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Scott Hastings' resignation last week as chief information officer of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program again raised questions about working conditions and morale at the four-year-old department.
Hastings is the latest high-level official to leave DHS. His announcement follows the recent departures of his boss, Jim Williams, US-VISIT's director; Lee Holcomb, DHS' chief technology officer; and Maureen Cooney, the department's acting chief privacy officer.
Some security experts, former employees and others say they are concerned about a possible brain drain and its effects on the organization's future.
Dave Marin, a spokesman for Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said Hastings' departure "is a reminder that too many key positions at DHS are vacant or are currently filled on an acting basis." Marin said if DHS and its agencies are to succeed, they need trained and experienced leaders.
DHS senior spokesman Larry Orluskie said many of the people who have recently left were part of the first generation of leaders brought in to create the new department. In any agency, he said, "people come and people go."
Clark Kent Ervin, a former DHS inspector general, agreed that some degree of turnover is expected in any presidential administration, especially one nearing the end of a term. But he added that the degree of turnover at DHS continues to be exceptionally high. "The reasons are clear," he said, including "a well-deserved reputation for dysfunction, an inadequate budget, incompetent and unaccountable leadership, and low morale."
Orluskie, however, said DHS' turnover is not out of the ordinary for a department with a high-stress mission. "Granted, this is a difficult organization to work for," he added. "But the people who are here are here because they want to help that mission."
Only three top-level positions are held by people in an acting capacity, he said: the undersecretary for management, the assistant secretary for legislative affairs and the assistant secretary for public affairs.
Recent additions include Adm. Jay Cohen as undersecretary for science and technology, David Norquist as chief financial officer and Marta Perez as the chief human capital officer.
Hastings, who will leave DHS within the next two months, hinted that health problems triggered his departure. "I've had a few things happen to me in the last few months that tell me I'm perhaps under more stress than I need at the moment." He declined to go into detail.
Hastings, like other DHS alumni, said he probably will look for a job in industry.
James Carafano, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said DHS officials are a hot item in the private sector. "Homeland security is so new, and industry and lobbyists are so desperate to learn how this [department] works," he said. "These guys are very marketable."
Some experts, including Carafano, blame the staffing situation at DHS on burnout. The agency's senior employees work many hours a day on critical issues that could mean life or death for thousands of people.
Another factor contributing to burnout, he said, is the departmentwide reorganization under Secretary Michael Chertoff that left some people feeling their jobs were no longer as important as they had been.
Senior-level departures happen regularly in government, said Stan Soloway, president of the Professional Services Council. "Where it gets problematic and troublesome is when it happens in an agency with such a time-sensitive mission."
Soloway said he expects more turnover at DHS next year and throughout 2008, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election. "That's a normal cycle in government," he said.
Jim Flyzik, president of the Flyzik Group consulting firm and a former adviser to the White House Office of Homeland Security, said Hastings' departure may not affect US-VISIT because others at DHS can manage the program. But the resignation is bound to have an effect on the agency. "Anytime you lose someone of his stature," he said, "it's going to have an impact on leadership."
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Fabulous, spacious 70 sqm apartment with hyper-equipped kitchen in the heart of Prague, walking distance to all sights while just away from tourist traps. In the most bohemian and lively area. On the border of Wenceslas Sq. and Vinohrady with beautiful buildings, parks and restaurants.
The Space
Apartment is build in 2010 in the attic of the residential building from early 20th century. It is about 70 sqm and is completely refurnished (June 2014). It can easily accommodate 4 people.
It is modern and fully equipped with everything you need for either short or long stay for pleasure or business.
The apartment consists of one bedroom with comfortable Super King size bed (200x180) and quality mattress, second room serves as living room and dining room. Kitchen is divided by column, there is small entry hall with big wardrobe and bathroom. It is ideal for couples, but can easily accommodate 4 people.
It is on the 5th and last floor of an old well kept building but 'WITH NEW ELEVATOR'. It is very sunny and bright, peaceful and absolutely quiet as it faces the rear of the building with backyard.
There is south oriented balcony-terrace (10m2) where you can enjoy sun rays during romantic breakfast or dinner. Also ideal for relaxing after a long day of visiting and walking around town. Terrace is equipped with electric controlled sun awning.
Living room has a dining table for four and comfortable pull out sofa bed where additional two can sleep. There is smart TV with internet access and NETFLIX subscription, Sony micro-system into which you can connect your iPhone, MP3 player or USB.
WIFI internet is free, secured and for your use only.
The kitchen is FULLY equipped with highest line Siemens and AEG appliances - refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, gas stove with five Hobbs, multifunction oven, toaster and built in espresso maker for coffee lovers like me. There is also toaster, kettle, microwave and even food dispenser, full set of utensils, glasses, knifes, pots, pans and rags. Coffee, tea, salt, pepper, sugar, dishwasher tablets and more are provided. Feel free to help yourself with what´s available. Some items may vary from time to time. If you replenish what you consume, it is appreciated but if you don´t it is fine.
The bathroom is combined with toilet and also has washing machine. There is large tub with hand shower and will fit 2 medium adults for romantic bath together. Hair dryer, soap, shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste, towels, toilet paper, detergents - will all be ready for you.
There is also small iron and ironing board if needed.
The floor in the living room is hardwood from tropical IPE wood and in the bedroom is lighter Tauari wood. There are tiles in the hall and bathroom.
Apartment has independent central heating system with thermostat controlled temperature for cold month.
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Available to guests and ready to help 24/7 via sms, phone, what's up, viber, email.
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I consider Vinohrady to be the best area to stay and live in Prague. It is heaven for lovers of Art Nouveau architecture and neighbourhood restaurants. The name Vinohrady refers to the vineyards that thrived here in the fourteenth century.
Apartment is just behind the National Museum on Wenceslas Square and steps from Riegrovy sady (park with amazing views on Prague castle and summer outdoor pubs).
This is the most popular central Prague residential area with lots of cafes, restaurants, clubs, shops but also parks while just step away from the tourist crowds and traps.
All the main tourist attractions (Charles Bridge, National Theatre, Wenceslas Square, Old Town Square, Prague Castle, Lesser Town Square etc.) are in a walking distance.
Getting around
Main train station (Hlavní nádraží) is less than 15 minutes walk from the apartment and airport is less than 1 hour by public transport (30 mins by taxi).
Walking to Wenceslas square takes about 4 minutes then 15 minutes to Oldtown square and Charles bridge is another 10 minutes away.
However, if you decide to use public transport then
closest tram stop is just 100 metres from your door steps and most important transfer metro station 'Muzeum' (line A and C) is just 400 metres from the apartment. Line A will take only 3 stops to Malostranska (4 minutes) to reach the bottom of the Prague castle.
