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Stars of Côte d'Azur - Cannes, Grasse, St. Paul De Vence
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Duration 8 hrs
Enjoy the picturesque drive along the French Riviera toward Cannes, known for its world-renowned film festival. Stroll the elegant La Croisette Avenue or shop along the Rue d'Antibes and you'll soon understand the year-round attraction of this quintessential resort.
Once in the village of Grasse, the self-proclaimed perfume capital of the world, you'll visit one of its signature perfume factories and discover the intricacies of this fascinating industry. Following your visit of Grasse, journey along the scenic inland road en route to Saint Paul de Vence, a walled village that still retains much of its medieval appearance. Shoppers will love the bountiful boutiques and art galleries tucked along narrow, cobblestone lanes.
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The Varsity Center has seated new directors on its board and elected a new president. They also have hired an executive director.
Peter Gregory of Carbondale was elected president of the Board of Directors at the board's monthly meeting Feb. 2. Cara Recine of Carbondale was hired as executive director in January.
The Varsity is a multi-use facility for entertainment, visual and performing arts, live music, community events and meetings. It can also host corporate events. Call 618-319-3210 or visit www.facebook.com/VarsityCenter for more information.
The officers are Gregory, President, Carbondale; Armen Asaturian, Vice President, Carbondale; Thomas Mitchell, Secretary, Carbondale; Kelsey Wright, Treasurer, Carbondale.
The directors are Tricia Burns, Carbondale; Nathan Colombo, Carbondale; Jeanne Ferraro, Carbondale; Craig Hinde, Carbondale; P. Michael Kimmel, Carbondale; George Mavigliano, Carterville; Bob Radtke, Carbondale; Antonio Salazar, Herrin; James Salmo, Carbondale; Stephen Schauwecker, Carbondale; Jennifer Sorrell, Carbondale; Peter Pirmann, Immediate Past President and Honorary Director, Carbondale; Jack Langowski, Past President and Honorary Director, Carbondale; Cara Recine, Executive Director, Carbondale.
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Woodland Springs Touring Park launches new website. Check out our new swanky website and also have a look at it on your Smartphone. We have kept mobile phones and tablets in mind as the new site is what they call "Responsive", that just means it works on mobile phones and tablets! Keep a watch on the website for the latest information and news about Woodland Springs Touring Park.
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A 5 Pennant Gold Tranquil caravan and camping site in the Dartmoor National Park, exclusively for adults. Peace and quiet all year round. Set in a rural surrounding in Devon, England.


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BEVERLY KERL MITCHELL-BROOKS, Ph.D.
Dr. Mitchell-Brooks received a Master of Science degree in Genetics from Texas Woman's University, becoming the first African-American to gain an MS degree in pure science from TWU. Through a joint program she completed her research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and her course work at TWU, receiving her doctoral degree in Molecular Biology-Biochemistry. Her research project in the area of enzymology under Dr. Thomas Smith was expanded and continued at Howard University. Her publications appear in The Journal of Biochemistry and Genetics.Dr. Mitchell-Brooks has utilized her skills as an environmental specialist for the US-EPA and the City of Dallas: as a faculty member at Northlake Community College; former research and faculty member at Bishop College. She presently serves as an adjunct professor in Anatomy/Physiology at El Centro Community College as well as Pres. /CEO of the Dallas Urban League.
Dr. Mitchell-Brown has served as Director of the Martin Luther King Center, Executive Director of the Greater Dallas Community Relations Commission; Director of Public Affairs for DART. In 1990 she became the first woman to head the Dallas Urban League in its 33-year history.
She has been active in the Dallas community from education to housing and was one of the first City of Dallas environmentalists assigned to analyze the lead content problem in West Dallas, serving as the basis for closing the hazardous smelters in the West Dallas community.
She is a member of St. Paul AME Church, AKA Sorority, Dallas Assembly, Leadership Dallas Alumni, Leadership Texas Alumni, National Urban League Association of CEOs, Greater Dallas Planning Council, Oak Cliff Chamber, Texas College Board of Trustees and others.
Linda Perryman Evans is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Meadows Foundation, one ofthe largest private philanthropies in Texas. Prior to her current position, Evans was an active partner in the public relations firm of Stern, Nathan &Perryman and previously, the Executive Director of the Dallas Welcoming Committee, a non-partisan host committee for the 1984 Republican National Convention.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Evans worked in Washington, DC from 1976 through1983. She served on President Gerald Ford's re-election campaign, was an assistant in the development office of the American Enterprise Institute, was assistant to the press secretary for the lateSenator John Heinz of Pennsylvania, and from 1980 to 1983, served in the White House Office of Media Relations and Planning for President Ronald Reagan.
Evans serves on the executive board of the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU and on the advisory board of the Meadows Museum.She is a founding board member of the Philanthropic Collaborative in Washington, DC, board member of Council on Foundations, chair of the finance and audit committee of National Center for Family Philanthropy, and current trustee of the Wilson Foundation. Evans also serves on the boards of Passion for Children's, Inc., Amegy Bank, and the International Women's Forum, and the advisory boards of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. Former member and past chair of Equest and a member of the Dallas Assembly, Charter 100, and Crystal Charity Ball. In addition, she is a member of the Chairman's Circle of the Dallas Summer Musicals.She has served on the boards of Grantmakers in Health and the Conference of Southwest Foundations, where she is a past president. She is a past chair of the Mid-America Foundations Task Force on Standards and Accountability, served on the Independent Sector's Panelon the Nonprofit Sector to advise the Senate Finance Committee, and the Effectiveness and Accountability Task Force for the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Evans was named to the 2010 Nonprofit Times list of the Top 50 Power and Influence leaders in the Nonprofit Community. In 2008, Evans received the YWCA 100 Outstanding Women's Award and honored in 2007 with the TACA Silver Cup for her support of the Arts in Dallas and received the St.Philip's School and Community Center Unsung Hero award. Evans is a recipient of the 2004 Dallas Alumni Pi Beta Phi Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award, the 2003 Leadership Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award, and the 2002 Prism Award from the Greater Dallas Mental Health Association. In 2002, she received the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel La Catholica for her work on behalf of enhancing relations between Spain and the United States.
Paula Dobbs-Wiggins, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Dallas, Texas, an Associate Professor of Pastoral Care at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University and an ordained minister.Throughout her career she has focused on increasing the dialogue between the psychiatric and religious communities. Because she believes that clergy are in a unique position to help decrease the stigma associated with mental illnesses – stigma that often prevents people from availing themselves of effective treatment- she has sought to increase understanding and collaboration between clergy and mental health professionals.
She has been designated a Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association and has received numerous awards including the following: Distinguished Service Award- National Association of Mental Illness/Dallas Southern Sector; Showcase Award- Texas Department of Mental Health & Retardation; Trustee Award- Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Board, where she served as Chair; Outstanding Service Award, Terrell State Hospital, where she served as Clinical Director.
Her community service outside the medical field has been wide-ranging. She is a member of St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Church where she serves as an Assistant Pastor and directress of the children's choir. She currently serves on the board of the Pastoral Counseling Center of Dallas and has previously served on the boards of the Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, St. John's Episcopal School and the Science Place.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Dobbs-Wiggins received her bachelor's degree in Biology, with honors, from Harvard College and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency at Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital in Dallas, Texas, during which time she was named a National Institute of Mental Health Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.
She is married to Kevin B. Wiggins and they are the proud parents of four young-adult children.
Trisha Cunningham is the Chief Citizenship Officer for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. In that role, Trisha strives to positively impact the communities where TI operates through strategic philanthropy, education, employee involvement and corporate social responsibility programs that support TI's business goals.
In addition to her public affairs role, she has over 20 years of experience managing global communications and marketing initiatives including corporate communications, marketing and business communications that increased awareness, consideration and preference for TI products and services.
Trisha is a collaborator and believes there is power in partnership and sharing to build a better future for TI and our communities. As such, she was a catalyst and founder of the Dallas Fort Worth Corporate Citizenship Network – a self-managed group formed to share best practices and encourage companies with similar interests to work together on key community issues. She recently was named 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Executive of the Year by the Center for Nonprofit Management.
