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The #1 Rated Dating and Relationship Blog on the Internet
I can't believe it myself. But a website named Blogged, which helps aggregate and rank blogs from all over the Internet, has just named this the top blog out of 984 dating and relationship blogs.
Crazy, I know!
I just started doing this because I thought it would be fun and I'm just thrilled that people are responding to it.
So thanks to Blogged for recognizing this blog, and thanks to you for reading, commenting and asking intelligent questions that affect so many of us. It ain't always easy being single, but if we keep learning from each other's experiences, we're more likely to find happy and healthy relationships.
Have a great day.
P.S. If you are a regular reader and you'd like to offer me a positive vote on Blogged, I'd be extremely grateful. And if you're a regular reader and you don't have anything positive to say, why are you even reading? 🙂 Just kidding. There's plenty of room for disagreement out there and I welcome all of your contributions. -EMK


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Austin City Limits Day One: Asleep At The Wheel, Alabama Shakes Shake It Up
By Lynne Margolis
(Check back for GRAMMY.com's ongoing Austin City Limits Music Festival coverage, including blogs and artist interviews as part of our GRAMMYs On The Road series.)
At 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, the site of the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival, seemed downright empty. Bands weren't competitively blaring music from across the festival's seven stages, and it was easy to move where you wanted.
That is, until you rounded the bend toward the Barton Springs stage where most of the bodies filling the park were already planted waiting for Alabama Shakes. Every year this stage plays host to at least one act already worthy of a bigger slot, and this year Brittany Howard and company were it. Fresh off a win for Emerging Artist at the Americana Music Awards, the Alabama-bred band's set of retro soul/R&B rock — and Howard's powerhouse, Prince-meets-Etta James vocals — was an enormous hit, even without performing "Hold On," their biggest song yet that reached the Top 40 on Billboard's Rock Songs chart.
GRAMMY winner and Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood and his side project, Downtown Rumblers, faced tough competition from the small BMI stage as they performed songs from their latest album, Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance. But their sound, and almost everyone else's, was nearly drowned by the massive voice of Florence Welch of Florence & The Machine, who received frequent cheers from the audience. An ACL veteran, Hood plowed through and the band drew quite a large flock for a performance that doubled as a celebration of the last night of their tour.
Asked earlier to discuss the difference between performing at outdoor festivals and indoor venues, Hood said, "It's a very different animal. The trick is to learn how to do [them] all. And it's a learning curve. There's a lot be said for the immediacy of a small, intimate room, [and] there's a lot to be said for big open spaces, especially with a band like the [Drive-By] Truckers, [which] is very big and loud and really works well in the big open spaces."
Taking the stage earlier that day were GRAMMY-winning road veterans Asleep At The Wheel. The band holds the distinction as the only act to have played every year of the festival's 11-year history. Asleep At The Wheel's 45-minute set included a performance of the country classic "Ida Red."
A minor first-day glitch with non-scanning wristband chips didn't dampen enthusiasm for Thievery Corporation's hip-hop/reggae set, the funky electro-jazz sounds of Umphrey's McGee or headliners the Black Keys. A far cry from their first ACL gig in 2005 when they played a small stage for many new fans, the GRAMMY-winning duo (augmented by their discreet keyboard player, John Wood), put on an entertaining performance to end day one of the festival, a top billing that may lie in the near future for Alabama Shakes.
(Austin-based journalist Lynne Margolis currently contributes to American Songwriter, NPR's Song of the Day and newspapers nationwide, as well as several regional magazines and NPR-affiliate KUT-FM's "Texas Music Matters." A contributing editor to The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen from A To E To Z, she has also previously written for Rollingstone.com and Paste magazine.)

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Jennifer Lawrence's ex-boyfriend Nicholas Hoult said he was thrilled and "very, very happy" for the "Silver Linings Playbook" star's awards season success and big Best Actress Oscar win, E! Online reported.
The 23-year-old "Jack the Giant Slayer" star and Lawrence first met on the set of "X-Men: First Class" and dated for about two years before amicably calling it quits in January.
There appears to be no hard feelings between Lawrence and Hoult.
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"He is honestly my best friend," Lawrence, 22, told Elle last month. "He's my favorite person to be around and he makes me laugh harder than anybody."
The ex-couple will be reunited professionally along with the rest of the "X-Men" cast for the upcoming "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
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As one-half of rap pioneers OutKast, Big Boi has been consistently pushing hip-hop forward for two decades now. And with his partner-in-crime Andre 3000 currently awol, Andre Patton is continuing that mission with a flourishing solo career.
This is the follow-up to 2010's club-friendly Sir Lucious Left Foot, and is another dose of futuristic, boundary-pushing, occasionally head-scratching rap that this time heads for uncharted territory even further left-field than before.
That's thanks to guest spots from indie acts like Little Dragon (whose ghostly howl haunts Thom Pettie), Phantogram (who add shimmering electro flourishes to Objectum Sexuality and CPU), Theophilus London (the filthy booty-call ballad She Said OK) and Wavves, who provide a mid-album highlight courtesy of the summery rock hook on Shoes for Running. But it's Patton's energy, charisma and versatility that shine through, whether he's blowing T.I. and Ludacris away over the thrilling horn stabs of In the A, trading lines with current hype man AA$P Rocky on Lines, or partnering with Kid Cudi over She Hates Me's emotional spacey lope. It takes a few listens, but Vicious Lies is well worth your time. It may not be called OutKast, but Big Boi is still busy making hip-hop, Jim - just not as we know it.
Stars: 4/5
Verdict: Rapper stakes claim for indie crowd
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Wow... is this a good picture of him or what. Best climber David de La Fuente of Spain looks on as he stands by the registration podium prior to the 15th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Gap, southeastern France, and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
David de la Fuente
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Gay Games VII - Post 1
Edition number VII of the Gay Games started in Chicago July 15, 2006. Outsports.com is doing a very good job keeping track of all the activities that are taking place. Here is just a sample of some of the pictures they have available at their website.
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Monday, July 17, 2006
Miss Universe
The 55th edition of Miss Universe will be held on July 23 in Los Angeles. Mexico is represented by Priscila Perales, Miss Mexico 2006 (top) and the USA is represented by Tara Conner (bottom)... Good luck to both of them! ,
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XX Central American and Caribbean Games - Diving
Jose Guerra of Cuba (top) and Romel Pacheco of Mexico (bottom) won first and second places yesterday at the men's three-meter springboard at XX Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia.
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Monday's Crush
Dave Lieberman is my favorite Food Network chef. He hosts "Good Deal with Dave Lieberman" and also the webshow "Eat this". The very first time I watched Food Network his show was on and I haven't missed it a day ever since. He is funny, his recipes are easy and affordable and he has the cutest way of doing things.
5 interesting things about Dave:
1* He is a personal chef and has some individual and corporate clients
2* He started cooking thanks to his stay-at-home dad
3* He created a campus catering company while he was in college
4* He is the author of the book "Young and Hungry"
5* He will have a new webshow called "Dave Does" starting this August at Foodnetwork.com
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
John Tucker must die ... but Jesse Metcalfe must live!
Also on July 28th the movie "John Tucket Must Die" opens. I am pretty sure that it is a terrible movie, but I will spend the movie just to see Jesse on the big screen wearing a thong. He surely is missed in "desperate Housewives"
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Hugh Jackman in "Scoop"
Woody Allen's new film "Scoop" opens here in the US July 28th. Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman star in this murder mistery comedy. Mr. Allen had the great idea of having Hugh Jackman show some skin and have him wearing a swinsuit... Thanks Woody!
