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Zero Motorcycles is readying an electric sportsbike based on the Zero S supermoto. Neal Saiki exclusively revealed this to Hell For Leather, saying, "Later on this year, we'll come out with a micro sportsbike, we'll keep the 4kWh battery pack." Expect the Zero SS to make the same power as the S: 31bhp and 62.5lb/ft of torque.
In the supermoto, far less aerodynamic than a fully faired sportsbike,
that power is enough for an 80mph top speed, but Zero fits gearing with
a top speed of 60mph for enhanced range and low-speed acceleration.
It's reasonable to assume that the SS will be take advantage of its
aerodynamics to achieve a higher top speed; 80mph would be a good
guess. It'd also be reasonable to assume a weight close to the
supermoto's 225lbs (102kg). The minimum weight for a 250GP bike is
100kg (220lbs).
"In the UK there's these 125cc motorcycles and we wanted to do the same
thing in an electric version. Full fairing, make it aerodynamic, make
it racy looking. But we're always going to highlight the frame
technology because we have all that beautiful aluminum," says Neal.
That should be an aluminum beam frame like the Zero S electric supermoto.
"That should be a real popular motorcycle, probably our most popular
motorcycle." Zero plans to sell 600 total supermotos this year; the SS
will exceed that figure in 2010.
We're very excited by the prospect of a lightweight electric road racer
and can't wait to silently embarrass liter bike riders around slow
corners on a track day. We'll be sure to politely pull over for them on
the straights.
Make sure you check out our Zero S review, Zero X review and Neal Saiki interview.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Shortly before noon on Feb. 18, 2004, workers deep inside Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine heard a "big thump." The mine floor opened up, creating a 240-foot-long fracture that sent methane gas pouring into the mine.
No one was injured. But it wasn't the first time such an incident, known as a "methane outburst" occurred at the Raleigh County mine.
Less than a year before, on July 3, 2003, Massey had reported that Upper Big Branch became inundated with methane after an "extreme bump" and heaving of the mine floor.
"Mine personnel described the July 2003 outburst as a very high pressure event, comparable to the sound of a jet engine," according to an internal U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration report on the incident.
Federal regulators concluded at the time that a reservoir of natural gas below the Upper Big Branch Mine might easily be released into the active mining operation. They recommended a series of steps to try to prevent such incidents, or at least to control them, hopefully preventing an explosion or fire. One such recommendation -- to drill "degasification" wells into the mine -- was among the steps Massey Energy President Don Blankenship argued this week was the wrong approach for ventilating Upper Big Branch.
MSHA documents describing the 2003 and 2004 incidents, obtained this week by The Charleston Gazette, are being closely reviewed by government teams who are investigating the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. Investigators are also trying to find additional records that might explain what actions were taken by MSHA and Massey after the incidents.
"That is a good question, and it's a question I've asked our investigators," said Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training. "Were the recommendations put in place? What was done? Those are the questions that need to be answered."
Jesse Lawder, a spokesman for MSHA, said the agency would not comment on the 2003 and 2004 incidents or on what actions it required Massey to take afterward.
Twenty-nine miners died and two others were injured in an April 5 Upper Big Branch explosion, which investigators believe involved an ignition of methane gas made far worse by a buildup of highly explosive coal dust.
MSHA and the state are conducting closed-door interviews of government inspectors, Massey workers and company officials as they continue their probe into the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in 40 years. While former Upper Big Branch miners and the families of some of the disaster victims are speaking out about safety problems at the mine, government officials will say little publicly about what they are learning in their investigation.
While Massey has publicly said air quality in the mine was good just prior to the explosion, government inspection reports include repeated violations for poor airflow, ignoring mandated ventilation requirements, broken methane monitors and other problems that could play a role in an explosion or fire.
And investigators are now concerned that the previous methane outbursts could provide one possible explanation for where the explosive gases came from that ignited the April 5 explosion.
Methane is released naturally from coal seams during the mining process, and is a constant threat in underground coal operations. Federal law requires all mines to operate according to MSHA-approved ventilation plans intended to sweep fresh air through a mine, and keep coal dust and methane below explosive levels. Ventilation plans include requirements for large fans and a series of walls, curtains and other devices to direct fresh and dirty air in and out of underground tunnels.
The 2003 and 2004 methane outbursts occurred as Massey's Performance Coal Co. was mining different "panels" of coal with its advanced longwall mining machine. But both incidents occurred as the company continued to mine -- as it was still doing prior to the April explosion -- in a coal vein known as the Eagle Seam.
Officials had initially assumed that the source of the methane was the Lower Eagle Seam, which lies below the Eagle Seam at vertical distances that vary form five to 25 feet.
But further investigation determined that, "The Lower Eagle Seam may simply represent an impermeable cap-rock for a larger gas trap," according to the MSHA documents.
"Natural gas may be ponded in structural highs beneath the Lower Eagle Seam, after rising into domes and subsequently being trapped from further rise by relatively impermeable coal or shale," according to one MSHA report, dated May 4, 2004.
Another MSHA reported, dated July 15, 2004, concluded that, "methane trapped in zone below the Eagle Coal Seam could be released into the mine through fractures opened by longwall coal extraction."
That memo, written by several MSHA staffers for then-acting District Manager Stephen Gigliotti, was prepared to summarize a May 26, 2004, meeting where agency officials and Massey representatives discussed the problem and outlined possible solutions.
Previously, Massey had told MSHA the company planned to drill degasification wells into the Lower Eagle Seam prior to subsequent longwall mining "in an attempt to decrease the potential for future outbursts." MSHA concluded, "This appears to be a reasonable plan."
After the May 2004 meeting, MSHA outlined a variety of other potential steps, including increased airflow to help sweep any methane out of the mine, better training for miners to be aware of warning signs of an impending methane outburst, and a plan for sealing off portions of the mine floor where fractures and methane leaks were likely to occur.
None of the MSHA documents indicate what, if any, of these steps were ultimately taken by the company or mandated by the agency.
Shane Harvey, Massey's general counsel, said the company is reviewing the matter.
"We are looking at it," Harvey said. "I don't know the details of what was done."
MSHA records appear to indicate that Massey was cited for a minor violation of its ventilation plan after the 2004 incident. The company paid a $525 fine. Agency records do not appear to contain any citations for the 2003 incident.
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BERKELEY — Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb had just ordered her team to block out all distractions ahead of the first-round NCAA tournament game against Fresno State.
Then President Barack Obama weighed in, picking the Bears to reach their first Women's Final Four next month.
The leader of the free world chose second-seeded Cal over top-seeded Stanford to win the Spokane Regional. Obama also took top seeds Baylor, Connecticut and Notre Dame to join Cal (28-3) in New Orleans.
Gottlieb, the child of a political family, had to make an exception on her previous ruling.
"I did not expect that would include anything from President Obama," Gottlieb said Wednesday. "I'm going to have to give them a pass on that one."
But just for a bit. Gottlieb wants the Bears to enjoy their success but not forget the task at hand — facing No. 15 Fresno State on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.
"My first impression: this is a 15th seed?" Gottlieb said of the Bulldogs (24-8). "They have a style. Drive and kick and shoot a lot of 3's. It is a unique matchup for us."
Getting national attention from the President also is unusual for the Bears, who have been overshadowed in the Bay Area by Stanford.
The schools are headed toward a highly anticipated showdown April 1 in the Elite Eight in Spokane with the winner earning a trip to New Orleans.
Cal tied the Cardinal for the Pac-12 regular season title after the Bay Area rivals spit their two-game series in January.
Stanford (31-2), which is trying to reach its sixth consecutive Final Four, opens the tournament Sunday at Maples Pavilion against Tulsa.
Obama overlooked the Cardinal last year in choosing St. John's to win the Fresno Regional. But the Red Storm fell to Duke 74-47 in the regional semifinals. Then Stanford defeated Duke to advance to Denver.
