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Xabi Alonso To Real Madrid for 34m. I think this hurts Liverpools chances to dethrone United.
Is that worth it, for Gareth Barry? Even more so now that he's moved on to Man City? Essentially, Benitez got what he asked for - Alonso's departure. Just a sad thing that Barry went elsewhere. The lesson is, never treat a player like dirt, especially one as talented as Alonso.
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Honestly I couldn't understand why Benitez wanted Barry to start with. Looking at the departures/arrivals so far how do you think this season is shaping up?
United lost the most talent but have the deepest squad in Europe and the manager who is probably the best in the world at using all the players in their squad. (Although I think he made a mistake not starting Tevez in the CL final against Barca.) I think midfield could be a big problem.
Liverpool has lost Alonso. I don't know that Alberto Aquilani is a player of the same quality as Alonso.
Chelsea has added Zhirkov and not lost anyone that I can remember. But some of their key players are another year older and who knows whether Zhirkov will do well or be another one of those players who look great but can't cut it in the Premier league.
Arsenal lost Toure and Adebayor. I think people have greatly overestimated the impact the loss of Adebayor will have on Arsenal. Arsenal will have Arshavin for the entire season and Eduardo is supposed to be fit. However, they still need a holding midfielder. If they can pick one up, I think they will surprise people.
Manchester City added a lot of offense but needed defense. I think Mark Hughes is living on borrowed time and they are not ready to challenge for the top spot.
Based on bookmaker's odds the betting public has made Chelsea the favorites, but I think that the trophy will stay at Old Trafford. If City break into the top four - and I don't think they will - I think it will be at the expese of Chelsea. (That maybe just wishful thinking because I detest Chelsea.)
Or perhaps at the expense of Liverpool, especially since Alonso is now gone.Based on bookmaker's odds the betting public has made Chelsea the favorites, but I think that the trophy will stay at Old Trafford. If City break into the top four - and I don't think they will - I think it will be at the expese of Chelsea. (That maybe just wishful thinking because I detest Chelsea.
Liverpool always seems like the weakest link among the Big Four. It seems like Liverpool needs to go Wenger's way, or do it the good old way - developing good domestic players which isn't easy either. Otherwise, the club's lack of transfer funds might just kill it sooner or later.
I doubt Chelsea has much to worry about as they will always be among the top three, or even top two. They may not be as lethal as a couple of seasons ago, but they are still a very powerful team.
Man Utd... I'm not sure. I guess we can only judge the impact of Ronaldo and Tevez's departures and the influence of the replacements at least a few games into the season.
Though Man Utd seems to be extremely poor at penalties in Community Shield. Lost 4-1 to Chelsea.
Man City is interesting, but as you said they needed to boost their defence, and so far I don't think Mark Hughs has done much transfers on that. What about midfield anyway? Midfield is the heart of football but Hughs haven't made any midfield moves too, and he booted Elano away, which is incredulous.
Let's see what other buys Hughs will make.
And speaking of transfer funds... English football clubs seem to be spending in an unsustainable way. The expenses just keep going up. The bubble might just burst one day.
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I think Liverpool's biggest problem is a lack of depth. If can avoid injuries I think they will be ok. I don't think they can win the title but they should remain top four.
More people seem to agree with you than me regarding Chelsea. I see a team that is another year older that hasn't done much to improve themselves for this season.
I think Rooney will pick up some some of the slack caused by Ronaldo's departure.
I agree, the current situation is unsustainable. The amount of debt some of the teams have is shocking. But as long as you have very rich men who have nothing better to do than throw money at football teams than I don't think there will be much change in the near future.
What do you think about Arsenal? A lot of peole are down on the team but I think they have the potential to be pretty good. Like Liverpool they need to avoid injuries which they weren't able to do last year.
Arsenal has a problem with consistency, which obviously is very important if they want to win anything at all. They cannot use the young excuse for much longer now, because even though the players did start young, it also meant they've been playing consistently for the past few years! Now doesn't that point to experience, especially in the case for Fabregas?
Arsenal is a really good team, but consistency is an issue. Had they not lost it one or two seasons ago (my memory's not working well now), I am sure they would have really given Man Utd a hard time. In fact, they looked set to become the champions of the year until they lost their consistency.
Perhaps their fortunes will improve this year, especially with Arshavin. He looked really good last season, but it remains to be seen if he still has that form and if he can maintain it.
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Arsenal have a fairly reasonable holding midfielder in Alex Song, whom some have pegged as the key player for Arsenal, in that if he plays and plays well, then Arsenal will play well. They still lean a bit too much towards ideology rather than pragmatism, typified by Wenger shouting at one of his defenders for hoofing the ball upfield.
It'll be interesting to see how Man Utd and Liverpool change, as they've lost the main points of their play.
I am not convinced that Song is the answer. In my opinion he is a perfect example of the inconsistency on the individual level that Guo Xiang pointed out as being a problem for arsenal as a team. They need to replace Kolo Toure as well. But, if they stay healthy I think they can improve on last season's finish. I hope so, Arsenal is one of my favorite teams.
One of the Guardian journos noted Arsenal's growing consistency in the second half of last season when they had settled on Song as the holding midfielder, versus results when Song wasn't playing. With the personnel they have, they have enough creativity to cope even without Fabregas. But without Song, there's a big hole where their midfield should be, and their defence doesn't get any protection, and their attack is bullied off when they try to go through the middle. Juve use Momo Sissoko for this purpose, to claim the middle of the pitch for their use, and deny it to the opposition.