Other Things to Note
If you are coming by car, there is parking garage within 3 mins from the apartment (approx. 7 EUR/day). Mr.Parkit at Španělská - reserve in advance to secure you parking spot.
Map of Prague with local tips what to do and what to visit will be ready for you when you arrive.
We are Robert and Pavel. We love travelling, meeting new people and exploring new places.
Our goal is to make your stay great and unforgettable. We are happy to share our tips with you so you can enjoy the Prague from local perspective. We are always available to help and answer any questions. We look forward welcoming you in Prague!
Robert Adamek purchased this apartment in 2010
I have designed this apartment in 2010 for myself in historical building in the heart of Prague and as I can't live there myself I would like to share it with you.
Apartment has 1 bedroom, 1 living room with comfy and dining area, hyper-equipped kitchen, bathroom and spacious terrace. All in the best centre location just away from tourists traps.
Excellent apartment, helpful owners, and a great location. Only blocks from two big Metro stops, and easy access to Trams.
Great restaurants so close that you don't need to go downtown to eat.
The owners had the nice touch of including a Netflix acct., which is a nice retreat for English speakers. Lots of channels for everyone. Not that you go to Prague to watch TV, but when you get back from a long day of tourism, taking a load off with some TV in your language is nice.
Other EU owners should consider this.
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This is a great place to experience Prague as if you were a local, a quiet residential area within 20 minutes walking from the Jewish Quarter and Old Town. The apartment is bright, comfortable and pleasantly furnished. We would recommend at least 5 days to get an appreciation for the city and what it has to offer. Rob provided detailed information prior to our stay which helped in planning our visit. Pavel met us on arrival to acquaint us with the apartment and the area. There are plenty of ethnic restaurants within 5 to 10 minutes as well as mini-markets. We enjoyed our stay immensely.
We had a wonderful stay in this lovely Prague apartment. The apartment was clean, well appointed and beautifully decorated. The small patio, accessible from both the living room and bedroom, was a nice addition and made a pleasant place to sit in the evening after a long day sightseeing in the heat. The location is convenient to the main train station and to many local restaurants, as well as an easy walk to the old town area and most of the sights one would want to see in Prague. Finally, but importantly, Robert and Pavel were just wonderful to deal with. You won't go wrong if you choose to stay in this unit.
We stayed for a weekend in July and had a brilliant time. The apartment is an easy, safe walk away from the centre and the owners were very helpful and always responded straight away. We would definitely recommend this place.
Staying at Rob and Pavel's apartment in Prague was great! The ease of communication about our stay was extremely prompt and polite. The materials that they provide in their personal guide were very helpful, beginning with the directions from the main train station. Very accurate description of accessibility and great recommendations for dining in the residential area of the apartment. At first I was concerned that maybe it was farther from the old town than I would have preferred, but in fact, it was just perfect to get away from the crowds, and my husband and I really enjoy the feeling of "living" in a new place while we visit. The appliances in the apartment are modern and easy to use. This is a property which is nicely maintained and a great location.
After 28 long hours of travel, we arrived at Prague airport late, but Lukas was there to pick us up, Pavel was waiting at the door of the building, 2 beer were in the fridge, and the apartment was very clean, quiet, and welcoming, with a wonderful balcony and electric awning. It all began with lots of great information from Robert, and soon I knew that my husband and I were in good hands, especially for our first visit to Prague. We loved the city and surrounding area, the people, cycling wth Praha Bikes to see the sights, eating superb meals at Cestr (close by), and just wandering this delightful area. 0700 is the time to explore the Charles Bridge, and if you're lucky, watch the photo shoots with Asian models/brides to be.
We would absolutely stay there again. Sandra and Avi.
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"KDP Select is evil." "Free promotions are pointless." "Nick, you're an idiot." These are things I hear on a daily basis, the last usually being something I say to myself when I'm looking in the mirror. As for the first two, I talk with a lot of people who have strong opinions on the merits of making their books available exclusively at Amazon for 90 days, and the words "shackled" and "dungeon" come up a lot.
It's the same for free days—half the people think free days are a godsend; the other half would rather cut off their own limbs with a rusty spatula than offer their books gratis.
And that's cool; I don't have anything against people having wildly different opinions—plenty who publish make decent incomes without touching free promotions, and plenty swear by them. But I like to look at the cold, hard numbers before coming to a conclusion, as everybody's mileage seems to vary.
The two main tactics I see most often for free books are:
- Signing up to offer a variety of titles exclusively via KDP Select, with rotating free promotions on each book. This is pretty easy to do with the five free days you get to play with per the KDP Select contract.
- Not offering titles via KDP Select and offering them via other vendors, with the first book in a series permanently free. This is also pretty easy to do.
There are pros and cons for both approaches. Here's the skinny on my results.
The graph above shows sales for April 2014. The large spike in the middle of the month reflects income generated from a Bookbub free promotion (30,000 free downloads). As you can see, the spike was pretty awesome. But sales dropped back down to normal pretty fast. This has happened most of the times I've run a free promotion.
This graph shows sales for May 2014. You can see a dramatic difference here. To enable comparing apples with apples, I ran a free promotion with Bookbub in this month, too. Clearly, while immediate results were lower, the residual effects lasted much longer, and they carried over after the month was up.
Overall, my total income from the promotion was about the same with KDP exclusivity and with vendors in addition to Amazon, but the sales increase was far more persistent with more vendors. And this is a good thing—I'd rather have a bunch of sales spread across a month than sales for just a couple of days. That helps with boosting visibility since Amazon's algorithms largely discount anomalous spikes in favor of consistent performance, and it helps keep things going when I'm not actively promoting or advertising.
More important tactic #2 opened markets for me in the UK, where I live, as well as via Nook and iTunes. And my non-Amazon-US sales channels grew to account for roughly 50% of revenue, which was cool, as I was less vulnerable to sales fluctuations in one market.
After I was able to pull all my titles from KDP Select, upload them onto other vendors, and set my strongest-rated novel to permafree, I applied for a Bookbub free promotion, which went live on the 27th of June. The results have been better than I could have hoped. Sales remained consistently higher for more than a month, beating my previous average daily revenue of $80 by a factor of four. Best of all, sales on non-Amazon retailers made up a significant portion of that figure, and Amazon UK opened up. Here's a look at the numbers.
These figures are for seven titles—four novels (priced at $3.99, with one permafree), one novella ($2.99), and two bundles ($5.99).
