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Saturday, September 7, 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City International Airport will be one of 60 U.S. airports to install a screening program designed to allow some passengers to pass through security checks more quickly, federal transportation officials announced.
The Transportation Security Agency announced this week that its PreCheck expedited screening program will be installed at KCI, beginning Oct. 1. Airport officials said Thursday the program will begin only in Terminal B and that no decision has been made on whether it will be expanded to the airport's other two terminals, The Kansas City Star reported (http://bit.ly/17EhrGg ).
The program has been tested at 40 other airports including Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Expedited screening allows passengers who meet certain qualifications to avoid removing shoes, belts and light outerwear such as jackets. Laptops and quart-sized plastic bags holding gels, liquids and aerosols would not have to be removed from luggage.
Delta Air Lines plans to begin using the system in October and Southwest Airlines will use it starting in November.
"TSA has worked hard to develop an approach that eases the security burden for some of KCI's outbound travelers," said Joe McBride, spokesman for the Kansas City Aviation Department. "Unfortunately, KCI's three terminal configuration and narrow concourses does not allow for TSA PreCheck across all terminals at this time."
Travelers who want to be part of the program must be U.S. citizens, members of a frequent-flyer program and be invited by a participating airline. Members of a Customs and Border Protection Trusted Traveler program can also join.
Later this year, the TSA will expand the program to travelers willing to fill out an online application, pay an $85 fee for five-year eligibility, and verify identity and provide fingerprints at a TSA PreCheck enrollment center. Those who qualify get a "known traveler number," which provides an embedded barcode in boarding passes. When the pass is scanned, a passenger is referred to a TSA PreCheck lane.
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Man Of Few Words : Mr. Manmohan Singh
He is 13th PM of India,the number thirteenth became unlucky for him during his second tenure as everyday was a bad hair day for him due to scams which are competing to be at the top spot in terms of loss to India's economy. These scams engulfed achievements of his ten years as opposition extracted an opportunity from these scams to malign his reputation and labeling him as mute PM.
He is definitely a man of few words but of many actions. MNERGA(Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act), farmers loan waiver,right to food,right to education,RTI( Right To Information),direct tax subsidy, Indo-US nuclear deal, cheap but fast rail service Gareeb Rath, maintained a sustainable growth rate when world was under financial crisis, improved banking system,National Rural Health Mission,creation of NIA (National Investigation Agency), introducing AADHAR card as Multipurpose National Identity Card, promoting e-governance,strengthening anti-rape law,etc were some of the actions taken under his prime ministerial-ship.
I think non-promotion of his work among masses,mishandling of media trials during Anna Movement and Delhi gang rape case went against him. Although he was not directly involved in any scams but as the head of the government all slur was faced by him. He was an apolitical person and he remained one by not indulging in dirty political tactics of abusing his critics. It is also necessary to mention that he never went on holidays in last ten years as PM even he never extended his foreign trips for recreational purposes.
Now, when he is putting weight of his shoulders, I wants to remember him as the most humble PM of India ,a man of uncommon decency and grace. Perhaps his stature is compromised in last two years and many countrymen criticize him but I believe what he said in his words that the history would remember his contributions for the country. My first vote in 2009 helped him form the government which was also the reason he holds a special place in my heart as a leader and as a PM. A grand salute to him and the best of luck for his future. It is difficult to find one in politics but he is my role model for maintaining a dignity of PM post and for enhancing India's image in world forums.

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The 2011 holiday price wars have begun.
Playstation 3 (Sony)
"Overall, our strategy is to provide the best entertainment experience at an excellent price," said Andrew House, incoming president and group CEO at Sony Computer Entertainment International.
The 160 GB model will carry the low price, while the 320GB model will be trimmed $80 and sell for $299.
Analysts had expected Sony to cut the price of the PS3 this year, though they were somewhat unclear on when it would do so. Many also predict Microsoft will lower the price of the Xbox 360 before the holiday shopping season begins. Nintendo slashed Wii prices to $150 in May.
Regardless of what happens with Microsoft, though, the price cut could make the PS3 the system to beat this holiday season. The momentum from the cut, along with the company's strongest software lineup in years, makes it an early frontrunner. Among the big-name exclusive titles coming to the system in the next few months are Resistance 3 and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, with a long-awaited Twisted Metal game due in early 2012.
It's a much-needed blast of good news for fans of the console and marks something of a comeback for the company, who started off 2011 at one of the lowest points in its history. An April security breach saw personal information stolen from more than 100 million accounts and resulted in a shutdown of the PlayStation Network for nearly a month.
Before Tuesday's announcement, Sony hadn't cut prices for nearly two years, when it dropped the PS3 from $399 to $299 and introduced the Slim model.
"While others in the space are losing steam, PlayStation 3 is gaining momentum and giving gamers everywhere more of what they want," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America in a blog post.
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IPSWICH, MA—Enjoy the scenic beauty of America's oldest working farm at the 5th annual Ipswich Rotary 5K at Appleton Farms & Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Festivities are from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Young and old alike can walk, jog or run down country lanes and trails lined with stone walls and split-rail fences. The setting combines the historic attractions of Appleton Farms, owned by the Appleton family for more than 350 years and now in the hands of the Trustees of Reservations, and the bucolic beauty of the Ipswich River in spring.
The first event begin at 9:00 Saturday morning, with a 3.5K walk along the Ipswich River on the Essex County Greenbelt property across Route 1A from the farm. At 10 a.m. it's time for the 5K race, which starts and ends on tree-lined Waldingfield Road. At 10:30 a One Mile Kids' Fun Run blasts off from the Family Fun Area, then follows a trail through the farm. Part of Appleton Farms will be converted into a Kids Fun Area, with a clown, mascots from local businesses, a moon walk, face painting, balloons and a myriad of picnic races among the attractions. For adults, there will be a putting green, a baseball speed gun and a fly-casting demonstration. No celebration would be complete without food, and sponsors in the vendor area will offer coffee, soda and snacks. The Ipswich High School band and the Coast Guard color guard from Gloucester will be on hand, along with local ROTC units. There will be cash prizes and awards for race winners, along with trophies and ribbons. All kids who finish the 1-mile fun run will get ribbons. High schools are also invited to enter teams to compete for the Ipswich Rotary 5K High School Cup. Pre-registration fee for the 3.5K walk is $10, $13 day of the event; for the 5k, $15 in advance, $18 day of the event. Fee for kids is $5. Fees can be paid online at ipswichrotary5k.com.
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Four people are suing state officials in a challenge to a constitutional amendment that makes it easier for local governments to issue debt for some public building projects.
The complaint was filed in federal court in Raleigh with help from the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law. The lawsuit alleges the question wasn't presented properly to voters because the ballot didn't contain wording from the actual amendment.
The plaintiffs say the summary approved for the ballot was confusing and didn't tell voters that approving the change would eliminate their right to vote on some bond issues. The lawsuit also says the amendment didn't get pre-approval from the U-S Department of Justice.
All four plaintiffs want the the amendment repealed and new laws related to that vote blocked. It was Amendment One on the 2004 ballot, and it passed with 51 percent of the vote. So far, there's been no comment from the state Attorney General's Office.
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Manitoba had its best-ever finish at the National Women's Under-18 Championship at Dawson Creek, B.C., on Sunday but the squad didn't come home with the medal it wanted.
