finished his reserves duty, although "I can be called back if there is absolute need." As a Marine corporal with the 4th MP company, he said he would do it again. "It is an adrenalin rush, and there is the satisfaction of doing your part. Usually people are not in a position to make a difference in the world, but volunteers can make a difference," he said. "I get satisfaction from serving my country."And Warner clears up a few misconceptions. He found that constant danger can make one "rather desensitized to danger. Once we were eating lunch and just ignored a guy who jumped out of a building and began shooting at us. We just kept eating and another unit took care of him."Also, the reserves serve as well or better than the active duty elements because they are well-trained, older (average age 25), have skills from their everyday jobs, and usually are more educated."Personally, I also found that a well-rounded liberal arts education made me look at everything from a different perspective and made me better able to relate and deal with the populace of Iraq."And no one joins the reserves for the money, $225 a month in my case."And what do Marines do on a day off? "We tried to get to Army bases," Warner laughed, "since the Army has more funding and so has better food. We say it's like Disneyland."It is good to be home, safe and sound," Warner said, "but I would feel horrible if something happened to my unit which goes back to Iraq in February and I was not there to help. I miss them but I have to move on."Theology, the law and liberal artsWhile their experiences in Iraq varied, the students said their education helped them to come to terms with the war.Dibaki credits his philosophy and theology courses with helping keep things in perspective under the pressures of combat. "Being able to accept that this is my fate and that no matter how much I do not like being out here, I just have to make the best of the opportunity that has been given to me," he said.Swenson's experiences in Iraq have helped him bring greater focus to his education. "I hadn't really gotten too excited about school and looked into the Marines for the physical challenge. But I found my niche taking law classes during my training in the Marines." He plans to go to law school.DeLance credits her education with enabling her to maintain perspective in the chaos and brutality of war. "The liberal arts education definitely left me with a different attitude toward the people of Iraq, a different view of what it's OK to do while you're serving over there and an appreciation of individual human rights. It helped me to strike a balance between keeping myself safe and respecting the rights of the Iraqi people, who, after all, we're supposed to be liberating. They are just trying to live their lives in all that chaos," DeLance said."The girl in the next bunk had a less nuanced view of Iraqis. To her, an Iraqi was an Iraqi. But then, that sort of a simplistic view can save your life. And that's why the Army teaches it to you."This entire experience has been a learning one that I couldn't have gotten any other way. I've learned so much about people, my fellow soldiers as well as Iraqis and Kuwaitis. You take the good with the bad. I have no regrets."Jim Leinfelder is a free-lance journalist and television producer for "NBC News" and the "Dr. Phil Show" on CBS. Leinfelder was in the St. Thomas class of 1981 but still owes two credits, "which I will finish this spring semester." He lives in St. Paul.


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Two brothers found dead at Kansas home
Police have identified two brothers found dead at their southeast Kansas home, but it's still not known how they died.
The Butler County Times Gazette reports the two were identified Monday as 53-year-old Jeffrey Neal Jones and 50-year-old Brett Alan Jones.
The brothers shared a home in Augusta, where police responded to a call Friday afternoon about a man who collapsed outside the house. Police Chief Tyler Brewer says officers realized that man was deceased, then went inside and found the other man dead.
Brewer says the deaths were not suspicious. The bodies were taken to the Wichita Forensics Center to determine the cause of death. The investigation continued Monday.
A joint graveside service is scheduled Thursday afternoon at Augusta's Elmwood Cemetery.
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Ecko - 2 years ago
What was that space stuff u was talking bout
kevinmaccloud - 2 years ago
Quantum technology? It's the next computing generation (current is transistor). Just for example: With this, a file can observe several "states" at the same time: Two files may have the same name in the same folder. They could be in "read only" or not, or both states at the same time. bits will be replaced by qubits (Quantum bits) but that's just low-level crap. As you may know, data is stored in binary form meaning that what makes something look blue on your screen is merely 0 green 0 red 1 blue. A single qubit can represent a 1, a 0, or any quantum superposition of the said two states.
The real aim here is that Quantum computers will able to process information way faster. It's still in infancy and government will first enjoy the benefit of it. Another bad point is the physical design of it as in theory, it'll take lots of space but instead of providing each individual with a quantum device, what not provide everyone with an access (QuInternet) to quantum based servers online ? That's what's been in my head for long time now and i'm just 24 At least, that'll make a good sci-fi book... I think i'll copyright that
kevinmaccloud - 2 years ago
Other simple exemple: With the current binary system: if you flip a coin, it's either tails, either head. With Quantum, it can be tails or head or BOTH!
this is to mean that in the way a computer solves a problem, it can "suppose" its answer to be false. A transistor based computer will calculate an answer and then test it with other calculations if it's exact or not. So from that on, imagine the Articifial intelligence progress! as in the field of hospitals or teaching... or science: all the paradoxes and impossibilities: it'll still be impossible to divide by 0 but it'll give new angle at it..


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Nadina Abarth-Zerjav (née Zerjav) (March 5, 1912, Görz (Gorizia) – September 17, 2000, Ljubljana) was the daughter of the Slovene political minister Gregor Zerjav and his wife, Milena née Lavrencic. Her elder brother was Borut Zerjav, journalist in Paris, and her twin sister was Tatjana, who died young from tuberculosis. Nada Abarth-Zerjav spent her early childhood in Graz and Ljubljana. As her father Žerjav was preventively arrested and imprisoned in WWI in the Ljubljana Castle and in Graz by the Austro-Hungarian authorities for his "notorious pro-Serbian attitudes", she lived some time at her grandparents. After the early death of both her parents from tuberculosis she was educated at Munich and Paris. On 28. November 1949, she was married to Carlo Abarth, the well known Turin–Automobile-Industrialist. Nada Abarth-Zerjav and Carlo Abarth met in 1944 at Lake Garda (Italy). Nada Abarth supported her husband during the founding period of the Abarth-works as later on in every possible way. She initiated the contact to Tazio Nuvolari which became important during the first years of the existence of the Squadra Abarth. She spoke seven languages which enabled her to engage in public-relations in foreign countries as well. Even after the divorce in 1979 she remained on friendly terms with Carlo Abarth and after his death she continued to admire him greatly. The couple had no children. After the breakup of Yugoslavia 1991 Nadina Abarth-Zerjav, who had had the Italian citizenship since 1949, applied for the Slovenian citizenship also and finally received it in 1997 in honour of her families history. Nada Abarth lived in Turin for over 50 years and was well known there. She left Turin in November 1999 for reasons of ill health and moved to nephew's family in Ljubljana where she died on 17 September 2000. She was buried four days later in her families gravesite, a protected monument in the Žale cemetery in Ljubljana
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Division Director, TxDOT Traffic Operations Division (TRF) |
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Division Director, TxDOT TRF |
Federal Grant Applications |
Division Director, TxDOT TRF |
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Division Director, TxDOT TRF |
Interagency Cooperation Contracts (for amounts of $50,000 or more) |
Director of Contract Services, TxDOT General Services Division or GSD Division Director |
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Montgomery College Hosts Exhibit of Rarely Seen Haitian and African Art
PHOTO EDITORS: For a high-resolution image to accompany this release, click on this link: JacmelCarnivalbyFritzLamour.jpg. Packed with carnival fun and luminary insight, Montgomery College's newest art exhibit, "Heart to Art," features a rarely seen mix of works of Haitian and African fine art and crafts from the local private collection of John Fox Sullivan and his wife Beverly. The exhibit is on display through March 18 at the College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus Art Gallery, located in the Pavilion of Fine Arts, New York Avenue, Takoma Park, Md. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment. Beverly Sullivan, an alumna of Montgomery College, was approached by the show's curator, adjunct professor of African art history Francine Farr, to make this fresh and upbeat selection of mostly Haitian works—many of which are original works, such as the Pascale Monnin paintings and frames, the freestanding fers découpés and Nasson sculptures—complemented by African art forms like iron bridewealth blades. The exhibit features a wide range of media, from painting, metalwork and masks to dolls and effigies, ceramics and appliqués, altar assemblages and shrine installations. The selections from the Sullivan Collection show how closely related, in form and function, Haitian art is to African art, and how much it has also borrowed from the Native American, the French and Iberians. The Sullivans explored Haiti throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They sought out artists, acquired fine art and crafts, and made friends with Haitians and fellow art collectors from the United States. The couple also collected works on their travels to Kenya, South Africa and Namibia, helping build a bridge between Haiti, one of the prominent African diaspora countries in the New World, and Africa. "Heart to Art" opened with a videotaped interview of Beverly Sullivan by Professor Farr, the exhibit curator. Copies of the videotape, which also catalogues and documents the exhibition installation, are available on request along with an exhibition checklist and announcement. For more information or to schedule an appointment to view the exhibit, contact Priscilla Walker at 301-650-1368 or Maureen Kohl at 301-650-1375. # # # Montgomery College is a public, open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery County, Md. The College serves more than 55,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 100 areas of study. |


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Lilian Turner was born on 21 August 1867 in Lincoln, England, the eldest daughter of Bennett George Burwell and Sarah Jane, née Shaw. Lilian had a difficult childhood, her stepfather being much stricter with her than he was with her sister, Ethel. As an author, Lilian constantly wrote in the shadow of her sister's initial successes and popularity (ADB 292). Lilian was educated at Sydney Girls' High School where she and her sister ran a rival paper to the official school magazine edited by Louise Mack. Lilian was co-founder of the Parthenon with Ethel. Lilian's first novel, The Lights of Sydney, won Cassell's Novel Competition in 1894. From 1902 to 1931 Lilian wrote over twenty girls' novels, the majority published by Ward, Lock & Co. Lilian married Frederick Lindsay Thompson on 22 February 1898. Thompson was a dentist but had difficulty finding employment, so Lilian supported her family through her writing. They had two sons, Dick, and Douglas, who later became a journalist and author. Ethel often helped her sister financially, especially after Fred died in 1924 (ADB 292). Lilian died on 25 August 1956 in Turramurra, New South Wales.