You can easily see the boost in sales on the 27th, coinciding with the permafree title hitting the top 5 in the Kindle store. What's different this time is that sales didn't tank afterward. In fact, they stayed high for the following month, albeit with the usual up-and-down expected in this line of business. Obviously a huge improvement over the previous month.
I've been extremely impressed with my first experiences with other retailers. Nook was simple and fast (12 hours from submission to publication); iTunes has been easy to work with (despite taking nearly a week to approve a title); and Kobo, which featured my permafree book as one of its "first free in series" titles, was a dream.
My advice? I'm still a fan of free, but I've found that having books out of KDP Select has positive effects. With KDP Select free days, I can drum up $1,500+ of extra cash in a 48-hour period, but that's relying almost entirely on Bookbub, and sales go back down to normal almost immediately. Plus, there's no guarantee that the 'Bub is going to feature me every month.
With books available through other vendors and a permafree title to keep readers coming in, I'm seeing much longer-lasting results—and I can use options that these vendors offer to keep the permafree's performance "topped up" when it starts to drop, removing my reliance on Bookbub to a certain degree.
Another ancillary benefit of permafree is e-mail signup. With a link to my New Releases newsletter in the front and back of my book, I'm getting a lot of clicks and a lot of opt-ins. An additional 70 to 80 per day added up pretty fast, leading toward the point where I could sell 50 to 100 books at full price because of e-mails I send once or twice per month, which also helps keep things going.
Whatever strategy you decide to adopt, it's definitely a slow build. Don't be afraid to switch things around if something's not working. Nothing happens overnight, and the long-term view is important.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento)
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THE PEOPLE, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT,v.TASHIA MONICA SMITH, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.
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California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.
A jury convicted defendant Tashia Monica Smith of assault with a deadly weapon (a minivan) and found that she inflicted great bodily injury on the victim, her boyfriend Roberto Clark (Pen. Code, §§ 245, subd. (a)(1), 12022.7, subd. (e)--count 2);*fn1 however, the jury acquitted defendant of attempted murder (§§ 664/187, subd. (a)--count 1) and rejected the alleged enhancement on that count that defendant personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1), (2)).
Sentenced to an aggregate term of seven years in state prison, defendant contends the trial court erred by refusing her requested instruction on the defense of necessity. We conclude the court ruled properly because no substantial evidence supported giving the instruction. Therefore, we shall affirm.
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On the afternoon of May 30, 2009, Comcast employees Lynda Dugger and Westley Lund were sitting in their company truck near the intersection of 10th and E Streets in downtown Sacramento after completing a job in that area. The truck, parked on the right side of 10th Street, was facing north; Dugger was in the driver's seat and Lund was in the passenger seat.
Lund saw an African-American male walking alone on the sidewalk at a "determined pace," coming toward them southbound on the east side of 10th Street about 50 yards away. Lund then saw a white Dodge or Chrysler minivan approaching their position, coming up behind the pedestrian. A few seconds later, Lund saw the minivan cross opposing lanes of traffic, climb the curb, drive across the grass parkway strip, and come up onto the sidewalk behind the pedestrian, possibly striking him. He began to run, with the van in pursuit. He ran across the intersection of E Street, but the van, still on the sidewalk and on the wrong side of the roadway, pinned him against a wrought-iron fence and struck him, sending his body flying into the air before it came down. The van then drove away.*fn2 Lund tried but failed to get the van's license plate number, then, joined by Dugger, administered first aid to the man, whose leg was torn open from knee to ankle. He kept saying, "I can't believe she did this to me."
Dugger testified to the same effect. Dugger estimated that the van was driving on the sidewalk south of the intersection for at least 30 seconds before it fled the scene.
Defendant's 11-year-old daughter K.S. testified that she lives with four of defendant's other children in a downtown Sacramento apartment. On May 30, 2009, according to K.S., defendant and Clark, the father of defendant's youngest child, got into an argument at the apartment. With all but one of the children present, Clark kicked defendant in the stomach, then went outside. Defendant put some beer outside and closed the front door. Clark started throwing beer bottles at the door.
Defendant rounded up her children and went outside to put them in her van, parked at the curb. Clark threw one more beer bottle, which shattered, causing some beer to go into K.S.'s eye. According to K.S., this was the last bottle he threw. After throwing it, he left the scene and started walking down the street.
Defendant placed her four children in the van and drove off. According to K.S., defendant then tried to run Clark over; as he started to run, she struck him with the van, creating an audible "bang." K.S. did not see Clark throw anything else during this time period. After striking Clark, defendant drove on to the children's grandmother's house.
K.S.'s eight-year-old sister testified similarly. According to K.S.'s sister, defendant hit Clark with the van as he was walking, trying to cross the street. K.S.'s sister did not remember if Clark was carrying anything at the time.
A Sacramento police detective who interviewed Clark in the hospital a day or two later noted that Clark was "severely injured"; the top of his leg appeared to have been "filleted" by the impact of the van. Clark told the detective that defendant needed "anger management" therapy.
Defense Case
Clark was the only defense witness. He testified that he and defendant fought inside her apartment and he kicked her in the stomach, then went outside and started throwing beer bottles at the front door. He claimed he was still throwing bottles and beating on the van's side window when defendant put the children in the van.
According to Clark, he continued to curse, scream, throw bottles, and beat on the van as defendant drove down 10th Street, right up to the moment the van struck him. He was not running away, but was trying to jump in front of the van, blocking its path and preventing defendant from driving it away from him. Finally, as she tried to veer away while going through the E Street intersection, she "los[t] control" and "accidentally" hit him.
Clark admitted that at the preliminary hearing he did not describe his own conduct this way and claimed that he did not see who hit him. He said he had lied because he feared being incriminated for accosting defendant, but was telling the truth now because he did not want to see her "go to jail for something they didn't do on purpose."
The Requested Instruction
After the parties rested, defense counsel requested that the trial court instruct the jury with CALCRIM No. 3403,*fn3 the standard instruction on necessity, based on "the testimony of Mr. Clark, as well as the children." (Counsel did not explain how the children's testimony supported the instruction.) The prosecutor objected that the facts did not warrant this instruction. The trial court denied the instruction, finding that there was no substantial evidence to support a necessity defense.
Defendant contends the trial court erred by denying the requested instruction, that the error violated defendant's federal constitutional rights (U.S. Const., 5th, 6th, & 14th Amends.), and that the error caused her prejudice. We conclude the court correctly denied the instruction as unsupported by substantial evidence.