He has good positional sense, and is decent enough on the ball for Arsenal tastes. Xabi Alonso is probably the best of that mould, with good positional sense, excellent ball skills, and enough of a nasty bastard in the tackle to stop any attack that he intercepts. Sissoko might be better for Arsenal, as he is the extreme example of physicality - the Madrid-Juve matches last season saw him utterly dominate the Madrid midfield by himself, and when the rest of the team has quality on the ball, his own lack of such isn't important when set against his ability to intimidate the opposition. Juve aren't likely to let him go any time soon though.
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Those models that can incorporate an easy-to-use 3D functionality for those down on the far end of the digicam long tail will immediately jump out to the front of the pack.Those 3D camcorders should still remain prohibitively out-of-budget for most show-goers, but Panasonic has led the way so far, especially considering this summer's release of the $1,400 (£897) HDC-SDT750. Whether the volume of new releases at CES can help the market push that price point down below $1,000 (£641) is doubtful.Still, the tech (as it relates to consumers) is still relatively green, so we'll look to 2012 as a potential tipping point for all you budding Cameron wannabes. Until then, you'll have to do with the ever-expanding roster of budget 3D pocket cams, like those from Aiptek, DXG and Viewsonic.So yes, we've come a long way from the red-and-blue-lensed glasses of yesteryear, but 3D has also encountered a newer, more tech-savvy generation of users, as well. 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Gordon Caldis, 92, still lives in the home on Grand Forks' Belmont Road that he moved into 60 years ago with his wife, LeNore. Caldis is part of a growing segment of North Dakota's population, what the U.S. Census calls the "oldest old," defined as those 85 and older.By: Pamela Knudson, Grand Forks Herald
Gordon Caldis, 92, still lives in the home on Grand Forks' Belmont Road that he moved into 60 years ago with his wife, LeNore.
A former city and state's attorney, he gave up his private practice only a few months ago.
"I feel very fortunate health-wise," the former UND football player said, attributing his good condition to regular exercise, enthusiasm for sports and an enduring interest in the law.
He's healthy enough that he contemplates traveling to visit with his five kids, 11 grand-children and five great-grandchildren.
His only impediment is some vision loss has prompted him to give up driving not long ago.
Caldis is part of a growing segment of North Dakota's population, what the U.S. Census calls the "oldest old," defined as those 85 and older. The 2010 Census revealed that North Dakota has the second-highest proportion of oldest old in the nation, at 2.48 percent of the total state population.
The rate is exceeded only by Rhode Island with 2.54 percent.
Minnesota is at 2.01 percent. The national average is 1.78 percent.
By 2030, the Census projects, North Dakota's oldest old rate will rise to 3.84 percent by 2030, the nation's highest, though this is based 2000 Census figures and does not account for the recent population growth in the Oil Patch.
By 2030, the Census projects that Minnesota's rate will be at 2.67 percent, slightly higher than the national average of 2.64 percent.
The impact on housing options, business practices and health care are causing leaders in these fields to consider ways to identify and respond to the needs of this population.
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A factor that may contribute to North Dakota's growing number of elderly is the propensity for many to stay where they are.
Many of the state's seniors have never moved and have no desire to move, said Devon Han-sen, a UND associate professor of geography who studies population patterns and trends, particularly outmigration of youth and young families in rural areas.
"We're always concerned about those particular populations — youth and the very old — and having people to take care of the older population," she said.
Her research findings are noteworthy because, even though North Dakota has grown in part because of the oil boom, small farming communities are still losing young people.
In her studies of Grafton and Larimore in northeast North Dakota, she said, "we found that older people either had not moved or had come back to the place they grew up, to be near family. They liked being close to Grand Forks and medical facilities."
Another reason that North Dakota is retaining more seniors and attracting others may be economic, according to Andy Peterson, president and CEO of the Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce.
"North Dakota has a good climate for retirees," Peterson said. "If you're looking to retire you may choose to stay in North Dakota. Minnesota personal income tax, for example, is much higher.
"North Dakota is one of those states that lends itself to a favorable tax climate."
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But seniors have their own special needs, such as housing and health care. National statis-tics confirm common expectations that the oldest old tend to require more medical services. Unlike Caldis, many are also too frail to live on their own and must move into retirement facilities.
All of which influences decisions made by communities around the region.
Cavalier, N.D., for example, already offers many services that older people need and ap-preciate, but finds that it needs more to retain its seniors and attract more, according to Shari Hanson, executive director of the Cavalier Area Chamber of Commerce.
The oldest old rate in Pembina County, where Cavalier holds the county seat, is higher than the state average at 3.78 percent. As part of its effort to grow its population, the county wants to attract more seniors.
A recent survey revealed a lack of senior housing, specifically single-story homes with at-tached garages, Hanson said. "This would be attractive especially for people who would like to move in from the farm."
Cavalier also offers a nursing home and an assisted-living facility, which she said is usually full with a waiting list.
In response, the town of 1,300 has developed a housing authority, a framework to capture funding support and begin addressing that need.
Health care services are also pivotal to retaining and attracting seniors, Hanson said. "We have a wonderful hospital," she said. "That's how we've been able to keep our elderly here."
Youth factor
Across the state, communities will have to deal with the needs of the very old, said Hansen, the UND expert on population patterns. "They need to look at what kind of medical and health care they'll need, as well as assisted living and maybe nursing care."
To provide these services, communities should consider how they are connecting with young people, she said. Her studies include surveys of high school students that attempt to gather deeper insight into this issue.
What she's found is that the quality of the connection makes a world of difference and, in the case of Grafton, fewer young people want to leave than commonly assumed.
"If youth are saying 'We know they care about us as young people,' they may go away but, if they get a chance, they'll return," she said. "If young people do have these feelings early on, it's very much an incentive to come back."
Hanson expects that young people will go away to get more education, she said. "But we need to look at what makes them want to come back and be involved in their communities."