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Guy Ecker just out of the shower
This week Univision started a new soap opera called "Heridas de Amor" with Jacqueline Bracamontes and the brazilian hunk actor Guy Ecker. On its first episode we can see Alejandro Luke (Guy Ecker) coming out of the bathroom after a shower and as we can see behind the towel there is very nice piece of "equipment". On this Youtbue video you can see this scene if you go to the minute 3:17, the scene last until minute 4:28
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Dak here, with an in-depth look into one of my surprise favorite elements of the game.
So I briefly mentioned the skritt in my last post talking about the asura. Now, I'll be… not so brief.
The skritt are a ratlike race who, along with the asura, were originally living in the depths of Tyria but were driven upward by Primordus and the Destroyers. They are opportunists, but not scavengers – rather than dig through your garbage, they'll mooch off you instead; doing their best to convince you you don't really need that neat shoulderpad, or if your backpack is really heavy they'll be happy to relieve you of any unnecessary items. They're also exceptionally curious, so if they get their paws on an unknown device, they'll eventually sort out how it works and why.
Now, what makes the skritt so interesting? They communicate in a high-pitched, almost inaudible chittering, through which they can relay a vast amount of information in a very short time. While a single skritt is only capable of basic tasks and survival skills, through this chittering a group of skritt can work together to solve a problem. The larger the group, the more complex the tasks it can tackle. While a single skritt is rather dim, a big enough group could potentially rival an asura in intelligence.
Over the beta weekend, the skritt were available for interaction at last. I first encountered them in a fort just south of Artergon Woods: a pair who had been trained for the simple task of guarding supplies. I was instantly enchanted when I heard them concentrating so hard on guarding that they were, in fact, saying "Guarding. Guarding guarding!" back and forth to one another. My amusement was interrupted by a sudden hylek attack on the fort, which a group of players and I managed to repel. (one thing to point out, I love how whenever an event begins, a group of players seem to materialize from nowhere to join in and make the event more… eventful). The invaders successfully routed, the Lionguard commander in charge of the fort decided it was high time to take the fight to the hylek and regain their stolen items, and sent a single skritt named Rikkiti to a Lionguard assault force near the hylek village. The event is then to escort her as she runs the message to attack.
Rikkiti started out dutifully enough, but soon was distracted by the much more interesting moa nests by the side of the road. "Stuff stuff stuff!" came her shrill cry, until an angry moa (which we swiftly subdued) scared her off and she fled back to the path.
Imagine, if you will, the sight of some 20 people of all races chasing after an eager, innocent skritt as she quite accidentally attracts the ire of a giant grubs, a golem, disgruntled krewemembers, hungry raptors, and a full pack of apparently teleporting jaguars, with shouts of "Ooh, shi-hi-hinyyy!" and "What's that!" It was quite the unexpected quest, and a ton of fun centered on a surprisingly endearing individual.
"Sheriff want shinies back. Rikkiti get shinies! Teach hyleks stealing bad."
"And did our ineffectual sheriff offer any thought on how precisely we might accomplish that?"
"Yes… no… what?"
"(sigh)Sheriff say how we get shinies back?"
"Oooh. Deputy talk like Rikkiti stupid! Rikkiti not stupid!"
All the more surprising was when we reached her destination, and it flowed smoothly into a more traditional event: Destroy the hylek village and essentially burn -everything-.
Rikkiti joined us for that, too, and soon she had gathered all the "shinies" from the decimated village and returned to the fort while we taught the hylek chieftain that stealing was bad.
That event chain left a great effect on me, and I was delighted when I moved north into the Brisban Wildlands and found that there was, in fact, a massive skritt city called Skrittsburgh dug deep into a mountain. While none of the skritt there were as singularly endearing as Rikkiti, it was interesting in another way: With so many in close proximity, these skritt were, in fact, more intelligent. They were able to speak about more complex ideas and offer rewards for tasks, and as I delved deeper I found among their piles of hoarded items full, working tailoring and smithing stations. Only a short way away there were even shops run by entrepreneurial skritt. In the deepest reaches of Skrittsburgh, skritt soldiers held back encroaching Destroyers from underground. It was a full, living city, and the race isn't even a main one! Kudos to Anet for this sort of dedication and the masterful way in which they fully realized this concept.
While I'm looking forward to the entirety of the game, when we hit launch I'll be putting aside time to spend with the skritt, whether it's helping them defend what they've rightfully stolen, or just chuckling at their more innocent antics.


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Pengfei Xue
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- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Numerical Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Great Lakes Research Center
- PhD, University of Massachusetts Intercampus Marine Science Graduate Program
- BS, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, East China Normal University
Dr. Xue's research focuses on the development and application of numerical models to problems in the coastal ocean and the Great Lakes. His modeling-based research interests include estuarine and coastal ocean dynamics, observing system simulation experiments for optimal data sampling strategies, water quality and NPZD modeling, and ocean-atmosphere interaction and its impact on the climate change. Research projects he is currently involved in include ocean-atmosphere coupling dynamics over Maritime Continent and Persian Gulf, and the development of an integrated Water-Ice-Atmosphere-Biological modeling system for the Great Lakes.
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- Introductory Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
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Commercial, Military, Products, Regulatory
By James T. McKenna, Robert W. Moorman, and Ron Sherman | February 1, 2005
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All indications are 2004 was a banner year, and that the good times should continue this year despite the challenges ahead
AS THE ROTORCRAFT INDUSTRY GATHERS IN Anaheim, Calif. this month for the Helicopter Assn. International's Heli-Expo 2005, prospects are bright for the coming year, despite some tough times ahead.
Challenges do promise to make the coming months tumultuous. The future of MD Helicopters must be settled. Commercial operators in the emergency medical and offshore sectors must come to grips with rising accident numbers and how to best reverse them. Heavy-lift and air tour operators must try to decipher what new and pending federal rules and policies will mean in practice for their businesses. Law enforcement and fire agencies must wrestle still with how to protect communities from criminals, terrorists and--in the some cases--from themselves.
On the military side, the victor and the loser in the VXX presidential helicopter competition will have to sort out whether their fortunes have improved or worsened in the race to supply the U.S. Air Force's next search-and-rescue helicopter. The U.S. Army must decide what its new reconnaissance and light-utility aircraft will be, then defend them as budgeteers hunt for funds to pay for ongoing war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. Marine Corps must defend its V-22 program against the same budgeteers, as well as prove finally that the tilt-rotor is safe and effective for combat operations. The U.S. military also must decide whether its heavy-lift rotorcraft requirements would be best met through collaboration with European counterparts seeking to address their own heavy-lift needs.
Still, with those and other challenges, the rotorcraft industry enters 2005 on a high note. Deliveries of civil aircraft in 2004 outpaced those in 2003 and outran the most optimistic forecasts for last year. Analysts and observers are surprised by the degree to which that performance was driven by the piston-engine market. Turbine aircraft typically capture the lion's share, but in 2004 most civil aircraft delivered were pistons.
While forecasters had projected deliveries of fewer than 400 piston-engine helicopters last year, Robinson Helicopter Co. alone delivered more than 690 R22s and R44s. In 2003, it delivered 422.
"We are the leader in the production of helicopters," Frank Robinson, the company's CEO, said.