Trisha holds a BS in Computer Information Systems with an emphasis in business from Murray State University. She is a graduate of the International Women's Foundation Leadership Fellow Program, Leadership Dallas and Leadership Texas. She serves on the board of trustees for Leadership Women (formerly the Foundation for Women's Resources), the Volunteer Center of North Texas where she chairs the Student Engagement Programs committee and formerly of Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas. She also serves on the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Marketing Council, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Board Development Committee, the President's Advisory Council of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and Murray State's Computer Information Systems advisory board. Trisha is a member of the Dallas Breakfast Group, World Affairs Council and Dallas Friday Group. She has also been an active Girl Scout volunteer for 13 years and a volunteer leader in church youth and children's programs for over 20 years.
Hind Jarrah is co-founder, former president and the current executive director of Texas Muslim Women's Foundation (TMWF), a non-profit, educational, philanthropic, outreach and social service organization dedicated to empowering women and their Families.
Dr Jarrah has been engaged in the promotion of understanding and respect for multicultural diversity since 1982, when she co-founded the Arabic Heritage Society, a non-profit, educational organization. After Sept 11, 2009, the widespread misconceptions about Islam and Muslims resulted in her becoming a frequent guest speaker on topics such as the fundamentals of Islam, the peoples and cultures of the Muslim world, women in Islam, and Muslim/Non-Muslim relations. She has organized as well as participated in interfaith dialogue presentations and panel discussions in schools, colleges, churches, Rotary and Lions' Clubs and international societies; and recently the pioneering ISNA/URJ Muslim-Jewish dialogue in DFW.
Dr. Jarrah was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Palestinian parents. She graduated from the American University of Beirut with a B.Sc. in Pharmacy (1974) and a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas (1980). She received her Masters in Neuroscience and Cognition from UTD in 2000.
Claire has a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Bethel College, a M.T.S. in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, an M.A. and Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University.
Claire is currently a tenured professor and chair of the Department of Women's Studies, Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX. From 1997-1999, she was director of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas in Denton, and from 2000-2009 she was program director for the Women's Studies Program at TWU.
Claire developed and gained approval for the Graduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies at TWU in 2001. She is honored in Who's Who among America's Teachers, 2005, and received the Outstanding Honors Faculty of the Year, Texas Woman's University, 2003, and Pursuit of Excellence in Teaching Award, University of North Texas Forum on Teaching and Learning, 1999.
Claire is the author of Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of Prophecy. Studies in Medieval Mysticism, vol. 3. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2001, and has contributed chapters to a number of books, articles to publications, and presentations at professional meetings related to her extensive academic research on the role of gender in spirituality.
Nada J. Ruddock is the Director of Community Affairs at NBC 5/KXAS-TV. She joined the station in 1990 after working for Jim Wright, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Nada is a member of the NBC Universal Dallas Community Affairs Council, A Wish with Wings Board of Directors, the FWISD Advisory Council, the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Advisory Council, the Score a Goal in the Classroom Advisory Board, Leadership Fort Worth and she is a life member of the NAACP.
Nada has won the Emmy for Community Service. She is an Emmy award-winning producer and has multiple Emmy nominations. She has won the Promax Bronze Award and the Bonner McLane Award for the Most Outstanding Community Affairs Department in the State of Texas from the Texas Association of Broadcasters and the Telly Award for Outstanding Public Service. Nada has earned professional recognition throughout her career from organizations including the American Heart Association, Texas Association of Broadcasters, the American Cancer Society, Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce, Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Score a Goal in the Classroom, Elite News, and many more.
Nada's time away from NBC 5 is frequently spent at community and charitable events and she volunteers to help her church and local schools.
Nada has an MBA from Texas Christian University and received her undergraduate degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is married to Dr. Dwight Ruddock and has a son and daughter-in-law, Tony and Molly.
Becky Sykes was one of 18 women who founded the Dallas Women's Foundation, a public foundation that strengthens the community by increasing the investment in women and girls and empowering women's philanthropy. She also served as its, first chair, and was immediate past President and CEO from 1998-2011.A life-long Dallasite, she graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas with degrees in French and government. She taught high school civics and French for several years, "retired" to raise two children and do volunteer work, then returned to full time employment at Greyhound Lines, KERA Public Television and The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.
Most of her work through the years has involved public policy, non-profit management, strategic planning and fundraising. She has served on a number of community boards, including the Dallas City Plan Commission, the Junior League of Dallas, the YWCA, The Dallas Summit, the League of Women Voters and the Women's Council of Dallas County. She is an elder at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
She has received several awards, including the Maura Award ("Women Helping Women"), the Susan B. Anthony Award, the Executive Director of the Year award from North Texas Legal Services, the League of Women Voters' Myrtle Bales Bulkley Award, the Women of Excellence Award, given by the YWCA and Women's Enterprise Magazine, the Dallas Regional Chamber's Athena Award, and the Woman of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women. She received the Austin College Distinguished Alumna Award in 2008.
Becky currently serves as a community volunteer and mentor and serves as Vice Chair of the board of trustees of Austin College in Sherman, TX.
Charity Wallace serves as the director of the women's Initiative at the Bush Institute and senior advisor to Mrs. Laura Bush. She is responsible for setting the vision and creating the programming for the women's Initiative, including the empowerment of women in the Middle East. Most recently, Wallace served as the chief of staff to Mrs. Laura Bush, managing the team that supports Mrs. Bush and oversees Mrs. Bush's initiatives championed as First Lady of the United States. Wallace served for three years as the Director of Advance for First Lady Laura Bush, responsible for the execution of Mrs. Bush's 300-plus annual events outside the White House.Wallace also served as deputy chief of protocol of the United States during the George W. Bush Administration, overseeing the visits of chiefs of state, heads of government and other international dignitaries who were in the United States to meet with the president, vice president or secretary of state. She also accompanied delegations representing the president at official ceremonies abroad.
Wallace also created a new outreach division within the Office of the Chief of Protocol establishing "Experience America" trips, designed to engage the diplomatic corps through travels to various regions of the United Stated by highlighting companies and industries of particular relevance and interest to the diplomats.
Wallace served in the Bush Administration from January 2001 to January 2009at the U.S. Department of State, Mrs. Bush's office and in public liaison positions in Presidential Advance, the U.S. Department of Education, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and USA Freedom Corps.
A native of California, Wallace graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University, with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, with a focus in international relations.
Debbie Taylor is the Southwest Regional Director for Citi Community Development, overseeing community development and economic empowerment initiatives for under served individuals, families and communities through the expansion of financial products and services that build sustainable business solutions and innovative partnerships. Debbie coordinates Citi Foundation grants, microfinance initiatives and executive involvement in community leadership, employee volunteerism and company campaigns, and public relations in the southwest geographic region. Debbie also manages the activities of the Texas State Leadership Council, focusing on relationships and advocates, customer and community organizations.
A 25-year veteran of leadership positions in non-profit and civic initiatives in this community, she holds a Master of Public Administration from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.
Debbie is chair of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Board, having also served in 2007 as the campaign chair. She also served as the chairman of the board of the ChildCareGroup, is currently on the ACCION Texas Louisiana Board, and executive committee of the Dallas County Community College District Foundation Board. Debbie was honored with the 2011 J. Erik Jonsson Award, the highest volunteer award given by the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. She was honored with the first ever Corporate Social Responsibility Executive of the Year in 2010 and most recently in 2012, the Junior League of Dallas' Sustainer of the Year award. Other honors include Dallas Business Journal's Most Influential Women in Business award and the Ebby Halliday Rose of Distinction award.
A non-profit and business performance strategist, specializing in strategic advancement, board governance, fundraising and leadership, Niki knows the challenges facing organizations first hand. She has worked in sales and management and as a non-profit CEO, with responsibility for all aspects of the organization, including its fund raising initiatives and strategic direction. In addition she holds an MA in Philanthropy from St. Mary's University, Winona, Minnesota and an MBA in Leadership and Governance from the University of Dallas.
