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Nothing You Need To Knowon July 22, 2013 at 12:00 am
The less you know, the worse it seems. Especially when you have Wombies.
This is one of the few sequential series I've done for Wombania. This comic strip is the first in a five-part story.
Faster! Don't stop! They'll be into the tools by now.,
They get into things faster than lightning!
sometimes it's best NOT to know !
I'd probably be a lot happier that way.
Hahaha! This reminds me of my kids. Sometimes the discoveries came too late!
Kids will be kids! And Wombies will be Wombies. Just hope they don't get together.
Ha, ha! Good one! I also like the running motion you added to the last panel. 😀
Thanks, Bill. A little blur helps the effect, though I don't know why I didn't use motion blur.
"Oh nothing," always means something when a Wombie says it!
To live with them is to know them!
I wonder if all chocolate fiends are like this? 🙂
Most Wombie chocolate fiends seem to be.
🙂 I think there are a few Zombies joining in that train of thought too Chris, indeed the chocolate dripping from those ghoulish chins could easily feed a party of ten 🙂
If there has to be Zombies around, I guess ones who eat chocolate are a lot better than ones who will eat your brains.
I love the expression on Chris in the third panel, and the motion of him in the last panel. Excellent work!
Thanks, Deb. A little blur can go a long ways.
Yes, and in this case it makes him look like he is running really fast.
I Was!
Hey I just said that too Deb, ahhh yes but
great minds think alike me thinks? 🙂 🙂 xxxx
omg 😯 Chris!!
Run, Run like Bolt or may be faster than him, before the hammer sees a nail
I have a feeling I won't be fast enough!
You won't be 🙁 But never mind there is lots of fun coming your way next and all you have to do to enjoy this new adventure, is to be there 🙂 I bet you feel a lot happier now don't you Chris? 🙂
Oh yes, wonderful. Life is an adventure with Wombies.
It sure is Chris 🙂
I could use less adventure sometimes.
I'd be running to find out what they are up too as well. Yikes. You're going to tell us right? I thought so.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
I think most of us would be! Yes, this is a five-part story, so there's more to be revealed.
I don't think when you hear those words, you can run fast enough.
I know I can't!
shhhh they are making me a present
Maybe you'd like it?
This present has a rocket motif and alien technology, I hope that you will like it Bearman? 🙂
Perhaps I could make Bearman a special rocket. . .
Yes something with green on the
top should add some character 🙂
Okay, I'll make the nose cone green in Mr. Bearman's honor.
That's an awful lot of lumber… looks like it's going to be BIG!
It better not be! But probably is.
Be afraid, be very afraid!
I am! Very very afraid!
With some people the less you know the better too… though I suspect it's nicer to be around wombats than those particular people. 😉
It might be nicer, but it probably is crazier!
Aw they are just building a chocolate stand. of a rocket launch pad.
They'd better not be!
They say that what you don't know can't hurt you but that is not true. Look at all the innocent bystanders that are hurt in accidents and collateral damage from things that aren't accidental. They didn't know the people that caused them to get hurt.
We should be like the NSA. We need to know everything…just to be on the safe side.
Maybe Chris needs to install a monitoring system so he can watch the Wombies at all times.
That would be a good idea. Then I wouldn't always be blindsided by their craziness. I need to install a WMS (Wombie Monitoring System)!
Do they have chips?
No, they wouldn't let me. But I still think it would be a good idea! Then at least I could track them.
They're going to go improve 8-Bit nerds I bet.
8-Bit Wombies?
That idea might be a bit to blocky.
too… I really need to spell check.
Actually, we would use 64-bit technology. Anything less would be undignified.
Run, Chris, run! sounds like it may be a "boys only" thing 😉
Hi Faythe, I need to get over to your Space soon too 🙂 Space travelling is one of my favourite hobbies 🙂 xxxx
Mine, too. If I can ever get out there.
Don't worry Binky, the adventure begins very soon and you are the pilot, I just hope that your navigational skills are as accurate as your rocket design 🙂
Well yes, I do wish to return!
oops, I meant "wombie" only thing, whewwwww!
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a Wombie-only thing. But I know whatever it is, it probably isn't good!
Bored? Wood work would work. Board!
With sufficient boards, one can never be bored.
Hole-y crap 😯 They aren't going to box the Fraz again?
That would be a comforting thought, if they all boxed themselves in!
Don't worry Chris the Wombies have plans that include you, actually I am sure that it will be extra special, or is that extra-terrestrial? 🙂
I don't really think now is the time to tell Chris. He seems to get upset no matter what we do.
Yes I noticed that too
Binky 🙁 He needs to lighten
up a bit me thinks 🙂
I believe he does. Locking him in the garage didn't seem to calm him down, though.
Yep. Ignorance is bliss!
It is until it explodes in your face!
But the explosion is going to take them out into space. Isn't that an equitable trade-off for you, Chris?
I don't believe it's a one-way trip, though. Just a short break from them.
Panel 3 says it all.
And it's probably not good!
He better hurry. 🙂
I'm hurrying as fast as I can!
Idle paws are the Wombie's tools.
Yes, and I think non-idle Wombies may be even more dangerous!
Yeah, those words are clues that he'd better launch a full-investigation very soon. 🙂
I'm hot on their trail! I hope.
Binky's reply is good reason to be worried. I really like Chris' expression in panel 3 Peter.
Thanks, Tony. Sometimes the expressions actually work.
I drew a completely dialogue free strip on the weekend & I think it worked well
They're hard to do. That's why I avoid them! I look forward to seeing yours.
I will be over to your page soon Tony, I have much to catch up on but I am looking forward to catching up with Cedric and Co 🙂
The expression on Chris' face is excellent, shock, horror, as always this is such a brilliant comic strip Peter, but then this is the very high standards that you achieve with every idea 🙂 Awesome…
Thanks, Andro. You are always too kind.
I know that your imagination is limitless, these comic strips prove that and with so much energy and style 🙂 Your Space rocks my great friend 🙂
Thank you, Andro. I definitely need more fans like you!