The Girl from the Back-Blocks. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [1914]. 256 pages. Illustrated 'J. Macfarlane', b/w frontis. & 7 b/w illus.
Turner uses a new girl storyline in both of her school stories. In The Girl from the Back-Blocks, Joan, a country girl, is sent unwillingly to Greythorpe School, in order to become a lady. A common motif in the new girl story was a new girl who had never been to school before and who is portrayed as a misfit, awkward and out of place. Other examples of this can be seen in Parker's For the Sake of a Friend. Joan's arrival is sensational, she has a screaming fit, and has trouble fitting in. Joan begins to idolise one of her classmates, Ellie Campbell, and when Ellie rescues Joan from drowning during a swimming lesson, they become friends (of sorts). Joan's adventures cause the girls to view her as a heroine and they begin to accept her instead of mocking her because of her differences. Turner uses a slight variation on the falsely accused motif in an incident in the story. Some of the senior girls purchase a necklace for a teacher's leaving present and the pendant is lost during a scrimmage in Joan's dormitory. One of the girls accuses Joan of stealing it, and when Joan sees Ellie wearing a necklace she thinks her idol stole the pendant and decides to falsely confess her guilt to shield her. Most falsely accused plots do not involve the heroine falsely confessing. The Head decides that Joan will have to be expelled, but the appearance of one of the school maids with the pendant which had fallen behind a piece of furniture clears Joan, and also Ellie. The girls once more consider Joan a heroine and call her 'Plucky Joan' and 'True Blue Joan'. Turner touches on the concept of the schoolgirl honour code through the Head's thoughts: "a schoolgirl, like a soldier, can be sudden and quick in quarrel, passionate beyond control, and yet hold her honour dearer than her life" (254).
Jill of the Fourth Form. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1924. 256 pages. Illustrated J. Dewar Mills, b/w frontis. & 3 b/w illus.
Jill of the Fourth Form centres on sixteen-year-old Jill Colville who lives with her Aunt while her father is a Colonel in the Army. Jill is increasingly dissatisfied with her life and when she overhears some party guests commenting on how spoilt and pampered she is, decides to write to her father begging him to let her go to school. Jill of the Fourth Form follows her adventures at Highcastle College and how she learns to fit in. To prepare herself for school Jill decides to buy some school stories, but getting only boys' school stories, she teaches herself slang and tricks to survive the expected first night dormitory rags, only to find her dorm has a twenty-four hour rule of not interfering with 'newies'. However she puts them to good use on her second night when she makes a dummy to put in her bed and foils their plans. She passes the series of initiation tests on the third night, including walking on the balcony railing. When she is caught the girls pretend she was sleepwalking and the next day Jill finds she has achieved instant fame for her heroic deeds, though this only lasts a week before it is eclipsed by a girl breaking her wrist. An adventure occurs during a Form Picnic to the Look Out at Mount Desolation. One of the girls, Joan, falls down the cliff side and Jill once again becomes a heroine to the girls, by rescuing her. Turner uses similar incidents in her other school story, The Girl from the Back Blocks, involving rescues. Authors often placed their heroines in dangerous situations and detailed thrilling rescue, either being the rescuer or being rescued.


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P.R.O.M. again. :(
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I'm so sorry you're in this situation! Your mental health is as important as your baby's health, so please know that you CAN find a middle ground on this delivery...
I know a gal who ruptured at 24 weeks and was on bedrest until the baby developed and could safely be born. Amniotic fluid constantly replentishes itself, so she was able to keep enough inside her womb to keep the baby healthy, even though it would still leak out...
If you don't want a repeat of last time (and I don't blame you!) rather than agree to an induction, INSIST that they find a way to stabilize your condition... (Even if it means bedrest with your legs above your waist for the next 3 weeks!)
YOU ARE IN CONTROL! Take the bull by the horns and check out AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE if you don't like the path they are leading you! ASK for a transfer to another practitioner!
HUGS! (And keep us posted!)
Quoting AspensMama1537:
I am 36 weeks and 4 days. Everything seems to be playing out like last time. It makes me sad. But as long as baby is healthy I will be happy.
Quoting GoodyBrook:
I hope you are able to have the birth you desire! (How far along are you?)
Please keep us posted!
Quoting VintageWife: Bless your heart :( I hope everything works out.
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Quoting Cynthje: There is no reason to rush, im sorry but you seem to have a medwife :( You can go for days with rom without issues, the key is to keep all foreign objects (yes that also means the midwifes hands) out of your vagina.
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in my state they have a very specific protocol for strep b or they risk losing their liability insurance/their license. they need to do a transfer 12 hours after water is broken if you are strep b positive. my midwife uses the hipiwash (sp?) but her hands are tied if the baby isnt delivered by hour 12.
BUT she lets all her strep b mama's know in advance that if they choose not to tell her their water has broken then they have that option and she makes sure everyone has the wash with them for personal use before she arrives. it sort of side steps her liability kwim?
Quoting tabi_cat1023:I would stay home til the 24 hour mark, NO internal exams, just do alot of walking and squatting.