The trial court must instruct on the general principles of law openly and closely connected with the case and necessary for the jury's understanding of the case, including any defenses on which the defendant relies or which are supported by substantial evidence and not inconsistent with the defendant's theory of the case. (People v. Boyer (2006) 38 Cal.4th 412, 468-469.) But the court is not obliged to instruct on theories without substantial evidentiary support. (People v. Miceli (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 256, 267 (Miceli).) The evidence defendant relies on did not furnish such support for a necessity instruction.
"A defendant raising the defense of necessity has the burden of proving that [s]he violated the law '(1) to prevent a significant evil, (2) with no adequate alternative, (3) without creating a greater danger than the one avoided, (4) with a good faith belief in the necessity, (5) with such belief being objectively reasonable, and (6) under circumstances in which [s]he did not substantially contribute to the emergency.' " (Miceli, supra, 104 Cal.App.4th at p. 267.)
As this test makes clear, the necessity defense depends on the premise that the act said to be necessary was intentional. In other words, to raise this defense the defendant must admit that he or she deliberately did an act which would be criminal if not justified by necessity. By definition, an act done " 'to prevent a significant evil' " under the " 'good faith belief' " that there is " 'no adequate alternative' " (Miceli, supra, 104 Cal.App.4th at p. 267) requires conscious choice--it cannot be done unconsciously, accidentally, or negligently.
Clark's testimony, on which defendant mainly relies to support a necessity defense, actually negated that defense. According to Clark, defendant did not choose to strike him with the van: She lost control while trying to avoid him, and hit him by accident. This evidence supported a defense theory of accident or misfortune (§ 26, subd. Five), and the trial court gave an appropriate instruction on that defense below.
Defendant also asserts in passing that her daughters' testimony supported a necessity instruction, but makes no sustained argument as to how it did so. We therefore do not consider these undeveloped assertions. (People v. Turner (1994) 8 Cal.4th 137, 214, fn. 19.)
Because defendant has failed to show that any evidence supported a necessity instruction, we need not discuss the elements of the necessity defense in detail. We note, however, that even if Clark had testified that defendant struck him deliberately, there would still be no evidence that defendant could not have avoided whatever threat he posed to her or her children by driving in a different direction, by calling the police, or by asking a witness (such as the Comcast employees) for help.
The judgment is affirmed.
We concur: MURRAY , J. DUARTE , J.
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… even when uttered by the First Lady of the American Screen, any blather about the constellations leaves me as cold as Neptune. Yes, as a teenager, I obediently watched Cosmos like everyone else. But neither Carl Sagan's corduroy charisma nor those glossy special effects fired up my heart and brain, any more than all those NASA expeditions to vacant rocks in the sky that had punctuated my childhood (and interrupted my cartoons).
The space program was a spectacular waste of extorted tax dollars, a WPA for engineers instead of artists. Watching nerdy small-government libertarians swoon in pathetic conformity over Apollo and SpaceX proves once again that Conquest's Laws are bunk: Everyone is, in fact, a raving liberal when it comes to his pet passion. Elon Musk is a welfare queen.
Bores insist that the space program has spun off a host of indispensable inventions, but these they can rarely name, and besides, such wonders, if truly crucial, would have been developed anyhow — perhaps even faster, and more cheaply, had the government left trillions in stolen cash in the hands of private enterprise.
Perhaps some readers will find my opinions more palatable if phrased this way: "Federally funded spaceflight is the quintessential neoconservative project: a giant, wasteful crusade designed to fill Americans' supposedly empty lives with meaning."
Kathy Shaidle, "The Lovers, the Dreamers, Not Me", Taki's Magazine, 2016-08-23.
September 8, 2016
QotD: The US space program was "a WPA for engineers instead of artists"
July 26, 2015
Colonize the moon … now 90% off!
In Popular Science, Sarah Fecht dangles the tantalizing prospect that we may be over-estimating the costs of colonizing the Moon by a huge margin:
Only 12 people have walked on the moon, and we haven't been back since 1972. But a new NASA-commission study has found that we can now afford to set up a permanent base on the moon, by mining for lunar resources and partnering with private companies.
Returning humans to the moon could cost 90 percent less than expected, bringing estimated costs down from $100 billion to $10 billion. That's something that NASA could afford on its current deep space human spaceflight budget.
"A factor of ten reduction in cost changes everything," said Mark Hopkins, executive committee chair of the National Space Society, in a press release.
The study, released today, was conducted by the National Space Society and the Space Frontier Foundation — two non-profit organizations that advocate building human settlements beyond Earth — and it was reviewed by an independent team of former NASA executives, astronauts, and space policy experts.
To dramatically reduce costs, NASA would have to take advantage of private and international partnerships — perhaps one of which would be the European Space Agency, whose director recently announced that he wants to build a town on the moon. The new estimates also assume that Boeing and SpaceX, NASA's commercial crew partners, will be involved and competing for contracts. SpaceX famously spent just $443 million developing its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew capsule, where NASA would have spent $4 billion. The authors of the new report are hoping that 89 percent discount will extend beyond low Earth orbit as well.
Similar to SpaceX's goals of creating a reusable rocket, the plan also relies on the development of reusable spacecraft and lunar landers to reduce costs.
Plus, mining fuel from the lunar surface could make going back to the moon economically viable. Data from the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) suggest that water ice may be plentiful on the moon, especially near the poles. That's important because water can be broken down into hydrogen propellant for rockets (and, conveniently, oxygen for humans to breathe).
February 9, 2015
The SR-71 "Blackbird"
At Sploid, Jesus Diaz shares some photos from the secret assembly line that built the SR-71 aircraft:
Built and designed in the 1960s after the A-12 Oxcart, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the fastest, most vanguardist air-breathing airplane in the history of aviation. These once classified photos reveal how Lockheed built both birds in secret, in California. They look taken at the Rebel base in Hoth.
H/T to Dave Owens for the link, and also a H/T to Jeff for linking to another photo story about how the aircraft were transported from Lockheed's Skunk Works to Area 51.
November 21, 2014
Marsha Ivins talks about the reality of working in space
In Wired, former astronaut Marsha Ivins talks to Caitlin Roper about what it's really like to work in space:
Everyone imagines that when you're sitting on the launchpad atop 7 million pounds of explosive rocket fuel, you're nervous and worried; but the truth is, there isn't much to do for those two hours after you climb into the shuttle. Many astronauts just take a nap. You're strapped in like a sack of potatoes while the system goes through thousands of prelaunch checks. Occasionally you have to wake up and say "Roger" or "Loud and clear." But the launch itself is a whole other thing — from the pad to orbit in 8.5 minutes, accelerating the entire time until you reach the orbital velocity of 17,500 mph. That is a ride.
