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The information provided here is meant to give you a general idea about each of the medications listed below. Only the most general side effects are included. Ask your doctor if you need to take any special precautions. Use each of these medications as recommended by your doctor, or according to the instructions provided. If you have further questions about usage or side effects, contact your doctor.
Medications for carpal tunnel syndrome are prescribed to reduce swelling in the carpal tunnel. Two different kinds of medication may be effective. Both medications are aimed at reducing inflammation, a primary cause of swelling in this area.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)–lower doses
These cortisone-like drugs are given in short, sometimes tapering, bursts lasting a week or two. Glucocorticoids can produce a number of negative side effects, particularly when taken for prolonged periods. For this reason, your healthcare provider will prescribe them only for a short time. You will be monitored while taking them. These medications are often quite effective in reducing inflammation.
Common names include:
There are currently twenty prescription NSAIDs on the market. Each medicine has a slightly different chemistry and side effect profile. NSAIDs can be as effective as cortisone and are safer over the long run. However, they do have side effects.
Common names include:
Take special care with NSAIDs if you have had an ulcer or gastritis . They can irritate these conditions. Tell your doctor if you have a stomach condition before you start taking any of these medications.
An injection of synthetic glucocorticoids, commonly referred to as "cortisone." It is injected directly into the carpal tunnel. It may be used to treat carpal tunnel syndrome if rest, medications, and lifestyle changes are not working. This is a simple office procedure that is quite safe if done infrequently. It reduces inflammation and the swelling and pressure inside the carpal tunnel.
Injections rarely cause excessive bleeding and even more rarely cause infection. If there is excessive pain or swelling, contact your healthcare provider.
Lower doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are sold over the counter and include:
Take special care with NSAIDs if you have had an ulcer or gastritis, as they can irritate these conditions. Tell your doctor if you have a stomach condition before you start taking any of these medications.
If you are taking medications, follow these general guidelines:
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Bloomberg is reporting that General Motors stopped work on the Cadillac Converj, a sleek electric-drive coupe, to focus on cheaper plug-in hybrids for its luxury brand. The report is based on comments from two GM executives who asked not to be identified because the details aren't public. The decision, if verified by GM, represents an […]+ Read More
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General Motors announced today that it has canceled plans for a Buick plug-in hybrid crossover. The company cited poor feedback from media, dealers, and consumers to the proposed model, which was unveiled only two weeks ago. Both the conventional and plug-in hybrid versions of the Buick crossover have been canceled. General Motors vice chairman Tom […]+ Read More
A mash-up of the Chevy Volt, GM's full-size SUV "two-mode" hybrids, and the Buick brand. General Motors announced last week that it plans to produce the world's first plug-in hybrid SUV, in the form of a new yet-to-be-named Buick crossover. The new model will first be released in 2010 as a gas-powered vehicle available with […]+ Read More
Auto industry publications are reporting that an upcoming Buick Crossover due out in 2011 will be the first application of GM's two-mode plug-in hybrid system—technology that was originally intended for the Saturn Vue. "Those reports are pure speculation," GM spokesperson, Dayna Hart, told Hybridcars.com. "There are plans to implement the system into a future vehicle, […]+ Read More
In the last day or so, numerous sources have reported that an upcoming Buick Crossover due out in 2011 would be the first application of GM's two-mode plug-in hybrid system – technology that was originally intended for the Saturn Vue. "Those reports are pure speculation," GM spokesperson, Dayna Hart, told Hybridcars.com. "There are plans to […]+ Read More
That Bible for smart shoppers, Consumer Reports—whose new-car reliability ratings are hugely influential—took a leap into the future in its February issue. It tested a Toyota Prius that had been converted to a plug-in hybrid, using the Hymotion L5 conversion kit sold by A123 Systems of Watertown, Massachusetts. Did the no-nonsense, grimly methodical magazine give […]+ Read More
It's not easy following the bouncing ball of the General Motors plug-in crossover SUV. The vehicle was originally conceived as a Saturn Vue in 2007, became an unnamed Buick model in August 2009, and two weeks later was a technology in search of a vehicle. The plug-in hybrid Vue was originally planned for 2010, but […]+ Read More
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TROY Batchelor believes Swindon's 46-44 comeback victory at Birmingham last night has given the Robins the psychological advantage as the two sides prepare to meet again in the play-offs next week.
The Robins trailed by 10 points after nine heats, but after gaining their first heat advantage in the very next race, Rossiter's men went on an unstoppable surge which saw them record three 5-1s in the final five races to take the win without the use of a tactical ride.
The visitors had to do without captain Hans Andersen who was nursing an injury suffered riding in Poland on Sunday, but stand-in skipper Batchelor and Peter Kildemand led the way with 15+1 and 13+2 respectively, while Seb Alden backed the pair up with 10+1.
Batchelor believes his side now have momentum going into the play-offs, and is pleased to be returning to Perry Barr after Poole chose to go to Lakeside.
"We did pretty well without Hans, and I am not saying we don't want him, but we covered pretty well for him," he said.
"We were 10 points down and Rosco didn't even use a tactical, because he was waiting for me to go out and use it but the boys pulled it back really quickly.
"We came back and got the win and that is good going into the play-offs now, and it is good to be coming back here where we know we can win.
"We have the psychological advantage now I think, and if we can ride well again next week we should be fine."
Andersen's absence told straight away as the Brummies cruised to a 5-1 in the opening heat, and in doing so earned their side an advantage they would hold on to for much of the meeting.
The reserve race was shared as Alden made up for lost time in Robins kevlars with a good win for the visitors, but Nick Morris was squeezed out in heat three as Danny King took advantage to extend the Brummies lead further.
Captain for the night Batchelor won with ease in his first outing of the night, but Dawid Lampart failed to back him up and the heat was shared before King dominated heat five to extend the home lead despite Stead using the outside line well throughout.
Batchelor looked in superb touch as he cruised to his second heat victory of the night, but the Brummies once again were happy to pack the minor places for a shared heat.
Kildemand was close on eventual winner Ben Barker's wheel for most of heat seven before mechanical problems saw him pack up in the final corner, but it didn't cost the Robins too dear as partner Morris was the only man to pass him.
Alden picked up his second heat win of the night in heat eight, but he reached the first turn alongside Simon Stead, only for the Yorkshireman to slip to the back after being held up by his partner.