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Dr. Chris Leslie joins his dad in Hall
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Like father, like son.
Dr. Chris Leslie joined his father, Dr. James T. Leslie, in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, as the former was inducted Sunday at the Capitol Plaza Hotel.
"It's a huge honor to be inducted into the Hall, but to actually have that shared experience with my dad is once in a lifetime," Dr. Chris Leslie said. "I'm absolutely thrilled about it and honored to not only follow the same career as he did, but to be inducted into the Hall with him is a huge honor."
Chris Leslie is a graduate of Jefferson City High School. He was a four-year letterman on the swim team at Southern Methodist before attending the Kirksville College of Osteopathy.
Leslie has served as the team physician for the Camdenton R-III school district for the past 23 years, where he provides on-field care for the school's athletes and offered preventative care in the offseason.
"It's so unique because I came from this town with this incredible tradition, basically a dynasty, and then I go start my sports medicine career and walk into another football dynasty with another Hall of Fame coach (Bob Shore)," Leslie said. "It was really just a déjà vu experience for me."
He also owns an orthopedic surgery practice in the Lake of the Ozarks, where he specializes in sports medicine and total joint replacement arthroplasty.
Describing his father as his "giant," Leslie credits him for the success he has found in his illustrious career.
"Dad was coach (Pete) Adkins' team doctor for over 40 years, and so he started taking me to the games when I was 8 years old," Chris Leslie said. "So I'd sit on the sideline and watch that and I said, 'That's what I want to do.' It was a no-brainer. I made the decision early on. This is the path I'm going to take."
Leslie also is in private practice at Leslie Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Camdenton, where he treats athletes locally and nationally. He's been named to Beckett Orthopedics' Top 25 Knee Surgeons in America.
"I've had the good fortune to be able to design two different knee and two different hip implants and bring them to market for orthopedics," Leslie said. "That's probably what I'm most proud of."
Now Leslie joins a distinguished group of Missouri sports icons.
"I'm looking up and down the table, and these are true sports legends in the state of Missouri," he said. "I'm very lucky to be sitting next to Pete (Adkins) tonight. These guys always have great stories."
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Dear Kids,
I just wanted to remind you that "mom" and "maid" are not synonyms. I also want to remind you that you are teenagers. There is nothing wrong with your arms, your hands, your legs, or your brain. You are capable of learning to use the washing machine. You can remember when your sports practices are, and you most definitely can make your beds in the morning. Oh—and that tall basket in your room is called a hamper. Since the one thing I'm certain you do know how to do is surf the Internet, I suggest you Google it.
I'm sorry if I am coming across angry. But, angry describes how I've been feeling lately—other than taken for granted that is. I blame myself really, for your not understanding that it takes some effort to keep your room neat and clean and your laundry washed and folded (or ironed and hung—as you, my youngest, so kindly reminded me last night). I have been remiss in teaching you the ins and outs of basic housekeeping.
When you get home today I'm planning to surprise you with a live tutorial of how to work the washer and dryer, the pooper scooper, the broom, the mop, the vacuum, the dishwasher, and the toilet brush. I will impart all I know about making beds and folding fitted sheets (which I'm afraid isn't much). And then, I will introduce you to my little friend…the chore chart.
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Local TV personalities may be little more than window dressing commodities. But that's still no reason to suggest they should be transported from station to station sealed in a wooden crate.
That's the basis of the incessant and borderline offensive new promotional campaign by WTNH about their new traffic reporter.
"We can't tell you her name," says one ad. "You know her and love her."
But in the ad in question, we were supposed to believe she'd been delivered from Hartford to New Haven by wooden crate, as if she were the Tazmanian Devil from Bugs Bunny cartoons.
"Well, well, well, she's finally here," says the toothy meteorologist Gil Simmons, eyeing the package drop. "Put that right over there."
Because she doesn't start until Monday.
And, presumably, people can stay in crates for days until they're needed.
It's no secret that WTNH poached WFSB's traffic reporter Teresa Labarbera.
That they couldn't just say her name probably had something to do with a no-compete clause that comes when one personality jumps from one station to another.
A bigger question may be: Since when is traffic reporter such a hot commodity, to be fought over? The information they deliver can be found by anyone online or on GPS systems.
There is a history of a tug of war over the Channel 3 traffic reporter. A couple years back, it was Rachel Lutzker who jumped from 3 to WTIC Channel 61.


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Pregnancy sure suits Kim Kardashian. The mum-to-be stuns on the April cover of Cosmopolitan magazine—which was shot just days before she announced her baby news — and opens up about Kanye West, and why their relationship works.
"I've always said that I wanted kids, but I don't think I ever would have been ready until now," Kardashian said of her baby-on-the-way, who is due in July.
"Sometimes you're just not ready. A person could have it all, and you're not ready for it all. But this is where I probably always should have been," she added, referencing her relationship with her rapper beau.
Gushing over her baby daddy and admitting marriage is no longer a must for the reality star, Kardashian is happy to take things as they come: "[Marriage] is something I know that we both want in our future, but I don't have this sense of urgency about it," she revealed. "I have this best friend who understands me and helps me through all my tough experiences, and vice versa, you know? It just feels like this is it for me."
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Still, Kardashian frankly admits her newfound attitude wasn't always the case, confessing she judged sister Kourtney after she fell pregnant back for the first time in 2009:
"I was like, 'You're not married! How could you do this?' I was really firm and strict. But she was like, 'Marriage isn't what I want.' And later, I realised she had a better family life than I did."
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Currently going through messy divorce proceedings with her ex-husband Kris Humphries, Kardashian confesses she's learnt a thing or two about making relationships work.
"I saw fast marriages like Khloé and Lamar's and that was what seemed to work. [Now] I say give it a good six months before you commit. Feelings change, even if it seems so lustful," she explained. "I used to think, Well, can you really have it all? The truth, the excitement, and the passion? Now I know you can."
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We had originally been placed at another hotel which was very poor and asked to move .We were offered Club Fanara and we are so glad that we took it.
The hotel was wonderful, There was a relaxed happy atmosphere and the staff could not do enough for you.
The food was lovely with lots of choice and no expense spared,drinks were free flowing and staff were always observant when you were nearing the bottom of your glass and rushing over with fresh drinks.
We got the tummy bug on holiday and were very ill for 4 days of our holiday,but the hotel doctor was superb and took very good care of us.
The hotel was well managed and the staff were always keen to do their best. We would recommend this hotel highly,it was fabulous in every aspect.
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Games played April 26, 2014
Originally published April 26, 2014 at 7:51 p.m., updated April 26, 2014 at 11:32 p.m.
SEATTLE (AP) — Clint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span early in the second half and set up Lamar Neagle's first-half goal to help the Seattle Sounders beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 on Saturday.
Dempsey leads MLS with eight goals. He has at least a goal or an assist in each of Seattle's last six games. It is the second time in his career that Dempsey has had a six-game scoring streak in MLS, having done it previously in 2005 while with the New England Revolution.
Obafemi Martins added a 75th-minute goal for Seattle. The Sounders have won three straight to improve to 5-2-1. Dillon Serna scored in the 62nd minute for the Rapids (3-2-2).
MONTREAL (AP) — Felipe Martins scored in the first half and Montreal held on to beat Philadelphia for its first MLS victory of the season.