For most people, where they choose to live boils down to having a job opportunity, but many other people already have a connection to the community — a connection that can be lever-aged for the benefit of its residents.
The senior workforce
But seniors can make their own contributions to the workforce.
Peterson, the Chamber president, cited a friend who, at age 76, unloads stock several times a week at a department store. "She is very physically fit and wants to stay busy. (The store) is very flexible with her; they like her and want to keep her around."
Older people like to work, he said, they like the social interaction and want to keep active.
"Businesses are starting to realize the workforce is aging," he said. "They need to be more flexible." For example, he said, many seniors prefer to work part time, and businesses that can accommodate them can reap the benefits of their experience and reliability.
"The older workforce is not something to be feared," he said. "I think it's great. They've got work habits that sometimes younger people have yet to develop. The mentorship they provide is important.
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So my hair started to become thin and wispy eventually, and I made the horrible choice of taking finasteride to fix this problem. It took no less than a week and a half for it to kill my libido, and it's taken me a painstakingly long time to somewhat recover it. By painstakingly slow I mean months and I still don't feel as if I'm where I used to be.
Within the past year I've been eating quite a bit of greasy fast food stuff, and it has put on some pounds on me, so I'm at a 150 pounds now. None of this stuff ended up being fat on my body though.
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I love finding new resources for patients with cancer — or for their families and caregivers. This week, I discovered a new one, and I love the concept of it.
Camp Kesem is a college-student run, week-long summer camp for children with a parent who has – or had – cancer. Kesem means "magic" in Hebrew, and Camp Kesem's goal is to bring magic into the lives of kids who are coping with the effects of cancer in their family. The camp organizers have expanded the definition to suit their goals and purposes, and I love how they have modified it:
Kesem (n.): magic; the ability to change a life; an agent of growth; the unique power that transforms kids into Camp Kesem Campers.
The first week-long sleepover camp was held in 2001 at Stanford. From that initial camp at that one university, Camp Kesem now has 23 camps across the country, affiliated with a variety of colleges and universities.
The beauty of this camp is that it is completely free for campers, kids ages 6 to 16. Cancer puts such financial and emotional strain on families, so the goal of the organization is to not add to that stress, but instead allow kids to be kids, for at least a week of the summer.
University of Florida has a local chapter of Camp Kesem, and this year, their 5th annual summer camp is from August 5th through 10th.
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He was expected to be in the lineup Monday night against the New York Knicks. The Spanish-born point guard had been unable to play for his new team because of unresolved visa issues.
Detroit acquired Calderon from Toronto as part of a three-team trade last Wednesday that included the Pistons trading Tayshaun Prince to Memphis and the Grizzlies dealing Rudy Gray to the Raptors. Calderon couldn't play for the Pistons on Friday against the Cleveland Cavaliers or Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Bring Back the Brute
A GeeBee racer in flyable condition? Don't do it.
- By ROBERT BERNIER
- Air & Space magazine, March 2009
ON A SPRING DAY IN 2001, I met several other volunteers in the basement of the San Diego Air & Space Museum, surrounded by a stack of construction drawings. Bob Greenaway, a retired Navy machinist mate, was spearheading the museum's building of a Gee Bee R-1, using original plans from the New England Air Museum in Connecticut, which had built its own reproduction in 1990 with help from Pete Miller, the airplane's co-designer.
In the early 1930s, the five Granville brothers, led by Zantford, enjoyed a modest success with the design of a small biplane, but the Great Depression killed off business. To spur innovation, oil companies and aircraft suppliers offered prizes at air races across the country. Zantford gambled the company's future by building airplanes capable of winning that cash. Working with Pete Miller, a young aeronautical engineer, Zantford created a radical airplane. Sporting tiny wings, a fuselage shaped like a tear drop to minimize drag, and a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp engine, the R-1 was designed to approach 300 mph at a time when Army Air Corps aircraft could barely reach 200 mph.
Setting up shop in an abandoned Springfield, Massachusetts dance hall, the Granville brothers and about a dozen employees built the R-1 and its sister ship, the R-2, in 90 days. The R-1 was designed to win the 1932 Thompson Trophy pylon race, and with Jimmy Doolittle at the helm, it did; the R-2, with a smaller engine and increased fuel capacity, was designed for the Bendix Trophy cross-country race.
We had chosen to build a Gee Bee during a museum volunteer meeting. In 2000, Allan Palmer, at the time the museum's executive director, wanted a rare, colorful airplane that would attract visitors. The volunteer craftsmen, mostly World War II veterans old enough to remember the glory days of America's air racers, enthusiastically chose the Gee Bee R-1. No original R-1 or R-2 exists; most of the Granvilles' racers crashed.
To save time and money, the Granvilles used some off-the-shelf parts for the racers. Ford Model T steering rods were used in the aileron controls, shift knobs from a 1928 Chevy proved handy on the throttle quadrant levers, and a 1931 Indian motorcycle throttle handgrip became the R-1's control stick handgrip.
On a limited budget, we had to be as resourceful as the Granvilles were. Three of us launched the project by hand-planing long lengths of spruce and gluing them together to form the laminated fore and aft spars of the Gee Bee's wing, just as the Granvilles had in 1932.
All aircraft sheet metal work was done by hand in-house; the wheel pants and wing root fillets were shaped by hammers and mallets around wooden molds; the engine cowlings were shaped around concrete molds. Faithful to the original design, the wings consisted of laminated-spruce spars, mahogany plywood ribs, and laminated-spruce wingtip bows, the curved end of the wing. Craftsmen fabricated wing hardware on donated metal-working machinery, some of which dated to World War II. The wings were constructed to airworthy standards, but all the intricate workmanship was lost to view when the wings were covered in a 1/16th-inch mahogany plywood—remarkably thin, yet we still had to soak it in water to render it pliable enough to conform to the wing structure.