The author of several books on leadership, coaching, sales and change management, including her last book: Women, Wealth and Giving: The Virtuous Legacy of the Boom Generation; she is presently working on a new release on social enterprise.
Niki has consulted/ spoken to organizations from The World Affairs Councils of America, Ronald McDonald House, United Way, America's Second Harvest, Apple, The United States Marine Corps, CAS Argentina and numerous others. She has also served on the boards of several non- profit associations, and is the new chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance of North Texas.
She has earned her Certified Speakers Designation from the National Speakers Association, a designation held by fewer than 8% of the association's 5,000 members. The Texas Chapter of NSA honored Niki with the first Charbonneau Award, given to speakers who are role models in their community. Niki was selected as a National Council on US Arab Relations Malone Fellow and has recently been honored as an Ambassador of Peace by the International Peace Federation.
Niki is co-founder, executive producer- producer of the award winning McCUISTION television program, now in its 24h year with KERA PBS, Dallas, and syndicated on PBS in several cities around the country. Under her watch the program has earned numerous, Telly, Clarion and Katie awards for excellence in journalism.
Her work includes the controversial Roots of War, a documentary on terrorism. As Producer- Director, her interviews have taken her from Baghdad to Syria, and other countries in the Middle East, and to Europe and Africa several times where she has met and interviewed key experts and community leaders re: the regions' political issues.
Michelynn Woodard is the vice president of philanthropy at jcpenny. With over 15 years of experience in corporate philanthropy across multiple industries – including entertainment, non-profit, television, digital media and music – Woodard leads the company's charitable efforts in more than 1,100 jcpenney communities nationwide through strategic partnerships with philanthropic organizations that represent the Fair and Square values inherent to jcpenney.
Before joining jcpenney, Woodard founded the Amalgamation Group LLC, a strategic consulting firm that brought together celebrities, philanthropists, non-profits and brands. She has also served as managing director of West Coast Operations for Be the Change, Inc., where she actively engaged in creating high profile events and fundraising, while opening and managing the organization's Los Angeles office.
She also served as president and chief operating officer for West Brands, LLC, where she ran Kanye West's parent company and helped lead the growth of its subsidiaries.
Preceding her work with West, Woodard was program director for the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Foundation resourcing celebrity clients such as Chaka Khan, Jamie Foxx, Bruce Willis and others interested in creating social activism platforms and developing strategic philanthropic initiatives. She developed local alliances and extensive relationships in the entertainment community through public and private partnerships. Before CAA, Woodard was the director of network distribution for Fox Broadcasting Company, responsible for negotiating relationships and profitability margins for over 50 local television stations throughout the country.
Woodard supports numerous charitable organizations, mentors many young women and is an active public speaker. She is a recipient of the "Women in Business Award" from the Springfield, Massachusetts Women's Commission and was cited as an emerging leader by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Woodard received her B.A. degree in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University.


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The truth will set us free
Gerhard Cardinal Müller releases new book addressing the most pressing issues facing the Catholic Church
SAN FRANCISCO — From the former Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Gerhard Cardinal Müller, comes a new book detailing the current attacks on Catholic doctrine and morals, and challenging Catholics to understand exactly what is at stake: THE POWER OF TRUTH: The Challenges to Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today.
Cardinal Müller is an internationally known theologian and churchman. He formerly was the Bishop of Regensburg, Germany, and a professor of theology. Cardinal Müller also is the author of many books, including The Cardinal Müller Report, The Hope of the Family and Priesthood and Diaconate.
THE POWER OF TRUTH analyzes perhaps the most pressing cultural issues of today, including questions of divorced Catholics receiving the Eucharist, the indissolubility of marriage, and the moral relativism of contraception and abortion. Cardinal Müller directly — and aptly — describes how the Magisterium works and why the truth is not an abstract theory.
THE POWER OF TRUTH also includes the cardinal's recently released Manifesto of Faith. Relying heavily on The Catechism of the Catholic Church, it clarifies certain Church doctrines that have seemed to be in doubt in recent times.
"Cardinal Müller provides us with a luminous example of the harmony between faith and reason applied to contemporary moral issues," said Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York. "A man who has devoted his life to serving Jesus and his Church, the logic and clarity of Cardinal Müller's work is always wedded to a laser-like focus on Jesus Christ: the way, the truth and the life.
For more information, to request a review copy or to schedule an interview with Father Joseph Fessio, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, please contact Kevin Wandra (404-788-1276 or [email protected]) of Carmel Communications.


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Patria and Schiebel Working on MUM-T Operations
Patria's Compact Airborne Networking Data Link (CANDL) communication network being integrated onto the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) for Manned-UnManned Teaming (MUM-T) operations
Patria, March 30, 2017 - Patria and Schiebel have been working together to integrate Patria's sophisticated Compact Airborne Networking Data Link (CANDL) communication network onto the Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS).
The two European companies' joint effort is the first step of an ongoing program of work examining how the Camcopter S-100 can be deployed to directly support manned helicopter operations.
Patria's CANDL provides a solid backbone to explore the benefits of Manned-UnManned Teaming (MUM-T) operations, where the combined strengths of each air asset can be optimized to increase overall situational awareness and enhance decision making.
"The need for networking between several assets was one of the main design drivers for CANDL. MUM-T operations are the latest trend benefiting from CANDL's unparalleled network characteristics", says Simo Mäkipaja, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Patria, Systems Business Unit.
"Using the unmanned element of a MUM-T operation to provide both the forward and higher altitude view will help to keep pilots and the manned assets safe as well as improve overall mission effectiveness", adds Schiebel's Chief Technical Officer Chris Day.
Schiebel's Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) is an operationally proven capability for military and civilian applications. The Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAS requires no prepared area or supporting equipment to enable launch and recovery. It operates in day and night, under adverse weather conditions, with a beyond line-of-sight capability out to 200 km, over land and sea. Its carbon fiber and titanium fuselage provides capacity for a wide range of payload/endurance combinations up to a service ceiling of 18,000 ft.
In a typical configuration, the Camcopter S-100 carries a 75 lbs/34 kg payload up to 10 hours and is powered with AVGas or JP-5 heavy fuel. High definition payload imagery is transmitted to the control station in real time. In addition to its standard GPS waypoint or manual navigation, the S-100 can successfully operate in environments where GPS is not available, with missions planned and controlled via a simple point-and-click graphical user interface. The high-tech unmanned helicopter is backed by Schiebel's excellent customer support and training services.
About Patria: Patria is a trusted provider of defense, security and aviation life-cycle support services and technology solutions. Patria is owned by the State of Finland (50.1%) and Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (49.9%). Versatile duties employ today some 2 800 skilled professionals.
About Schiebel Group: Schiebel Group focuses on the development, testing and production of state-of-the-art mine detection equipment and the revolutionary Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). The company has built an international reputation for producing quality defense and humanitarian products, which are backed by exceptional after-sales service and support. Since 2010, Schiebel's composite division supplies high-tech customers with products of supreme carbon fiber technology – all quality-controlled to meet ISO 9001 standards. With headquarters in Vienna (Austria), Schiebel now maintains production facilities in Wiener Neustadt (Austria) and Abu Dhabi (UAE), as well as offices in Washington DC (USA) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia).
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Written above a thousand years ago, and relating to the year 1709.
With explanatory notes, by T. N. Philomath. Written in the year 17c).