Aaah!! I should have read from this part first 😉
I know how Chris feels. I have a very active nephew and when he becomes quiet we all start calling his name because that means he is up to no good
Yep, that's the feeling! Maybe your nephew is part Wombie?
Hmmm…that's possible! He does love chocolate very much!
He sounds like a little Wombie to me!
LOL, that's a good one. I live that life. 🙂
Life on the edge! Sometimes it's exhausting.
Just like Novroz I should have read this one first, BUT, at least I haven't missed out. 'cos the expression on Chris's face is a must see!!! 🙂 xPenx
Thanks, Pen. Sometimes the expressions actually work.
There is a kind of surreality reading the building of a rocket launchpad from the end …lol.
That's an interesting observation, Shree. Maybe I should have posted them in reverse order.
I shouldn't read a story from the end :/
Apparently, quite a few people have!
When your kids tell you that there's nothing to worry about….WORRY! 🙂
Your kids, or your Wombies. Especially your Wombies!
Muahahahah Chris' face!!!
He looks like that a lot around me!
Chris' expression is priceless. Love the motion of the last panel. I get that feeling when my children (and Wombies) are quiet for more than two minutes… ever.
Expressions are rather limited, but this one seemed to work. A little motion blur applied in photoshop or the like can be effective.
About the only thing I use that sort of blur for is to create reflections and the appearance of ice.
I've never used it for that. Good idea, though.


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North Texans got to ask an official from the National Security Agency questions about privacy last night. In part, thanks to Edward Snowden. Since the former NSA contractor began leaking classified documents showing the agency's vast reach, officials have been trying to make their case to the public. Tuesday night the director of compliance at NSA, John DeLong visited SMU.
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DeLong came to Dallas for a public conversation on the agency – and to defend the NSA. He says the negative headlines about a lack of controls and oversight are inaccurate –that the agency has been beefing up its self-surveillance over the past few years.
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John Delong reassured the audience there will be more open conversations, and that the agency won't just stand by until the controversy subsides.
"The confidence of the American people is very important to us," he said. "We have lived in a world of secrecy. And we're trying to get a lot more information out."
DeLong points to a new website called IC On The Record, which features declassified surveillance documents, and says the agency is also working on an annual report to release to the public.
Finally, DeLong promised you'll see more "NSAers" at open events like this one. The hope is that giving a human face to the agency will make it easier to trust.
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Dazzling performance meets everyday economy.
The 2004
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The Accord sedans combine high technology and high quality with everyday economy of operation and keen attention to detail. The popular LX and EX models are terrific cars with comfort and convenience features that make for great daily drivers. Order the leather interior, and the EX becomes an affordable luxury sedan. The four-cylinder VTEC engine is powerful and responsive, delivering strong acceleration performance for passing. The Accord is also available with a powerful V6 engine, which adds another level of sports appeal.
A gorgeous coupe is available, featuring sporty styling that's unique from the sedan. The LX Coupe starts below $20,000 and makes for a quick, no-hassle, high-quality, sporty, two-door coupe that's great for commuting. Add the V6 and leather and it's an executive expressmobile for fast trackers, an affordable alternative to a BMW 330i. For enthusiast drivers, there's the Accord Coupe EX V-6 MT, equipped with the V6 and a close-ratio six-speed manual gearbox that will blow your preconceived notions about the Accord right off the road. If that isn't enough, a new Factory Performance Package has been developed for the V6 Coupe.
Model year 2004 brings a few new features to the line. XM Satellite Radio comes standard on EX-L and EX V-6 models. Side curtain airbags are available on EX models for improved head protection. A new intelligent climate-control system is available. The Accord offers high fuel economy and low emissions; 2004 brings partial-zero-emissions (PZEV) versions of the Accord to four Northeastern states as well as California.
The Accord regularly competes with the Toyota Camry for the title of best-selling car in America. Honda sold more than 414,000 Accords in 2002 and sales in 2003 were up as of the third quarter.
Honda Accord
's interior is smooth, firm, and quiet. For starters, it comes with great seats.
The seats in the sedan are generously wide and tall, with springs and urethane padding designed to reduce vibration. The driver's seat provides a one-with-the-car feel with good side support. It features a manual height adjustment or power adjustments on premium models. It jacks up plenty high for even the shortest drivers and offers good headroom for taller drivers. Front legroom is generous, also. A tilt-and-telescope steering wheel is standard even on the base DX.
The seats in the coupe seem a bit different and feel even better than those in the sedan. You sit lower in the coupe. The side bolsters are more aggressive providing a more secure fit at the torso. The cloth looked classier in black. The light-colored cloth looked like it would show dirt over time. The leather is nicer than the cloth.
The sedan's bench seat is roomy and comfortable, especially for two people with the center armrest flipped out. The back seat offers decent support, though it's fairly flat. Rear-seat legroom is slightly better than in the Nissan Altima, but the Toyota Camry offers an inch more.
The Accord's trunk is smaller than that of other mid-size sedans, but the flat trunk floor makes loading easy. The Accord's trunk measures 14 cubic feet, compared with the Camry's nearly 17 cubic feet and the Altima's 15.6. The coupe's trunk is slightly smaller, holding less than 13 cubic feet.
The excellent, clear analog instrumentation comprises large faces and LED illumination, another feature previously found only in higher-priced cars. A big speedometer in the center dominates the instrument panel. Automatic dual-zone climate control is avaiable on EX models. The switchgear, primarily three big dials located in the center of the dash, is simple, if not particularly attractive. Honda's interior fit and finish is good. The available bird's-eye wood grain plastic trim looked interesting, the faux carbon fiber trim looked nice, and the brushed aluminum trim wasn't bad either.
Interior space is used efficiently, with the audio, climate and optional navigation system controls integrated into a single unit. This frees up space for exceptional cabin storage, including a good-sized glovebox, a big center console, a bin under the audio system that will hold 12 CDs, and door pockets deep and wide enough for a purse.
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The Accord sedan and coupe share no sheet metal whatsoever, although their faces do look alike (partly because the one exterior feature they do share is their angular headlamps). Completely redesigned for 2003, the sharpened noses of the Accord sedan and coupe are reminiscent of an Acura RSX. The corners and sides of both bodies are carefully sculpted with a combination of concave and convex surfaces, in an attempt to achieve a muscular and agile look, with subtle and unique three-dimensional window glass, also intended to reduce wind noise. The aerodynamically efficient side-view mirrors are one of the results of wind tunnel testing.