Prior to World War II, flying wires—external bracing that supports the wing—were common, but a set for our reproduction would have cost $5,000. Dutch Foltz, a 93-year-old craftsman and former Ryan Aircraft tool-and-die maker, worked with other volunteers to fabricate a set of streamlined stainless steel Gee Bee flying wires on the museum's equipment.
Another challenge was the lack of a large oven to soften plastic for the canopy. Retired Air Force Master Sergeant Vito Altieri came up with a low-tech solution. He placed a plywood mold of the canopy into a modified 55-gallon steel drum and put a flat sheet of plastic atop the mold with weights along two edges. Altieri sealed off the open end of the steel drum and inserted a heat gun into a lid opening. When he turned on the gun, the 400-degree air softened the plastic, and the weights and gravity did the rest.
Visitors touring the Gee Bee construction project wondered why the volunteers put so much effort into making the reproduction airworthy if the museum had no intention of flying it. The volunteers believe no job is worth doing unless it's done right. Said Allan Palmer, "If you're not building the airplane using original plans, materials, and techniques, you're building a coffee-table ornament."
By the spring of 2007, most of the construction work was completed and the racer was moved to the hangar annex to be painted. The volunteers, most of whom were in their 80s and 90s and were veterans of museum restorations and reproductions, including the Spirit of St. Louis twice, milled about the space the airplane once occupied, impatient for another job. We've got a few more years of work on a reproduction of a Boeing P-26 Peashooter, restoring a Vought F4U Corsair, and dealing with wood rot on a Wright Flyer reproduction.
Robert Bernier, a former Navy pilot, flies for American Airlines.Comments (16)
I'm surprised that you made no mention of the Gee Bee R-2 built by Steve Wolf for Delmar Benjamin and first flown by Benjamin in 1991. Subsequently he flew the aircraft in airshows and put on quite an aerobatic performance. The aircraft was built using original drawings and specs.
Posted by Paul Hedstrom on February 2,2009 | 12:07 PM
FROM THE ARTICLE'S AUTHOR: In response to Paul Hedstrom's posting of 2 Feb;I once saw Delmar Benjamin put on an amazing Gee Bee R-2 aerobatic display and mentioned it in the original version of the story. Because of article space constraints, that part was left out. The Granville Brothers were innovative engineers and craftsmen, who built a specialty airplane designed to go fast and win races. But, the airplane did have flight stability issues. Delmar Benjamin wrote about the challenges of flying the R-2 in "Gee Bee", a book he co-authored with Steve Wolf.
Posted by Robert Bernier on February 3,2009 | 05:49 PM
Wonderful article Robert; I particularly enjoyed the details on the building process and how you and the group overcame the obstacles of recreating structures and supports that existed many years ago. The creativity expressed by the team with guide wires and canopies was interesting to read. Thanks for an enjoyable article on a worthwhile 'celebration of days gone by' project. Look forward to other contributions from you!
Posted by Doug Bowie on February 5,2009 | 07:10 PM
Bob, you wrote a superb article. I know you have many more ideas and I hope this magazine publishes them.
Since we both flew P-3's, how about some articles about that aircraft/mission now that it is in its final years in Naval Aviation?
Posted by Ed Zumstein on February 12,2009 | 04:19 PM
Congratulations and best wishes for your Gee Bee project. It will be a WONDERFUL addition to the museum, it certainly will attract much attention. It was a significant aircraft in the time it flew in the 1930's and Del Mar Benjamin's R2 1932 replica was always an outsanding crowd pleaser at EAA's "AirVenture" for several years. Del Mar demonstrated that it was a great flyer and knew it's capabilities (and limitations. He told me that one of the earlier unknowns was that it was necessary to keep the landing speed fast because of those short stubby wings.
It drew crowds of onlookers, while in the air and especially on the ground, as I'm sure yours will also.
Can't wait to see it in the museum........keep up preserving aviation history, You guys are doing a great job.
Posted by Don Jiskra Sr. on February 19,2009 | 03:41 PM
What kind of engine is in the museum's aircraft?
Posted by Maury Cagle on February 19,2009 | 03:49 PM
This was a delightful article. I have been a Springfield, MA resident since 1966, a licensed civilian pilot since 1959, a former aeronauticle engineer and member of the E.A.A. and a licensed airframe & powerplant mechanic. I have a picture of the GB 1 hanging in my office. There is a full-scale model of it hanging in the downtown Springfield visiter's center (formerly the Basketball Hall of Fame building). Several times a week, I drive by the old Springfield airport and can "see" the test flights that had taken place all those years ago. Sadly, the airport no longer exists. Gone is the Granville Brothers' hanger which for many years was home to a local boat dealership named Pepin's,; you could still see where the runway once had been. Today, it is a large urban shopping center with no monument to that important part of aviation history that was made there.
Posted by George Sachs on February 21,2009 | 10:47 AM
Reply to Maury Cagle's post of February 19,2009--Like the original Gee Bee R-1, the museum's reproduction R-1 is equipped with the "big engine", a Pratt & Whitney R-1340;versions of this engine were mass produced for military trainers during WWII.
Posted by Robert bernier on February 22,2009 | 06:46 PM
I built one of these too--a plastic model back in the '60's!
It was cool then and still is. What a leap forward in innovation and can-do attitude. That's what we need to solve the issues facing industries today. Hands on problem solvers, not committees and big government programs.