* Dr. Swift, in his preface to this piece would insinuate, that what he publishes to the world is a transation of Morlin's prophecy 2.92. years old. The main eign of the Doctor in this predićtion, if he was really in earnes, (which I verily believe he was hot, as I am persuadad that he only writ this prophecy, in order to vex the Whigs, and to fret that ungrateful ministry, which had forgotten the obligations he had conferred upon them,) was, to encourage Q. Anne to a second marriage, in order that her Majesty might repair, if possible, that infinite loss she had sustained by the Duke of Giocester, who, by all accounts, was one of the finest princet that ever was born in England, and accordingly was universally regretted by the whole nation, the fanatical party and all their black adherents only exceptcd. This
appears from the 11 h, 12th, 13th, and 14th lines of the prophecy. And without dispute, as in England here were many thousands, who were defirous to see a prince descend 'd from a Queen, whom they loved with such ardour and affedion; so, in the wildness of their imagination, they endeavoured to persu de her Majesty at the age of about forty-five to marry a second time. But whether it was owing to that excessive regard which she bore unto the memory of her beloved, the Prince of Denmark; or whether it was because she never had a child after the age of five or six and twenty ; or whether it was for some political reason or other, she refused in this respe&t to gratify the is clinations of her people; which however, as animosities and faćtions were then rising to an excessive height, she had cause to repent of before the time of her decease. For, as the Queen was driven to such inexpressible straits by the fury ard machinations of the con- tending
Partridge hath learnedly vindicated himself in his
almanack for that year.
For a farther vindication of this famous art, I have thought fit to present the world with the following prophecy. The original is said to be of the famous Merlin, who lived about a thousand years ago; and the following translation is two hundred years old ; for it seems to be written near the end of Henry the Seventh's reign. I found it in an old edition of Merlin's prophecies, imprinted at London by John Hawkins in the year 1539, page 39, I set it down word for word in the old orthography, and shall take leave to subjoin a few explanatory notes.
tending parties, that, with all her experience in government, she knew not whom to trust; if she had married some wise and thoughtful prince, entirely remote from all pretensions to the crown, (supposing that such a one could have been found in Europe at that time,) she might have passed the remainder of her life with more ease and tranquilliy. For as a prince in that situation would have had nothing more to do, than to have made the Queen happy and her reign glorious, he might have ačted as moderator between both parties, secured unto himself the esteem of all the wise and virtuous, and perhaps, after the decease of the Queen, might have been highly regarded by her successor during the remainder of his life. But alas ! party-rage carried all before it, and every scheme of accommodation was equally rejećted by Whigs and Tories. Swift. * .
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No time to plan? Busy with work and mom duties? I got you covered.
When you want to make healthy lunches, and be the coolest person in the cafeteria, it is highly recommended that you use containers with multiple compartments. Also known as Bento boxes, these lunch boxes allow you to automatically control your portions, make it easier to prepare a well-balanced meal, and can be used for meal prep and planning. One good lunch box to use is the 3 compartment lunch box by EasyLunchboxes. I use those and LunchBots, which are silver and futuristic.
The best part about EasyLunchboxes is, you actually get a set of 4, so you can pack several days' worth of lunches over the weekend, and have everything ready to go each day. You don't have to get up early and make your lunch for work or school beforehand. If you have kids, these are perfect for using for school or for snacks when they get home.
What I love about this set is that each container is a different color. So why not assign one color per child or family member. A great way to ensure no-one takes the wrong lunch to work or school. (I call Pink!!!)
The EasyLunchboxes 3-compartment lunch box containers are kid-friendly and easy to open. However, keep in mind this means the lids are not leak-proof. You still need to make sure these are kept in an upright position in the lunch box or lunch bag. If you are going to have anything runny or dressings in the lunch, put them in small separate containers. I learned a neat hack of lining the bento box with cupcake liners.
These lunch boxes are perfect when you have a hard time putting the right portion sizes in your lunch (or dinner). You can put one food item in each compartment and know exactly how much you need. If you are on the lazier side, you don't need to get out your portion baggies or boxes, weigh your food, or put everything in a measuring cup beforehand.
The best way to pack a healthy lunch is to use the larger compartment for your protein, and the two smaller compartments for the side dishes, such as fruits, vegetables, or grains. Roll up some turkey and cheese, cut up Applegate hot dogs, throw in your dinner leftovers and sides or salad, protein and sides.
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Prelate priest Georg Ratzinger
The pope's brother said in one of radio interviews that despite his age of 85, Benedict XVI feels relatively young. Georg Ratzinger reaches the age of 89 on 15 January. He spent Christmas in Ratyzbona. On 28 December 2012 he made a journey to Rome. He gifted among the others the recording of 'Mass h-moll' by Jan Sebastian Bach to the famous brother, for which the Pope had asked. However, the elderly priest reserved that during the celebration of Christmas presents are not the most important. – I have everything what I need and at my age I do not have to care about wealth – said Fr. Ratzinger.
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The prohibition of adopting Russian children by the citizens of the USA was criticised by the Orthodox bishop of Smoleńsk and wiaziemski Pateleimon. The decision of State Duma was to be an answer to the so-called list of Maginicki passed by the American Senate. On this basis the Americans prohibited allowing for visas to people breaching human rights in Russia.
The member of the Ecclesiastical Supreme Council of the Russian Orthodox Church and also the chairman of the Department for Charity and Social Care of the Moscow Patriarchate emphasized that one cannot decide about the fate of children regarding the political prosperity, applying the principles of symmetry or diplomatic dissymmetry. The state are people and not only the representatives of legislative and executive authority with their political ambitions. The Russian orthodox patriarch warned against repeating the mistake of Ludwig XIV who stated that 'state is me'. The state are people and children needing help from adults.
The fire of violence does not stop
Probably 12 people were killed in North Nigeria at Christmas night. Two protestant churches were attacked where traditional divine services were taking place. The first massacre took place in a village Peri near Potiskum, the industrial centre in the state of Yobe. The area is mainly inhabited by Muslims, the Christians are a minority there. According to the report of one of inhabitants, Usmana Mansira, a group of armed men invaded the village at midnight and immediately went to the church. There, they attacked praying believers, killing six people, including a pastor. Next they set fire to the building of the church and also a few people standing near their houses. This version of events was confirmed by the local police.
CNN informed also about the second bloody event at Christmas night in Maiduguria in the state of Borno. Five participants of the divine service and a deacon were to be killed there. The attacks in the place of cult took place despite strengthening police forces, in regard to bloody experiences in the analogical time of 2011.
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Kidambi Srikanth And PV Sindhu Raise the Bar for Indian Badminton
Right at the start of 2017, what would have been the hopes of an average sports fan in India? Nothing much. Just continued greatness from Virat Kohli, titles from shuttler PV Sindhu, and a few good wins from Kidambi Srikanth. In a 'sports glory' starved nation, this is much more than one would ever need to keep the interest going. But what transpired this year, is nothing short of astonishing. The innumerable accolades only our shutters have managed win, have for sure, made them one of the most successful in the world.
In what was a landmark year for Indian badminton, Srikanth and Sindhu raised the bar, after scaling new heights. While the former won four Superseries titles— the most in a year —Sindhu returned with two Superseries titles, to go with silver medals at the World Championships and Dubai Superseries final. It all started with Sindhu's exploits at the Indian Open Superseries in March. The lanky Hyderabadi was on a rampage, and swept through all her opponents with utmost ease. The best was reserved for the finals, where in a repeat of the Rio Olympics finals, she beat Spain's Carolina Marin 21-19, 21-16.
And then it was the turn of Srikanth to win, whatever came his way. In almost four months he won as many tournaments, taking down some of the best shuttlers in the world. The first finals of the year for the Guntur lad was in Singapore Open, where he lost to compatriot B Sai Praneeth in the finals. Thereafter, he went on to win the Indonesia Open, Australia Open, Denmark Open and French Open.
Not just these two, but the year will be remembered for the exploits of HS Prannoy, and queen of Indian badminton Saina Nehwal. 2016 was far from being kind to the 27-year-old where she suffered a shock defeat to the world no. 61 Marija Ulitina, and also a severe knee injury.
The situation looked grim for her, and many feared that retirement was on the cards for her. In fact, Saina has herself admitted of getting disillusioned during the injury phase, and she wouldn't be here if not for her parents.
At the end of it all, she did make a comeback, and how. She came up with a bronze medal at the Glasgow World Championships, beating the likes of Kirsty Gilmour and Sung Ji Hyun.
Homecoming for Saina
It was during the World Championships, when the world saw head coach Pullela Gopichand cheering for Saina from the stands. While there were only speculations about the girl returning to Hyderabad, to train under Gopichand again, an official word was yet to come. Soon after the tournament, the news was confirmed by her then coach Vimal Kumar. It wouldn't be wrong to say that for the first time close to two years, the focus had shifted from Sindhu to Saina, and rightly so.