After Lampart hit the fence Batchelor looked to be well on his way to picking up his third straight win before Josh Auty shut him out in the final corner of heat nine, but the Robins soon picked up their first heat advantage of the night thanks to a tough first corner ride from Kildemand to beat Seb Ulamek and Bjarne Pedersen.
Batchelor and Stead combined for the Robins' first 5-1 of the night in heat 11, and the race of the night was brewing in heat 12 before King pushed Kildemand into the fence and was excluded.
The Dane jumped up and claimed a 5-1 alongside Alden to level things up, and Pedersen picked up his first win of the night in heat 13 to keep things level going into the final two races.
A physical encounter saw the Brummies edge ahead again as Auty took Morris after four hard laps, but the Robins duo of Batchelor and Kildemand snatched it at the death after winning from the tapes.


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A growing percentage of California high school graduates took and passed Advanced Placement exams in 2012, indicating readiness for college, according to a report released Wednesday.
The College Board's 9th Annual Report to the Nation showed that 37.4 percent of high school graduates in the state took an AP exam in high school, compared to 29.3 percent in 2007 and 24.1 percent in 2002. Nearly 25 percent of California high school graduates received a passing score of 3 or more, earning the state a rank of 8th in the country for passage rates.
The College Board recognized 539 "AP Districts of the Year" that increased access to AP course work while also increasing the percentage of students passing AP exams, including Fremont Unified, Milpitas Unified, Palo Alto Unified, Pittsburg Unified, Pleasanton Unified, San Ramon Valley Unified and the Diocese of San Jose.


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Make sure your summer reading list saves room for these cookbooks!
Your summer reading doesn't have to be limited to novels and memoirs. Cookbooks can be a ton of fun to read, especially when you have a bounty of fresh harvest in your kitchen. Here's a list of books that I recommend. And, of course, I'm interested in what you're reading, so please post your faves in the comments.
1. The New Jewish Table by Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray
Very "Bubbi Project," this D.C.-based couple, of that city's Equinox, gives modern seasonal recipes for traditional dishes —fig and port wine blintzes and chocolate hazelnut rugelach. Yum!
2. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
The gorgeous photography in this book will surely draw you in and perhaps surprise you. This is a book that offers up a delicious cross-section of life in Jerusalem and includes recipes for non-Jewish (kosher) food.
3. The Mile End Cookbook by Noah and Rae Bernamoff
Anytime you find yourself in Brooklyn, Mile End Deli is a MUST. For those of you who don't often travel, their cookbook will guide you through their very personal take on Jewish comfort food and DIY delicatessen and pickles.
4. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman
A dedicated food blogger and self-taught cook and food photographer, Perelman is my hero. Her book ranges from easy recipes like sweet peas and shells alfredo to chocolate peanut butter cookies that your dinner party guest will think you bought.
5. Farmstand Favorites Cookbook
This book gives over 300 recipes to inspire healthy living. On hot days like this, you could cool off with watermelon-apple gazpacho.
6. Washington, DC Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Nation's Capital by Beth Kanter, with photographs by Emily Goodstein
This book's style will be familiar to anyone who has a copy of a similar one about Philadelphia chefs and their recipes. This collection takes you inside the capital's most celebrated restaurants, including the abovementioned Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray's recipe for risotto fritters from Equinox.
7. Pati's Mexican Table by Pati Jinich
One of the most surprising finds in Jinich's paean to real Mexican home cooking is her go-to Passover brisket recipe, which originates from the Purépecha region in Michoacán. You're sure to find other delicious surprises in this book.


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Forsythe looking at few more days in protective boot
SAN DIEGO -- Logan Forsythe thought he would have been able to remove the boot from his right foot by now and begin a more active recovery process from the plantar fasciitis that has sidelined him all season. On Monday, however, Forsythe was still wearing the boot, but does expect to take it off soon.
"It was supposed to be last Wednesday," Forsythe said of removing the boot. "They said it will be this Wednesday instead. They added a week to it."
That week pushed back what could be a long recovery process for Forsythe. Even when he has the boot taken off, he said it would take two weeks before starting any kind of rehab assignment, which could last over a week.
Forsythe, who has been on the DL since March 31 with the injury, also missed time at the start of last season with a broken bone in the foot. He played in 91 games in 2012, batting .273 with six home runs and 26 RBIs.
Tim Powers is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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World War II WASPs deserve recognition
I was delighted to see the article on Women Airforce Service Pilots, "A tale of two sisters," in the Nov. 6 Town Crier.
My aunt Dorothy Kielty was a WASP during the war and used to regale us with stories of ferrying pilots – and sometimes generals who were not always happy to have a woman in the cockpit! – and other responsibilities these amazing women had during World War II.
After the war, she golfed for the U.S. on the Curtis Cup team and then went to live in Italy, where she took up horse show jumping at 50-plus years of age.
She also fought the same fight for recognition and benefits the story recounts.
We should be proud of their service and glad that it has finally been recognized.
Tracy Koon
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Los Altos 'road diet' could have unintended consequences
The Town Crier's recent "Editor's Notebook" column on "complete streets" quoted urban planner Darby Watson, who applied a "road diet" to a Seattle street, converting a four-lane road to two lanes ("Forum features ideas for 'complete streets,'" Oct. 9).
Before Los Altos jumps on the road-diet bandwagon, I hope the city council and city planners will look to neighboring Palo Alto to see the damage done to the Barron Park/Green Acres neighborhood when Arastradero Road was put on a diet.
From the July 7, 2012, Palo Alto Weekly: "… traffic volume rose in three areas within the Barron Park neighborhood: … The traffic count at Maybell and Pena rose significantly from 2,700 vehicles to 3,348 daily since the trial changes, according to the study. … Chief Transportation Official Jaime Rodriguez admitted a speed survey had not been done along the cut-through routes."
That's a 24 percent increase on just one of the neighborhood streets that frustrated drivers – and bicyclists – are using to avoid congestion on Arastradero.
Note that Maybell is a city-designated "Safe Route to Schools." To see what the road diet did to this quiet street, check out the videos at tinyurl.com/kg8o7t8 and tinyurl.com/lobjh2z.
Road diets have unintended consequences.
Constricting a main artery forces cars through residential streets.
Like water, traffic will flow around barriers to find the path of least resistance, and it might be your neighborhood.
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Nampa Fire Captain suits up for first full shift following attack
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - A Nampa Fire Captain who was nearly beaten to death is back for his first full shift at work Thursday, almost three months after being violently attacked on his bike.
