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The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects.
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Auf Wiedersehen to Solar Subsidies?
In the U.S., the energy subsidies debate revolves around how much support to give, for how long, and how to pay for it. In Germany, the big question is how much to cut generous state support for clean energy like solar power.
The NYT reports from Germany, where despite having little sun, the country has half the world solar-power installations—too many, it seems:
Now, though, with so many solar panels on so many rooftops, critics say Germany has too much of a good thing — even in a time of record oil prices. Conservative lawmakers, in particular, want to pare back generous government incentives that support solar development. They say solar generation is growing so fast that it threatens to overburden consumers with high electricity bills.
The German dilemma raises the fundamental question at the heart of the subsidies debate—what are subsidies really for?
If the idea is to build a vibrant industry where it probably wouldn't have existed otherwise, then the German experience is a huge success. "Solar valley" in rust-belt eastern Germany employs some 40,000 people, the NYT says. That's the kind of "green collar" jobs rhetoric littering the U.S. campaign trail and the constant drum beat behind every call for more renewable-energy support.
But if the goal of clean-energy subsidies is to make renewable sources a viable and sizeable part of the electricity mix, then Germany hasn't done so well. Despite two decades of growth and a slate of world-beating solar power companies, solar power accounts for about 0.6% of the country's electricity production, the NYT says. In Germany, coal is still Kaiser—thanks in part to its own massive subsidies.
The German debate—like the one in the U.S.—hinges on how you answer the what-are-they-for question. Solar power industry types say they'll lose global leadership without government help. Critics say consumers will keep footing the bill for an industry that should stand on its own.
But that's a chicken-and-egg question, it seems. From the NYT:
"To develop a technology, you've got to create an industry," said [Anton] Milner, the chief executive of Q-Cells, referring to the German success story. "You can wait and wait and wait for costs to come down, but it takes too long."


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With the world clamoring for energy security, Africa has increasingly become a popular destination for investment. To bring industry players together, Petroleum Africa acts as a channel of communication between ministries and national oil companies on one end, and operators and services companies on the other. Our subscribers look to us as a reference, reading the magazine from cover to cover every month. Our targeted circulation to over 11,000 industry players involved in Africa cannot be matched by competitors, within the continent or globally. Petroleum Africa is widely read by government officials and senior and technical management of national, major, and independent energy companies for the latest information on African oil and gas.
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Red Wings remember Ernie Harwell
Legendary broadcaster served Tigers, fans for 42 years
Thursday, 05.6.2010 / 2:57 PM ET / News
By Bill Roose - DetroitRedWings.com
"He did so many great things for the game and for the fans, and he was also a song writer, which I didn't know that," said Miller, who grew-up in East Lansing. "He had a pretty interesting history. It's a pretty tough loss for the Tigers."
Harwell enjoyed one of the longest broadcasting runs with one Major League Baseball club, doing Tigers play-by-play – predominantly on radio – for 42 years. He will be forever remembered by generations of Michiganders for his Southern charm and warm personality.
Growing-up in Muskegon, which is closer to Lake Michigan than the corner of Michigan & Trumbull – made famous by Harwell – Wings forward Justin Abdelkader respected the acclaimed broadcaster and understands the powerful memories that will resonate with fans.
"He left a great mark on Detroit and the city and did a wonderful job for the Tigers for so many years," Abdelkader said.
As a youngster growing up in Guelph, Ontario, Wings forward Kirk Maltby enjoyed baseball during the summer months, though he admits to being a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays back then.
Maltby was traded to the Red Wings two-weeks prior to the start of the Tigers 1996 season, and while he never met Harwell, listening to his Southern cadence and short whimsical calls for many years was special, Maltby said.
"I had the privilege to hear him call enough games since I've been here," he said. "There aren't too many better voices and from what I could tell – hearing and listening to people – there weren't too many greater people then him.
"He didn't just contribute to the baseball world, I think as a human-being he was a great person and he'll be remembered for a long, long time."
While baseball has its ebbs and flows throughout a nine-inning episode, Maltby appreciated Harwell's engaging ability to hook listens from the first pitch to the last out.
"Baseball isn't the fastest game in the world," Maltby said, "and I think when you have a guy like him to call a game I think he kept a lot of people glued to the game."
Hockey hall-of-famer Ted Lindsay, who made his permanent home in suburban Detroit after his playing career ended in 1965, often crossed paths with Harwell on the local banquet or charity events circuit over the decades.
"He was always a gentleman, a class person in his profession, and it's a tremendous loss," Lindsay said. "But I heard him when he gave his eulogy to himself. He was a good Christian man. He knew what was coming and he was ready for it. That's one hell of a man as far as I'm concerned."


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Samuel L. Jackson is a prolific actor who has starred in more than 100 films. During the 1990s, he became famous for his starring roles in Jungle Fever, Patriot Games and True Romance, as well as his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, most notably Pulp Fiction. From 1999 to 2005, Jackson starred in the Star Wars prequel trilogy playing Mace Windu. Since 2008, Jackson has portrayed Nick Fury in several Marvel superhero films and will reprise the role for the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron. Jackson's latest film is Kingsman: The Secret Service.


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No doubt not related but my 10.1 install suffered the same fate after I
used the k3b install from packman. It would hang at verify and I/O'ing
the drive tray didnt wake it up.
You can change the default behaviour of what do when when a CD/DVD is
inserted. Probably in the KDE setup somewhere! You can also select it
from one of those "never ask me again" prompts.
Have not tried to find out why..
It did however solve the bad speed choice issues I was getting with DVD+RW's
Apologies for being OyT
John Bowling wrote:
> This feature has worked well for several prior versions of openSUSE.
> I normally select verify, and it will open the drive after write, close it,
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Honestly we do not know how this Hotel got 4 Stars at all compared to other Hotels we visited before here in Croatia. For business purposes to stay one night n an industrial zone is ok - but for tourists totally unattractive. Rooms are ok but not always perfect clean. Breakfast ranges from poor to very poor - I would not offer anybody sth like this - especially when you are on a vacation tour. Besides one young lady at the information desk the remaining staff needs to get a little bit more proactive and customer friendly.