Yet Obama went with liberal-minded Berkeley over the school with Hall of Fame basketball coach Tara VanDerveer and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Gottlieb, who earned a degree in political science at Brown, was thrilled. She knew the President's pick would resonate with her father, a retired New York state Supreme Court justice and former assemblyman.
The coach called Stephen Gottlieb on Tuesday night to tell him.
"The President picked us in his Final Four bracket," the coach said.
"President Obama?" he asked incredulously.
"We could win a lot of games and my father would probably be more excited if the President is talking about it," Gottlieb added.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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Grateful Freeney signs $72 million deal with Colts
By John Clayton
Defensive end Dwight Freeney has spent his entire football career chasing and sacking quarterbacks. Now, he's going to be paid as the premier player at his position.
Freeney, the Indianapolis Colts' franchise player, signed a six-year, $72 million contract with the team Friday that includes a $30 million signing bonus. He becomes the highest paid defensive player in NFL history.
"To have me paid among the top players in the league -- not just as a defensive players -- means a lot of me," said Freeney, who flew to Indianapolis on Thursday night in anticipation of accepting the deal. "[Colts general manager] Bill Polian is the one who drafted me. I was hand-picked by him. He was going to do the right thing for the organization."
Polian drafted Freeney in the first round in 2002 and watched him develop into one of the game's most disruptive defensive players. Freeney registered 56 1/2 sacks during his first five seasons with the Colts and has forced 27 fumbles during his career.


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Solars Slide Today, Suntech LIquidates, China Sunergy Shipment Falls
Today is not a good day for solar companies.
Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN) fell 3.6% by mid-day.
Suntech (STP), once the world's largest solar panel producer, filed for liquidation yesterday. Meanwhile, China Sunergy's (CSUN) third-quarter shipments fell and the company lowered its full year shipment guidance on tight financing in China. Both stocks lost over 20% of their market value today.
And this drags down SolarCity (SCTY), which reported Q3 earnings in line with expectations. SolarCity lost 10.7% by mid-day.
Tier-1 Chinese solar companies such as Yingli Green Energy (YGE) and Trina Solar (TSL) also incurred losses.
But some of it is just profit-taking - it does not necessarily mean deterioration in the business. Suntech and China Sunergy's problems are known, really. Keep in mind the Chinese solar companies are the best DR performers this year and SolarCity gained 333% this year. Here is Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov, a bear on solar companies:
Given its epic surge since last December's IPO, and in particular its neardoubling since early September, the stock is, in our view, overheated. Thus, the profit-taking after the 3Q results does not imply any emerging problem with the business model, but rather a sell-off in a stock that had been priced for perfection. SolarCity is executing well, and its position as the top (non-utility) downstream pure-play in the U.S. market is secure, despite a competitive landscape that is getting tougher as vast amounts of capital flow to other lease providers as well.


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Editorial in New England Journal of Medicine:
Patient Groups Have Power to Drive High Caliber Basic Research to Advance Insight, Tests, Trials in Less-Known Diseases
"We've been pursuing a model like this for lupus discovery for over a decade—and with such powerful results." - LRI President Margaret Dowd
From the New England Journal of Medicine:
There are an estimated five women per million in the United States who suffer from lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare and devastating disease that almost exclusively strikes young women.1-3 These patients have progressive loss of lung function, and many die from respiratory failure. Until recently, a diagnosis of LAM was a medical anomaly, and a woman who received this diagnosis had little cause for hope. The disease was likely to be managed symptomatically by physicians unfamiliar with the disease.
That all changed about 15 years ago, when LAM was diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman who had a bleak picture painted of her future. Her mother, who was not a medical professional, realized that very little was known about LAM, and that without an understanding of the pathobiology of the disease, effective treatments, or even cures, would never be forthcoming. With her tremendous drive and the networking power of the fledgling Internet, the LAM Foundation was born. The LAM Foundation succeeded in raising money and obtaining third-party funding for research into the biology of LAM.4,5 As a result of the work funded by the foundation, we now know that LAM is characterized by the presence in the circulation of so-called LAM cells. These are specialized cells, with certain characteristics of smooth-muscle cells, that infiltrate organs, especially the lungs and to some extent the kidneys and other organs, via the lymphatics. The spread of these unusual cells leads some to categorize LAM as a low-grade neoplasm.


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Editor's note: This story was originally published May 23, 2010.
Richlands, Va. » When Joe Stacy received a call from his ex-wife's new husband on Mother's Day, he knew something was wrong.
Editor's note: This story was originally published May 23, 2010.
Richlands, Va. » When Joe Stacy received a call from his ex-wife's new husband on Mother's Day, he knew something was wrong.
For a fifth straight day, Nathan Sloop wouldn't allow 4-year-old Ethan to talk to his father, but Stacy and fiancée, Becky Elswick, sensed something else was off as well.
"His whole tone had changed. He just didn't seem the same. We even made comments about it," Elswick said during a Thursday interview at the apartment she and Stacy share above a gas station in Richlands, Va.
The day after Ethan's funeral, the pair described their interactions with Nathan and Stephanie Sloop, Ethan's mother, in the days leading up to the May 11 discovery of the boy's battered body in a shallow grave near Powder Mountain ski resort. The Sloops are in the Davis County jail on suspicion of child abuse and aggravated murder in Ethan's death.
The morning after the troubling May 9 call, Elswick said she opened the mail to find a Mother's Day card signed "From your son, Ethan" in Stephanie Sloop's handwriting.
"She hated me, so that was completely out of character for Stephanie," Elswick said.
Then on May 11, what Joe and Becky viewed as odd behavior came together in one nightmarish phone call.
Nathan Sloop telephoned in the middle of the night to say Ethan was missing.
The boy had been wandering away from their apartment, he said, and Sloop told Stacy he had stacked items near the door so they would make noise if the door opened. When Sloop heard the noise, he woke up, threw on a pair of pants and ran to the door within 45 seconds, he told Stacy.
"I did not believe him whatsoever," Stacy said, standing in the doorway of his son's bedroom, where photos, flowers and other gifts sent from around the country in Ethan's memory are piled on a blue bedspread depicting the Disney movie, "Cars." "A little boy just doesn't disappear, nowhere to be seen, in 45 seconds."
During the call, Sloop handed the phone to a Layton police officer who confirmed Ethan was missing. But because Stacy said Sloop had lied to him before, he immediately called the police station to confirm the story.
Later that evening, the nightmare turned to hell when Layton police informed Stacy his son's body had been found buried near a trail.
Stacy said police realized there may be a problem after Stacy told them Stephanie Sloop had told him Ethan's jaw was "a mess" due to an allergic reaction to grapefruit. Nathan Sloop, in contrast, had told police Ethan had reacted to a peanut allergy.
Stephanie Sloop had told Stacy and Elswick she had to clip Ethan's nails because he had scratched his jaw so much.
"He had no allergy problems before. He was allergic to nothing. He ate a variety of foods," Stacy said, adding that Ethan was particularly fond of bone-shaped graham crackers called Scooby Snacks, a box of which is still in Stacy's cupboard.
The reality that Stacy won't hear his son noisily sucking on his fingers while sleeping or that the boy won't come bounding out of his bedroom with a blanket to curl up on Elswick's lap as the couple watch the morning news still hasn't hit.
And the outrage and sadness felt by the people of Grundy the town near Richlands where Stacy grew up hasn't subsided either.
At the Food City where Stacy's mother, Peggy Akers, worked for years, a table sits at the front entrance with a picture of Ethan climbing in a tree and a white bucket for donations to help the Stacy family with funeral costs. In a week, the townspeople had donated $1,000.
"That's mostly in nickels, dimes and quarters, though one gentleman put in a $50 bill," said Phyllis Scott, store manager and a longtime friend of Akers'.
Residents of Grundy and Richlands on Sunday were set to walk nearly five miles and release blue balloons in Ethan's memory. A similar walk with blue balloons took place Sunday morning in Layton.