It was the Impact's (1-4-3) first win since a 2-1 decision over Philadelphia on Oct. 19 last season.
Philadelphia (1-3-5) is winless in its last seven games.
Felipe got his second goal of the season in the 15th minute when Patrice Bernier stole the ball from Sheanon Williams and took a long shot that Zac MacMath blocked, only to fee the Brazilian bang in the rebound.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fabian Espindola scored twice and added an assist to lead D.C. United past short-handed FC Dallas.
Bobby Boswell and Sean Franklin also scored for the Washington club, which extended its unbeaten run to five matches and scored all four of its goals after the first-half ejection of Dallas defender Zach Loyd.
Dallas' Michel also was sent off late by referee Fotis Bazakos.
D.C. forward and U.S. World Cup hopeful Eddie Johnson assisted on Espindola's first goal just before halftime, but left in the 51st minute with an apparent leg injury.
Mauro Diaz put the visitors ahead early to extend Dallas' streak of scoring at least one goal to seven matches. United improved to 3-2-2, and Dallas dropped to 5-2-1.
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Nicolas Mezquida and Sebastian Fernandez scored late goals to give Vancouver the tie with Real Salt Lake.
Vancouver (2-2-4) tied it on Fernandez's 35-yard shot in the 94th minute.
Joao Plata and Alvaro Saborio scored in the first nine minutes for Salt Lake (3-0-5), the only unbeaten team in MLS team and the ninth team in league history to go undefeated in its first eight games. Salt Lake has a 12-game regular-season unbeaten streak.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Teal Bunbury scored in stoppage time to break a scoreless tie in New England's victory over Sporting Kansas City.
Bunbury scored in the in 92nd minute, and Lee Nguyen scored from the spot in the 95th minute to keep the Revolution unbeaten (2-0-1) at home this season. They are 3-3-2 overall.
Kansas City (3-2-2) went down to 10 men in the 74th minute when Aurelien Collin was red-carded for a hard challenge on Diego Fagundez near the box.
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The survey, which draws from general counsels and other senior executives from international companies across a broad range of industries with annual revenues of $250 million or more, explores the ways in which multinationals are addressing corruption risk by examining the confidence they have in their compliance programs and the extent to which corruption risks influence decision-making.
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November 11, 2009
June 6 - Hi. Me again. Tom Horne, AOPA Pilot's editor at large. Steve Ells can't be with you this week because he's writing stories while hanging out at some California beach, probably. Anyway, he needs a break after supervising all the work that's been done on the Sweepstakes Bonanza during its stay at Chicago-DuPage's J. A. Air Center. Those of you who've been following the project know that JA installed some very, very fancy avionics in this vintage 1966 S35 Bonanza.
Anyway, the happy duty of flying this souped-up Bonanza fell once more to me. My assignment: Bring the Bonanza from its latest roost in Salina, Kansas, to AOPA's annual Fly-In and Open House at AOPA headquarters at the Frederick, Maryland, Municipal Airport. There, the Bonanza is to go on display for the adoring, hopeful masses who just know they'll win this airplane. But sometimes things don't go the way you think they will.
At first things went well. The drive to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, for example, went pretty well. And the United flight to Denver was nice, too. But I didn't much like the three-hour layover at Denver, and I found the two-stop flight to Salina - backtracking, for Pete's sake! - in a Great Lakes Airlines Beech 1900 a little more amusing than necessary. But what the hey, this is the airlines and sometimes it takes 12 hours and a 370-nm course reversal to go halfway across the country.
("Hey, what're ya wearin' them fer?" a fellow 1900 passenger remarked about my earplugs. An hour later I saw him bent over in his seat, hands clasped over his ears.)
Salina is the home of Aerospace Systems and Technologies Inc. (AST), the people who design and install the TKS weeping-wing ice protection systems. The Golden Bonanza (its brochures have a heavy golden hue) was having several main TKS components installed at the time, and the plan was for them to stop work and let me take the plane away for its public debut. I got to Salina at 6 p.m. and was met by AST's chief pilot Dave Henry. He said the Bonanza's work was almost done.
We went over to the hangar to take a peek at N14422. The hangar was dark. We flipped on the lights, and I spied something I didn't like: the Golden Boy's right aileron was disconnected and hanging down like some sort of broken appendage. Other evidence - the TKS fluid's bladder tank on top of the wing, the loose windshield spraybar, the spinnerless propeller - clued me in to the fact that the job still had a ways to go. Sigh. Looks like I won't be leaving tomorrow morning, when forecasters say that a break in the region's low ceilings and generally yucky IFR weather will happen.
But that panel! Wow. I climbed into the cockpit, hit the battery, avionics master, and EFIS switches and glory be! The Meggitt "Magic" twin EFIS tubes lit up in a wonderfully colorful, inspiring way. Vertical tapes for airspeed, altitude, and vertical velocity. A huge electronic attitude indicator, and an equally huge, second tube for the heading and navigation displays.
But what's this? A placard? Yes. Over on the left side of the panel are printed warnings that say things like "not for use in IFR," and "Day VFR only," and "units must be disconnected," meaning the Meggitt's two tubes. Seems that the unit hasn't yet been certified in old Golden Boy here, and I'd have to - shudder - fly the thing on what amounts to a partial panel. I'd have to comply with the placards!
Mike Fizer, AOPA Pilot's photographer, had been here a few days earlier to shoot the panel. For his photo shoot the mechanics hooked up the Meggitt's tubes to the ADAHRS (air data attitude heading reference system - a computerized brain box that feeds the Meggitt's magic). But they were still connected, and everything seemed to work just fine. Maybe, just maybe the AST mechanics would forget to disconnect the Magic and I could fly in style. Now that would be super-fine.
That night I stayed at a Day's Inn that Ells recommended to me. It was next to a truck stop. When you walk down the halls the floor squeaks and gives a bit. The trucks came and went all night. When I tried to plug in my computer I couldn't find an AC wall outlet at first. I had to follow the bedside lamp's wires. The plug turned out to be located behind the mattress, and a clump of wires like a monkey's fist sprouted from a three-socket-into-one plug, or whatever it's called. I pulled out the clock radio's plug and plugged my Dell in its place. A spark flew out of the wall socket, and that was that as far as my Internet weather briefing plans. Now I'm down to The Weather Channel and flight service. It was at that moment that I knew Ells was yanking my chain. From afar. From a California beach.
And it's 800-and-one in Salina. Yesterday the whole place was under a tornado watch.
The next day's weather wasn't much better. A massive, slow-moving frontal system was curving out on an arc from Minnesota to Texas, leaving IMC in its wake. At AST I spent the day with company president Kevin Hawley. We talked ice, icing accidents, and weather. Today's weather, in fact. It was a Thursday, and Hawley's Internet weather provider promised a VFR window on Friday. The good weather would spread from Kansas to Indiana, where a scattered to broken layer would live. I spent the rest of the day at the shop, watching mechanics put the Bonanza back together. By the end of the day the job was done. All the components - save the leading edge panels (they'll be installed after the airplane gets a new paint job) - were installed. So were the front seats. Well, the pilot's seat, anyway.
I left the Day's Inn and moved into a Candlewood Suites. No trucks. No squeaky, pliant floors. No sparks.