Cade, a 17-year veteran of the Nampa Fire Department was attacked in a rampage back in August. He spent several days in the hospital, and has had several surgeries since the attack.
Doctors gave Captain Chris Cade the clearance he needed to come back to work last weekend.
Before this, Cade said the longest he had ever been away from work was two weeks. This time, doctors told him he likely wouldn't be able to go back for several months.
"I'd say most of it was miserable," Cade said. "Everything just slows down when you're trying to heal. When it's late August, and you're looking at Thanksgiving before possibly getting back to work? It seems like forever."
Cade said he doesn't remember the gruesome details of the August attack, or what happened after. That's where his crew has helped fill in the blanks.
"I drove very safely down to the hospital," firefighter paramedic Duane Tucker said."I just remember walking in and seeing him, he was obviously out of it. But knowing what was ahead of him was really tough. You can detach yourself when you go on these calls but when its somebody you're that close to, family, it's different. "It's absolutely different."
Cade suffered a shattered jaw, broken cheeks, teeth, a punctured lung, along with a broken rib and shoulder blade.
Tucker said he knew the captain's recovery was going to be tough for all of them, but knew that Cade would jump back quickly.
"You can't keep a guy like that down very long," Tucker said.
While he recovered, Cade said he spent a lot of time working with a physical therapist and catching up on sleep.
"That was a tough part just getting up early to come to work was like 'Hey, I haven't been up this early in a long time!'"
Thursday was his first 48 hour shift being back.
Cade said he set little goals for himself along the way to get him through the recovery process.
"My first goal was to get the cast out of my mouth so I could eat solid foods again," he said. "Liquid diets are horrible."
That's no different now. Cade says he still has goals for himself, but just wants things to go back to normal so he can continue doing what he loves.
"I never dreaded coming to work with this job, I look forward to it every time and it's just good to be back," Cade said.
Captain Cade is also an avid bike rider, and while the attack happened when he was riding his bike, Cade is already back up and riding. He plans to compete in a number of races next summer.
The man accused of attacking Cade and a number of others in the rampage back in August, Sean Carnell, faces several felony charges including aggravated battery and assault. His next hearing is scheduled for November 19, where he is expected to enter a plea for those charges.


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(I believe in occasional treats, so sometimes I remind you about favorite recipes that are a little higher in carbs or more indulgent than the usual low-carb recipes you find on this blog, and this amazing Low-Sugar Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie is a treat I've made for Thanksgiving every year since I first posted the recipe. If you like pumpkin at all, this is a must try!)
I never was a fan of pumpkin pie, and back in the days when I wasn't watching my sugar intake I'd always pick banana cream for my Thanksgiving pie. Then I started on a lower-carb/low-glycemic eating path, and discovered a recipe for Reduced Sugar Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake that I really liked, and I made that a few years for Thanksgiving.
Then one year I got the urge to try something slightly different, and came up with this pumpkin cheesecake pie that's halfway between pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake. It has more pumpkin than the cheesecake recipe did, and the texture is a little closer to pumpkin pie, while still having that creamy mouth feel of cheesecake.
How did I like it? I gobbled up the piece you see in this photo for breakfast when I first posted the recipe! I'm adding this recipe to the collection of Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes, and I highly recommend it for a slightly different take on Thanksgiving pie. And if you want a version of this that's even lower in carbs, you could try making a Low-Carb Walnut Pie Crust for this instead of the purchased crust I used, which is what I'm going to be trying this year!
By the way, other food bloggers might be interested to hear that photos in this recipe are the first time I've shot a complete post including step-by-step photos using my Lowell Ego Light Set. Of course, nothing is better than natural light for food photography, but these lights are pretty useful.
Then beat in the eggs, adding them one at a time and beating about 10 seconds each time.
Add canned pumpkin, sour cream, cinnamon, and apple pie spice and beat until well combined.
(Makes 8-10 servings, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Reduced Sugar Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake and pumpkin pie memories from childhood.)
2 pkg. cream cheese (two 8 oz. package or total of 16 oz.) softened at room temperature for about 30 minutes (I used light cream cheese. Don't use fat free.)
1 C Splenda granular or Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweeter
1/4 cup brown sugar (or use 1/4 cup more Splenda or Stevia if you need less sugar)
1 T vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 cup sour cream (I used light sour cream. Don't use fat free.)
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. apple pie spice (contains cinnamon, nutmeg, mace and cloves if you don't have the blend)
1 purchased graham cracker pie crust (Use the large 9 oz. size, or bake some of the filling in another container if you want a smaller pie.)
whipped cream for serving, optional
Add eggs one at a time, beating about 10 seconds when each egg is added. Then add canned pumpkin, sour cream, cinnamon, and apple pie spice and beat together until the mixture is completely combined and smooth.
Fold up the metal edge of the purchased graham cracker crust, then pour the filling in until it comes just to the top. (If you have a smaller pie shell, bake some of the filling separately in a glass or crockery dish sprayed with non-stick spray.)
I ate this with a dollop of whipped cream. Pie will keep in the refrigerator for several days, if you can manage to keep it around that long.
(For a lower sugar version without a crust, spray a glass pie dish with non-stick spray and dust with almond meal, then pour in pie filling and bake.)
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More Low-Sugar Pumpkin Desserts for Turkey Day:
Sugar-Free Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake from Kalyn's Kitchen
Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake from Christine Cooks
Reduced Sugar Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake from Kalyn's Kitchen
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Low-Water Crossings Are No. 1 Cause for Weather-Related Deaths in Texas; Wardens Rescuing Flood Victims
UNDATED – If you think you can make it across water in the road, think again and opt to take the long way home.
Much of east and central Texas is under a flood and/or thunderstorm warning or has already flooded. The San Antonio River at Elmendorf was 20 feet above flood stage. Salado Creek was at 11 feet above flood stage. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game wardens are using the specialized equipment they usually use on the lakes and in rough backwoods terrain to rescue flood victims.
Wardens are expecting major flooding to continue and TPWD is urging the emphasis of these public safety facts, which could save lives:
- It takes less than two feet of water to float a 3,000-pound car
- More Texans die in floods than any other type severe weather event
- Flash-flood deaths in Texas average 15 a year (since 1994) 80 percent could have been avoided if drivers had not driven across flooded streets or underpasses.
- Nearly 50 percent of all flash flood fatalities nationwide involve vehicles.
"Don't attempt to drive through flooded roads, even if the water looks shallow. "If you can't see the road, don't try it. It could be a deadly mistake," said TPWD Lt. Col Pete Flores. "Your life is not replaceable. Everything else is," Flores said.
