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Suppose we have a (closed, oriented) 3-manifold M with a Heegard surface F of genus g. Let F* denote F with a puncture. Then the space H of representations of pi_1(F*) on SU(2) is just SU(2)^2g, and the representation spaces of the two handlbodies sit inside H. Call these spaces Q_1 and Q_2 -- we will always think of them as subspaces of H. Finally, the intersection R = Q_1 \cap Q_2 is the representation space for M (Note: we haven't quotiented out by conjugation or anything).
Question 1: In the paper http://www.jstor.org/pss/2001712, Boyer and Nicas claim that if M is a \Q-homology sphere, the homological intersection [Q_1 . Q_2 ] is equal to |H_1(M)|, and they say it's easy to prove. I can't seem to figure out how to do it though, and I've tried for a bit... it seems like there's some bit of theory I must be missing. Can anyone see how to prove it?
Question 2: Is the Euler characteristic of R (that is, Q_1 \cap Q_2) also |H_1(M)|? If so, how could we prove this? In particular, is there a general relationship between the intersection pairing between two complementary submanifolds, and the Euler characteristic of their intersection (even when the intersection is not a finite number of points)?
The above is reminiscent of Morse-Bott theory, where the differential forms on the critical set of your morse function give a basis for the chain groups of your homology, and therefore the Euler characteristic of the critical set is the Euler characteristic of the manifold (or something like that... do I have this right?) This requires Morse-Bott non degeneracy of the critical set.
Final Question: What's an explicit relationship between the morse theory and the inersection theory? And when we just care about Euler characteristic, can we relax the Morse-Bott non-degeneracy? It seems that Q_1 and Q_2 don't always intersect "non-degenerately" (not only non-transversely, but the intersection might not even be smooth, for example) but Boyer and Nicas still claim that the intersection number is something nice (and computable on general grounds). Under what conditions could the same thing happen with a non-Morse-Bott morse function?
Thanks! I hope there aren't too many questions here...

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In the garden, Rosanna and Holden stop the bride and groom from making out before the ceremony. Rosanna explains the ceremony procedures to everyone while Craig arrives and sits with his sister. Margo hopes he's not there to make trouble but he wants to watch the 'abomination'. Tom shushes them as the wedding march begins. Parker leads his mother down the aisle and asks Jack to take care of her. The clergyman marries the couple, who giggle throughout the ceremony. Craig gags. Molly reads a poem. Carly makes more promises to Jack, vowing never to forget that he is her soulmate and best friend. He says that he can never repay her for saving him from himself and his demons. The rings are exchanged and they kiss. Everyone (except Craig) claps.
You Belong Together.
Carly and Jack get married, Craig makes amends and Janet goes into labor.
Holden begins the toasts. He talks about Hal and Brad. Margo asks Jack if Parker talked to him yet. Jack's confused but Molly rushes up to make her toast to the couple and their destiny. Carly thanks her girlfriends. Jack starts looking around and wondering where Dusty is. Craig stands up to propose a toast. Everyone rolls their eyes. Craig shocks everyone by saying that the couple belong together and wishes them every happiness. Rosanna strolls over to him. He admits that he wants her to like him again... just a little. She says he's moved from detestable to mildly intolerable. The newlyweds begin dancing.
Faith tells her father to dance with Lily. He tells her to stay away from the champagne and then asks Lily to dance. Faith wanders over to Parker and Liberty and wonders if they are still upset with her. They walk away from and Liberty asks him when he's going to tell his parents his plans. Jack and Carly walk over and ask about these plans. Margo blurts out that he's decided to become a cop. His parents are shocked. Carly's proud, even though it scares her. Parker says he wants to makes the world better. Jack wanted more for him but Parker just wants to be like his father. His parents hug him.
Holden asks Lily for her permission to dance with Molly. She doesn't know why he's asking. He goes off to dance with Molly. They talk about what they mean to each other and she encourages him to be with Lily and be happy.
Gabriel tells his father that he is returning to Montega. Sierra offered him a contract there. Craig freaks out and yells. Rosanna walks over and Craig explains that Gabe is his son. He begs his son to stay and make a home with him. That's not going to happen. Gabriel storms off and Craig tells Rosanna about their strained relationship. She advises him to let his son go. If he can stop chasing people, they might stop running away.
The newlyweds thank everyone for coming. Carly throws her bouquet and Rosanna catches it. Will and Gwen accidentally tell Margo and Tom that Casey and Alison are moving. They run off. Margo starts stuttering but Tom is calm. Will and Gwen say goodbye to Parker and push him to go and talk to Faith. He sits down with her and apologizes for not telling her his secret. They talk about Liberty going away and he tells her she looks hot.
Craig sits down with his son and tells him he's happy for him. He encourages him to get to know his sister. They talk business and Craig tells his son that he's certain he will be a success. Gabriel finally calls him 'dad' and then walks away. Rosanna wanders over and tells Craig that was nice work. He's going to be pretty lonely around town. She tells him that she might stick around town for awhile.