Posted by Rand Echterling on February 28,2009 | 07:49 PM
Museum quality "models" are fine and have a purpose, but I much prefer aircraft that will fly, even if the flying does not push the aircraft's original envelope. To see these aircraft trundle down the runway, become airborne, make a few turns and passes and then watch them land is absolutely priceless. So far the "oldest" aircraft I have seen fly are a Fokker Triplane with radial engine and a Curtiss Canuck with an OX-5, but the sight and shows has been unforgettable.
Posted by hoodoo on June 1,2009 | 10:53 PM
I just came across this page. How many of the 1930's air race ships did NOT crash and how many of those bold pilots lived to be old pilots? Where are the Travel Air racers, the Laird racers or the Wedell-Williams? The article's use of sensational words like "monstrous", "menacing" is misleading at best. Let's see what veteran race pilot Jimmy Haizlip had to say about his time in the cockpit of a Gee Bee: "About my brief but memorable experience flying the Gee Bee No. 7 [NR 2101]; were I to repeat my introductory flights in the light of what I learned later I'm sure the outcome would be different. Unmistakably, it was a good airplane. I can see now that had I been less sure of myself in believing that I could jump into a strange single seater with slightly less than what we regarded conventional configuration, and start right away demonstrating sideslip landings over obstacles, the airplane and I would have had a longer and less embarrassing association." In 1932 Bill Rausch with experience flying the tiny Menasco powered Gee Bee Sportsters flew the No. 11 without any problems. The late Delmar Benjamin NEVER said his replica was unstable and flew over 1,000 hours without incident. An unlimited air race machine is not now nor ever has been a Piper Cub. The controls are intentionally designed to be sensitive. Wouldn't you want a fast responding aircraft if you were heading around a plyon at 300 mph wingtip to wingtip with 5 or 6 other racers with only a few hundred under you? This article appears to have been written to advertise the museum by dragging the Granvilles through the mud.
Posted by Scott Brener on March 6,2013 | 10:50 AM
In reply to Scott Brener's post of 6 March 2013, NEVER is a powerful word but in fact Delmar Benjamin did say he encountered flight stability issues while flying his R-2 replica. In the excellent Gee Bee video "History Flies Again", Benjamin, while describing the flight characteristics of his R-2, clearly states that the replica was unstable in both pitch and yaw. It's right there recorded for posterity on the 48-minute video.
Also featured in the video is a neat segment about an original Wedell-Williams Model 44 racer displayed at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Finally, the reason I wrote the article was to honor the volunteer craftsmen (many were WWII vets) who spent years building the museum's R-1 reproduction. Most of the R-1 project volunteers have since passed away but their "can-do" spirit lives on with the beautiful Granville Bros. reproduction displayed on the museum floor.
Robert Bernier
Posted by Robert Bernier on March 19,2013 | 01:03 PM
In the early 70 s in a hanger I saw a Gee Bee racer tan or gold in color pair of dice in white with black dots below the cockpit .Cockpit in base of larger tail fin .Was it real ? Thank You .Lawrence
Posted by Lawrence Tkac on May 27,2013 | 02:48 PM
This is yet another example of why they are called the "Greatest Generation".Thank you gentleman.
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With ominous, stentorian tones, Kennedy warns that "the difficulty of operating a detention center must not be underestimated by the courts." We are told by Kennedy that "jails are often crowded, unsanitary and dangerous places." We are educated on ingenious methods used by prisoners to hide contraband: "Something might be tucked or taped under an armpit, behind an ear, between the buttocks, in the instep of a foot." We are warned that "[p]eople detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the most devious and dangerous criminals." Kennedy patiently explains to us that "[d]etecting contraband concealed by new detainees ... is a most serious responsibility." All of this may be true, but it is startling to read an opinion on a case this important that expresses greater empathy for the details of prison administration than concern for the constitutional implications of empowering the state to degrade millions of nonviolent arrestees with the use of strip searches. It is not just that the prose is plodding and pious. What's shocking is the staggeringly weak effort by the majority to address the implications of this stunning decision for the privacy rights of anyone held in custody. While the court has long held that jail officials may search those arrestees who are suspected of hiding contraband or carrying weapons, the petitioners in Florence argued that jail officials may not strip-search every arrestee. Instead, they argued, the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures requires officers to have a reasonable suspicion that an arrestee may be armed or concealing items or substances. In rejecting this argument, the court has now granted authority to jail officials to strip-search even those arrestees who appear to pose no threat. The motorist arrested for failing to use a seat belt, the individual arrested for failing to pay child support or for driving under the influence, the anti-war protester and the Occupy Wall Street activist can all be subjected to strip searches. It is estimated that 14 million people are arrested in the United States each year, many for traffic infractions or other nonviolent offenses. In fact, fewer than a million arrestees are accused of violent crimes. Millions of arrestees are never charged. Many more are never convicted. Thus, the implications of the court's decision requiring deference to jail officials in the conduct of strip searches are broad and disturbing. Given the effect of stop-and-frisk, driving-while-black and other forms of racial profiling in law enforcement, the racial implications of the court's decision are staggering. After all, although compelled to strip naked, some detainees are not "touched" in any way, although they may be compelled, as Albert Florence was in this case, to lift his genitals for inspection. Likewise we are told that "the term jail here is used here in a broad sense to include prisons and other detention facilities," seemingly ignoring the obvious and substantial differences between the constitutional rights of those held in a jail that houses arrestees and a prison that houses convicted criminals. Perhaps most shameful is the willingness of the court to sacrifice the character of Florence to the needs of correctional institutions. Kennedy's recitation of the facts begins not with the questionable traffic stop and arrest of Florence on an outdated and incorrect warrant in 2005, but with Florence's 1998 arrest for fleeing from a police officer and use of a "deadly weapon." Kennedy fails to mention that the deadly weapon in question was the car Florence was driving during his encounter with police. Florence was subjected to a fine for this infraction, and when he failed to make prompt payments, he was held in civil contempt. Florence paid the fine a week after the contempt order. And because he believed that he had been subjected to racially motivated traffic stops in the past, Florence kept a copy of an authenticated document proving that he'd paid the fine in the glove compartment of his car. Page 1 of 2 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre


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White Lies - Feature film (2012)
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (NZ)
A new South Pacific Pictures feature film based on the novella by Witi Ihimaera, author of Whale Rider .