It turns out that once you're actually in orbit, zero-g has some upsides. Without gravity, bodily fluids move toward your head. It's a great face-lift. Your stomach gets flat. You feel long, because you grow an inch or two. (I thought, "Oh cool, I'll be tall," but of course everybody else was taller too.)
But zero-g also has some disadvantages. As that fluid shifts north, you get an enormous headache. Your body compensates and loses about a liter of fluid in the first couple of days — you essentially pee the headache away. And a lot of people get nauseated. The way to feel better is to "lose up," to convince your visual system that "up" is wherever you point your head and "down" is where your feet are. When you can do that, and go headfirst or earlobe-first wherever you want, then you're getting adapted to zero-g. On each flight this adaptation happens more quickly — your body remembers having been in space. But it can take a few days before your stomach finally settles down and says, "OK, what's for lunch?"
I didn't eat much on any of my flights. I don't have a big appetite even on Earth, but between the lack of gravity and the shifting fluids, things can taste different in space. I'd bring great chocolate with me and it would taste like wax — it was very disappointing. But you don't go to space for the gourmet dining. There's no way to cook, on the shuttle or on the ISS. Space food is already cooked and then either freeze-dried and vacuum-packed — so you add water and put it in the oven to warm up — or it's thermo-stabilized, like a military MRE. With no refrigerator on board, fresh food won't keep. So on the shuttle we'd have to eat anything fresh — usually fruit like apples, oranges, and grapefruit — early in the mission.
September 17, 2014
SpaceX and Boeing get NASA funding for 2017 deadline
In Ars Technica, John Timmer reports on the NASA decision to fund two of the three competitors for manned launches to the ISS:
Today, NASA administrator Charles Bolden announced that there were two winners in the campaign to become the first company to launch astronauts to low-Earth orbit: Boeing and SpaceX. The two will receive contracts that total $6.8 billion dollars to have hardware ready for a 2017 certification — a process that will include one crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
In announcing the plan, Bolden quoted President Obama in saying, "The greatest nation on earth should not be dependent on any other nation to get to space." And he promoted the commercial crew program as a clear way of ending a reliance on Russian launch vehicles to get to the ISS. But Bolden and others at the press conference were also looking beyond that; several speakers, including Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and astronaut Mike Fincke, mentioned that the ultimate goal is Mars.
To that end, Bolden emphasized that NASA is still doing its own vehicle and rocket development. The Orion crew capsule, intended to be suitable for missions deeper into the Solar System, recently underwent a splashdown test in the Pacific. Its first test flight aboard a Delta IV rocket is scheduled for this December. Work on the Space Launch System, a heavy lift vehicle that can transport the additional hardware needed for deep space missions, was also mentioned.
September 6, 2014
P.J. O'Rourke on what's wrong with modern rocket ships
From his post at The Daily Beast:
I was in the passenger seat of a small rocket ship when I realized what's wrong space travel these days: I can't do it yet. I'm still flying on pokey old Boeings for six hours from Boston to LA. The trip would take 15 minutes at 17,500 mph low earth orbit speed.
Also, rocket ships don't fly. Or they don't properly fly the way the rocket ships of Buck Rogers and Captain Video did. Buck and the Captain could use a hayfield with a windsock. A modern rocket blast-off produces so much shockwave commotion that the nearest safe viewpoint at Cape Canaveral is eight miles from the launch pad. That puts the Starbucks a long way from the gate when your rocket ship's final boarding announcement is made.
Plus current rockets lack anything resembling Buck Rogers' style. They look like evil corn silos or upright storm sewers or a trio of escaped steroidal church organ pipes wearing party hats.
Furthermore, at the moment, there's no such thing as a small rocket ship.
The first rocket to reach space, the Nazi V-2 (which transported people only in the sense of transporting them to the next life) was 45 feet high and weighed 27,600 pounds. The 363-foot Saturn V used for the Apollo moon landing was 52 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty and almost 15 times her weight. And Lady L, tipping the scales at 225 tons, is no Mary-Kate Olsen. Now NASA is building a new Space Launch System (SLS) that's even bigger.
All my rocket ship disappointments are the result of there not being enough private companies like XCOR Aerospace. I learned this at the Space Foundation's annual Colorado Springs Space Symposium exhibit hall, where there was a full-scale mock-up of XCOR's Lynx that I sat in.
The Lynx's 30-foot fuselage and 24-foot wingspan would fit in a McMansion garage. And it's as prettier than anything a rich car collector has in there now.
August 1, 2014
Old and busted – "I cannae change the laws of physics"?
Call me an old fogey, but I've always believed in the law of conservation of momentum … yet a recent NASA finding — if it holds up — may bring me around:
Nasa is a major player in space science, so when a team from the agency this week presents evidence that "impossible" microwave thrusters seem to work, something strange is definitely going on. Either the results are completely wrong, or Nasa has confirmed a major breakthrough in space propulsion.
British scientist Roger Shawyer has been trying to interest people in his EmDrive for some years through his company SPR Ltd. Shawyer claims the EmDrive converts electric power into thrust, without the need for any propellant by bouncing microwaves around in a closed container. He has built a number of demonstration systems, but critics reject his relativity-based theory and insist that, according to the law of conservation of momentum, it cannot work.
"Test results indicate that the RF resonant cavity thruster design, which is unique as an electric propulsion device, is producing a force that is not attributable to any classical electromagnetic phenomenon and therefore is potentially demonstrating an interaction with the quantum vacuum virtual plasma."
This last line implies that the drive may work by pushing against the ghostly cloud of particles and anti-particles that are constantly popping into being and disappearing again in empty space. But the Nasa team has avoided trying to explain its results in favour of simply reporting what it found: "This paper will not address the physics of the quantum vacuum plasma thruster, but instead will describe the test integration, test operations, and the results obtained from the test campaign."
The drive's inventor, Guido Fetta calls it the "Cannae Drive", which he explains as a reference to the Battle of Cannae in which Hannibal decisively defeated a much stronger Roman army: you're at your best when you are in a tight corner. However, it's hard not to suspect that Star Trek's Engineer Scott — "I cannae change the laws of physics" — might also be an influence. (It was formerly known as the Q-Drive.)
July 21, 2014
NASA's "random mode"
Robert Zubrin identifies two different modes of operation practiced by NASA since 1961:
Over the course of its life, NASA has employed two distinct modes of operation. The first prevailed during the period from 1961 to 1973, and may therefore be called the Apollo Mode. The second, prevailing since 1974, may usefully be called the Random Mode.
In the Apollo Mode, business is conducted as follows. First, a destination for human space flight is chosen. Then a plan is developed to achieve the objective. Following this, technologies and designs are developed to implement the plan. These designs are then built, after which the mission is flown.