The sedan's drag coefficient (a measure of how easily it moves through the air) is 0.30, significantly better than the previous model's 0.33. This latest Accord is also longer in wheelbase, and wider and taller overall than its predecessor, for more interior room. Yet it looks lower, thanks in part to its sleeker, raked-back windshield.
The coupe is a completely different beast. Its flanks and rear deck are even more shapely, flowing naturally and gracefully from the roofline. It yields a very aerodynamic 0.29 drag coefficient (compared to 0.32 for the pre-2003 coupe).
The Accord's doors are built using a new and unique method that makes them very light and strong. You can clearly hear the quality in the sound when you close them. You feel quality, also, in the extremely light touch required to open the trunk.
Honda engineers are particularly proud of the fact that all Accord models achieved five-star safety ratings for driver and front-seat passenger in the government's frontal crash test. Additionally, the coupe earned a five-star rating for front and rear-seat passengers in the side-impact test, even without the optional side-impact airbags.
All Accord coupes and the majority of sedans are assembled in Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant, though some of the sedans come from Japan and Mexico.
Regardless of whether you choose a cloth Accord sedan four-cylinder automatic or a sporty coupe with the V6, you're getting an outstanding automobile.
We think the four-cylinder Accord sedan is the best car in its price class. It strikes a perfect balance between ride and handling. The Accord rides more smoothly and more comfortably than the Nissan Altima. Yet its handling is controlled. The Accord feels more poised and handles better than the Toyota Camry. Its suspension smooths out bumps and ripples in the road, but isn't so mushy that your back-seat passengers get motion sickness. When pushed hard, it's balanced and fun to drive. We found it inspired confidence at high speeds on winding roads. It's smooth and supremely stable.
The four-cylinder engine is smooth and powerful, with a high-quality, mature feel. It's strongest at higher rpm, but never gets buzzy. The Accord's 2.4-liter twin-cam four-cylinder engine delivers 160 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 161 pounds-feet of torque at 4500 rpm. It's one of the most sophisticated four-cylinder engines in the automotive industry, equipped with Honda's new i-VTEC valvetrain, which means the valve timing is continually adjusted according to demands. It's the same system used on the racy Acura RSX and Honda Civic Si. It's responsive at all speeds, delivering strong torque over its entire rpm range. (Torque is that force that propels you away from intersections and up hills.) Bottom line: Stand on the gas and this baby goes. Yet it delivers excellent fuel mileage (24/34 with the automatic, 26/34 with the manual) with ultra-low emissions.
The five-speed automatic transmission is incredibly smooth. The drive-by-wire throttle is programmed to cut the gas during upshifts, and its timing is perfect. It's not often that the performance of an automatic transmission is so tight that it stands out.
The five-speed manual gearbox is especially wonderful. The gear ratios are perfect and the shifting is buttery smooth. It shifts beautifully, and seems to love aggressive downshifts. Acceleration with the automatic transmission was decent. With the five-speed manual, acceleration was strong, although you still need to downshift to keep the revs above 4000 if you want to accelerate quickly.
If you haven't driven a V6 Accord since 2002, you'll be surprised by the performance of the new Honda V6 that appeared with last-year's all-new car. The new V6 is substantially lighter and more powerful than the old engine. It's rated 240 horsepower and 219 pounds-feet of torque. Its torque range is broader, and begins at relatively low rpm. And it gets better EPA fuel economy numbers (21/30 mpg) with an automatic transmission.
The V6 delivers 80 more horsepower than the four-cylinder engine with a penalty of only 4 mpg on the highway. The Accord is a care-free car. Both engines run on regular fuel. And there's no scheduled maintenance for at least 105,000 miles, except for oil changes, and even those are required only every 10,000 miles. It's also a clean car: LX and EX four-cylinder automatic sedans are available in California, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine that are rated as PZEV cars ($150), which essentially have zero evaporative emissions.
The EX V-6 MT coupe is particularly fun to drive. The smooth six-speed gearbox is especially wonderful. It shifts beautifully, and loves aggressive downshifts that would cause many other gearboxes to cry abuse. Obviously, Honda spent great attention to detail in designing the gear ratios and synchronizers. The six-speed model features a special resonator in the intake system, put there just for your listening pleasure. Get with the gas and the engine responds with an enthusiastic growl that's music to the ears. You simply don't expect a
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ABS is standard on all models with four-wheel-disc brakes with EBD (electronic brake distribution) standard on all but the DX and LX. (ABS helps the driver maintain steering control under hard braking; EBD distributes braking force to the tires with the best grip, improving stopping performance.) The V6 coupe stops nicely, and the pedal feel is firm and sensitive. The brakes faded after driving it hard on a twisty uphill section, however. (Fade occurs when brakes get hot and results in diminished braking performance.)
Not surprisingly, the coupe's handling is well balanced. The Accord's double-wishbone suspension, front and rear, has been engineered to reduce fore and aft body motions under acceleration and deceleration, and to provide flat cornering. It's also been tuned to deliver a sporty, European feel.
The Honda Accord delivers high levels of quality and performance and ranks at the top of class among mid-size, medium-priced cars.
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Applesauce and Applesauce Recipes
Around Christmas time every year in New York my friend Diane throws a potato pancake party. In the eight years or so that I've known her, I've seen those potato pancakes evolve. This year she nailed it: they were rich and light, crispy and potatoey. The best ever.
My small contribution to the party was homemade applesauce. There really is no good reason to buy commercial applesauce, because homemade is not only ridiculously easy to make, but superior in both taste and texture. At the potato pancake party, Diane's guests ignored the sour cream and instead, loaded up on applesauce.
I had some left over, and with it made an old-fashioned applesauce cake with walnuts and white raisins that had a real holiday feel to it (I just made it yesterday but it is mostly gone now, the crumbled remains being what is left after the teenagers raided the kitchen in the wee hours).