That night I went to dinner with Kevin and Dave, and Dave's wife. We went to a steak house and talked about the state of general aviation. The Eclipse project was one topic, and Hawley's ideas for a way to better meter the TKS fluid was another. He wants to install an ice detector probe capable of computing an ice accretion rate. Based on the rate of accumulation, the TKS system would then pump more, or less, of its glycol-based fluid through the tiny holes in the leading edge panels and other components. This would conserve fluid. Sounds like a good idea to me. I've always liked the TKS concept, and its method of pumping ice-protection fluid over virtually all of the airframe. With TKS, there are no boots to repair, no ice ridges behind booted areas, and flow rates high enough to battle the worst icing.
BMWs were another topic. Kevin has a 328i, and sold his old 325i to Dave. Dave bought a Z3 (but his wife seems to drive it a lot) and an M3, and he looked at a Z8 in Wichita just that day. Dave's wife would like to have the Z8 as much as Dave, but they're saving up for a retirement home. So, no Z8 for now. Maybe. I had a BMW once. A 1983 320i. In a moment of foolishness I sold it.
I lean on Kevin more than a little. "It sure would be nice if they left that Meggitt plugged in," I tell him, and "I won't look at it, promise." I'm hoping they'll intentionally-unintentionally "forget" to unplug the tubes, but I can't push it too much, you know. After all, it would be illegal to fly with the tubes.
Friday morning dawns bright and clear on the Kansas prairie. Flight service says the forecast is holding up: Clear all the way to the Indiana border, then 4,000 scattered to broken over Cincinnati, where I plan to stop for both biological and tactical reasons. The front that used to be over Kansas is now crossing the Appalachians, and there's no way I can make it to Frederick VFR. Not today.
The airplane is fueled to the max: both 37-gallon main tanks are full, and so are both 20-gallon tip tanks. I can fly forever in this thing, but right now my problem has to do with the 35-year-old pilot's seat. It's stuck in the reclined position, and that's no good. It would be like flying in a laid-back Barcalounger. I'd have to look between my knees to see the panel, for crying out loud!
The mechanics try, but there's no way the ratcheting gizmo will let the seat back come up. We come up with a really high-tech (or is it high- tack?) solution. Some carpet scraps are fetched from the hangar, folded carefully, then wedged behind my back. Now I'm sitting a little taller. Anyway, it'll have to do.
Then the key wouldn't turn the ignition switch. Fierce wiggling finally got it to work and soon the turbonormalized IO-550 came to life. This was it! I'm finally off to the fly-in!
Now the moment of truth. Did the mechanics go by the book and disconnect the tubes, or did they somehow forget? A flick of the EFIS switch and - No! The screens are as dark as a cave at night. Now I'll have to fly with the rudimentary instrument cluster that some day will serve as backup instrumentation to the Meggitt array. This includes an airspeed indicator, vacuum-driven attitude indicator, altimeter, turn coordinator, tachometer, and a manifold pressure/fuel flow gauge. Sorry, no vertical velocity indicator, and no heading indicator. My sole source of heading information will be the fancy, specially damped whiskey compass perched atop the glareshield. The tachometer is where the conventional heading indicator ought to be, and the whole cluster is mounted in the center of the panel. This means I have to look at it sideways.
It always takes some time to get used to a new airplane, and this was certainly no exception. I finally came to terms with my hodgepodge panel, and thanked God in Heaven for the Garmin 530 and 430 setup over on the right. Much more than the whiskey compass, they kept me on heading with their track information. Plus, they were plugged into a Goodrich WX-500 Stormscope, and I could dial in Stormscope imagery on one of the Garmins' navigation pages.
Managing the engine took some relearning, too. As a devout follower of Tornado Alley Turbo's (the outfit that installed the Bonanza's turbonormalized Superior Air Parts Millennium IO-550) COLOPO (Church Of Lean Of Peak Operation) I rammed the throttle to the stop and left it there at 29 inches of manifold pressure, dialed in 2,500 rpm, then leaned to about 80 degrees lean of peak TIT (turbine inlet temperature) once I leveled off at 9,500 feet. The result was a fuel flow of 15.2 gph and a true airspeed of 190 knots. This number would go up a few knots as fuel was burned. Tailwinds gave me groundspeeds in the 210-knot range. Just like Tornado Alley Turbo's George Braly said, the airspeed indicator was right at the bottom of the yellow arc. Oil and cylinder head temperatures stayed in the green. At the lean-of-peak setting, I was cooling the engine with air, not fuel.
Oh, did I mention that the Bonanza doesn't yet have a functioning autopilot? Well, it doesn't. It should be certified and operational at the time the Meggitt is baptized into officialdom.
So there I was, hand-flying this baby and getting recurrent on turns using the magnetic compass. Sometimes the panel would fool me. The manifold pressure/fuel flow gauge is where the vertical velocity indicator ought to be, so sometimes I'd look down there and think "hey, I'm climbing a bit," but no. It's just that the manifold pressure is pointing slightly above the 9 o'clock position, indicating its 29 inches. Sheesh.
By Indiana I was looking down from clear skies on a lower, scattered-to-broken cloud layer that extended like a shield everywhere to the east. I made my letdown and landed at Cincinnati's Lunken Field, almost exactly three hours after leaving Salina. Sunken Lunken, a place I always seem to stop by on long, eastbound trips. During the landing flare, this voice came over my headset: "Gear is down for landing ... gear is down for landing ...." The P2 audio landing gear and overspeed warning system works great. It warns you in case the gear are either up or down when you pull back the power to a certain value, and it also warns of encroaching overspeeds. This can come in especially handy when you try to do a slam-dunk descent using the Tornado Alley Turbo-endorsed method of descending, which is to reduce rpm and leave the throttle wide open. In this condition if you lower the nose too much you can easily blow into redline territory, in which case a woman's voice says "overspeed ... overspeed ...."
As I extract myself from the cockpit I notice the lineman is staring at me. He's looking at the carpet scraps. Does he think this is the Sweeps Bonanza featured in the handouts propped up on the FBO's front desk? I don't think so.
Now it's Friday night and I'm in a Radisson Hotel overlooking the Ohio River. There are breaks in the overcast and I'm telling myself that I could, ought to be able to, should be able to, climb up through a hole - VFR, of course - get on top, and make my way to Frederick just as that slow-moving front moves off the East Coast. Of course, that would be tomorrow morning, and the front may not move off as predicted. And another front was right behind me. It could reach Cincinnati by morning, although flight service says it shouldn't get here until late morning.
Is Ells messing with me again? Sort of like the time he goaded me into buying a set of Billy-Bob teeth at Oshkosh? How would I know? He's on a beach somewhere.
So now I pray to a plan, a hope: The wedge of marginal VFR weather behind the front over eastern Maryland improves to reasonably good VFR by 10 or 11 a.m., that the oncoming front will stay away from Cincinnati, and that I leave at 7 a.m., climb to on-top conditions at 7,500 feet or so, cruise for two hours, then descend into Frederick just as skies lift and visibilities improve. If this sequence of events doesn't come about, I'll be stuck at Lunken for who-knows-how long.
Saturday morning. The day of the fly-in. The people will start arriving in earnest by 8 a.m. It's 6 a.m. now and I'm in the briefing room at Lunken's Midwest Jet Center.
