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Linda Booker Bennett's mother was a member of the Junior Waverly Club, which sponsored her in the pageant. Bennett said her mother and other members of all the local civic clubs spent long hours "making thousands of flowers to use in their own creative design so their contestant would have the most beautiful float for the parade."
The Golden Jubilee:1962 Dairy Fest Queen knew how to handle herself down on the farm
By TERRY MATHEWS, News-Telegram Arts Editor
August 3, 2008 - When she was crowned 1962 Dairy Festival Queen, Linda Booker Bennett had first-hand experience in running a milk-producing operation.
"My grandparents, Judge Grover and Hazel Sellers, who had a dairy farm, instilled in me a love and pride for the dairy industry," Bennett explained. "I learned how to bring the cows into the barn without spooking them and to get their head secure so they could begin eating while I put the milking machine on -- all while trying not to get kicked."
Linda Bennett at her home today. She's lived in Hopkins County for all but 19 years of her life. For the past 13 years, she has served as the director of the Sulphur Springs campus of Paris Junior College.
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Bennett's regular duties included some of the more glamorous aspects of farming.
"I got to clean up the barn with the shovel and help haul the manure out to pasture," she explained.
Bennett's education was not without its perils.
"The dairyman that worked for my grandfather would drive the tractor and all the kids would sit on the tractor and ride with him to dump out the manure," she explained. "One day his daughter and I were riding on the front of the tractor. He hit a ditch and we fell off. The large back tire ran over us."
The dairyman's daughter had to have surgery, but Bennett only had to limp around for several days.
Despite the dangers, Bennett's work on the farm was not without its rewards, thanks to generosity of her grandfather.
"Every year I always knew what my birthday present would be -- a newborn Jersey heifer," she said. "My granddaddy wanted all of his grandkids to have their own registered herd. He was strictly a Jersey man."
Linda Booker Bennett after being crowned 1962 Dairy Festival Queen.
Despite careers as a teacher, attorney and judge, Bennett says dairy farming was her grandfather's first love.
"In 1928, he purchased 47 acres which in time grew to 300 acres and into one of the best dairy farms in Hopkins County," she said. "It was called Sellers Jersey Farm."
Judge Sellers was instrumental in getting the Carnation Milk Company to locate a plant in Hopkins County, being the first milk producer to sell to the company when the new plant first opened, according to Bennett.
"He loved his Jersey cows," she said. "In his older years, he liked to sit on the screened porch and watch the cows come up to the barn for milking. He even built his house on the dairy farm so as to face the barn, rather than facing the road like most people do."
Bennett says it was her grandfather that got the family involved in the dairy festival pageant.
"I had just turned 16 and didn't have a car. My grandfather loved to visit with people, so he took me all around the county to sell tickets," Bennett said. "That was my favorite part of the entire Dairy Festival experience -- meeting and visiting with folks."
Bennett's younger sister, Becky, was a runner-up in the 1965 pageant, while sister Bonni won the title in 1979. Even younger brother Buck got into the act by entering his calves in festival shows when he was only 5 years old.
Bennett's parents were Larry and Helen Sellers Booker. They owned the Super Handy, which was the very first convenience store in Sulphur Springs in 1948.
"My father later opened several additional stories, which my brother, Buck Booker and his wife, Debbie now own and operate today," Bennett said.
Bennett's mother, who also grew up in Hopkins County, was a member of the Junior Waverly Club. They sponsored her in the pageant.
"1962 was my year," she explained. "I had just finished my sophomore year at Sulphur Springs High School. I was so thankful the talent presentation was not a requirement that year."
Bennett said her mother and other members of all the local civic clubs spent long hours "making thousands of flowers to use in their own creative design so their contestant would have the most beautiful float for the parade."
The theme of the 1962 pageant was "Winter Wonderland," according to Bennett. Jimmy Clifton was her escort for the evening.
"I'm not sure I understand 'Winter Wonderland,'" she said. "It was June."
The festival was a two-day event in those days.
"We had the Queen's Ball after the pageant that evening," Bennett said. "The next day, milk was served to motorists who wanted to stop by. Haskell Spencer's dairy farm and the Carnation Milk plant were open for tours. And, of course, the main attraction was the Northeast Texas Dairy Show, where the grand champions were selected."
Once the two-day festival was over, Bennett kept busy representing Hopkins County in surrounding counties.
"I remember going as a Duchess to Winnsboro's Autumn Trails Festival," she said. "It was a real treat to spend the night with the other girls in a beautiful old colonial three-story house. I had never been in such a house."
The home Bennett remembers belonged to the late Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Carlock. Mrs. Carlock was active in the early days of Winnsboro's Autumn Trails. The home is currently known as Oaklea Mansion, a bed and breakfast.
After high school, Bennett left the area to attend North Texas State University. That move only lasted one year.
"I missed Hopkins County folks and family, so I returned to finish my undergraduate degree at East Texas State University," she said. "I enjoyed ET so much, I went back after teaching a few years to complete my master's and doctoral degrees."
Bennett says she's lived in Hopkins County for all but 19 years of her life.
"My grown sons, David and Don, have enjoyed spending many of their growing up years here," she said. "It has truly been a blessing to come home and and spend time with family and friends once again. Sulphur Springs is the greatest place to live, work and raise a family."
Bennett has worked as a high school teacher and college instructor. For the past 13 years, she has served as the director of the Sulphur Springs campus of Paris Junior College.
Bennett is also active in community affairs, serving on the board of the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and Workforce Solutions.
She encourages today's young ladies to "take any opportunity they may have to participate in all of the events of the Dairy Festival. It's a great time for new experiences and new friends."
In addition to her Dairy Festival experience, Bennett is grateful to have grown up in Hopkins County and now cherishes the memories of time spent with her grandfather.
"When I was a kid, I didn't really like going to town with my granddaddy," she said, "especially when he went to the post office, because he would always run into someone, and stand and chat. But, now I do the same thing and always look forward to my daily visit to the post office, the social crossroads of this town. It's just another reason I love being back in Hopkins County -- such a special group of people."
She also appreciates life on the farm.
"I had lots of fun living at my grandparents' house, being able to walk to the barn and try my hand at milking," Bennett remembered. "I still spend a lot of time on the family farm -- but I stay away from the tractor."
