text: HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 27, 2009 at 1645 eastern daylight time, a foreign certificated experimental Explorer Aeronautique Ecoflyer airplane, Canadian registration C-IOFL, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain in Lebanon, New York. The pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight that originated at LT Warren Eaton Airport (KOIC), Norwich, New York, about 1630. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the pilot's family, he was returning to Trois-Rivieres Airport (CYRQ), Quebec, Canada after spending a week at 'Sun and Fun' in Lakeland, Florida. He departed from Sebring, Florida on April 26, 2009, and flew to Florence Regional Airport (KFLO), Florence, South Carolina, where he spent the night. On the day of the accident, he departed KFLO around 0740 and stopped at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (KMRB), Martinsburg, West Virginia before continuing to KOIC. Personnel at KOIC reported that the pilot landed at the airport around 1400. He reported to them that he had encountered "rough air and wind gusts like he had never seen before." The personnel reported he was "very shook up" about the encounter. While on the ground at KOIC, the pilot called his girlfriend and stated the last leg of his flight was "horrible" and that the airplane climbed to 8,000 feet with very little control. The pilot "had trouble holding it and bringing it back down." The girlfriend asked if the problem was the airplane or the wind, to which the pilot responded "it was a little of everything."The pilot added 10 gallons of fuel, which "topped the tanks." He also called the Buffalo Flight Service Station (FSS) and requested information regarding restricted airspace along his route of flight into Canada. The pilot remained at the airport for several hours and departed about 1630. Airport personnel watched the airplane depart and reported no anomalies with the departure. The following day, April 28, 2009, at approximately 1415, a landowner discovered the wreckage of the airplane while he was performing routine surveillance on his property. There were no witnesses to the accident. PILOT INFORMATIONThe pilot, age 56, held a Canadian-issued private pilot certificate. He also held a valid third-class medical certificate issued on February 25, 2009.The pilot's logbook could not be located and his flight time could not be verified; however, he reported to friends that he had over 2,500 hours of flight experience.The pilot was also the sole owner and creator of the company (Explorer Aeronautique Inc.), which designed and built the accident airplane. He created the company Explorer Aeronautique Incorpore in 1999, and had one engineer assisting him with the design and testing of the aircraft.AIRCRAFT INFORMATIONThe pilot began the Explorer Aeronautique Company by building the "Private Explorer" aircraft. He purchased the plans from another builder and built five of these aircraft. According to company personnel, the costs to produce the "Private Explorer" aircraft were too high and the pilot was unable to profit. The pilot believed if he could produce a smaller version of the "Private Explorer" in the new "Advanced Ultralight" category, he may be able to profit. The use of composite materials and fiberglass would reduce costs and weight of the airplane.The pilot designed and built two Ecoflyer prototype aircraft in this manner: the accident airplane and one other. He also built two "Mini-Explorer" aircraft and one "Explorer" aircraft.These five aircraft had the same wing design as the accident airplane. Construction of the accident aircraft (prototype) was completed in June 2008. According to the pilot's family, he was in the "commercialization phase" of the business, and had begun taking orders for the Ecoflyer airplane. Production was to have commenced in the fall of 2009.The Ecoflyer was a high-wing monoplane with two occupant seats installed in a side-by-side design. It was a single-engine airplane, powered by a Rotax 912 ULS engine. The airplane was of composite design, with a fuel capacity of 30 gallons, and a maximum gross weight of 1,320 pounds. The Ecoflyer had a maximum cruising speed of 117 knots, and a range of 510 nautical miles.The pilot designed the Ecoflyer in compliance with the document titled, "Design Standards for Advanced Ultra-light Aeroplanes" distributed by the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association of Canada. A signed "Declaration of Compliance" was on-file with Transport Canada (TC), which stated, "the Type Definition for the advanced ultra-light aeroplane herin described is in compliance with the LAMAC Design Standards for Advanced Ultra-light Aeroplanes, Publication DS10141E Amendment 003." A "Statement of Conformity for Advanced Ultra-light Aeroplane" was observed in the airplane. It was signed by the pilot and dated July 10, 2008. The document stated that the airplane "conformed to the Design Standards for Advanced Ultra-light Aeroplanes and is fit for flight." The Registration Certificate was also observed in the airplane, also dated July 10, 2008.An aircraft logbook was located in the airplane. The first page was completed with the manufacturer, model, serial number, and date of manufacturer information; however, no maintenance entries or aircraft hours were recorded in the logbook.METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATIONA review of voice communications provided by Buffalo FSS revealed the pilot did not request weather information for his flight or file a flight plan, when he contacted them prior to his departure from KOIC. The pilot only requested information regarding active military operations areas (MOA) between his location and the Canadian border.The weather reported at Syracuse International Airport (SYR), Syracuse, New York, at 1654, included winds from 340 degrees at 8 knots, 10 miles visibility, few clouds at 5,500 feet, scattered clouds at 21,000 feet, temperature 29 degrees C, dew point 12 degrees and altimeter setting 30.14 inches mercury.Examination of weather data by an NTSB Meteorologist revealed convection about 30 nautical miles east of KOIC around 1400 to 1415, some of the echoes were of extreme turbulence. Weather radar data did not display anything significant in the immediate vicinity of KOIC; however, low altitude turbulence was possible especially in areas of rough terrain. Turbulent Kinetic Energy (proxy for turbulence intensity) plots for 3,000, 5000, and 10,000 feet displayed low turbulence values in the immediate accident area with higher more significant values to the east. There were no turbulence pilot reports (PIREPs) for the route, and no in-flight weather advisories in effect.Personnel at KOIC kept a log of weather observations taken hourly from the automated weather observing system (AWOS) on the field. At 1345, the surface winds were recorded as 220 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 18 knots. The winds remained relatively constant for the next several