You have an idiot midwife if she didnt tell you how to treat for group B at home!! All you need is to use certain soaps when bathing!! ARGH you have a medwife


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Allen Moyer's spare but stunning scenic design actually includes a mirror, this one a gigantic affair tilted above the stage. Except for that one huge prop, Moyer's design, abetted by Christian Frederickson and Ryan Rumery's evocative soundscape, moves the story through history without elaborately detailed scenery. I can't recall seeing a white cloth used quite so magically to transform a grassy British landscape into a great frosty surface into a devastating thaw. Ruhl's adaptation marries her love of language imbued with poetry to Woolf's ground-breaking amalgam of novel, poetry and theatrical fantasia. Annie-B Parson's understated choreography is an additional enhancement. Francesca Faridany is an endearing ever-questioning, ever evolving Orlando. The ensemble, right before our eyes, shifts from being the narrating chorus to portraying the people in Orlando's multi-generational, gender shifting saga, Ruhl's adaptation, as staged by Rebecca Taichman, is easily accessible and stands on its own. However, spending two hours with this ravishing stage version may well make you visit (or re-visit) the novel to savor its poetry, stylistic originality and witty observations on life and love through the centuries and the similarities between the sexes. A look at the book will further you appreciation of the way this page to stage transition honors the original author's intent and reinforces her search for new character and development and story telling techniques. (It's available for free download at Project Gutenberg-- http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200331.txt) As explained in the extensive and informative program notes the idea of century travelling male-female Orlando was inspired by Woolf's love for the flamboyant Vita Sackville-West who, like Orlando, was a writer who worshipped the idea of great literary reputation while finding only fame. The poem "The Oak Tree" with which Orlando struggles throughout his/her journey refers to the poem "The Land" for which Sackville-West won the Hawthornden Prize in 1926. To explore all the aspects of Sackville-West's personality, Woolf had Orlando spend 200 years as an English nobleman, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth's. He falls in love with Sasha, a Russian Princess who betrays him, flees an Archduchess and falls asleep one day to awaken as a woman. In a dreamlike reality, this female Orlando now moves forward through the next several centuries— all the while seeking and finding answers to what it means to live fully in the present, in our own skin, in our own gender, and in our own time. While the title character matures and changes gender, Faridany unlike the Chorus, sticks to this role throughout; so does Annika Boras as the conquettish Sasha who is Orlando's first great love. (The Orlando-Sacha romance in Woolf's novel referred not to herself and Vita Sackville-West but to Vita and Violet Trefusius).
No review of this vibrant production would be complete without a big shoutout for Anita Yavich's costumes. She's created tailored white suits as a sort of basic uniform for Orlando and the Chorus. She cleverly uses a paper doll type clip-on costume to transform Greenspan into The Queen. Yavich is at her most wizardly during Orlando's journey into the Victorian era in a gown symbolically encumbered by a humongous train and a series of rings encircling her body to focus on the wedding ring finger and thus the restrictions imposed, not just by being a woman, but being a woman in a social era that has couples stuck together all around her and demands that she marry. Though this story has been dramatized in a 1992 film starring Tilda Swinton and as a ballet by Marco Goecke, this inventive and lively adaption is unique and well worth seeing. As you can see from the links to plays by Sarah Ruhl reviewed at Curtainup, this fully emerged emerging young playwright is widely produced whether delving into the past or contemporary life The Clean House (Los Angeles ) The Clean House (New York) The Clean House/ ( DC) The Clean House ( Philadelphia) Dead Man's Cell Phone/(New York) Eurydice(London) Eurydice (New York) Eurydice (Philadelphia) In the Next Room or the vibrator play(New York) Passion Play(New York ) Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts (Chicago) Passion Play (DC)


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Bunget, Ovidiu-Constantin and David Sobolevschi, Iulia-Maria and Petcu, Monica (2009): Professional reasoning in expressing the auditor's opinion.
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Unlike other information, assertions and conclusions made during the audit process, the auditor's opinion expressed in the report on the accuracy of the financial statements in terms of the company's image is available to all users. The result of a series of professional judgments based on complex theoretical and practical knowledge developed within the referential framework generated by the accounting and audit standards in order to detect misstatements, typological classifications and their correction, the opinion expressed by the auditor may have significant consequences. An inadequate opinion may alter the image of the entity in relation with all stakeholders, with serious implications on the continuity of the business. To the other extreme, an inadequate opinion may encourage unsustainable actions, with severe consequences both on own activity and on third parties.
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Depositing User: | Ovidiu-Constantin Bunget |
Date Deposited: | 27. Oct 2009 03:15 |
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References: | 1. International Financial Reporting Standards 2009 2. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) including International Accounting Standards (IAS) and their interpretations as of January 1, 2007, 3rd ed., Bucharest, CECCAR 3. Order no. 1752 of November 17, 2005 for the approval of the accounting regulations consistent with the European directives, published in the Official Gazette under number 1080 dated November 30, 2005 4. Use Guide of the International Auditing Standards for the audit of small and medium-size enterprises, CECCAR in collaboration with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), May 2009 5. Standards - Code of Ethics, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, International Federation of Accountants, Irecson Publishing House, 2007 6. Arens Loebbecke - ARC Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003. 7. www.oeconomica.uab.ro |
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BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THE HEAT, THEY say. It's headed to be a scorcher. Dawn just barely cracking, sweat sheen already on the skin. Today could turn into a lot of things, but when it's hot like this, ain't none of them good.
There's a knot in my stomach the size of my fist. No, bigger. Today's the sort of day when it's best to lay low, and that's not what we're doing.
Hamlin steers the old pickup through the Chicago streets real slow, headed toward the demonstration downtown. Squeezed up next to him in the cab, me and Emmalee and Patrice sit silent. We squint through the windshield into the sun rising over the lake.
It's strange, the three of us being together like this but not saying nothing. Patrice knows how to work her mouth, and I can give her a run for her money. Emmalee always gets her word in too, no question. From the time we meet up every morning till we get to school or the Panther office, wherever. Jawing. And here we sit all wide-eyed dumb like strangers.
Then again, we're usually alone. Right now Hamlin's sitting so close his elbow bangs into me with every turn of the wheel.
"Sorry, Maxie."
"It's okay." But I hold my arms crossed over my chest to keep him from hitting anything private.
In the back, perched among the boxes, is Raheem and the kid we all call Gumbo, real name: George. He came up from the way South some time ago and his voice holds that certain twang. Nice enough guy, decent-looking. People mostly say the same about Raheem, but seeing as he's my brother, I can't really judge. He's back there and probably looking over my shoulder, as usual. Maybe even wishing he hadn't let me come along.
Raheem's always saying how he's responsible for me, which means he won't let me do anything that counts and he says "Maxie, when you're older" as the answer to just about everything. Raheem's a Black Panther already, and I'm going to be one too, just as soon as they let me. Fourteen's not old enough, apparently.
Hamlin bends over the steering wheel as the truck curves through the Loop. He's vigilant, studying our surroundings like he's taking the temperature of things, as we get closer to the park. Block after block, the city comes awake—store windows snap open, people ease along the sidewalks, sip coffee, buy newspapers.
Today's headlines should have been enough to scare us into staying home, with all their talk of police riots at the demonstration last night. Now everything seems calm and quiet. Like a regular Tuesday morning. Except for the police vehicles lining the streets, many more than I've ever seen at once.
Emmalee yawns, breaking the stillness. Cuts a sideways glance toward me. Beyond her, Patrice is chewing on her nails, the only one of us not even trying to hide her nervousness. I breathe out long and slow, trying to settle the knot in my belly. I got us into this, and we don't even know yet what this really is.
I'm not usually scared to go to a demonstration, but Raheem says this one won't be like any demonstration we've ever been to. He tried to warn me off coming, but I have to be there. The Democratic National Convention is the biggest thing to happen in Chicago since . . . I don't know what, and if there's going to be a demonstration and the Panthers are going to be there, then I'm going to be there too. I told him, plain as day.
The girls came along because we go everywhere together. Around the neighborhood people run our names together like one word: "Hey, MaxiePatriceEmmalee." Inseparable. Close like sisters, for as long as I can remember. Through good times, sad times, crazy times. Right now qualifies as a downright rough time. The world is shifting—exploding, really—and none of us knows how to deal with it.