The news is not good. Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland, and Washington's Dulles - all near Frederick - are reporting ceilings between 100 and 300 feet overcast, and visibilities as low as one-quarter-mile in fog. It's forecast to improve to 4,000 scattered to broken with good visibility by 10 or 11 a.m. and that fits in with my plan.
But now that front to my west is bearing down on Cincinnati. When I left the Radisson at 5:30 it was 6,000 scattered, 9,000 overcast with 10-plus miles of visibility. Now the lower layer is 4,500 scattered-to-broken. Radar shows level one and two precipitation at the western edge of the city.
What to do? Leave now, and hope that Frederick's low IFR yields to predictions? Wait until there's confirmation that the fly-in's weather is lifting, then go, knowing that the way behind me will almost certainly slam shut? Do I think the clouds and precip west of Cincinnati will hold off? Do I trust the central Maryland forecast? Do I want to flirt with clouds with such a grab-bag of instruments and no autopilot? Where would I go if the worst happened - the weather all around stayed low IFR - and I had to fly for hours before reaching decent VFR weather? Vexing sorts of questions that every VFR-only pilot must deal with at some time or another, and now I sympathize.
The debate is terminated by two things: 1) A telephone conversation with AOPA Pilot Editor in Chief Tom Haines, who says that 300-and-three-quarter weather is holding, and only a handful of airplanes are getting in on Frederick's ILS approach, and 2) The sound of heavy rain hitting the plastic roof of the snack area next to me.
I'm stuck and throw in the towel. Haines will break the news to the awaiting masses, and I, the VFR-chicken with the hot rod engine and a 1953 Tri-Pacer panel, feel bad about letting everyone down. But what else could I do? Besides, even those with full IFR panels aren't getting into Frederick, and wouldn't until hours later, when the weather did finally lift a bit. Oh, if I only had those Meggitt tubes, and had all systems certified! I'd have gone on an IFR flight plan in a flash, held as long as it took to shoot the ILS to Frederick's Runway 23, and completed the mission. Sure, I'd have been a little late, but better late than never. And I'd have been welcomed as some kind of hero.
But no. Members and others who waited at the fly-in, I apologize.
Now it was time to plan another mission. Now I'm to take the Bonanza to Houston, Texas' Southwest Airport, where it will get its snazzy new paint job from Murmer Aircraft Services. I stay the night at the Mariemont Inn in Mariemont, Ohio, then depart the next morning after filling the Bonanza to the gills with fuel.
I leave at 8:30 a.m., and the timing was good. I deviated to the east of my direct route to skirt a line of thunderstorms, and came out the back of an east-west warm front somewhere near Birmingham, Alabama. The Stormscope was lighting up like mad, and proved very useful in negotiating my way around the cells. In the not-too-far distance I could see cloud-to-ground lightning.
Near Jackson, Mississippi, I had to climb to 6,500 feet to stay in clear, smooth air and remain on top of a scattered layer of clouds. Up ahead I could make out cumulonimbus tops, and the Stormscope confirmed it. This day, it would seem that everywhere I pointed old Golden Boy the Stormscope would light up like it was Christmas.
After four hours, 45 minutes of flying I landed at Alexandria, Louisiana, International Airport, gassed up, got a weather update, and blasted off for Houston. Lord knows I had enough fuel to deviate well to the west, around a massive area of thunderstorms in southeast Texas.
ATC helped with flight following and traffic advisories, so I was on air traffic control center frequencies. And you know how it goes when storms pop up. The radio comes alive with entreaties to call Hiwas, issuances of convective sigmets, and urgent pleas from pilots wanting to deviate for weather. The weather really was getting worse, what with the storms merging, moving north - into my flight path - and their tops reaching for the moon. I had to go well north of Lufkin, Texas, and climb to 8,500 feet to stay above the lower cloud layers. This let me visually avoid these aggressive storm cells, several of which had tops of 45,000 feet. That, plus the Stormscope - which still lit up ahead of me, no matter which way I turned - served me well until I passed the cells by near Huntsville, Texas, and descended into the Houston area.
It was hot in Texas that day, with surface temperatures at 90 degrees, and 70 degrees at my cruise altitude. The engine's oil temperatures went as high as 212-215 degrees under this stress, so I opened the cowl flaps and they dropped to 209 degrees. Cylinder head temperatures - the temperatures I was sure would be problematic, given the turbonormalization - never got above 358 degrees. The rule is to keep them below 380 degrees, so no problem.
The Houston-Southwest Airport was a sleepy place that Sunday afternoon. A helpful lineman, Carlos, towed N14422 to Murmer's place, then tried to call me a cab. Four tries, no cab. So Carlos drove me to Houston's Hobby Airport himself. I think he really didn't want to do it because Customs had called the airport and said it would be over right away to take care of an inbound flight from Mexico that failed to make its arrival notice. There was the promise of plenty of action as federal agents would grill the occupants, turn the sniffer dogs loose, and maybe even tear open the airplane.
Carlos drove his Hyundai at a high rate of speed and I was at the Hobby Hilton in 20 minutes flat. I just missed the last flight to Baltimore, so I watched America's Most Wanted - no more Weather Channel, for a while, anyway - and waited for sleep. I'd been hand-flying for eight-and-a-half hours, so it didn't take long.
That's my story, friends. Next week Steve Ells will rejoin you (unless he's still at the beach, in California) and we'll continue the saga that surrounds the upgrading of this remarkable classic airplane. I'm guessing the paint job will be the next topic, but I sure hope those carpet scraps are gone by the time EAA AirVenture rolls around!
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Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, delivers the keynote speech during the 24th Annual Military Recognition Luncheon May 21 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village here. Stalder expanded on military appreciation and highlighted some significant contributions service members have made and thanked them for their hard work and efforts. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
The outstanding service members of the year, representing each military branch including the Hawaii Air National Guard and U.S. Pacific Command, stand as they receive their awards May 21, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village here. The service members participated in various efforts, ranging from community service to environmental efforts, and were recognized during the 24th Annual Military Recognition Luncheon. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
Marines from Marine Corps Base Hawaii-Kaneohe Bay enjoy food during the 24th Annual Military Recognition Luncheon May 21 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village here. The luncheon, held during Military Appreciation Month, featured various speakers and a full course lunch for the hundreds of service members and guests in attendance. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
The long-running luncheon is part of Military Appreciation Month and serves as a culminating event for local businesses and civic leaders to show their support with food and a few words about military significance in Hawaii.
The men and women stationed here adopt Hawaii as their home and become part of the Hawaiian institution – the "ohana," or family, said Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.
Stalder noted some of the service members' significant achievements in duty and community service.
"The Hawaii ohana (family) reaches out to embrace the military in many ways throughout the year, not just during Military Appreciation Month," Stalder said. "The local community comes out to celebrate … when [servicemembers] depart or return from deployments. They also mourn our losses alongside us."
With a considerable military presence and economical impact on Oahu, local businesses took the opportunity to thank and honor their local service members.
It was an appropriate time for Hawaii to rise up and show their appreciation for all the military does, said Charles Ota, vice-president of military affairs, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce.
"It's an excellent opportunity," he said. "We also used the luncheon to recognize the outstanding service members of the Year."