It follows a Saturday walk in which as many as 800 paid tribute to Ethan by marching from the Layton apartment complex where the Sloops lived to the jail where they're now confined.
"I just hope that people continue to remember what happened, and be more aware of what's going on around them, possibly prevent this from happening to another child," said the organizer of Saturday's walk Lucinda Martin of Harrisville.
In Grundy, Scott said she last saw Ethan in the spring. He wore a bright yellow shirt and sat in a shopping cart as he and his grandmother shopped for groceries.
"They were just as happy as could be," she said.
She added Ethan may have inadvertently saved his grandmother's life.
Last October, Ethan reached up and gave his grandmother a big hug around the neck. For the next couple of days, Akers was in significant pain. She went to the doctor and learned Ethan's hug had repositioned a fish bone stuck in her throat. She had surgery to remove it.
"If little Ethan hadn't hugged her, I don't know what would have happened to Peggy," Scott said.
"I've used the PA system a lot to get people to donate. If one of us is in trouble, we're all in trouble," she said. "It's going to take a long time for all of us to heal."
Tribune Reporter Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report.


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Lifes but a flicker
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Life But A flicker
The Flame Flickers, with such passion
Day by Day runs down but a droplet of life
Memories Stay in both heart and mind,
Giving flue to the soul
A Thought! Of how he once looked upon,
Only throw his eye's
A world with such beauty
Stars Gazing upon him, Birds dancing,
Tree's which could tell the tale of life,
A Rose stands alone, With a great hand covering it,
Tears pour over the hand, Giving Life
One more chance.
Once upon a time,
Thoughts which now eats him inside,
As a candle is tipped, Beauty gets poured away
Eye's wide open, He sees no more beauty
-Only Pain-
Draining emotionally and physically.
Not knowing, miss-understood,
Shining light, Shining Brightly
I Want my life to mean something to me
The way this means something to you


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Tom Decker Memorial Signs Offically Placed on Highway [AUDIO & PHOTOS]
COLD SPRING –Family, friends and officers gathered at Lions Park in Cold Spring today (Thursday), to officially dedicate a section of Highway 23 as the 'Tom Decker Memorial Highway.'
Two Memorial signs are placed along an 11 mile section of Highway 23, from Wakefield Township to Richmond, to honor the fallen officer.
Rosella Decker is the mother of fallen officer Tom Decker. She says the stretch of highway was her son's last ride.
Plans for the memorial have been in the works since Decker's murder.
Cold Spring Mayor Doug Schmitz, says the memorial will honor Decker and the surrounding cities he protected.
The signs are brown with white lettering and were unanimously approved by the Cold Spring City Council.
Officer Eric Boucher, who worked with Decker, says the signs will help spread their motto — never forgotten.
Funding for the two memorial signs was donated by Decker's parents, John and Rosella Decker. A way for them to say 'thank you.'


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So I use the Avery Jenkins style power grip where only the pad/tip the of the thumb is on the flight plate, It's not that I'm a huge fan of him the disc just feels comfortable in my hand this way. I have a pretty strong grip, but not as strong as Avery's I'm sure...So my question is as a lower-power player than Avery(I max out around 420' w/ Destroyers) would I see gains, consistency, etc. by getting the disc back in the by the meaty part of my thumb?
Second question I had is, I've been really confused lately about where to apply pressure with my grip. I've been told to use a Front heavy grip, Back heavy grip, 50/50, and even middle heavy(pressure coming from middle and ring) I've used both the front and back to similar success but find myself changing it often by accident which is the right one to use? Does it change when throwing different shots? Hyzer, Anny, Controlled Drives, Distance Drives etc?
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Bemidji, Mn 56601-2699
Office: (218)755-2545
Campus generators of hazardous chemical waste, are responsible for ensuring that they and any staff or students working under their supervision follow regulatory requirements and University guidelines concerning management and disposal of hazardous waste.
The following summary outlines the steps to take to comply with the University's rules on managing hazardous chemical waste. They are presented to give you a better understanding of how to manage your chemical wastes. A detailed description of each step can be found by following the appropriate link. Fact sheets providing additional information can be found at the Minnesota Pollution Control web site at http://www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/pubs/business.html.
Step 1: Comply with information and training requirements in accordance with regulations.
Step 2: Inventory wastes generated and determine if they are hazardous.
Step 3: Collect wastes in sturdy, leak-proof containers.
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Step 5: Store waste containers with secondary containment such as on a tray or in a tub.
Step 6: Contact EHS to have waste containers removed by calling 755-3988.
Training requirements related to handling hazardous wastes may be found in the following regulations:
Bemidji State University is a very small quantity hazardous waste generator (VSQG), according to the definitions in the state hazardous waste regulations found in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7045. VSQGs have no specific training requirements under the hazardous waste rules. However, any employees working with chemicals or chemical products must be provided training and information according to the requirements of the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Agency (MnOSHA) Employee Right-to-Know standard, Minnesota standard, chapter 5206. Also, MnSCU requires training for any employees and students who are involved in any aspect of generating or managing hazardous waste, including as part of classroom or other course work activities.
Laboratory workers are not covered by the State's Right-to-Know standard, but must be provided similar training and information in accordance with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard 29CFR1910.1450, Occupational Exposure to Chemicals in Laboratories.
Student workers, graduate assistants, paid interns and student mentors, and all others receiving compensation through the University's payroll system, are considered employees and are subject to the training requirements. It is highly recommended to also train students and other non-employees who may be working with any chemicals or chemical wastes. Employee training must be documented in writing and be available for review by regulatory agencies.
Federal OSHA regulations require that employees be provided information and training on their responsibilities and expected actions in emergency situations. When planning for the possibility of a chemical spill, you will need to determine what size and type of spill can be handled routinely and what size and type of spill becomes an emergency. Workers should be trained in spill cleanup procedures for routine chemical spills. If an emergency size/type of chemical spill occurs, specially trained spill-response workers must handle the emergency. For these kinds of spills the department emergency plans will likely involve evacuating workers from the spill area and calling for outside chemical spill-response assistance. However, individuals who are likely to witness or discover a spill must be trained at least to an awareness level, which includes knowing how to recognize associated hazards, how to initiate an emergency response according to the department's plan, and what actions to take, if any, until a spill response team arrives.
Contact EHS for more information and assistance in complying with these requirements.
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Minnesota hazardous waste regulations require waste generators to evaluate each waste generated, to determine if it is hazardous. Wastes are classified as hazardous waste if they are listed as such in the regulations or if they exhibit any hazardous characteristics as defined in the regulations. There is no quantity exemption. That is, the quantity of the waste is not a factor in determining if it must be managed as a hazardous waste. A waste is hazardous if it includes:
"F" Listed Wastes - These wastes are typical of those generated in chemical laboratories. They include spent or used solvents and solvent mixtures.
"P" Listed Wastes - These wastes are discarded commercial chemical products, off specification chemicals, containers with residual, and spill residues containing any of the listed substances. The listed compound must be 100 percent of the waste or be the sole active ingredient to be considered a "P" list hazardous waste.
"U" Listed Wastes - These wastes are listed due primarily to their toxicity, but are less toxic than those listed on the "P" list. They may have additional hazard characteristics, as well. Included as wastes are discarded commercial chemical products, off specification chemicals, containers with residual, and spill residues containing any of the listed substances. The listed compound must be 100 percent of the waste or be the sole active ingredient to be considered a "U" list hazardous waste.
This information can usually be found on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) supplied by the manufacturer. All the chemicals listed on the "F" and "P" lists in the appendix meet the characteristics for lethality.
It is the individual generators' responsibility to insure accurate identification of wastes. Anticipated waste products should be identified before waste generating activities begin. Instructors are responsible for identifying wastes generated by students' class activities and other assigned projects. "Unknown" wastes will require analysis, which will be conducted at the generating department's or college's expense.