Here are the recipes:
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Makes 3-4 pints
The best tasting applesauce is made from sweet apples, not tart apples like Granny Smiths, and a combination of sweet apples is even better. If you make applesauce with tart apples, you will have to add sugar, sometimes a lot. But you may find a combination of sweet apples will need no sugar at all.
5 pounds sweet apples
About 2 cups apple juice or cider (optional)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Sugar to taste
Quarter the apples and remove the seeds, but leave on the skins. Pour the apple juice or cider into the bottom of a big pot. (You can use plain water, too.) Add enough water to produce a generous 2 inches of liquid in the pot. Add the apples, cover, and place over a medium low heat. Cook until the apples are soft, about 15 minutes.
Allow the apples to cool, and then press them through a food mill. (If you don't have a food mill, consider getting one: it is very useful tool and inexpensive, too.)
Taste the applesauce. Add the cinnamon to your taste, ditto the sugar as you may or may not think the sauce needs it. You can also have some fun: spike the applesauce with calvados, orange zest, nutmeg…none of which will affect the processing instructions.
Have ready 4 very clean pint jars and bands, with new lids that have been simmered in hot water for a few minutes to soften the rubberized flange. (You can also do ½ pints, or a combination of pints and half pints—the processing time remains the same.)
Pour the sauce into very clean pint jars, leaving ½ inch headroom. Place on the lids and screw on the bands fingertip tight. Place in a deep pot with a rack (a rack is preferable, but honestly I rarely use my big canner for small batch canning—I just use my pasta pot even though it doesn't have a rack) and cover with water by 2 to 3 inches.
Bring the water to a boil and process the jars for 10 minutes at sea level, adding 1 minute for every 1,000 feet above sea level.
Remove the jars and allow to cool. Check the seals and store in a cool dark place for up to a year. There may be some oxidation with applesauce—meaning the top of the applesauce inside the jar made darken. It's okay. Refrigerate after opening.
Old-Fashioned Applesauce Cake
Makes a 9-inch tube cake
This recipe doubles very well. You can substitute currants, pecans, dried cranberries, cherries, and bits of dried apricots if you like, but keep to the quantities in the recipe or the cake will be heavy. As it is, this cake is light and spicy. I serve it with whipped cream, but a confectioner's sugar glaze would be good, or even something as luscious as cream cheese or fudge frosting.
1 stick butter, softened at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup (1/2 pint) applesauce
1 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
Rounded ¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup white raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (see note)
Preheat the oven to 325F.
In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the applesauce and combine. The batter make look curdled—it's okay.
Sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda.
Remove two tablespoons of the flour mixture and place in a small bowl. Toss the walnuts and raisins in this flour.
Mix the flour into the batter and combine well, but do not beat beyond combining or the crumb of cake will be less delicate. Stir in the vanilla and the flour-coated fruit and nut mixture.
Pour the batter into a buttered and floured 9-inch tube pan. Tap the pan on your counter to distribute the batter evenly. Bake for about 45 minutes, until you can smell the cake and a knife inserted into the cakes comes out clean. Allow to cool. Then turn over onto a rack to complete cooling.
Frost or serve with a dollop of sweetened whip cream. (You can add a little calvados to the whipped cream, too.)
Note: I used my own homemade vanilla extract. It is not quite as strong as commercial, so you may want to add about ¾ of a teaspoon of commercial extract.
Aunt Lois' Potato Pancakes
Makes 16 pancakes
The trick to these pancakes is to do them in small batches. Diane knocks herself out to make a hundred of them for a party, but I think 16 pancakes for 4 people are perfect. They make a great side dish, and are wonderful with a piece of broiled fish on top.
4 large baking potatoes
4 tablespoons onion, minced
1 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Dash cinnamon
3 tablespoons flour or potato starch
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Safflower oil
Mix together the dry ingredients and set aside.
Peel the potatoes and grate on the large holes of the grater. Long pieces are best. Place the potatoes in a bowl and toss with the onions. Add the dry ingredients and toss well. This may take a bit of time—you don't want the dry ingredients to be well distributed. Add the eggs and combine well.
In the meantime, heat about an inch of oil in a nonstick frying pan over a high heat. Test the heat by inserting a little piece of potato in the oil. If it bubbles, the oil is ready.
Using a slotted spoon, scoop up a spoonful of the potato mixture, allowing the excess liquid to drain off. Drop the spoonful of potatoes into the oil.
Fry for about 2 minutes on each side, until they are just golden.
Do not flip over a pancake until it is golden on the downside, otherwise they may fall apart and be greasy. They will not be cooked through. It's okay. As you get toward the bottom of the bowl the potatoes will be wetter. They will take a bit of pressing to remove more liquid, and will take a bit longer to cook.
Drain on paper towels.
You can refrigerate or freeze the pancakes at this point, for up to two months.
To serve, preheat the oven to 350F.
Place the pancakes on a baking tray and cook for about 10 minutes on each side. They will turn a rich golden brown. They may need to be dried on a paper towel before serving.
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After wreaking havoc on the morning commute, closing schools and prompting scattered evacuations, the massive storm that dumped upwards of a half-foot of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight is expected to continue throughout the day, with flooding the big concern.
High waters already led to intermittent closures of most major expressways, but now officials throughout the city and suburbs are eyeing rapidly rising river levels along with drainage problems that are stranding motorists and blocking thoroughfares.
Gov. Pat Quinn has activated the State Incident Response Center in Springfield to speed up assistance to public safety officials in areas affected by the storm.
"I urge everyone to stay alert and avoid flooded areas," the governor said in a statement. "Residents should tune in to local TV and radio stations for updated information about any closed routes or evacuations."
Along with hundreds of school closures, a number of forest preserves were shut down due to flooding and the Brookfield Zoo closed its gates for only the third time in its history.
The Des Plaines River is expected to reach record levels in Des Plaines and Riverside, according to the National Weather Service, which said the river is already over its banks in many areas.
An alert from River Forest said the Des Plaines River was rising at a "very fast pace" and that some roads in the village are closed from flooding.
