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Staff cuts apparent at hospital
Letter to the Editor
Having been a recent patient at our community hospital and having been a nurse's aide for several years I would like to present my observations of patient care.
In January I was hospitalized for four days. During that time I observed nurses and doctors attempting to give the best care possible, and they were great. What I did not see were the chores usually done by nursing assistants.
For example, no towels or soap in the bathroom until after two days I asked for them. No clean gown or bed linen for four days and no Kleenex until I asked the custodian, who brought me some. I asked for an extra pillow, was told none were available. The doctor who discharged me did not know me, and did not warn me of drug interactions that could be troublesome for some time after I went home.
It is true that the hospital was full, the available staff was running off their feet and could attend only to things that were more critical. They were all doing their best in a difficult situation, but where were the nursing assistants who would attend to such items of care and send the patient home feeling she had had the best care?
Since then I have had routine lab work done. When I asked why I was not fitted with a plastic i.d. bracelet as a safety measure, no one had an answer. There was just a paper label to be attached to my sample. This is not good safety practice of the hospital or the patient.
A normal time for this test is usually 15 minutes or less. On Feb. 25 when this routine procedure was needed, I waited 45 minutes because of the work lined up ahead of me. While I waited, there were only two chairs available for five people. One was a new mother with a three-day-old baby — no chair. Another was an older lady caring for her husband who was a diabetic with dementia. Again, no seating and a long wait. Luckily the concierge walked by, saw what needed to be done, and brought chairs for all of us. I saw only two people in the lab, on a Monday morning when the workload could be expected to be heavy. Again, none of us were given the plastic i.d. bracelets. When I asked the lab attendant why, he did not know. This, again, is not good safety practice.
It seems to me that if these measures, lack of assistants, lack of lab technicians, lack of safety measure are an attempt to save money; I ask if this is good policy. A suit against the hospital because of problems like I saw could make our precarious financial position even worse. Is this good business practice? To my mind it is not.
Is this an attempt by the administration to establish total control? We have already seen that conflicts between staff and management have led to the loss of key personnel. We cannot afford any further losses. I have lived in this area when the nearest hospital was 50 miles away. We had one doctor 25 miles away. Believe me, this is terrifying to those of us with small children or elders to care for.
I hope that the administration will take heed of the deep community concerns that are being voiced by many of us.
I have been informed by the administration that the i.d. bracelets will now again be a part of regular policy.
I want to thank the administration for their very prompt response to my concerns about this issue.
Carol Netzel


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I regularly move my sisters (It is a CVT) and check the avg mpg and most of the time it's actually above 40...On a 500 mile trip with the car loaded up with crap, it got 36 going 75-80 mpg..with a head wind.
All and all though, I'd personally get the manual though because that CVT is the oddest transmission I've ever felt. lol.


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When I was growing up in L.A., Glendale was considered anything but creative, and it certainly wasn't the least bit silly. Today, however, it's home to many talented and creative people — people like painter/writer/producer/songwriter/cartoonist Peter Hannan. A clue to his genre came early in his career, with the title of one of his books: Escape from Camp Wannabarf. Peter is a master of the silly, the creator of the hit Nickelodeon show CatDog (and its songwriter, too) and the author of many children's books, including the popular Super Goofballs series and the upcoming series, Wally, King of Flurb.
Trained as a fine-arts painter, drawer and teacher, Peter led the life of the starving artist until the responsibility of parenthood demanded actual cash income. He got work illustrating for magazines, newspapers and advertising, and that work, combined with the fact that he was now immersed in children's books as the father of a young son, led him to try his hand at writing and illustrating kids' books. Their success led to a movie deal, and though the movie never got made, in the process he got an agent, came up with the idea for CatDog, and suddenly was moving to L.A. Eventually he settled in Glendale with his wife, a painter and teacher, and their kids. His son is an NYU grad who's now working as a video editor in New York, and his daughter, a Poly alum, is studying at the Rhode Island School of Design.
How did such a goofy, wildly creative guy end up living in Glendale?