A lot was read between the lines, as to why Saina came back to Hyderabad. But the former world no 1. put to rest the debate in a dignified manner, citing 'need to stay closer to home' as the main reason. What also could have propelled her to taking this decision was the results Indonesian coach Mulyo Handoyo had given the past few months.
India Embraces Taufik Hidayat's Coach
Early in 2017, the Indians shuttlers looked prone to getting injured, and there was a time in early February, when Srikanth, Prannoy and Praneeth, all were injured. Men's singles was represented by Sameer Verma and Ajay Jayaram. The Indian think-tank faced an unprecedented situation. It was then that Indonesian coach Mulyo was called to India, and he gave results almost instantly. Right from changing the diets of the players, to harder training sessions, all these changes held the Indian shuttlers in good stead.
If the players are to be believed, they did face challenges adapting to the new system in place, but they had no other option of following it. Also, head coach Gopichand had reposed a lot of faith in the foreign coach that helped the shuttlers.
But as all good things come to an end, it was curtains for coach Mulyo towards the fag end of 2017. Rumour has it that Mulyo has gotten a better offer from a South Asian country, and he has accepted that.
Nationals Regains Lost Glory
This year saw the participation of the best Indian shuttlers in the Senior National Badminton Championship at Nagpur. The tournament was no less than an international event, because the star-power that participated. The final in the men's singles saw HS Prannoy and Srikanth fight it out for the title. Prannoy won his first nationals title here, while it was Saina who defeated Sindhu in women's singles, in straight games. Both unlikely winners, one must say.
But the biggest surprise of the tournament was junior world no. 3 Lakshya Sen's performance. The 16-year-old made it to the semifinals, and lost to Srikanth. With this showing, he is already hailed as the next big thing in Indian badminton.
Doubles Taking a Step Forward
Not quite up there still, 2017 was the year when doubles badminton took a step in the right direction. There were a few formidable partnerships formed in mixed doubles and women's doubles. Men's doubles, out of the lot looked the most promising with the advent of Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty. The duo won the Vietnam International Challenge and reached the quarterfinals of Korea Open. To go with it Satwik had a great partnership in mixed doubles with Ashwini Ponnappa, and both secured a semis berth in Dutch Open.
Barring the results, the biggest change brought in by Malaysian coach Kim Tan Her was that, doubles be treated with equal importance in the country, and winning titles might take some time coming. The Malaysian stuck to the teams without any chopping and changing, whatever the results might be. At the junior level, he called for specialised doubles players, which wasn't the case earlier.


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The rest of the Sundays in April are off posting days in the A to Z Challenge - so see you back here on Monday and I'll see you at your blogs. Cheers!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
G is for Gadgets, Graffiti and Gracious
The rest of the Sundays in April are off posting days in the A to Z Challenge - so see you back here on Monday and I'll see you at your blogs. Cheers!
30 comments:
- Shannon Lawrence said...
What a neat story about your dad! Is that gizmo to get the zest scrapings off citrus fruits??
What a beautiful house!
Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z
- April 7, 2012 at 1:25 AM
- Elephant's Child said...
I would agree with Shannon. It looks like a zester to me.
G is also for Good, Gentle Lady.
Gorgeous post. Thank you.
- April 7, 2012 at 2:36 AM
- Hilary Melton-Butcher said...
Hi Lynn .. looks to me like a zester ... beautiful area - love the house, and the graffiti - and glad to know that your friend has utilised his skills to good effect ..
Happy Easter .. cheers Hilary
- April 7, 2012 at 4:26 AM
- Snaggle Tooth said...
Gee, cool G post! Don't know about the gizmo... some one out here must be certain! Good Graffetti. "voce" in Portuguese means "you"- hmmm! Pretty Nook n Cranny house- so many corners n angles. Happy Holy Saturday n Sunday Off!
Happy Easter!
- April 7, 2012 at 4:34 AM
- Granny Annie said...
My Navy spouse loved the cooks. When his shipmates complained that the food sure wasn't like their mother's, Ron would say "It sure isn't and that's why I joined the Navy." I would guess the gadget is for removing corn from the cob.
Graffiti is great...sometimes.
Since none of the house residents had "G" names, I am guessing the "G" is for Georgia. I love that house by the way!!!
I am soooooo happy that we can once again be allowed to receive emailed follow-up comments. It is fun to see what others say and any comments you might make back.
- April 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- G. B. Miller said...
Cool pics and a great way to celebrate the letter "G".
- April 7, 2012 at 7:37 AM
- Marta Szemik said...
That little gadget looks like could be used to scratch the zest off a lemon or an orange. But I have no idea what it's called.
Happy Easter!
- April 7, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Lynn said...
Shannon -
Thank you - the rest of the story is that the first lunch he was in charge of was chili. He said it was so eerie - all the fixings had already been laid out. He was contemplating the industrial sized can of chili powder when someone stuck his head in the door and said, "Make it spicy. Those other guys never made it spicy enough." So dad poured the whole thing in - and you can just imagine all the running for more water. :)
When we were growing up he would make omelets for us, that kind of thing. But he came into his own with cooking later in life. Hence having a zester. You are exactly right! I Googled zester and that's what it is. I have been using a microplainer for that, so this looks easier. Thank you!
The Elephant's Child -
That's it! I'm excited to know.
And thank you - you are Good, Gentle and Gorgeous yourself. I'm so glad we are blog friends now.
Hilary -
It's a zester - I'm excited to know.
I plan to post more about Milledgeville on the M post. It is a beautiful area. That home also was the first pastorium of the church my mom and dad belonged to - First Baptist - just around the corner. Later pastors (from the 1960s on) opted to used a ranch style house in a modern neighborhood. Probably easier to heat. I'm glad Mrs. Combs daughter has kept this one so beautiful.
Happy Easter!
- April 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM
- Lynn said...
Snaggle -
There's some sort of city ordinance against graffiti artists in Atlanta now. I don't mind it, used in appropriate spots. I heard that someone is making a documentary about it that I hope I get to see. I used to ride the commuter train into the city when I was going to my urban university a few years ago to finish up school - and I used to love spotting it from the rails.
Happy Easter - I hope you have the weekend off, Snaggle.
Granny Annie -
Hah! Ron cracks me up. Dad was just looking for a better way to eat. He said that while the rest were eating powdered eggs for breakfast, he was having the same steak breakfast the officers were having. Quite resourceful, I say.
We have an indentification - it's a zester, but I'm thinking you could use it for removing corn from a cob.
I'm wondering if the G is for her first name, since her last name was Humphries. Her maiden name would be Combs (she inherited the house.) I love it, too - especially the thought of that sleeping porch.
I'm glad they added that follow-up feature back, too. I like that you come back and read comments.
Happy Saturday, GA - no post tomorrow - I'll be back on Sunday.
I also celebrate that you came by, G. Happy weekend!
Marta -
A zester! Thank you - I'm excited to know.
- April 7, 2012 at 8:35 AM
- happygirl said...
yep, a zester. remember to only zest the colored portion of the citrus and not the white pith (it's bitter) LOVE the house. Graffiti just isn't my thing. It just looks, well, vandalized to me. :)
- April 7, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- Fireblossom said...
I love that house!
- April 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- T. Powell Coltrin said...
This is a great post. He was on a mine sweeper? Whoa.
I don't know what that is.
Nice to meet you!
- April 7, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- S. L. Hennessy said...
Wow, that house is beautiful. I WANT it!!
Great post and happy A-Z blogging.
- April 7, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Tara Tyler said...
cool hodge podge of g stuff! great!
- April 7, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- Lynn said...
happygirl -
My wish for graffiti artists is that they use their talent to the greater good by becoming designers like Jerry did.
Thanks for the zesting tip!
Can't you just imagine sipping an Arnold Palmer on that porch and waving to passersby? Arnold Palmer - half iced tea, half lemonade. Yum.