hours, and at 1645, the winds were from 240 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 20 knots. At 1605, the winds were from 220 degrees at 8 knots, and at 1705, the winds were from 220 degrees at 8 knots.WRECKAGE INFORMATIONThe wreckage was examined on April 29, 2009, and all major components were accounted for at the scene with the exception of the right horizontal stabilizer. The debris path extended approximately 1/4 mile, through heavily wooded terrain, oriented on a heading of 300 degrees magnetic. Located along the wreckage path were the left wing strut, an outboard section of left wing, and the right elevatorThe left wing was the first piece of wreckage found at the most southern end of the wreckage path. It came to rest perpendicular to the ground, with the inboard section of the wing at the base of a tree. The outboard section of the wing was partially separated from the inboard section, and remained attached by flight control cables. The outboard section, with the aileron attached, was observed suspended at the top of the tree. The left wing strut was located about 578 feet from the left wing, to the right of centerline. The top end of the strut contained the attachment hardware for the wing.The complete right elevator was located 920 feet from the left wing on the centerline of the wreckage path. The main wreckage came to rest, at the base of a tree, oriented on a heading of approximately 080 degrees magnetic. Trees surrounding the airplane were virtually undisturbed and there was no forward wreckage path. Propeller slash marks were noted in the tree, at a height of approximately 7 feet. The bark of the tree was removed from that height to the ground.The right wing and wing strut were separated from the fuselage, and was observed adjacent to the cockpit area of the fuselage, at the base of the tree. The right flap remained attached to the wing at all attachment points. The right wing strut was also located adjacent to the wing.The empennage section was separated from the fuselage area and observed adjacent to it. The left horizontal stabilizer, with elevator attached, remained attached to the empennage; however the right horizontal stabilizer was separated and not located.The vertical stabilizer was attached to the empennage, and the rudder was attached to the vertical stabilizer at its top attachment point. The engine was observed intact in the cockpit area of the main wreckage. The propeller hub was separated from the engine and both blades were fractured at about their mid-span. MEDICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL INFORMATIONThe Onondaga County Health Department Center for Forensic Sciences performed an autopsy on the pilot on April 29, 2009. The cause of death was listed as multiple injuries due to blunt trauma.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Bioaeronautical Research Laboratory, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, conducted toxicological testing on the pilot. No drugs or alcohol were detected during the testing.TESTS AND RESEARCHThe airplane was equipped with an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) and an aircraft monitoring and data acquisition system. The units were retained and sent to their manufacturer for download. Examination of the data revealed the previous 10 hours of flight time were recorded, documenting flights on April 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, and 27th. The parameters recorded included: altitude, airspeed, pitch, roll, heading, and g-loads. No anomalies were noted in the data, and the g-loading never exceeded 1 positive G.ConstructionPortions of both wings and landing gear attachments were retained and examined at the NTSB Materials Laboratory. The resulting examination revealed the wings were constructed almost entirely of adhesively bonded composite materials, consisting primarily of laminated glass fiber fabric plies. The wing spar web consisted of glass fiber fabric face sheets bonded on the front and back of a central foam core. The upper and lower wing skins each had an inner and outer composite layer (with varying numbers and orientations of the plies in each layer depending on location) separated by a foam core. The wing struts were extruded aluminum profiles with an aerodynamic contour. The struts were connected at the top and bottom by inserting several inches of aluminum bar stock into the ends of the struts and bolting through the strut and bar stock. The protruding ends of the bar stock were then bolted to the adjoining structure. Above the top end of each wing strut, the thickness of the protruding bar stock was reduced from 0.9 inch to approximately 0.375 inch, and the thinner section was bolted between two aluminum plates, which were bonded and bolted to the front and back surfaces of the wing spar webs to connect the struts to the wing spars.At the bottom of each strut, the protruding end of the bar stock was bolted between two 0.125-inch-thick steel plates, which were welded to a framework extending across the bottom of the airplane that also served to attach the landing gear. The framework was constructed of welded steel tubes. The inboard ends of the landing gear were attached with bolts passing through holes drilled directly through the steel tubing without additional reinforcement of the structure. Semicircular cutouts with estimated diameters between 0.5 inch and 0.75 inch were also drilled through the steel tubing on the bottom of the landing gear, apparently to provide access to a port for a conduit that extended to the bottom end of each landing gear. Such conduits were intended to be used as brake lines, but the bottom end of each conduit on both the left and right landing gear was blocked with a red plastic plug.DamageThe structure of the left wing fractured around the aluminum plates connecting the spar to the strut, allowing the strut and wing to separate. The spar web was fractured along two roughly vertical paths, one just inboard of the strut attachment and the second approximately 5 inches beyond the outboard end of the aluminum plates attaching the strut. Between the two vertical fractures in the spar web, the spar was separated from the upper wing skin primarily by disbonding between the spar cap and the wing skin. Between the two vertical fractures in the spar web, the spar was separated from the lower wing skin by disbonding between the inner and outer wing skin layers and fractures in the inner wing skin. At the upper end of the left wing strut, the protruding aluminum bar stock and the two aluminum plates connecting it to the wing spar were bent down and forward. At the bottom end of the left strut, the bar stock was fractured through the hole for the bottom bolt attaching it to the strut. The steel plates connecting the inboard end of the bar stock to the lower fuselage frame had residual deformation showing displacement aft and nose down twisting, with some cracking in the welds. The bar stock adjacent to the fracture retained residual deformation indicating that the fracture occurred under downward bending at the outboard end. The steel plates connecting the bottom end of the right strut to the lower fuselage frame had residual deformation showing displacement forward and nose down twisting.The welded tubular framework at the bottom of the fuselage was fractured on both sides through the holes for the inboard bolt attaching the landing gear. The frame was also fractured near the welds on both the left and right sides. Although the right horizontal stabilizer was not located, its respective empennage attachment points displayed evidence consistent with overstress failure. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONWitness InformationA representative from the engine manufacturer, who supplied engines to the pilot's company, observed the accident airplane at 'Sun and Fun' in the days prior to the accident. The witness reported the aircraft's bottom strut attach brackets as they were welded to the sub cross over frame under the cabin floor boards were "very poorly attached…with substandard welds and bracket design." The witness stated it appeared the brackets, which the strut attached to were "very poorly welded and of a design which put them in tension pulling on the welds."In March 2007, the engineer who assisted the pilot in testing the aircraft identified critical spots in the wing, which would have resulted in failure of the wing in-flight. The engineer believed the airplane was particularly susceptible to failure if it was subject to aerodynamic loads over 4 Gs. Company personnel reported the pilot modified the wing design after the critical spots were identified; however, they were unsure of the exact changes the pilot made. Fueling InformationAfter the accident, personnel at KOIC tested the fuel supply from which the pilot fueled his airplane. No contamination or anomalies were noted with the fuel.Canadian Aircraft Certification ProcessThere were three categories of aircraft classification (for general aviation) in Canada: (1) amateur-built aircraft; (2) ultralight aircraft; (3) advanced ultralight aircraft. Amateur-built aircraft require more than 51% of the aircraft be built by the builder. These aircraft require airworthiness inspections by Transport Canada (TC) inspectors. Aircraft in the ultralight and advanced ultralight categories do not require inspection by TC. In lieu of TC inspection, aircraft in the advanced ultralight category require a "Declaration of Compliance," from the manufacturer in order to receive a registration certificate. These aircraft also require a "Certificate of Conformity" before they can be produced and sold.The accident airplane (Ecoflyer prototype) was classified in the advanced ultralight category in Canada.United States Aircraft Certification ProcessAccording to company personnel, the pilot intended to sell the Ecoflyer airplane in the United States (U.S.), and was in the process of completing paperwork for the necessary approval from the FAA.In the U.S., the Ecoflyer would have been classified as a Special Light Sport Aircraft (S-LSA) by the FAA. Eligibility for a special airworthiness certificate for S-LSA requires the applicant (generally a dealer/distributor) to submit an Application for U.S. Airworthiness Certificate and provide the FAA with a copy of the manufacturers' documentation, including in part: the aircraft's operating instructions, and the manufacturer's statement of compliance (through which the manufacturer self-certifies compliance with the ASTM consensus standards). Once the FAA receives all of the manufacturer's records and documentation, an FAA inspector or FAA-certified designated airworthiness representative (DAR) must complete a records inspection, a document review, and an airworthiness inspection of each aircraft before a special airworthiness certificate is issued.


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|Wyoming House of Representatives
|General Information
|Lower house
|Term limits:
|2014 session start:
|January 8, 2013
|Official House Page
|House Speaker:
|Tom Lubnau, (R)
|Majority Leader:
|Kermit Brown, (R)
|Minority leader:
|Mary Throne, (D)
| Democratic Party (8)
Republican Party (51)
|Length of term:
|2 years
|Art 3, Wyoming Constitution
|$150/day + per diem
|Last Election:
|November 6, 2012 (60 seats)
|Next election:
|November 4, 2014 (60 seats)
|Wyoming Legislature has control
- 1 Sessions
- 2 Ethics and transparency
- 3 Elections
- 4 Redistricting
- 5 Representatives
- 6 Standing committees
- 7 History
- 8 External links
- 9 References
As of November 2014, Wyoming is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.
Article III of the Wyoming Constitution establishes when the Wyoming State Legislature, of which the House of Representatives is a part, is to be in session. Sections 6 and 7 of Article III contain the relevant provisions. The Legislature is to convene in regular session for no more than sixty legislative working days every two years, and no more than forty legislative days in any year. In odd-numbered years, the Legislature meets for a general and budget session, beginning on the second Tuesday of January. In even-numbered years, the Legislature meets for a session devoted to budgetary matters.
Section 7 of Article III contains the provisions for convening special sessions of the Legislature. Special sessions can be convened by the proclamation of the Governor of Wyoming, or the Legislature can convene a special session of up to twenty legislative days if the session is requested by a majority of the members of each legislative house.
- See also: Dates of 2013 state legislative sessions
In 2013, the Legislature was in session from January 8 through February 27.
Major issues
Major issues in the 2013 legislative session included "opting out" of the Affordable Healthcare Act and Medicaid, a 10-cent fuel tax increase, infrastructure improvements, and reforms to sex crime laws.[3]
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the House was in session from February 13 through March 9.
- See also: Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions
In 2011, the Legislature was in regular session from January 11 through March 3. [4] The 45 calendar days that the Wyoming Legislature was in session during 2011 is tied with Utah, New Mexico, and Arkansas for the shortest legislative session in the country.[5]
- See also: Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions
In 2010, the House convened for its biennial budget session, which lasted from February 8 to March 5.[6]
Ethics and transparency
The Sunlight Foundation released an "Open Legislative Data Report Card" in March 2013. Wyoming was given a grade of C in the report. The report card evaluated how adequate, complete and accessible legislative data is to the general public. A total of 10 states received an A -- Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.[7]
Elections for the office of Wyoming House of Representatives will be held in Wyoming on November 6, 2012.[8] All 60 seats were up for election.