At the cabin, Janet goes into labor. She tells Dusty to call Jack. He reminds her that he's busy at the moment. The contractions get more intense. As she breathes deep, he goes out to his car. When he tries to drive, it gets stuck in the mud. He returns to Janet and she tells him the baby is coming. Dusty starts boiling water. She wishes he could boil her an epidural. He chuckles and tries to get her to breathe. As she yells, Jack and Carly walk in. Carly gets queasy as Janet climbs into the bed.
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Should federal judges weigh in on a president's decision to pursue and kill terrorists overseas?
The suggestion, raised at this week's nomination hearing of John Brennan to be CIA director, goes to the heart of the debate on whether President Barack Obama or any U.S. leader should have unfettered power to order the targeted killing of Americans overseas who are al Qaeda terrorists.
Some Democratic senators argued there should be a check on the president's authority to use lethal force, particularly against Americans, as occurred in September 2011 when a CIA-operated armed drone killed American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.
Al- Awlaki was a senior operational planner for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who had been linked to a number of terrorist plots against the United States.
One solution offered at the hearing was to create a new court to oversee such presidential decisions.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said she would review ideas for legislation "to ensure that drone strikes are carried out in a manner consistent with our values," including a proposal to create "an analogue of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review the conduct of such strikes."
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is a top-secret body that reviews federal warrants to intercept electronic communications of suspected foreign agents and terrorists. One reason is to protect Americans from improperly or inadvertently having their communications collected.
Creating a similar type of court to oversee lethal actions taken overseas may be easier said than done.
The intelligence panel has yet to begin drafting legislation, a Feinstein aide told Security Clearance. For now, the panel was reading through proposals and suggestions by experts and commentators.
According to the aide, who spoke on condition of not being identified, writing a bill raised "a lot of questions to wrestle with." Consultations with the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees as well as the White House must occur before a final proposal can be developed, the aide added.
Ben Powell, the former general counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, said legislators will have to deal with "a number of thorny legal issues ... with very complex implications" to put an FISC-style court together.
According to Powell, major questions that must be addressed include specifying what the court would rule on, such as whether the target was part of al Qaeda or posed an imminent threat or was unlikely to be captured.
In addition, legislation would have to define whether the court's rulings would cover U.S. citizens who don't belong to al Qaeda but pose an imminent threat, as well as what role it would have in issues outside the United States, he said.
Powell also said legislators would have to clarify how the new court interacted with the president's constitutional power to defend the nation, specifically whether a new law would seek to limit such power.
Some legal experts believe the court's review would be limited to determining whether an individual should be put on a target list.
University of Texas law professor Robert Chesney wrote on Lawfare Blog that the question should be "whether there ought to be judicial review of some kind in connection with the nomination process pursuant to which particular person may be pre-cleared for the possibility of using lethal force, a decision made long in advance of an actual attack decision."
However, Chesney raised the issue of whether such a system would be constitutional, especially if it went beyond just considering American citizens.
Powell questioned whether any court would even accept the role, saying "it would immerse the court deeper and deeper into national security judgments."
At a recent American Bar Association panel discussion, retired federal Judge James Robertson said he would want no part of such a role.
"That's not the business of judges to decide without any adversary party to sign a death warrant for somebody who is on foreign soil, for anybody, but certainly not for an American citizen on foreign soil," Robertson said.
Chesney said proponents of the court should think twice if they expect judges will ever rule against a government decision to target a particular person.
"Judges famously tend to defer to the executive branch when it comes to factual judgments on matters of military or national security significance," Chesney said. "Especially when the stakes are as high as they will be represented to be in such cases."
At Brennan's confirmation hearing, Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, argued for establishing a new court, saying the president should not be the "prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner."
Brennan told King such a court was "worthy of discussion," but added: "The commander in chief and the chief executive has the responsibility to protect the welfare, the well being of American citizens" from terrorist attacks.
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America's largest combat veterans group is worried the creation of a new medal for drone strikes and cyber-warfare could bestow higher honor on those using a joystick to kill terrorists than soldiers wounded on the battlefield.
The Distinguished Warfare Medal, announced Wednesday, would rank higher than the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, which is given to servicemembers killed or wounded in battle. The new medal would rank immediately below the Distinguished Flying Cross.
But to some, like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, creating a non-combat medal is turning into a major Pentagon misfire.
"It's a boneheaded decision," VFW spokesman Joe Davis . "This is going to affect morale and it's sending troops in the field a horrible message."
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Drones good. Terrorists bad. Done.
Yeah, that won't happen. It is not even on the same planet as a courtroom's agenda. They don't have the required clearances to make an informed decision, nor the field experience. You can't take a battlefield decision away from the Commander. Share your opinions, however, I'm right.
Its a start...
The cheapest way to eliminate terrorists is to pay BOUNTIES to Muslim women so they can get rid of Islamic clerics, terrorists and devout Muslims. Empowering Muslim women is the solution, if women are in control of Islamic societies and have the same absolute power as any emir, caliph or sultan, Muslim societies could have long lasting peace, freedom without discrimination. Don't forget that Osama Bin Laden was captured because he was betrayed by his wives.