During Heli-Expo, the company will hold an open house of its new, 215,000 sq. ft. factory in Torrance, Calif., about 30 mi. west of Anaheim. The new factory has nearly doubled Robinson's manufacturing floor space to 475,000-sq.-ft. The company also has added nearly 1,100 workers in the last year or so and can now "manufacture almost everything in house," said Robinson.
In terms of expanding market share, Frank Robinson said he expects to post more sales in Latin America this year. Traffic congestion in cities such as Brazil's S㯠Paulo is prompting many companies and individuals there to acquire helicopters. Also the rise in kidnapping of wealthy individuals from automobiles has prompted a surge of interest in rotorcraft, said Robinson.
Sales of turbine helicopters also were strong in 2004, with Bell Helicopter Textron, Eurocopter and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. all reporting that surges in orders continued through year's end. Both Bell and Sikorsky are expected to announce new commercial aircraft programs at Heli-Expo, including the Bell 429 targeted at the EMS market.
Last year's boom has prompted forecasters to adjust their projections. They had expected deliveries last year of about 340 piston and 480 turbine helicopters, according to a survey of industry forecasts by the Transportation Research Board's civil helicopter subcommittee. The forecasts included ones by Forecast International, Honeywell,Aviation Market Research and Rolls-Royce.
A rough average of those forecasts puts deliveries at 458 piston helicopters and 469 turbines this year, moving to about 400 pistons and 480 turbines in 2007. From 2007 to 2011, deliveries are expected to run at 350-360 pistons and 480-500 turbines a year.
The emergency medical services segment, for which sales grew 8.4 percent in 2004, remains the top-seller among turbine-powered equipment, followed closely by paramilitary-configured equipment for security applications. Recent sales of Bell 407s to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and 430s to U.S. Customs and Border Protection exemplify the expected growth in this area.
This year is likely to be another one of consolidation. Sikorksy's Heli-Expo exhibit will include its new subsidiary, Schweizer Aircraft Corp., acquired for its engineering and rapid-prototyping acumen (as well as to get Sikorsky back into the unmanned aerial vehicle market; Schweizer's 330 is the basis of partner Northrop Grumman's U.S. Navy/Army FireScout UAV). For Schweizer's part, it had done pretty much all it could with the resources at hand, said Randy Simpson, the former Sikorsky VXX program manager now posted as Schweizer general manager.
"Sikorsky was the right partner at the right time," he added. "There is no question that we will see significant expansion at Schweizer."
Meanwhile, financially beleaguered MD Helicopters has been in sales or takeover talks with Sikorsky and others. MD Helicopters would bridge the gap between Schweizer's small pistons and Sikorsky's medium-sized turbines.
Eurocopter is expanding its industrial presence in the United States with its new 85,000-sq.-ft. plant at the Golden Triangle Regional Airport in Columbus, Miss. All AS350s bound for the U.S. market will be produced there, as will tail booms and horizontal and vertical stabilizers for AS350s worldwide. New aircraft completions and maintenance of AS350s and EC120s also will be done there.
(In a related move, Agusta Aerospace Corp. recently opened a facility in Philadelphia to build the A119 Koala single-engine light helicopter. "We are no longer a custom facility, but an assembly plant," said Massimo Pugnali, Agusta Aerospace's executive VP of business development and operations.)
Eurocopter's aftermarket initiatives are a window on the future. Last year, American Eurocopter signed a multi-year contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to provide kits, spares and technical assistance for re-engining 95 HH-65 Dolphins. Turbomeca USA will provide the Arriel 2C2 turboshaft engines. Conversions will be done in Mississippi.
Eurocopter also is pursuing a partnership with China's Aviation Industry Corp. II (AVIC II) to share development costs for the new, 6.5-ton EC175. The EC175 would be on the market by 2010, according to Guillaume Faury, vice president commercial helicopter business.
In an interesting development, Eurocopter is discussing with Sikorsky the possibility of partnering on development of the CH-53X, which is widely expected to be the United States' answer to its requirements for a helicopter capable of lifting a 20-25-ton payload. Discussions are ongoing with several potential partners, but Sikorsky sees a link with Eurocopter as an entre to competition to provide Europe's next heavy-lift helicopter.
Bell/Agusta Aerospace Co. is looking forward to a good year, having won U.S. FAA certification of its AB139 (see page 9).
Bell is intent on pursuing development of its Modular Affordable Product Line, a family of light single- and twin-engine helicopters that company officials see as the most efficient path to new aircraft responsive to market demands. The company predicts the MAPL family will achieve 20 percent reduction in operating costs, 10-dB noise reduction and 20 percent improvement in productivity and useful load, among other goals. Plans call for the first aircraft to be certified by the end of the decade.
The 407ARH is Bell's entry for the U.S. Army Reconnaissance Helicopter. A request for proposals was to be issued in late January. Bell also is offering its newly developed 210 as an answer to the Army's requirements for a new, commercial-off-the-shelf light-utility helicopter. The 210 had its first flight in December and is scheduled to gain FAA certification by March 31, according to Bell.
The V-22 tilt-rotor remains a top priority for Bell. The aircraft is slated for a second round of operational evaluations later this year aimed at proving the conquest of design problems with the V-22 and organizational and cultural problems with its development program, all of which were factors in two fatal crashes that grounded the aircraft. The tests are critical, since Bell's ability to develop and support commercial aircraft depends to a great degree on the health of its military business.
Several manufacturers believe the market for security-related equipment will be key to growth.
Since September 11th, 2001, the use of helicopters has expanded and "we expect that pattern to increase," said Stephen Moss, president of AgustaWestland Inc. "We've certainly seen that trend with our MH-68A Stingrays flown by the U.S. Coast Guard." In the future, Moss also sees increased need for more reliable military rotorcraft and civil machines reconfigured for military use in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Change is ahead for powerplant makers as well.
Honeywell is developing the 900-plus shp. HTS 900 for single-engine rotorcraft in the 5,000-6,000-lb. gross weight category and twin-engine helicopters in the 9,000-10,500-lb. class. It has obtained FAA certification for its LTS101-700D2, targeted for Eurocopter A350B/BA/B1/B2s and Ds. An LTS101-700D2-powered B2 will be on display at Heli-Expo.
Nasos Karras, vice president of military and helicopter propulsion for Honeywell, said the T53-17BCV, whose Lycoming T53 predecessor powered thousands of UH-1 Hueys, has been selected to power the Bell 210.
Rolls-Royce will have a busy 2005 as its Indianapolis-based Helicopter and Small Gas Turbine Engine business enters its first year with new President Scott Crislip.
The ubiquitous Model 250, launched more than 42 years ago, may have one of its busier years as a result of new product applications, including the Kamov Ka-226.
One of the Model 250's more important new military applications is with the FireScout, according to Alex Youngs, director of business development for Rolls-Royce. The first two FireScouts are to begin testing and evaluation this October. Rolls-Royce will continue its conceptual design efforts on the Model 250 Series IV engine this year.
Youngs said the "biggest opportunity potentially" in 2005 is with the Marine Corps' CH-53X, which is slated to enter the System Development and Demonstration phase this year. Rolls-Royce is offering the 6,000-shp. AE1107 engine for the CH-53X.
Youngs said the company would also benefit from the 2,100-2,600-shp.-class Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322, which has a 90-percent selection rate for the multi-national NH Industries NH90 helicopter.