At least once a week, Emmalee still breaks down crying over Dr. King being killed, even though it happened nearly five months ago. She carries this book of his writings in her backpack like a Bible, all the pages folded down. We tried to tell her, if you fold down all the pages, what's the point? But then she only cries harder. Patrice is matter-of-fact about it, thinks everything's going to work out in the end, which is so far the opposite of me that sometimes we end up spitting, fighting mad at each other.
When I told the girls I wanted to join the Black Panthers, Patrice called me a hothead. Emmalee was excited but scared. They don't know what joining entirely means and neither do I, but I know the Panthers are going to change everything and we have to be a part of it. When we go down to the community center on Wednesdays to hear Leroy Jackson speak, he makes me feel like things are finally going to get better. The Panthers are going to make it so that we never have to worry about being hungry, or losing our apartment, or getting arrested for no good reason. When Leroy throws his fist up in the air and shouts "All power to the people!" there's this energy that rises up around me that's like nothing I've ever felt before.
I tighten my fists in my lap. Maybe if I clench hard enough, I'll start to feel powerful inside, instead of scared.
Emmalee sighs, leans her head against mine. She spreads her hand across my knotted knuckles. Her gentle fingers clutch mine, tight and trembling. I know she's scared, probably more than me. I wouldn't have made them come with me, but they've always got my back. That's how it is with us.
Hamlin turns a corner, and suddenly the road ahead is clogged with cars. The vague echo of many voices chanting begins to reach us. I can sense the rhythm of the chant but can't quite make out the words. It doesn't sound familiar. Nothing about today feels familiar. This is an anti-war protest, Raheem told me, not a civil rights demonstration like we're used to. Most of the people there will be white. I try to pretend we're heading toward any old protest, but it's no longer so easy to pretend because I can see them weaving among the cars. White face after white face, all tensed up and in a hurry. Traffic is practically stalled letting them pass.
Hamlin hums quietly for a while, which covers us in some kind of spell. Safe enough. I don't mind the closeness in the cab. All pressed together like this, nothing can get to us. For a while. Then Hamlin stops humming, taps the wheel twice with his thumb, and the world beyond our little pocket merges closer.
The protestors seem to be coming from everywhere, out of buildings and alleys and some of the cars, carrying things and climbing over whatever's in the way. A girl with white-blond hair and dirt-smudged skin edges around our front bumper, holding hands with a guy who has a thick bandage of white gauze taped to the side of his face. He stumbles, and she steadies him. Then they move on, away.
I glance across the cab at my friends, knowing it isn't the time of day or Hamlin either that's got our tongues tied. There's something in the air. Heavier than heat and thicker than humidity. A feeling like we're rolling into trouble.
Fire in the Streets
Bad things happen in the heat, they say.
Maxie knows all about how fire can erupt at a moment's notice, especially now, in the sweltering Chicago summer of 1968. She is a Black Panther—or at least she wants to be one. Maxie believes in the movement. She wants to belong. She wants to join the struggle. But everyone keeps telling her she's too young. At fourteen, she's allowed to help out in the office, but she certainly can't help patrol the streets. Then Maxie realizes that there is a traitor in their midst, and if she can figure out who it is, it may be her ticket to becoming a real Panther. But when she learns the truth, the knowledge threatens to destroy her world. Maxie must decide: Is becoming a Panther worth paying the ultimate price?
- Aladdin |
- 336 pages |
- August 2012 |
- Grades 5 - 9


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Hey everyone I am new here. I'm excited for the storm 2 and I can't wait until it's relased. I have an LG enV the first one and this one has to be better than that. I'm excited for it to be released. Hopefully verizon gets it announced soon!
Oh mine is orange too. Most the buttons no longer work and the inside screen doesn't really work either, reminds me of my name on here. Anyway my friend just got the tour and I almost broke down and got that but I've been waiting for the storm 2 since May I suppose I can wait a bit longer but not too much. I am much too excited for it! Hope it doesn't disappoint.
Ok well a little bird told me that the release of the storm 2 has been pushed back.They are saying that it is november 10. The reason for this push back is because apparently Verizon wants to launch a multitude of phones all at the same time. One phone being a new htc phone which will launch the same day as the storm 2. There is also another htc phone launching on oct 6 and boy il tell you its even got my head turned to it. But like I always say choose to believe it or choose not to. All up to you. I am just being friendly and sharing what I was told. I am not gonna provide proof so please dont ask.
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AG Sues to Preserve Galveston's Fort Crockett
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed a suit on behalf of Texas's state historical officer, asking a judge to order the owners of Fort Crockett to fix the buildings and not demolish them.
The state is asking for a temporary restraining order against Max Bowen Enterprises and Juan Hijo Investments, who own the property with the old-for-Texas barracks.
The suit, first reported in the Galveston County Daily News, says the officer quarters that remain standing are "a significant reminder of the fort's mission through World War II and provide passers-by with a sense of the overall post's size and its role in the history of Galveston."
The fort was opened in 1903 and is indeed named for Davy Crockett. It housed an air unit, trained crews on shore batteries that can still be seen, served as a POW camp in WWII and was later deeded over to the Coast Guard.
The state claims the current owners are allowing the buildings to deteriorate and that they have not filed a mandatory preservation plan.
"Despite years of neglect, they retain a good deal of integrity," the suit says, "creating a cohesive residential setting and a distinguishable example of coastal military housing."
For our part, we want the fort restored to all its former glory, as shown in this Seawall Boulevard picture from Galveston's Rosenberg Library:
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As the only industrialized superpower not decimated by World War II, the United States once made nearly 40% of the planet's goods. These days, that number has shrunk to 18%. We make American Girl dolls in China, Levi's jeans in Mexico, and enough movies in Vancouver to nickname it Hollywood North.
After decades of outsourcing, however, the U.S. is quietly enjoying a manufacturing revival, and companies like Apple AAPL 3.0363563723531763% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD128.95 3.8 3.0363563723531763% /Date(1430514001769-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 55517071 AFTER HOURS USD129.05 0.100000000000023 0.07754943776657619% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2995567 P/E Ratio 15.939431396786155 Market Cap 742884773214.631 Dividend Yield 1.6130283055447847% Rev. per Employee 2287920 More quote details and news » (ticker: AAPL), Caterpillar CAT 0.5639963167587477% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD87.37 0.49 0.5639963167587477% /Date(1430514047580-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4815727 AFTER HOURS USD87.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34378 P/E Ratio 14.001602564102564 Market Cap 52745271724.6399 Dividend Yield 3.2047613597344626% Rev. per Employee 478364 More quote details and news » (CAT), Ford Motor F 0.06329113924050633% Ford Motor Co. U.S.: NYSE USD15.81 0.01 0.06329113924050633% /Date(1430514041614-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20361210 AFTER HOURS USD15.79 -0.0200000000000014 -0.1265022137887413% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 241027 P/E Ratio 20.26923076923077 Market Cap 62850379747.4983 Dividend Yield 3.795066413662239% Rev. per Employee 759898 More quote details and news » (F), General Electric GE 0.8493353028064993% General Electric Co. U.S.: NYSE USD27.31 0.23 0.8493353028064993% /Date(1430514026627-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 27936059 AFTER HOURS USD27.28 -0.0299999999999976 -0.10984987184181619% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 367258 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 274943419623.375 Dividend Yield 3.36872940314903% Rev. per Employee 471918 More quote details and news » (GE), and Whirlpool WHR 2.112756264236902% Whirlpool Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD179.31 3.71 2.112756264236902% /Date(1430514182105-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1195106 AFTER HOURS USD179.1559 -0.1541 -0.08594054988567286% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 50743 P/E Ratio 20.99796238611612 Market Cap 14101654944.5642 Dividend Yield 2.0076961686464783% Rev. per Employee 203550 More quote details and news » (WHR) are making more of their goods on American soil again. It isn't just U.S. companies that are drawn to our cheap energy, weak dollar, and stagnant wages. Samsung Electronics (005930.Korea) plans a $4 billion semiconductor plant in Texas, Airbus SAS is building a factory in Alabama, and Toyota TM 0.6761617033520356% Toyota Motor Corp. ADS U.S.: NYSE USD139.96 0.94 0.6761617033520356% /Date(1430514123425-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 246116 AFTER HOURS USD139.893 -0.0670000000000073 -0.04787082023435267% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 967 P/E Ratio 11.702928240547184 Market Cap 236611997646.853 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 739708 More quote details and news » (TM) wants to export minivans made in Indiana to Asia.