So the idea behind Dianne Feinstein's proposal is basically to create a special committee who will review each case referred to them and issue a judgement approving the execution for the terrorists. Or, in some cases decline to issue such judgement if they find that evidence is not sufficient. The proceedings are to be done without bringing is the defendant who is considered unavailable in all the cases for obvious reasons.
Actually not a bad idea, except that is not original - We seen it before, did not we? In 1940 L. Beria creased such a commission to handle a large number of enemy combatants identified among imprisoned polish officers. The this consisted of Beria himself, and comrades Kabulov and Merkulov. They were very efficient in issuing nearly 20,000 sentences in about couple month.
I don't get it ... if there was an American terrorist around Osama ... we would have two different approaches in trying to capture Osama & the American terrorist? The American would have civil rights so let's go to Plan B. The Seal team had to make sure the American civil rights are protected?
I would think the Seal team would be justified in taking out the American too.
If I'm the high profile terrorist ... then always have an American terrorist with you. Then the American govt won't use deadly force to eliminate you.
collateral damage (translation) = killing innocent people, and to not be held accountable for the death of a innocent civilian or innocent civilians. Drone strikes under Obama have killed 200 innocent Pakistani Children so far. Apparently Obama will not be nominated for A Nobel Peace Prize this year
Let's just hope that you're right massoud about Obama not winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year. With all the corruption going on nowadays, you might be wrong. With enough money, you can almost but that prize although very few deserve it less than Barack Obama. He butchered far too many people with those horrific drones of his!
Quite true Kerry, quite true.
Lets not forget about the thousands of innocent civilians (men women and children) who Obama killed with US Missiles in Libya. Obama also bypassed Congress and more importantly violated the War Powers Act by attacking Libya with out a vote of approval by Congress. Libya posed no threat to the USA and was planning no threat to the USA when Obama violated the War Powers Act by bombing Libya with $200 million dollars worth of USA missiles
The window of opportunity may be just a few minutes.
Are you going to convene a court in that time?
It's a battlefield. You have to act quickly.
Since when does the whining of terrorists and their sympathizers make government policy?
Drone court sounds so more friendly than assasination court.
The rules should be changed so as - prior to offensive military action - to permit and indeed to require a formal declaration of war not only against states where applicable but also against organizations such as al Qaeda. . Then there generally can be no discussion or claims of war crimes.
What about privately operated drones ? ?
Not a bad idea. And the process of nominating which terrorists should be terminated and in which order, and well as establishing rating how particularly bad each individual terrorist is should be outsourced to credit reporting companies - Eqperian, Equifax, and Transunion.
UN is currently investigating the drone killings and as a neutral observer i can't see that the findings can be anything but that USA is committing war crimes with its assassination program.
Unfortunately Dick, I'm afraid that some U.N. investigators may be on the take. They may be successfully bribed to declare these drone strikes legal and above board. Even if that's not the case, those thugs in Washington won't abide by any ruling against this heinous policy!
If someone affiliates himself with an enemy of the US/terrorist group, has inspired others to commit attacks on the US, and or has committed them himself, he no longer should enjoy the protection of civil rights accorded to law abiding citizens of the US. In my mind, he is no better than a foreign enemy of the US and should be subject to the full force of the US to neutralize his threat.
It is interesting to see where exactly you want to draw the boundary between exercising free speech and associating themselves with enemy of the United States.
The truth is that there are many people around the World who do not like United States and curse at United States (an personally curse State Sec. Hillary Clinton) all the time, day after day. Do you want to do after them as well?
This al Maliki guy you see on the photograph, who was born in United States, but later decided that he likes Islam better. All his crime is basically talking: he did not kill anyone, nor did he even stole anything. Or yeah, he may potentially "inspire" someone against United States, is this a crime?
What about Oliver Stone? He does seem to not like United States as well.
this conversation should not be happening, not only are these people terrorists, but they are also traders. now given they are terrorists, and have commited treason they deserve to get droned. once you get affiliated with the taliban, or alqada, or any other terrorist group thats reason enough.
Another idiotic comment above from another weak minded Tea Partier like this so-called redbaron120288! With people like these, no wonder they regard ours as a sick society!
Like, Trader Joe's? Also, you can't have "commited treason" unless you are a citizen of the US. If you are a citizien, you are afforded rights under the const.itution, like due process. There are a number of reasons why ANY US President should not be lobbing missles at US Citizens without so much as a court order.
Traders? Seriously? Traders buy/sell/barter things. Traitors commit treason. Even with the correct words, your argument is hard to take seriously; without them, it is just kind of sad.
I'd think a court like the FISA court (that approves wiretaps) could oversee. The FISA court is fast, doesn't take months like you say, and hasn't gotten in the way, it approved nearly all (or is it still actually all?) requests.
Traders deserve to die. Especially sub-prime debt, derivative, and Bernard Madoff kind of traders.
redbaron I agree. I'm no tea partier ... I'm a former Marine sgt, Viet Nam vet, African-American ....