The River Forest Public Works team has sandbagged a "strategic area along River Oaks Drive to help protect residential areas from flood waters," according to the village, and will be out this morning to reinforce and add to this berm in an effort to keep flood waters away from residential areas.
The Chain O'Lakes and Fox River have flowed over their banks, blocking roads and causing flooding has begun in Fox Lake.
Kent McKenzie, emergency management coordinator for Lake County, estimated that 500 to 1,000 homes at the Chain O'Lakes could be affected by the flooding.
"We're expecting based on forecasts from the National Weather Service that we could approach or exceed major flood stages or even record flood stages at some locations," McKenzie said at a press conference in Libertyville Thursday. "This is a very serious situation."
McKenzie said the county's public works department had sent nearly 200,000 sandbags to local municipalities and townships. He added that the county was trying to obtain additional sandbags from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
"The rate with which the river is rising on the Des Plaines is very rapid," McKenzie said. "We saw rises of nearly 3 feet since last night at the Des Plaines River gauge at Route 120."
Emergency responders have had to evacuate residents from homes due to flooding along the Fox River in South Elgin this morning, officials said.
"We are seeing a number of houses along the river with significant flooding," said Don Bryant, director of the Kane County Office of Emergency Management.
The Fox River was at 12 feet deep below the dam in Algonquin, more than two feet above flood stage, with another foot of rising water expected through Friday, Bryant said. That would make the effects comparable to widespread flooding in 2007.
In Elmhurst, Maureen McNicholas grabbed her two daughters and a couple of their friends to survey the water level in the Palmer Drive underpass, which the city floods to alleviate water overflow in other areas. The gray-brown water was about 20 feet deep.
"I've lived in Elmhurst my entire life and I've never seen it this high," said McNicholas, 51, who told her kids about the underpass being built when she was in high school.
Her house remained dry.
"I feel really bad for all those people whose homes have flooded," she said.
Naperville was providing sand and bags for residents in flooded areas. Taylor Erdman, 32, of Chicago, filled sand bags this morning for a tenant in the Spring Hill subdivision in Naperville who has a flooded basement.
"I'm just trying to stop the bleeding," he said.
In Libertyville, Tom Barry unloaded sandbags from the back of his Jeep Cherokee as the rain continued to pour.
He carried them to the back of his house, where he stacked them on top of a 2-foot-tall stonewall that surrounds a patio that overlooks Lake Minear. At 10 a.m., the water's edge had crept to within 40 feet of Barry's house. A sump pump sat on the patio, ready to be turned on.
On the northeast side of the lake, water rushed over a berm that separates it from the Des Plaines River. Docks and retaining walls along the banks were submerged underneath the rising water.
"I'm surprised that it came up so fast," said Barbara Barry, Tom's wife. "But this is the third time this has happened. I think we've learned how to deal with it a little bit."
Officials in Lake County reported that More than 100 roads were impassable.
In Hillside, the Oak Ridge Nursing Home in the 500 Block of North Wolf Road was being evacuated because of flooding, according to Hillside Police Chief Joe Lukaszek. He said more than 100 people were being moved out of the nursing home.
Several apartment buildings were also being evacuated along the 500 block of North Wolf Road and the 600 block of North Wolf Roads, Lukaszek said.
No injuries have been reported, though major roads like Mannheim, Wolf and Roosevelt were all flooded. "Every roadway is pretty much impassable," he said. "We're kind of like an island right now."
The Snow Valley Nursing Home in Lisle was being evacuated because of the rising East Branch of the DuPage River, and some other city residents had to be evacuated by boat.
Lombard Acting Village President Bill Ware declared the town a disaster area and advised residents not to travel because of the number of cars stalled in flooded streets.
Stretches of Roosevelt Road were flooded. Cars were stranded on exit ramps from York Road to Roosevelt Road and on Finley, Highland and Meyers roads.
Acting Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin has also declared a state of emergency in the city. He cited flooding, severe sewage back-ups in homes, overwhelmed resources and emergency personnel staffing.
There were also more than 100 school closures throughout the Chicago area.
Commuters coming in from the suburbs felt the frustration of a longer morning commute due to various highway closures and delays due to the rain.
Tinley Park resident Tracy Gerber said her normal 45 minute commute up I-57 from the south suburb took twice as long today thanks to stop-and-go traffic and flooding.
"I tried to leave early today and I'm still late," said Gerber, rushing to her job at Northwestern from a Streeterville public parking garage. "I've now got to run to work."
Crestwood resident Tom Vicich said his commute wasn't pretty.
"Even getting to the expressway took way longer this morning -- maybe 25 minutes longer to the Dan Ryan," Vicich said.
As Metra saw delays that reached over 100 minutes in some cases, it's new multi-million-dollar Train Tracker system proved unreliable. The system had mythical trains running on time as commuters hunkered down beneath umbrellas with no indication of when the next train might come.
In Elmhurst, where public school classes were cancelled, the usually packed Metra station was sparsely populated with people waiting for erratically running Union Pacific West Line trains.
Due to switching problems, at least five trains were stacked up west of Ogilvie Transportation Center, where they waited their turn to pull in and drop off morning commuters, a conductor on one of the trains said.


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June 19, 2013
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, in a snub to hard-line Islamist backers of Mohammed Morsi who declared that those behind opposition protests planned for June 30 are heretics.
In a statement, Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of the Al-Azhar mosque, stuck strictly to the question of whether Islam allows the protests — while underlining that they must remain peaceful — without weighing in one way or another on their political substance.
Still, the high-profile comment by the influential cleric appeared to be a cold shoulder to Morsi at a time when the president has tried to garner Al-Azhar support, meeting with el-Tayeb as well as the Coptic Christian pope, ahead of the planned protests. On the anniversary of his 2012 inauguration, the Islamist president's opponents are aiming to bring out crowds nationwide demanding Morsi step down and early elections be called.
Morsi has said that while he has nothing but respect for "honorable" protesters, he accused loyalists of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak of being behind the planned demonstrations. His hard-line supporters have taken a tougher line, vowing to fight back against any violence by protesters. Some clerics declared those who organize or participate in the protests "kuffar," or heretics, who should be killed.