WHITE LIES is a story about the nature of identity: those who deny it and those who strive to protect it.
Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is a Medicine Woman.
She is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people – she believes in life. But new laws are in force prohibiting unlicensed healers.
On a rare trip to the city, she is approached by Maraea (Rachel House), the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca (Antonia Prebble), who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca's position in European settler society.
If the secret is uncovered a life may be lost, but hiding it may also have fatal consequences.
So Paraiti, Maraea and Rebecca become players in a head on clash of beliefs, deception and ultimate salvation.
New Zealand's submission for the Best Foreign Language Feature Film category at the 2014 Academy Awards
The WIFTS Foundation Awards 2013:
- Best Director, Dana Rotberg
- The Barbara Tipple Best Actress Award, Antonia Prebble
The 2013 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards:
- Best Production Design, Tracey Collins
- Best Make-Up, Abby Collins, Yolanda Bartram, Vee Gulliver, Andrew Beattie & Main Reactor
WHIRIMAKO BLACK Paraiti
ANTONIA PREBBLE Rebecca Vickers
RACHEL HOUSE Maraea
PRODUCTION DESIGNER / COSTUME DESIGNER Tracey Collins
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Alun Bollinger
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Ryan Budget Proposal Is Not a Blueprint for Limited Government
The now annual release of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget proposal has replaced the release of the president's budget proposal as my least favorite policy event of the year. The president promises big government and Ryan promises smaller big government. What makes the Ryan proposal more aggravating is that it's hardly a vision of limited government, but the left (and many on the right) treats it like it is.
Everything You Need to Know About the Ryan Budget
Sigh. Even when they're sort of doing the right thing, Republicans are incapable of using the right argument.
Treating the Symptoms
As the sequester took effect last Friday (and the world as we know it began to end), President Obama and his spokesmen took to the airwaves to insist that they had a fairer and more balanced alternative.
Round One Goes to the Budget Hawks
"The budget hawks have defeated the defense hawks." So read one analyst's verdict last Friday on the news that, despite months of dire warnings from the Obama administration and the Pentagon's allies on Capitol Hill, automatic budget cuts to the U.S. Defense Department would go into effect after all. Bill Kristol, the influential editor of the Weekly Standard, was despondent, writing, "the Republican party has, at first reluctantly, then enthusiastically, joined the president on the road to irresponsibility." But have fiscal scolds really vanquished their neoconservative rivals within the GOP?
Big Candy's Greed
That's the title of a quarter-page advertisement in the Washington Post on Wednesday.
Sequestration and Voter Ignorance
Sheldon Richman and I spent a lot of time last week running through numbers from theCongressional Budget Office in order to gauge sequestration's effect on federal spending. In the resulting column, Richman lays out the numbers and asks a pertinent question: How the $#!?% is the average voter supposed to have a clue about this stuff?
Herbert Hoover Was No Penny Pincher
In a story regarding federal budget cuts, the Washington Post reports:
'One of the last presidents to balance the budget was Herbert Hoover,' [Rep. Peter] King added darkly, referring to the penny-pinching Republican blamed for deepening the Great Depression.
What a loaded and inaccurate statement!
Brookings Glosses Over Amtrak's Failings
Intercity passenger trains are experiencing a "renaissance" with Amtrak ridership growing "faster than other major travel modes," says a new report from the Brookings Institution. Indeed, the report continues, Amtrak's short-distance trains (generally, routes of around 200 to 600 miles) have, on average, a "positive operating balance," so more such short-distance routes should be added.
Let's Shed a Tear for Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats
When I first read this story in the Washington Post about supposedly under-appreciated federal bureaucrats, I was tempted to focus on the sentence referring to "the sledgehammer of budget cuts scheduled to hit today." Below is the Congressional Budget Office's depiction of this "sledgehammer." Does the Washington Post really think that a 1.2 percent reduction in overall spending for the current fiscal year (which means the federal budget would still be larger than it was last year) represents a "sledgehammer of budget cuts"?
Sequestration Panic!
This Cato video takes on the apocalyptic hype surrounding sequestration:


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Whhaaa LB got off Interscope and Strange didn't pick'em up??? You don't saay...
How come YMCM is signing a bunch of washed up or irrelevant acts..Im a Busta fan but I dont think he's made one song yet that has equaled the shit he has made..
I bet CM threw a contract X's way and he wiped his ass with it...Didn't Mystikal sign to CM too??
Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish were badass albums idk why people hate on them so much.
Oh God, the world is really startin to come to an end..
I'm curious if Limp Bizkit will remain creating Nu-Metal for their upcoming projects or change the influence of their sound as Linkin Park and Papa Roach did later in their careers. I don't agree with Cash Money in the slightest with this new signing, but then again I don't agree with most decisions made by that label. It almost seems as if they're hell bent on flushing their millions down the toilet time and time again by banking on horrible to mediocre acts that will only bring in a limited amount of revenue. The only current signing that was an awesome business move recently was the acquisition of Busta Rhymes in my opinion.