The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was June 1, 2012. The primary election day was August 21, 2012.[8]
The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6 general election.
|2012 Margin of Victory, Wyoming House of Representatives
|Margin of Victory
|Total Votes
|Top Opponent
|District 45
|Matt Greene
|Tony Mendoza
|District 48
|Mark Baker
|Joseph Barbuto
|District 33
|W. Patrick Goggles
|Jim Allen
|District 15
|Donald Burkhart
|George Bagby
|District 8
|Bob Nicholas
|Kathleen Petersen
|District 59
|Carl Loucks
|Mike Gilmore
|District 17
|Stephen Watt
|JoAnn Dayton
|District 22
|Marti Halverson
|Bill Winney
|District 11
|Mary Throne
|Jerry Zellers
|District 41
|Ken Esquibel
|Donna Roofe
Elections for the office of Wyoming's House of Representatives were held in Wyoming on November 2, 2010.
The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was May 28, 2010 (August 23 for independents). The primary election day was August 17, 2010. Representatives serve a two-year terms with no term limits. All members are up for election on even years. Of the 60 seats up for re-election, incumbents ran in 48 of them.
In 2010, the candidates for state house raised a total of $699,577 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were: [9]
|2010 Donors, Wyoming House of Representatives
|Republican (Party)
|Wyoming Realtors Association
|Wyoming Education Association
|Democrat (Party)
|United Transportation Union
|Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association
|CONPAC Contractors PAC
|United Pacific Railroad
|Dixon, Kathleen Baker
|Trucking Industry PAC
Section 2 of Article 3 of the Wyoming Constitution states, "Senators shall be elected for the term of four (4) years and representatives for the term of two (2) years. The senators elected at the first election shall be divided by lot into two classes as nearly equal as may be. The seats of senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and of the second class at the expiration of four years. No person shall be a senator who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, or a representative who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of this state and who has not, for at least twelve months next preceding his election resided within the county or district in which he was elected."
| How Vacancies are filled in State Legislatures
If there is a vacancy in the House, the Board of County Commissioners representing the vacant district must select a replacement. The state central committee of the political party that last held the seat must submit a list of three candidates to the Board of County Commissioners. The party committee must submit the list of candidates within 30 days after the vacancy happened[10].
The Board of County Commissioners selects the replacement within five days of receiving the list of candidates and serves for the remainder of the unexpired term[11].
- See also: Redistricting in Wyoming
The Wyoming State Legislature is responsible for drafting the new, redistricted maps. The initial drafting usually occurs in the Joint Interim Committee on Corporations, Elections, and Political Subdivisions, and then must pass through both the House of Representatives and the State Senate. The Governor of Wyoming holds veto power over the map.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wyoming's population increased from just under 494,000 to over 563,000.[12] This increase of 14.5 percent was higher than the national average, but Wyoming still had less people than the average size for one Congressional district.[13][14]
The Joint Interim Committee on Corporations, Elections, and Political Subdivisions decided to keep single-member districts and the current configuration of 30 members in the Senate and 60 members in the House.[15] Only 34 of the 90 old House and Senate districts were within the accepted five percent margin of error from the ideal population, suggesting that many districts would have to be reshuffled.[16] After having public hearings, the Committee adopted a complete map in December of 2011, and gave it final approval in January of 2012. The Senate and the House both passed the final map by very wide margins (28-2 in the Senate and 51-8 in the House) and Governor Matt Mead signed the map into law on March 6, 2012.[17][18]
Partisan composition
- See also: Partisan composition of state houses
|As of November 2014
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Wyoming State House from 1992-2013.
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the Wyoming Legislature are paid $150/day. Legislators receive $109/day per diem, set by the legislature.[19]
Wyoming does not provide pensions for legislators.[20]
When sworn in
Wyoming legislators assume office the first Monday in January following the election.
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the body.[21]
Current leadership
|Current Leadership, Wyoming House of Representatives
|State Speaker of the House
|Thomas E. Lubnau, II
|State House Speaker Pro Tempore
|Rosie Berger
|State House Majority Floor Leader
|Kermit Brown
|State House Majority Whip
|Timothy Stubson
|State House Minority Floor Leader
|Mary Throne
|State House Minority Whip
|James Byrd
|State House Minority Caucus Leader
|Catherine Connolly
Current members
Standing committees
The Wyoming House has 12 standing committees.
- Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources
- Appropriations
- Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions
- Education
- Journal
- Judiciary
- Labor, Health and Social Services
- Minerals, Business and Economic Development
- Revenue
- Rules and Procedure
- Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs
- Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources
Partisan balance 1992-2013
Throughout every year from 1992-2013, the Republican Party was the majority in the Wyoming State House of Representatives. The Wyoming House of Representatives is one of nine state Houses that was Republican for more than 80 percent of the years between 1992-2013. Wyoming was under Republican trifectas for the final three years of the study period.