The June 30 organizers have maintained that the protests would be peaceful, though many on all sides expect clashes to break out if Morsi supporters are also in the streets. Morsi used an Islamist rally held on Saturday to warn his opponents against the use of violence. Before he spoke, one of the hardline clerics organizing the rally, Mohammed Abdel-Maqsoud, recited an often repeated Muslim prayer against the "enemies" of God and Islam, using it to refer to the June 30 protesters.
Cairo's Al-Azhar is the Sunni Muslim world's foremost seat of learning and styles itself as a voice of moderation. With the political rise of ultraconservatives since Mubarak's fall in Feburary 2011, el-Tayeb and other leading Al-Azhar clerics have actively pushed back against their strict interpretations.
In his statement Wednesday, el-Tayeb said that "peaceful opposition to the legitimate leader is religiously permissible and accepted." Those who commit violence in the protests commit "a grave sin," he said, but even that does not make them heretics who have broken with Islam.
He said Al-Azhar was obliged to speak out after the issuing of fatwas, or religious edicts, "attributed to random arrivals in the field of edicts and jurisprudence," in an implicit jab at hard-line clerics.
The view that those who "rebel against a legitimate leader are kuffar and hypocrites" is only held by groups that have "deviated from the true path of Islam," he said. "The honorable Al-Azhar also warns against declaring opponents non-believers and questioning their faith."
El-Tayeb's statement, posted on Al-Azhar's official website, came a day after he and the patriarch of Egypt's Coptic Christians, Pope Tawadros II, met Morsi. The timing of the meeting suggested that Morsi wanted the public backing of the two religious leaders ahead of the June 30 protests.
Morsi's office said that in the meeting, he "expressed his appreciation … of how they can contribute to bolstering national unity and maintaining the nation's supreme interests, along with safeguarding the nation's security and stability." The meeting dealt with "current conditions and challenges facing the nation," the statement said.
There have been some tensions between el-Tayeb, who was appointed head of al-Azhar by Mubarak, and Morsi's Islamist backers. Earlier this year, Morsi supporters stormed el-Tayeb's office to protest an outbreak of food poisoning in a dormitory belonging to Al-Azhar University. The rare protest led to accusations by some el-Tayeb backers that Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood wanted to remove the Al-Azhar imam and replace him with a loyal cleric. The Brotherhood denied that.
Relations between Tawadros and Morsi also have not been smooth. The pope accused Morsi of doing nothing when his patriarchal seat, the Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, came under attack by a crowd throwing rocks and firebombs in April, while security forces looked on.
In a television interview aired shortly before Morsi met with the two religious leaders, Tawadros again criticized the Egyptian leader, saying nothing has changed after one year in office to improve the life of ordinary Egyptians. Addressing Egyptians at the end of the interview, the patriarch used heavy symbolism to point to the turmoil roiling Egypt since Mubarak's ouster.
"Don't give up hope even if there is pain. The night always ends and everyone must wait for a better day and better hope," he told his interviewer. The June 30 protest campaign is rooted in a months-long petition drive called "Tamarod" — or "Rebel" — that claims to have collected up to 15 million signatures on a call for early presidential election. Organizers of the campaign say its success shows how anger at the government and the Brotherhood has transcended the core opposition to the public at large.
Morsi won a four-year term as president with some 52 percent of the vote in a run-off a year ago against Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under Mubarak. He secured the votes of many of the liberal and secular activists who engineered the 2011 uprising and who did not want to see a Mubarak loyalist rule.
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, meanwhile, on Wednesday blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence the past three days over the appointment of new Islamist governors. Morsi named 17 new provincial governors on Sunday, including seven from the Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said opposition leaders' rejection of Morsi's invitations for dialogue were to blame for the violence in four Nile Delta provinces, the city of Alexandria and two regions south of the capital, Cairo. In those sites, protesters opposed to the new governors have clashed with Islamist supporters. The party statement made no mention of the part played by Morsi supporters in the clashes.
It warned that the violence was a preview of what could happen on June 30, and demanded police take all necessary measures to counter "sabotage and chaos" that day. Violence erupted anew Wednesday in the oasis province of Fayoum southwest of Cairo, where at least 20 people were lightly wounded when opponents and supporters of the Egyptian president pelted each other with rocks. The violence led to the cancellation of a Brotherhood rally there.


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Think about how often, in the course of a week, you visit Wikipedia. Maybe you're searching for basic information about a topic, or getting sucked into a wiki-hole where you meant to study up on the "Brexit" but somehow find yourself, several related pages later, reading about the carbonic maceration process for making wine (to take just one example that has totally never happened to me). Now imagine you can't access Wikipedia. Or you can, but not in your native language. Or there are plenty of entries in your language, but few on the subjects that are part of your daily life. Or those entries exist, but they're not written by locals like yourself. You certainly have other ways of getting information. But Wikipedia is one of the most ambitious information clearinghouses in human history. How would these challenges shape your understanding of the world? And how would that understanding differ from the worldview of those who don't face such challenges?


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Adieu Philippine: Mise-en-scène de la jeunesse
"Men are dangerous at forty: at that age they get sentimental." -- One teen to another in "Adieu Philippine".
Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto has kicked off its summer season. The highlights: French New Wave, Otto Preminger, Surrealism and the cinema, Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Melville, and leading ladies of Italian cinema.
Playing in the New Wave series is Jacques Rozier's rare Adieu Philippine (1962). What a smart, lyrical and witty film this is! A young TV camera operator meets, befriends and tries to seduce two young women who are aspiring actresses. Upon the film's release, both Rivette and Rohmer named it a masterpiece and Truffaut found a genius "in the balance between the insignificance of the events filmed and the density of reality."
The film is also a great inventory of the 'signs' of a nouvelle vague film: slender plot with episodic unfolding; documentary-like hand-held camerawork; location shooting; a looseness of framing and composition; the 'un-authoritarian' camera often following the actors around rather than choreographing them; naturalistic dialogue; sexual candor, and so on.
But what makes this film distinctive is a through-line of theme not uncommon to New Wave films but elevated here to a masterful organizing principle: the gulf between young and old.