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The Rust Belt owes its new shine to many factors, including rising wages and industrial-land costs in Asia. But none is bigger than the U.S. energy boom. Thanks to a head start in extracting oil and gas from shales, North America now produces far more natural gas than any other continent. Unlike oil, gas isn't easily transported across oceans, and a result is some of the world's cheapest energy within our reach: Natural gas here costs $3.55 per million British thermal units, versus roughly $12 in Europe and $16 in Japan. Cheap energy not only reduces our trade deficit and our addiction to Middle East oil, it also makes our factories more competitive globally -- a boon for a country that had gone from exporting American goods to exporting American jobs.
The biggest beneficiaries are energy-guzzling companies like chemical producers and steelmakers, and Barron's has identified eight stocks that should prosper in our gas-fueled manufacturing upswing. They are Southwestern Energy, LyondellBasell Industries, Nucor, Dover, Calpine, CF Industries, Williams, and Union Pacific. But any glow will also rub off on regional lenders, home builders, and local small businesses. "The U.S. is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas," declares Nancy Lazar, co-head of the New York research firm International Strategy & Investment. "And Middle America is my favorite emerging market."
Our energy boom got cracking with fracking, a controversial process in which pressurized fluids are pumped through rock formations, often a mile or more under the ground, to extract oil and gas. Critics condemn fracking, which they contend causes environmental harm, but even they agree that it's led to an abundance of cheap gas. Over the past six years, U.S. production of petroleum and natural gas has jumped from 15 million barrels of oil-equivalent a day to 20.1 million, a 20-year high. Over the same period, imports have fallen from 14 million barrels a day to below eight million, a 25-year low.
It's a sign of the times: Graduates from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology -- acceptance rate: 88%; mascot: Grubby the Miner -- now command a median starting salary 16% higher than that of Yalies.
By 2020, the U.S. will become the world's biggest oil producer, says the International Energy Agency. By 2025, North America will be a net energy exporter, predicts ExxonMobil XOM 1.6939452901453589% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD88.85 1.48 1.6939452901453589% /Date(1430514073960-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11904948 AFTER HOURS USD88.95 0.100000000000009 0.11254924029262803% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 352128 P/E Ratio 13.334233788062972 Market Cap 372236200931.564 Dividend Yield 3.2864378165447383% Rev. per Employee 4164000 More quote details and news » (XOM).
That edge should remain ours for decades. "It isn't just the huge reserves we have underground," says Tim Parker, who manages T. Rowe Price's natural-resource stock portfolios. "No one else has our predictable cocktail of infrastructure already in place, know-how, a relative abundance of water, and a favorable royalty regime that give landowners a stake in the exploration game." Europe, for instance, is averse to fracking and has little infrastructure; Japan has hardly any shales; and while China has vast reserves, only shales nudging the Yangtze River have enough water for fracking.
Of course, an especially frigid winter could send gas prices soaring, but any such spike should be temporary. Given our expanding reserves and record inventory, commodity strategists expect U.S. natural gas to stay between $3 and $5 per million BTUs for years -- well below prices abroad.
CHEAP GAS ISN'T THE ONLY booster in our tank. In the decade since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, that nation has become Earth's low-cost factory. But wages and benefits there are rising 15% to 20% a year, while they're stagnant here. Despite Beijing's efforts to hold it down, the yuan has gained 33% against the dollar since 2005. Industrial land averages $10.22 a square foot across China, but rises to $11.15 in the coastal city of Ningbo and $21 in Shenzhen -- compared with $1.30 to $4.65 in Tennessee and North Carolina. "Within five years, the total cost of producing many products will be only about 10% to 15% less in Chinese coastal cities than in parts of the U.S. where factories are likely to be built," says Hal Sirkin, a senior partner at Boston Consulting Group. Add duties and shipping, and the cost gap shrinks further.
Location-scouting manufacturers also are looking beyond mere costs. Moving part of their supply chains closer to the U.S. -- still the world's biggest consumer market -- helps companies react faster to changes and also speeds innovation, says Gary Pisano, a Harvard Business School professor. Adds Robert McCutcheon, who heads PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. industrials practice: "You protect not just the intellectual property of your products, but your processes as well."
Companies, of course, won't completely shutter overseas factories. U.S. corporate taxes are still high, compared with many other countries', and there's a limit to how many jobs will return, given advances in automation and productivity. But BCG's Sirkin conservatively estimates that 2.5 million to five million jobs will be added by 2020, which could shave two to three percentage points from our unemployment rate, now near 7.8%. We'll also expand exports, at the expense of higher-cost developed rivals, such as Germany and Japan. And U.S. ports stand ready and idle, operating at just 54% of capacity, well below 59% in Europe, 67% in Latin America, and 76% in Southeast Asia.
Busier factories would help the entire country. For every dollar spent on manufacturing, another $1.48 is added to the economy, says the National Association of Manufacturers. Another bonus: Manufacturers account for two-thirds of what the private sector spends on research and development.
And we've only just begun: Abundant gas and a weak dollar are long-term trends, and U.S. wages should behave until unemployment falls well below 6%, says Jeffrey Korzenik, chief investment strategist at Fifth Third Private Bank. "Offshoring had gone on for decades, but the re-shoring trend is only in year two or three."
Here are eight stocks that should benefit:
Southwestern Energy swn 2.675704602211916% Southwestern Energy Co. U.S.: NYSE USD28.78 0.75 2.675704602211916% /Date(1430514207604-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13228931 AFTER HOURS USD28.673 -0.107000000000003 -0.37178596247394025% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 106852 P/E Ratio 13.10803425031882 Market Cap 11067492953.2619 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1365700 More quote details and news » (SWN)
Cheap energy is a boon for manufacturers, but a curse for exploration companies, and investors are shunning the producers most exposed to slumping gas prices. With 99% of Southwestern's production and reserves in natural gas, you'd think the Houston company's managers would be anxiously sweating over prices near decade lows.
But they aren't. That's because Southwestern is a highly efficient, low-cost producer. It works its 926,000 acres in the Fayetteville shale with operational aplomb, using dense wells, some of its own rigs, and vertically integrated services. The company has another 187,000 acres in the Marcellus shale. At $34, its shares trade at a small premium to its gassy peers but still a discount to its net asset value.
Ken Settles, who co-manages the RS Global Natural Resources Fund, expects gas prices to hit $5 to $6 eventually. "But the benefit of focusing on a low-cost producer is that, even with gas prices below sustainable long-term levels, Southwestern's assets are still profitable and creating value for its owners."
Southwestern plans to increase 2013 production by 11% to 13%, and analysts see its per-share profit climbing 19% this year. Earnings will grow even more if natural-gas prices rally, but you won't sweat waiting for that to happen.