Across the country, there were 577 Democratic and 483 Republican State Houses of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Wyoming, the Wyoming State Senate and the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
External links
- Official website of the Wyoming State Legislature
- Official list of the current members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
- ↑ Cody Enterprise, "Wyoming Legislature set for 'wild ride'," January 2, 2013
- ↑ 2011 Legislative Sessions Calendar, NCSL
- ↑ South Carolina Policy Council "50 State Legislative Session Interactive Map," February 2011
- ↑ 2010 session dates for Wyoming Legislature
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information," accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2012 Election Calendar," retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ↑ Follow the Money: "Wyoming House 2010 Campaign Contributions"
- ↑ Wyoming Legislature "Wyoming Election Code"(Referenced Statute 22-18-111 (iii)-(A))
- ↑ Wyoming Legislature "Wyoming Election Code"(Referenced Statute 22-18-111 (iii)-(A))
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2010 Census: Wyoming Profile," 2011
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Committee sticks with current Wyoming Legislature configuration," April 13, 2011
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Congressional Apportionment," November 2011
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Committee sticks with current Wyoming Legislature configuration," April 13, 2011
- ↑ Wyoming Tribune Eagle "Redistricting process gaining momentum," May 22, 2011
- ↑ Wyoming Tribune Eagle, "Redistricting plan clears both House and Senate," March 10, 2012
- ↑ Pinedale Roundup, "Gov. Mead signs redistricting plan into law," March 8, 2012
- ↑ NCSL.org, "2012 State Legislator Compensation and Per Diem Table," accessed March 18, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "State-by-state: Benefits available to state legislators," September 23, 2011
- ↑ Wyoming House Leadership
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Bubba Watson has every shot in the bag. He just may not have the required patience and self-restraint to hit them all the time.
"My goal every week is just to stay focused," he said Thursday after shooting a 6-under 66 to finish a shot behind leaders Sean O'Hair, Rod Pampling and Nick O'Hern in the opening round of the Memorial. "I'm not worried about hitting shots."
Watson hates to wait or kill time - two things professional golfers have to do 18 holes at a time. He'd prefer to do something, anything, other than just standing around.
For Watson, patience is certainly not a virtue.
"Going out there for five hours, I can't sit still," Watson said. "When I'm at home, on my week off I play golf with everybody back home. I might go out there for 36 holes. I've got to do something. I'll go play basketball, play tennis. I just get bored, so going out there in the heat and waiting on the group in front of us - I've got a weak mind, I guess. I've got other thoughts going through my head, like what movie I'm going to watch tonight. Just random stuff."
One of the longest hitters on tour, Watson is off to a strong start this season. He has four top-10 finishes this year and ranks 29th on the money list. He's already made more money than he did all of last season, when he finished 90th on the list as a rookie.
When his mind wanders, Watson takes chances.
For instance, a year ago in his first trip to the Memorial, he was 5 over for the tournament when he came to the 14th hole on Saturday. Now the 14th is a simple hole, a long iron off the tee and a wedge to the narrow green which is surrounded by bunkers and water.
Yet Watson pulled out driver on the 363-yard hole. And he drove the green.
"That was just immature stuff compared to now," he said. "I'd already made the cut, so I figured why not get somebody to remember who I am?"
Mission accomplished. The gallery went wild when it realized that someone had driven the green. After accepting applause at the green, he two-putted for the birdie.


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Boffins at the UK's famous National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - birthplace of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb and perhaps the internet - say they have used an electron microscope to analyse Viking swords. In a surprise twist, it turns out that the old-time Scandinavian pests, many of whom moved to England to become our ancestors, …
Savage uncombed horny northern bastards
Savage? No way - just as savage as everyone else - only better at it.
Uncombed? No way - see the pictures made at the time - elaborate hairdos for both men and women.
Horny? No way, as far as helmets were concerned. As for other parts... well, let's say they mixed the pot nicely.
Northern? Not many. Danes not much further north than Britain, if at all. Norwegian Vikings not much further north than Britain. Swedes? Ditto for t he most part, but they went off to the east, founded Russia, navigated the Volga to Constantinople en route to central Asia. Were the favourite bodyguards of both Roman and Byzantine Emperors. Were quick to adopt what they saw as advances in politics, culture and religion.Quickly took to Christianity, unlike the Swedes back home. Ditto Greek and Latin. Had no problems using Roman Law - except where it conflicted with their superior Germanic traditions of solidarity. They intermarried and were soon hardly distinguishable from the locals. Occupied Rome several times. Only occupants to ever show mercy to the Romans and preserve their monuments. Provided quite a few Roman Emperors.
The innovations they took to included things like the Herbat swords.
Bastards? Only through intermarriage - like the rest of Europe at the time - Britons, Romans (a real mixture themselves), Anglo-Saxons (three big groups and lots of small ones), Danes and Norsemen and Irish. And that was before the Franco (a mixture of German Franks and native Gauls and Romans)-Nordic Normans poked their oar in - so to say.
So much for racial bloody purity, and the myths of the losers.
As for date, around 1000, that more or less marked the end of the Viking Age. The Dane Canute the Great was king of all England. Half a century later the ex-Viking Normans conquered England. And Christianity finally came to Sweden (all credit to them for holding out so long!)
(Paris cos she would make a great Viking - unless she was traded as a slave, or sacrificed, or turned herself into a rich Roman aristocrat (Viking women inherited wealth on the same terms as men).
Everyone knows Al Gore invented the interenet
using Ted Steven's tubes
Technology? Pah!
So they've used some clever technology to work out something that many historians could have told you years ago. Very clever. I do hope my taxes aren't paying for this.
Finally proof
Afghanistan has always had weapons of mass distraction.
Damascus steel?
Isn't this just the same old Damascus Steel that swordmakers have been rather fond of since time immemorial, or am I missing something?
Old (very , very old) news
Putting aside the rather dubious history lesson, Isn't this just the famous Wootz steel that the Indians have been making for millennia? Its not really surprising that the Norse used it; pretty much everyone who could get their hands on it coveted the stuff; the British did a lot of research into it when they took over India because they still didn't have anything as good by the eighteenth century.
Damascus is about 2000 miles away from Afghanistan so no, no it isn't.
@Damascus Steel
Nope - the source for 'Damascus' steel was actually in southern India, from where it was exported to the Middle East.