New Wave histories by Richard Neupert and Michel Marie tell us that France of the 1950s was deeply interested in the manners and mores of the postwar generation. The journalist Françoise Giroud coined the term "New Wave" in a series of articles she wrote in the magazine L'Express (the equivalent of Time or Newsweek). They summarized the results of a mammoth sociological survey of youth; 8 million people between the ages of 18 and 30 were surveyed. This was the generation, she wrote, that soon "will have taken France in hand, their elders taking leave, the younger ones helping them move out." The survey, by training a microscope on the lives of the young, also exhaustively set that generation apart from the older one.
It is precisely this distance--even alienness--with which youths viewed adults that is enacted ingeniously in the very mise-en-scène of Adieu Philippine. Adults in this film generally fall into two groups: (1) they are seen but not heard, only the young being privileged with speaking parts; or, (2) when they do speak, they come off as foolish, sentimental, gauche or out of touch. (An exception is a great family dinner-table scene with Maurice Garrel.)
In one scene in an auto-repair shop, four teens kick the tires and size up a used car ("The tires are as bald as Yul Brynner", "We'll never pick up any girls in this jalopy"). As their raucous repartee flies back and forth, there's a cut to an older mechanic who is looking on at them silent and google-eyed as if he plainly doesn't comprehend what language they're speaking. In another scene shot guerrilla-style at an airplane landing strip, a boy and two girls flirt and wisecrack with each other while adults (bystanders who happened upon the film's shooting, no doubt) hover and stare at the youths, as if gaping at specimens of some strange species at the zoo. In one of the film's virtuosic passages, two girl-friends are followed on a busy Paris street by a non-stop lateral tracking camera. Passing them is a stream of older people, but we hear only the girls, loud and clear, and none of the adults (the film has silenced them).
Of course, the keen awareness of one generation succeeding another is also an important aspect of the story of French New Wave cinema itself. The "young Turks" who led the New Wave revolt against "le cinéma de papa" were trying to make their voices heard loud and clear first through their criticism and then through their films. In 1958, after the L'Express survey, Pierre Billard, the editor of Cinéma, put together an issue of "Forty Under Forty," in which he identified 40 young filmmakers to watch. The New Wave was being born.
Some other interesting or off-the-beaten-path films showing this season:
-- In the surrealism program: She Done Him Wrong, Monkey Business (Marx, not Hawks), Pour Vos Beaux Yeux (Henri Storck), and Hans Richter's narrative feature Dreams That Money Can Buy (I'd never heard of this but it sounds fascinating).
-- A Preminger series that includes The 13th Letter, Margin for Error and Such Good Friends, although Skidoo is absent because the estate refused permission.
-- Chabrol's ultra-rare Les Godelureaux (1961), which I've hunted in vain for years.
-- An eclectic "leading lady" Italian series.
Any thoughts/comments on the season's films? Please feel free to share.
This just in: there's a large, brand-new issue of Jump Cut now online.
pic: Adults in the foreground, youths in the background. We see the adults' lips move but we hear no sound. Instead, the soundtrack is given over to the four young men.


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Nolan Gould: I'll Show Those Glee Kids Some Real DancingTuesday, September 20, 2011
The Glee kids can dance, but Modern Family's Nolan Gould – fresh off his show's big night at the Emmy Awards – thinks he could show them a move or two.
"It is better to come to a party as a winner than a loser," the 12-year-old actor, who plays Luke on the ABC sitcom, told PEOPLE with a smile while arriving at the 20th Century Fox TV and FX Emmy After-Party Sunday night.
So, would there be any trash talking between the Modern Family and Glee camps inside the party?
"No, just dance-offs," Gould replied. "Me and Rico [Rodriguez, who plays Manny] are always doing dance-offs to techno on the set. I could have a shot against some of those Glee kids."
But of course, it's all in good fun. "No, we are all really good friends," says Gould. "That's how it is. Whoever wins, wins. You can't take it personally. It is not in your hands."
He may be only 12 – and an active Mensa member, to boot – but Gould was planning on engaging in some serious partying on Sunday.
"We have a week off, so I can party hard. I have a week to recover," he says. "What if I just didn't go home tonight? They would come up and tap me on the shoulder on Thursday and be like, 'Dude, you know this party ended three days ago, right?' "


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With one of the most famous book collections to date, theme parks created from her ideas and a movie series that will go down in history as one of the best, you would think J.K. Rowling's success came rather easy.
However, the author wants other young, aspiring writers to remember: success rarely comes without rejection, obstacles and bumps along the way.
In fact, Rowling decided to share a few letters from publishers who denied her – not for revenge, but to inspire that next generation of authors.
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She took to Twitter Friday morning, writing: "By popular request, 2 of @RGalbraith's rejection letters! (For inspiration, not revenge, so I've removed signatures.)"
Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym Rowling used to pitch book ideas and is the name she writes and publishes an ongoing crime book series under.
The conversation began when a fan tweeted about her own rejection, citing Rowling as one of the authors who was denied several times before finding success.
"I pinned my 1st rejection letter to my kitchen wall because it gave me something in common with all my fave writers," Rowling responded to the fan, noting that her "Harry Potter" rejection letters are still sitting in a box in her attic.
She added, "I wasn't going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, but I often feared that would happen."
A fan followed up with a big question, asking the author how she found the courage to "risk it all," even while being rejected over and over again.
"I had nothing to lose and sometimes that makes you brave enough to try," she responded with a fierceness that proves why she is and will continue to be one of the most successful authors.
Speaking of, Rowling is currently busy ahead of the next "Potter" release, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." The author most recently unveiled a new series of four original stories on Pottermore titled, "The History of Magic in North America."
The new series (which was released earlier this month) will explore topics not yet discussed in the books or movies, but will help readers and fans prepare for what's to come in Eddie Redmayne's forthcoming "Fantastic Beasts" film.
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I'm excited to announce that we are making it happen!!! The FIRST EVER Jetty Island Freestyle, Big Air, A B Race and JI Foil Race!!! Thanks @Jason Sperling for putting together this promotional video and getting everyone stoked!!!