When we first moved to California for CatDog, we lived in Santa Monica Canyon. Nickelodeon was paying for housing at the beginning, but when we thought about buying, we didn't have the gazillion dollars we needed to buy there. Plus, I was tired of commuting, and we were looking for a house near Nickelodeon in Burbank. We fell in love with this big old Spanish house in Glendale, and that was that.
When your kids were younger, did they inspire your work, or would you be doing it even if they weren't here?
Yes, they've definitely inspired me. I originally did kids' books to have something of my own to read to my son.
Are they embarrassed by your work, or terribly proud?
I think they're mostly proud. At least they keep the bulk of their embarrassment to themselves. I just spoke at Rhode Island School of Design and, even though it was probably one of the few lectures ever that included a sing-along with a guitar, my daughter put up with it, and that's saying a lot.
How do you express your more serious and thoughtful creative side? Or do you not have one?
Right now I'm writing and illustrating everything from little-kid picture books (The Greatest Snowman in the World, HarperCollins, fall 2010), to a series of middle-grade novels (Freddy, King of Flurb, HarperCollins, 2011), to a couple of illustrated novels for bigger kids (10 songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed, Scholastic, 2011). I do paintings that are not exactly serious, but also not for kids. I'm also developing some new projects that are humorous but involve much more serious, complex subjects, for a young adult to adult audience. I love the challenge of figuring out different age groups and genres.
What inspires you when you sit down to work every day?
I'm inspired by everything: books, movies, art, music, family, friends, even random encounters with total strangers. What gets me going in the morning? A delightful blend of passion and need.
Do you think the printed children's book will carry on, or will they all be on iPads and computer screens soon? Are you doing an app?
I really don't know. I think/hope books will hang around for a while longer. But I love my iPhone, and I would love to do an app. Anybody out there want to hire me to an app?
What's the coolest place in Glendale to hang out?
My backyard. The Brand Library is very nice, too.
How about in Pasadena?
I'm a huge Vroman's and Laemmle fan.
You've got a free day to spend in or around Pasadena: What do you do?
Breakfast at Marston's or Mike & Anne's, the Rose Bowl Flea Market, the Norton Simon, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Afloat Sushi (it might not be the best, but it's the most fun), Vroman's, a movie at the Laemmle… crash.


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Clueless: Evidence from three notorious murders lost by police
The Sun Investigation
A LEAD pipe, a bootlace and the inner sleeve of a jacket...
Not pieces from a game of Cluedo, but blood-stained exhibits from three of
Britain's most notorious murder investigations – and all have gone missing.
The lead pipe was used to bludgeon Lord Lucan's family nanny Sandra Rivett
to death in November 1974. The bootlace was found at the scene of the brutal
1996 Kent hammer attack which killed Lin and Megan Russell. And a tiny spot
of blood was found on the inner sleeve of a jacket, which was evidence in
the 1991 "Judas Kiss" murder of Alison Shaughnessy.
Given the ongoing technological advances in DNA testing, these vital
exhibits could one day nail killers who have eluded justice for more than 40
years – or prove a murder suspect's innocence.
But The Sun can today reveal how all three exhibits are missing from police
property stores and cannot be located.
We look at how this could jeopardise cold case reviews of these crimes.
Lord Lucan's nanny
THE file has never been closed on one of Scotland Yard's most enduring
mysteries — the brutal murder of 29-year-old nanny Sandra Rivett.
But now it appears that the murder weapon has, like chief suspect Lord Lucan,
vanished without trace.
Sandra was bludgeoned to death 38 years ago at the home of Lucan's estranged
wife in Belgravia, west London.
The attacker also turned on Lady Lucan, beating her severely before she
managed to escape and raise the alarm at the nearby Plumbers Arms pub,
crying out: "Help me, help me, help me. I've just escaped from being
"He's in the house. He's murdered the nanny!"
Police found Lucan's three children unharmed in their bedroom. But in the
kitchen they made a chilling discovery — a sack containing Sandra's body.