You become a terrorist you pay the price.
From the other side ... give all the high profile targets to the American ... if we gonna make sure his/her civil rights are protected his/her changes of succeeding increases cause we won't eliminate the American terrorist without due process.
So because they are traders, they deserved to die? How about derivative traders? They are definitely the worst of the worst. Drone The Wall Street! Down to Trader Joe!
Please folks, don't pay any attention to what my dimwitted brother Zwei posts here. Ever since he joined the right-wing Tea Party Movement, he believes that everything this government says is the gospel truth like every other Tea Partier. We are the only country on earth to murder people with this obscene technology and that makes us all look bad as Americans!!!
What is the possible difference with killing wackos with a drone rather than an F-15 or other American fighter? Please enlighten me, I have no clue!!!
Proving that they are in fact guilty of a crime, prior to blowing the hell out of them.
Drones are legal, moral and wise.
If Diane Feinstein has anything at all to do with this, it will certainly be FUBAR.
lol – sadly this was so right on....
Imagine, 7 years from now, You are in a strip mall parking lot. All of a sudden you hear sirens and see a car driving in really fast. A man jumps out and starts running towards a store. You hear a buzz of a lawnmower overhead.
Suddenly, two wires shoot out from above, and hit the man. He screams, shakes and falls to the ground. Two police cars roll up, and cops jump out. guns drawn. They handcuff the man while yelling the Miranda speech and throw him in the back of the car. One cop tells you to move the *curse* along. You mumble "yes officer" and comply as quickly as possible... That is basically what is gonna be new normal.
This could have prevented loss of lives on 9/11, if we were catching Islamists quickly. If the man you described were an Islamist, then it would have been an awesome response from the law enforcement. Thank you.
If only! You guys with your paranoid fears. And yet when Bush was in office passing the "Patriot" act you didn't seem to mind..
You hate that the black man is the President, isn't that the real issue?
@AFSG- don't oversimplify the issue by playing the race card. It has nothing to do with Obama being black. It has to do with him being a Democrat. The Right-wing was just as hostile to Clinton. If a Democrat is seen being weak, then he is labelled a Socialist. If he is seen being strong, he is labelled a Fascist. If he is seen trying to compromise, he is labelled a Liberal.
No that has nothing to do with it.
US police are getting more militarized by the. All this talk is to get you used the inevitable. "If you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about, right?" Well, they keep changing what "wrong" is. Protesting and thought crime is on the horizon.
The US police are innocent until proven guilty.
Yeah, let's get congress involved. The next potential target will die of old age before they decide on anything.
I agree but if the President was right 50% of the time would you be ok with it? I find this is an important question whether you agree or disagree. How many innocent is a fair sacrifice and how do we really know if someone is innocent or not if all we have to go on is the executioners word?
we are at war. Should the military ask a court every time they shoot at an enemy? If you are actively participating in treason and planning or training to murder americans, yes you should be killed. If I remember right zakawi's lawyers had already asked a us court to put a restraining order on our govt to prevent them from attacking him. He could always have come and filed in federal court and taken care of things. he chose to remain in the middle east planning terrorist attacks. he chose poorly.
I have no problem with targeting terrorists of ANY nationality with drones.
An American Terrorist with Al Qaeda should be considered a Non America who gave up his/her citizenship when they joined a terrorist group. Is no longer an American and is subject to termination by what ever means necessary.
It's even simpler than that. An American citizen who participates in terrorist attacks on the United States has committed treason, and is subject to the death penalty.
After trial.
Its still an suspect until they have been found guilty in a court of law.
Good point. We should let a "suspected drone" kill him in a "suspected drone strike" like it is allowed to happen in Pakistan everyday. Please do not blame the drones when you have no real evidence that a drone did that. Drones are innocent until proven guilty.
I think most of these terrorists had enough time to turn themselves in if they wanted a trial. They are merely being apprehended with overwhelming force.
good idea....except now people are being targeted by association. That is a slippery slope that shouldn't even be considered. Sorry, i like freedom and i don't fear al queda is under my bed. 8 billion a year for DHS and they have caught ZERO terrorists.
The US domestically is getting more and more militarized. People act as if the FBI and CIA did not have intel and warnings prior to 911. They did. Now i get my junk grabbed to board a plane... How many has TSA caught? ZERO.
Flying isn't a right.
Terrorists do their dirty work anywhere, anytime they want. No judicial review...just expediency. I say, continue with what we're doing, that is the reason we have a Commander In Chief. It works as needed, when needed! If you get congress involved, nothing will ever get done.
Thats the same as saying criminals don't care about the law so lets skip the law.
The question is simple.
Do we want to kill terrorists before they commit acts like 911 or after.
Thats usually not the question. I would say that Obama or his henchmen can't produce evidence that anyone has been a immediate danger to US that has been drone killed.
@ Dick - You have no evidence that drones killed your Islamist friends. Prove it.
Dick, do you think that they just pick out cars or houses on satellite and decide "Thats the one we're gonna hit"?