The seven outstanding service members were selected because of extracurricular efforts and significant community service. Each service elected a recipient, including Hawaii Air National Guard and U.S. Pacific Command.
Among those recognized was Staff Sgt. Michael Ciccolone, named U.S. Marine Corps Outstanding Enlisted Person of the Year, from Marine Corps Base Hawaii with the Military Police Department.
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|The Florida Keys
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|Your On-Line Guide To The Fabulous Florida Keys
Keys Historical Highlights
Written by Kay Maughan
In April, 1982, the Reagan administration's war against drugs and illegal aliens thought up a great idea. They set up roadblocks to search and question everyone leaving the Keys. The independent island people were outraged -- at the intrusion and the long delays. When their letters to the governor failed, they banded together in a mock public protest. At high noon on April 23, secession ceremonies were held in Mallory Square, Key West. Hoisting the new Conch Republic flag, adorned with a conch shell, the island rebels tossed a loaf of stale Cuban bread into the air, their token shot declaring war against the United States. They handed out passports to the citizens of the Conch Republic and promptly surrendered, making them eligible for foreign aid. Then, in true island spirit, they partied. The celebration lasted a week and has since become an annual event.
Roadblocks to check for illegal aliens and drugs are no longer set up in the Florida Keys.
The history of the Florida Keys is colorful and diverse. Keys' residents range from Indians following bison and elephants south after the Ice Age, to pirates on the open seas, to sturdy farmers and fishermen building houses from coral rock and driftwood, to Ernest Hemingway, to Jimmy Buffett. Each age, each group has left a mark on the land and the people, making the Conch Republic interesting and unique place it is today.
Thousands of years ago, Indians inhabited the mangrove swamps of the Florida Keys. The earliest Indians, thought to have followed large game south at the end of the Ice Age, probably hunted elephant and bison. When the big game became extinct, they satisfied themselves with staples, which remain today: possum, raccoon, deer, turkey and shellfish. By 1000 years ago, the native Caloosa Indians began to cultivate the soil, supplements their diet with a vast array of fruits and vegetables. From the huge burial mounds, archaeologists have found evidence of a sophisticated culture which made pottery from red clay and fashioned tools from the clam, oyster and conch shells. The Indians traveled extensively, reaching as far north as the Ohio Valley.
The first native Floridians did not meet their first International visitors with open arms; they met the Spanish conquistadors with shell-tipped arrows. Ponce de Leon, who "discovered" Florida in 1513, was the first of many explorers to the Keys. He mapped and named them as an aid to Spanish ships, which used the Florida Straits as a route from the New World back to Spain. Ponce de Leon christened the Florida Keys "Los Martires" (the martyrs), because they reminded him of twisted and tortured martyred Christians. He dubbed Key West, "Cayo Hueso," island of bones, for the piles of human bones left there by the Indians. Luckily, these names are no longer used, but his names for the Tortugas (turtle) and the state of Florida (flowers) remain. Ponce de Leon's forces, and the Spanish explorers, Narvaez and De Soto, who followed, were indifferent to colonization of the rocky, mosquito-infested islands. There was no gold, no fresh water, just mangrove swamps full of insects and heat. Although they killed or enslaved many of the Indians, they left most of Florida untouched and moved north to build their chain of forts and missions from St. Augustine to Pensacola.
For the next 300 years, Florida had no real value to Spain, France and England, except that each feared the other would find one. After years of raiding each other's settlements, they began trading Florida back and forth. Spain swapped it to England for Havana in 1763 and England swapped it back, in 1783, for the Bahamas and Gibraltar. In 1821, Spain gave in to pressure from the new United States and gave up her troublesome colony. During this 300 years, the native Indian tribes vanished, wiped out by changes in culture and the diseases of the white man. The only Indians left were the Creeks who came from Georgia, swelled in numbers by escaping slaves who joined them. They were called Seminoles, The Wild Ones or Runaways.
In 1822, the United States established in Key West the first Navy Pirate Fleet. The same year saw the Keys' first permanent settlers, a group of Bahamian "Conchs" -- British Loyalists who had fled to the Bahamas during the American Revolution. They were an independent and resourceful people who took their name from the large sea snail so plentiful in the Keys. Key West was, and in many ways still is, more aligned with Nassau and Havana than with the rest of the United States. The Conchs fished the fertile waters of the Keys, dodging the pirates who sailed offshore in their routes from Havana to Tampa, New Orleans and Galveston. The English "fishermen" began to grow wealthy from salvaging wrecked ships. Soon, some of the shadier characters were helping the salvage business along by stringing lanterns from palm trees, tricking captains into the shallow water reefs. Not until the mid-1980s were lighthouses and reef warning buoys erected offshore to put an end to the first Conch enterprise. Cigar-making and sponging replaced the wrecking business, and by 1890, Key West was the largest city in Florida and the richest, per capita, in the United States.
Florida had become a state in 1845, but 20 years later, joined the other Southern states in seceding from the Union. During the Civil War, the Keys sided with the South, but were occupied by Union troops stationed at Fort Zachary Taylor. The middle and upper Keys were settled after the US government surveyed and plotted the land in 1874. The early homes were primitive, built with coral rock and driftwood which had washed up from shipwrecks. Compared to the flamboyant life in the Key West, life in the "outside Keys" was drab and hard. They fished and grew fruits and vegetables in the rocky soil. Transportation between the scattered farm houses was by boat. Their boats also took the produce out to deeper waters, where schooners picked it up for delivery to Key West and northern ports.
Before 1900, the only link the Keys had to the mainland was by boat, but in 1905, railroad magnate, Henry Flagler, began building an extension of his Florida East Coast Railroad south through the Everglades to the southern most point in the United States. He recognized the advantage of the deep water port in Key West. It cost $50 million and took 700 laborers seven years of brutally hard work, to build the bridges and lay the tracks over 106 miles over 31 island. In 1912, the first shipment of fresh Caribbean produce made its way up from Key West to the United States mainland. The glory of the railroad was short-lived, though. The Labor Day hurricane of 1935 hit the Upper Keys with 200 mph winds and an 18-foot tidal wave. It killed over 800 people and ripped the Florida East Coast Railroad to shreds. For the next three years, Keys' transportation was again limited to boats. Flagler's amazing engineering feat was not to abandoned, however. In 1938, the Florida Keys Overseas Highway opened. Built over the railroad's old tracks and bridges, the highway is still the mainline to the mainland.
CURRY MANSION511 Caroline St., Key West -- was built in the Victorian style in 1899 as a gift for the son of William Curry, Florida's first millionaire. The house features original paintings by John Audubon, Tiffany glass and period furnishings. A widow's walk overlooks the grounds. Daily 10-5. Admission $5; under 12, $1. 305/294-5349
DONKEY MILK HOUSE MUSEUM613 Eaton St., Key West -- The restored 1860s home sits on the alley where donkeys once pulled milk delivery carts. It features Spanish tile floors, painted ceilings and various displays of period antiques, including Bokhara and Kazak rugs and Oakville, royal Doulton and Wedgewood china. Daily 10-5. Admission $5, over 60, $4. Children 5-12, $1.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY HOME AND MUSEUM907 Whitehead St., Key West. Ernest Hemingway bought this 1851 Spanish colonial-style mansion in 1931. It was here he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms. Daily 9-5. Admission $6.50, ages 6-12, $2.