The murder weapon was found discarded in the hallway — a heavily blood-stained
length of lead piping, covered in surgical tape, which was bent out of shape.
It would be another ten years before Sir Alec Jeffreys pioneered DNA
profiling, but analysis of the lead pipe at the time showed it was stained
with blood types matching Sandra and Lady Lucan's groups.
Police believe Sandra was attacked in the dark by Lucan, who mistook her for
his wife Veronica, and then went on the run.
To this day his whereabouts remain a mystery.
Lucan's blood-soaked car was later found abandoned in Newhaven, East Sussex,
and in 1975 an inquest jury declared the wealthy aristocrat was Sandra's
But he has never been found to answer murder charges.
The earl — born Richard John Bingham and nicknamed "Lucky" Lucan despite
losing a fortune at gaming tables — was officially declared dead by the High
Court in 1999. But some detectives believe he is alive and living in Africa.
However, one source said: "If Lord Lucan was found alive today there could be
problems with the evidence.
"It has not been stored as it should have been and the lead pipe is missing."
Lin and Megan Russell
ONE of the missing exhibits is the subject of a current High Court judicial
review into the conviction of Michael Stone for the murders of Lin Russell,
45, her daughter Megan, six, and the attempted murder of her eldest child
Josie, then nine.
The 3ft, bloodied black bootlace was found at the scene of the hammer atrocity
in a copse near the Kent village of Chillenden in July 1996.
Lin was walking her young daughters home from school along a bridle path when
they were attacked. They were bound and blindfolded with towels which the
girls had used at a swimming gala earlier that day.
The bootlace is thought to have been used to tie them up.
At Stone's first trial the prosecution said it could have been carried by the
killer as a tourniquet for injecting heroin.
Stone, a junkie with a history of violence, was arrested in 1997 following a
tip-off from his psychiatrist that he had fantasised about smashing heads
with a hammer three days before the killings.
He was given three life sentences at Maidstone Crown Court in October 1998
after two prisoners, Damien Daley and Barry Thompson, alleged he had
admitted the murders to them.
After Thompson retracted his evidence, the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial
at Nottingham Crown Court in 2001, where Stone was convicted again. He was
ordered to serve 25 years before he can go up for parole.
But Stone, 52, has always maintained his innocence. His defence are seeking
full access to police forensic files on the case through the High Court.
They want to see detailed DNA findings on items from the murder scene — and
they had hoped to re-examine the bootlace using updated DNA techniques
similar to those used to convict two of Stephen Lawrence's killers back in
But a 34in section of the lace has been mislaid, by either the police or the
Forensic Science Service. Scientists in 2010 only found six bags containing
tiny sections of the lace cut up during tests in 1998.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "A Judicial Review is going through the High
Court connected with this matter."
Alison Shaughnessy
CONFUSION surrounds the whereabouts of a piece of material from a jacket
belonging to Michelle Taylor, convicted and then acquitted on appeal with
sister Lisa, of murdering Alison Shaughnessy in June 1991.
Barclays worker Alison, 21, was stabbed 54 times at the flat in Battersea,
south west London, where she lived with her husband John.
Michelle was John's mistress and shared his bed the night before his 1990
marriage in Ireland. The wedding video captured her emerging from the church
and kissing first Alison, then John, in what became known as the "Judas
Michelle, then 21, and sister Lisa Taylor, 19, were convicted at the Old
Bailey of Alison's murder in July 1992.
The court heard how Michelle had plotted murder after learning John planned to
start a family with Alison in Ireland.
Extracts from Michelle's diary were read out to the court. One said: "I hate
Alison, the unwashed b****. My dream solution would be for Alison to
disappear as if she never existed, then maybe I could give everything to the
man I love."
The jury heard how the sisters concocted a false alibi, that Lisa's
fingerprints were found in the flat even though she told police she had
never been there, and that a witness had seen two girls hurrying out of the
Michelle and John found Alison's body in the hallway after she had dropped him
home from the Lambeth clinic where they worked. She cradled Alison, covering
herself in her blood, before raising the alarm.