The first of 14 AgustaWestland EH101 aircraft for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is slated for delivery to Japan mid-year for assembly by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which will also assemble the RTM322 Mk250 powerplant. Rolls-Royce Turbomeca will continue to develop RTM322 derivatives, including an increase in power to 3,000 shp and beyond.
Turbomeca USA continues to develop its U.S. support activities and manufacturing capabilities. It has launched a three-year plan to increase the level of U.S. production of Arriel 2s and Arrius 2/2B2s to 100 percent.
"The Arriel engine is well on its way to becoming the [Pratt & Whitney Canada] PT6 of the helicopter world," asserted Russ Spray, Turbomeca USA president and CEO.
In the future, the propulsion business that supports the small gas-powered helicopter industry could help ignite a revolution in new small powerplants. The development of diesel-powered engines, as well as the digitization of powerplant controls and diagnostics will help drive this expansion, along with customers that demand more powerful and cost-effective powerplant solutions.
"Clearly, the race is on for diesel-engine solutions, electronic fuel controls, alternate fuels and what I call the digital engine-to-engine-to-systems-to-cockpit integration," opined Ian K. Walsh, vice president and general manager of Lycoming Engines,
For Lycoming, the race has begun already. In mid-September, it partnered with mobile electronics concern Delphi Corp. to bring racing technology to the piston-aircraft engine business. Specifically, they will implement roller-tappet technology across Lycoming's aircraft engine line, which is expected to enhance performance and reliability.
On the avionics front, the helicopter market is very active. Initiatives range from highly integrated avionics suites and separate flight management systems to LCD flat-panel displays, moving maps, terrain avoidance warning systems (TAWS), wide-area active surveillance radar, infrared see-through weather systems and satellite-phone based flight following systems and services.
Altair Avionics is focusing its Heli-Expo efforts on two products developed to monitor critical flight parameters on rotorcraft. The two products, IntelliStart+ and SmartCycle+ are cutting-edge technology designed to identify and record event and trend data from airframes and engines. Data that take hours to tabulate and process is automatically recorded for ground-based analysis using Pratt & Whitney Canada's Helicopter Engine Condition Trend Monitoring software. Data is downloaded using Altair's Monitor Link Program to a laptop computer. The monitoring systems are certified on numerous helicopter types.
Becker Avionics is offering three new surveillance products for search-and-rescue missions. These include the newest, the RT-300 series two-band precision direction finder, and the G-200 high-performance electro-optical gimbal with a day-night stabilized payload used for video tracking, image enhancement and graphics electronics. Other new products are the Becker Radio Management Unit, RMU-5000 and the Digital Voice Communications System, DVCS-5100. The RMU allows a pilot to control three separate radios from a single, compact control head. The DVCS is a digital audio selector and intercom system allowing multiple connections to comm, nav, fixed direct channels and pilot/operators and passengers channels.
Chelton Flight Systems late last year won FAA approval to install its FlightLogic synthetic-vision electronic flight instrumentation system (EFIS) in the Eurocopter AS350/355 and the Bell 407. The system features the Chelton primary flight display (PFD) with forward-looking synthetic vision, a multifunction moving-map display, GPS, WAAS and full FMS. The system includes a helicopter TAWS, air data computer, solid-state attitude and heading reference system (AHRS), and a voice warning system.
Chelton will highlight its Highway-In-The-Sky (HITS), which includes navigation symbology providing precise 3-D guidance for en route and instrument procedures, search grids and precision helipad approaches. The symbology, linked to the PFD, is a virtual tunnel of green boxes through which the pilot flies, greatly simplifying common helicopter procedures to include noise abatement areas, GPS approaches or SAR programs.
Dallas Avionics' primary display at Heli-Expo includes the Black Opal product line from Australian manufacturer Laserdyne and Canada's Technisonic Project 25 digital radio communications products. Black Opal Systems is a color-image, pixel-enhanced, flat-panel LCD that compensates for rain, fog, snow, mist, smog or smoke. Black Opal products are valuable for law enforcement, news-gathering and EMS helicopter missions and are compatible with major integrated avionics systems.
Technisonic products are airborne FM-related and include the TDFM-136 and TDFM-600/6000 transceivers. The TDFM-136 is capable of analog and digital communication on every available channel in the VHF High band. The TDFM-600/6000 transceivers function in conventional and trunked modes and support demanding law enforcement, homeland security and para-military operations.
Free Flight Systems' latest products are specifically advanced GPS/WAAS navigation systems. Primary are the 1203 GPS/WAAS sensor, 2101 I/O Approach plus GPS, 2101 I/O Approach plus Search and Rescue Software and the TRA3000 and 3500 radar altimeters.
The 2103 sensor provides aircraft position and altitude information with high accuracy to an integrated navigation system. The 2101 GPS is used for supplemental en route, terminal and approach IFR helicopter operations and is NVG-compatible. The SAR software option on the 2101 allows helicopters to enter and fly varied grid pattern applications. The TRA3000 and 3500 are used for critical low-level operations like search and rescue, forestry, pipeline work, aeromedical services, border patrol and electronic newsgathering.
Specific versions of Garmin International's TCAS, EGPWS and multi-function displays (MFDs) are working in helicopters around the world. The company's 400 and 500 series MFDs have recently been upgraded to include TAWS, WAAS, real-time weather and moving-map displays. The company has introduced a remote sensor system, the GDL 69, that receives weather data broadcast from XM Satellite Radio. Other products at Heli-Expo this year are the GPSMAP 96/96C and GPSMAP 296. The GPSMAP 96 and 96C are portable devices featuring detailed obstruction data and auto-routing capabilities. Both include Jeppesen airport data, and a GPS-derived HSI. The GPSMAP 296 boasts sectional topo mapping and TAWS alerting on a sunlight-readable color display and the capability of voice guidance.
Honeywell's Primus Epic integrated avionics suite is now operational on the AB139. That package includes automatic flight control, EFIS, engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS) and full-range communications/navigation radio systems. The company continues to focus on its line of safety products, include TCAS, EGPWS and WAAS. Earlier this year, Honeywell announced certification of its Primus airborne radar, which features sea-clutter reduction and ground mapping at ranges up to 250 nm. The radar is expected to be operational on Agusta, Boeing, IAI, Kaman and Sikorsky helicopters.
A full range of Jeppesen flight-planning, charting and navigation services are on display in Anaheim, along with its helicopter training kits. The training packages are the most complete in the industry, according to the company, offering products tailored to Schweizer's Model 300CB. Jeppesen's FliteStar VFR flight-planning software has customized charts to show single or multiple charts, toolbars and information bars. The IFR version includes exclusive VectorPlus mapping technology and vector themes, which offer GPS-derived low- and high-altitude en-route charts, as well as color-coded elevation information with plane and profile views.
Paravion Technology utilizes the latest in LCD technology to create its aviation video display product line, Diamond Back monitors. These monitors can be integrated into any rotorcraft avionics suite to provide nearly unsurpassed resolution and daylight readability. Specifically, the Diamond Back monitors are excellent for viewing images from daylight camera systems or flir systems as well as various entertainment devices. The active-matrix LCD color monitors come in three sizes, 8.4, 10.4 and 12.1 in.
A wide range of SAGEM Avionics' products are applicable to helicopter operations. These include autopilot systems, flight control management, integrated cockpit displays and condition and monitoring systems along with flight operations quality assurance software. Last year, the company provided significant avionics systems on the upgraded Erickson S-64F Aircrane helicopter. The makeover included SAGEM's solid-state digital avionics ICDS 2000 MFDs, the PA 155 automatic flight control system with a stability augmentation system and the F201 digital, solid state AHRS. Other products high on the company's technology scale are the FMS 5000 with GPS-505 navigator for rotorcraft. Most SAGEM systems are certified on Eurocopter models.