The Random Mode operates entirely differently. In this mode, technologies and hardware elements are developed in accord with the wishes of various technical communities. These projects are then justified by arguments that they might prove useful at some time in the future when grand flight projects are once again initiated.
Contrasting these two approaches, we see that the Apollo Mode is destination-driven, while the Random Mode pretends to be technology-driven but is actually constituency-driven. In the Apollo Mode, technology development is done for mission-directed reasons. In the Random Mode, projects are undertaken on behalf of various internal and external technical-community pressure groups and then defended using rationales (not reasons). In the Apollo Mode, the space agency's efforts are focused and directed. In the Random Mode, NASA's efforts are scatterbrained and entropic.
Imagine two couples, each planning to build their own house. The first couple decides what kind of house they want, hires an architect to design it in detail, then acquires the appropriate materials to build it. That is the Apollo Mode. The second couple canvasses their neighbors each month for different spare house-parts they would like to sell, and buys them all, hoping to eventually accumulate enough stuff to build a house. When their relatives inquire as to why they are accumulating so much junk, they hire an architect to compose a house design that employs all the miscellaneous items they have purchased. The house is never built, but an adequate excuse is generated to justify each purchase, thereby avoiding embarrassment. That is the Random Mode.
NASA had an overriding mission from 1961 to 1974: the moon program. Almost all of its resources were devoted to that goal, and it was achieved. Then bureausclerosis set in, politics took over, and we left the moon (so far, for good). If the future of mankind is in space, it's unlikely that NASA will be a significant part of that future (unless you count its role in working to hold back private enterprise from getting involved on NASA's "turf" (can I call it "astroturf" in this context?)).
A few mitigating words for the late Senator Proxmire
Many of you won't even remember the heyday of Senator William Proxmire's Golden Fleece awards: his personal choices for the worst public spending boondoggles each year. Most space enthusiasts remember him for his adamant opposition to NASA (for which he could never possibly be forgiven). As an early supporter of the space program, I thought Proxmire was a terrible man and that we've have had a much bigger, better space program without him. He left the senate in 1989 and died in 2005, so I'd almost completely forgotten about him until I saw this article in the latest Libertarian Enterprise by Jeff Fullerton:
The things I discover while googling for things. Such as in my efforts to substantiate that Senator Proxmire quote: Not a penny for this nutty fantasy for my previous article. Found an online version of the newsletter of the old L5 Society [PDF]; a space colony advocate group that was around back in the late 70s. Which was sort of a trip down Memory Lane. Remember seeing them on Phil Donahue's show circa 1980. It's kind of sad when you look at something like this on the boulevard of broken dreams. But also at times amusing.
Darth Proxmire?
The man space enthusiasts loved to hate like J.R. from Dallas! He was definitely the sort of villain that could grow on you!
The name Proxmire sounds Germanic — but he was no Werner Von Braun — his mindset was typical for the down to Earth culture of the Midlands and being a Wisconsin democrat, he surely had solid connections in Madison — the regional snake pit of Progressivism. Yet he was a conservative democrat — as in fiscal conservative being he gave his "Golden Fleece Awards" to many federal projects that really were an atrocious waste of tax dollars. His disdain for the space program may have stemmed in part from populist disdain for technology — I remember SF writers like Ben Bova and others calling him a Luddite — and that sort of thing was politically fashionable in those days (often referred to as a knee-jerk reaction) so part of his reason for jumping onto the anti-space bandwagon may have been a political calculation. Some of it was probably born of a zero sum mentality that was also vogue at the time. A few space advocates wrote funny editorials about converting Proxmire to supporting space exploration and colonization by finding a way to turn butter into rocket fuel — being that the Senator's primary constituency were Wisconsin dairy farmers!
As for William Proxmire — I can't be too hard on him anymore. Especially when you consider all that NASA has done to thwart any hope of establishing human settlements beyond Earth. At best a lack of vision being the space agency had long ago lost its mojo and is nothing like it was in its early days when could actually meet the challenge of JFK's vision of putting boots on the moon in a decade — as opposed to shrugging and saying "maybe in three decades"? At best they are slow walking because NASA is much like the establishment of the Republican Party that sometimes talks "small government" but is in no hurry to deliver on it. And worst of all — NASA seems to have an ideological agenda aimed at preventing the colonization of space deeply entrenched within the bureaucracy and the story is the same within most other federal agencies and institutions.
Wikipedia (not traditionally staffed by fans of small government) has this to say about Proxmire's legislative career:
He was an early, outspoken critic of the Vietnam War. He frequently criticized Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon for their conduct of the war and foreign policy decisions. He used his seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee to spotlight wasteful military spending and was instrumental in stopping frequent military pork barrel projects. His Golden Fleece Award was created to focus media attention on projects he felt were self-serving and wasted taxpayer dollars. He was also head of the campaign to cancel the American supersonic transport. Despite his support of budgetary restraint in other areas, he normally sided with dairy interests and was a proponent of dairy price supports.
Proxmire was famous for issuing his Golden Fleece Award, which identified what he considered wasteful government spending, between 1975 and 1988. The first was awarded in 1975 to the National Science Foundation, for funding an $84,000 study on why people fall in love. Other Golden Fleece awards over the years were "awarded" to the Justice Department for conducting a study on why prisoners wanted to get out of jail, the National Institute of Mental Health to study a Peruvian brothel ("The researchers said they made repeated visits in the interests of accuracy," reported the New York Times), and the Federal Aviation Administration, for studying "the physical measurements of 432 airline stewardesses, paying special attention to the 'length of the buttocks.'" Proxmire stopped numerous science and academic projects which were, in his opinion, of dubious value.
Proxmire's critics claimed that some of his awards went to basic science projects that led to important breakthroughs, such as the Aspen Movie Map (though the Aspen Movie Map project did not receive the award). For example, Proxmire was criticized in 1987 for the Aspen Movie Map incident by author Stewart Brand, who accused Proxmire of recklessly attacking legitimate research for the crass purpose of furthering his own political career, with gross indifference as to whether his assertions were true or false as well as the long-term effects on American science and technology policy. Proxmire later apologized for several of those, including SETI.
Proxmire earned the unending enmity of space advocates and science fiction fandom for his opposition to space colonization, ultimately eliminating spending on said research from NASA's budget. In response to a segment about space colonies run by the CBS program 60 Minutes, Proxmire stated that; "it's the best argument yet for chopping NASA's funding to the bone …. I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy". Arthur C. Clarke and Larry Niven retaliated by writing the award-winning stories Death and the Senator, Fallen Angels, and The Return of William Proxmire. In a number of circles his name has become a verb, meaning to unfairly obstruct scientific research for political gain, as in "the project has been proxmired".