A jacket belonging to Michelle was found in her Ford Sierra estate and she had
not worn it going into the flat with John. A tiny bloodstain was found in
one of the inner sleeves. Tests on it were inconclusive.
Eleven months after being found guilty of murder, the sisters were freed by
the Court of Appeal who ruled their convictions were unsafe.
Det Supt Chris Burke, who led the first investigation, said: "In the light of
advanced DNA procedures I'd urge the police to find any forensic material
from the case. It is never too late to bring Alison's killer to justice."
Exhibit 'A' for absent
LOST exhibits which have potential evidence include rings belonging to murder
victims Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, who were killed by Levi
But Det Chief Supt Hamish Campbell of the Met's homicide command insists the
"greater majority" of exhibits from historical cases have been stored
He is heading a 45-strong unit, codenamed Operation Yetna, reviewing 680
unsolved murders in London over more than 40 years.
He said: "Reviews of evidence are being done using modern technology and we
are having some success.
"Some exhibits were destroyed after cases concluded, but we are collating all
unsolved murders and going through the evidence."
By IAN HORROCKS, Former Scotland Yard detective
FROM the very start of police training it is drummed into officers that
looking after exhibits needs great care.
It is a sad fact that in a minority of cases, exhibits do go missing. This can
only be due to human error.
The police service go to great lengths to train their staff in the seizure and
recording of exhibits.
Property taken into police possession must be appropriately packaged and
assigned a unique ID number. This is then recorded by the exhibits officer,
who has responsibility for all exhibits' security and integrity.
Each and every movement of the exhibit must be recorded, including the date,
time and signature of the person removing it.
I clearly recall one incident where an exhibits officer made me sign for an
exhibit even though I only wished to briefly view it and not remove it. At
the time I felt he was being pedantic and this unnecessary. I was wrong and
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We headed down Friday afternoon. It ended up taking us about an hour and a half longer due to traffic. Gotta love the metro DC area! We went straight to the Shamrock Marathon Packet Pick up and expo and then went to our hotel. The boys were so excited about the weekend.
|The sunrise view from our room
|Cheering on J and my husband on the boardwalk.
|The view of the 8K from our hotel room
|Focused determination before his race!
|A view of the finish line
The rest of the day was spent on the beach and at the indoor pool at the hotel. K and J loved playing in the waves. They are brave kids. The water was so cold!! Later that day we went to mass and then to dinner and headed back to the hotel for the night.
|As close as A would get to the ocean . . . smart boy!
Sunday, I took a little 26.2 mile run around Virginia Beach. (A separate post on that is coming soon).
Monday morning, the weather was PERFECT. We were drawn to the beach by a passing aircraft carrier and then got to see a pod of dolphins!! J proclaimed that it was the best moment of his life! The boys played in the waves some more, and then, of course, we had to use the indoor pool one more time before we checked out of the hotel. After check out, we took one more walk along the beach to see the statue of Neptune and the sand sculptor from the race before we got in our van to come home.
|aircraft carrier
|Not the best picture of the dolphins. But you can see them. I took this one after running down the beach to try to get a shot after they swam away from where we were.
|The medals from all our races!


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After years of debate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed a dislike button is in the works and will be live very soon. The new button has been a topic of discussion for a long time because Zuckerberg feared it would reflect the "downvote" feature that is used on social media forums such a Reddit. The dislike option will be used to show empathy when desiring to acknowledge a post that it not a happy occasion.
The announcement tweeted by the CEO of the company came nearly a year after he shrugged off the question during a public Q and A session in December 2014. In short, the young billionaire said the company was thinking about it but he did not believe allowing others to say, "That thing is not good" would be a wise decision; so they would not be building it. One person who heard that Facebook is now working on the dislike button said:
"It will never happen. In today's overly sensitive Facebook-bound society it would be a suicide for the company. A lot of people cannot cope with just a simple negative critique comment under their posts, how would they cope with a counted number of dislikes? I am 100 percent sure this will not happen – At least not in the way we think it."