FORT ZACHARY TAYLORAt the end of Southard St., Key West -- Built in 1845-1866 as part of Florida's coastal defense system. It served as a base for the Union blockade of Confederate shipping during the Civil War. The cannons within the walls constitute one of the largest collections of Civil War armaments. A museum of artifacts and models of original facilities weapons tell the fort's history. There is a 1903 Gatling gun. Daily 8-dusk. Tours daily at noon and 2. Admission $3.25 per private vehicle plus 50 cents per person (maximum 8) $1.50 per person by bicycle, bus or foot. Free 50-minute tours of the fort are offered daily at noon and 2.
KEY WEST LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM938 Whitehead St., Key West. Built in 1847, the lighthouse stands 92'. The museum, located in the keeper's quarters, an adjacent 1887 clapboard house, features historical items, including a complete light assembly. You may climb the 98-steps of the spiral staircase the top of the lighthouse for magnificent views. Daily 9:30-4:30. Admission $5; ages 7-12, $1.
KEY WEST SHIPWRECK HISTOREUMWhitehead St., in Old Mallory Square, Key West. This is a reproduction of the wreckers warehouse which originally stood on the site. Costumed actors interact with visitors and recreate the events of the wreck and salvage of the "Isaac Allerton," which sank in 1856. See artifacts from and video of the shipwreck. A 65-foot observation tower offers view of the Atlantic and the Gulf. Daily 9:45-4:45. Admission $7; ages 4-12, $3.50.
LITTLE WHITE HOUSE MUSEUM111 Front Street in the Truman annex, Key West. The vacation retreat of President Harry S. Truman has been restored to its 1948 appearance. The tour emphasizes his experiences in The Keys and his presidency. Daily 9-5. Admission $6.50; ages 2-12, $3.50.
MARTELLO TOWERSOn the south side of the island, via A1A (S. Roosevelt Blvd.), Key West. These two brick fortifications were begun in 1858 by Union engineers to protect the defenses east of Fort Zachary Taylor.
MEL FISHER MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETYGreene and Front Streets, Key West. Gold and silver bars, jewelry, and coins are among the artifacts displayed here. They were recovered from the wreckage of two Spanish galleons which sank 40 miles of Key West in a hurricane on Sept. 6, 1622. You can lift a gold bar, see a 77.76-carat emerald crystal, and learn about underwater archeology. Daily 9:30-5. Admission $6; ages 6-12, $2.
WRECKERS' MUSEUM/OLDEST HOUSE322 Duval St., Key West. The house, built in 1829 for a sea captain and wrecker, this may be the oldest house in Key West. It sports a ship's hatch in the roof and a "landlubber's tilt" in the office Learn about 19th-century ship wrecking with documents, ship models and undersea artifacts. Daily 10-4. Admission $3; ages 3-12, 50 cents.
OLD TOWN TROLLEYLocated at 14 stops around Key West. This 1 1/2 hour tour of the island tells you history, legends and geography of Key West. Daily 8:55-4:30. Fare $16; ages 4-12, $6.
MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE FLORIDA KEYS102670 US 1 (MM 102 - across from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park), Key Largo. See objects recovered from sunken wrecks from the 17th Century, including one of the oldest pieces ever found, the Haskins Capitana Medallion. A reconstructed shipwreck site shows underwater archeology and recovery techniques. Fri-Wed. 10-5. Admission $5; over 55, $4.50; ages 6-12, $3.
INDIAN KEY STATE HISTORIC SITE5 MI. S.E.. of Lower Matecumbe Key. This uninhabited 10-acre island, which belonged to the notorious wrecker, Capt. Jacob Housman, was destroyed in 1840, when the captain's misuse of power prompted an Indian uprising. The ruins of houses and cisterns are now choked by vegetation planted by physician and botanist Dr. Henry Perrine when he conducted plant experiments at the settlement in 1838. The site is accessible only by private or chartered boat. Call 305/664-5505 or 664-4815. MATHESON HOUSE, built of coral and furnished in 1930s styles is unchanged. A stone wall, possibly built by Spanish explorers as a navigation aid, extends the length of the island. Call 305/664-4815.
FORT JEFFERSONThe Dry Tortugas, 70 mi. W of Key West. Accessible only by boat or plane. Begun in 1846 as part of the country's coastal defense, Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park is a massive, hexagonal fortress occupied during the Civil War by Federal troops. The fort saw little action in the Civil War. In fact, nothing has ever attacked Fort Jefferson. This is an excellent snorkeling, swimming, bird and loggerhead turtle watching area. Be prepared. There are no amenities, except public bathrooms and snorkeling equipment. You must bring your own fresh water and food. You must also take your own trash back to the Keys. Sea plane excursions cost about $150 for the 30 minute flight. Advance reservations are required.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Myths of Immigration, Ben Powell on Stossel
Recorded: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Are immigrants taking our jobs and living off the taxes we pay? Are they criminals? Television personality John Stossel (Host of Stossel on Fox Business Network) interviewed Benjamin Powell, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and Editor of the book, The Economics of Immigration.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Government Power, Immigration, Labor and Employment, Politics, Social Security, Taxes, Welfare
Stephen P. Halbrook: What Does "Well-Regulated Militia" Mean?
Recorded: Thursday, October 16, 2014
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October 16, 2014
In this appearance on Stossel (Fox Business Network), Stephen P. Halbrook, author of "Gun Control in the Third Reich," responds to gun control advocates with historical precedent.
Halbrooks' book "Gun Control in the Third Reich:
Disarming the Jews and Enemies of the State is available now.