Hopkins County Princesses
- Miss Martha Hendrix - escorted by Johnny Motes and sponsored by the Lions Club
- Miss Nancy Alexander - escorted by Gerod Melton and sponsored by the Tanti Club
- Miss Nita Goldsmith - escorted by Douglas Martin and sponsored by North Hopkins School
- Miss Sandra Hedge - escorted by Gary Jacobsen and sponsored by the Standard Club
- Miss Donna Broyles - escorted by Harold Sharber and sponsored by the Mothers Culture Club
- Miss Jackie Perkins - escorted by Murray D. Dawon and sponsored by the Business and Professional Women
- Miss Ida Sue Crawford - escorted by Jerry Don Putman and sponsored by the Dial Study Club
- Miss Kay Kimmons - escorted by Michael Harrelson and sponsored by the Pickton FFA
- Miss Joye McGrede - escorted by Barry Camp and sponsored by the Waverly Club.
Ladies in Waiting
- Miss Tommie Brinkley - escorted by Wayne Kenney and sponsored by Sulphur Springs Garden Club
- Miss Sally Mayes - escorted by Boby Meador and sponsored by Sulphur Springs FFA
Visiting Duchesses
- Miss Carol Mallory of Paris - escorted by Sammy Reiger
- Miss Sherry Miller of Cooper - escorted by Mike Morgan
- Miss Jackie Nell Simms of Mt. Vernon - escorted by Ronnie Narramore
- Miss Ann Smith of Winnsboro - escorted by Jim Galloway
- Miss Sue Change of Mineola - escorted by Jeff Smith
- Miss Judy Newman of Greenville - escorted by Nicky Blain
- Miss Freida Thompson of Grand Saline - escorted by Phil Adams
- Miss Carolyn Heath of Pittsburg - escorted by Bob Martin.
Committee Members
- General Chairman - J.W. Branscome
- Pageant Coordinators - Mrs. F.G. Rogers and Mrs. Wayne Melton
- Decorations - Mrs. Pete Wright, Mrs. Joe Woosley, Mrs. M.D. Merrell, Mrs. T.A. Robertson and Mrs. T.D. Parkins
- Tickets - Mrs. E.Y. Parkins
- Queen's Arrangement - Mrs. Dood Emerson, Mrs. Gerald Thomas and Bill Tuck
- Court Program - Mrs. Truman Drake
- Parade Co-Chairmen - Dr. John Weddle, Mrs. B.F. Ashcroft, Mrs. Bruce Cherry and E.Y. Pettit.
- Transportation - Randal Maddox
- Homes for Duchesses - Mrs. Jim Masters
- Queen's Party Arrangements - Mrs. Bill Floyd and Hopkins County Home Demonstration Council.
- Publicity - Mrs. Allen Jacobsen and Mrs. R.W. Montgomery
- Lighting - Mickey Eddins
- Queen's Ball - Mr. and Mr. F.M. Holder
- Usherettes - Sophomore Girls of the High School
- Organ - Courtesy of Murray Funeral Home.
-Information from Thursday, June 7, 1962, edition of The Daily News-Telegram.
(Editor's Note: In June 2009, the Hopkins County Dairy Festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary. In the weeks leading up to the festival, the News-Telegram will visit with former Dairy Festival queens to reminisce about the festival, the pageant and what it meant to wear the crown.)
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The committee has said such a law could take care of the immediate problems that are faced by people from the region living in cities, particularly in New Delhi.
Delivering a judgment following the Tania incident in Lajpat Nagar market, the then Delhi high court Chief Justice N.V. Ramana had asked the Centre, the Delhi government and the police to work on a new law to prevent hate crimes.
The bench, comprising Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, had also made the northeastern states a party to the suo moto proceedings by Justice Ramana.
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The Union home ministry had constituted a committee led by Bezbaruah to look into measures to prevent discrimination particularly against young people from the Northeast living in metros.
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Swine production generates large amounts of waste. While this waste contains nutrients that may serve as fertilizer when applied to agricultural fields, the ratio of nutrients in the waste is different than what a crop requires.
Application of waste to meet the nitrogen needs of a crop results in application of excess phosphorus which increases the potential for environmental contamination.
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Nearly a decade after his Oscar triumph, Antoine Fuqua returns to corrupt cops for his most searing work since 2001's Training Day. With an opening scene debating the notion of "righter and wronger", it's clear that this time the notion of moral relativism is yet more sharply drawn, with grizzled warhorses and doomed rookies mired in a seamy New York where drugs, prostitution and sex-trafficking are common currency. Central to all this is Ethan Hawke's complex, Catholic Sal, a cop forced by financial desperation into some extremely dark corners. And he's not alone, with Richard Gere and Don Cheadle similarly compromised, the former's weary vet a very dim chink of light in the shades of grey. Perhaps a tad over-egged, this is still a striking, violent thriller, as jittery and full of nerves as its protagonists.
A jagged, hard-hitting thriller, Fuqua's Training Day follow-up expertly traces shades of light and dark in its conflicted cops.


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Memorial Ideas
Mary's Ideas:
Play your loved one's favorite songs at the service. Put the collection of songs on a CD and give it to those who attend the service, and send out a copy with thank you notes to those who sent flowers but could not attend.
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Personalized Heart Forget-me-not Seed Cards: Plant the heart and forget-me-not flowers will grow.
Angel Pewter Pocket
Finding the charm in your pocket will remind you of your loved one.
Forget-me-not seed packets: Blue velvet pouches contain vials of forget-me-not seeds to grow in honor of your loved one.
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poems for your mother, father, sister or friend. It's an extensive list
of our favorite funeral poems, verses, sayings and quotes to read at a
celebration of life. The poems can be read at the service, or included
in the memorial folder.
The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace
After the clouds, the sunshine,
after the winter, the spring,
after the shower, the rainbow,
for life is a changeable thing.
After the night, the morning,
bidding all darkness cease,
after life's cares and sorrows,
the comfort and sweetness of peace.
Helen Steiner Rice
Our joys will be greater
Our love will be deeper
Our lives will be fuller
Because we shared your moment
'Say not in grief 'he is no more' but live in thankfulness that he was'
Hebrew proverb
they are not
stars in the sky,
but rather openings
where our loved ones
shine down
to let us know they
are happy.
If tears could
build a stairway,
and memories a lane, I'd walk
right up to heaven and bring you
home again.
A gift for such
a little while,
your loss just seems so wrong,
you should not have left before us,
it's with loved ones you belong.
When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little--but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me--but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone. It's all a part of the Master's plan
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss Me - But Let me Go!
Author Unknown
We'll always remember
that special smile,
that caring heart,
that warm embrace,
you always gave us.
You being there
for Mom and us
through good and bad times,
no matter what.
We'll always remember
you Dad because
they'll never be another one
to replace you in our hearts,
and the love we will always
have for you.