It is advisable to maintain a waste container log, in cases where a single waste container is used to collect wastes generated by different individuals or where wastes vary in make-up. The log should include the amount of waste being added and the percentage of each component in the waste.
To complete Step 2, carefully review all departmental activities that generate waste materials. List those materials and determine if they are hazardous wastes. There are a number of resources that can help make that determination.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provide information on the chemical and physical characteristics of products and safety and waste handling procedures. Manufacturers are required to provide MSDSs to all customers. Employers whose employee's use chemical products are required to have MSDSs for those products readily accessible at the work site. The MSDSs must be included in the training and information requirements discussed in Step 1. Many manufacturers have MSDSs and other useful information available on the Internet.
Product labels my also provide useful information, though it is usually less extensive than that in MSDSs.
The BSU EHS office will also provide advice and assistance in developing your hazardous waste inventory.
A decision guide for determining if a waste is hazardous or not is available by clicking on the link below.
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Hazardous waste must be stored safely and in appropriate containers. Containers should have the following characteristics:
Containers holding hazardous waste must be kept closed except when waste is actually being added or removed. Containers may be left open during a work period if doing so does not present an exposure hazard from evaporating vapors. The container must be closed at the end of the period.
It is recommended that transparent or semi-transparent containers be used, when possible, to help prevent overfilling. This is especially a concern when several people are using the same container. Overfilling can also be controlled by limiting access to the container and allowing only the instructor or some other designated individual to add waste. Waste containers must also be placed on a tray, in a tub, or have some other secondary containment in use.
Do not fill liquid waste containers completely to the top. Leave a small amount of headspace to allow for expansion of the liquid due to temperature changes.
Leaking containers will not be accepted. The waste should be placed in a different container or the leaking container and its contents may be placed in an appropriate over-pack. Contact EHS for assistance in handling leaking containers.
The exterior of the container must be clean and free of spilled waste material.
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Each hazardous waste container must be labeled in one of the two following ways:
The following procedures should be followed to ensure proper labeling:
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Review the properly completed example label below, or contact EHS if you have questions about how to label hazardous waste containers.
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State regulation requires wastes to be transported to a hazardous waste facility within 270 days of being generated. Under allowances for satellite accumulation, waste containers may be stored in the immediate area where they are generated, until filled, before the generation start date begins. To qualify for this allowance, the following requirements must be met:
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Hazardous waste will be removed by EHS and be stored at the University's central waste storage site, until it is transported to a hazardous waste facility. Please note that only wastes that are properly identified and labeled and in appropriate containers can be accepted. Contact EHS at 2545 to make arrangements for waste pick up.


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Calvin Finch: A few tricks for growing corn, potatoes and summer squash
Published 4:54 pm, Friday, March 8, 2013
If you want a better crop from spring-planted potatoes, sweet corn and summer squash, try a few tricks that have proved successful for other gardeners.
Potatoes can be planted with special seed potatoes or supermarket potatoes that have sprouted. Cut them into pieces at least 1 by 2 inches and include one or more sprouts in each piece. Place a piece every 18 inches in a 1-foot deep trench in the garden. Cover the pieces with 3 inches of soil and then add more soil every week as the plant emerges from the soil. Always leave the growing part out of the soil. Fill the trench and make hills around the plants if you have the soil available.
Begin harvesting potatoes when the plants bloom. All potatoes can be dug up when the tops die and brown.
The key to successful sweet corn production is pollination, and that can be a problem in a small planting. To improve pollination, plant the corn in compact arrangements such as short rows that are 1 foot apart with plants 18 inches apart in the row. A circle planting will also work. Watch for corn ear worms after the corn starts to develop.
Summer squash is another vegetable to plant by seed or transplant in March. Both the vine and bush types will grow here. The bush types produce less squash but require less space.
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Squash-vine borers often are the demise of summer squash. At some point in early summer, the stems will either disintegrate or, at best, they may be unable to support fruit production. To slow down infestation by the borers, apply Sevin weekly where the squash attaches to the vine. Organic gardeners can do the same with Spinosad.
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D.C. Principals Graduate as Change Agents
To Kaya Henderson, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), what happened in Georgetown University's Gaston Hall Saturday afternoon was the realization of a personal goal. She choked back tears when she took the stage to address the inaugural class of the DCPS Executive Master's in Leadership (EML) program during their commencement on December 7. [Watch the webcast.]
"Have you ever had a dream come true? That's what today is for me," she told the 25 principals and administrators earning their degree. "To see you all in Gaston Hall, to see you empowered, to see you transformed, to see you ready to go out and turn this entire city upside down is a dream come true."
The program was founded just one year ago as a partnership between Georgetown's McDonough School of Business and DCPS, inspired by the Chancellor's own experience as a 2007 graduate of the Georgetown McDonough Executive Master's in Leadership program. Also a 1992 graduate of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Henderson returned once more to her alma mater with a vision of a tailored version of the EML program specifically for her top principals.
After a rigorous year of study, the principals turned students were tasked with more than professional leadership. They were tasked with transformational leadership that has the potential to make a positive impact on the world.
"We are not here to change one life. We are here to change countless," said commencement speaker Tim King (SFS '89, L '93) founder, president, and CEO of Urban Prep Academies. "We are not here to change one mind. We are here to change the mind that will change the mind that will change the world. Our work can be tireless and our work can seem thankless, but our work is never ever pointless. Our work is not for us. Our leadership is not for us. Our schools are not for us. All we do, all of it, is for the children. And what we do for them will change the world."
During the ceremony, King discussed his own experiences leading a network of public college-prep boys schools in Chicago for African American males, mostly from low-income families. He told stories of lives that had been transformed by education. And, at the end, he added that his stories were not exceptional – they are representative of many urban school systems around the country, including Washington, D.C.
"We cannot just sit around and hope for something to change," he said. "We cannot just believe in change. And think it is just going to happen while we wait for it. We have to get up after we pray for change and make the change occur. We have to create the change. We have to be the change."
David Thomas, dean of Georgetown McDonough, talked about how the participants in this program already have proven that they are positive change agents, living the school's collective mantra of "transforming ourselves to transform the world."
"This project is one manifestation of how we at the McDonough School of Business have taken one giant step toward that goal," he said. "This program, and your participation, is a giant step toward the goal of this school being part of the potential to transform the world."
The ceremony also featured remarks from Vielka Scott-Marcus, principal of Daniel A. Payne Elementary School and a member of the graduating class. She discussed the shared experiences of her classmates and the impact that the program has had on them.
"Today we leave as friends who have formed a bond through the knowledge we have gained and the communities we continue to serve as a result of our newfound enlightenment in leadership and our commitment as not just principals, but community activists," she said.
In closing, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia asked the students to reflect on their accomplishments and how they contribute to the Jesuit value of the common good.
"This is a moment of beginnings, when you can trust in all that you have pursued professionally and all that you have studied and contemplated in the EML program in its entirety," he said. "You can take all of your hard work, all of your experience, all of your extraordinary dedication and translate that into a new directive for the future. This directive is one, to be sure, that is written by the ethos and characteristics of your chosen work of education and service. And it is one that must be animated by your character, and your personal and enduring commitment to the common good."
Local children from the Amidon-Bowen Elementary School Chorus also participated in the program, performing three songs. During the ceremony, Professor Douglas McCabe was honored with an award for being the cohort's favorite professor.


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Conference on Republicans' Latino Problem
A conference on "The Republicans' Latino Problem and How it Can be Fixed" will take place on Friday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Abramson Family Founders Room in the School for International Service.
Latino support of Republican candidates has been dwindling since former President George W. Bush garnered 40 percent of the Latino vote in the 2004. Recent election results in the United States demonstrate that the Republican Party confronts a significant challenge given the growing importance of Latinos in the American electorate.