No, they listen in on communications and gather other intel and decide who to target. So, YES the terrorists that have been killed have either been implicated in prior attacks or are in the planning stages of future attacks.
Use of drones, in just last 4 years, have made all rats to go under ground, back into their holes. Keep flying drones.
Drones are a terror weapon which makes USA a terrorist state.
Actually that is incorrect. By definition, a 'Terror Nation' uses fear as a primary means of warfare. Drones do not fit this definition as they are designed to hone in on a specific target as a means to minimize collateral damage, not to scare the bejesus out of a civilian population. That is not to say that drone operators don't make mistakes. Nor does it mean that drones don't inflict any collateral damage at all since no weapon is 100% accurate. However, President Obama has made it very clear that if and when the US is engaged in war, it will do so as efficiently as technology allows. In other words- the exact opposite of a 'Terror Nation.'
Dick, terror attacks generally involve killing or harming innocent people. Bug difference here.
Careful, Dick – you may have just smeared drone-honey all over yourself, watch out for the angry buzzing from above! 😉
I'm not scared by americans. I know the drone killings isn't about terrorists as much its about killing opposition to US and its allies. Thats the american way. Drones are used as terror weapons and that is also looked into by the UN investigation. I just hope they have the balls to charge the criminals of US for their war crimes. Obama should be in Hague for harboring war criminals and also for his war crimes.
You are wrong. They are considered to be weapons of terror by those who have to live with the fear of them. And those are mostly civilians. And don't forget that almost 30 percent of those killed by drones are civilians.
Dick, if civilians don't invite "wanted people" to their wedding parties, or don't accept them as paying guests, I am sure they have no reasons to fear drones. Drone are used based on ground intelligence provided by local people only, in most cases IIS informants.
@George - Driving the filthy terrorist rats underground is awesome - some in the holes and the rest in their graves underground.
Thank you Ted for agreeing with me in my post above. Like I said above, we need to kill as many of these towel heads as possible. Adolf Hitler had it wrong since the towel heads are worse than Jews. That's the difference between we Tea Partiers and the Nazis. We persecute towel heads!!!!!!!
good ost, Good job, Agree 100%, blah blah blah, approving your own post under different name Phunnie boy? Is John sitting next to you George? ha ha ha ha, Just use you own handle you gutless piece of s-h-i-t.
Part of me thinks that this was just a test to judge our reactions. It starts with a terrorist in a foreign country, but how long before it is an "enemy of the state" in your own backyard? But thats crazy right?
I suggest we have a direct democracy and we get to vote and decide domestic and foreign policy and we send all of these incompetent bought off members of Congress out into the real world, not only that but we end their pension and health care benefits for all of the National Debt they are responsible for.
Does anyone here truly believe that any of these federal judges are going to do anything to stop the obscene butchery brought on by those cursed drones? I do not, anymore that the ones at the I.C.C.!!! At any rate, this obscene butchery is truly a national disgrace no matter how you slice it!!!
Good post, George. I couldn't have said it better. Thank you.
Why would you stop something that's working? Oh we will stop when the belivers of in a false religion stop murdering us just because we don't believe in the writings of a inbred.
Do you have proof that ANY of them are "true?" And what's a beliver? If you are bedazzled you have become dazzled; I suppose you were once a piece of liver and become belivered...
Its illegal and its a terrorist action by a terrorist state US..
Another FAKE VET here posting.. Shouldn't you be on FauxNews nation posting your pretend background? Stop pretending to be someone of the service. It dishonors those of us who DID serve.
The federal judges are very responsible people. These are noble people. They do feel that they have the responsibility not only to protect Americans but also they want to protect the peaceful, innocent people all around the world from these Islamic terrorist people. So, please do not expect federal judges to stop drones.
Not all of them Ted, not all of them! Some are open to bribery while others have no moral principles at all.
May be. In the name of diversity, there are some Muslim judges too. So, I am not surprised.


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A robot-aeroplane inventor with successful designs behind him has come out with a radical new kind of skydroid which, he says, offers long range combined with vertical takeoff and landing - and automated ground support as well.
You can take the inventor out of the garage...
Tad McGeer started a company called Insitu - in classic style, in a Silicon Valley garage - back in 1992, out of which came the ScanEagle drone. This was originally intended for such purposes as helping fishermen to track shoals of tuna fish, but in fact it has seen greater takeup by the US Navy. Insitu was sold to Boeing for a hefty sum.
While it can be operated from quite small vessels - as the Navy SEALs have shown - the ScanEagle's pneumatic catapult launcher and "SkyHook" recovery pole are still seen as a bit too cumbersome for many civilian clients. Furthermore, according to McGeer, the ScanEagle still needs too many supporting humans to look after it on the ground or base ship, which makes it too costly for civilian use.
Hence the Flexrotor from McGeer's new start-up firm Aerovel. The Flexrotor is intended to lift off and set down vertically hanging from its large main prop, rather in the style of the "tailsitter" prototypes of yesteryear. In the hover, it will use two tiny wingtip thrusters to counteract the big prop's torque, doing the same job as a helicopter's tail rotor.