Sandel has just completed redefining the EHSI with its SN3500/TW EHSI/Terrain/Weather Series. According to the company, there is an application for its new EHSI on nearly every rotorcraft. The system provides the equivalent of a 4-in. display in a 3-in. instrument. This includes situational awareness by presenting compass, map, flight plan and radio magnetic indicator data in an easy to read format. It can include terrain information, gear and flap warnings and datalink weather. A selected feature is the NavData IFR flight plan and approach waypoints derived from a GPS-approved database.
Universal is focusing its efforts on flight management. Its 2005 plans include its new Super Flight Management System (SFMS), designed to provide the capability to fly all procedures from takeoff to touchdown. SFMS, according to the company, includes precise navigation, the latest advances in LCD technology, larger processor and memory capacity. Universal said the new system is its growth path to the future with RNP/ANP, Integral GPS, WAAS, LAAS, Datalink Communications and TAWS. In addition, Universal is presenting its version of the EFB at Anaheim.
Satellite-phone based communications and flight-tracking systems and services continue to make headway in offshore markets and now are gaining ground with EMS operators.
BlueSky Network at Heli-Expo will unveil a new, lower-priced advanced control head for use with its D1000C modem and a new display device that together permit use of short-code messaging between aircraft and dispatchers and others on the ground. This allows text messaging and voice communications through the service, which BlueSky Network President Jon Gilbert said should be useful to offshore operators seeking more efficient communications with aircraft.
Sky Connect recently won business from MedSTAR Transport, which is equipping its three EC135s and one BK117 with Sky Connect satellite terminals and TRACKER systems to enhance air-to-ground communications. The systems are designed to provide auto-tracking and voice communications with the aircraft through the Iridium satellite network. MedSTAR Transport serves the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
"Sky Connect gives us both an automated tracking solution for our helicopters and economical satellite voice communications," said Christopher Wuerker, medical director of MedSTAR Transport.


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The legislature's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee is showing a lot of interest in awarding more moose permits to stimulate a distressed hunting economy, maximize the opportunity for Mainers to hunt the state's biggest game animal, and begin partnering with the hunting industry.
Two concepts will be central to a work session discussion next Tuesday (May 14): substantially increasing permits, and providing a small number of those permits to licensed sporting camps and lodges that are currently hosting moose hunters. The committee has asked DIF&W's moose biologist Lee Kantar to attend the work session to answer their questions.
I expect one question posed to Lee will be, "What is an acceptable harvest percentage for the moose herd?" Based on Lee's assurances that the moose population is currently 75,000, we harvested only 3.9 percent of those moose in 2012 (2,937).
I already know his answer. When I asked him this question last year, he replied, "The maximum sustainable yield is between 4 and 6 percent," a starkly lower percentage than recommended by the agency's Big Game Working Group in 2007. In six Wildlife Management Districts, the group recommended harvests of 12 to 20 percent, and in six others, 25 percent! The department rejected those recommendations, settling on harvests from 8 percent to 14 percent in those 12 WMDs, still considerably higher than Kantar is now recommending.
I really don't understand why DIF&W allows much higher harvest percentages for other game animals, but insists on such a low percentage for moose. In 2012, we harvested 10.4 percent of our bears (3,207 out of a population of 31,000). And DIF&W's bear biologists have repeatedly emphasized that we need to kill more bears.
We even harvested 10.7 percent of our deer herd (21,355 out of a population of 200,000) – at a time when we are trying to rebuild the herd. And the department has announced that it will award a lot more any-deer permits for 2013.
That begs the next question, "If we can harvest 10.7 percent of our deer and 10.4 percent of our bears, why not 10 percent of our moose?"
Although the committee is reluctant to dictate permit numbers to the department, some members are considering a gradual increase of the harvest. The proposal would still leave the agency in charge, because the number or permits would be based on their own population estimate each year.
Here is one possibility. The committee might direct DIF&W to continue to monitor both the moose population, harvest, and hunter success rate each year, and gradually increase the harvest to 10 percent. The legislation could direct a harvest of 6 percent in 2014, 8 percent in 2015, and 10 percent in 2016, at which point the entire moose hunting system and lottery would be reviewed by again by the legislature.
Based on a population of 75,000, this would require a harvest of 4,500 moose in 2014, 6,000 in 2015, and 7,500 in 2016. At the current success rate of 70 percent, this would provide 6,400 permits in 2014, 8,500 permits in 2015, and 10,700 permits in 2016.
The beauty of this is that the number of permits would be entirely based on the scientific research and data collected by DIF&W. Each year they would start with their population estimate – updated each winter – and multiply that by the previous year's moose hunter success rate, to determine the appropriate number of permits to be issued.
If the previous year's success rate dipped, the number of permits issued the following year would be less than my projection. If the success was higher than 70 percent, the number of permits could be increased.
Stimulating the hunting economy
In other parts of the country it is common for states to partner with the outdoor industry to maximize the economic benefits of its game animals, without diminishing the opportunities of the state's residents to hunt those same animals. We don't have that tradition in Maine, but it's time to recognize the value and importance of such a partnership here.
There is a very modest proposal before the IFW Committee next Tuesday to award some moose permits to licensed lodges and sporting camps. Some Maine guides oppose the proposal because they would not be eligible for the permits – although they could benefit from them by guiding for one of the lodges and sporting camps, as many guides do now.
I believe this makes sense. Even those guides who would not immediately benefit ought to understand that if this partnership works, more such opportunities may be possible in the future. As we've lost our deer hunting economy, and seen a steady economic decline across all industries in our rural and north woods regions, it's time to try new things and be open to new ideas.
Moose Research
The IFW Committee has rejected two of the provisions of a bill that Senate Tom Saviello sponsored at my request, LD 177, An Act to Expand Moose Hunting Opportunities, at least on a preliminary basis. The bill will be up for more discussion next Tuesday.
I suggested that one of those provisions, a switch to a guaranteed draw for moose permits for Maine residents, be withdrawn, in favor of keeping the focus on an increase in permits. We can talk about a new lottery system down the road. Once the number of permits get above 10,000, it will be easy to switch to a system in which every Maine applicants gets to hunt moose every five or six years.
But the other provision of LD 177 that has not found favor is very important. The bill directed 25 percent of the $1.3 million moose lottery revenue to the existing Moose Research and Management Fund, to pay for more research – especially of moose health – and marketing of the hunt.
IFW Committee members asked good questions of DIF&W, but did not focus on what we do not know about moose health. In fact, the principle reason that Lee Kantar continues to oppose significant increases in moose permits is that he doesn't know enough about moose mortality.
Kantar told the IFW Committee in February, "The big unknown is mortality and the causes of mortality. So we have to be cautious in the number of permits we issue."
My response would be: it's the responsibility of the agency to gather this information, so that the state can enjoy as much hunting opportunity as possible and rebuild its hunting economy.
This isn't a new issue. I've tried in the past to get the legislature to direct moose lottery money to research, and been unsuccessful. When I wrote about this topic last year, Wally Jakubas, DIF&W's Mammal Group Leader, wrote to tell me the agency had been doing some research on moose ticks. He also said, "I agree with your sentiment that more money is needed to support moose monitoring and research."