Journaling Woman -
A mine sweeper looks for exploding devices (or mines) meant to cause harm to ocean vessels during war.
Me, too. :)
Tara -
Thanks - it is a bit of hodge podge, isn't it?
- April 7, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Louvregirl said...
Lovely home! what is a 'sleeping porch' exactly?
I think that I 'want one.'
- April 7, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Lynn said...
lg -
Back in 1895 when there was no air conditioning, they would often sleep outside on a porch like that in the summer, where they could be cooler. That one is on the second story, where one could sleep unobserved by passersby.
One of my friends bought a home built in the 1920s in Atlanta that had a sleeping porch and that was the first time I had heard of that, too.
- April 7, 2012 at 7:49 PM
- Donna B. McNicol said...
Enjoyed this mix of "G" topics!
- April 8, 2012 at 1:12 AM
- Betty Manousos said...
how fun!
i love that beautiful home.
happy easter!
big hugs!
p.s. thank you so much for the follow.
following you right back!
- April 8, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- Laura Eno said...
What a gorgeous home! I'd love to explore something like that.
- April 8, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Isherwood Wildwalker said...
I like the mystery of having unknown gadgets around the house. It keeps me humble of how little I know of this world, and if I always stay in my comfort zone, will I ever experience a full life?
- April 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- LA Nickers said...
Gadgets galore! (Don't look in my kitchen utensil drawers. They're scary spots!)
I'm stopping in as an A to Z blogger. I invite you to visit my blogs, leaving a link to your own post, so my readers can find you too!
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- April 8, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Riot Kitty said...
Neat! I would be interested in hearing what you use that gadget for.
Just catching up on blogs after being very, very busy. That house picture is gorgeous.
- April 8, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Jaycee DeLorenzo said...
Beautiful home! Over from A-Z.
My A-Z
- April 8, 2012 at 1:36 PM
- Lynn said...
Donna -
Thank you!
Betty -
Big hugs to you, too! Thanks for following me - I always thought I had followed you before, but realized today that I hadn't. Hope you are having a wonderful Easter.
Laura -
It's on a street will similar homes - just lovely.
Wanderoke -
I hope so. Thanks for coming by.
Linda -
Wow - that's a lot of blogs! Thanks for stopping by mine.
Riot Kitty -
It's good to be busy, huh? Hope you are doing well.
The consensus is that is a zester. Dad must have used it for orange zest for a glaze I remember him making for coffee cake.
Jaycee -
Thanks for coming by -
- April 8, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Cloudia said...
cool post! Gracious is the word of the day!
Warm Aloha from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
- April 8, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- Janyce said...
I love the story about your father. Serendipity. That is a lemon zester. I have the same one.
I like a lot of graffiti. I used to watch for the train just to catch the graffiti on it. There is some real talent out there.
The house -- beautiful! If I could live in an older house I would think I had died and gone to heaven. I would love to see the inside!
- April 8, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- Louvregirl said...
"The only Haiku you'll ever see here..." Noooo Lynn~ let's have more!
- April 9, 2012 at 11:29 AM
- Suz said...
Thanks for visiting me. I like your take on the alphabet.That is a great house. Often thought a sleeping porch would be lovely.
- April 9, 2012 at 4:52 PM
- Lynn said...
Cloudia -
Thank you -
Janyce -
I'd love to go in there, too - I probably did as a child. Thanks for coming by!
lg -
Only if Kim writes it! :)
Suz -
Thanks for visiting me back!
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Even before the Edsel was the Edsel, it was already a political football at Ford. In 1952, John R. Davis, the company's vice president for sales (and an ally of Edsel Ford in creating the Mercury in the 1930s), was charged with making a study of Ford's product positioning vis-a-vis its competitors. Study recommendations included the creation of a new top-end Continental Division and a new upper-medium-price nameplate.
Since medium-price at Ford meant Mercury, the Lincoln-Mercury Division was handed the study for review, a task that fell to Assistant General Manager Richard Krafve. The Krafve team's 1954 report suggested a new medium-priced make that could be produced by Lincoln-Mercury and sold through its existing dealers.
But this didn't sit well with Lewis Crusoe, who was promoted from general manager of the Ford Division to group vice president of car and truck operations in January 1955. He had long envisioned a division-to-division competition with General Motors. To make a case for his grand plan, Crusoe enlisted Francis "Jack" Reith to work up a presentation to support such a corporate organization.
Reith, like McNamara, one of the 10 professorial "Whiz Kids" hired by Henry Ford II in 1946 to help him revive the doddering company, made his pitch to Ford directors on April 15, 1955.
They wholeheartedly embraced the plan, which, among other things, called for separate Lincoln and upwardly mobile Mercury divisions and the creation of a Special Products Division. Special Products was given the task of creating a new medium-priced "E" car; Krafve -- ironically -- was named general manager for the new division.
The "E" car had one influential opponent, however. McNamara, who succeeded Crusoe as head of Ford Division, was quietly appalled that the corporation would budget hundreds of millions of dollars to bring out a car, indeed a division, to compete head-on with General Motors. He was convinced the car would not turn a profit for three years or more.
Many will argue that McNamara not only saw the cheaper range of Edsels as a threat to his Ford Division, but that he had a pathological compulsion to destroy it. There's more to it than that. McNamara had a sixth sense for what the company could and could not market profitably in the 1950s. While his methods and ambition may have rubbed some at Ford the wrong way, McNamara almost never made a wrong decision, armed as he always was with mountains of information and analysis.
One of the main factors that caused the 1960 Edsel
to fail was internal strife at Ford.
One of the first steps McNamara took to put a stumbling block in the Edsel's path was to prevent Special Products (later the Edsel Division) from recruiting the best talent within the company, especially from within his own division, the performance of which he always stressed as critical to the health of the entire corporation.
In this and other decisions, McNamara had strong support from Ernest R. Breech, chairman of the Executive Committee, and others in top management at the Ford corporate level. In the end, half of the personnel in the new division came from outside the company.
Another problem for the Edsel was where to build it. It was decided to build all Edsels, and nothing but Edsels, in one plant at Louisville, Kentucky. Then, very late in 1956, a decision was made to assemble Edsel Rangers and Pacers in Ford plants and Corsairs and Citations in Mercury plants.
As a result, it was virtually impossible for Edsel management to maintain an acceptable degree of quality control on the Ford and Mercury assembly lines. And McNamara, who, upon Crusoe's retirement, became group vice president of all vehicle operations in May 1957, was not inclined to put his imprimatur on Krafve's request to allow Edsel inspectors into the other divisions' plants.
Frankly, this was a time when all Ford products, save Lincoln, were at a low point in quality control. (The 1957 Ford arguably was the poorest-assembled Ford of all time.) The problems were only magnified when one to three Edsel Rangers and Pacers were added to the nearly 60 Fords coming down the lines every working hour. Further problems with suppliers likewise bedeviled both makes. It really wasn't until the 1959 model year that Ford began to get its quality control in order.
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Introduction of the Edsel
With the introduction of the Edsel to the public on September 4, 1957, people within the division and throughout the corporation were highly optimistic, supported by a press that had been enthusiastic all along.
The much-anticipated debut of the Edsel turned
out to be a disappointment for Ford.
Turnout in showrooms on introduction day was estimated at 2.5 million people, but advance sales were way off. The first 10 days turned out to be a complete disaster. Things just went from bad to worse.
McNamara's immediate reaction was, "I told you so," ridiculing everything from the car's unorthodox front end to the unique tail treatment. He didn't like the instrument panel, the pushbutton transmission, and other Edsel peculiarities, all the while pointing out to his subordinates that the 1957 Ford was a better car for less money (It did cost less money; it wasn't a better car.)
In October of 1957, McNamara went on a personal tour of plants where Edsels were being built and returned having made a complete about-face in his conclusions about the car's problems. He no longer blamed its styling or gimmicky features. He totally denied any production problems existed despite increasing flak from dealers. Instead, McNamara concluded that the real problem was promotion and advertising.