We have received approval from the Port of Everett for the event, worked with the City Parks Department, and Fire Department and secured @WooSports as our main sponsor of the event. Thanks to the support of Jeffro's Kitboarding School @UrbanSurf we also have the required insurance.
Here are some basics while we still try to work out some details. This is the first time we hold such an event so things might not be as smooth the first time around. Any help is appreciated.
***What***: Freestyle, Big Air, A B Race, and Jetty Island Foil Race, including Industry Demos on Sat June 24th Male and Female categories
***When***: Wind dependent but window is Friday June 23rd – Sunday June 25th, exact times still TBD, Rider's meeting likely at 3:30 p.m. each day
***Where***: Jetty Island Kiteboarding Zone
***Who***: Anyone and everyone who wants to participate and or watch
***Entry Fee***: $20 to participate in any or all events
***Prizes***: Title "King of Lightwind" (Freestyle / Big Air / Foil / A B Race), swag, other TBD pending sponsors
***After Party***: TBD, but likely at the Jetty Island dock, fine brews provided by PSKITE
***Transport***: You will need your own transport to Jetty Island since the public ferry doesn't run yet. Most of us have transport, but if you don't post on the forum or ask a friend to give you a lift. We may be able to provide a shuttle service if we have a volunteer with a boat.
***Volunteers***: We still need some volunteers for Shuttle to / from JI, Boat Support for foil race, Emergency Medical Personnel (calling all nurses, doctors, EMTs), Woo volunteers to help download session stats, additional Photographers (thanks @Dmitry for being our Director of Photography", other roles. Ping Philipp for details and I will connect you to the right people to coordinate with
***Volunteer Meeting***: still TBD, but we'll likely meet the night before the event to discuss any FAQs and logistics
What is still needed: PA SYSTEM, Generator, Air Horn, Flags, Walkie Talkies, other? – if you can provide any of that, please send a message to Philipp.
***How to stay up to date?:*** - Keep an eye on the event Facebook Page.
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Editor's note: Tim Robinson is the editor-in-chief of AEROSPACE, the flagship magazine of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) in London. He has covered civil aerospace, military aviation and space for over 10 years.
(CNN) -- The global center of gravity for aeronautics has undergone dramatic shifts over the past 110 years. Prior to World War II Europe dominated aviation with transatlantic Zeppelins, high-speed seaplanes and jet engine research. Post-war, the U.S. tookover in commercial jet transport as they engaged in an arms race with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has staged a revival in commercial air transport, with Airbus and Boeing battling for airliners.
But as economic power shifts to the Asia-Pacific, will we see the emergence of a new Seattle or Toulouse in Sao Paulo, Bangalore or Tianjin?
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The desire to build up an indigenous aerospace industry is easily understood. It provides highly-skilled, well-paid jobs and requires a large industrial supply chain. Prestige and international respect are an added bonus. More importantly, in the military sphere an aerospace industry assures that a nation can develop, build, operate and maintain the most advanced military equipment itself. Aerospace is also a lucrative business providing advanced technology products that command a premium. With giant orders from fast-growing Asian budget airlines Air Asia and Lion Air demonstrate, the potential is huge.
Made in Brazil
One BRIC nation forging a path is Brazil. After national champion Embraer began in regional aircraft and military COIN aircraft, it has now successfully broken into the business jet market -- even to the extent of opening a factory in Florida. It will follow Airbus and Boeing in launching a re-engined version of its E-Jet airliner family. But it has big ambitions, too, in military aerospace -- its KC-390 transport aims to replace the Lockheed Martin C-130 as the jet-powered standard military transport. Meanwhile, its Super Tucano light attack aircraft was selected by the U.S. for supply to the Afghan Air Force -- a key achievement.
India's drones
Elsewhere, India too has big plans -- although these revolve around military aerospace projects. It has a joint project with Russia to build stealth fighters and is also planning to develop its own stealth unmanned drone. However, despite its success in producing engineers and a vibrant IT sector -- it has struggled with indigenous aircraft programs. India's previous national fighter project, the LCA Tejas, suffered from a lack of a suitable engine. An even simpler light 14-seat commuter prototype, the NAL Saras, crashed in 2009. Nevertheless, joint turboprop transport projects with Russia suggest that India is not likely to give up just yet.
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Russia, too, provides a paradox. An aerospace technology leader in the Cold War, it has skilled workers and access to advanced research centers -- especially in aerodynamics. Its proven Soyuz rocket remains the only way the astronauts of any nation can get to the International Space Station. But while it still remains a military aircraft powerhouse and exporter, its commercial success has been patchy. Russia's latest Sukhoi Superjet, despite help from Italian partners, seems unlikely to break out fully into the wider market beyond ex-CIS nations. A follow on single-aisle airliner, the MC-21 is destined to go up against the dominant Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX.
Civil aviation in China
Finally, there is China -- a country with massive ambitions to propel itself into the top league of aerospace nations. In the past couple of years, analysts have seen an endless parade of once secret Chinese military aircraft revealed: two stealth fighter prototypes, attack helicopters, a four-engine military transport, various UAVs and the latest -- a stealthy attack drone.
The country also has ambitions in civil aerospace -- however development of its previous airliner, the ARJ21, which first flew in 2008, is proceeding at a glacial pace. It is only likely to be used by Chinese or close allies of Beijing.
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Its latest prestige civil airliner project is the single-aisle COMAC C919 --which contains a high proportion of Western systems and equipment. First flight is expected in 2014 and China is hoping that this aircraft could gain it a foothold in the wider international market. Indeed in the past two years both Ryanair and IAG signed agreements to help develop this airliner. Could a western airline order be the big civil breakthrough for China?
Aviation shifts East
And there are other challenges, too, for countries attempting to enter the highly competitive aerospace sector. High quality support and service of aircraft (both military and civil) means that manufacturers now need a global network of agents, service centers and aftermarket facilities to cater to demanding customers. In some respects it may actually be easier to put a human into space, than create a worldwide commercial airliner business from scratch.
In short, there are signs that aerospace, like other industries, is undergoing a seismic shift eastwards. This is where the biggest passenger market will be. There will be many obstacles for those wanting to join this elite club but not all will make it.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Tim Robinson.