And here's what else he wrote. "Kantar has launched a limited project this year to research tick mortality, with the help of volunteers including hunters of shed antlers. But without doubt, the lack of definitive research on this critical issue, gives us another example of how a valuable resource is getting insufficient attention because the agency lacks funding."
And this part of Wally's message is particularly discouraging. "The key piece of this puzzle that is currently missing is what effect are winter ticks having on recruitment rates (i.e., the number of calves that reach breeding age). We submitted a proposal for this research in 2007 with Dr. Fred Servello, but were told we did not have the funds to support this research."
In 2007, the agency recognized this need, but didn't fund it. Today, we suffer the consequences, with DIF&W continuing to be very conservative in issuing moose permits because of what they don't know about moose. To me, this is completely unacceptable.
I believe Kantar is right – we do have 75,000 moose. And that's all I need to know to urge the IFW Committee to act positively next week to substantially increase moose permits, begin a partnership with the hunting industry by issuing the members of that industry a few of those permits, and allocating sufficient funds so that next year, Lee Kantar will know all he needs to know about moose.
Coincidentally, the topic of the current Wildfire show is moose. Harry and I take on some of these issues with Ed Pineau, a sportsman and lobbyist. You can watch the show online at the Maine Audubon website.


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The wait is over. For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough will be released next week. The much-anticipated new anthology is edited by New York Times bestselling author and television commentator Keith Boykin.
"For Colored Boys will be available online on August 8 and in bookstores on August 13," Boykin told Rod 2.0. "It will also be available as an e-book once it's released."
For Colored Boys collects the writings of more than three dozen Black LGBT writers—read the full list and bios—media personalities, activists, scholars and other thought leaders. The book was launched in the wake of numerous "young Black men literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities" such as Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Jaheem Herrera, Raymond Chase, Joseph Jefferson and others reported on Rod 2.0, Boykin announced last summer.
"It's been a long process but I'm finally glad that it's done," Boykin told R20 on Monday. "I am very excited about the book. It's going to make a huge difference for many people. So much has happened this year. President Obama endorsing same-sex marriage, Frank Ocean's new CD and many other news stories fit right into the themes of the book."
The publication For Colored Boys is very timely. A new survey was released last month that found a shocking 43 percent of Black gay youth have considered or attempted suicide as a result of issues related to their sexual orientation. Almost one in ten have been sexually or physically abused.
The publication also comes as new data released last week at AIDS 2012 revealed that Black gay men have been more affected by HIV/AIDS than any "other population in the world." The trend has been particularly "alarming" among young Black gay men aged 13 to 19, according to the Centers for Disease Controls. New infections have increased by almost half between 2006 and 2009.
For Colored Boys includes 44 contributions from 42 authors, "including 37 African-Americans, 3 Latinos, 1 Asian-American, 1 Canadian and 1 British writer," Keith Boykin told R20. "The contributors' ages range from 23 to 63. We have at least 5 writers in their 20s."
Many of the names should be familiar to R20 readers. For Colored Boys includes contributions from myself, Darian Aaron, Jamal Brown, Topher Campbell, Wade Davis, Kenyon Farrow, L. Michael Gipson, James Earl Hardy, DeMarco Majors, David Malebranche, B. Scott, Rob Smith, Kevin E. Tayor, Craig Washington, Tim'm West, Nathan H. Williams and Emanuel Xavier. The anthology will include nine poems. In addition to Keith Boykin, the editors include young filmmaker Mark Corece and author/scholar Frank Leon Roberts.
Stay tuned for more details on publication, the book tour and more. The Twitter hahtags are #ForColoredBoys and #ColoredBoys.


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AFH interim results have shown resilience in a tough period. Revenues grew by 5% yoy and Adj. EPS is up 8% yoy. We reduce our FY20 EPS forecast by 8% to reflect the wider market falls and slower new business due to the lockdown. This reduction in earnings is significantly less than peers, highlighting the defensive nature of the business and the prudent temporary cost measures being introduced in FY20. The improved FCF of the business should lead to a re-rating, particularly as AFH now trades on 9.3x CY20 P/E, a significant discount to peers. Our reduced target price of 524p implies 81% upside. Re-iterate BUY.
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Much has been written about the effects of the virus on the world and on the stock market. Here is one analyst's take on some of the likely impacts on the way we should look at companies. This article was originally produced as a blog, "10 Changes Post Virus", which was published a few weeks ago.
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Burford has announced its results for 2019. As previously indicated, these were lower than in the previous year. Revenue fell 17% from $430m in 2018 to $357m. Profit after tax, on Burford's basis, declined 31% from $329m to $226m. As announced earlier, there will be no final dividend so only the interim dividend of ¢4.17 was paid for FY19. Unusually, Burford has also released a trading update for early 2020 alongside its main figures. Court results and arbitral awards have been obtained that would generate some healthy profits. Most notable is $200m in income ($300m in cash receipts) regarding which further legal review is unlikely.
Companies: Burford Capital
Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG LN) has today announced a trading update for the full year ending 31 March 2020. The unaudited NAV has risen 13% YoY to 116.7p, up 14.3% since the last published NAV of 102.2p as at 10 January 2020. This represents a like for like valuation uplift of 11.4%. All equity has been fully deployed and shareholder approval has been sought to increase net debt from 20% to 30%. Revenue is strong with £64.7m generating an EPS of 10.7p (more than 2x the annual 5p dividend target). NAV growth has been driven by revenue statements which were up 2%, and an increase in streaming growth rate assumptions by the independent valuers. The portfolio comprises 54 catalogues, with 13,291 individual songs, now valued at £757m which was acquired at purchase price of £697m on an acquisition multiple of 13.9x – now valued on 15.0x historical earnings.
Companies: Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Aside from its FY 19 earnings presentation, British Land has adopted a more cautious anticipation about Offices in the City of London. We share this pessimism and have been surprised by the recent share's bump. The latter is the opportunity to turn negative, again, and update our divestment case.
Companies: British Land Company
TCS has confirmed it will pay the previously announced interim dividend of 3.25p. A number of mitigating actions to preserve cash ensures that this is affordable. We estimate the £1.7m payment is less than 10% of cash and available facilities, which should be little changed from the April update. Rent collection levels of 75%, or 86% including deferrals, is resilient under the circumstances. There are also optimistic signs from Europe that people will be shopping in material numbers from 15 June. TCS will have all locations safely open from that date. We lower our NAV forecasts c.2%, mostly for the dividend payment, but also for a tougher outlook for CitiPark. Official guidance understandably remains withdrawn. The shares currently price in a c. 30% decline in underlying property values, which we think is excessive. On this basis, we see upside to the share price, setting it at 235p, still a c. 25% discount to NAV while short-term visibility is low. BUY
Companies: Town Centre Securities
Ramsdens has reported a strong set of trading results in the last twelve months to March 2020. COVID lockdown has led to store closures, which will lead to weaker trading over the following months. However, Ramsdens has a very solid balance sheet, is diversified and is well positioned to re-open stores and continue its growth. We use an 8x multiple on last 12 months to March 2020 earnings as a reflection of a normalised earnings base which reduces our target price to 162p from 180p. At this target price Ramsdens would trade on a CY20 P/B of 1.5x. This target price offers 15% upside and we re-iterate BUY.