TPWD law enforcement also advises to watch out for downed power lines and do not go near them, even around residences. If advised to evacuate, do so immediately.
"It may be too late the second time." Flores said. "The first time we can get them out by land, the second time it will be by boat if we can get to them at all. Don't attempt to drive through flooded roads, even if the water looks shallow.
Today, (Tuesday), Colorado County Game Wardens are attempting to rescue some oil field workers in the back waters of the Colorado River. The oil field workers were attempting to shut down the rig when the waters surrounded them. A Caldwell County Game Warden and other county rescue personnel are attempting to rescue an individual that is stranded in the San Marcos River near Martindale. It is reported that the individual has a broken ankle and is awaiting rescue. Bastrop and Fayette County assisted Bastrop County officials with high water rescues in the Colorado River flood plain near the Travis County line yesterday. About 30 people were taken out of the high water area in the Lazy River subdivision. Near the Fayette County and Bastrop County line, a Game Warden rescued two people that were trying to evacuate using a canoe. Their canoe overturned and they were forced to cling to trees waiting to be rescued.
Even after it stops raining, there can still be danger. The water has no place to go. Flash flood warnings remain in effect for areas of south and eastern Texas. For more weather-related information, visit the National Weather Service's Web site.
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Corn futures sustained their moderate Monday advance overnight. News that exporters had recently contracted for moderate amounts of U.S. corn for both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 crop years seemed to boost the market. Bullish interests are almost surely hoping this is a sign of much more to come in the wake of the early winter decline. Wire service sourced also cited reduced producer selling at current low prices for the rise. March corn rose 4.25 cents to $6.9775/bushel Monday night, while December was unchanged at $5.5025.
The recent decline in soybean futures continued into Tuesday morning. Traders blame the ongoing slide upon surprisingly good Argentine rainfall lately as well as the accelerating pace of the massive Brazilian harvest. These data suggest South American soybean supplies will soon drag prices downward. Ongoing losses in the Southeast Asian palm oil market also appear to be dragging soybean oil downward. March beans dipped 3.75 cents to $14.475 early Tuesday morning, while March soyoil dropped 0.58 cents to 49.49 cents/pound, whereas March meal gained $0.6 to $426.2/ton.
The winter storm dominating weather over the Central U.S. rather obviously depressed wheat futures Monday, since improved moisture conditions are almost surely improving production prospects for the forthcoming winter wheat crop. However, the market proved surprisingly stable in overnight electronic trading. The reason for that firmness was not readily apparent, but we are inclined to think bulls are trying to hold the line at the pivotal $7.00/bushel level on the March CBOT wheat chart. The market does seem technically oversold. March CBOT wheat futures inched 0.50 cent higher to $6.9975/bushel in overnight electronic activity, while March KCBT wheat lost 2.0 cents to $7.295 and March MGE futures gained 0.25 cent to $7.8725.
Live cattle futures essentially gave back their Monday gains in overnight trading. The recent Cattle on Feed report and wintry conditions over the Southern Plains apparently powered the rally; the reasons for the reversal were not as clear. We suspect mixed readings on the afternoon beef cutout report, as well as news that 21 delivery notices against the expiring February contract played a role in the late setback. Ultimately, traders probably need to be persuaded that the cattle market can sustain a rebound in the wake of the early-winter breakdown. April cattle fell 0.42 cents to 128.00 cents/pound in overnight trading, while August declined 0.42 cents to 124.85. Meanwhile, March feeder cattle tumbled 0.85 cents, to 139.95 cents/pound, and August sank 1.12 cents to 153.02.
The hog market seems to be trying to post a short-term bottom at this point. Futures had reached substantially oversold levels Monday, then tried to mount a comeback with mixed success. Surprising firmness at direct markets west of the Mississippi River and a firm afternoon reading for pork cutout offered some support for bullish positions. Whether bullish interests will prove able to sustain a significant rebound is open to question, as exemplified by the mixed nature of overnight trading. April hogs slipped 0.32 cents to 81.57 cents/pound in pre-dawn trading, while June edged 0.10 cents lower to 90.95.
Cotton futures fell in apparent reaction to weak manufacturing news out of China Monday morning. However, the drop was probably exaggerated by the large decline in U.S. equity markets later in the day. Thus, the overnight stock market bounce may have played a role in the concurrent rise posted by ICE cotton values. There was little news pertinent to the cotton market. May cotton rose 0.55 cents to 80.77 cents/pound early Tuesday morning, while December climbed 0.41 cents to 82.92.


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Posted on: 15 September, 2009
Student musicians, singers and dancers will be the first performers on the giant stage of the Ataloa Theatre at 7 p.m. Sept. 25-26 [FRIDAY-SATURDAY] in East Central University's new Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center in a show full of music, 100 years of university memories, innovative costumes and authentic fashions, even a 1930's wool bathing suit.
Posted on: 11 September, 2009
A $900,000 grant has been awarded to East Central University to provide scholarships and additional educational opportunities to students who commit to teach high school mathematics for six years in a "high-need" school district in Oklahoma.
ECU is the first university in Oklahoma to ever receive the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Grant. The five-year grant is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Posted on: 11 September, 2009
Veterans with ties to East Central University over the last 100 years will be honored during a tribute at 3 p.m. Sept. 23 [WEDNESDAY] on the Crabtree Honor Plaza during ECU's Centennial celebration. The plaza is between Science Hall and the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Posted on: 10 September, 2009
Valerie McWhorter has been named East Central University's academic adviser for McAlester and the surrounding areas.
"I am excited to serve the many students of the area with the opportunities that ECU can provide through the McAlester campus of Eastern Oklahoma State College," she said. "Students are taking advantage of many of those opportunities."
Posted on: 10 September, 2009
What effect does working in Washington, D.C., for a summer have on an East Central University student from Jamaica?
"I realized how influential the United States is," said Jomain McKenzie, "not only to its citizens but to the entire international community -- this country makes things happen.
Posted on: 09 September, 2009
When Tana Lala came to Latta High School as a 17-year-old exchange student, civil unrest was rampant in her native Albania and war was raging in neighboring Kosovo. So she stayed in Ada and enrolled at East Central University. The rest, as they say, is history.
Lala went on to become the first international student to be awarded the prestigious George Nigh Award as ECU's top graduating senior. She was the 2003 recipient.