Many Facebook fans disagreed with Zuckerberg's stance and explained when their connections shared sad moments or difficult things that are going on in the world they were uncomfortable pressing the "like" button. Since that time several updates to the platform have rolled out such as emoticons for empathy, laughter, surprise, anger, joy and celebration. At one time, the company discussed experimenting with options to express sympathy in place of a like button, but no clear direction was given. Instead of a definitive yes or no, Zuckerberg stated:
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Facebook is one of the premiere social networking services aimed at keeping people connected. The platform has worked wonders in reconnecting people who were misplaced or had no other way to communicate with old schoolmates, or friends and family who had relocated or they had not heard from in years. The company offers a news feed, timeline, chat options and messages for a variety of opportunities to engage and for advertisers to enhance the value of their ads.
Now Facebook is working on a dislike button to boost their communication options. One Facebook fan explained how the new button could be used in an opposing way as follows:
Here is how the #Facebook #dislike button will work: Users will have the option to enable the #dislike button in their posts in which they think a 'like' button will be awkward … the problem is many users might use this option to post hate messages against someone or the establishment … but Mark must have found a solution.
According to Zuckerberg, the addition of the dislike button is "surprisingly complicated" but the company expects testing to roll out soon. Initially, he feared the option to dislike would be mistaken for the likes of the downvote button of Reddit, but fans have long-awaited the opportunity to express dislike when their connection posts something they are not happy about. Many have moved on to other platforms, could the option be a little too late?
By Cherese Jackson (Virginia)
CrackBerry: Facebook is working on a 'dislike' button, says Mark Zuckerberg
CNBC: Facebook is working on a 'dislike' button
Slate: You Can't Dislike This Article
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Posted by: Barrett on Aug 5 2012, 12:35 pm in August Allegory. LERA, Barrett, blog
Sunny, breezy, and bouffant clouds dot the New Mexico sky. The first Sunday morning in August. The first week of August doesn't hold any particular significance for me and yet the fact that it's August already stuns me. What happened to June and July? I honestly try not to miss things, especially changes that go on around me. (That's important, as one gets older, I'm told.)
Since I live in the middle of the desert with virtually no obstructed views, small movements and subtle changes in the landscape usually catch my attention. Sometimes they're a cause for celebration—like a new wildflower growing in the rutted dirt of the access road; sometimes a cause for concern—a junior rattlesnake stretching out in the sun. Mostly I enjoy the way the light and shadow change the mountains.
In honor of time slipping away from me, I decided to offer a little allegory I wrote a while back.
I was surprised to see the wounded bird on the edge of my deck. She hadn't struck the window; at least I didn't think so. I watched for few minutes and although she didn't move, her eyes never left me. Her raggedy feathers mauled as though a larger predator had carelessly dropped her. One wing hung at an awkward angle.
I approached tentatively speaking softly. Better judgment told me to leave her alone. Another voice urge to me to try to provide comfort. Very gently, I lifted her up in my hand—she accepted my help.
A prepared small box filled with a towel and shredded paper became her safe house. Over time, she trusted me to bring food and water. She even allowed me to feed her tiny amounts. But her open mouth was silent.
Several times a day and even through the night I got up to care for the wounded bird. My routine changed to include my new charge. Then one day she was standing on both legs. She hopped about her enclosure and began to eat in her own. The feathers gradually smoothed and shimmered. The wing straightened.
Eventually she found her voice and sang sweetly in the morning. She allowed me to carry her around perched on my finger. Her song was magical and her recovery heartening. She would fly around the house but always return to her safe place. One day, I opened the patio door and showed her the world. She chirped and cocked her head and then was gone. She struggled at first and then I nodded solemnly as she took off and soared.
Happy Sunday!
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Maxi skirts are fantabulous! it's like getting yourself a skirt and a dress - that can be styled with belt, for a price of one. And for those eight feet tall girls, I say, you have got yourselves a flowy tube top and of course a
mini skirt. Yey! Told you maxis are brilliant - - A smart buy.