Companies: Ramsdens
Today's FY update reports that the decisive action taken at the outset of the COVID crisis has protected returns. Revenues held up through to the May year end. Aided by cost savings, adj. EBITDA is expected to be 20% ahead. We expect a more modest final dividend to protect the capital surplus. Additional savings have been outlined, which we overlay on a conservative "flat market/fewer new clients" scenario for FY21e – where we hope outperformance is possible. Updating EPS forecasts: FY20e +25%, FY21e -10% and FY22e -7%; also incorporating the Hurley Partners acquisition (+8%). We consider MW a high quality core holding with long term potential.
Companies: Mattioli Woods
The covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the share price of property companies, with 31% wiped off the value of their total market capitalisation during the first quarter of 2020.
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A number of REITs have the ability to thrive in current market conditions and thereafter. Not only do they hold assets that will remain in strong demand, but they have focus and transparency. The leases and underlying rents are structured in a manner to provide long visibility, growth and security. Hardman & Co defined an investment universe of REITs that we considered provided security and "safer harbours". We introduced this universe with our report published in March 2019: "Secure income" REITs – Safe Harbour Available. Here, we take forward the investment case and story. We point to six REITs, in particular, where we believe the risk/reward is the most attractive.
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Tetragon Financial Group (TFG, Tetragon) achieved a 13.6% NAV/share total return and a 13.4% ROE in FY19, in line with its long-term target of 10–15%. The main driver of Tetragon's performance was its asset management business (TFG Asset Management), which comprises managers with a total AUM attributable to Tetragon of US$27.4bn and generated an EBITDA of US$59.5m in FY19 (up 51% y-o-y). The late-2019 investment activity left Tetragon with a relatively low net cash position (4.1% of NAV at end-April). The shares trade at a three-year average discount to NAV of 44% (currently at 62.7%), which is relatively wide compared to peers given the company's track record of delivering a 16% NAV TR pa over the last 10 years. The recent market sell-off has so far resulted in a 5.1% decrease in NAV (ytd to end-April 2020).
Companies: Tetragon Financial Group
Today's update confirms Equals delivered another quarter of significant revenue growth YoY, delivered by organic and acquisitive means. Performance across the product range has varied unsurprisingly and we expect these trends to continue over Q2/20E. Given the great uncertainty over the duration and severity of COVID-19's impact on the group, we withdraw FY20-21E forecasts and place our recommendation Under review, awaiting further clarity. Equals is supported by a strong, debt-free, balance sheet and is undertaking measures to further conserve cash.
Companies: Equals Group
MJ Hudson has confirmed that it expects to achieve profits in line with expectations for FY20E. This is a good result linked to new client wins during the COVID-19 disruption and timely cost management. Whilst much of the group's activities are proving resilient, uncertainty remains and in line with most of the peer group, MJ Hudson is withdrawing guidance for FY21E. We similarly withdraw our FY21E forecasts until visibility improves, moving our rating to Under Review. Meanwhile, the shares are now down 30% since their pre-COVID-19 highs, which is beyond that seen at outsourcing peers (Sanne, JTC). Whilst COVID-19 is presenting challenges for many businesses, we believe that: 1) the structural growth drivers in alternatives that underpin MJ Hudson's growth will continue to remain highly relevant, and 2) its strong balance sheet gives it a relative advantage.
Companies: MJ Hudson Group
Picton Property Income has completed a new £50m revolving credit facility (RCF) to replace two existing facilities that were due to expire in June 2021. Although initially undrawn, the facility maintains operational and financial flexibility, for a longer duration, at a slightly reduced cost. We expect FY20 results to be released later in June, although no date has been confirmed, including an update on the impact of COVID-19. The company entered this period of acute economic and sector uncertainty with a strong and liquid balance sheet and material internal asset management opportunities to support income and capital values.
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Juan Martin del Potro and Julien Benneteau won their semifinals in straight sets Saturday and will play for the title of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
Del Potro reached his second straight final at the Rotterdam tournament by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4. Benneteau then defeated fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-6 (2), with Simon troubled by an upper thigh injury through much of the second set.
Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, lost to Roger Federer in last year's final but he won't have to face him this year after Benneteau eliminated the Swiss star in the quarterfinals.
"It was not as good as yesterday, but who cares? I won," Benneteau said.
In the first semifinal, the 6-foot-6 Del Potro's powerful serves and groundstrokes were too much for the swift and agile Dimitrov, who was attempting to reach his second ATP final of the year after losing to Andy Murray in Brisbane, Australia, last month.
Del Potro broke in the third game of each set and rarely let Dimitrov attack his serves. Del Potro hasn't dropped a service game in the tournament.
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SANTA CLARA, CA – 13 Jul, 2017 – Kel-Lin, a Bay Area Startup serving First Responders with its Radio Ambulance technology, has determined that California's impending 'sanctuary state' status is the final straw that has this Silicon Valley startup heading to a state like Texas that stands behind its Law Enforcement and looks to protect the public. As the California Senate Bill 54 sailed through the Senate and is now up before the Assembly Appropriations Committee before reaching the Assembly floor, Kel-Lin believes this action moves California even closer to violating Federal Laws and jeopardizing even further public safety. Kel-Lin has committed to immediately move the company out of California and would like to settle the Dallas/Fort Worth area or somewhere similar in values and is hoping other companies will follow suit.
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A Rockingham County Board of Education member has acknowledged participating in an anti-government group planning to use methods of questionable legality to hold local law enforcement and judicial officials responsible for actions the group does not accept as legitimate.
Members of the movement, called sovereign citizens, are known for being anti-government and for believing themselves to be above the law.
Michael Crowell, a professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina�s School of Government, describes sovereign citizens as a catch-all term for different kinds of people sharing a belief that the court system, state and local government have no jurisdiction over them.
�They arrive at this conclusion for different reasons but they all have a view that the current government is not legitimate and that they are not subject to its rules,� Crowell said.
Crowell said this set of beliefs shows up in several different ways. He said the most common manifestation happens in district court. Sovereigns claim the court doesn�t have power to force payment of a traffic ticket.
�It gets complicated because the views are so screwy that it�s hard to explain them in a logical way,� Crowell said.
School Board member
School board member Ron Price�s name appears on a Facebook page that appears to represent the views of sovereign citizens. When asked if he considers himself a sovereign citizen he replied, �I would.�
He quickly changed the wording, though.
�Let me correct that,� Price said. �I wouldn�t call myself a sovereign citizen because a citizen has a different terminology under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I am a sovereign member of society.�
The 14th Amendment discusses the qualifications of American citizens and the rights and immunities granted to them.
Crowell said sovereigns share the belief that the country has federal citizens and sovereign citizens. The belief dates to the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868.
�What many of them believe is that the 14th Amendment was not legitimately adopted,� Crowell said. �That they, sovereign citizens, retain certain rights that the government can�t take over and that you have to avoid subjecting yourself to the jurisdiction of the government, refusing to accept government benefits.�
Crowell said sovereigns issue their own driver�s licenses and other government documents to avoid accepting government benefits.
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Say the words, �sovereign citizen� to a police officer and expect a groan.
Greensboro Police Cpl. Kory Flowers trains law enforcement personnel and others within the judicial system about sovereign citizens.
Flowers said that when a sovereign thinks a member of law enforcement, including officers, judges, clerks of courts, prosecutors and defense attorneys, has violated his sovereign rights he files lawsuits or false liens against the person in question. The lawsuits usually seek large sums of money.