"Our interest in VTOL is economic," says McGeer. "With Scaneagle we made operations practical for boats like tuna seiners, but the equipment is too big for small vessels, or to be conveniently shipped. With VTOL your ground equipment can be made much more portable, which is not just convenient but, for some applications, positively enabling."
The Flexrotor won't actually sit on its own tail, but will be recovered into a special automated ground/deck station by some as-yet-unannounced means which is intended to cope easily with severe weather conditions. This auto-base will be less cumbersome than the ScanEagle's large catapult and Skyhook recovery pole, and will largely eliminate the need for any ground support crew.
"Hover allows us to take a big further step," says McGeer. "Flexrotor is being designed to make the whole turnaround automatic: retrieval, parking, refueling, and launch, all using one lightweight base station. So we'll be able to eliminate the manpower, and some of the risks, associated with deck handling."
The Flexrotor will also be able to fly itself on such mundane tasks as geological survey, needing only very basic instructions as to where to go. It can carry a 1kg instrument package, and McGeer and his colleagues expect it to stay up for 40 hours on a single fill of two-stroke fuel. A small fleet of the aircraft could potentially be operated by a single person - nobody would need to fly them, refuel them etc as they would simply fly themselves in and out of their automated replenishment stations.
"[Geomagnetic surveying]'s a natural job for robots: flying parallel lines very precisely at low altitude, usually in remote areas," says McGeer. "A ground station and a bunch of Flexrotors could be shipped into a rough base site, and one person could keep them flying from there with high utilisation. That's a formula for getting costs down."
The Flexrotor is expected to fly for the first time this year, and to enter trials with customers in 2011. ®


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Are there different types of reverse mortgage products?
There are two basic types of reverse mortgage products:
- Proprietary products offered under lender-specific criteria, and
- Reverse mortgage products, insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) called "home equity conversion mortgages" or HECM. HECM's account for approximately 90 percent of all reverse mortgages.
Another option that may be available is a deferred payment loan (DPL). Many local and state government agencies offer DPL's for making basic repairs for low income and moderate income homeowners. The programs may have eligibility requirements and are offered for basic repair of your roof, wiring, plumbing or possibly for structures such as porches and stairs. DPL's are usually your least costly option. Some states also offer property tax deferrals.


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|System Administration Guide: Network Services Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
Part I Network Services Topics
Part II Accessing Network File Systems Topics
4. Managing Network File Systems (Overview)
5. Network File System Administration (Tasks)
6. Accessing Network File Systems (Reference)
8. Planning and Enabling SLP (Tasks)
10. Incorporating Legacy Services
Part V Serial Networking Topics
15. Solaris PPP 4.0 (Overview)
16. Planning for the PPP Link (Tasks)
17. Setting Up a Dial-up PPP Link (Tasks)
18. Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)
19. Setting Up PPP Authentication (Tasks)
20. Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks)
21. Fixing Common PPP Problems (Tasks)
22. Solaris PPP 4.0 (Reference)
23. Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks)
25. Administering UUCP (Tasks)
System-Name Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Time Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Type Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Speed Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Phone Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Chat-Script Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Enabling Dialback Through the Chat Script
Hardware Flow Control in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Setting Parity in /etc/uucp/Systems File
Type Field in /etc/uucp/Devices File
Type Fields in Devices File and Systems File
Line Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File
Line2 Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File
Class Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File
Dialer-Token-Pairs Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File
Structure of the Dialer-Token-Pairs Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File
Enabling Hardware Flow Control in the /etc/uucp/Dialers File
Setting Parity in the /etc/uucp/Dialers File
Other Basic UUCP Configuration Files
UUCP /etc/uucp/Permissions File
UUCP NOREAD and NOWRITE Options
Combining MACHINE and LOGNAME Entries for UUCP
Relationship Between User and System Job Grades
Other UUCP Configuration Files
Part VI Working With Remote Systems Topics
27. Working With Remote Systems (Overview)
28. Administering the FTP Server (Tasks)
29. Accessing Remote Systems (Tasks)
Part VII Monitoring Network Services Topics
30. Monitoring Network Performance (Tasks)
The /etc/uucp/Devices file contains information for all the devices that can be used to establish a link to a remote computer. These devices include ACUs (which include high-speed modems), direct links, and network connections.
An entry in the /etc/uucp/Devices file has the following syntax:
Type Line Line2 Class Dialer-Token-Pairs
The following is an entry in the Devices file for a U.S. Robotics V.32bis modem that is attached to port A and is running at 38,400 bps.
ACUEC cua/a - 38400 usrv32bis-ec
Entry in the Type field. For more information, see Type Field in /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Entry in the Line field. For more information, see Line Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Entry in the Line2 field. For more information, see Line2 Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Entry in the Class field. For more information, see Class Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Entry in the Dialer-Token-Pairs field. For more information, see Dialer-Token-Pairs Field in the /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Each field is described in the next section.
This field describes the type of link that the device establishes. The UUCP Type field can contain one of the keywords that is described in the sections that follow.