Posted on: 09 September, 2009
A workshop for area teachers and East Central University students on "Dealing with Atrocity and Controversy in the Public School Classroom" will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 11 [FRIDAY] in the Regents Room in ECU's Memorial Student Union.
Posted on: 03 September, 2009
After seeing the new H1N1 (swine) flu sweep through campuses throughout the country, East Central University is taking extra precautions to educate students, faculty and staff.


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Judge Susan Nelson effectively ended the NFL's lockout this morning deeming the action "illegal" since the players union "de-certified". This action puts the players in the catbird seat for their CBA negotiation with the NFL because the players will be paid during negotiations. Obviously, the NFL immediately sent the decision for appeal, but judge Nelson wrote an 89 page opinion on her ruling about how the lockout unfairly effects the players livelihood and other factors. Some experts say her written opinion will weigh very heavily in the appeals process.
My question is... How similar are the situations between the NFL & NBA? Will Judge Nelson's ruling be considered "precedent" and effect how the NBA will conduct negotiations? The only reason for a lockout is to put heat on the players by straining their pocketbooks.
Kind of hard to get the landmark changes the NBA wants without making the players cave in by not paying them.
On a side note, I remember when then super agent David Faulk tried to de-certify the NBA players union over a dozen years ago. I didn't really care for it considering that it was being driven by the highest profile players in the league to break the rule on maximum contracts. The rank and file of the NBA choose not to decertify because they felt it would create a system of haves & have not in regard to player contracts. I fear decertification will be on the players agenda to be able to line themselves up for Judge Nelson's ruling for negotiations this summer.
Today could be bad news for getting a lot of the changes that may help the owners make changes that may make small markets competitive.


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Located in prestigious Marina Bay, Conrad Centennial Singapore is 11 miles (18 km) from Changi Airport. Guests can walk 10 minutes to the Singapore Flyer, and Suntec City is right across the street. Those heading to other parts of the city can hop on the MRT - it stops right next door to the hotel.
Outdoor pool with a view
Guests can soak up city views while swimming in the outdoor pool, or work out in the fitness center. Valet parking is available for a surcharge, and dining ranges from dim sum to an extravagant buffet. Those looking for nightlife can hit the Lobby Lounge, where signature gin and tonics are served in opulent surroundings.
WiFi and workspaces
Stylish guestrooms offer WiFi and workspaces. Guests can unwind with a bubble bath in their all-marble bathroom, then enjoy a minibar snack while watching the 46-inch flat-screen TV with home theater system. Pillow menus are a welcome perk, and all rooms have city or Marina Bay views.
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- Good location
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- Guestroom size
- Overall room comfort
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Conrad Centennial Singapore features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at the lobby lounge or poolside bar. A computer station is located on site, and high-speed wired internet as well as WiFi are available. The hotel can also provide laundry services.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of free newspapers, a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 30,581 square feet (2841 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers spa services, a library, and multilingual staff. Onsite valet parking is available for a surcharge.
Conrad Centennial Singapore has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 507
- Number of floors - 31
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Health club
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 18
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 2841
- Number of meeting rooms - 18
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1996
- Free area shuttle
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 30581
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Snack bar/deli
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms:
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Deep soaking bathtub
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cable TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
Oscars - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday including eve of and public holiday.
Golden Peony - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
The Terrace - This delicatessen specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered.
Lobby Lounge - Afternoon tea and premium liquers, set to a background of live music.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include deep-tissue massages, Swedish massages, massages, and facials. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology.
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Reflexology
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for SGD S$80.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: SGD S$43++ per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: SGD 12.00 per night (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: SGD S$180.00 per vehicle
- Valet parking fee: SGD S$20.00 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: SGD S$80.00 per night
Hotel Name
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Conrad Centennial Singapore is listed in the 2013 Travel + Leisure 500.


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April 22, 2013
April Showers and Baseball Attendance
We often think of baseball players as being the Boys of Summer. We envision the warmth of the sun on our face while we are laughing with the kids who are on break from school. The ballpark experience is the full embodiment of "summer."
The problem is, we're not quite there yet. Just because the 2013 season is underway doesn't mean that we're getting summertime weather. Far from it.
It's April, and that means that we're still in the throes of spring weather. Be it rain or snow, the weather can wreak havoc on attendance—in April and even in May.
A qualifier is needed here. Sometimes, sports business reporter Darren Rovell will take pictures of open-air ballparks around the league early in the season, showing empty seats, and ask, "Is baseball a dying sport?" The answer, of course, is "no." Last season, MLB saw attendance at 74,859,268 across 2,423 dates. While this isn't the high-water mark for the league (that was 79,503,175 in 2007), it was up from 2011, when the league saw 73,451,522 tickets sold. So, Rovell and others may want to hold off on those pictures.
That isn't to say that these early-season rainouts don't matter; they do now more than in years past. As part of the latest collective bargaining agreement, the players get an extra day off after the All-Star Game, meaning there are now four straight days in the middle of the season when no baseball is played. Then there's the added time needed for the new wild card playoff play-in game, and the need to have time in the schedule to allow for any potential tiebreaker games for the postseason to be played. It all adds up to more doubleheaders, teams potentially traveling when they otherwise wouldn't, and, if a pair of teams are out of the running for the postseason, some games being washed away entirely.
Since this is the weather, and you can't predict with 100 percent certainty how it will impact baseball from year to year, the rainout numbers have ebbed and flowed. Last season was good (eight rainouts in April, the lowest amount since 2010, when there were just two), but this year has not been great. In fact, if the weather gods want to really mess with baseball, this season could potentially see the third-highest total of rainouts since 2000.
Source: Major League Baseball
As of Sunday, there had been 12 weather-related cancellations in Major League Baseball (the tragic events in Boston caused the cancellation of Friday's Royals-Red Sox game, but that is not being counted in our data) and there are still nine days left in the month. There were three weather-related cancellations on Wednesday alone (Texas at Chicago Cubs, LA Angels at Minnesota, NY Mets at Colorado, the last of which was a snowout). Every attempt will be made to make up these games, but day-night double-headers aren't as vigorously attended as they once were.
Interestingly, the advent of retractable-roof facilities is no sure bet to benefit attendance. Since 2000, only two new ballparks have opened in markets that did not previously have a roofed environment: Miller Park (2001, replacing Milwaukee County Stadium), and Marlins Park (2012, replacing Sun Life Stadium). That's it. Since 2000, 14 new ballparks have opened, and Petco Park in San Diego is the only one for which no legitimate case to include a roof could have been made. Part of this is baseball culture. In places where baseball has a long, storied history, playing outdoors has been part and parcel with the game because, well—there were no retractable roofs when clubs like the Pirates, Reds, Phillies, Red Sox, Cubs and Yankees first earned their places in the entertainment culture.