�Imagine coming home to your wife and telling her you have a $72 million lawsuit against you,� Flowers said. �You can tell her, �Don�t worry, it�ll work out,� but it�s not a pleasant conversation to have.�
Law enforcement uses the term �paper terrorism� to describe this act.
The liens filed impact a person�s livelihood. A lien is not exclusive to real estate but gives people the ability to come back to reclaim their rightful property.
In other words, if someone didn�t pay a worker for painting a home, the painter can file a lien against the person�s property ensuring the eventual payment for his work. The contractor must provide a signed contract showing the owed payment.
A false lien means the person never owed the money claimed.
Flowers said North Carolina makes filing a lien against someone easy. The state legislature did this to help small businesses that couldn�t afford to sue collect money from clients.
However, officers and judicial officials find sovereigns filing liens against their properties.
�Police officers are going to close on their homes and at the closing table, when you need everything perfect, they suddenly find they have this lien against them,� Flowers said.
Guilford County District Court Judge Thomas Jarrell Jr. experienced this when he went to refinance his home. Flowers said Jarrell discovered a $70 million lien against his property while trying to complete the refinancing.
�He missed the refinance because of it,� Flowers said. �That�s a big deal.�
Flowers described members of the sovereign citizen movement as �a different breed of criminal� in an intelligence report completed by the Southern Poverty Law Center�s Intelligence Project director, Heidi Beirich.
Flowers told Beirich that Greensboro has had sovereigns citizens yell at officers and judges. They jump on furniture and throw things during court proceedings, Flowers reported.
The group has violent ties, too. The Federal Bureau of Investigation�s Counterterrorism Analysis Section calls the group a �domestic terrorist movement� and reports that six officers have died at the hands of a sovereign since 2000.
A week before press time, deputies in Franklin County, Ohio, had run-in with a sovereign citizen. Media reports from the area explained how deputies waited for self-proclaimed sovereign Mark A. Kulis to leave his home in order to evict him.
Upon entering Kulis� home deputies found it rigged with five explosive devices.
�There are a bunch of these folks,� Flowers said. �Very few are volatile and dangerous � 99 percent are not physically dangerous.�
Flowers said that what makes sovereigns dangerous is their belief that the rulebook doesn�t apply to them.
�Officer�s who aren�t normally intimidated by anything feel threatened by this group,� Flowers said.
Flowers learned during his training seminars throughout the country many officers know the sovereigns in their community and try to avoid them because of the intimidation.
N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Wayne Hamilton agrees sovereigns are intimidating. He also helps train officers on sovereigns.
�They hate and I mean, hate, the government, and since we�re appointed by the government they hate us,� Hamilton said. �They respect the sheriff because he�s elected by the people.�
The sovereign citizen movement began 60 to 70 years ago but grew in popularity in the 1970s. It slowly dissipated and didn�t come back into popularity until the recession hit in 2008, according to Flowers.
Flowers said sovereigns promise people that the government owes them money held in secret accounts. They believe they know ways to help people access these secret accounts not realizing they�re circumventing the law.
Hamilton sovereign citizens believe that national leaders create �strawman� accounts for each person when a birth certificate is created.
Local involvement
Local law enforcement has dealt with sovereigns.
The spokesmen for Reidsville and Eden police departments both said the cities have residents claiming sovereignty.
Reidsville police officers deal with sovereigns mostly during traffic stops. Reidsville�s spokesman, Capt. Wendell Neville said the department�s dealings are usually passive. Neville said the department had one physical arrest of a sovereign.
An officer from the department discussed an arrest saying he pulled the sovereign over for false tags. The man jumped out of his car and the officer told him to get back in. The sovereign refused and eventually the situation escalated to an arrest.
Neville said none of his officers has received a lawsuit or lien because of a sovereign. Eden Police�s spokesman Lt. Clint Simpson said the officers in his department hadn�t either.
However, Simpson said an officer issued a resident sovereign a ticket and the person said he didn�t believe it to be lawful. Simpson believes this person moved away and the department hasn�t had any dealings with a sovereign in several years.
Madison Police Chief Mike Rutherford said his department hasn�t dealt with sovereign citizens.
None of the departments, including the Highway Patrol, knew about a group forming in Rockingham County.
Common Law Grand Jury
A group of people began forming the N.C. Common Law Grand Jury. Rockingham County�s branch held its election in December.
Crowell said North Carolina hasn�t had an issue with CLGJ yet, though other states have.
�That is a potentially serious problem,� Crowell said. �It means that these folks are acting on their beliefs to the extent that they think they can form their own courts.�
Price, the school board member, said the CLGJ gives residents another judicial option if someone feels violated during court proceedings.
�You know if you have a situation where you feel your rights have been violated and you haven�t been served justly, then you would bring that to the grand jury, the CLGJ, which you have the right to address,� Price said.
Price said the group raises membership by finding people who believe the court system violated their rights.
�We contact people who are aware of what�s going on and people who have been involved in issues where they realize that they don�t have a remedy � an easy remedy,� Price said. �I mean without getting a lawyer and going to court and filing a lawsuit and all of that.�
Price said those people come before the CLGJ and share their views.
�If the grand jury agrees, then they can do more research and they will present a bill of indictment to the district attorney and then the district attorney would act on that indictment just like it works with the statutory grand jury the court on itself calls,� Price said.
Getting Rockingham County�s district attorney, Phil Berger Jr., to act on the indictment might prove difficult considering he�s the first person mentioned on the Facebook page to indict.
Berger declined to comment.
�There is a lot of speculation there from people who are participating that that would have to be determined by the grand jury itself,� Price said.
Price said an actual indictment of someone depends on the cases brought before the CLGJ.
Flowers said he attends some of the meetings of these groups undercover. He describes it like this:
�We call them the vigil-anti grand jury. If a sovereign is stopped in a traffic stop, it convenes the grand jury. It puts the officers on trial. A jury made up of sovereigns and a sovereign magistrate comes in.
�You know where this is going. A sovereign citizen stands in as an officer. They discuss a violated fee schedule. After about six seconds they say, �Your sovereign rights were infringed on� and they file a false lawsuit or lien.�
The officer then comes home to an indictment or order for arrest in his mailbox, according to Flowers.
Crowell said that in other states the CLGJs go out and actually �arrest� someone.
�That�s potentially a very serious problem,� Crowell said.
Rockingham County�s group already geared up to mail out indictments. On its Facebook page, the group shows the embosser ordered to stamp the indictments with a Rockingham County seal.
Flowers said using these isn�t illegal unless it states notary public on it. The group�s doesn�t.
However filing false lawsuits or liens, which clogs up the court system, does come with a felony charge, according to law enforcement officials.
�We took a vote and instituted the Common Law Grand Jury, to reinstate it,� Price said. �You know it�s spreading. This is working throughout the state.�
Price said so far people in 3,141 counties across the nation have formed a CLGJ. Price said the state CLGJ won�t form until 25 percent of the counties begin a group. People from Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte and surrounding counties like Guilford all participate actively in the Facebook page and weekly conference calls, which was clear during Sunday�s night�s call.
Flowers said the Common Law Grand Jury is a direct link to the sovereign citizen movement.
A post on the group�s Facebook page: N.C. Common Law Grand Jury, denies this saying the two are independent of one another. However, multiple posts on the group�s page self-identify individuals as sovereign citizens.
The members of this page are also noteworthy. It includes members of the county�s and state�s GOP organization, some of whom appear to participate regularly on the Facebook page.
Except for Price, those whose names appear on the page did not return calls seeking confirmation and comment.


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