The first panel, from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., will explore the topic, "The Main Issues: Complicating Latino Support of the Republican Party." The panelists are Jason Casellas, University of Houston; Ali Valenzuela, Princeton University; and Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decisions. The moderator will be Eric Hershberg, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at the School of Public Affairs, American University.
From 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., discussion will focus on "Political Strategies to Connect the Republican Party with Latino Voters." The panelists are David Winston, The Winston Group; Leslie Sanchez, political analyst; and Glen Bolger, Public Opinion Strategies. The moderator will be Jordan Fabian of Univision.
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Around 60 staff at HMV have just been told that they have lost their jobs.
The news comes from HMV's head of technology and games Ewan Pinder, who is amongst the casualties.
"The last two years at HMV have been a blast," he said on Twitter. "Now to the future!! Hope it all works out for the team that remains. First batch now gone and questions being fielded. Clearly very upsetting and unhappy."
Pinder confirmed that around 60 workers were currently at the retailer's head office to be given the bad news.
MCV also understands that chief financial officer Ian Kenyon has gone. However, the games team remains largely intact although the company's tablet PC buyers have gone, suggesting a move away from the sector.
It is expected that Deloitte will announce further store closures and store staff job losses in the coming hours.
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Fyfield is a village in Fyfield and Tubney civil parish, about 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Abingdon.
Fyfield was originally a separate parish and part of the Ock Hundred and the Abingdon Poor Law Union during the better part of the 19th century. The parish was located in the Abingdon Rural District from 1894. In 1952 Fyfield was merged with the neighbouring parish of Tubney. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
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During the 19th century two bodies, the Poor Law Union and the Sanitary District, had responsibility for governmental functions at a level immediately above that covered by the civil parish. In 1894 these were replace by Rural and Urban Districts. These were elected bodies, responsible for setting local property assessments and taxes as well as for carrying out their specified duties. Thses districts continued in operation until 1974. Urban districts for larger municipalities were called "Municipal Boroughs" and had additional powers and obligations.
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Season Finale of Mad Men - not as heavy as the episode before it but still powerful when you look into the subtle hints they've placed along the way for whats to come...
My wife was a little upset there was no watercooler event. I had to point out to her it's a drama, not MELOdrama. I think some people got to think of the show as a soap opera and not what it started out as: a staement of the time period in which it's set. Thematically, I think the finale was just about the strongest episode of the season. I REALLY loved it. I liked the setup of his realization in talking with Peggy that when someone is a star, that may mean they leave you so they can shine. When he came to that realization with Megan, then left us hanging with is response to the hot girls.....nice. Now he has two deaths he feels directly responsible for. The brother's ghost was a very nice touch on the heels of the FU suicide by Lane. Pete's bottomless hunger for knuckle sandwhiches is cracking me up. God, I hate that guy. They really set the show up to go in a TON of new directions next season. The wait for next season is going to be intolerable!
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
Mostly agreed, S_E, (Might want to put spoiler tags on some of the content just in case anyone hasn't seen the past couple episodes though.) though I think the first half or so of the ep was a little jumbly, not super focused. What the show always comes back to for me is that most of these characters are either about to or continuing to experience so much profound sadness. The last shot of the ep is so obviously symbolic that you know what's going to happen and it really hurts. So many shows and movies are about redemption and forgiveness, but MM just keeps running these characters through the ringer of ****-ups and sadness. Sometimes I root for a character to die, to finally put him or her out of their misery.
Definitely another fantastic season, despite just a solid finale for me. It's the best show ever, assuming seasons six and seven aren't monstrosities. I do wish they could have done a little more with the racial aspect of the show. I know it's always the characters' reactions to outside/historical events, but I think Weiner could have pulled in the 60s black experience a little. Nonetheless, great job and great effort.
The numbers of great shows to watch is dwindling. GOT, Parks, Community, MM, Veep all done. Girls finale this weekend. Can't wait till Louie and BB. Not much else?
Someone made a good point that the last shot looks a lot like Don's Snoball ad with the devil.
in the upcoming weeks, I'm looking for the start of Suits season 2, Episodes season 2 and in 1 month all new Breaking Bad
I'm pretty hyped about The Newsroom on HBO. Admittedly, I'm an Aaron Sorkin fan, but this looks pretty intriguing. Burn Notice is back. I'm looking forward to Falling Skies resuming for my B-move style fix and to stare at Moon Bloodgood. White Collar is just around the corner. I've got enough to tide me over. I just wish I got in on Breaking Bad on the ground floor. I'm hopelessly behind now.
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
I'm a big Sorkin fan. Sure a few of his projects have been flops, but when he is good he is good. Looking forward to Newsroom
As drawn out (and mundane) as the last season and a half of The Killing has been, tonight's season (series?) finale was one of the most satisfying i've seen in recent memory- every bit as good as the show's pilot. I'm glad i stuck with it.
I agree with you 100%. Very good episode, in fact I thought the last three eps were really good.
I like the show a lot.
Girls finale. Reallyenjoyed the whole season. Looking forward to seeing where it goes.
First episode of the new season of SUITS - its a show that definitely has a template on how the plot arches on the individual episodes but I really like the big plotline which they're moving forward.
Getting rid of cable tv at the end of the month. Done overpaying for tv. I'll stick with Netflix for now. Might get Hulu+.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Top Gear season finale on the BBC. Where the boys see if they can pick up rallycross racing cheaper than picking up Golf as a hobby. Epic episode.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
It's funny how people can watch the same show and come away with totally different view points. I thought the season finale of The Killing seemed forced and frankly I just didn't believe the ending at all.
I love the show in general but honestly was dissapointed with the ending and it also made me re-evaluate my feelings about some of the sub plots in the show over the past two seasons.
I suppose they could come back with a third season but in all honesty I don't know where they go from here.
Pretty sure The Killing is donezo.
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I'm watching but I just get a funky vibe from this show. There's just a hokey feel I cannot shake while watching it. Some characters are a little (little?) cartoonish if you ask me.
Also, if I heard correctly there's been some writer changes from last season and some changes in the story. That stuff always concerns me because I'd like to know a show like this at least has a beginning and an ending on the storyboard with some rules in place for the stuff in between. It's starting to feel like stuff is just happening and they will figure out what it means later when they decide what the endgame is.
It's hard for me to believe this group of the resistance can operate so in the open with what is supposedly a technologically advanced enemy. Particularly when the story arc seems to show the aliens are actively looking for them.Spoiler:
I suppose one of the reasons I feel like there might not really be an ending on the storyboard is how slowly the show has been in explaining exactly what the aliens are up to and why they are occupying earth or what the goals of the resistance actually are (and what their general idea is on how to reach those goals).
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
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Legend of Korra Season 1 finale - There are a heap of criticisms that can be piled onto this first season, including the pacing and not paying off certain themes and character arcs. It was really weird watching a Nickelodeon show week to week and reading incredibly in-depth reviews as if we were dissecting The Wire. The A:TLA fandom is a special one. All things considered, I think LoK surpassed everything the first series did from animation to action to themes to maintaining status as best kids-oriented animated work ever. This finale featured some amazing action sequences, paid off most of the dangling plot threads, and just went to very dark and interesting places.
For a show so ambitious, it really delivered almost everything it could. It had about the same ambition as a Game of Thrones season but with a third of the time. (Season 2 is a long way away; I guess I gotta deal with it.) LoK is a wonderful addition to the A:TLA universe, and I'd recommend it to pretty much anyone. (Except people who use tumblr.)
It is on my DVR, but have not watched yet. I did sneak a peek though and it has a different look than a normal TV show. Has more of a look in the way it is shot to a movie. Hope to watch it tonight
I liked Jeff Daniels immensely. After reading the ESPN book, it seems like his character is pretty clearly based on Keith Olbermann. Genius but generally an insufferable dick. But so far he's pulled it off without me hating him which is commendable. I thought his performance seemed fake in the beginning but by the end of the pilot he had totally redeemed himself.
I hated the British girl. I can't think of any other way to say it. Hopefully she improves.