June 27, 2014
QotD: The Iron Law of Bureaucracy
[I]n any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people:
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
Jerry Pournelle, "The Iron Law of Bureaucracy", Chaos Manor Special Reports, 2010-09-11.
May 14, 2014
Russia, the United States, and the ISS – an opening for SpaceX
Motherboard's Jason Koebler says that Russia's threat to ban companies from shipping rocket engines to the US represents a great chance for SpaceX to cash in:
Russia just announced plans to shut down the International Space Station in 2020, and prohibited companies in the country from selling engines to Lockheed Martin and Boeing for military launch purposes. If this is more than just posturing, there's at least one takeaway: SpaceX is about to get paid.
It was just a month ago that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that Russia would never ban the United States from the ISS, and that his "contingency plan" for getting astronauts to and from the ISS was to continue working with Russia as normal until an American company is ready to fly manned flights to the ISS in roughly three years.
And that brings us to SpaceX. The company stands to gain greatly from both bits of news Rogozin announced today.
The company recently won (and then subsequently lost) an injunction to force the United States Air Force to compete for military satellite launch contracts. If Boeing and Lockheed Martin are blocked from buying Russian engines for their Atlas V and Delta IV from the other side (it's worth noting that both countries have threatened to ban the companies from buying Russian engines), the Air Force once again has incentive to look at SpaceX as a legitimate option to launch military satellites.
The Air Force's contract with the Boeing-Lockheed cooperative United Launch Alliance is worth roughly $70 billion through 2030 — SpaceX could potentially swoop in and take some of that amid the uncertainty.
April 14, 2014
SpaceX to test hover capability on next launch
In The Register, Brid-Aine Parnell explains what will be different about the next SpaceX launch to resupply the ISS:
NASA has said that SpaceX's latest cargoship launch to the International Space Station will go ahead, despite a critical computer outage on the station, allowing the firm to test the craft's hovering abilities.
The booster rocket that's blasting the Dragon supply capsule into space is going to attempt to make a hovering soft landing after it's disengaged and dropped back to Earth.
The spruced-up Falcon 9 has its own landing legs, which Elon Musk's space tech company hopes will eventually make for precise set-downs on the surface of alien worlds. For this test though, the rocket will still be coming down over the ocean, just in case.
The launch is already a month late with its nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including VEGGIE, a new unit capable of growing salad vegetables for the 'nauts to munch on. The ship was delayed from March after a ground-based radar system at Cape Canaveral was damaged.
November 24, 2013
QotD: Failure is always an option
The idea that "failure is not an option" is a fantasy version of how non-engineers should motivate engineers. That sentiment was invented by a screenwriter, riffing on an after-the-fact observation about Apollo 13; no one said it at the time. (If you ever say it, wash your mouth out with soap. If anyone ever says it to you, run.) Even NASA's vaunted moonshot, so often referred to as the best of government innovation, tested with dozens of unmanned missions first, several of which failed outright.
Failure is always an option. Engineers work as hard as they do because they understand the risk of failure. And for anything it might have meant in its screenplay version, here that sentiment means the opposite; the unnamed executives were saying "Addressing the possibility of failure is not an option."
Clay Shirky, "Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality", Shirky.com, 2013-11-19
July 28, 2013
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Published on 15 Mar 2012
From the upcoming Special Edition Ascent: Commemorating Space Shuttle DVD/BluRay by NASA/Glenn a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at Skywalker Sound. The sound is all from the camera microphones and not fake or replaced with foley artist sound. The Skywalker sound folks just helped bring it out and make it more audible.
H/T to Anthony Watts for the link.
May 13, 2013
Space Oddity … performed in space
International Space Station Commander, Chris Hadfield, performs a revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. Seen in this video is the Larrivée Parlor guitar that has found it's home on the ISS for the last decade. Chris has used this Parlor, the first guitar in space, to write and record the first musical recordings in space. Here at Larrivée we refer to Chris as "The Space Cowboy".
Below is the original description as posted by Chris himself on his YouTube channel… enjoy.
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A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.
With thanks to Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran, Andrew Tidby and Evan Hadfield for all their hard work.
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Gosh this is fun. Ok, so much for Windows Vista's big debut today. It pales in comparison to the Scoble Show kafuffle.
Steve Rubel should be taking notes from Robert Scoble's page as he eats humble pie and attempts to spin yesterday's disaster into a success. While on the other hand it is a very good demonstration of how even an a-lister can be forced to kowtow to the mob rule.
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Truth is, I'm just as big a jerk for not linking to cool stuff as anyone else is. Yeah, yeah, I link up plenty enough. It's easy to link to people who are smarter than me. Cooler than me. Better looking than me. Have better news judgment than me. Or, just have better access than me. That's what my link blog is all about.
But, I had it all wrong and 162 comments is all the proof I needed.
I haven't been looking for different ideas. Different blogs. New people who I don't already know.
It's a lot easier to link to Engadget or Dave Winer or Shelley Powers instead of trying to find someone who has a new idea, new way of saying the same old, same old.
I'm running through the blogs right now that were posted to that thread and there are some really interesting people there.
Thank you so much. My life is a lot richer today. That, in the end, is all that really matters. Watch my link blog expand…
Somehow I wonder. Had Robert been reading the Bloke more often he would have figured it out a long time ago and saved himself the trouble.
Nevertheless well done Robert and, umm… so when you mentioned about linking to others you were thinking of the Bloke. Right?
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Joint pain shouldn't derail your fitness goals
Reasons behind muscle and joint pain
The fact of the matter is, when it comes to muscle and joint pain that more often than not YOU are the cause. Check the list below for common reasons that athletes get bouts of joint pain.
- Insufficient warm up
- Heavy weights with low reps
- Workouts are too long
- Workout too often
- Not enough time off to allow recovery
- Improper form during workouts
- Not enough nutrients to support their workout
- A combination of some (or all) of the above
Now, keep this in mind.. It doesn't matter if your 16 or 60, muscle and joint pain will catch up to you if you are guilty of some of the above reasons.
What kind of muscle and joint pain problems are there?
Arthritis: No, you don't have to be 'old' to get arthritis. There are two types; osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common for people who workout. This is simply caused by wear and tear on the joints. The cartilage between the bones becomes rough causing friction and pain.
Bursitis: At the end of our joints there is a small sack filled with fluid called bursae. These sacks cushion the joints against friction. If these sacks become damaged for whatever reason (see above) you can get a chronic injury called bursitis (I'm sure you've heard of this). Most often found in the shoulders or the elbows. This is an EXTREMELY painful injury.