We were more than happy to leave after a few days and were looking forward to the next accomodation.
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Clearsight Systems, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., delivers software application components for the real-time enterprise. Through breakthrough mathematics and technical innovation, Clearsight products dramatically improve the clarity, speed, and adaptability of decision systems in organizations.
The company was founded in 1995 by the renowned mathematicians who invented hybrid systems, Wolf Kohn and Anil Nerode. The pair assembled a world-class team of mathematical and technological innovators to work on core technology for the products.
Clearsight has a history of academic as well as commercial achievement. The mathematical foundation for the product set, hybrid systems, has prompted the publication of more than 100 papers on the topic. It has received five patents.
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The AM Roundup: Nonlawyers Try Taste of Law School
The Un-Lawyer: Law schools hunting for students as their enrollment numbers drop are increasingly trying to attract an unexpected group: people who have no intention of practicing law. WSJ
Out-foxed: When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators tracked the comings and goings of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material, according to a newly obtained court affidavit. WP
Early word: The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the IRS likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said. WSJ
'Unconstitutional': The Associated Press's president and chief executive said Sunday that the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly. AP
Campus speech: The failure of the University of Montana to respond adequately to rape and sexual assault allegations against popular football players has led to a broadening of how the federal government defines sexual harassment. CSM
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5/30/2008 —Peter L. Wilson was presented with the Eric A. and Josephine Walker Award at the 22nd annual Honors Convocation award ceremony held recently in the West Garden at Penn State Lehigh Valley in Fogelsville. The Walker Award is presented annually to one undergraduate student at each Penn State campus. It recognizes a student with outstanding qualities of character, scholarship, leadership and citizenship, who has positively affected fellow students, and who has contributed to the prestige and well being of their campus and to the University as a whole. Faculty and students nominate individuals who represent the characteristics of the Walker Award. Wilson graduated from Penn State Lehigh Valley with a B.S. in Business. While at Penn State Lehigh Valley, he was a Lion Ambassador; a writer for the student newspaper, Orchard Press; a member of the campus' golf team and tennis team, and a tutor in the Learning Center. In addition, he was active with the Student Government Association, the Blue & White Society, and a member of the campus' THON committee. Formerly of Lewisberry, Pa., Wilson resides in Stroudsburg, Pa., with his wife. Funds for the award are donated each year from the estate of Dr. Eric A. Walker, President Emeritus of the University, and his wife Josephine.


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A building at North Dakota State University has been re-dedicated in honor of a longtime North Dakota politician.
KFGO radio reports that the Industrial Agriculture and Communications Center is now known as the Quentin Burdick Building. Burdick served as a U.S. senator from 1960 until his death in 1992.
The Quentin Burdick Building houses NDSU's main computer center as well as several departments and offices.
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Arlington motorcycle cop injured after car chase into Dalworthington Gardens
An Arlington police officer was injured in a motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon following a car chase that ended in Dalworthington Gardens.
Officer Jason Heisel tired to pull over a suspect wanted by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office shortly after 4 p.m. in the 6000 block of W. Pioneer Parkway. The driver of the SVU fled with Heisel in pursuit, according to police.
The suspect drove onto a dead end street and turned around. Heisel swerved to avoid the SUV and crashed.
He was taken to the Medical Center of Arlington with an injured foot. He was still in the hospital Wednesday night.
The suspect drove south on Sieber Drive, which has no outlet. He crashed through a wooden fence into an open field where he fled on foot. He was later arrested and turned over to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department.
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A custom bike has become the central exhibit in a Maryland contract dispute.
The motorcycle has a 124-cubic-inch, V-Twin S&S polished chrome engine, a fat 280 mm rear tire and a custom tangelo-over-tangelo paint job with matching alligator-inlaid seat, according to The Capital newspaper of Annapolis.
It's drawing plenty of admirers to the Annapolis courtroom where it's been sitting, drained of fluids, since Dec. 10.
"It was unusual enough that I had to see it," Circuit Court Judge Nancy Davis-Loomis, one of many onlookers to pop into Courtroom 3A, told the newspaper.
"It's not something you see every day," said Sgt. Dave Martin of the county Sheriff's Office.
The case is between Roy Chamberlin of C&C Cycle in Severn and one of his customers, Guy Gabriele of Baltimore.
Gabriele hired Chamberlin in 2003 to build a custom ride on a "pay as you go" plan. According to court testimony and records, Gabriele thought the original price quote was $30,000 to $35,000, while Chamberlin claims it was $40,000 to $45,000.
Over five years, Gabriele requested several upgrades and by March 2008, the bill had swelled $63,447.
"That's what it cost to build," Chamberlin testified.
A jury decision was pending. Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies, lawyers, court clerks, and even a delegation of visiting judges from China were seen sneaking a peek.
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Analyst on Tyson: 'Dead Money' for Next Year
The winner's curse strikes again.
Shares of Tyson Foods, winner of a bidding war for Hillshire Brands, are falling hard for the second day in a row, down as much as 5.2% in mid-afternoon trading and off more than 11% from its close Friday, before the company won a weekend auction for the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs.
Tyson far outbid its competition, Pilgrim's Pride, paying $7.7 billion for Hillshire, a 70% premium over the unaffected share price.
Tyson's chief executive, Donnie Smith, said in a conference call Monday that the price is well worth it, noting that "brands like Hillshire and Jimmy Dean and Ball Park, they don't become available very often."
Still, the market's swift reaction suggests shareholders feel Tyson overpaid.
The slide steepened Tuesday after a Credit Suisse analyst downgraded Tyson shares and lowered the bank's price target to $35 a share from $40.
"We believe Tyson stock will be dead money at best for the next 12 months as it copes with the hangover of paying such a big price," analyst Robert Moskow said in a note.
Mr. Moskow highlighted a potential danger in the downward spiral. Tyson plans to issue new stock to pay for Hillshire, and the lower the share price, the more shares it needs to sell. That would further dilute existing investors and possibly dampen enthusiasm for the shares.