The steel, also known as wootz, predates the Vikings by a few hundred years and is chemically quite different to the Afghan steel.
Re: Old News
This story was reported in part in the Guardian in the last week of last year. Nice to see Lewis is keeping up to speed.
The thrust of the Guardian story was that the Vikings suffered from fake designer swords, which looked like the proper Afgan deal, with the right designer label of the swordsmith, and a really good edge. The problem was, when the punter used it in battle, they shattered easily. It's hard to contact Viking Trading Standards if you have been hacked to death.
They also included the idea that most of the good swords found were in river beds, which they postulated may have been lost when Erik the Viking was returning from the local ale house worse for wear on viking real ale.
Dunno what the IT angle is. But I guess IT bods love beer.
Quite literally bleeding edge
Well, not _quite_ literally, surely... the edge itself wasn't bleeding, was it?
Shouldn't that be w00tz! Or have I spent too long gaming with 'Meericuns.
Some would say that Romulus Augustus was the last Roman Emperor (deposed 476) in the West: isn't that a bit early for Vikings (or at least the sort of Norse who didn't do that well at Clontarf)?
So, when will the US invade Finland / Norway / Denmark / etc.?
For trading with future terrorists?
Mine's the one with a matching horned helmet.
@ Dalen
That would be Norway. The other two don't have any oil.
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Protodites are microscopic Rahi that have existed since before Mata Nui was first awakened.
Protodites were created by the Great Beings to inhabit the Matoran Universe.
The Protodites once held in the Onu-Metru Archives escaped their enclosure long ago, where they were preyed upon by the Archives Moles residing there.
When the Piraka Zaktan was exposed to the Shadowed One's disintegration eye beams, his body mass was transformed into a swarm of billions of Protodites. These Protodites never stopped moving, so Zaktan's body always appeared to be writhing. The number of Protodites making up his body was greatly reduced when Zaktan was exposed to the Pit Mutagen, and were all thought to be destroyed when Zaktan was supposedly killed by Teridax. All of these Protodites later became part of the Skakdi Fusion.
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Protodax are Protodites enlarged trillions of times by the power of the Kanohi Ignika. They guarded the 777 Stairs on Voya Nui and would attack anyone attempting to steal the Mask of Life.
The Toa Inika encountered a group of Protodax during their Quest for the Mask of Life. The Protodax had the Toa surrounded before being driven away by Umbra.
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Protodites are microscopic in stature, but are known to gather in swarms.
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Al Skinner actually HASN'T talked to the Celtics
So, um, those Al Skinner discussions with Doc Rivers about the assistant coaching position were apparently completely bogus. (Boston Globe)
"I haven't talked to them," Skinner said. "I wouldn't mind talking to them. But I haven't talked to them."
Asked about a report that said he and the Celtics held preliminary discussions about the coaching vacancy left by Tom Thibodeau, former Boston College head coach Al Skinner said he hasn't talked to with the defending Eastern Conference champions.
Hopefully, it'll be Lawrence Frank's job. He knows defense and he's kind of wired a little bit like Thibodeau. At the very least, he'd be harder-working than Skinner, widely known as the college basketball equivalent of me: Super lazy.
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Drivers could be given the option of paying more for a less-congested commute as part of a plan to rebuild and widen I-90 from O'Hare to Rockford.
It's called congestion pricing and it would give people the choice to pay a fee for a better commute.
Congestion pricing works in several ways:
◆ Charging motorists to use separate lanes on a highway.
◆ Adding tolls during rush hours on roads that aren't now toll roads, or increasing them on toll roads during those hours.
◆ Charging motorists to drive into a congested area.
◆ Instituting per-mile charges on roads within a congested area.
The Metropolitan Planning Council, one of several groups involved in the I-90 Corridor recommendations, said the plan is only successful if coupled with public transit improvements.
So one goal of congestion pricing is to shift rush-hour travel to other transportation modes, such as trains.
London has used congestion pricing and used proceeds to increase transit capacity by 30 percent, and as a result it has decreased congestion because more people are using public transit.
The Tollway board on Thursday approved construction contracts worth $29 million for shoulder widening and other work to prepare for the actual rebuilding and widening of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, slated for next year.
"After years of repeatedly patching and repaving, we're finally preparing to begin the long-term improvements needed to address the needs of the I-90 Corridor," Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said.
The goal is to link Rockford to O'Hare Airport with eight lanes from the Kennedy Expressway to Randall Road and six lanes from Randall Road to I-39.
Also on Thursday, a group of experts presented its I-90 recommendations to the board. Besides congestion pricing, proposals include improving expressway access to O'Hare, adding park-and-ride lots and installing express bus lanes.
The 54-year-old Tollway from the Kennedy Expressway to I-39 in Rockford is used by nearly a million travelers per day.


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The pilot stated that the airplane was in cruise flight at 1,500 feet MSL when the propeller separated from the airplane. The pilot made an emergency landing in a snow covered field. Upon touchdown in 18-inch deep snow, the nose wheel collapsed. The separated propeller assembly and the attached forward portion of the crankshaft flange were located, and examined in the NTSB laboratory. Postaccident inspection of the crankshaft revealed a spiral crack that intersected the fracture at the bottom corner of a keyway. Further examination showed that the cracks were filled with a iron nitride white layer. Maintenance records indicated that the main journals and pins of the crankshaft were ground, nitrided, inspected, and returned for service, in October, 1994.
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Early benchmarks in: Apple iPad faster than Google Nexus One
While a margin of 10% on website load times might not, technically, be "blazing," it's certainly proof that the iPad is faster. The Javascript SunSpider tests are both more important and more damning: the iPad out-performs the Nexus One by a full 38%. Like the iPhone, the iPad is also 'locked down' by the Apple-governed App Store. However, with such awesome Javascript performance, web apps can always fill the void!