LyondellBasell Industries lyb 0.9466769706336939% LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD104.5 0.98 0.9466769706336939% /Date(1430514016033-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3695118 AFTER HOURS USD104.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 29032 P/E Ratio 12.100789735751176 Market Cap 49459953964.2334 Dividend Yield 2.6794258373205744% Rev. per Employee 3256560 More quote details and news » (LYB)
Chemical makers guzzle energy and also rely on byproducts from oil and gas purification -- stuff like ethane, butane, and propane -- for raw materials. So the shale boom delivers a double blessing of cheap feedstock and energy. In fact, PwC thinks that we might start seeing more plastic-based substitutes for materials like metal, glass, or wood. That's good news for diversified specialty-chemical giants like DuPont DD 1.1475409836065573% E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD74.04 0.84 1.1475409836065573% /Date(1430514092058-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3005989 AFTER HOURS USD74 -0.0400000000000062 -0.05402485143165856% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 76243 P/E Ratio 21.214899713467048 Market Cap 67023748272.6169 Dividend Yield 2.6472177201512697% Rev. per Employee 544730 More quote details and news » (DD), and also Dow Chemical DOW 1.3529411764705883% Dow Chemical Co. U.S.: NYSE USD51.69 0.69 1.3529411764705883% /Date(1430514217898-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5200119 AFTER HOURS USD51.55 -0.140000000000001 -0.2708454246469336% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1172653 P/E Ratio 15.904615384615385 Market Cap 59548064663.0544 Dividend Yield 3.250145095763204% Rev. per Employee 1058300 More quote details and news » (DOW), which is investing $4 billion to boost production and build an ethylene plant in Texas that could hire 2,000 workers.
Still, Tim Parker of T. Rowe Price says that the narrower profit margins of more commoditized base-chemical companies might see a bigger boost from the new world order of cheaper feedstock and energy. His pick: LyondellBasell.
Since the Rotterdam-based company emerged from bankruptcy in April 2010, its New York-listed shares have climbed 184%. The shares, recently trading at $62, fetch 10.7 times 2013 profits. LyondellBasell's management team is boosting earnings and returning capital to shareholders through share buybacks and dividends. The stock yields 2.6%. And net profit margins of 5.6% trump the 3.7% average of its peers. With new capacity, cheap feedstock and $14 billion in free cash flow, it can earn $10 a share by 2016 and become a $100 stock, Deutsche Bank analyst David Begleiter maintains.
Nucor nue 0.28653295128939826% Nucor Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD49 0.14 0.28653295128939826% /Date(1430514199083-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2206504 AFTER HOURS USD48.8236 -0.176400000000001 -0.36% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7853 P/E Ratio 23.557692307692307 Market Cap 15637419586.1816 Dividend Yield 3.0408163265306123% Rev. per Employee 864243 More quote details and news » (NUE)
Steel-making isn't just another energy-intensive business. Steel pipes and products are integral to energy exploration and transportation, not to mention manufacturing and construction. With 99% of its revenue earned in America, Nucor, the largest U.S. minimill operator and metals recycler, is well-hitched to that energy and manufacturing boom.
The steel industry is vexed by excess capacity, and its volatile stocks surge or slide with temperamental economic data. So it helps that Nucor is more defensive than its peers. Wells Fargo steel analyst Sam Dubinsky favors it over the long haul, "due to its lean cost structure and product diversity, both of which have resulted in earnings at the high head of the peer group." Nucor also is most levered to the bottoming construction market. A healthy balance sheet and a 3.1% dividend yield further burnish the appeal of its stock, recently at $47.78.
Dover dov -0.5414685684099313% Dover Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD75.31 -0.41 -0.5414685684099313% /Date(1430514041894-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2826096 AFTER HOURS USD75.31 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21114 P/E Ratio 17.04656058308246 Market Cap 12078443007.4878 Dividend Yield 2.124551852343646% Rev. per Employee 290135 More quote details and news » (DOV)
Is the U.S. really ready to make more things again? The average age of our manufacturing plants is 15.5 years, while our equipment has been around almost six years. Both are near five-decade highs. "Old equipment and manufacturing plants suggest the need for a large replacement cycle," writes ISI. Over the next five years, the research firm expects capital expenditure's share of the economy to rise from 10.2% to 14%, putting it near its early 1980s peak. That's good news for Dover. The conglomerate makes a vast array of industrial products -- from refrigeration systems and specialty pumps to drill bits and bar-code equipment -- making it a proxy for our manufacturing boomlet.
Compared with other economically sensitive stocks, Dover is more diverse and more stable. Management has allocated capital shrewdly, making acquisitions, buying back shares, and lifting return on capital to 12.4% -- a decade high. Dover has a 2.1% dividend yield, and its 9.7% profit margin trumps the sector's average. Yet its shares, at $67, trade at 12.8 times 2013 profits, a discount to the market and other machinery stocks.
Calpine cpn -2.6134800550206325% Calpine Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD21.24 -0.57 -2.6134800550206325% /Date(1430514122762-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11626904 AFTER HOURS USD21.24 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 426957 P/E Ratio 9 Market Cap 7908607740.70473 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 3530700 More quote details and news » (CPN)
Calpine is the largest independent U.S. producer of gas-powered electricity, and runs some of the newest, most efficient plants. Just six years ago, nearly half the nation's power came from coal. But gas' share has swiftly risen from a fifth to a third, while coal's has waned.
The ongoing switch to cleaner natural-gas-generated electricity is one reason why Barron's has been bullish about the stock (see "Calpine Gets Ready to Light Up," July 23, 2012). The company also has unused capacity that puts it in the driver's seat as utilities replace decades-old coal plants.
At first blush, that advantage seems well reflected in the shares, which, at $19, fetch 27.6 times 2013 profit estimates of 69 cents a share. But that seemingly lofty multiple is below its median over the past five years, and Calpine is generating more than $1 a share in free cash flow and continuing to pay down debt. "When power prices are low, Calpine benefits by taking market share from less-efficient producers," says MacKenzie Davis, who co-manages the RS Global Natural Resources Fund. "But it also benefits if power prices rise, since margins and cash flow will improve."
CF Industries cf 2.4454725710508924% CF Industries Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD294.5 7.03 2.4454725710508924% /Date(1430514363417-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 536876 AFTER HOURS USD294.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1228 P/E Ratio 11.138595137596635 Market Cap 14107139125.824 Dividend Yield 2.037351443123939% Rev. per Employee 2062260 More quote details and news » (CF)
Energy can account for nearly 70% of the cost of producing fertilizer, and Jack Ablin, BMO Private Bank's chief investment officer, singles out CF Industries as a big beneficiary of plentiful natural gas.
The company, which produces nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, earns 85% of its revenue in the U.S. Shares of Deerfield, Ill.-based CF, at $226, have outrun their peers and climbed 73% over the past two years, the latest leg coming as drought sent corn and soybean prices soaring. Fearful that cyclical earnings have peaked, analysts are downgrading the stock, and investors fret that margins and share buybacks will suffer as management spends $3.8 billion to expand its nitrogen capacity.
But any pullback is an opportunity for long-term investors. Cheap gas costs should keep operating margins near a record 50.1%. Tight corn supplies, low water levels in the Mississippi, and a still-dry Corn Belt should support grain and fertilizer prices, and CF's investment-grade credit rating and low debt let it borrow money cheaply should it need to. Its stock trades at just 8.2 times what CF earned over the past 12 months, well below the 12.3 times median since it went public in 2005.
Williams wmb -0.11721039265481539% Williams Cos. U.S.: NYSE USD51.13 -0.06 -0.11721039265481539% /Date(1430514154120-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4306393 AFTER HOURS USD51.0758 -0.0542000000000016 -0.10600430275767651% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 86397 P/E Ratio 18.72070884592853 Market Cap 38294376655.0792 Dividend Yield 4.537453549775083% Rev. per Employee 1127860 More quote details and news » (WMB)
So why aren't American drivers enjoying a bigger windfall at the pump? For one thing, global demand dictates gasoline prices. After decades of ferrying imported oil, our infrastructure also needs to be re-oriented toward redistributing domestically produced natural gas. That benefits master limited partnerships that operate pipelines, and for investors who want to avoid MLPs' complex tax-filing regimes, their parent companies.