The tumble is unlikely to affect its Hillshire deal, which doesn't require a vote of Tyson shareholders unless Tyson issues far more equity than expected. Even if a vote is triggered, Tyson is controlled by its founding family, which holds about 72.5% of the voting power through special shares that carry extra votes.


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NEW DELHI: Industrial production contracted unexpectedly in March, capping a week of grim economic news and spotlighting the Manmohan Singh government's struggles with boosting growth.
Output at factories, utilities and mines shrank 3.5% in March from a growth of 7.3% a year ago, prompting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to say the government will take bold decisions to spur growth. But his claim did not inspire confidence, especially after the Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on increasing the cap on foreign direct investment in insurance to 49% from 26%.


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It is only the experiences and lessons that you get from them which are.
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Events themselves are not important,
It is only the experiences and lessons that you get from them which are.
Happy reflections!
Imagine all the millions of people around the world, both Christians and others, who have festively decorated their homes, prepared delicious food, bought gifts to give to their loved ones, friends, and those who have shown their goodness and kindness to them throughout the year…..in other words who have entered into the joy of giving and gratitude which is Love – the real spirit and meaning of Christmas. It is love that makes our hearts merry and joyous not material objects and that love is inside of us but instead we think we need things, people, relationships, money, status etc. to make us happy when in reality we are whole and complete. That's how lost we are. So even if you are alone, depressed and sad it is all an opportunity to use this suffering to end suffering. Very soon you will find you are grateful for any suffering as you realize it is the key to higher consciousness and that will bring you out of that very suffering. This would make your Christmas the most meaningful time as you would remember it as a happy event. You would start to understand where your happiness lies…..within you….because the only real happiness comes from conscious being.
So a simple request from me…with the understanding that nothing outside of yourself can make you happy and in spirit we are all one being….please, as a gift to me…..contemplate the reality of all that love and all that beauty that is being shared around the planet at this special time and see what happens within you. If you did that one thing, it certainly would be a gift to not only me but to everyone on the planet.
In Loving Awareness,
The Mediterranean on one of my dawn consciousness walks.
Last week the reality of our impermanence was very much on my mind. How to cope with all the pain and suffering that is involved with losing those we love? And as I contemplated this question while walking and meditating on the magnificence of the Being that has created this universe and asking it to illuminate my mind it came to me that I needed to view life as I do the sunrise. I appreciate its fleeting beauty and acknowledge it for what it is knowing that I cannot hold on to it but that it brings me tremendous joy and inspiration as does the love that is present through these relationships. Looking for what is real I realize that the beauty is real…… the love is real……all the rest goes. I saw the extreme beauty in impermanence.
In loving awareness,
This has been a time of retreat, reflection and contemplation in order to assimilate what I have been experiencing. This was much needed to transform my state of consciousness to live more in the eternal.
So here I am once again …… wanting to share this journey because Love just wants to share.
It is Thanksgiving Day in America and even though I do not live there any more I woke up this morning with the desire to share my morning meditational prayer:
Thank YOU, my Divine Beloved, for all the love I have ever received, for all the love I am receiving, for all the love I am able to give, for all the people still in my life that are there to be the recipients of that love and for the suffering that has allowed me to understand that only Love is real ……. and to realize that this Love is a gift from YOU that we have all been given and is the gift of life.
Thank YOU.
P.S. To everyone…..About 6 months ago I was inspired to express my love for the beauty that is the light and colour show of this creation that we all share so I started painting. There is something special about the hours of sunrise and sunset and try to organize my day so that I am outside at these times. It is here that I get my greatest inspiration. After I started painting it transpired that they were symbols for contemplation and reflection. They can be viewed on my new site….
Here is one of them and I sincerely hope they help you as much as they are helping me in my search for higher consciousness.
In Loving Awareness,


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Is Armani, the 'King' of Italian Fashion, Ready for Italy's Senate?
Designer Giorgio Armani has described himself as "dictatorial" in running his fashion empire. On the catwalks of Milan, Mr. Armani is simply known as "King Giorgio." Santo Versace, who hails from a rival fashion fiefdom, sees Mr. Armani in a more democratic light.
On Monday, Mr. Versace sent a letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano nominating Mr. Armani for a seat in the Italian Senate. While most of Italy's senators reach the office through parliamentary elections, a handful are appointed by Italy's president as so-called "senators for life" in recognition of their lifetime achievements.
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If Mr. Napolitano approves the nomination, the white-haired 75 year-old designer will join an Italian Senate currently dominated by allies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government. There, he will be expected to cast votes on issues ranging from Italy's annual budget to measures aimed at pulling Italy's economy out of its deepest recession since World War II and helping victims of the L'Aquila earthquake.
Mr. Armani's political leanings are "not important," Mr. Versace said in an interview. Mr. Armani's nomination, Mr. Versace said, aims to beautify an Italian political landscape that has recently been marred by controversies surrounding Mr. Berlusconi's personal life and legal woes. "No one can do a better job than Giorgio Armani in showing the beauty of Italy — the Italy that we desire," said the 64 year-old Mr. Versace.
Mr. Versace is well placed to push for Mr. Armani's candidacy. Apart from being the brother of designer Donatella Versace and a 30% stakeholder in Gianni Versace SpA, Mr. Versace is also member of the lower house of Parliament and of Mr. Berlusconi's right-leaning People of Freedom.
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Just like last year, prom for both schools came and went and left graduation upon us on its heals. Maybe it's the nice weather we encountered in March that makes it feel as if summer is already here. But, whether parents are ready or not, the class of 2012 is almost ready to strike out on their own.
My high school graduation was May 25, 1979, my 18th birthday. Yes, I graduated and turned 18 all on the same day. I actually remember walking up the isle through the rows of the chairs to find my seat on stage where the lights glared at us along with the hundreds of people making it extremely hot! It felt like it took forever to walk that distance from one end of the gym to the other and onto the stage. With emotions on the surface, some had tears, some concealed giggles, but most of us were glad to say good-bye to our high school days. I know I sure was. Even as active as I was during high school with cheerleading, danceline, drama, choir, elementary student tutor and everything else that went along with being a senior, I was ready to say good-bye to my small hometown and get on with life in the big city of Willmar. (Funny it doesn't seem so big now.)