Had all gone according to plan, the 1959 Edsel would have been little different from the 1958. However, the unexpected turn of events within the first few weeks after introduction called for some fast rethinking.
In order to cut losses, the Mercury-based models were dropped from the 1959 lineup. Only the Ranger and Corsair lines remained, and these were more closely tied to the Ford than before, both being built on a 120-inch variant of Ford's 118-inch-wheelbase chassis.
The instrument panel was now shared with Ford. The pushbutton transmission controls were eliminated in favor of a conventional steering column-mounted lever.
This Edsel Corsair shows off the modified front end.
The distinctive Edsel front end was greatly subdued, and rooflines were shared with Ford Fairlanes and four-door station wagons. The 292-cid Ford V-8 became the standard Ranger engine and the 332-cid V-8, also from Ford, was made standard in the Corsair. While there were substantial production cost savings and enormous improvements in quality control, sales continued to drop.
Aside from the dismal sales figures and and hurried product revisions, there were other ominous developments, not just for the Edsel, but for the very plan Reith had laid out so convincingly for the Ford directors in 1955.
The separation of Lincoln and Mercury turned out to be brief. They were reunited under one roof in the last days of August 1957. On January 15, 1958, the badly wounded Edsel Division was brought into the same fold, creating a new Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division, a move that greatly pleased McNamara.
In April 1959, Foote, Cone & Belding resigned the advertising account. The job of hawking Edsels fell to Kenyon & Eckardt, the agency that handled Lincoln and Mercury advertising.
The design for the 1960 Edsel was intended to be a departure that would improve the car's sluggish sales. For more on the design, continue on to the next page.
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1960 Edsel Design
Even before the 1958 Edsel was introduced, serious work had started on a 1960 Edsel design that would have been radically different from the one that was eventually produced.
The 1960 Edsel Ranger boasted a new design
but was still plagued by low sales.
The 1960 that might have been was the work of Roy Brown, who had designed the original Edsel. It got as far as a full-sized fiberglass model. Brown does not remember the exact dates, but says that in those days final design work was usually finished 24 months ahead of introduction, so his work on the 1960 model must have been completed just about the time the 1958 was introduced.
But the Edsel's underwhelming sales performance and the retrenchment that followed put an end to Brown's proposal. He was promoted to Chief of Design for Ford of Great Britain; in April 1958, the Executive Committee approved McNamara's plan to make the 1960 Edsel a Ford with an Edsel badge, a decision that meant Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln could let go of even more Edsel people than ever, especially designers and engineers.
The 1960 Ford began life as a design done in the Ford advanced design studio by designers who had no idea that their brainchild would come to be shared with Edsel. Dubbed the "Quicksilver," it was done on an entirely new chassis and was created for the purpose of exploring an all-new lower style of car.
When Henry Ford II saw it, he wanted to produce it, but on what was essentially the 1959 Ford chassis with a wheelbase stretched one inch to 119 inches. The results were less than satisfactory.
"There were horrendous problems as they had to raise the whole car about two inches, the side, the belt moldings, the peak, and so on, and when you do that you change the car," said Joe Oros, head of the Ford design studio at the time. "It is never the same and that is what happened to that car."
With Roy Brown dispatched to England, the task of creating a new 1960 Edsel as economically as possible fell to the late I.B. "Bud" Kaufman. Kaufman was an honored detail man and had worked closely with Brown on many of the feature and trim items for the 1958 and 1959 Edsels. To this day Brown and his family declare the two men were the best of friends.
With a couple of hundred thousand dollars at his disposal, Kaufman was to take the designs for the 1960 Ford Fairlane, Starliner, Sunliner, and Country Sedan station wagon and transform them into Edsels. Kaufman had a genius for giving cars a maximum of new looks with a minimum of cash outlay. Only one major piece of unique sheetmetal was necessary for the 1960 Edsel, the hood. Two smaller panels were created for the upper rear quarter panels.
Due to his friendship with Brown, Kaufman tried to keep the original front end styling theme alive by using a bold, yet simple, vertical chrome impact bar running up into the hood to bisect the twin-grille arrangement he had selected.
However, this thematic feature was scrapped in favor of a centerpiece design that resembled a chrome-plated hourglass and gave the front a look somewhat reminiscent of the 1959 Pontiac.
In the center was placed a small green shield referred to in Edsel parlance as the "pickle." Diecast trim was featured in the egg-crate grilles and outwardly mounted round turn/parking light nacelles.
From the rear, the 1960 Edsel Ranger was similar
to other 1960 Ford models.
At the rear, the car's 1960 Ford heritage was visible even though the Edsel's taillights were large ovals set on end, and mounted in heavy chrome diecast bezels, as opposed to the Ford's "setting sun" semicircles set in the rear panel.
From the rear, all of Kaufman's 1960 Edsels were to have shared the same sheetmetal and bright trim. On the sides, though, the Ranger and Corsair series proposals differed in trim applications.
The Ranger used a single spear of stainless steel that started mid-fender just behind the front fender wheel opening and slowly arced down to the lower leading tip of the rear bumper.
To differentiate the bodysides of the proposed 1960 Corsair series, Kaufman created a second spear extending from the top of the rear bumper and moving forward to join with the tip of a trim piece like that on the Ranger. Vertically lined anodized aluminum panels filled the area in between.
The fancier trim design went for naught.
"In July of 1959, [Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln General Manager] Ben Mills declared that the 1960 Edsel would be marketed only in the Ranger series and with two station wagons, the Villagers," said Leo Beebe, who headed up Edsel public relations beginning in October 1957. "It was a last-minute decision to delete the Corsair series at that time."
As a result, the model line included a hardtop sedan, two- and four-door sedans, a hardtop coupe, and, for the first time, a Ranger convertible. The Villager wagons were six- and nine-passenger models. All rode 120-inch wheelbases.
Special contoured seats and upgraded interior door panels had already been ordered for installation in Corsairs. In an effort to recoup the investment, they were packaged as a deluxe interior option for Ranger closed cars.
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1960 Edsel
The standard 1960 Edsel engine was the tried and true Y-block 292-cid V-8. This "Ranger V-8" generated 185 bhp at 4,200 rpm and 292 pound-feet of torque at 2,200 rpm with its two-barrel carburetor and 8.8:1 compression ratio.
The Edsel Corsair was deleted from the
1960 Edsel lineup.
Offered as an $83.70 credit option for all models except the convertible was the 223-cid "Econ-O-Six." Equipped with a single-throat carb and an 8.4:1 compression ratio, it made 145 bhp at 4,000 rpm and a peak 206 pound-feet of torque at 2,000 revs.
For an extra $58, any Edsel could be ordered with the "Super Express V-8," a 352-cid unit with four-barrel carburetion and a 9.6:1 squeeze. Its tops of 300 bhp and 380 pound-feet of torque came at 4,600 and 2,800 rpm, respectively.
All three powerplants were identical to engines used in the 1960 Ford, except that the valve covers did not carry FORD lettering, and air cleaners were painted in different colors.
To shift the 1960 Edsel, a three-speed manual unit was standard in all models with all engines. For an additional $189.60 one could order the two-speed aluminum-cased Mile-O-Matic automatic with any power unit. Also, the three-speed Dual-Power automatic transmission was available for $230.80, but only when paired with the optional V-8.
While an overdrive transmission was offered on 1960 Fords, one was not listed on the option list for the Edsel. However, the 1960 Edsel Maintenance Manual devotes an entire chapter to this feature. While the economy unit was not officially offered by Edsel in 1959 either, several original cars have been found with them installed, but to date, no 1960s have ever been recorded with factory-installed overdrive.
Throughout 1959 there continued to be great turmoil at Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln surrounding the Edsel. McNamara was gathering support for discontinuing the car at the end of the model year. It was Henry Ford II who championed a 1960 model because he was committed to the dealers. More than once he had promised them that a 1960 Edsel would be produced, and Henry II was not a man to go back on his word.
Primary focus at the division was on the compact Comet, scheduled for introduction as a 1960 model. Rumors abounded that the 1960 Edsel might be a compact, and indeed such an Edsel might have had a fighting chance.