I wish you all a very looooooooong weekend. Have a great time!
giordano top: thrift
maxi skirt: tomato
loafers: schmug
bag: cmg (old)
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1980 Cessna A185F
Registration: C-GGOU
Factory float kit with V-Brace
Gross weight: 3350 lbs
Empty weight: 1865 lbs
TTSN: 5399 hours
TTSMOH: 423 hours
IO520D - 423 hours on brand new engine
GAMI injectors
Brand new Tempest URHB32SXL fine wire spark - Sept 2017
Brand new alternator installed - Aug 2017
Heavy duty engine mount, powder coated blue to match blue stripe on exterior
McCauley 403 / with polished spinner - 0 time prop as it is just finished overhaul ( I flew it for an hour to test fly it)
Horton STOL
Airtrac 8.50 tires
10" XP Mods tail wheel with tailwheel lock
Tail pull handles
RMD Wingtips with pulse landing lights
Whelen Strobe kit
Beacon delete tail cap
PPonk Landing gear kit
Repainted in 1996 ish with stock scheme…it's 8-9/10 and great colour…white with red/blue stripes
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External power plug
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Annual inspect completed Dec 1, 2017
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Atlee Dodge rear bush seats
BAS Shoulder harnesses
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Extended baggage with shelf for avionics and gear
Rosen Sunvisors
Avionics and Panel
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IFR capable
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Garmin GMA340 Audio Panel
Garmin GNS 530W
Garmin GNS 430W
Garmin GTX 327 Transponder
STEC 50 Autopilot with STEC 429 GPSS
Sigmatek 5000B artificial horizon with warning flag
Horizon P-1000 Digital Tach
King KR 87 ADF
Sandel 3308 HSI
King KCS55A HSI
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Spidertracks Flight tracking system
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All log books for aircraft history
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Get it done already
Posted by John McHale
Watching the political shows this morning all I saw was the blame game and partisan bickering from
for why they failed to pass the
economic recovery
package for
bailing out Wall Street
This is getting ridiculous.
I refer to both parties. They claim lack of leadership from President Bush and the Wall Street elite caused the current crisis, but their behavior demonstrates they lack the responsibility or wisdom to fill that alleged gap.
A colleague of mine made an interesting point this morning when he said if this happened a year ago and not a month before an election, it probably would've passed already. It makes one wonder if the esteemed members of Congress are voting based on what will get them re-elected or what is best for the country.
Based on that thought I find it ironic the one "person" not ever running for office again is the only who has offered a solution -- President Bush. His proposed $700 billion bailout even goes against the small government mindset of his party. He and his administration may be at fault for some of this, but give them credit for risking political fallout to fix it.
President Bush's approval numbers remain low, but as a
Wall Street Journal
put it today: "Congress is living up to its 10 percent approval rating."
Anyway, yesterday's stock market nose dive affected everyone including defense market giants. For example Boeing was down $2.85 a share, closing at $55.47; Raytheon was down $2.36, closing at $53.70; Northrop Grumman was down $1.41; closing at $61.59; and General Dynamics was down $3.52, closing at $71.40.
I don't know that we are technically in an economic recession, but it's hard to see us avoiding it.
That said I believe a recession or depression is much more personal. I'm reminded of Ronald Reagan's line when running against Jimmy Carter: "a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job, and a recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."
Yeah, it was a campaign slap against Carter, but the other part is very true. Quite a few of my friends are already in their own personal economic depression and this week only made it worse.
So get it done Congress.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Bailouts and pirates and bombs! Oh, My!
Posted by
John Keller
We do live in interesting times, whether that's a curse or not. U.S. government leaders just this morning reportedly reached an agreement to
bail out the embattled U.S. financial system
for about $700 billion. Meanwhile, if you thought
were just something out of the movies, think again. And how safe are we if
international terrorists
want to take a shot at influencing the U.S. elections?