When summer was over, Mom and Dad packed me in the car with the few things I was taking with me and off I went. Unlike my brothers who had a revolving door at home, once I moved away, I didn't return except for the regular visits to see family.
Once on my own, it didn't seem as easy as my dreams had me believing. I was responsible for all my own bills, which meant I needed to make enough money with grants, loans, work study and my part-time job to keep my head above water. Living on campus made it easy to walk to school every day and enjoy the college environment. At times, I will admit, I wish I could go back and do it again. I think my path would be a lot different.
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1. Defense Planning and Guidance Element
a. This Mission Need Statement (MNS) responds to the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), FY 1996-2001, Section III, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) and Space Base Systems. The following guidance is extracted from the DPG"
"Components will continue to develop a family of joint strategic command, control, communications, and intelligence systems based on an open
architecture designed to support strategic and theater forces. Consistent with C4I for the Warrior initiative, focus on the interoperability as the driving requirement for joint systems. Ensure that the systems' capabilities and survivability are appropriate to both strategic and theater forces. Where appropriate, integrate efforts to improve C4I system support. Maintain a rapidly deployable communications capability to support the warfighter."
b. The stated DPG aligns with the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) memorandum concerning migrating systems to a common environment (1 November 1993, Selection of Migration Systems). Other documents that guide this effort are the Joint Chiefs of Staff C4I for the Warrior (C4IFTW)
Concept; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 6721.0-1 (18 February l993, Global Command and Control Management Structure); and CJCSI 6212.01, (30 July 1993, Compatibility, Interoperability, and Integration of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Systems). It is consistent with the Command and Control Functional Analysis and Consolidation Review Panel Report (29 October 1991). Also, it supports the concepts put forth in the following programs: the Navy's "Copernicus"; the Air Force's "Theater Battle Management/Reachback" and "Horizon Program"; and the Army's, "Early Deployment Force/Split-base Operations/ Command and Control (C2) on the Move."
c. This MNS is intended to be one of several within the C4I for the Warrior Concept (C4IFTW) and defines the C4I capability, that must exist from the National Command Authorities (NCA) to the CINCs; between the supported and supporting CINCs; from the supported CINC to the Commander Joint Task Force (CJTF); and from the CJTF to the component commands. This MNS states a required need for selected common functionality between the combatant commands, Services' and agencies which
will allow interconnecting to the theater and task force level communications infrastructures. Requirements include information pull, collaborative planning, and teleconferencing.
2. Mission and Threat Analysis
Mission Analysis.
The NCA implement command and control (C2) through a process that extends global influence over our national agencies, military forces, allies, and ultimately, over our adversaries. The process is extended through a system which provides NCA and subordinate leaders with a means to exercise their authority and direction. This process uses information to coordinate resources toward common mission objectives. It involves a continuous dynamic interaction between information, the organization, and a support system. Warfighting CINCs, subunified commands, CJTFs, their respective Service components, and coalition forces require the ability to respond rapidly and appropriately to contingencies.
(1) The primary objective of GCCS is to have an architecture consisting of C2 forces and elements within a highly flexible system. It must be able to collect, process, disseminate, and protect information. It will support the NCA and subordinate elements in the generation and application of national power.
(2) A requirement of unified theater and task force crisis management is to ensure that C4I systems can be configured to achieve optimum crisis response. During noncrisis operations, these forces will normally be employed in Service operations (e.g., training, peacetime engagements). The challenge facing the Department of Defense (DOD) is to integrate these existing systems into a "system of systems" to effectively meet the needs of the combatant commands, Services, agencies, and the CJTF.
(3) Commanders use information to support decision making and to extend influence over their organizations, forces, and adversaries. Information is the principal link to control execution. It impacts forces, resources, and battlespace. To prevail over adversaries, our decision and execution cycle must be consistently faster and more reliable than theirs. Therefore, the ultimate objective of national C2 is to achieve unity of effort and command dominance. Unity of effort integrates all aspects of national power and yields the full range of military force capabilities when and where required.
(4) According to "The Force Protection Cycle," (1 August 1994, Concept of Operations, Draft), in order to "fight and win decisively," the CJTF must:
(a) Mobilize
(b) Sustain
(c) Deploy
(d) Employ
(e) Regenerate
(f) Redeploy
(g) Train
(h) Maintain
The C2 systems supporting this cycle must be effective during deliberate and crisis action planning and execution. Interactive, interoperable tools (software and hardware) are required to rapidly update plans and view current operational status. Information must be universally viewed, represented, and updated by the combatant commands, Services, and agencies.
(5) Joint forces must have a joint system for developing and updating time-phased force and deployment data (TPEDD) and unit movement requirements. The joint system must have the capability of supporting remote users in austere conditions and multiple joint forces. It must have capabilities for on-line transaction updates for reference files and batch file replacement. Also, it must be able to support teleconferencing and the ability to send and receive messages. Multilevel, secure, hard copy communication capability is especially critical to the National Military Command Center (NMCC). The system must be able to transmit and deliver emergency action messages to the CJTF or the command component.
(6) The CJTF requires access to current intelligence and tactical information over a global C4I infrastructure that can support joint and coalition missions. Intelligence
information is
dynamic and often affects the planning and execution phases. It is critical that it be continuously reviewed and updated.
(7) Joint forces require
decision and
execution cycles that are consistently faster and more reliable than the
enemy's. Common software applications, communications methods, integrated databases, imagery, teleconferencing, and an open architecture are important for reducing time in the joint decision cycle.
(8) Joint and multinational force interoperability is a required long-range objective. The mid-term solution will require possible interface modifications to allow the United States (U.S.) system to interact with our allies without compromising national security information. Any solution must address the use of space resources that are required for worldwide connectivity.