As a pilot, it has succeeded because I'll keep watching.
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I really enjoyed the Newsroom. Start was very good, middle dragged for a bit and had acting issues, but then over the last 15-20 minutes every one of the actors tightened up the ship and delivered a very gripping and tight finale I felt.


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ELYRIA - It was all about pace.
Leading by only two to start the fourth quarter, host Elyria found the tempo it was looking for. Being patient on offense, the Pioneers were able to get to the free throw line and pull away from Vermilion for a 59-47 non-conference win Tuesday.
"We slowed ourselves down a bit in the fourth quarter," Elyria Coach Brett Larrick said. "Because we were in the bonus, we were able to get to the line -- which was important for us -- to get some points. We also were able to get some key stops and rebounds which helped us spread the lead out."
The nine-point lead the Pioneers (12-4) had at the end of the first half dwindled down to two by the end of the third quarter with Vermilion (8-8) able to score 18 points. Cameron Kuhn (team-high 18 points) had eight in the quarter to lead the comeback. Though Vermilion was trapping in the third quarter and throughout the fourth quarter, Elyria managed to find its way through it. Junior Isaiah Walton, who had only two points in the first half, came alive in the fourth quarter.
He scored 11 of his 15 points in the quarter with a variety of moves. Whether it was draining a three, a driving layup or a pull-up jumper, Walton flashed his explosiveness after he got the ball up top. His last jumper gave Elyria a 56-43 with approximately two minutes left in regulation.


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Organizers of the 2011 Paris Air Show (June 20-26) promised a feel-good factor that would leave the aerospace industry in no doubt that the long-awaited recovery has kicked in. They kept their word, and then some, with wave upon wave of new airliner orders and the associated new business in engines, equipment and support packages.
As the penultimate trade day opened at Le Bourget, the running total of contracts signed at Le Bourget had topped $87 billion, according to AIN analysis. Visitors got a daily drenching from incessant showers, but it felt great–as if the heavens were trying to wash away the despondency brought on by trading in limbo for three unsettling years since the financial crisis. For every drop of rain that fell on the show site, it felt as if a dollar bill also fell.
Of course, that was the story for the civil side of the business. Those earning their living in the defense sector likely returned home from the French capital feeling less sanguine about the next couple of years. Yes, there was still an impressive array of military technology on display, but there was no escaping the well founded concerns about defense budgets shrinking to help balance government budgets depleted during the campaign to shore up banks.
The 49th Paris salon promised a star-studded bill of display aircraft. In this respect it did not completely deliver on its promise, but largely for reasons far beyond its control.
Airbus suffered the loss of not one, but two, representatives in the flying display. Gearbox gremlins nixed the appearance of the new A400M military transport. Human error resulted in an A380 widebody clipping its wings against the side of a building while taxiing into position and having to be sent home to Toulouse for a quick fix. Russia's mesmerizing fighters also were absent, for reasons never explained.
And the eagerly anticipated Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft turned out to be something of a damp squib. The sun barely showed its face all week, and driving rain and gusty wind served to clip the wings of this inspiring glimpse of aviation's green future.
Paris 2011 wasn't quite a full-blown classic. But many thousands of aerospace folk–some 150,000 professional visitors and 2,100 exhibitors–will remember it for the rest of their careers as the year that a good part of the industry turned its back on the bad times…at least this time around.
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The airliner business transacted at Le Bourget signaled a brighter economic outlook as well as a resurgent appetite for new aircraft among the world's air carriers. During the first two days of the show alone, more than $60 billion in orders for new airliners and engines were tallied, exceeding the amount garnered during the entire week of the 2008 Farnborough International airshow, the last major show before the global economic meltdown.
By all accounts, Airbus enjoyed an incredibly successful show in terms of fattening its order book. The Toulouse airframer logged a record number of orders for any OEM at any airshow ever. When the dust settled, the EADS subsidiary boasted orders from 16 customers for 730 aircraft worth $72.2 billion. The commitments consist of firm purchase orders for 418 aircraft worth $44 billion, and memoranda of understanding (MOU) for an additional 312 commercial jets valued at $28.2 billion.
Airbus's single-aisle A320neo dominated the transactions as operators and leasing groups lined up to announce a seemingly nonstop flow of orders. Air Lease Corp. signed a MOU, envisioning purchases of up to 50 of the twinjets along with a firm order for 11 A330s and one A321.
GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas) followed that deal by upping the total of A320neos by 60 aircraft in an order that would be worth approximately $5.4 billion. The leasing company added $1.4 billion in CFM International's Leap engines to power them. CIT leasing group signed an MOU for 50 A320neos, worth up to $4.5 billion, while JetBlue added another $4.6 billion MOU for up to 40 of the re-engined twinjets. U.S.-based Republic Airways Holdings inked an approximately $7 billion MOU for 80 aircraft, including 40 A320neos and 40 A319neos. The deal would make Republic the launch customer for the A319neo. Garuda Indonesia sealed another MOU for 10 A320neos, plus 15 of the existing A320s at an approximate value of $2.1 billion. In a firm order, TransAsia Airways of Taiwan swelled the European airframer's order log with the purchase of six A321neos worth an approximate $635 million. Saudi Arabian Airlines tacked on an additional four A330-300s valued at around $800 million. Chilean airline LAN finalized another order for 20 A320neos and became the first Latin American carrier to select the re-engined A320. AviancaTaca, which has a previous MOU covering 51 A320neo/A320s, converted 33 of those aircraft to firm order, making it the holder of the largest order ever from Latin America in terms of the number of aircraft, Indian airlines showed their appreciation for the A320neo as low-cost carrier IndiGo solidified a previously signed MOU for 150 A320neos and 30 A320s, worth $13.5 billion, and GoAir placed a firm order for 72 A320neos.
But the biggest bang of all came from AirAsia, which in the largest single firm order in aviation history, signed for 200 A320neos, making it the world's biggest airline customer for the airframer's single-aisle product line.
In the larger-aircraft category, Japan's Skymark Airlines placed a firm order for another pair of A380s, bringing its total to six of the superjumbos on order. The carrier expects to use the aircraft on international routes linking Tokyo's Narita airport with European and U.S. destinations.
Kuwaiti leasing company Alafco increased its order of A350XWBs by six (worth $1.6 billion) to a total of 18 of the widebody aircraft. Airbus announced just before the show that deliveries of its A350XWB-800 and A350XWB-1000 will be delayed by two years, to mid-2016 and mid-2017 respectively. The company claims the delay for the -1000 will allow it to boost payload-range performance to better match that of the Boeing 777-300ER in accordance with customer requests. The improvements will provide the A350-1000 with an additional 400 nm of range (8,400 nm with a full load of 350 passengers) or 4.5 more metric tons of payload. The aircraft will receive uprated Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, with thrust increased from 93,000 to 97,000 pounds.
Seattle's Sales
While none of its products took part in the flight display, Boeing's new aircraft dominated the static. In a tour de force, the Chicago-based company brought its new 747-8 Intercontinental, dressed in a flashy orange-toned livery designed to catch the eye of Asian carriers (as the color represents prosperity and good luck in Eastern cultures) along with its freighter sibling, the 747-8, and the 787 Dreamliner, all making their Le Bourget debuts.
Outshone by Airbus' avalanche of A320neo orders, Boeing also landed its share of business. Air Lease Corp tallied a laundry list of potential purchases that included up to 24 737-800s, five 777-300ERs and four 787-9 Dreamliners. The leasing group also agreed to exercise its purchase options for an additional six 737-800s. Gecas signed a deal for a pair of the new 747-8 freighters along with eight 777-300ERs, while Russia's Aeroflot added eight more 777-300ERs worth around $2.2 billion. Norwegian Air Shuttle announced a $1.2 billion order for 15 737-800s and Malaysian Airlines added another 10 of the type. Russia's UTair added to its stable of 30 Boeings with an order for 40 737NGs (seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s) worth more than $3.2 billion, and Mongolian carrier MIAT tacked on a pair of 737-800s and a 767-300ER.