Tendonitis: The most common injury for athletes, but luckily this is the easiest to heal. This injury is simply the tendons around your joint have become inflamed due to overuse and possible 'micro-injuries' When you get this do not 'work through the pain' as it can quickly become a real problem and quite painful.
How can I prevent muscle and joint pain?
- If you spend 5 days a week in the gym, 3 hours a day this may be a problem.
- If you never warm up this could be a reason behind your muscle and joint pain'
- If you load up the bar with tons of weight and do three reps (barely) I think you really don't need to look any furthur for the reasons behind your muscle and joint pain.
Make sure you alternate high weight/low rep weeks with low weight/high rep weeks. Also,, don't hesitate to take a week off every two months to allow your muscles and joints to recover.
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Jello to reduce muscle and joint pain??
Believe it or not a 'home' cure for muscle and joint pain is good ol' jello. The main ingredient contained in jello is (strangely enough) gelatin. Gelatin is made from animal collagen, which by the way is exactly the same as human collagen. It's an essential structural protien that is an important part of bones, tendons and other connective tissue. Without getting too technical, the gelatin contains two amino acids which the body needs to produce collagen.
If you're experiencing muscle and joint pain try having a bowl of jello every night and see if that does the trick.
Studies have shown that taking just 10 grams of gelatin is effective in reducing muscle and joint pain, improving overall mobility and bone health.
What else can I use to reduce muscle and joint pain?
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Use Flax oil to reduce inflamation and muscle and joint pain. Again, without getting too technical the flax oil contains an essential fatty acid (essential means the body can NOT produce it on it's own) which has been shown effective in reducing inflamation around the joints.
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Conclusions about muscle and joint pain
Use jello, calcium, vitamin C and a good glucosamine product to reduce and even eliminate any muscle and joint pain you may be experiencing.
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Edmund Truell, founder of private equity firm Duke Street Capital, has confirmed that he has raised equity finance worth £1bn (â¬1.5bn) from investors, including Swiss Re, for an operation which intends to take on the assets and liabilities of mature pension schemes.
Financial News reported two weeks ago that Truell's new company, Pension Insurance Corporation, was in line to raise more than double its initial £400m in equity capital. The £1bn which Pension Insurance has raised will help it reinsure pension funds worth £20bn.
Apart from Swiss Re, Truell has found equity backing from US financier Christopher Flowers, ABN Amro, Coller Capital, US hedge fund Cycladic, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland and Sampo Life.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon.
SIMON L. FRIEDMAN, Judge, presiding.
Rehearing denied January 30, 1980.
This case concerns the timeliness of a petition to establish a claim filed by Texas Consumer Finance Corporation (TCFC) in the liquidation proceedings brought by the Illinois Director of Insurance (the Director) against Fidelity General Insurance Company (Fidelity) in the circuit court of Sangamon County. On motion of Fidelity, the trial court dismissed the petition. The court's written order dismissing the petition included an express finding pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (58 Ill.2d R. 304(a)) that there was no just reason to delay enforcement or appeal. Thus, this appeal by TCFC from that order is properly before us.
Sections 187 through 221.13 of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 73, pars. 799 through 833.13) govern rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and dissolution of insurance and surety companies. In the instant proceedings, on motion of the Director, the trial court entered an order requiring all claims against Fidelity to be filed on or before June 1, 1971. Orders of this nature are authorized by section 208(1) of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 73, par. 820(1)). TCFC's petition to establish claim, however, was not filed until August 14, 1972.
In its petition to establish claim, TCFC alleged that on August 17, 1970, prior to the Director's institution of the instant proceedings against Fidelity, TCFC had filed for an arrangement under chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and that court had entered an order retaining TCFC as debtor-in-possession. Section 342 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. § 742 (1976)) authorizes a debtor-in-possession to exercise all the powers of a trustee appointed under the Act. TCFC's claim against Fidelity was based on an alleged preferential transfer to Fidelity made within 4 months of the date of instituting bankruptcy proceedings.
TCFC contends that its petition to establish claim was timely filed by virtue of the first sentence of section 11(e) of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. § 29(e) (1976)) which provides:
"A receiver or trustee may, within two years subsequent to the date of adjudication or within such further period of time as the Federal or State law may permit, institute proceedings in behalf of the estate upon any claim against which the period of limitation fixed by Federal or State law had not expired at the time of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy."
The record before us on appeal does not show that TCFC has yet been adjudicated a bankrupt. However, TCFC contends that pursuant to section 312 of the Act (11 U.S.C. § 712 (1976)) a petition for an arrangement is treated as the equivalent of an adjudication. TCFC's petition to establish claim was filed within 2 years of its petition for an arrangement.
• 1 We agree with the Director that the June 1, 1971, expiration date for filing claims against Fidelity was not a "period of limitation fixed by Federal or State law" upon "any claim" within the meaning of the first sentence of section 11(e) of the Bankruptcy Act. Rather, we determine that the second sentence of section 11(e) controls the timeliness of TCFC's petition to establish claim. That sentence provides in part:
"[W]here in any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, a period of limitation is fixed, either in such proceeding or by applicable Federal or State law, for taking any action, filing any claim or pleading, or doing any act, and where in any such case such period had not expired at the date of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, the receiver or trustee of the bankrupt may, for the benefit of the estate, take any such action or do any such act, required of or permitted to the bankrupt, within a period of sixty days subsequent to the date of adjudication or within such further period as may be permitted by the agreement, or in the proceeding or by applicable Federal or State law, as the case may be." (11 U.S.C. § 29(e) (1976).)
A noted authority on bankruptcy agrees with this interpretation of section 11(e). 1A Collier on Bankruptcy § 11, at 1223 (14th ed. 1978).
• 2 Here, the June 1, 1971, expiration date for filing claims against Fidelity was more than 60 days subsequent to TCFC's petition for an arrangement, so section 11(e) did not extend the time for filing claims beyond the date set by the trial court.
Section 208(2) of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 73, par. 820(2)) permits proofs of claim on good cause shown to be filed subsequent to the date set by the trial court, but no contention as to good cause has been made by TCFC here.
For the reasons stated, the order of the circuit court of Sangamon County dismissing TCFC's petition is affirmed.
MILLS, P.J., and TRAPP, J., concur.
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Southern California woman Catherine Kieu Becker, accused of severing her husband's penis, was scheduled to appear in court this morning to face charges of torture and aggravated mayhem. Her arraignment, however, has been postponed, reports the CBS Los Angeles.
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Orange County Superior Court Judge Debra Carrillo on Friday rescheduled Catherine Kieu's arraignment to Sept. 23 and set bail at $1 million.
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