(9) Private industry is progressing toward open systems, user friendly software, and client server architectures. The Government must leverage its automation investments by using commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) with appropriate security. Otherwise, it will be forced to maintain outdated systems. The objective of GCCS is to take advantage of industry de facto standards and user friendly software. The software will be portable for a wide range of system architectures.
(10) Modeling and simulation systems are required to effectively plan and assess operational effectiveness and to support analytical requirements for course of action development. Rapid scenario construction for training, mission rehearsal, and after-action evaluation can be supported through the use of simulation systems.
General Capabilities. Systems will conform to standards and common software environments. GCCS will be an infosphere (information sphere) of software and hardware that will link systems together during operations. An infosphere consists of distributed global networks, computer hardware and software, space-based C2 support, and other related support systems. Five needed capabilities are:
(1) Maintenance of a Common Perception of the Crisis. This involves the requirement to maintain a consistent land, sea, air, and space operational picture across the force. Higher echelons will require less timeliness and detail. Some elements may not require all elements of the picture. Information accessible to a given command node should always be consistent with equivalent information at another node. A common perception of the crisis includes consistent information on force status and capabilities. This will include overall crisis assessment information (e.g., system vulnerabilities, target priorities, battle damage) and critical indications and warnings.
(2) Access to Planning Support Information via the Theater Infosphere. Planning support must be available on a "push" or "pull" basis is required by the CJTF. "Push" implies over-the-air updating initiated by the source and based on predetermined criteria "Pull" implies the provision of tailored information upon specific request. A standard interface to the theater/operational infosphere must be provided to all C4I systems. It must permit access in either the "push" or "pull" mode to multimedia information on:
(a) Intelligence and imagery data bases and analysis.
(b) Environmental, oceanographic, topographic data bases and analysis.
(c) Deployment analysis, requirements, generation, transportation data bases, and monitoring systems.
(d) Logistics analysis, requirements generation, medical, and personnel data bases.
(e) Non-Defense and Non-U.S. data bases as required to support selected missions.
(f) Analysis, news broadcasts, teleconferencing simulation centers, and gaming centers.
(3) Collaborative Access to a Common Operational Plan. The theater-level joint operation planning and execution community (JPEC) procedures require collaboration between the combatant commands, supported commanders, agencies, Service components, the CJTF, and the sub-unified commander. This requirement includes the development, refinement, and evaluation of a CINC'S assessment and joint operational plans. Improvement is required for collaborative development of the plan and to refine, coordinate, and prioritize/deconflict resources and schedules. The specific processes that must be supported are:
(a) Courses of action (COA) development.
(b) Forces and task refinement.
(c) Employment analysis.
(d) Specialized employment analysis (e.g., employment of special capabilities that may not currently be in the theater).
(e) Deployment/transportation analysis.
(f) Sustainment analysis.
(g) On-line refinement teleconferencing.
(h) Remote briefing.
(i) Tailored plan dissemination.
The requirements of this process can be identified with the concept of a series of joint "anchor desks." These are information and planning support facilities accessible to the CJTF via standard protocols. Their primary function is to interface mission or functional specific, rear area-echelon support facilities (e.g., intelligence, weather, planning and analysis centers) to the infosphere. This element, added as a front-end to existing systems and centers, provides the warfighter with supporting information and "reach-back" access to specialized analysts and planners.
(4) Visibility of Plan Execution Status. At the tactical level, commanders must build a campaign plan from the operational directives given by the CINC. They must be able to access selected resource information from the task force or sub-unified command components in order to perform resource allocation and task planning and scheduling. Collaborative tactical plan development requires visibility of overall target/task priorities, component battle plans (i.e., air, land, sea, space), operational constraints, and the ability to deconflict these against the CJTF's campaign plan. This requires a common target/task representation across systems. All operational components must have the ability to readily monitor critical tasks and resource status. They must be able to monitor critical task execution of external resources (e.g., transportation, medical, logistics support). Theater-level providers must maintain a controlled degree of visibility into critical expenditures, causalities, weather conditions, and information to predict shortfalls.
(5) Adaptive Control of Communications and Information Centers for Surge, Degraded Users, and Incremental Deployment. The C4I infosphere must be able to adapt to the availability and accessibility of its supported information. A highly capable unit, such as a Navy command ship or an Army Corps command complex might be able to access the infosphere via wideband SHF and commercial wideband services. A small joint special operations task force might be capable of only limited bandwidth UHF communications. Usually, deployment and relocation of major information centers is incremental. An airborne or small advance party is deployed initially, followed by augmentation and communications systems.
d. Threat Analysis
(1) Peacetime threats include the following:
intelligence collection.
(b) Intercept/analysis of communications and networks.
(c) Attacks against automated systems and information.
(d) Spoofing.
(2) Threats during crisis conflict include the following:
(a) Physical or electronic attack.
(b) Destruction by national or terrorist entities.
(c) Attempts to capture infrosphere elements.
(d) Use of directed energy devices.
(e) Employment of jamming and deception.
(f) Information warfare.
(3) Other crisis threats include the environment (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes). These can cause destruction, interruptions, and additional stresses on the system. All of them may necessitate collaborative planning to transport people, equipment, and supplies. Regional conflicts are increasing with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Also, the possible use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons must be a factor in crisis planning. Added threats in the event of global war could include nuclear blast, radiation, scintillation, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP), antisatellite weapons, and high-altitude nuclear bursts. This MNS emphasizes threats that occur during conventional crises.
e. Mission Deficiencies
(1) A C4I Interoperability Tiger Team (5 June l992, C4I Interoperability Tiger Team Memorandum) was established by the Joint Staff's Director for C4 to determine joint command, control, and information interoperability requirements. The Tiger Team determined that existing systems providing C2 capability to the NCA do not provide end-to-end automation. Many of them are noninteroperable and are not responsive to the user's needs. The Tiger Team identified the following required C4I system functionality's:
(a) Crisis planning.
(b) Force employment.
(c) Force status.
(d) Logistics.
(e) Air operations.
(f) Fire support.
(g) Intelligence.
(h) Personnel.
(i) Position.