Even if we remove all that, the real change is internal and external competition. In 1960, the highest average (per-game) attendance in the league was notched by the Los Angeles Dodgers, at 29,271. Only the Dodgers saw attendance above 2 million, a number that would be seen as atrocious today. Five clubs (Indians, Phillies, Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Senators, and Reds) saw attendance below 1 million for the entire season. The Reds pulled up the bottom at just 663,486, or an average of 8,617 per game. Remember, this is part of what traditionalists still might consider part of baseball's golden era. These were the "good old days."
In 1960, the NFL and NBA were a shadow of what they are today. There was no internet. There weren't 300-plus channels on your television to compete for entertainment. Baseball is the only team sport that sees weather-related cancellations (sorry, NASCAR, I'm calling you an individual sport).
It's only April. According to the league, the record for the most rainouts in a season is 26, set in 2007. That year was MLB's highest-attended season to date. The sport is not "dying," not by a long shot, but weather will continue to threaten the ability of some clubs to host 81 home dates a season and could continue to diminish walk-up ticket sales.
In the future, could nearly every ballpark in the league have a retractable roof? The "future" is an awfully long time. Anything is possible.
Maury Brown is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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It would be interesting to know, if the information is available, the actual number of people attending these early season games.
Apr 22, 2013 07:49 AM
Andy Cochrane
That is a massive discrepancy. Why do you think there would be such a difference between real and stated totals?
Apr 22, 2013 11:11 AM
I'm guessing he's referring to a game a couple weeks ago against Toronto. It was a 1PM scheduled start weekday game that suffered from a 2 hour+ rain delay prior to the game and 30-something degree gametime temperatures. It didn't feature a marquee starter for either team(Porcello/Buehrle, I think). Combine those factors with strong season ticket sales and I think that explains most of the discrepancy between tickets sold and people who actually showed up. If a full season ticket holder was going to pick one game this year to skip, that was probably the one they would have picked.
Apr 22, 2013 12:47 PM
Maury Brown
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Remember, the league went away from turnstile counts to "paid attendance" in the '90s. This was done when tickets sold counted against revenue-sharing. I've written about this prior, but a club that sees solid offseason season ticket sales can see fairly high paid attendance announced with actual butts in the seats being low. This can happen when offseason expectations are high but when the season starts the team does not meet those expectations. The Blue Jays certainly fit that description early in the season.
Apr 22, 2013 16:25 PM
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The Atlanta Braves have agreed to a two-year contract with catcher Gerald Laird, according to the team's website.
Laird will replace David Ross as Brian McCann's backup. Ross recently signed a two-year, $6.2 million contract with the Boston Red Sox.
Laird hit .282 with two homers, 11 RBIs and a .337 on-base percentage in 63 games with the Detroit Tigers this past season, while serving as a backup to Alex Avila.
The 33-year-old Laird has proven to be a good-luck charm in recent seasons, having won a World Series championship with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011 and having reached the Fall Classic with the Tigers in 2012.


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EAA AirVenture, as usual, brought the aviation family together for another week of celebration, innovation and pure enjoyment at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis. While nothing could eclipse last year's amazing side-by-side display of an Airbus A380 and the WhiteKnightTwo mothership on AeroShell Square, the many meticulously restored and well used aircraft parked on the central gathering place were testament to the enduring legacy of this show of shows. Front and center was a museum-quality Douglas DC-2 in TWA livery liberated from its perch at the Museum of Flight in Seattle and flown to AirVenture by Clay Lacy as part of the 75th anniversary of the iconic DC-3 (see box on page 47). Lacy in the DC-2 joined a group of DC-3s for a flight over AirVenture on opening day.
Although a watery mess greeted many exhibitors and visitors just before the show officially opened on Monday, July 26, thanks to a record 10 inches of rain on Friday, the sunshine returned on Sunday and stuck around for most of the week until low clouds rolled in on Friday. The sun returned on Saturday, just in time for the capper, a dazzling night aerobatics show.
Although AirVenture has become the go-to show for the introduction of innovative new products and aircraft, this year's event emphasized the shift away from jets to other aircraft types. Many attendees agreed that AirVenture wasn't the same without former Eclipse Aviation head Vern Raburn's flamboyant product announcements or the ever-charismatic Rick Adam and his futuristic-looking composite piston- and jet-powered twins. But aviation continues to attract new dreamers and schemers, convinced that their version of a flying machine will pull in funding and find a market where so many before have failed.
This year's new entrants are all targeting the piston market. New jets seem to be out of favor in these challenging economic times, and even promising-looking single-engine jet programs have suffered further delays, raising questions about the viability of the single-engine jet market niche. The turboprop market isn't quite dormant, and just before the show opened, Cirrus Design cofounder and former chairman Alan Klapmeier announced his plan to revive the Kestrel program, which had been seeking new funding. Extra Aircraft's recently FAA-certified Extra 500 composite high-wing single will see increased activity with the announcement of a new Extra facility to be opened in Montrose, Colo.
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Piper Aircraft has seen an influx of new talent, headed by new executive vice president Randy Groom, and including Drew McEwen, director of sales Americas. Both are industry veterans and worked at Hawker Beechcraft. Groom was president of Hawker Beechcraft's global customer service and support and its Beechcraft division and McEwen was general manager of the company's Mesa, Ariz., service center. Backed by new owner Imprimis, an investment firm based in Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, Piper has ramped up investment in the single-engine PiperJet program.
"One of the things I wanted was to fly the proof-of-concept airplane," Groom said. "I said that's important to me. I wanted to see the control harmony, characteristics. I slowed it down to 100 knots, pushed [the power] all the way to the wall, was looking for any pitch instability, and it was as stable as any aircraft I've ever flown. Because of the engine configuration, I thought there might be some pitch-up changes. Absolutely zero."
Groom confidently added, "The PiperJet is a go program." The growth in the number of engineers on the PiperJet program, he said, "is a statement about the commitment of our owners to this company. The airplane is evolving, and we're going to have a significant announcement about the PiperJet at NBAA [in October]." Meanwhile, metal has been cut for the first conforming PiperJet, which will fly next year. Certification and first deliveries are still scheduled for mid-2013.