The Direct keyword appears mainly in entries for cu connections. This keyword indicates that the link is a direct link to another computer or a port selector. Create a separate entry for each line that you want to reference through the -l option of cu.
The ACU keyword indicates that the link to a remote computer (whether through cu, UUCP, asppp, or Solaris PPP 4.0) is made through a modem. This modem can be connected either directly to your computer or indirectly through a port selector.
The port selector is a variable that is replaced in the Type field by the name of a port selector. Port selectors are devices that are attached to a network that prompts for the name of a calling modem, then grant access. The file /etc/uucp/Dialers contains caller scripts only for the micom and develcon port selectors. You can add your own port selector entries to the Dialers file. See UUCP /etc/uucp/Dialers File for more information.
This variable is replaced by the name of a machine in the Type field, indicating that the link is a direct link to this particular computer. This naming scheme is used to associate the line in this Devices entry with an entry in /etc/uucp/Systems for the computer System-Name.
Example 26-5 shows a comparison of the fields in /etc/uucp/Devices and the fields in /etc/uucp/Systems. The keyword that is used in the Type field of the Devices file is matched against the third field of the Systems file entries. In the Devices file, the Type field has the entry ACUEC, indicating an automatic call unit, in this instance a V.32bis modem. This value is matched against the Type field in the Systems file, which also contains the entry ACUEC. See UUCP /etc/uucp/Systems File for more information.
Example 26-5 Comparison of Type Fields in Devices file and Systems File
The following is an example of an entry in the Devices file.
ACUEC cua/a - 38400 usrv32bis-ec
The following is an example of an entry in the Systems file.
Arabian Any ACUEC 38400 111222 ogin: Puucp ssword:beledi
This field contains the device name of the line (known as port) that is associated with the Devices entry. If the modem that is associated with a particular entry were attached to the /dev/cua/a device (serial port A), the name that is entered in this field would be cua/a. An optional modem control flag, M, can be used in the Line field to indicate that the device should be opened without waiting for a carrier. For example:
This field is a placeholder. Always use a hyphen (-) here. 801–type dialers, which are not supported in the Solaris OS, use the Line2 field. Non-801 dialers do not normally use this configuration, but still require a hyphen in this field.
The Class field contains the speed of the device, if the keyword ACU or Direct is used in the Type field. However, the Class field can contain a letter and a speed, such as C1200 or D1200, to differentiate between classes of dialers, such as Centrex or Dimension PBX.
This differentiation is necessary because many larger offices can have more than one type of telephone network. One network might be dedicated to serving only internal office communications while another network handles the external communications. In such a situation, you must distinguish which line or lines should be used for internal communications and which should be used for external communications.
The keyword that is used in the Class field of the Devices file is matched against the Speed field of the Systems file.
Example 26-6 Class Field in the Devices file
ACU cua/a - D2400 hayes
Some devices can be used at any speed, so the keyword Any can be used in the Class field. If Any is used, the line matches any speed that is requested in the Speed field of the Systems file. If this field is Any and the Systems file Speed field is Any, the speed defaults to 2400 bps.
The Dialer-Token-Pairs (DTP) field contains the name of a dialer and the token to pass it. The DTP field has this syntax:
dialer token [dialer token]
The dialer portion can be the name of a modem, a port monitor, or it can be direct or uudirect for a direct-link device. You can have any number of dialer-token pairs. If the dialer portion is not present, it is taken from a related entry in the Systems file. The token portion can be supplied immediately after the dialer portion.
The last dialer-token pair might not be present, depending on the associated dialer. In most situations, the last pair contains only a dialer portion. The token portion is retrieved from the Phone field of the associated Systems file entry.
A valid entry in the dialer portion can be defined in the Dialers file or can be one of several special dialer types. These special dialer types are compiled into the software and are therefore available without having entries in the Dialers file. The following list shows the special dialer types.
TCP/IP network
Transport Level Interface Network (without STREAMS)
Transport Level Interface Network (with STREAMS)
See Protocol Definitions in /etc/uucp/Devices File for more information.
The DTP field can be structured four different ways, depending on the device that is associated with the entry.
See the first way that the DTP field can be structured:
Directly connected modem – If a modem is connected directly to a port on your computer, the DTP field of the associated Devices file entry has only one pair. This pair would normally be the name of the modem. This name is used to match the particular Devices file entry with an entry in the Dialers file. Therefore, the Dialer field must match the first field of a Dialers file entry.
Example 26-7 Dialers Field for Directly Connect Modem
Dialers hayes =,-, "" \\dA\pTE1V1X1Q0S2=255S12=255\r\c \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT
Notice that only the dialer portion (hayes) is present in the DTP field of the Devices file entry. This means that the token to be passed on to the dialer (in this instance, the phone number) is taken from the Phone field of a Systems file entry. (\T is implied, as described in Example 26-9.)
See the second and third ways that the DTP field can be structured:
Direct link – For a direct link to a particular computer, the DTP field of the associated entry would contain the keyword direct. This condition is true for both types of direct-link entries, Direct and System-Name. Refer to Type Field in /etc/uucp/Devices File.