(j) Narrative information.
(k) The integration of all the above functionalities.
GCCS must integrate new procedures and create interoperable functionality to enhance information gathering. Existing C2 systems (primarily the Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS)) are not capable of being modified to meet these requirements.
(2) WWMCCS is dependent on a proprietary mainframe environment. Information cannot be easily entered or accessed by users, and the software cannot be quickly modified to accommodate changing mission requirements. Operational flexibility and adaptability are limited, since most of the information and software are stored on the mainframe. The system architecture is unresponsive, inflexible, and expensive to maintain.
(3) Service, combatant command, and agency systems' capabilities differ radically (e.g., ground maneuver and fire support versus air operations tasking). There is no single system that currently comes close to satisfying even a majority of the aggregate information and functional requirements. Migration of systems to a common environment is the preferred method of development for required common functionalities. Software that is not aligned with the baseline common operating environment (COE) standards will require conversion.
(4) The combatant commands, Services, and agencies are currently protecting operational planning data in a Top Secret mainframe environment. The need for information to be in a multilevel security environment has been identified as a critical requirement. It is costly and cumbersome to protect all information as if it were classified Top Secret. A temporary solution is being initiated that will process information on a central mainframe for each combatant command, Service, and agency that has a Top Secret requirement. The next phase will be a multilevel security (MLS) environment that will be fielded to each combatant command, Service, and agency. The MLS solution will process information on a client server environment. It will be a composite of hardware and software products. [Note: Until MLS is available, operationally suitable and affordable, GCCS will operate in the system-high SECRET mode.]
3. Nonmateriel Alternatives. No doctrinal, operational concept, organizational, or training changes will correct the problems with the existing C2 systems. Only materiel solutions will increase the ability to achieve C41 interoperability.
4. Potential Materiel Alternatives
Presently, there are no materiel alternatives that will fulfill the stated requirements in this MNS. Combatant command, Service, and agency requirements and system capabilities differ radically. No single system is currently addressing the entire spectrum of functional requirements. Existing combatant command, Service, and agency architectures will serve as a foundation from which C41 system requirements and capabilities will evolve. The desired environment, GCCS, will have the capability to utilize leading edge technologies as they become available. The effort would provide a common set of infosphere software to provide network interfaces, file maintenance, and operator windows for crisis planning and execution. Service, combatant command, and agency unique functions would be unaffected.
5. Constraints. The requirements and needs prescribed in this MNS must be achieved through an orderly migration from existing systems to the GCCS environment. The first phase will provide the force commander with a fused battlespace picture. Phase two consists of the "Best of Breed" process and will be completed when all required WWMCCS functionalities (e.g., Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES)) have successfully migrated to GCCS. WWMCCS and the existing legacy systems will be turned off at the end of phase two, with the concurrence of the users. During phase three, long-term goals will be reached by improving interoperability, and implementation of standards (e.g., communications resources, common information sources, security policies, procedures, and training)
This will include robust tools to allow the user to build applications in a common environment. Other constraints to consider are:
a. Logistics. Theater and task force crisis management capability must use existing systems as much as possible.
b. Transportation.
Transportable C4I elements should be compatible with the provisions specified in DOD Directive 4500.3-R, Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures. Transportability and downsizing of C4I packages are critical to rapid deployment of an initial crisis capability. Also important is the ability of elements to operate in-flight while the CJTF/JTF components are en route to a crisis.
c. Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy
Products of this community must be standardized and
electronically transportable across the infosphere.
d. Manpower, Personnel, and Training.
GCCS manpower must make the greatest possible use of existing resources and avoid the creation of systems that require additional manning. Training must be integrated into the existing DOD training infrastructure.
e. Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence (C4I). It must be possible for Service components to transition between combatant command and subunified commander areas of responsibility without changing equipment or procedures. Forces must be able to participate in single Service operations using the same infrastructure. Also, tactical systems have limited bandwidth which constrains the amount of data that can be transferred. They will have to share the available bandwidth with other uses such as voice and teleconferencing.
f. Security. Interfaces
to coalition and non-U.S. civilian activities often are required in crisis operations. Security and security assistance policies must be applied to the design of C4I interfaces and access. Common computer security practices must be utilized in the development and operation of GCCS. This should include the requirement for audit trails and password protection. The security for GCCS will be administered in accordance with the following regulations and instruction:
(1) DOD Regulation 5200.1, DOD Information Security Program.
(2) DOD 5200.2, DOD Personnel Security Program.
(3) DOD 5200.28, Security Requirements for Automated Information Systems.
(4) DOD C-5200.5, Communications Security.
g. Standardization/Interoperability. GCCS will conform to the DOD Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM). This includes the standards that are required for communications. Conformance to open systems
standards will be used as a basis for the migration of C4I systems to the GCCS environment. Coalition interfaces must conform to agreements with NATO and other allies
h. Energy. Systems will be compatible with available energy sources (especially tactical equipment) and will minimize energy
i. Survivability. Survivability features must be consistent with the survivability of the interfacing, supporting, and supported systems. In low-threat operations, commercial communications may be integrated into the system.
6. Joint Potential designator. GCCS will be considered a joint program. Migration software will be submitted to the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) by executive agents (Services, combatant commands, or agencies). The software that is selected will be migrated into the GCCS environment, which may require some software engineering by DISA and the executive agent. The engineering funds for the initial COE and other designated joint software will be primarily funded by DISA and the Joint Staff. The executive agents or designated lead developers (Government) will then assume the resource (monetary and other) responsibility of version or maintenance changes. DISA will act as the project manager for technical aspects of GCCS. The Joint Staff (J3) will assume ownership of GCCS and will provide policy and guidance. The Joint Staff (J6) will provide the technical guidance for the life-cycle of the project.


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The FBI said it searched a plane parked at Kansas City International Airport overnight after a nonspecific threat was received.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said the threat was phoned in about 2 a.m.
The plane was empty, and was parked at the airport for the night after landing hours earlier.
Patton said a K-9 Unit was brought in to sweep the plane.
Nothing was found.