Groom also announced the new Piper Match partnership program, which helps bring together people with similar aircraft interests who want to set up shared ownership. Piper Match bundles services such as financing, insurance, tax consulting and partnership structuring, he said, "basically making a turn-key system for something that can be a little complicated." The program will be managed by Piper dealers.
Cirrus Jet
Cirrus Aircraft's Vision jet is still a viable program, according to president and CEO Brent Wouters. Last year Alan Klapmeier tried to buy the Vision program from Cirrus's financial backer, Arcapita Bank, but the two parties didn't come to an agreement. At the time, Klapmeier predicted that if he wasn't able to buy the Vision program, further delays would be inevitable.
Cirrus, like all aircraft manufacturers, has been dealing with the recession, although it has been able to increase market share, according to Wouters. "I'm pleased with the trajectory of business, where we are and what we've been accomplishing," he said. Cirrus revenue is now one-third what it was in 2006 and 2007. But improvements in efficiency and lower materials costs have helped the company triple its year-over-year gross profit relative to the bottom of the recession. "There's no rocket science," he said. "This is about tremendous business discipline. It has produced terrific results. Hundreds of millions of dollars were lost, and we're breaking even today at one-third the size we were three years ago."
The Vision jet detail design is about 20 to 25 percent done, Wouters said. "The prototype testing has proved everything we wanted it to, so we know what it's going to look like, how it's going to behave. But what we don't have is every rib, attachment point, internal component and system designed. We've got to have more resources to move that along at the pace that we'd like to."
The up-and-down cycle of the aviation industry is a major reason for delays to the Vision jet program. "The project requires significant stable financing month-to-month," Wouters explained. "You have to have some capital that can balance out that cash need over the course of time." Under Alan Klapmeier," he said, "it was a bet-the-farm approach, but in an unrealistic fashion because you could never expect the core business to fund it consistently.
"While I'm a big risk-taker, I'm a calculated risk-taker and I would have wanted to know more of the answers than we had at the time we decided to make [that decision]. So you've got to give credit to those who went down the path. But from my angle today, the good news is that we will get it done and we're getting it done," he added.
For a while, it appeared as though single-engine jets would quickly fill their market niche, but financial challenges have delayed every program. The Diamond D-Jet is now two years behind schedule, the PiperJet has only recently received a boost with new company ownership and Cirrus's Vision jet still needs a substantial influx of outside financing. All of this raises the question of whether the single-engine jet market remains viable. "We obviously feel a strong sense that the market is there," said Wouters. "Why? Because we have deposits [for 430 airplanes]. The excitement is off the charts. This product will sell."
Wouters confirmed that some depositors have requested and received refunds. "You have to expect that. In the last 12 months we've had about 20 percent of the order deposits canceled, and we sold just as many and a few units more than canceled. That's unbelievable; 80 percent of the people stayed with us through the worst economic downturn any of us have seen, and then we resold as many positions as canceled."
Diamond Aircraft brought its two flight-test D-Jets to AirVenture, and the company recently moved the certification date from this year to the end of next. Even with all the delays, the D-Jet should still be first to market, and it will be interesting to see how the market responds to the first production single-engine jet.
EAA AirVenture is a dreamer's paradise, chock full of adventurous and inventive risk-takers who have spent years working on their new design or better aero-widget before revealing it to the public. Given the huge obstacles that face those who choose the ultimate challenge of designing, building and certifying a new aircraft, it's amazing that every year more would-be manufacturers take the wraps off their projects. This year was no exception, as would-be manufacturers spent lots of good money presenting their new aircraft.
More New Programs
First-time exhibitor and corporate pilot Frank Leventhal has partnered with John Meekins and engineer Bill Husa to tackle one of the most difficult airplane types, an amphibian. The Privateer Industries single-engine turbine-powered composite amphibian breaks tradition with an unusual configuration, a centrally mounted fuselage that doesn't touch the water, suspended between two sponsons that sweep back and attach to the horizontal stabilizer. The twin-sponson design makes the Privateer much more stable on the water–especially in crosswinds, according
to Leventhal.
Meekins wanted a safe seaplane that he could park at his private lakefront property, Leventhal said, but once Husa's design took shape, the partners decided that the Privateer should be certified and put into production. Construction of the prototype Privateer is under way, under Husa's direction, and most of the major airframe components are done. Power is provided by a pusher-configured GE M601 with a shrouded propeller to provide more static thrust for takeoff. The engine was scheduled to be hung last month, and first flight is planned for the first quarter of next year. Performance for the six- to seven-place Privateer includes 215-knot cruise speed at 15,000 feet, 1,000-nm VFR range with full fuel and passenger load, 1,200-foot water takeoff distance and 5,600-pound max takeoff weight.
Privateer Industries has enough money to fund the program through first flight, according to Leventhal, but then will need to raise an estimated $200 million to certify the amphibian, hopefully by partnering with a manufacturer with composites experience. "If not," he said, "we'll fund it on our own."
Arvind Mehra, executive director and CEO of Mahindra Aerospace, made his first visit to EAA AirVenture this year, shortly after his company completed its acquisition of Australia-based Gippsland Aeronautics. Mahindra provides engineering services to aircraft manufacturers, including Airbus and Hawker Beechcraft, and builds structural components. The acquisition of Gippsland boosts Mahindra into the aircraft manufacturing arena, starting with the recently FAA-certified turbocharged eight-seat GA8 Airvan.
Gippsland's next project is the Rolls-Royce 250-powered turbine GA10 Airvan, which will feature a longer fuselage and take about eight to 10 months to achieve first flight and 18 months for certification. The first GA10 fuselage is built. "We need to get to market, said Gippsland founder and director of technology George Morgan. Market pressure for the GA10 is huge, he added, because "avgas is definitely going to go away, and particularly for the higher-power piston engines it's a difficult problem."
Gippsland also owns the former Government Aircraft Factories Nomad program and is working on a recertification program, bringing the Rolls-Royce 250-powered twin up to more current certification standards. This will take about two years. Both the GA10 and GA18 Nomad will likely be upgraded to the Rolls-Royce 500 as it becomes available.
"We're investing $20 million in these two programs," Mehra said. Gippsland will import Airvans into India, he said, beginning with the GA8. The timing is good, he added, because Indian regulators are becoming more open to general aviation operations.