Qatar Airlines confirmed that it has become the launch customer for a VIP version of the 747-8 that it will make available for charter through its Qatar Executive division. The Middle Eastern carrier also signed a $1.7 billion contract for an additional half a dozen 777-300ERs that will be powered by $350 million worth of GE Aviation GE90 engines. The order will bring the Doha-based airline's total up to 40 of the widebody twins since it signed its first contract in November 2007. Boeing also announced two contracts to undisclosed clients for up to 17 of its 747-8Is, worth more than $5.3 billion, bringing the total backlog for the four-engine widebody to 50 aircraft.
Those who came to Le Bourget hoping that Boeing would tip its hand on its future single-aisle plans left disappointed. The company did not announce a successor to the 737NG, leading to frustration among some market players. While Airbus raked in the orders for its A320neo, International Lease Finance Corp CEO Henri Courpron said at the show that Boeing needs to "get on with it," if it is to compete with the Toulouse-based airframer. He felt the windfall of Airbus orders could be just the prod Boeing requires to finalize its plans. Courpron suggested that the manufacturer need only find a 5- or 6-percent improvement in the economics of its 737-800 to keep it in the picture while it continues to ponder an all-new replacement.
Boeing meanwhile in a pre-show press briefing said it would not be rushed to a decision regardless of any early success the A320neo might achieve. "We don't have a decision date at the end of the year," said Nicole Piasecki, vice president of business development at Boeing Commercial Aircraft, which has a backlog of more than 2,000 jets. "We will decide when we are ready. These are big, big decisions with lots of implications that we are approaching deliberately." Piasecki stated that the 737-800 in its present state already offers a 2-percent better operating cost per seat than the A320neo promises to deliver when it enters service in 2015.
Though the two major players raked in the orders, the smaller fish fed well too. Bombardier received further validation of its developing C Series program. An undisclosed airline, identified only as a "major network carrier," placed a firm order for 10 CS100s, with options for another six of the 110- to 125-seat twinjets, a deal that could eventually be worth $1.1 billion. According to Bombardier, it was the third firm order for the aircraft in June, bringing the total C Series aircraft (CS100 and CS300) order book to 113, spread among six customers. The Canadian airframer also received a letter of intent for 30 CS300's from Korean Air.
While the show was taking place, on the other side of the Atlantic Pratt & Whitney carried out the first flight test of the PW1500G geared turbofan engine that will eventually power the aircraft. Also at the show, Rockwell Collins held the official unveiling of the new jet's Pro Line Fusion flight deck at Bombardier's C Series pavilion. "This flight deck for the future offers enhanced pilot awareness, increased simplicity, paperless operation and reduced pilot training time," said Robert Dewar,
v-p and general manager for the C Series program. The flight management system is based on phase of flight, saving the pilots from confusing menus by displaying all the information they need for a particular phase, such as landing. The new cockpit will also feature sidestick controllers, leaving room for a pull out keyboard. Bombardier expects to complete the C Series Ciasta (complete integrated aircraft systems test area) by the first quarter of next year, ahead of the aircraft's planned first flight in next year's second half.
Embraer garnered nearly $2 billion in orders for its E190 jetliner. Sriwijaya Air placed an order for 20 E190s valued at $856 million, while Air Astana signed a deal for a pair of the E-Jets plus options on two more worth approximately $85.6 million. Gecas added another two to the total. An order for 10 E190s along with an additional option by Kenya Airways for 10 more was considered a "firm" letter of intent. The orders will take the Brazilian airframer's E-Jet series over the 1,000-aircraft mark. As to whether it would launch a new aircraft in the 130/150-seat range, the company was noncommittal. Responding to questions of whether Embraer might enter the market with an enlarged E-Jet, Paulo César, the company's president of commercial aviation, emphatically told the audience at a show press conference that "to enlarge the E-Jet would compromise the aircraft."
Russia's commercial aircraft manufacturers made a strong showing, with the Sukhoi SSJ100 Superjet and the Antonov An-148 and An-158 regional jetliners on display. Just two months after the SSJ100's entry into service with Armavia, Sukhoi announced a partnership with Alenia Aeronautica at the show, for the launch of an executive version of the SSJ100 dubbed the SBJ or Sukhoi Business Jet. Scheduled for certification in 2014, the SBJ would cost approximately $50 million depending on configuration.
Turboprop airliners also made a splash. Franco-Italian airframer ATR, which debuted its recently EASA-certified ATR 72-600 at the show, notched several orders, including its first ever from Gecas. The $680 million GE deal called for a firm order for 15 ATR 72-600s plus options for an additional 15. An industry source told AIN that the aircraft could be intended to replace ageing Bombardier Dash 8s in the leasing company's portfolio. Brazilian carrier Azul Lanhas Aéreas converted 10 of its 20 options remaining from last year's initial order of 20 of the new turboprop twins, while Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital placed a firm $450 million order for 10 ATR 72-600s along with options for 10 more. In all, the OEM announced new firm orders for 60 aircraft along with options on another 37 during the show, swelling its order book to more than 233 units, worth approximately $5.4 billion and representing three years of production. ATR plans to ramp up production of the 70-seater by 40 percent in response to the demand.
French manufacturer Geci Aviation signed more potential customers for its Skylander SK-105 twin turboprop regional and utility transport, and also announced a firm order. Malaysia's Trans Air ordered eight SK-105s plus options for four more for use in Southeast Asian tourist services, while Kan Airlines of Thailand signed an MOU for five Skylanders with three options to serve areas in the north of the country with limited infrastructure. Indonesia's PT Sky Aviation inked an MOU covering 20 SK-105s in a commuter configuration, along with options for an additional 10. The airframer also received a letter of interest from the Malian Air Force for four surveillance-configured Reims F406 light turboprop twins.
Powering the Demand
All those aircraft require powerplants, and engine makers shared in the order bounty. CFM International claimed $4.2 billion in orders for its CFM56-5B and -7B engines, which power the A320 and 737, respectively. GE Aviation, which owns half of CFM (Safran subsidiary Snecma owns the other half) as well as half of Engine Alliance (shared with Pratt & Whitney), claimed total sales of $27 billion during the show. All told, GE Aviation and its joint-venture companies sold more than 1,400 engines valued at more than $16 billion.
Rolls-Royce, which confirmed development of an enhanced 97,000-pound-thrust Trent XWB engine, also secured orders of $2.9 billion from customers in South America, the Middle East and Asia.
As of press time, AIN was unable to confirm the number of sales Pratt & Whitney tallied.
Thinking Green
The show is traditionally a forum for the latest aviation environmental issues, and this year was no exception as two companies used biofuel blends to carry their aircraft to Paris. Boeing's 747-8 freighter arrived at the show with the distinction of being the first commercial airliner to make a transoceanic flight with all four engines powered by a sustainable aviation biofuel blend. The freighter made the nonstop flight from Everett, Wash., to Le Bourget with its quartet of GEnx-28 engines burning a drop-in blend of camelina-based biofuel (15 percent) and jet-A (85 percent). The flight came two days after a Honeywell-operated Gulfstream G450 became the first jet to cross the Atlantic using a biofuel blend (see article on page 6).
Helicopter Debutantes
Rotorcraft were among the some of the more high-profile aircraft at this year's show as Eurocopter's high-speed X³ demonstrator made its first public flight demonstration. The hybrid helicopter, which sports a pair of fixed propellers mounted on stub wings in addition to its rotor, reached 232 ktas in May. The manufacturer hinted that the aircraft has not yet reached its top speed.
Two new Sikorsky products made their Paris debuts. Sikorsky showed its S-70i, the newest variant of its successful multi-role Black Hawk, to the international community for the first time. The example on display was assembled and flight tested by Polish manufacturer PZL Mielec, which became part of Sikorsky in 2007. Among the roles touted for the medium-lift helicopter are humanitarian relief, VIP transport, search-and-rescue, medical evacuation, command and control, and armed patrol.