Authorities would not say which airline the plane belonged to.


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BELPRE - Belpre's boys track team will be seeking its fourth straight TVC Hocking Division track championship today, starting at 4:30 p.m., at Meigs High School in Pomeroy.
"Our boys' chances are looking pretty good," said Golden Eagle head boys coach Chris Palmer. "We're taking some kids out of a couple relays to put them in other events to score more points, including some going for high point (honors).
Meanwhile on the girls side of the conference meet today, Palmer sees the Belpre squad engaged in a duel with Eastern and Waterford in "an extremely-competitive" TVC Hocking contest. "We hope the girls do their best," said Palmer. "They should be at the time of the season when they're getting their PRs (personal records)."
Palmer singled out a few boys he expects to do well today, starting with junior Sam Petty in the 100, 200 and long jump and as the 4x200 anchor, sophomore Matthew Colvin in the 200, senior Devin Daniell in the 100 and long jump, and sophomore Cray Sistrunk in the 400, 800, 1600 and 3200.
In the field events, junior Matt Lopreste will be competing in the high jump and pole vault for Belpre, along with Ian Johnson in the pole vault and sophomore Hunter Burkey in the high jump - "and any of them have the chance to win the TVC in any of those events," said Palmer.
"We have a shot to win most of the events we're in." said Palmer, who views Eastern and Southern as the Belpre boys' chief competition today.
For Belpre's girls, top performers today, according to Palmer, should be senior Taryn Carr in the hurdles and as a relay anchor; the Barker sisters, junior Sierra and freshman Cheyenne; freshman Lindsay Stanley in the long jump; and sophomore Deanna Darrach in the high jump. "So we've got kids where we need them to be," said Palmer. "Hopefully, they'll perform to their best."
"From now on, it gets serious," stated Palmer, with the district meet, then regional and finally the state championship to follow the TVC over the next month.


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Youth Service America recently announced that Jarrad Plante, a graduate student at UMass Dartmouth School for Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement has been awarded $1,000 State Farm Good Neighbor grant to work with local middle school students to establish food pantries at the Morton and Talbot middle schools in Fall River.
Plante, who grew up in Dighton, now lives in Fall River. After graduating from UMass Dartmouth with a degree in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice, he joined AmeriCorps, which took him to community service adventures in South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida.
The project developed out of the LEADS (Leadership for Educational Attainment Developed through Service Program) at the UMass Dartmouth Center for Civic Engagement. LEADS is designed to connect the University to middle schools in Fall River and New Bedford. Mr. Plante, who is working toward his master's degree in public policy focusing on environmental policy, is one of the LEADS coordinators.
"I have embarked on being a corps member with Commonwealth Corps and the LEADS program because I love helping people and serving the community, it is part of who I am and what I do,'' Plante said.
Dr. Matthew Roy, Director of the UMass Dartmouth Center for Civic Engagement said of the award: "It's wonderful because it not only directly benefits the community but it gives our middle school children another learning challenge. They will have to determine how to best utilize $1,000 to operate our pantries."
To sustain the project, the students plan to use canned and dry food donations as student admission for upcoming student events such as dances and open houses. They also plan to solicit donations from the community. The middle school students have already collected more than 2,000 canned goods. Through their experience thus far, one student said, "I did not know how much hunger and homelessness there was even in my own neighborhood."
The Center for Civic Engagement at UMass Dartmouth, in collaboration with the Fall River and New Bedford public school departments have developed LEADS, which is supported by the Massachusetts Commonwealth Corp program. Each week, university students, known as Commonwealth Corps members, meet with middle school students to teach leadership through community service projects.
If you would like to donate non-perishable food items to the Morton or Talbot Food Pantries, please feel free to drop food off during school hours, 8am -- 2pm. If you need assistance, please call Morton Middle School at 508.675.8340 or Talbot at 508.675.8350.
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Reviews for this vacation cottage rental in Surf City, North Carolina
Brenda Crews Dollar
Asheville NC
Great Value
June 26, 2014
This is a great value for the money! Easy walk to the beach, roomy house fairly well equipped. The positives certainly outweighed the few negatives. The bed in the upstairs bedroom was very uncomfortable, but all the others were surprisingly nice although three twin beds in the one room was a little much. A trundle would be a better option in there. The towels were not completely dry, so we had to put them in the dryere before we could use them. Otherwise, really enjoyed the stay. The double level decks meant there was always a shady place outside. The outside showers were awesome. The living room/kitchen area was plenty big and lots of seating options, although don't believe that the futon is comfortable. It needs replacing or repair. The neighborhood and beach were more residential than touristy which was really nice for our family. We would certainly consider staying again. Really a bargain!
Douglas Vassello
Hillsborough, NC
Great House !
January 4, 2014
We love staying at this house ! It has everything needed for a relaxing stay at the beach ! Its a multi-story house which has the beach views and only one street away from beach access so no driving needed ! Afterwards the two spacious hot/cold private enclosed outside showers with built in benches lets you clean up/get all the sand off and change clothes with no problem ! This outside shower area also has a utility sink and large worktable also with its own sink - all with hot/cold water ! Once your cleaned up and go inside the clothes can go right into the full size washer/dryer down the hallway from the door - very convenient ! There are also 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths on the same level. Each bedroom has their own TV ! The ocean facing bedrooms share a large full size deck that's shaded from the upper deck below ! I like that on hot sunny days ! Going up the nice wood stairway leads to a spacious kitchen/living area with another bedroom and full bath as well ! Ocean views from inside as well as from the upper deck spanning across the back of the house is great ! We gathered around the big kitchen island that has plenty of seating room for meals and sometimes we'd take our meals outside on the deck ! Big adjustable wall mounted flat panel TV is very nice with cable access, DVD player, gaming system, and stereo - the whole house wireless works great ! Fridge with ice-maker, microwave, oven with cook-top so we could make our own meals if we wanted rather than eating out - though there are nearby restaurants, pizza, coffee, bakery places, a great deli called NY Deli makes great food too - plenty of eating locations ! Food Lion is nearby as well. We love this place because its comfy and spacious, everyone can have their own space or come together for meals and activities plus the great sandy beaches - we like to think of it as our beach home away from home !