This 1960 Edsel ragtop carried Buttercup
Yellow exterior paint.
But Ben D. Mills, head of Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln, assured dealers and the public that the 1960 Edsel would remain a full-sized car. Pilot model assemblies began at Louisville on August 7, 1959; regular production commenced there on September 15.
Throughout 1959, as in 1958, independent Edsel dealers, many of whom had been GM or Chrysler dealers, were abandoning ship, and existing Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealers took on the Edsel marque.
On October 15, 1959, the 1960 Edsel finally arrived for public introduction. By this time there were 1,468 Edsel franchises, but fewer than 2,400 cars had been built. This meant that there were fewer than two Edsels per dealer.
To get an idea of the disastrous effect this had on Edsel sales, continue to the next page.
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1960 Edsel Sales
Dealers were not at all receptive to selling the Edsel, resulting in shockingly low 1960 Edsel sales. When they first saw it, presumably a month or so before introduction, they simply did not order the cars.
1960 Edsel model-year production didn't even
last into the 1960 calendar year.
This got Henry Ford II off the hook. If the dealers wouldn't accept the Edsel, then he no longer had to honor his commitment to produce it. The last 1960 Edsel, the 2,846th built, rolled off the Louisville line in November 1959. Total 1960 Edsel production was not even one day's production for Ford.
Some will argue that a 1960 Edsel could have sold in sufficient numbers to be profitable. Dealer support -- or lack of it -- does not uphold that thesis. Others will say an Edsel continued into 1961 and 1962 might have recovered earlier losses.
But where would the market have been? In 1961 and 1962, both the Ford and Mercury shared the same body. Ford could hardly have sold three different makes based on the same body shell.
McNamara knew what would sell and what wouldn't, and he was usually right. Although often criticized for not being a "car guy" (it has been suggested he actually disliked the auto business), McNamara made some monumentally correct decisions while at Ford.
The fancier Fairlanes he put up in 1957 helped Ford outsell Chevrolet; the 1958 four-seater Thunderbird nearly doubled annual sales compared to the two-place Thunderbird it replaced; the straight-laced 1959 Ford outsold the batwing Chevrolet; and the conservative 1960 Falcon compact, the kind of no-frills vehicle McNamara preferred, was Ford's biggest success since the Model T.
The 1960 Edsel shared the same body shell
as other 1960 Fords.
It has been written time and again that McNamara Fords looked like the man himself, wearing granny glasses and with their hair parted down the middle. But Joe Oros has pointed out that McNamara flourished at Ford because he made decisions that made the Ford Motor Company millions and millions of dollars.
If you go along with Oros's thesis that McNamara made the right marketing decisions for Ford, then you have to conclude that his opposition to the Edsel was correct. He loathed losers, and he spotted the Edsel as one from the get-go.
Who were the winners and losers in the Edsel saga? In some cases, the answer is clear-cut; in others, it is more obscure. In any case, 1960 marked the end for the Edsel. For more, continue to the next page.
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End of the Edsel
The immediate problem for dealers at the end of the Edsel's run was trying to unload the now-orphan make. The factory issued discounts and rebates to dealers with Edsels still in stock. A flat $300 was given for each 1960 on the lot, and up to $400 for unsold 1959 models still on hand.
During its short run, the Edsel lost up to
$250 million for Ford.
In an attempt to control damage, factory agents went to each dealer to negotiate settlements for their stock of cars, parts, and even the lighted Edsel signs. One factor that helped soften the death blow was that there were only two dealerships left that still sold the Edsel exclusively.
Any Edsel customer who had bought a 1960 model prior to the announcement of the car's cancellation was issued a coupon offering a $300 discount on the future purchase of another new "domestically produced" Ford Motor Company passenger car. Each coupon was serially numbered and included no expiration date. At last count, about 150 of these coupons were outstanding, and would be honored today.
Once in England, Roy Brown headed styling projects for the Ford Anglia Estate, the Zephyr Zodiac III, and the Cortina, a car that made more money for Ford than the reported $250 million the Edsel lost it.
The end of the Edsel snuffed out the last ember of the so-called Reith Program that had looked so promising on that spring day in 1955. Jack Reith was given the reins to the newly independent Mercury Division, but when it was put back with Lincoln in 1957, he suddenly found himself "awaiting reassignment." Before long, he would be gone from the Ford Motor Company; before the 1950s were out, he would be dead of a shotgun blast that may or may not have been accidental.
Today, the 1960 Edsel is a unique collectible auto.
On November 9, 1960, Robert Strange McNamara was announced as the new president of the Ford Motor Company. That same morning, a young Massachusetts Senator awoke to learn that he had narrowly out-polled the Vice President of the United States in voting for the nation's presidency.
Soon John F. Kennedy would seek out McNamara to serve as Secretary of Defense. In the first days of 1961, McNamara resigned from Ford and headed to Washington, where he became a lightning rod for controversy in a far deadlier struggle than the contest for medium-priced car sales.
As for the Edsel, it quickly attached itself to the English language as a synonym for abject failure. But it did win on one count: It became an instant collector's item and remains one of the icons of its time.
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1960 Edsel Specifications
As if it wasn't enough that the Edsel had to do battle with established competitors and a recession-wracked U.S. economy in the late 1950s, the car also faced opposition from powerful forces within the Ford Motor Company. It was a combination that proved impossible to overcome. Here are the specifications for the 1960 Edsel:
The 1960 Edsel Villager was one of the
final Edsels produced.
1960 Edsel Ranger Models, Prices, Production
|64A 2-door sedan
|58A 4-door sedan
|58B 4-door sedan with deluxe trim
|63A hardtop coupe
|63B hardtop coupe with deluxe trim
|57A hardtop sedan
|57B hardtop sedan with deluxe trim
|76B convertible coupe
|Total 1960 Edsel Ranger
1960 Edsel Villager Models, Prices, Production
|71F 4-door station wagon, 6-passenger
|71E 4-door station wagon, 9-passenger
|Total 1960 Edsel Villager
|Total 1960 Edsel
*Although no production figures have been recorded for two-door sedans with the deluxe interior, a number of such models have been found with data plates that indicate factory installation of the equipment.
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Mike Okiro, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), says although the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) has been bastardised, it cannot be scrapped.
According to Okiro, SARS started around 1991 when Shina Rambo, a notorious armed robber, held sway in the criminal underworld.
"There was no way to stop him. So, I and the then commissioner, Ademola, came up with the special anti-robbery squad," he said in an interview with Daily Trust.
Okiro said at its inception, SARS was saddled with the responsibility of tackling robbery attacks and notorious criminals but along the line, its operatives deviated and took up investigative duties.
He said: "The initial idea of the operatives wearing mufti, like I said, is for the element of surprise. So I'd say the original idea of SARS has been bastardised. The squad was feared before, and I mean by criminals. When there was a robbery in a bank, SARS would move there because they were trained. They also knew themselves because there was nothing like cross-firing. Every command had SARS standing by.
"But by the time it spread to other states, it seemed like anyone would be carrying arms, dressed in mufti, with a T-shirt with SARS emblazoned on it. Anybody can wear such an outfit. They even go into cases of bounced cheques and shady business transactions. SARS business is not to investigate, but to hit. It's a special anti-robbery squad, not an investigative one."
Okiro said SARS needs to be restructured, saying that scrapping the unit is tantamount to the police "stopping their fight against robbers".
He said: "We cannot throw away the bathwater with the baby. It cannot be scrapped, rather there is the need to get back to its original concept, to hit robbers and come back. Sometimes robbers take position, waiting for police patrol vehicles to come, not knowing that SARS are passing in a private vehicle. SARS needs to be restructured and not scrapped completely."
Following an outcry from the public over alleged brutality and daredevilry of SARS operatives, Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, recently announced that the unit will be reorganised.


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Public Image Ltd announce the release of their 10th studio album What The World Needs Now… on 4th September. The 11-track album follows the critical success of 2012's This is PiL, the band's first album in 17 years.
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He is scheduled to speak at Montana State University on Monday evening.