The CH148 Cyclone, a military variant of the S-92 developed for the Canadian military ,was also on display. Canada received its first of the search-and-rescue model in an "interim" operational capability in May. The first "fully compliant" deliveries of the large-cabin helicopter–intended to replace the country's aging CH-124 Sea Kings–are expected this time next year.
While Sikorsky showed off a civil helicopter turned military, AgustaWestland went in the opposite direction when it chose Le Bourget as the venue to unveil its latest product, the twin-turbine AW189. A straight derivative of the company's military AW149, with accommodations for up to 18 passengers, the new helicopter is aimed at the offshore petroleum transport and parapublic operations as well as the search-and-rescue markets. Certification for the eight-ton aircraft is expected in 2013.
Dassault's SMS and 2000S on track
Dassault chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said at Paris that all the structure and main systems suppliers for the company's new super-midsize (SMS) business jet have been selected, although the company declined to identify them for the present. Edelstenne said the initial digital model, along with high- and low-speed wind tunnel testing validation of the design, has been completed. According to the company, the prototype will fly in 2014 with deliveries to follow two years later. Edelstenne also said that the new entry-level Falcon 2000S should be certified by the end of next year. He claimed that the airplane, which carries a price tag of "less than $25 million," will offer superior airfield, climb and cruise performance and specific fuel consumption that will beat smaller jets.


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Now a major motion picture! The exciting and definitive narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
In Parkland (originally titled Four Days in November), author Vincent Bugliosi "has definitively explained the murder that recalibrated modern America" (Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Releasing this fall, the movie - starring Paul Giamatti, Zac Efron, Jacki Weaver, and Billy Bob Thornton - follows a group of individuals making split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event: the doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital, the chief of the Dallas Secret Service, the cameraman who captured what has become the most examined film in history, the FBI agents who had gunman Lee Harvey Oswald within their grasp, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson who had to take control of the country at a moment's notice.
Based on Vincent Bugliosi's Reclaiming History - Parkland is the story of that day.
©2013 Vincent Bugliosi (P)2013 Simon & Schuster
I haven't seen the movie "Parkland" yet. It may or may not be any good. But I'm grateful that it led to the publisher finally releasing an unabridged version of this masterful account of the Kennedy assasination.
The history of the book is interesting in itself. Vincent Bugliosi originally published a 1500 page book about the assasination, a book that took him some 20 years to write and which included this enthralling narrative as the first part. (The book would have been even longer, but the publishers decided to put the voluminous notes on an accompanying CD.) The other parts of the book described the various investigations into the assassination, official and unofficial, and it dissected the various conspiracy theories in excruciating detail. Later, the opening narrative was released as a standalone book, which was then adapted into the movie. That standalone section is what we have here.
Bugliosi sticks scrupulously to observable, documented fact in this account. For example, at the moment of the assassination, he doesn't tell us what Oswald was doing. What he tells us is what two of the eyewitneeses saw (a man firing from the sixth floor window in the School Book Depository). Later he describes the lineups where they identified Oswald as the man. Readers can draw their own conclusions.
Of course there's no question where Bugliosi stands. With a few adjustments, he supports the Warren Commission findings pretty much straight down the line. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that he supports the conclusions of the Dallas police department, especially Will Fritz's homicide squad: they methodically and painstakingly built the case against Oswald in the two days following the assassination. Of particular interest in the narrative are the reconstructions of the interrogations of Oswald. Step by step, the detectives work through his denials; they never got him to confess, but it's hard to read this account without admiring their work.
I know that by saying that, I'm opening myself up to ridicule by those who remain convinced that Kennedy was murdered by a vast conspiracy. Been there, done that. I've read many of the books published on both sides of the issue, and over the years I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to misrepresentation, credulity, and disingenuously taking things out of context, there's plenty of blame to go around. I've gradually surrendered my own conspiracy theories - partly because of the vigorous arguments put forward by Bugliosi in the parent volume to this book.
I also love Oliver Stone's "JFK." It's a great movie, one of the best I've ever seen. But "JFK" is art; "Parkland" - at least the book - is history.
A note about the narration. George Newbern does an excellent job. He gives distinctive voices to the different people involved, usually by suggestion rather than outright mimicry - a series of impressionistic portraits rather than impressions. One voice in particular deserves comment: Newbern nails Oswald. It's not just the twang, not just the inflection; it's the arrogance, the evasiveness, the buried fear, the sense of a deeply damaged man. I haven't heard Newbern before, but I definitely want to hear him again.
"Captivating read."
I found I always wanted to listen just a little longer. I am intrigued by the personal stories of all involved in the Kennedy Assassination and to hear them go on about their daily lives and the extraordinary circumstances they had to deal with is very captivating. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the story of what happened on November 22, 1963.
"Live Through the Experience Again!"
The book was great at outling the fine points of the tradegy and history of the details surrounding the Kennedy assasination. the only issue was, I had just finished reading "Reclaming History by Vincent Bugliosi, which I found to be very similiar. But none the less, interesting and substantial reading. A must read for Kennedy enthusiasts. The movie was great as well.
I am a professional photographer, a motorcyclist, and an avid reader and listener. I enjoy history, business books and
"A very enjoyable listen"
This was a very good book, well written and well narrated. I am 58 and have read many books on the Kennedy Assassination over the years, most of them from the conspiracy point of view. This book follows the days events and delves very little into those theories. Even thought I know the story, I was riveted to it. George Newbern did a great job with the narration.
This book dose assume that Oswald acted alone, and if you are one who believes that he had help, the book may be a little harder to get through then it was for me. For years I had believed in a conspiracy, but over time I have come to believe, hard as it may seam, that Oswald acted alone.
Yes, the Dallas police messed up, the did not record their interviews with Oswald and they allowed Ruby into the basement. The body was taken from Dallas county to Washington DC, in spite of the fact it was not a federal crime. Oswald lived in Russia, went to the Russian embassy in Mexico City and was a very strange individual. Ruby did have some ties to organized crime. All those things, and what seam like hundreds of other problems, are true. They do leave a lot of room for speculation, but that all is is. Just speculation.
"Well done!"
Accurate, factual and interesting. Well-narrated.
The details answered many things I have wondered about, especially Jackie Kennedy's own experience of this terrible tragedy.
I've read several Kennedy assassination books, and this one is by far the best.
Thank you, author, for not dragging out any of the tired old conspiracy theories!
"Propaganda..Spoiler Alert: JFK dies"
I have read other Bugliosi titles before and liked them. His book on Manson was very good. Parkland is a well written book and the writing style is easy to follow. My issues with this book are really about the content.
The narration is good and doesn't distract from the story.
The first part was a pretty good minute by minute account of the day but the second half, detailing the investigation, was very droll and patchy. Bugliosi paints the secret service, the Dallas PD and Sheriffs Department and the FBI as flawless organizations who "did the best they could" and Jack Ruby as a sympathetic character.
I've read dozens of books on Kennedy and the assassination, including the entire text of the Warren Commission Report. I've had a curiosity that began in 4th grade over 20 years ago, so when a new book comes out it get's my attention. I'm not a conspiracy theory true believer and I was just as critical of Oliver Stone but this book a) contains nothing new and b) goes so far to present Oswald as the lone assassin that relevant facts that have made people question the Warren Commission for decades are either ignored or presented as fiction. At best Parkland is a one sided version of an event that really needs to be touted as such. At worst it is revisionist history.
"Waste of a Perfectly Good Credit"
First time a movie was actually better than its book! This had absolutely nothing to do with what happened at Parkland Hospital - or the movie. And worse still is that many of its chapters are word-for-word from Bugliosi's other JFK book. Oh, and the narration was awful, too. He sounds like a psycho when he reads in character. Just read the damn text and stop trying to be an actor.
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