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We have a long rental history with over 10 years of full occupancy every summer. One advantage that we have is that we have our own cleaners that only work for us. It also enables us to get our guests in the cottage sooner between rentals. We are also very close to the beach access, restuarants, shops and play area. We charge one set price that includes everything.


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I don't know what's up here but if I click my header image I get back to the home page but I have about a mile and a half of blank area before I get to my footer. If I right click and refresh that same instance of the home page it loads correctly. Click the logo image blank space before the footer, refresh and all is good.
Wish I could figure this out.
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This past Friday, adidas Originals and the legendary DMC pre-launched the 'Christmas in Hollis' Run DMC x Keith Haring Superstar 80s during an in-store event at Packers Shoes in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Check out photos of the collaboration and a video recap of the event, including a behind-the-scenes interview featuring DMC, Mike Packer, DJ Clark Kent and Keith Haring Foundation President Gil Vazquez.
You can purchase the 'Christmas in Hollis' Superstar 80s now at adidas.com/originals.


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A Hamilton County gaming and race facility is continuing to hire workers ahead of its upcoming opening.
Belterra Park is looking to fill more than 180 jobs with food and beverage services.
Applicants can stop by the Kellogg Avenue facility until 6 p.m. Friday or Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Belterra Park is scheduled to open in May.
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text: up before the dawn again. missed my long run over the weekend so I got in this morning. it was hot and sticky even before the dawn and by the time the run was over it looked like I had been swimming. NASTY. I wanted to take my shirt off for the last loop but my neighbors already look at me weird. speaking of looking weird saw a guy last night running with hand weights and though how silly that looked and how much that would hurt after a while. well this morning I decided to go with my leftover Infinit from Sunday's ride as my run nutrition. that sucker got really heavy after an hour and a half. This apparently is the part of my training journey story where something on me breaks and i have to over come it. at the start of my run the left Achilles was throbbing. by the end of the first loop my achilles felt better but my right ilitolial band started hurting but then the pain wandered over to my left knee by the end of the 3 loop. hopefully the fact that the pain wandered around my body instead of hanging out in one spot means that it isn't that serious. 12.75 miles in 2hrs 1st loop 38 min, 2nd loop 37 minutes, 3rd loop 39 minutes Avg Hr 150


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Definition of fluid mechanics in English:
fluid mechanics
plural noun[treated as singular]
The branch of mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in various states and with their reaction to forces acting upon them.
Example sentences
- At the same time, the woman - who already holds diplomas in mathematics, applied physics and fluid mechanics - was studying at a university in Compiegne, northeast of the French capital.
- The omission may be in part a consequence of the historical relegation of some of these topics - for example, fluid mechanics - to engineering.
- So what are the forces on the fluids we study in fluid mechanics?
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Seaside peace shattered as car and cyclist collide in Blairgowrie
- From: Herald Sun
- January 16, 2013
RESIDENTS have told how they heard an "'almighty bang" followed by screams of pain after a collision between a vehicle driven by Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews' wife and a young teenager on a bicycle.
Brad Morgan yesterday said he rushed out from his Ridley St home in Blairgowrie after hearing the thud as the taxpayer-funded Ford Territory driven by Catherine Andrews collided with cyclist Ryan Meuleman on January 7.
Mr Morgan said he was confronted with his mate's son lying on the road screaming.
After impact, the teenager was thrown into the air, smashing the car's windscreen and falling metres away from his mangled wreck of a bike.
"I saw him lying on the ground and ran back inside to get some blankets," Mr Morgan said.
"When I came back two women, the driver and someone else who had stopped, had put a towel underneath him and were holding an umbrella on top of him.
"The driver just kept screaming ... She was totally hysterical."
Mrs Andrews and the bystander stayed with the teenager and tried to comfort him as they waited for paramedics to arrive, residents said.
Witnesses said a visibly shaken Mr Andrews took his traumatised children home, before soon returning.
"He came up in a car and said 'I have got the children and taken them home, it was my wife who hit the boy'," witness Amber Smith said.
Mr Andrews then went over to comfort his wife, as paramedics stabilised Ryan and prepared to take him to the Rye football ground, so he could be flown to the Royal Children's Hospital.


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Create Leather Material
Florence Design Academy
Leather is one of the most used materials in the field of Furniture design. Especially for the design of sofas or couches. It is quite easy to obtain a good leather material. The leather material quality strongly depends on the illumination in your scene.
Before you start to create the leather in the material editor you must first analyze exactly the type of leather that you want to simulate in 3ds Max. After this step go to choose an image which has the pattern/texture of the real leather. Here below in image you can see an examples of images/maps which allow us to create a perfect leather texture in the material editor. The first one is a simple image of a scanned paper, the second one is made with Photoshop.
Let's see the steps to create leather.
First go to add the correct specular highlights. You must analyse the real leather and simulate the same glossiness and specular level in the material editor. There are no standard values. This settings depend on the type of leather and also on the illumination. If your light is very bright, you will have a very strong specular highlight in the rendering. To avoid this you must set a lower amount in the specular level slot. Choose in the diffuse slot the colour of your leather material.
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FAIRHAVEN — On Oct. 1 at 1:20 p.m., Fairhaven Fire received a 9-1-1 call reporting heavy smoke coming from a fishing boat at Union Wharf.
Two fire engines and an ambulance responded. On arrival firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the 84-foot fishing vessel "Legacy."
The fire was contained to a generator in the engine room. The fire was extinguished in approximately 45 minutes. The crew remained on scene for another hour conducting an investigation and removing smoke from the vessel. No one was on the boat at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported.
The owner of the fishing vessel is David Wilhelmsen of Mattapoisett. No dollar value of damages was immediately available, but the Fire Department said the vessel would be out of service until repairs could be made.
Fairhaven police and the harbormaster assisted at the scene and the New Bedford Fire Department sent a crew to cover the Fairhaven Fire Station.
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