Computers on the same port selector – If a computer with which you intend to communicate is on the same port selector switch as your computer, your computer must first access the switch. The switch then makes the connection to the other computer. This type of entry has only one pair. The dialer portion is used to match a Dialers file entry.
Example 26-8 UUCP Dialers Field for Computers on Same Port Selector
Dialers develcon ,"" "" \pr\ps\c est:\007 \E\D\e \007
As shown, the token portion is left blank. This designation indicates that it is retrieved from the Systems file. The Systems file entry for this computer contains the token in the Phone field, which is normally reserved for the phone number of the computer. Refer to UUCP /etc/uucp/Systems File for details. This type of DTP contains an escape character (\D), which ensures that the content of the Phone field is not interpreted as a valid entry in the Dialcodes file.
See the fourth way that the DTP field can be structured:
Modems that are connected to port selector – If a high-speed modem is connected to a port selector, your computer must first access the port selector switch. The switch makes the connection to the modem. This type of entry requires two dialer-token-pairs. The dialer portion of each pair (the fifth and seventh fields of the entry) is used to match entries in the Dialers file, as follows.
Example 26-9 UUCP Dialers Field for Modems Connected to Port Selector
develcon "" "" \pr\ps\c est:\007 \E\D\e \007 ventel =&-% t"" \r\p\r\c $ <K\T%\r>\c ONLINE!
In the first pair, develcon is the dialer and vent is the token that is passed to the Develcon switch to tell it which device, such as a Ventel modem, to connect to your computer. This token is unique for each port selector, as each switch can be set up differently. After the Ventel modem has been connected, the second pair is accessed. Ventel is the dialer and the token is retrieved from the Systems file.
Two escape characters can appear in a DTP field:
\T – Indicates that the Phone (token) field should be translated by using the /etc/uucp/Dialcodes file. This escape character is normally placed in the /etc/uucp/Dialers file for each caller script that is associated with a modem, such as Hayes, and U.S. Robotics. Therefore, the translation does not occur until the caller script is accessed.
\D – Indicates that the Phone (token) field should not be translated by using the /etc/uucp/Dialcodes file. If no escape character is specified at the end of a Devices entry, the \D is assumed (default). A \D is also used in the /etc/uucp/Dialers file with entries that are associated with network switches develcon and micom.
You can define the protocol to use with each device in /etc/uucp/Devices. This specification is usually unnecessary because you can use the default or define the protocol with the particular system you are calling. Refer to UUCP /etc/uucp/Systems File for details. If you do specify the protocol, you must use the following form:
Type,Protocol [parameters]
For example, you can use TCP,te to specify the TCP/IP protocol.
The following table shows the available protocols for the Devices file.
Table 26-2 Protocols Used in /etc/uucp/Devices
Here is an example that shows a protocol designation for a device entry:
TCP,te - - Any TCP -
This example indicates that, for device TCP, you should try to use the t protocol. If the other end of the transmission refuses, use the e protocol.
Neither e nor t is appropriate for use over modems. Even if the modem assures error-free transmission, data can still be dropped between the modem and the CPU.


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General News of Monday, 10 December 2012
Source: The Enquirer Newspaper
In the Civil Service retirement age is pegged at 60 years; however, politics creates room for old men to have their way as there are no strings attached as far as age is concerned.
But in politics when one is hitting 70 years, it becomes sorrowful to see that person defeated in elections that he needed to win badly because of his age.
Nana Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has not been lucky, as he would be more than 70 years in the next elections because he has lost this year's election which he needed to win badly.
He has been defeated by the very person he (Nana Addo) described as 'Caretaker' President, John Dramani Mahama, in this year's Presidential election.
Before the declaration of the result last night, there was a marathon meeting between the Electoral Commission and some National Executives of both the NDC and the NPP, behind closed doors.
The meeting, which lasted for more than two hours, made both local and international reporters to spend hours at the hall of the EC to wait for hours.
Then the hour came, when Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the EC, who is also the Returning Officer for the Presidential Election, announced the results.
John Dramani Mahama of the NDC polled 5,574,761 representing 50.70% of the total valid votes cast.
Nana Addo of the NPP polled 5, 248,898 representing 47.74% of the total votes cast.
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) had 64,362 representing 0.59% of the total valid votes cast.
Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) represented by Dr Henry Lartey, Jnr., had 38,223 representing 0.35% of the total valid votes cast.
Hassan Ayariga of the People's National Convention (PNC) polled 24,617 representing 0.22 of the total valid votes cast.
Dr Abu Sakara Foster of the Convention People's Party (CPP) had 20,323 representing 0.18% of the total valid votes cast.
Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, who contested the election as an Independent candidate, polled 15,201 representing 0.14% of the total valid votes cast, while Mr Akwasi Addai of the United Front Party (UFP) polled 8,877 representing 0.8% of the total valid votes cast.
Total valid votes cast for the Presidential election was 10,995,262 out of 11,246,982 total votes cast.
Rejected votes were 251,720. In all, the EC registered 14,158, 890 voters. Turn out for the presidential election was 79.43%.
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