Goodbye To My Dad
Goodbye Dad, I had to say
A few months ago on a cold winter day
I'll remember the good times and try not to be sad
But saying goodbye still hurts so bad
I miss you more then I can express
My love for you will never grow less
I keep trying to imagine how I will go on
I realize tomorrow is another dawn
I know you're in heaven above
Looking down on us with all your love
Only to whisper in our ear
Remember that I'll never stopped loving you dear
I'll always remember the good times we had
Remember the man, my wonderful Dad
I'll remember you each and every day
And if I need to talk to you, I'll just sit down and pray
One day we'll be together again
To talk about all the places we been
Until the time I'll always treasure
Having you for a Dad was such a great pleasure
By Debra Marie Stratton-VanBuskirk
Not, How Did He Die, But How Did He Live?
Not how did he
die, but how did he live?
Not what did he gain, but what did he give?
These are the units to measure the worth
Of a man as a man, regardless of birth.
Not, what was his church, nor what was his creed?
But had he befriended those really in need?
Was he ever ready, with word of good cheer,
To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?
Not what did the sketch in the newspaper say,
But how many were sorry when he passed away.
"What the caterpillar perceives as the end, to
the butterfly is just the beginning."
A butterfly captures our
from the moment they appear.
They are vibrant and graceful
as their presence lifts our spirits.
Gone much too soon,
they will never be forgotten.
Oh, Little Butterfly,
Messenger of God,
When I see you in the sky,
I cannot help but nod.
You bring me respite,
From grief and dispair,
Everytime I see you,
Sailing through the air.
You renew my faith,
In all God's wondrous plan,
And I know it's all in faith,
Not in what I understand.
A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.
As you danced in the light with joy,
love lifted you. As you brushed against
this world so gently, you lifted us.
T.C. Ring
Love is like a butterfly; it goes where it pleases
and pleases wherever it goes.
As you release this butterfly
in honor of me,
know that I'm with you and will always be.
Hold a hand, say a prayer, close your eyes and see me there.
Although you may feel a bit torn apart,
please know that I'll be forever in your heart.
Now fly away butterfly as high as you can go,
I'm right there with you more than you know.
weep at my grave,
for I am not there,
I've a date with a
butterfly to dance in the air.
I'll be singing in the
sunshine, wild and free
playing tag with the wind
while I am waiting for thee.
Those we love remain with us for love itself lives
and cherished memories never fade
because a loved one's gone.
we love can never be more than a thought apart,
for as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart.
The Magic of a Mother's
There's magic in a Mother's touch,
and sunshine in her smile.
There's love in everything she does
to make our lives worthwhile.
We can find both hope and courage
Just by looking in her eyes.
Her laughter is a source of joy,
her works are warm and wise.
There is a kindness and compassion
to be found in her embrace,
and we see the light of heaven
shining from a Mother's face.
What is a Mom?
A mom is one of
life's best gifts,
Someone to treasure all life through,
She's caring and loving,
Thoughtful and true,
Someone who is always a special part of your life,
Someone who holds a prime place in your heart,
She's a mentor, a confident and also a friend,
Someone on whose love you can depend.
A mom always has your best interests at heart,
She's someone so dear and so good,
She's a blessing, she's a gift,
She's a treasure like no other,
She's someone that is truly wonderful.
Wherever you go, and whatever you do,
A mom's love will always see you through,
A mom is truly invaluable,
Indispensable and unforgettable.
I wouldn't want anyone but you,
And that's why I'm so grateful,
that life picked you for me.
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Artist/curator Nathan Green and artist/UTD Professor John Pomara discuss the issues surrounding CentralTrak's upcoming exhibition "Failing Flat: Sculptural Tendencies in Painting."
Failing Flat is a group exhibition of paintings, featuring the work of Ivin Ballen, T.J. Donovan, Faith Gay, and Shane Tolbert curated by former resident Nathan Green.
It is an interesting time for "painting. Everything is available and anything goes. Gone are the days of Clement Greenberg and the strict adherence to modernist notions and rigid categorization. Painters can freely mine and augment the visual languages of the past, endlessly colliding them with new methods and materials to explore the boundaries of the medium. The artists included in Failing Flat expand and explode painting into three dimensions while staying firmly grounded to a traditional support. By depicting graphic images with sculptural form, these artists create works that exist in a dual state, vacillating between objecthood and the pictorial. Though the works are in dialogue with tropes of the past, these works fail to conform to their flat ancestry. They are a testament to painting's ability to restore, reframe and reinvent itself.
Also, on Thursday, March 21, 7-9 pm, 'NEXT TOPIC: CentralTrak's Lecture Series' will host a session with curator of the show Nathan Green, artist John Pomara, and artist Kim Camdus Owens about issues surrounding the exhibition. Please mark your calendars!
opening reception, Saturday, March 9, 8 - 10 p.m.
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star family-friendly condo, walk to Gulf World Marine Park
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This family-friendly Gulf Resort Beach condo is located by the ocean, within 1 mi (2 km) of Hidden Lagoon Golf and Racetrack and Gulf World Marine Park. Pier Park is 1.4 mi (2.2 km) away.
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A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free condo. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a children's club.
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This Gulf Resort Beach condo has its very own private beach. Origin At Seahaven features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The condo offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
This family-friendly condo also offers a terrace, a children's club, and barbecue grills. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Origin At Seahaven is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
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- Number of floors - 17
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- Total number of rooms - 329
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- Dishwasher
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Sharkys - This beachfront seafood restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open select days.
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Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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- Parasailing on site
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- Cave exploring/spelunking nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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No rollaway/extra beds available
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This property charges a $250 deposit for reservations in the 2-4 bedroom condos.
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Tiny Tortoise
Go at your own pace. You will arrive! 🙂
Go at your own pace. You will arrive! 🙂
My quest these days is to unbridle my inner child. To wake up every day and make choices that will make me happy, right then in the moment or that day. I'm not really on a truth quest 🙂
'I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.' 🙂
The level of water in Tungabhadra dam at Hospet has been gradually increasing, thanks to good spells of rain in the catchment area in the recent past. ––––The water level in the reservoir should touch at least 1,600 ft when the floodgates open to release water into canals, which would irrigate about 1.5 lakh hectares… Read More When the floodgates open
"To love a swamp is to love what is muted and marginal, what exists in the shadows, what shoulders its way out of mud and scurries along the damp edges of what is most commonly praised… ..And sometimes its invisibility is a blessing. These are places of transition where organisms and ideas have the luxury… Read More Swamped!