The AnandTech article focuses on the workhorses behind the devices: the new Apple A4 system-on-a-chip and the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU used in the Nexus One. While they're both clocked at the same speed (1GHz), the A4 certainly looks like a better chip -- not that anyone really knows what the A4 chip is (Apple has been very secretive about it). AnandTech speculates that the iPad's more powerful battery could be one of the main reasons for the better performance, though.
In even better news, for those of us without the adamantine exoskeleton required to heft an iPad, the upcoming iPhone 4G will probably use the A4 chip too! Combine the A4 with the oh-so-shiny iPhone OS 4.0, and I think Android might be in trouble. Meanwhile, Google can only hope that the new 1.3GHz Snapdragon (due out later this year) will close the gap!


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Pronunciation: /anˈhiːdr(ə)l , -ˈhɛd-/
Definition of anhedral in English:
(Of a crystal) having no plane faces.
Example sentences
- The pyroxenoid occurs as granular masses of small anhedral crystals associated with manganoan magnetite.
- Microcline is a common constituent of the intermediate zone, occurring as anhedral crystals to 60 cm.
- Here, olivine (peridot when gemmy) grains or anhedral crystals weather out of basaltic lava.
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Downward inclination of an aircraft's wing. Compare with dihedral.
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- Some gliders have large amounts of anhedral to improve their handling and with this power steering addition the amount of anhedral may be reduced, making the glider more stable to fly and not requiring constant control inputs.
- The five-bladed main rotor is fully composite, with a composite spar, multiple box structure and anhedral tipcaps.
- I've found that hang gliders exhibit a negative coupling between yaw and roll - for example a right yaw will create a left roll - presumably due to anhedral.
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After filling us up with eternal hope, the Celtic's seem to have taken a step backwards or two…or five. The OT loss to Chicago was a punch in the collective gut for the team and so far they have failed to show that they can get up from such a blow after what appeared to be an abysmal effort Sunday night against the Pistons.
The Celtic's offense currently looks like none of these guys have ever played together before. The bench is outscoring the starters on any given night because the starters have seemed to fizzle in the clutch as of late. The 1-2-3 punch of Green, Sullinger, Lee have been performing rather well lately and show encouraging signs of getting even better but role players like Terry and Bass have been absolutely invisible. Strange how Jeff Green gets so much criticism after missing a full NBA season and suddenly when he starts being assertive and getting good buckets everyone wants to bench Pierce. Is that the answer? The tough questions once again must be asked as once again we have said hello to .500.
Here's a list of tough facts the Celtic's have to face.
Accommodating Paul Pierce- It's plain to see that although the captain can still put up 30 on any given night, the consistency and speed of his game has dropped off considerably. He's two steps slow on the defensive end more often than not and most nights his shooting game is a crapshoot where the odds seemingly get worse by the brick. If line up adjustments are still in order would it be too ridiculous to see Pierce come off the bench? Jeff Green's defensive game has stepped up lately and he ranks just outside the top ten in 1 on 1 D in the NBA. unexpected right? He also could give the starting line up an even younger look and plenty of size if he were to start at the 3 position. It's evident that this guy can be a big piece of the future, and maybe someday even an all-star caliber player, I think he just needs the minutes and the reps.
Pass on Bass- I don't even know where to begin when talking about what the hell has happened to the ol' reliable undersized hustler. He seems to be out of position and invisible. It's time to give Jared Sullinger more minutes as he is almost single hand-idly fixing our rebound issues and again, gives us more size starting at the 4, and has shown beyond rookie level skill when playing around the basket. Just like Green, Sully needs more reps and more minutes.
Failure to take off- Jason Terry has become a defensive liability and is still searching for his role on this team. He fails to create for himself like Courtney Lee does and his clutch moments have been few and far between. He failed to contest a fade-away jumper from Belinelli in the final seconds of the OT loss to Chicago. I currently have him behind Barbosa in my own personal depth chart, I think Doc really needs to take a good hard look at the JET on defense and realize that Courtney Lee has been playing semi inspirational Celtic's basketball as of late and his minute load needs to increase. I'd be happy and I think it would certainly benefit the team for Jason Terry to sink below the 15 minute mark and simply be a locker room guy and a bench spark when needed. I'm starting to fear that he just doesn't fit like we all had imagined. If you had told me before the season started that Terry would be the last guard off the bench I would have been shocked, but I think that's where he is now in this mess of off ball 2 guards. Lee has also now shown that he is without a doubt the best back up to Rondo in terms of the second best ball handler we have. It's time to free Lee.
Rondo being Rondo- Gave an all-star caliber effort against the Bulls and he alone kept us in that game, but his consistency on defense has been up and down to say the least. He needs to take over. He needs to be the best player on this team. He needs to be Rondo. Simple as that but still a lot to ask of a guy who's still playing upwards of 35 minutes of night, but isn't this what Rondo wanted? He's been inconsistent to be the man we all know he can be.
Tonight the Celtic's have to show some fight and something surely has to give. The Cavs are in a prime spot to steal a game here, holding onto that 8th playoff spot isn't a very encouraging feeling, and it sure seems as though there is a long, long, way to go for this team. We're halfway through the season tonight, seeing 20-20.