Williams gathers and transports natural gas, and owns 78% of its namesake MLP, Williams Partners WPZ 1.5587044534412955% Williams Partners L.P. U.S.: NYSE USD50.17 0.77 1.5587044534412955% /Date(1430514288720-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1588220 AFTER HOURS USD50.17 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15532 P/E Ratio 66.47674572677886 Market Cap 30123112961.3626 Dividend Yield 6.776958341638429% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (WPZ). It has diverse assets, pays a 3.9% yield, and thrives as demand increases for natural-gas processing and infrastructure.
However, 2012 was the first year in the past 13 in which MLP returns trailed the overall stock market's, thanks to weak gas prices, tax concerns, and profit-taking after years of gains.
Williams Partners, which sports a 6.6% yield, fell 22%. Shares of its parent also struggled after it issued stock to help finance a complicated $2.25 billion investment in privately held Access Midstream Partners and the MLP it controls.
Still, the deal boosts Williams' position in the Utica and Marcellus shales, and adds steady fee income that tempers Williams' exposure to fluctuating commodity prices. Investors fret that Williams, which trades at $34, may have to raise more money, but cash flow of about $1.6 billion this year exceeds the adjusted net income of $816 million that Wall Street expects and should more than cover payouts, letting Williams deliver on its promise to increase dividends at a 20% annual rate through 2015.
Union Pacific unp 1.3932034265273463% Union Pacific Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD107.71 1.48 1.3932034265273463% /Date(1430514017706-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4561034 AFTER HOURS USD108 0.290000000000006 0.2692414817565686% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 186153 P/E Ratio 18.34923339011925 Market Cap 94309906176.5219 Dividend Yield 2.0425215857394856% Rev. per Employee 507701 More quote details and news » (UNP)
All manufactured goods must move from the factories in which they're made to somewhere else. Kansas City Southern KSU 1.1806029856571372% Kansas City Southern U.S.: NYSE USD103.7 1.21 1.1806029856571372% /Date(1430514131279-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1211562 AFTER HOURS USD103.7 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3327 P/E Ratio 22.445887445887447 Market Cap 11463515972.7631 Dividend Yield 1.2729026036644167% Rev. per Employee 396425 More quote details and news » (KSU), which has a unique North-South network linking the Midwest with Mexico, could benefit from any spillover of manufacturing south of our border. But the king of rail remains Union Pacific.
Spawned 150 years ago, after Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, Union Pacific's dense network blankets the map west of the Mississippi. Stephens' transportation analyst Brad Delco flags Union Pacific as one of the rail stocks most exposed to energy-intensive groups like autos, chemicals, and steel. It hugs the Gulf Coast, has the largest U.S. chemical franchise among rail carriers, and hogs 75% of the western U.S. traffic for assembled autos and parts. Its relative absence along the East Coast further shields it from coal's dying embers.
Union Pacific shares have run up 44%, to $133, over the past two years, nearly twice as much as the rail group has. But the stock trades at 14 times projected profits, a small premium to its peers, and no higher than its own historical average. Management has lifted operating margins to a decade-high 36%. The stock boasts a 2.1% yield, and the company has paid a dividend every year since 1899, when the steam engine propelled the U.S. to its first industrial boom. The rail giant's in great shape for the next one
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These parts been sitting in my garage for several months. They came off at 5,000 Miles on the truck so fairly still new.
Bilsteins front coil over $130 shipped, Rear are $60 shipped or both for $160 shipped
Stock skidplate $30 + shipping
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Travel Photography Photos tagged as bay
A view of the bay
Sunset over Cashmere Bay Jan 25, 2015
Cashmere Bay Lake Brunner
Remote control boats on our bay
Fording the water on road to Awaroa Bay
Picture of bay taken in the afternoon from our driveway
Driftwood on the beach in Old Woman Bay, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario.
Gardens by the bay - lightshow
Pacific Pearl Cruise Ship, White Bay, Sydney Harbour, Australia. Most P&O cruises depart from here as other cruise ships are to tall to fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Cove Bay, Anguilla
Cove Bay, Anguilla


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Stuart Loory, who holds the Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at the MU School of Journalism, is the moderator of the weekly radio program "Global Journalist." It airs at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays on KBIA/91.3 FM or at www.globaljournalist.org.
Loory: The odds were against success on Israeli-Palestinian differences at the one-day peace conference in Annapolis, Md. Sure, President Bush posed for a picture shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. But the two Middle Eastern leaders are perceived as weak, and the American president is a lame duck. By the end of the day, there was a startling announcement that the two sides had agreed to reach a peace settlement by the end of next year. Given the complications involved — the rise of Hamas with its avowed policy of opposing Israel's existence in the Palestinian territories and the settlement of a quarter of a million Israelis on the West Bank — can this agreement come to pass? The agreement is based upon implementation of the so-called road map for peace, agreed to in 2003 with a goal of a permanent peace by 2005. That deadline is behind us. We've had agreements and good words before after meetings in Camp David, Oslo and Madrid. There has been a lot of talk but no peace. How is the Annapolis agreement viewed in Ramallah and Jerusalem?
Sam Bahour, freelance journalist, Ramallah, Palestine: The unfortunate part of Annapolis is that Abbas is coming back to a 100 percent occupied land, just like he left. And he's coming back without an acknowledgement from the Israeli side that the West Bank Gaza strip in East Jerusalem is an occupied territory. The leaders of Annapolis are taking great pride in executing a high stakes word processing exercise, but there is a detachment between what is being said and reality. Palestinians aren't ready to accept any sense of progress unless they see it in their daily lives.
Loory: What about in Israel?
Gideon Lichfield, Middle East editor, The Economist, Jerusalem: The Israeli feeling is probably a lot more positive. One can look at this as the glass is half empty or half full. If the glass is half full, then the fact that they started peace talks for the first time in seven years is something.
Loory: Is the problem that Israel doesn't acknowledge that it is occupying territory?
Bahour: Acknowledging that this area is occupied formally lays upon Israel a set of responsibilities to mitigate the occupation. The daily violence is partly due to Israel not seeing itself under the rule of law when it comes to the West Bank and Gaza strip. The loudest example of that is that Israel continues to build settlements, which are illegal under international law. It's not enough for both the Israelis and the Palestinians to want peace. An international third party to uphold the contours of the peace agreement and give incentives to both sides is needed. The hope was that the United States would do that this time around. Instead, it's playing the role of a neutral mediator when the U.S. is not neutral.
Loory: Will the U.S. really stay out of it?
Howard LaFranchi, foreign affairs reporter, Christian Science Monitor, Washington, D.C.: People involved in this process say that someone at a high level needs to be there pushing things along. It's fine when the leaders are smiling and shaking hands, but the test will come when they reach a dispute. Bush said that the U.S. would remain engaged, and the joint statement refers to the U.S. as the monitor. There's a sense that the reason this conference took place in the first place is because Bush wanted to bring the Israeli and Arab countries together to confront Iran. With the conference over, he'll watch and perhaps jump back in if there's a moment that's of his interest.
Loory: Syria was a reluctant attendee at the conference. Did it gain anything while it was there?
Samir al-Taqi, director, Orient Center for International Studies, Damascus, Syria: To Syria, coming to Annapolis was seen as an excess. Syria was very much embarrassed and saw that all the problems in the region came from this agreement between Ariel Sharon and Bush to try to close the Israeli-Arab conflict without solving it. To Syrian eyes, that is what is behind the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, the buildup of the wall and asking Syria to get rid of some of its armaments. Syria was gambling that this approach, relying on the logical force by Israel and the U.S., won't succeed. For Syria, going to Annapolis is an indication that this logic was failing in the region. Especially that the American administration's approach to the problems of the region is severely crippled, as are the situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
Loory: The first phase of the road map dealt with containment of violence. How can that be dealt with?