"and the leaves were telling secrets to the wind." ― Peter Mulvey "Lithe and long as the serpent train, Springing and clinging from tree to tree, Now darting upward, now down again, With a twist and a twirl that are strange to see." – William Gilmore Simms See more unusual points of view here.
I like it when I turn on the lights as I enter a dark room..a radiant glow embraces the room, transforming it instantly. Now if only my life could transform just like that. Well, it doesn't. Certainly not in an instant. Instead, it's a series of subtle moments that shape a change so slowly that… Read More That instant glow
This city refuses to settle down. It's caught in a perpetually short life-cycle of construct-deconstruct-reconstruct…. As I took a walk across a work site today, I found it a little unsettling that I could identify all the basic elements of shapes within the rubble of the fallen building that had been a perfect geometric structure… Read More Geometry in rust and rubble
This big chevy is calmly parked at an apparel store's winter collection and not in a garage. I found it so cute; oddly at ease amid the frenzy of holiday shoppers all around it. Find more BIG stuff here.
"One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are." – Edith Wharton How true is that! Traveling in unknown places can be fairly overwhelming, especially if you are by yourself: fumbling through new currency, languages and accents; figuring transport systems, ways of working, new surroundings;… Read More Friendly faces in unknown places


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That's an impressive piece of work buddy, well done, must have taken alot of effort. Loads of things in there which I never knew existed!
When I began to be interested in aviation, one of my favourite themes was the mysterious Tier III. Over the years I managed to find, sort and process a lot of stuff to uncover one of the most secret and one of the most ambitious projects of the cold war together with all its competitors and successors. My current article about it is the first one (that I produced), which gives you more answers than questions. It coveres projects and programs like AARS, QUARTZ, Senior Pine, Boeing Condor, Tier III, Tier IV, RQ-3A DarkStar, StrikeStar, P-420 LightStar, P-175 Polecat, Frontier Systems/Loral W570A, Arrow, Shadow, PHAE, RQ-170 Sentinel or SensorCraft.
A few hints:
- part of the AARS program was also the high speed component, managed by USAF and designed to replace the SR-71 fleet. This is what people used to call the mythical Aurora.
- QUARTZ component of the AARS was very big superstealth autonomous ISR UAV, designed to search large Soviet territory for the mobile ICBMs and direct the B-2 attack force to them
- TR-3 is not a Black Mantha, nor flying triangle, but the modified Grob G500 Egrett, which was low-cost alternative, that emerged short before the termination of the AARS
- the mysterious Lockheed patent from 1996, that is for a long time used to describe Tier III, is in fact in-house effort called P-420 LightStar
- Loral and Frontier Systems flown in the mid 90s their secret high aspect ratio flying wing UAV demonstrator called Shadow
- the primary purpose of the RQ-170 is to be the communication relay in the NCCT countries and stealthy AESA search platform. It is going to be equipped with the kinetic and non-kinetic weapons.
Note: because of the length of the text, in the case to obtain the full google English translation, you will be probably forced to press your browser "refresh" button a few times to translate also the last paragrahs of the text.
The genesis of the European UCAV
Bizare aviation expert.
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That's an impressive piece of work buddy, well done, must have taken alot of effort. Loads of things in there which I never knew existed!
Kudos for that! Nice compilation. Only negative thing is that I had to google translate it, but it worked out fine
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
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My favorite quotes from Pope Francis:
"This church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people. We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity."
From "A Big Heart Open to God," America magazine Sept. 19, 2013.
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"We were so busy going to new places that we realized we had forgotten all about Paris." No, this is not a caption from a drawing in The New Yorker—you can just imagine it, a dressed-to-the-nines Park Avenue couple marooned among the spear-carrying, loincloth-clad South Seas islanders; rather, it was an admission made to me in my frequent role as travel confessor at a party the other night. Though my dinner partner went on to describe the gratifying few days he and his wife had spent reacquainting themselves with the French capital, his statement serves to illustrate a trend I know full well, having opted this summer for a trip to East Africa, where my husband and I have never been, over the guaranteed pleasures of revisiting a favorite spot in southern Italy. Followers of my travels in this column and on Twitter might ask why I don't just stay home for a change, but, as dedicated travelers know, this path is not easily taken when there is so much to see.
Judging from the results of Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards poll for the larger part of the past decade, visiting far-flung destinations—and deriving a high level of satisfaction from them—is a shared experience among our readers. That the three highest-ranking hotels in the 2010 survey are, in descending order, Oberoi Vanyavilas, a jungle camp on the edge of India's Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve; Triple Creek Ranch, in Darby, Montana, a haven for comfort-seeking outdoor-adventure travelers; and Fairmont Mara Safari Club, in Kenya's Masai Mara, speaks volumes. No doubt the distinctive encounters with the natural world afforded by these properties—and by the other hotels and lodges in Africa and India that have occupied the top spots for the past five years—linger in memories relived over time. Even when the price is high, they are often perceived as delivering great value, far beyond any reasonable dollar-per-day equation.
Elsewhere in our August issue we have adventures of a different sort, with Adam Sachs's report on the vibrant multiculti scene in Montreal; Barneys creative director Simon Doonan's gambol on the island of Capri, off Italy's Amalfi Coast; and Heather Smith MacIsaac's north-to-south road trip through the changing landscapes of America's Continental Divide. Then there's our guide to those aiders and abettors of exploration—smart-phone apps. We scoped out 53 of the best options for information-gathering and navigation.
Finally, this issue marks the debut of T+L's fresh new logo and graphic look, under creative director Bernard Scharf. Though the packaging has been altered, the magazine's focus remains uncovering the delights of travel—whether you're headed to new places or revisiting the ones you think you know.
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Dinner at El Paso, 104th and Lex in NYC, for friend Sherrie's birthday. Relaxed Mexican restaurant.
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Great deep tissue massage Porto Ercole, Il Pellicano. Also divine lobster ravioli and, at breakfast, Tuscan honeys and delicious bread.
At Roscioli for late dinner in Rome after opening of Zaha Hadid's Maxxi. Ordered Sicilian pasta with anchovies, bread, pine nuts.
At Villa Torlonia (which includes the Museo della Casina delle Civette) in Rome—mad Arts & Crafts house, stained glass, majolica, tiled floors.