Fred Durst would fit perfectly on there with all those retards, best signing ever. Heroin and jazzsticks.
honestly, with the exception of WWC i think busta has lost it. he uses pretty much the SAME flow everytime and his lyrics have become simplistic and boring, they're just fast.
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Is it just me or did LB fall off after Em did that diss track at Fred? I dunno. And I'm not a big fan of cash money but...Mystikal was once the illest rapper on the planet! Way before the days where he blew up..I remember neon a No Limit fan and he killed absolutely even feature. GHETTO D he killed every track he was on. Every feature from Soulja Slim to Big Eds to Snoops album he was just a fuckin beast. Problem is most people only knew about the shit he did when he went mainstream. And Cash money signin Busta was extremely brilliant. I mean did he not murder WWC? Did DrDre not put out his album? Has he not been gettn on tracks with Twista on a regular? I think busta is better than ever. He may not be as raw but he lyrics are sharper than I've ever heard. I think its great they signed these acts..I'll take these vets over Nicki or Wayne anyday.
100 percent agreed wayne is a bitch for signing those girls
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Shitty rapper who owns a shitty record company full of other shitty rappers signs a shitty, washed up rock/rap group... Makes sense!
this is the 100 percent definition of wasting money and energy!!! i have lost so much respectr for wayne since drake. tyga, and now limp bizkit what a joke this industry is becoming
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The original deal pioneer keeps on pinching pennies and cracking wise. No, that price isn't a typo. Go to Woot
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God damn it
Aw and I didn't even get a chance to buy a Big ol' Cornucopia! CRAP!!!
WOW, That was fast and surprisingly smooth.
Who scored a Badger of Carnage?
I was so close! Got to the order page, but it hanged while processing. CURSE MY FEEBLE EXISTENCE.
Anyone have one of these? Look like they might be good to keep around for when your damned router goes bad.
thats bs. i got all the way through it. but it was denied. son of a
finally got to the payment page for the bags when it sold out... maybe a new router will temper my disappointments.
I missed
I was on the confirm page and got punted!!!!
woohoo.....baggie coming home...again ;)
I got to the order screen, entered my code, it thought a while, then I got directed to a page with Woot! at the top and the rest blank. The URL said "order confirmation" - I think I got a Bucket O' Carp!!!!!
That router is crap. But not in a bag.
Missed it again!
No crao. I'm done. Bye
Dutifully answered the phone while working in the office and due to the usual customer's ignorance and seemingly aimless questions I have missed the crappy bag.
Damn, that was fast. I got to the Order page several times, but could never get it to load after I clicked the stupidly-large button.
DAMN you woot, years of this, and not a one, unbelievable.
All i wanted for Christmas was a Big ol' Cornucopia...
CNET review doesn't look very promising. Looks like a cheap piece of crap. Probably should have just put this in the Big ol' Cornucopia. http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/d-link-rangebooster-g/4864-3319_7-32034861.html
Got a Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia Also, D-Link works well. At least the products I have from them!
TiraNomChu wrote:finally got to the payment page for the bags when it sold out... maybe a new router will temper my disappointments.
Same thing happened here!!
I clicked the stupidly large gold button then it just went back to woot. Im hoping i get a confimation email, but i think im SOL
That was unexpected.
the one time I post a comment......and......BAM...miss the bag o crap...i'm such a loooooooooooooooooossser!!!
jaellehanako wrote:Aw and I didn't even get a chance to buy a Big ol' Cornucopia! CRAP!!!
I ended up in the "buy" screen of the Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia purely by accident...I didn't even click "I want one". Got through to the "buy it now" button, got a white screen, another white screen, and then it took me back to the main page. Oh well...the crap I got last time was awful enough to last me through another of these.
i waited all this time, 2 days lol! it wouldnt let me click on it??? oh well, damn Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia
Biggest upset of the week: What's going on here? Your order was not placed. This could be due to one of several issues, which we've tried to outline on the left. If you know what needs to be corrected, want to try a new card, or alter something else, click the try again button to return to the order page. I have nothing left to live for!
That was quick. Looks like the servers are upgraded....i was still shut out, just stuck on the buy one page, but it moved quickly, the bar went down, and the next item came up....Everyone happy?
Always too slow.
That was way too quick... A Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia isn't a Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia unless the server crashes at least 2 times delaying the sell out by at least 5 minutes
I was so diligent, too...another lost opportunity for crap.
I got one, email of payment confirmation in my email too. My 2nd Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia
I've had a couple of D-Links. They're decent routers, and 9.99 is a great deal for a wireless router.
I GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 First one ever! Very slow, but I've received my confirmation email. AAAAWWWESOME!!!!
From all the reviews it looks like that thing isn't even worth 9.99. Sounds like a piece of junk.
White flag. I surrender. As usual with the Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia I get to the order page, click "This Info is Correct" and then get this message: This sale is sold out. Your order is invalid (code: no lines) GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Japan radiation monitoring goes crowd, open source
A new open and crowdsourced initiative to deploy more geiger counters all over Japan looks to be a go. Safecast, formerly RDTN.org, recently met and exceeded its $33,000 fund-raising goal on Kickstarter, which should help Safecast send between 100 and 600 geiger counters to the catastrophe-struck country.
The data captured from the geiger counters will be fed into Safecast.org, which aggregates radiation readings from government, nonprofit, and other sources, as well as into Pachube, a global open-source network of sensors. Safecast is one of the larger crowdsourced monitoring efforts, not unlike a similar effort in the United States that predated the Japanese disaster.… Read more


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As the NHL lockout is now in its third month, there is growing concern the entire 2012-13 season could be lost.
If thats the case, theres a possibility Stephen Weiss might have played his final game with the Florida Panthers.