French aerospace engineer David Loury began sketching his design for a new piston-powered single-engine high-performance pusher in 2002 and spent years refining the design, building the prototype and trying to raise funds. In 2008 Loury obtained his first round of fundraising, then three months ago a second round, which should allow the prototype Cobalt Co50 to fly by year-end. Certification of the Co50 is planned in two to three years, Loury said.
The Co50 features a canard configuration and is made from composite materials. With a 350-hp twin-turbocharged and Fadec-controlled Continental piston engine, the Co50 will seat five and have a maximum cruise speed of 245 ktas and maximum range of 1,150 nm. Company headquarters is in Toussus-le-Noble, France, but Loury announced plans to open a U.S. branch for development, certification, production and support for the Co50.
"The concept was to have a traveling tool that is really efficient," Loury said, "and that didn't correspond to what I could find on the market when I started flying, and also traveling in a classy way, having a beautiful aircraft. We still have a long way to go."
Italy's Oma-Sud Sky Technologies received EASA certification for its twin-engine pusher-configured Skycar late last year, and FAA certification is due next month. The Skycar is powered by two 200-hp Lycoming IO-360 piston engines and seats five. Max cruise speed is 160 ktas and maximum range at 55-percent power and with a 45-minute reserve is 1,087 nm.
Another new AirVenture exhibitor was Korea Aerospace Industries and its composite KC-100 four-place piston single. The KC-100 will be certified first in Korea, then by the FAA. Avionics will be Avidyne's Entegra Release 9 suite with FMS900w and DFC100 autopilot. The four-place KC-100 features a Fadec-controlled 315-hp Continental engine, 210-knot maximum speed, 1,200-nm maximum range and 1,100-pound maximum payload.
Oshkosh Activities
There was no shortage of interesting events and activities at AirVenture 2010, from the first appearance of Art Nalls's civil Sea Harrier at AirVenture to the auction of the Jack Roush/Carroll Shelby-designed Ford "SR-71 Blackbird" Mustang at the Gathering of Eagles event on July 29. The Mustang sold for $375,000 to an undisclosed bidder, and the event raised $2.1 million for the Young Eagles and other youth programs.
Two surprise visitors at this year's AirVenture were Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole. Napolitano and Pistole announced the new "If you see something, say something" security campaign, which encourages general aviation participants to report suspicious activity to the TSA hotline (1-800-GA-SECURE). Napolitano also announced that the pre-screening process for non-U.S.-registered aircraft entering and exiting the U.S. has been simplified, so pilots need submit only one manifest to the U.S. Customs Border Protection's eAPIS system. A TSA waiver will no longer be required. DHS recognizes, she said, "that stronger security and efficiency go hand in hand."
Quest Aircraft held a ceremony on July 30 to celebrate handing over the first in an order for nine single-engine Wipline 7000 amphibious float-equipped Kodiaks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Our pilots have to fly low," said Paul Schmidt, assistant director of the migratory bird program. "They have to fly slow, and at the same time observe and count the migratory bird populations, identifying species and sex as they're flying just above the treetops. We need a safe aircraft to do that, and this is going to serve us extremely well for this mission." Quest also brought to AirVenture its first Kodiak with the external cargo compartment. The optional compartment, which meets the latest flammability and system protection for lightning regulations, should receive FAA approval by the end of the third quarter. All flight and structural testing of the Kodiak's TKS ice-protection system is done and FAA certification is imminent.
Saturday July 31 saw the first-ever Spirit of Aviation Auction, conducted by REDC and Auction.com. While there was plenty of interest in the dozens of aircraft for sale, only five were bid higher than their reserve prices and sold.
Big draws at this year's AirVenture were the many electric aircraft efforts and the all-day GE World Symposium on Electric Aircraft on July 30. Electric aircraft efforts (see special report on page 22) aren't limited to lightweight airplanes like those offered by Yuneec, a big player in the electric arena, or Sonex, with its e-Flight Initiative. Sikorsky Innovations introduced its all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, Project Firefly, at the symposium. Project Firefly is a Sikorsky S-300C with a 190-hp electric motor, motor controller, battery system and cockpit controls, and Sikorsky expects to fly the aircraft later this year.
Cessna Aircraft and Bye Energy have teamed to develop a prototype electric-powered Cessna 172. The EAA also announced a $60,000 electric-flight prize "to the individual or corporation that can demonstrate the most promising level of achievement in E-Flight at AirVenture 2011." AeroLEDs, Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, Dynon Avionics and Wicks Aircraft Supply donated funds for the prize.


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Wesley Berry Flowers is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day by giving away 12,000 roses in bunches of one dozen to adults who visit the flower shops between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, while supplies last. This is the 13th year Wesley Berry has celebrated King's birthday by giving away roses. Wes Berry, the owner of Wesley Berry Flowers, wants everyone who takes a dozen roses to make a promise to keep one rose and give the others away to 11 different people. The florist has two locations in Oakland County: 6677 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Township and 2985 Haggerty Road, Commerce Township.
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West Bloomfield marks the 19th anniversary of celebrating United We Walk and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with "Unity in the Community " from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 at West Bloomfield High School, 4925 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
The 2013 "MLK-A Celebration of Freedom," will take place at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Athens High School 4333 John R Road, Troy. There is no charge to attend, but donations will be accepted to help organize next year's program. For information, call the Community Affairs Office at 248-524-1147.
The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Peace Walk Celebration is at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Hope United Methodist Church 26275 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield. The walk will depart from Hope United at 10 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. program at the Southfield Pavilion in the Southfield Municipal Complex 26000 Evergreen Road. Call the MLK Task Force at 248-827-9119 or visit www.mlktaskforcemi.org.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day "50 Years Later: The Dream Lives On" event is at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 28000 New Market Road, Farmington.
n The 14th annual Walled Lake Schools communitywide Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration is 5 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Walled Lake Northern High School, 6000 Bogie Lake Road, Commerce Township. Contact Alec Bender, co-chairman of the Walled Lake Schools Multicultural Committee, at 248-956-3432.
The 21st Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, is at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at The Community House, 380 S. Bates St., Birmingham. The theme of this year's celebration is, "Lest We Forget." Musical entertainment will be provided by the Courville Concert Choir. The keynote speaker will be Silas Norman, Jr., M.D., assistant professor of Internal Medicine and the associate dean for Admissions, Diversity and Inclusion at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. General tickets are $30. Student tickets are $15. For reservations, call The Community House, 248-644-5832, or visit tchserves.org.
-- Special writers Stacy Egerton and Ashley Young
-- Special writers Stacy Egerton and Ashley Young