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2010 Condrieu, Cuvée De Chéry, Domaine Rémi et Robert Niero
White | Drink now | Domaine Robert Niero | Code: 10951 | 2010 | France > Rhône > Condrieu | Viognier | Medium-Full Bodied, Dry | 14.5 % alcohol
From the famous panoramic Chéry vineyard, which overlooks the village in stark granitic splendour, this is an unctuous and richly textured Condrieu, the notes of vanillin and peach nicely tempered by a nérvosité which ensures harmonious balance. Poised in a balletic manner à la Degas, no easy achievement given its inherent weight.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer, February 2012
The hand-over from Robert to Rémi is technically complete, but Robert shows no sign of retiring and it is always good to see him when we go to taste the wines. His temperament is such, however, that his presence can only be positive, as he surveys the resumption of good work which he started, taking advantage of very good plots in both Condrieu, where they own 6 hectares, and Côte Rôtie (3 hectares) and transforming the Domaine from a merely very good one to one of the key references.
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The Producer
Robert Niero spent 13 years working in a bank before marrying the late Jean Pinchon`s daughter and thus inheriting holdings in some of Condrieu's most illustrious vineyards. He made further purchases and now has just under 6 hectares of vineyards. .
The Syrah grape variety, from which Côte Rôtie is made, is cultivated in the community of Ampuis in La Vallière (0.60ha) and Semons in Coteau de Bassenon (1.20ha).
Since 1994 Robert has vinified separately the Viogner grapes from his holdings in the Coteau de Chery and La Roncharde vineyards (the latter goes into Condrieu Les Ravines). The average vine age in the Coteau de Chery is high (30-50 years old) and the wines are powerful, well-structured and often exotically rich.
His son Rémi joined the domain in 2004.
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The Grape
A white grape variety originating in the Northern Rhône and which in the last ten years has been increasingly planted in the Southern Rhône and the Languedoc.
It is a poor-yielding grape that is notoriously fickle to grow, being susceptible to a whole gamut of pests and diseases. Crucially it must be picked at optimum ripeness - if harvested too early and under-ripe the resulting wine can be thin, dilute and unbalanced, while if picked too late then the wine will lack the grape's distinctive peach and honeysuckle aroma. It is most successfully grown in the tiny appellations of Château-Grillet and Condrieu where it thrives on the distinctive arzelle granite-rich soils. It is also grown in Côte Rôtie where it lends aromatic richness to the wines when blended with Syrah.
Viognier has been on the charge in the Southern Rhône and the Languedoc throughout the 1990s and is now a key component of many white Côtes du Rhône. In Languedoc and Rousillon it is increasingly being bottled unblended and with notable success with richly fragrant wines redolent of overripe apricots and peaches and selling at a fraction of the price of their Northern Rhône cousins.
The Region
Condrieu is to Viognier what the Côte de Nuits is to Pinot Noir. There are now plantings of Viognier worldwide, but this pernickety grape's spiritual homeland is still in Condrieu – where the finest Viogniers in the world are still produced.
The appellation was created in 1940, and today over 40 growers produce wine from just over 100 hectares of vineyards. In 1965 the appellation covered only eight hectares.
Guigal accounts for 45 percent of the appellation's production. The vineyards are adjacent to those of Côte-Rôtie, but not as steep. The best Condrieu wines are produced from soils that are on narrow, south-facing or south-east-facing terraces of granite – where the average vine age is around 50 years old.
Condrieu is solely made from the Viognier grape. As well as being situated next to Côte-Rôtie it also encompasses the separate AC of Château-Grillet. The wines are dry with a wonderful floral nose of peaches, apricots, violets and pears. They are quite alcoholic, with low-ish acidity. Condrieus are best enjoyed when young to ensure they maintain their freshness and delicate fruit flavours.
Recommended producers: Pierre Gaillard, Mouton Père et Fils
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Tag Archives: Chronicle of Higher Education
University Presses Finally Have eBook Options
Great article in the Chronicle of Higher Education today about 4 options UPs have for creating eBook content. The choices include: JSTOR, Project MUSE, Oxford University Press, and a consortium led by several midsize presses.
From the COHE article, written by Jennifer Howard – "Everyone is rushing now to announce," Douglas Armato, director of the University of Minnesota Press, said via e-mail. He has been involved in the planning conversations behind some of the new ventures. "The good news, I think, is that the e-transition for the institutional market is clearly—and finally—at escape velocity," he added.
Librarian Speaks up about eBooks
James Mouw, assistant director for technical and electronic resources and the electronic resources officer at the University of Chicago Library, was interviewed for an article in the Chronicle this week. The article, E-Books: What a Librarian Wants, discusses simultaneous release, DRM, perpetual access, and workflow issues. James will be speaking at the Charleston Conference in November during the E-Everything preconference. He will be one of the presenters discussing electronic content integration.
E-textbooks not ready for college students yet?
From Teleread  By David Rothman
6 Lessons One Campus Learned about E-Textbooks is the headline over Jeffrey R. Young's article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. But perhaps it should read instead, "E-textbooks not ready for college students yet, at least in many cases.â€
Northwestern Missouri State University used the Sony Reader in a pilot study and, according to Young, found that students demanded printed books instead because of navigation problems with E.
Mind you, this wasn't with the new PRS-700, which lets you use a stylus to move around. So maybe the results would have been different. Continue reading E-textbooks not ready for college students yet?
Chronicle discusses Kindle and Textbooks
The Chronicle of Higher Education featured an article on the Kindle and use of it for textbooks. Two interesting points were made. First, many students already carry around a device that can read eBooks, their laptops. Second, publishers want to end the used textbook market, which cuts off their profits. By making textbooks in eBook form with licensing limiting resale, they capture the market again…..at least until students figure out a way to share them!


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Glass and Metal Coffee Table
What You'll Need
- Two cans Krylon Fusion (comes in 40 colors; shown in River Rock on the glass and White on the frame; $7 each, krylon.com for store locations).
- One pack steel- wool pads (about $4 at hardware stores).
How to Do It
Step 1: Remove the glass and set it aside. Use steel wool to scrape off any rust you see on the frame.
Step 2: In a well-ventilated area―outside on a nonwindy day is best―set the frame on cardboard or a drop cloth that extends a foot beyond it in all directions. Shake the paint can for two minutes. Then, from 10 to 12 inches away, spray on a thin layer, using a sweeping motion that starts off of one side and continues past the other. Let it dry completely (check the can for drying time), then apply a second coat, flipping the frame over if necessary to cover it completely.
Step 3: Clean both sides of the glass to remove all dirt, dust, and streaks. Next, lightly spray-paint only the underside. This gives the glass opacity and a pretty color but leaves the top easy to clean and still able to accommodate a coasterless glass without scratching.