Bahour: Foremost is the acceptance of the road map as a document to move forward on. The Palestinians accepted it and the Israelis accepted it with several reservations that nullified their acceptance. The first question is whether Israel has removed its reservations. Secondly, the Palestinians had an obligation to take a more proactive security stance. They have done that under the eye of U.S. General Dayton, who was overseeing the rehabilitation of the Palestinian security forces. Israel is obligated to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank without exception. That's a huge test to see if Israel will meet. Another mechanism calls on Israel to reopen Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem and to list the internal closures spread out throughout the West Bank. People are supposed to be able to travel from home to work without having to go through multiple Israeli checkpoints. These are concrete measurable items that we'll see if the parties can enact in a short period of time.
Shmuel Rosner, chief U.S. correspondent, Haaretz newspaper, Tel Aviv, Israel: Israel and Palestine agreed upon a two-track peace process in Annapolis, which will include negotiations for final status agreements. More importantly, the two sides will try to implement the road map in a serious way. Saying that the Palestinians have already fulfilled their obligations under the road map is really overstating the situation on the ground. The Palestinian Authority did not come and say, you take Gaza, we only want the West Bank, and so we only have to dismantle the organizations in the West Bank. If one talks to Israeli sources, dismantling the organization in Gaza is part of the deal. Israel also has some tests that it needs to pass, including freezing settlement activities. That won't be an easy task for the Israeli government, but they will have to do it if they want to fulfill their obligations.
La Franchi: What has changed is that there are two leaders who do seem to get along. They seem to have a rapport between them that both are dedicated to. This meeting was seen as a road map plus getting back to the nuts and bolts of security and easing up on Palestinian living conditions, while pursuing final status negotiations.
Loory: We certainly have a long shot coming out of Annapolis.
Producers of Global Journalist are Missouri School of Journalism graduate students Devin Benton, Yue Li, Heather Perne and Catherine Wolf.


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This month I will be talking about a bait that has been around since the early '70s. I can remember on Lake Conroe one afternoon when a gentleman came in with a case of rattle trap's and set them on the counter. He told the proprietor of the Marina to distribute these baits to his guides and his local fishermen. Since that day the rattle trap has made a drastic change. I can remember that someone left a rattle trap on the dash of their truck and from the heat of the sun the bait swelled. With the chamber being a little larger the bait gave off more vibration. There were people boiling them in hot water trying to get the bait to expand. Soon there were many baits that copied the ever popular rattle trap. The best way to describe this type of bait is to call it a lipless crankbait.
During the month of January, February and March you can take the rattle trap and cover a lot of water from the bank out to fifteen foot of water. You can actually throw a rattle trap year-round. I have never seen a bait that will get bass to strike at it in 46 degree water. I have thrown a multitude of baits in cold water but none has ever drawn the strikes that the rattle trap does. I have slow rolled spinnerbaits and crankbaits, flipped jigs in this cold water and none surpass the rattle trap. On Lake Fork, the red crawfish pattern bait is the most popular during this time of year. To work the rattle trap effectively, you need a high speed 6.1 ratio reel and a medium heavy rod with 15 to 20 pound line. If you use one of the slower retrieve reels, it will wear out your arm.
There is an art to fishing this bait. When fishing grass I like to tick the top of the grass and rip the bait up and let it fall back down. Be prepared as the bait is falling back to the mat as that is when most strikes will occur. Sometimes the bite will feel like a slight pressure or as if you have picked up some grass. You will have to be on your toes to detect these strikes. As the water warms the strike will become more pronounced.
Another technique is to fish the bait through timber and periodically run it into the standing wood and stall the retrieve and start again. Also, run the bait through limbs and over logs. As the bait passes over the structure let it fall and start again. The strike will normally occur on the fall or just as the bait starts again. Size and color is another area you will have to experiment with. Some days a 3/4 ounce is best and on others a 1/4 ounce is best.
The trap has two hooks on it and I normally change these hooks as soon as I take the bait out of the package. I like to use a little stronger hook. Sometimes I change the belly hook to a larger size which helps to hook more fish. The trap is well known for being thrown free while fighting fish. Normally I use this larger hook around grass more than timber.
When fishing in the timber or very shallow water this bait has a tendency to hang up a lot. Once you realize you have hung the bait and it is not a fish, don't whip or bow your rod by pulling on it. This will load your rod just like you were drawing an arrow on a bow and should the bait come loose it will come back at you at twice the speed of sound and with those two treble hooks, look out! The worse part is it may miss you and hit your buddy or the worse case scenario, the guide. MERCY!
To be serious, when you retrieve your trap and it does hang up, don't jerk on the line but drop slack and shake the rod tip loosely. If this does not dislodge the bait try the old banjo trick. Disengage your reel, get enough line to wrap it around your hand and leave slack. Grab the slack with the other hand and pull it taught and release it as if you were plucking a banjo. Sometimes the slack line will shoot towards the bait and shake it loose. It is a lot easier to show someone this trick than put it in print. If you are using braided line, I don't recommend wrapping it around anything that I want to keep intact on my body. Get yourself a stick and wrap it around that. If there is one thing about fishing a rattle trap that I want to impress upon you it is to be careful. As I said earlier, a fish can shake this bait free in a matter of seconds and it can come screaming back at you like a bullet. It is funny how the fish can get away but if the bait hangs on something it is there for life.
I always said if I were going to fly on an airplane I would take along a couple of rattle traps because if the plane was going to crash I could jump out and the traps would hang on something before I hit the ground. I hope this will help you to catch some winter fish.
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Great deal on "sunken" Catalina 27
I ahve run across a 1989 Catalina 27 that shall we say is a little damp. The owner didn''t winterize properly and the boat took on water thru the H2O intake on the inboard diesel. The H2O froze and split the intake filter. The boat went down to the top of the deck flooding all electronics and engine. It was down in a VERY clean and clear lake for almost 48 hours. Since the engine has been checked out by a mechanic, run and pickled. The electronic board will need to be replaced as well as the cushions. Is this boat to be avoided. The ownener will take $10K for the boat with an aditional $4K at the end of 1 year if all is well with the boat. Any suggestions?
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Solf, Martin (2006) Einflüsse auf die Variabilität von Anflugzeiten bei Verkehrsflugzeugen. Diploma. DLR-Interner Bericht. DLR-IB 112-2006/01, 93 S.
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The topic of this diploma thesis is the variability of the approach duration of commercial aircraft. The variability of this flight phase should be tightened to reduce time-buffers in flight schedules with the intention to reduce costs. Therefore, the reasons for the variability are analysed in this work. To reduce the complexity of this problem the approach of a single aircraft in the aerodrome area is considered and all influencing factors are analysed separately. Those factors that create variability are collected and it is estimated how strong they influence the time of approach and contribute to a variability of flight times. Furthermore, some exemplary calculations of the duration of an approach are made with the aid of a trajectory calculator. Thus, the result of this thesis is a wide overview of factors that influence the approaching time as well as qualitative and quantitative estimations about the impact these factors have. The conclusion of the analysis is that strong drivers for variability are characterised by their weak predictability. But also in the future those factors are not sufficiently predictable to consider them appropriately in the flight schedule. Nevertheless, for reduction of variability solutions are required, that compensate the effects when a delay factor suddenly appears and lead to constant flight times.
Document Type: | Monograph (DLR-Interner Bericht, Diploma) | ||||
Title: | Einflüsse auf die Variabilität von Anflugzeiten bei Verkehrsflugzeugen | ||||
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Date: | January 2006 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 93 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Keywords: | Anflug, Performance, Flughafen | ||||
Institution: | TU Braunschweig | ||||
Department: | Institut für Flugführung | ||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||
HGF - Program Themes: | L SF - Safe and Efficient Air Traffic Guidance (old) | ||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||
DLR - Program: | L SF - Safe and Efficient Air Traffic Guidance | ||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Effiziente Flugführung und Flugbetrieb (old) | ||||
Location: | Braunschweig | ||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Flight Control > Air traffic systems | ||||
Deposited By: | Franz Knabe | ||||
Deposited On: | 08 Feb 2006 | ||||
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2009 04:59 |
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