Experts: Stephen P. HalbrookType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Culture/ Society, Freedom, Government Power, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation
Ben Powell on Immigration Myths
Recorded: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Benjamin Powell debunks immigration myths
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Culture/ Society, Economic Policy, History (U.S), Immigration, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation
Ben Powell on Campaign Style and Taxpayer Legal Fees
Recorded: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Benjamin Powell engages with Tracy Byrnes on Fox Business Networks Freedom Watch on the style of presidential candidates and SEC legal expenses to be paid by taxpayers.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Banking and Finance, Culture/ Society, Politics, Taxes
Benjamin Powell on the Federal Government as an Unpopular Industry
Recorded: Monday, August 29, 2011
Benjamin Powell, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, speaks on Fox Business Networks Freedom Watch on unpopular Government spending.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Government Power, Politics
Benjamin Powell on Rushing Appointment of Elizabeth Warren
Recorded: Thursday, June 9, 2011
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text: Creativity and technology collide at CaT Technology 23 November 09 by Maria Popova http://www.flickr.com/photos/pyxopotamus/3485187106/Flickr CC: me and the sysop If geeks are the new rock stars, then Europe's first Creativity and Technology conference was littered with metaphorical leather and trashed instruments.The CaT event, held at the Saatchi Gallery in London and organised by Creativity Magazine and Advertising Age, put the spotlight on bleeding-edge work in digital marketing, interactive advertising and the broader world of creative technology. From augmented reality to networked urbanism by way of open-source everything, the programme – while admittedly encrusted with the self-obsessed bravado of an ad industry event – offered a fascinating look at the evolution of communication and creativity.Some of the highlights: Marcus Tripp of Mobilizy, makers of the Wikitude augmented reality browser, previewed the upcoming release of Wikitude 4, which will offer native support for Google Earth's KML format, real-time data from social media, 3D navigation, and its own API. Tripp pointed to content aggregation as the future of augmented reality, hoping the Wikitude browser will become a tool for everyday use. He also advocated the creation of ARML, a universal augmented reality markup language that would make development for different platforms more seamless – another facet of an increasingly dominant industry preference for open-source formats.James Hilton, co-founder and chief creative officer of digital shop AKQA, shared some insights from Fiat's eco:Drive initiative, the free software developed by Microsoft to help Fiat drivers reduce their fuel consumption and carbon emissions. In just three months, eco:Drive recorded five million trips and claimed to save 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide by offering drivers tips based on their specific driving data.Berg's Matt Jones offered a glimpse of Ashdown, the forthcoming suite of products and services about education data in the UK. He also nodded to an interesting meta-use of data visualisation, which he termed "using the tools to find the tools" – for example, visualising all of the data in a large and unmanageable set in order to see where the good data is, and then analysing that. As data visualisation continues to evolve as a tool of understanding and finding relevance in the increasing amount of information generated, exchanged and consumed daily, such multi-layered use begins to build a new cognitive and practical model for our relationship with data. And, on that note, I was slightly disappointed to see such a sore scarcity of discourse about data visualisation at CaT, a discipline increasingly more central to creative technology.Marko Balabanovic of lastminute.com revealed an ambitious mission to put the fun back into choosing, eradicating the painful paradox of choice that we all face as more and more options become available to us and we select with less and less certainty the ones we hope would satisfy us best. Balabanovic introduced Topsee, a new iPhone app for micro-curated local dining and entertainment recommendations coming from individual writers and bloggers with very high expertise in very narrow urban areas. Topsee's recs offer extreme specificity, down to the dish level, and are designed to harness the power of setting expectations for an experience, then having a richer story to tell about it.Overall, CaT offered a healthy mix of geekery and creativity, with a well-curated blend of presentations and panels – a job well done for Creativity Magazine editor Teressa Iezzi, who masterminded the conference. Find out more about CaT at creativitycat.com and catch some first-hand impressions of the London event under the #crcat hashtag on Twitter. Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings, a curated inventory of miscellaneous interestingness, and spends a shameful amount of time on Twitter. Edited by Katie Scott Latest on wired.co.uk


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Summitt to remain with Lady Vols
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pat Summitt will continue in her role as the Tennessee head coach emeritus on Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick's staff next season.
The university announced Wednesday Summitt had agreed to a one-year contract that will pay her $85,000, less than a quarter of the $354,375 she received for the same role this past year.
In her first season as head coach emeritus, Summitt attended most practices and watched virtually every home game from the stands. She also mentored players and coaches and assisted in on-campus recruiting.
"I'm excited about staying involved with the Lady Vol basketball program and also continuing my work with the Pat Summitt Foundation," Summitt said in a statement. "I look forward to spending time with Holly, our staff and players and contributing whenever I can."
Summitt's divided responsibilities provide one possible reason for the decrease in her salary. Her new contract states Summitt "now desires to devote more time" to her foundation, which is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer's disease.
Summitt stepped down as the Tennessee head coach in April 2012, one year after announcing she had early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.
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May 3, 2016
There are three major college baseball polls. Depending on which one you go by the Noles are ranked either first, second or third.
At 35-4 it would be hard to rank the Noles much lower.
Still, this team has question marks and skeptics, this guy included. This week we will start to see if the proof is in the pudding. The Noles get Florida Wednesday night at Howser and follow that up with three over the weekend with second ranked North Carolina. And, this is just the beginning. The Noles three most fierce conference rivals remain: Miami, Clemson and Georgia Tech.
Let the fun begin!
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Hi Marcela,
Beautifully written. I have two children with a rare disease and also am sharing my story.(The Survivor, The Hero & The Angel) Moms with children of special needs focus on what is important –people, family, and love. I would love to post a bit of my story on your site. Or maybe you can read and share. Or maybe soem proceeds can benfit the cause of your choice. Whatever way we connect, know that you will now be in my prayers, like other moms I have connected with over the years. Thnak you. MaryAnn Raccosta Lawrenceille NJ
Hi Marcela, I'm a special father too and proud of my son with Cerebral Palsy. My wife has read you all this time and discovery wonderful things about your experience, thanks to her (my wife) that you are an expert about raising money for Nathan and I know you are really busy working day and night but I hope you write me back soon… I'm working on a benefit concert for Benjamin (https://www.facebook.com/benjamin90313) to get money for his second G therapy.
A lot of people says that we as parents are an inspiration and our inspiration is our son and also parents as you, no matter how many time we spend on them we always want the best for them and the smiling face of Nathan is such a prove of how strong you are, and the blessings you will have for all these work.
Only special parents know what does it mean (and this is why we have to share what we know with other parents as you do), how important is to hear these word once in while and whe they come for the heart. So I say goodbye hoping to hear your advice as soon as you can. Nathan is in our prayers, and we wish you the best you absolutely deserve it.
I am a mother of a son with Asperger's and OCD and although he is now a well educated adult, he requires daily "help with specific issues". I wish to connect with other parents of adult children who are challenged in so very many ways.


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REPLY - By Jessica Miller
Interesting question you pose here. The likely reason why your babies have
a "teal" color is because they are not seagreens like their father. These
babies are probably either blues or white-face blues, depending on what
color the mother bird is. I know you said she was cinnamon, but that
cinnamon color is in addition to another color: either green, blue,
seagreen, or white-face blue. Knowing what her base color is will help
determine what color the babies actually are.
The ALBS picture library is a great resource for finding photos of the
different mutations. Clicking on the following link will take you there.
Scroll down to "Blue -- Peachfaced" and click on the album to open it up.
You'll see different photos of blues, white-face blues, and seagreens in
there. This might help you identify what color your babies are.
There's also a description written on the ALBS site about the differences
between blue, white-face blue, and seagreen. This might give you a better
understanding of the genetics behind these colors and how you managed to
produce the colors that you got with the pair that you have. While your
female is visually cinnamon and you can't look at her body color to tell you
which color blue she is, the other descriptive traits still apply (face and
beak coloration), so this can help you determine what the base color of the
female is, which will in turn help you figure out what color the babies are.
Hope some of this information is helpful to you! Good luck with the babies.
Whatever color they are, I'm sure they are absolutely darling, as all baby
lovies are. Oh, and btw, the body color will not change. What you see
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get older are the colors of their faces and the amount of yellow in pied
lovebirds. Otherwise, what you see is what you get!
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Known by the nickname "Silla," she was married to Slamin' Joe who worked and lived at the Mansion House Farm. In 1786, Silla was listed as being a "labouring" woman who worked at Dogue Run Farm. Six years later, Silla was noted as being a plower. Silla had six children that survived childbirth. In October of 1796, Silla attempted to run away from Mount Vernon. She was returned to the plantation by William Minter Green, who was paid one pound. Priscilla's children were Sophia (b. 1785), Savary (b. 1786), Penny (b. 1788), Israel (b. 1789), Isrias (b. 1796), Christopher (b. 1798).1
1. "[Diary entry: 18 February 1786]," Founders Online, National Archives; Mount Vernon Farm Ledger, January 1794-December 1796, 80.