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Less than three months after Dallas Area Rapid Transit was publicly accused of discriminating against a transgender bus driver, a committee of the Board of Directors voted Tuesday to add gender identity to the agency's employment nondiscrimination policy.
DART's Economic Opportunity and Diversity Committee unanimously approved the proposal, which now proceeds to the full Board of Directors for a final vote in June.
"I think there's little need to debate this," said committee member John Danish of Irving, who serves as vice president of the Board of Directors. "This is just something that makes a lot of common sense. … We don't discriminate against anyone for any reason."
Michael Robinson, who was among a handful of LGBT activists who attended Tuesday's committee meeting, said he was "shocked' that there wasn't more opposition to the proposal. A member of the direct action group GetEQUAL, Robinson said he's been preparing to organize protests if DART doesn't approve the new policy.
"I'm extremely surprised that it went that smoothly," Robinson said after Tuesday's vote.


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Mobile Pumpout Boat Service Available August 8 on Newfound Lake, Bristol, NH
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) Clean Vessel Act (CVA) program will be offering a mobile pumpout boat service at Newfound Lake, Bristol on August 8, 2010. CVA funds are administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to states for the implementation of resources for boat sewage removal. Funding may support stationary facilities as well as mobile pumpout options to cater to transient, docked or moored vessels. It is the intention of the DES to supplement existing sewage removal efforts and provide a new option for lakes without facilities through this pilot project.
All NH inland waters are designated as a "No Discharge Area." Sewage, whether treated or not, and graywater are prohibited as an overboard discharge per RSA 487:2-3. Boats cannot contain devices that will allow for overboard discharge of treated/untreated boat sewage or graywater. Greater accessibility to pumpout options for recreational boaters assists in the reduction of environmental impacts on the freshwaters of the state.
The DES pumpout boat crew will be available on Sunday, August 8, primarily in the area of the Wellington State Park boat launch. Pumpouts may be requested free of charge, on site, through VHF 9 or by calling 603-834-0540.
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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Their tagline is "We'll make you a pizza you can't refuse." The logo splashed across their menu features a sextet of sharp-suited gentlemen walking toward you like a pack of reservoir dogs...and one is armed with a pizza box. The name of the joint is Café Nostra, and while they may play it up "bad," every run-in we've had with these fellas has been good. Backed by lunch and dinner choices that are available in-house, for pickup or (best of all) for delivery, the fine folks at Nostra make us almost forget that we're not around the corner from a genuine New York eatery. Appetizers to salads, pastas to pizzas, it's all here, capice? Our favorite? Start off with some garlic knots and maliciously addictive Buffalo wings, then move on to the main event: The Sicilian. Aesthetically, it's a bit like "The Big New Yorker," but the similarities end there, as Nostra's Sicilian is actually, you know, good. Each ingredient is balanced with precision in this thick-crusted rectangle of pie perfection. You'll likely have leftovers, and you'll definitely make use of them.
A trip to the ballpark is not complete without the food: peanuts, hot dogs, pretzels, Philly cheese steaks. Yo? Philly cheese steaks? One of the best, most improbable features of the charming Dr Pepper/7UP Ballpark in Frisco is the fact that they serve the best cheese steak in this time zone--from a cart way down the left field line. A little investigation revealed that the cart at the ballpark is actually an outpost of Philly Connection, a chain of restaurants based, of all places, in Atlanta. With 12 area stores, mostly in the Northern suburbs, Philly Connection has ambitions for our market that approach Starbucks proportions. They expect to have 50 locations all across Dallas-Fort Worth within a year and double that number in five years. The reason you can expect consistently satisfying sandwiches as they grow has to do with the passion of company founder John Pollack. "I grew up in Philly," says Pollack, "and like most Philadelphians, I consider myself a connoisseur of the cheese steak. My two favorite places to get them are pretty famous: Gitanos and Big John's in Cherry Hill." Moving to Atlanta in the early '80s left Pollack with an inner need as well as a perceived opportunity, and Philly Connection was born in 1984. "Our goals have always been consistency and authenticity," he says. "Even though Southerners had no basis of comparison at the time, I did because I'd learned from the best." To ensure meeting those goals, Philly Connection has bought its meat from the same Philadelphia supplier since 1984, a 92 percent lean cut that provides the optimum balance of taste and texture. And the way the meat and grilled onions and peppers nestle into the steamy, soft, authentic roll just feels and smells right.
There are gyro sandwiches, and then there are gyro sandwiches. First, there's the thinly sliced mystery meat piled into a cold piece of flat bread and topped with a tomato and a little bland white sauce. That's not the gyro sandwich we're talking about. Z Café owner Nicholas Zotos sells gyro sandwiches that are consistently far above average. The bread is oven fresh, and the plentiful meat (not a composite) is tender and tasty. The sauce is tangy and complemented by fresh onions. Zotos knows gyros.
This inconspicuous little shop on Preston Road in far North Dallas could pass easily for just another nursery or patio furniture store, but it's what's inside that makes this hidden jewel shine. Beyond the aisle upon aisle of clay chimeneas and farther past the piles of imports ranging in origin from China to the Ivory Coast is a family restaurant serving up some of the best desserts, coffees and chicken salad in town. The Obzeet Restaurant and Tropical Bar is hidden behind rows of fine imported statues and artifacts but defines itself by being one of the most unique dining experiences in Dallas. With a menu that consists of soups, sandwiches and cigars, how can you go wrong? But none of that endears it more than its pies, cakes and other confections. Obzeet is great for a late lunch after a day spent buried among the ordinary.
Somewhere between Mi Piaci and Chef Boyardee lies the concept of the family Italian restaurant, which is best exemplified by Café Amore in Richardson. Mama makes the tomato sauce, which is sweet, satisfying but never heavy; Papa flings the pizza dough, which makes "Ray's Original" New York pizza seem, to put it mildly, unoriginal. Their friendly bambinos wait on the hungry crowds, chilling kids with fresh hot bread and little cups of shredded mozzarella (upon request) as they wait for authentic homemade pastas, pizzas and subs, all at prices so reasonable you feel as though you should be eating in your car. So what if the family is actually Albanian? The dishes are always hot, fresh, generous and cooked to order. Try the linguini with red clam sauce--which has never failed us. Never.