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Anastasia (Agnes) Mastalerz (nee Pietrzak), of Glen Cove, formerly of Locust Valley, died on Oct. 12, 2009 in her 90th year. Wife of the late Stanley. Mother of Priscilla Meyers (John) and Paula Trembicki (Carl). Sister of Mary (Mae) Pietrzak, Betty Gesslein, Kathryn (Kelly) Horan and the Watka (Willy) Schoen, Stella Gregory, Theresa (Terry) Carll and Helen Sullivan. Grandmother of Kathleen Statler, Kenneth Trembicki, Karen Crowther and John H. Meyers Jr. Great-grandmother of Drew Cohen, Ashley Trembicki, Holly Crowther, Samantha Crowther and Kiana Trembicki. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the McLaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home, Glen Cove. Funeral services were private.
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The Redskins just drafted Nebraska linebacker Cody Glenn (6-0, 235).
Glenn was suspended by Nebraska on Nov. 12 for an unspecified violation of teams rules. He was not reinstated.
This from a news article written by Rich Kaipust of the Omaha World-Herald in late January:
"Nebraska coach Bo Pelini suspended Glenn on Nov. 11 for an unspecified violation of team rules. The senior was never reinstated, missing the Huskers' final two regular-season games as well as the Gator Bowl.
No details of his situation have been disclosed by NU, and no criminal charges have been filed against him.
There is a civil suit filed in Lancaster County on Dec. 17 by a landlord seeking unpaid rent, among other expenses, from Glenn and a Husker teammate, but it's doubtful that is directly related to his suspension."
Glenn originally was a running back at NU but he converted to defense his senior year. He made the Big 12 Academic Honor Roll in both the fall and spring of 2007.
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Eagle men fall to No. 2 CNU
Second-ranked Christopher Newport scored two second-half goals to beat the University of Mary Washington men's soccer team 2–0 last night in Newport News.
closed the regular season with a 2-0 loss at second-ranked Christopher Newport University on Wednesday night in Newport News. The Eagles close the regular season at 7-6-3 overall.
The Captains scored twice in the first half, but UMW rebounded to play an even scoreless match in the second half. CNU led in shots, 18-13, and UMW led in corner kicks, 9-7. Freshman Tyler Back had two saves for the Eagles (7–6–3), who will host a Capital Athletic Conference tournament semifinal match Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. against an opponent to be determined.
UMW's Billy Norfolk and Jessica Singer were named CAC swimmers of the week. Norfolk won the 100 and 200 butterfly against Division I Howard, while Singer won three events against Howard and Washington & Lee.
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Nintendo reveals Super Mario Galaxy 2 has moved 6.36 million; Donkey Kong Country Returns reaches nearly 5 million, Super Mario All-Stars hits 2.2 million.
Nintendo's iconic gorilla sets chest-thumping sales pace as Super Mario Galaxy 2 sales top 6 million through December; Pokemon Black/White top DS chart.
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NCAA Football 10 leads NPD's mostly surprise-free top 20 sales chart; Just Dance, New Super Mario Bros. DS continue sales run.
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Selection processThe selection of fellows reflects a gender and a regional balance. The general human rights situation in the respective regions/countries is also taken into consideration.
A pre-selection of 15 (first five preferences and 10 alternates) candidates is made by previous indigenous fellows. The final selection of successful candidates is undertaken by an advisory group composed of indigenous persons.
In view of the large number of applications, we regret to inform that only successful candidates will be contacted.
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From left to right: Spijkers en Spijkers, Louise Amstrup, Hemcya, ioannisdimitrousis.
With a little more than two weeks to go until London Fashion Week kicks off, today saw the release of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout line up. Held in the Baden Powell House opposite the BFC tents at the Natural History Museum the shows feature up and coming talent as well as more established names like the designers featured above. Past names include LFW hot ticket Peter Pilotto and Laura Lees who has worked with Topshop.
We're definitely looking forward to Danish designer Louise Amstrup, and we're excited to see what Inbar Spector comes up with for this season, we interviewed her at the end of the September shows when she was was just starting to work on her forthcoming collection.
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A farm pond of around an acre in size, stocked many years ago with tench and carp, the carp reputedly related to those stocked into the famous Redmire pool by Donald Leney. This water suffered a fish kill during the harsh winter of 2010 but several of the big carp still remain as do the tench and a good head of roach, rudd, perch and incredibly large gudgeon.
1. Parking on the roadside verge only.
2. Close all gates.
3 Approach the water by recognised paths only.
4. No dogs, No fires, No guns, No litter.
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Wang, Jun and Lu, Yan-Wu and Liu, Xiang-Lin and Yang, Shao-Yan and Zhu, Qin-Sheng and Wang, Zhan-Guo (2009) Erratum to: Binding Energy and Spin-Orbit Splitting of a Hydrogenic Donor Impurity in AlGaN/GaN Triangle-Shaped Potential Quantum Well. Nanoscale Research Letters, 4 (12). p. 1547.
In the framework of effective-mass envelope function theory, including the effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, the binding energy Eb and spin-orbit split energy Г of the ground state of a hydrogenic donor impurity in AlGaN/GaN triangle-shaped potential heterointerface are calculated. We find that with the electric field of the heterojunction increasing, (1) the effective width of quantum well decreases and (2) the binding energy increases monotonously, and in the mean time, (3) the spin-orbit split energy Г decreases drastically. (4) The maximum of Г is 1.22 meV when the electric field of heterointerface is 1 MV/cm.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The producers of the Academy Awards have good news for those watching at home: They're trying to cut out the boring parts.
Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron say they watched 40 years of past ceremonies to find ways to keep the show moving at a brisk pace. They say they're looking to nip and tuck what they call little pregnant pauses that can turn the show into a marathon.
At an annual lunch honoring Oscar nominees, Zadan and Meron said they identified time-consuming segments that might run only 15 or 30 seconds but which collectively can bog down the show.
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