Weiss, who has played in more games than anyone in franchise history, is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2013. Weiss will be in the final season of a six-year deal that averaged $3.1 million if the lockout ends and hockey begins again.
If the season is lost, players will likely burn a year off their contract, making Weiss a free agent when the lockout eventually ends.
Weiss said Monday that he and the Panthers had brief conversations before the lockout began about his plans. Weiss reiterated that he wants to remain with the Panthers. General manager Dale Tallon said during the summer that the Panthers arent all that concerned Weiss will leave.
Weiss said that even if the season were to begin, he doesnt plan on negotiating a new contract with the team until the following offseason. Teams cannot offer contracts to players during the lockout.
Things got stalled during the summer, Weiss said after yet another informal workout at the Glacier Ice Arena in Lighthouse Point.
I dont want to do anything during the season. I just want to focus on the season and take care of business. Well revisit it during the summer and see what happens.
When asked if he understood the ramifications of playing the 2012-13 season as a pending free agent, Weiss nodded emphatically. The Panthers, like the Cavaliers with LeBron James, have been burned by pending free agents.
Florida, if it was out of the playoff race at the trade deadline, might be tempted to trade Weiss instead of potentially losing him for nothing. Of course, thats a long way away.
I know what it means, but its my decision, Weiss said. I dont want to be a distraction during the season for myself or anyone else, to be honest. I know for me, when Ive gone through this in the past, that its never an easy situation. It sits on your mind. I just want to play and worry about that stuff at the right time. First we have to get on the ice.
In 2009, Florida lost All-Star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester for virtually nothing when he refused to re-sign with the Panthers.
Bouwmeesters case, however, was much different. Bouwmeester made no secret of his dislike for South Florida and the dysfunction of the Panthers organization at the time as his agent actually gave then-GM Jacques Martin a list of teams Bouwmeester would like to be traded to.
Weiss, who is from Toronto, enjoys living in Florida and is seen as being loyal to the Panthers.
Florida made Weiss the fourth overall pick of the 2001 draft held in Sunrise.
Staying a Panther
I want to end my career with the Panthers, Weiss said. ... Theres nothing but good days ahead for this team. I believe that. I would like to stay and be a part of it.
But at the end of the day, this is a business. And if it comes time to move on, maybe thats the case, too.
Weiss is one of a handful of Panthers players still working out in South Florida as the lockout drags on.
On Monday, former Panthers assistant coach Jim Hulton was on the ice running players through hockey and conditioning drills. With Hulton watching over things, Mondays workout had a more structured feel to it.


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How do i test if cache is working
what does this mean and how do you use it...?
7. Verify if pages are served from LSWS cache Since 4.0.19 release, LiteSpeed outputs a response header "X-LiteSpeed-Cache: hit" if a request is served from cache. Since 4.1.1 release, LiteSpeed outputs a response header "X-LiteSpeed-Cache: hit,private" if a request is served from private cache. |
A server response has headers. You can look at via firebug or run command line like 'curl -I http://example.com/path/to/resource'
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Thanks for the reply:
I have this in htttp.conf: LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so <IfModule mod_cache.c> <IfModule mod_disk_cache.c> CacheRoot /tmp/diskcache/ CacheEnable disk / </IfModule> </IfModule> I have files in tmp/diskcache/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/ a/ b/ c/ d/ e/ etc. my LS cache settings are : Storage Path:tmp/diskcache Max Object Size: 128K Cache Policy Enable Cache: No Cache Expire Time (seconds): Not Set Cache Request with Query String: No Cache Request with Cookie: No Cache Response with Cookie: No Ignore Request Cache-Control: No Ignore Response Cache-Control: No Enable Private Cache: Yes Private Cache Expire Time (seconds): 120 I have this in my Magento .htaccess (which is not in root directory) RewriteEngine on RewriteRule cacheable/(.*\.php)?$ - [L,E=cache-control:max-age=120] Getting this from response header..? HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:27:44 GMT Server: LiteSpeed Connection: Keep-Alive Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.21 Set-Cookie: frontend=72ed1ce898e1dec005b44904ba6abc6a; expires=Fri, 15-Feb-2013 14:27:42 GMT; path=/; domain=www.staging.shushushops.co.uk; HttpOnly Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0 Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Vary: User-Agent Vary: User-Agent Any ideas where I'm going wrong...? Many thanks... |
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I changed the Rewrite to:
RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*\.php)?$ - [L,E=Cache-Control:max-age=120] And tested using curl -I - X-Litespeed-Cache:hit was in the response , but testing again and has stopped showing up. Can't be far away...! Have tried different rules but not working...? Any ideas...? Thanks |
in cache policy, set ignore request/response cache-control header to yes.
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Now getting the X-LiteSpeed-Cache: hit response.... Just need to get the rewrite rules correct so I don't cache the admin pages..in magento backend.. |
you can put the admin page url in the 'Do-Not-Cache URL' box. mouse over the 'i' pop-up window for more information.
Any idea what the correct code could be in the .htaccess file to exclude all urls which contain "admin"..? Thanks |
you can refer to this wiki for 'Do-Not-Cache URL' settings
http://www.litespeedtech.com/support...:cache:magento |
doesn't work tried all sorts...?
What re-write rules should i use in htaccess ? If I use this RewriteRule (.*\.php)?$ - [L,E=Cache-Control:max-age=120] my pages break with Use Web Server Rewrites set to "yes" in amgento backend. Thanks |
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Testing Wuala cloud storage (with Wuala promo codes!)
In my search for good and secure cloud storage solutions, I'm trying out Wuala. Wuala is a cloud storage provider that I already mentioned in an earlier post. They encrypt your data locally on your computer. This ensures that only you more »