How bagels lost their Jewish ethnicity and became the breakfast bread of Americans from Mississippi to Maine has less to do with assimilation than it does with marketing. But we suggest that it's time for another Jewish bread to become the next crossover cuisine, even though it is more ceremonial in nature (part of the blessing before Jewish feasts) than its distant cousin, the bagel. Clearly, you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy challah: The multi-ethnic appeal of challah is obvious during any Jewish celebration (weddings, bar mitzvahs) where gentiles are in attendance. And why not? The egg bread is sweet, fluffy, great plain or with butter. And no one makes it better than Empire Baking Company, which understands that good challah needs just the right consistency--not so airy that it's all crust and no dough, and not so doughy that it can double as a doorstop. Empire's crust and dough are in perfect harmony.


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Friday felt good.
Southwest Florida's unemployment rate dropped another half-percentage point.
Combined, Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties had a 9.2 percent jobless rate. Sound like a celebratory number?
From a 2005 standpoint, no way. From a 2012 perspective? Oh, yes.
It's more about momentum than raw numbers.
The figure for our region in February meant that we were at the lowest point since December 2008. It also showed that the three-county area created a net of 1,800 jobs that month -- nothing to sneeze at these days.
We had a very unusual January. Traditionally, we pay the price for the seasonal nature of our market, but not so for the first month of 2012. This time around, the number of hires by area businesses outweighed the shedding of jobs by retailers who geared up for the holidays in November and December.
I must admit to being a little leery of February. Would businesses still feel confident after a strong Christmas season and continue hiring, or would we see some economic fear carry over into the Valentine's month with layoffs.
The region as a whole seemed to stay the course -- and that is incredibly good news.
Folks, this whole equation is about confidence. That's what drives any recovery.
When people are scared about losing their jobs, they don't buy cars, they don't buy homes, they don't indulge themselves with shopping.
Particularly in America, where our economy is driven in large measure by the buying habits of our population, confidence plays an oversized role.
So are Floridians finally over the hump of their economic melancholy?
They sure are showing strong signs of that, but we need to see some more months of declines -- or at least forward motion.
The jobless rate is sure to spike during coming months, but that is not always a bad thing. That would show that people who have been sitting on the sidelines -- some of them for months and months -- are feeling optimistic enough to throw themselves into the job-search game again.
There is an enormous -- and tragic -- pool of these people still out there.
Bear in mind that our current unemployment rate of 9.2 percent represents a smidgen over 34,000 people who would like a job but can't find one.
Even more than four years into the economic downturn, I still find that number mind-boggling. That's a good-sized city in Southwest Florida.
Imagine two Punta Gordas, population roughly 17,000.
Like I said -- mind-boggling.
But I'm going to take the half-full glass this time.
I'm hoping Friday's data from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is a signal that we are climbing out of the hole, and at what seems to be a increasing clip.
Rolling down the runway at a higher speed and getting ready for take-off, as University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith is fond of putting it.
Steward, I'll have a single-malt on the rocks.
Back to college
The Tampa Bay Partnership, an economic-development collective that includes Manatee and Sarasota counties, launched an interesting initiative last week called "Graduate Tampa Bay."
The program is aimed at people who have some college education but never earned a degree.
I would imagine there are quite a few of those folks out there in the wake of the Great Recession, people who might have dabbled with college, found a great job because they just did or because they needed to work more, for family reasons.
I'm kind of in that boat myself. I foolishly didn't finish my thesis for my master's degree in mass communications from the good old University of Florida because I was so tantalized by a job offer from this fine publication.
If I had to do it over again. ... Suffice it say, your mom was right when she said, there's no time like the present, or something to that effect.
The partnership launched its program along with a series of bay area colleges: University of South Florida, St. Leo University, Pasco-Hernando Community College, St. Petersburg College, Polk State College and DeVry University.
The most impressive number? If this program helps 30,000 people earn a degree, that would bring $3 billion in new revenue for our area.
Matthew Sauer is the Herald-Tribune's assistant managing editor for news and business. He can be reached at 361-4870 or at email@example.com.
More jobs, more confidence and more speed on runway
Friday felt good.


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Good Caribbean weather doesn't guarantee peaceful sunny flights
Wherever you go, study the rules and stay vigilant. Remember, you're not in the States any more.
By Grant McLaren
Line personnel service Cessna Grand Caravans at Odyssey Aviation NAS (Nassau, Bahamas). Parking is plentiful at NAS with capacity for more than 80 business jets.
After a couple of slower-than-normal winter seasons traffic and bookings are up again to the Caribbean and Bahamas. Resort developments, previously on hold, are now going forward and corporate aviation infrastructure and services are improving across the region.
A new airport is planned for the island of St Vincent, to replace operationally restricted 4595-ft SVD (Kingstown, St Vincent & Grenadines), runway overrun was extended at AXA (Wallblake, Anguilla) and general aviation terminals (GATs) are now in place at POS (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) and SXM (St Maarten, Netherland Antilles) with a GAT in planning for BDA (Bermuda, Bermuda).
An important recent development has been inauguration of US customs and immigration pre-clearance for both Part 91 private and Part 135 charter operators at AUA (Oranjestad, Aruba). Meanwhile, international support providers (ISPs) are positioning themselves for anticipated handling opportunities in Cuba as relations between that nation and the US finally begin to thaw.
"We're expecting a strong season throughout the Caribbean this year," says Universal Aviation Regional Dir Latin America & the Caribbean Walter Lindo. "Traffic is up not only up from the US and Europe. It's also picked up noticeably from Latin America—particularly Colombia, Brazil and Panama. With full US customs and immigration preclearance now operational (0700–2300 and on call 24 hrs), AUA has become a particularly attractive tech stop for operators flying to the US."
FBO2000 has added corporate hangarage at ANU (St John's, Antigua & Barbuda) while launching a new FBO facility at NEV (Nevis Island, St Kitts & Nevis) and beefing up handling services at SKB (Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis).
"Following the 2008 season, when the entire world felt the plunge from the financial fallout, business was almost back to normal last season and bookings are up for the coming season," says FBO2000 CEO Makeda Michael. "At ANU we've revamped catering options this year to include a new Caribbean seafood menu featuring lobster from the island of Barbuda."
While the Caribbean and Bahamas are traditionally easy operating environments, with few permits, restrictions and visa requirements, parking can be an issue at some locations during high season and fuel shortages still occur here and there.
And you've got to be diligent in filing APIS within the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), representing 15 island nations. IAM Jet Centre, with full service FBOs at BGI (Bridgetown, Barbados) and MBJ (Montego Bay, Jamaica), points out that each island has its own unique way of doing things and operators have the potential to run into problems.
"It's the little things at locations throughout the region that can trip you up so ask a lot of questions before you go," says IAM Jet Centre CEO Paul Worrell. "Beware of parking and ramp limitations, particularly at smaller fields such as EIS (Tortola, British Virgin Islands), SLU (Castries, St Lucia) and NEV. Some islands have limitations, such as lav service only with preplanning, limited catering, lack of towbars and tough quarantine regulations for pets."
Meanwhile, up in the Bahamas, Odyssey Aviation has been busy expanding service options. "We've recently opened new satellite bases at GGT (Georgetown, Great Exuma, Bahamas) and TCB (Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas) and we're in the process of building an FBO facility at GGT with the same level of services we offer at NAS (Nassau, Bahamas)," says Odyssey Guest Services Mgr Zelda Evans who has ramp space for 80-plus business jets at NAS.
"The Bahamas is an easy and welcoming operating environment and traffic is up this year with increased aircraft movements from all over the world."
Tips and cautions
Arrindell Aviation Services at SXM (St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles) is celebrating 21 years in business. Here, line crew meet a Citation.
Beware of short and relatively short runways which may be temptingly close to your final destination, resort or yacht harbor. There have been a couple of incidents over recent years of larger business jets sustaining landing damage at 3996-ft NEV. SLU has a good 5735-ft runway but with extremely limited apron and prior permission—with an indemnity waiver—is required for any nonscheduled landing.
You're better off to land at 9003-ft UVF (Vieux Fort, St Lucia) at the south end of the island, with plenty of parking available, and either drive or arrange a helicopter to your destination.
For smaller, more out of the way, strips such as BQU (Bequia Island, St Vincent & Grenadines), CRU (Carriacou, Grenada), MQS (Mustique, St Vincent & Grenadines) or VIJ (Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands), ISPs suggest you land at a larger center and use a turboprop alternative to safely access the local field.
SVD can be a challenging option, with some quirky aspects, for corporate operators, says Worrell. "SVD has very limited parking and a one-way-in runway in towards the hills. I'm aware of operators at SVD waiting a couple of days for wind direction to change before attempting departure."
At smaller fields you can also anticipate limited services and catering options say local handlers. "All the islands are known for superb cuisine but availability and reliability of catering varies from island to island," adds Worrell. Odyssey NAS Public Relations Mgr Anthony Hinsey says that catering is often repositioned from NAS to out island stations within the Bahamas.
Throughout the Caribbean, in areas of limited parking such as SXM and GCM (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands), operators must be prepared to reposition. NEV is usually a drop-and-go destination with parking secured at nearly SKB. While SXM is known to run out of parking during major winter holidays and US long weekends AXA is often a good reliever airport in terms of available parking.
Popular CIW (Canouan Island, St Vincent & Grenadines) has a good runway for business jets but minimal services and fuel can be very expensive. Parking area at CIW is close to the beach so there's risk of salt air exposure if you're contemplating a longer stop.
To further complicate operations to Caribbean islands, during high season, are the phenomena of sold out hotel rooms, very expensive $600/night plus crew rooms and long cancellation notice requirements should your itinerary change.
If you're carrying guns or pets—particularly dogs—to the region do your homework say ISPs. Importing weapons usually requires 48 hrs advance notice in the Bahamas while firearms may be totally banned at other islands.


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Within one week, the liberal bias of the The Washington Post is made perfectly obvious. On Monday, tens of thousands of protesters emerged on Washington for the March for Life, but the hometown paper put the story on the bottom of page A-10 Tuesday morning. On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters emerged on Washington for a rally against President Bush and the war in Iraq. The Post blasted that story across the front page on Sunday, complete with a large color picture taking a wide shot of hundreds of marchers and their signs and banners. Tuesday's story on abortion protests matched carried no wide shot of hundreds. It showed four pro-life marchers, and matched them with another picture of five feminists counter-protesting. There were no photos of conservative counter-protesters in the Sunday paper.
The Post not only let the anti-Iraq rally dominate the front page, but devoted an entire page (A-8) to more photos and a story on student protesters. The front-page story carried over to most of page A-9. Jane Fonda's appearance at the march drew another story, placed on the front page of the Style section.
The lead story was headlined "Thousands Protest Bush Policy: As Senate Prepares to Debate Troop Increase, Demonstrators Demand War's End." Inside, the story carried the headine "Opposition to War Is Growing, Protesters Say." It could be said that an anti-abortion rally seems to have little impact, given liberal Democrats now lead both the House and Senate. But it could also be said that the surge of troops to Iraq is under way, and non-binding Senate or House resolutions aren't going to stop it.
On the top of page A-8, the headline was "Thousands of Voices Send A Clear Message" over five color photos of protesters. At the bottom of the page was a story titled "Student Protesters, Fighting Image of Apathy, Call for a Cohesive Movement." Reporter Megan Greenwell even interviewed former Weather Underground member Mark Rudd, but didn't mention that what she called a "revolutionary group" were self-proclaimed communists who advocated the overthrow of the democratic government of the United States.
The lead story by Michael Ruane and Frederick Kunkle had a very typical, even gooey beginning emphasizing the diversity of the marchers:
A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol yesterday to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.
Under a blue sky with a pale midday moon, tens of thousands of people angry about the war and other policies of the Bush administration danced, sang, shouted and chanted their opposition.
They came from across the country and across the activist spectrum, with a wide array of grievances. Many seemed to be under 30, but there were others who said they had been at the famed war protests of the 1960s and '70s.
Inside, Ruane and Kunkel quoted Democratic leaders, but never asked if an inflamed anti-war movement could turn on Democrats or cause internal party divisions. The reported that a 10 am rally sponored by "the peace group CODEPINK" featured speeches by Reps. Dennis Kucinich, Maxine Waters, and Lynn Woolsey. Tom Daschle seemed to promise the protest size will only grow:
"Its primary value is that it keeps up the pressure," said former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. "There is a sense that by summer, a march like this will be two or three times as large."
The Post duo did reproduce some of the Tim Robbins Bush-Is-Like-Hitler screed:
Robbins mocked President Bush, urging Congress to impeach him.
"Let's get him out of office before he's ruling from a bunker," Robbins said.
"Impeach Bush!'' the crowd began to chant, interspersed with a few shouts of "And Cheney!"
"Richard Nixon talked to the walls," Robbins continued. "But George Bush is talking to God. But it is not a God I recognize. This God seems to be giving Bush a pass" on some commandments.
The top of the front-page was a perfect lineup of Liberal News: the protest story was flanked on the lert by "Vietnam Shades [Sen. John] Warner's Iraq Stand," and flanked on the right by "Clinton Begins Her Run In Earnest."