News out of Washington early this morning has it that we have a financial bailout deal. We'll know by tomorrow if this urgent, fast-track plan to spend nearly a trillion dollars to buy bad loans will go very far in calming out turbulent investment markets. Keep an eye on the stock markets when they open Monday.
I'm still skeptical that this is the best way out of the mess we're in.
The bailouts ...
In particular I'm worried about how this hugely expensive plan will influence U.S. defense spending over the next couple of years. It's bound to put a squeeze somewhere. We'll have to borrow a lot of money to keep defense spending even close to current levels, which is what I think will happen.
I made a prediction in a blog last week that the bailout plan might about clean out existing government cash supplies, leaving us to rely on foreign lenders to pay for things like military spending, roads, and other things American citizens expect.
I was quoted in the
Danger Room Blog
last week predicting that NOTHING will be left for defense spending after the bailout. What I REALLY meant to predict was that no ready cash will be left, and we'll have to borrow what we use to pay for military equipment, operations, and salaries. I know it's one of the last refuges of scoundrels to claim that I was quoted out of context. My wife always tells me I should be careful what I say. Maybe I should listen to her.
I know it's meant at least somewhat in jest, but I keep thinking about the so-called
Birk Economic Recovery Plan
that's been making the rounds on the Internet. This plan suggests that instead of giving close to a trillion dollars to the banks, the government ought to split up that bailout money among taxpaying U.S. adults. This would enable them to pay off their mortgages, buy cars, and save for their kids' college ... that is, solve the financial mess, take care of ordinary folks, and let the weak-sister banks go out of business. Yeah, I don't suppose something like that could ever work.
The pirates ...
Now to other news of the weird, piracy on the high seas appears to be on the rise ... except they're using machine guns these days instead of swords and pistols. Somali pirates in an attack the other day off the Horn of Africa took a haul that would render Capt. Jack Sparrow speechless. The
pirates took a Ukrainian freighter
that, much to their delight, contained 33
Russian T-72 main battle tanks
and ammunition in its holds.
Think anyone in the world might want to buy some tanks and ammunition? Me, too, and I'll bet those pirates are taking bids right now.
We'll see of the pirates get a chance to move their armored booty, however. The Russians are not too happy about this, are sending at least one warship to the area in attempts to recover the armored combat vehicles and perhaps punish the pirates.
The U.S. Navy apparently is getting in on the act, too. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
USS Howard
(DDG 83) reportedly is
keeping an eye on the ship containing the stolen tanks
. We'll see who prevails in this standoff over the next couple of days.
I wouldn't bet on the pirates, however, unless they're very sneaky and resourceful. The
is an Aegis destroyer with surface-to-air missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, antisubmarine rockets, torpedoes, Phalanx close-in weapons systems and a five-inch rapid-fire deck gun, as well as electronic warfare countermeasures, decoys, passive detection systems, and a hull-mounted sonar. Plus, it can steam faster than 31 knots -- more than a match for a Ukrainian freighter.
I know members of the U.S. military have been brushing up on their foreign language skills lately. I wonder how you say "Avast, ye scurvy craven dogs -- prepare to be boarded," in Arabic?
... and the bombs
This just in: have anything important on your calendar for October 7? If you do, you might think about how to reschedule. Reports are floating around out there that we might be in for another terrorist attack that day.
A private research firm called the
Northeast Intelligence Network
says that Tuesday, October 7, is a likely day for potential attacks on New York and/or Washington, and that attacks might involve nuclear weapons.
Yes, I know. Some folks out there believe the Northeast Intelligence Network is
a bunch of kooks
, but take a look at their reports and judge for yourselves. Might international terrorists want to try influencing the U.S. elections, which will be less than a month away from 7 Oct.? They did it in Spain, and they might try it here, too.
I know I'm sounding alarmist, and maybe I am. I do know that I'll feel a lot better if we can make it to Thanksgiving without any major disasters.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Get out of your comfort zone
Posted by John McHale
We finished a one-day advisory council meeting yesterday in
for our
show and I am feeling energized by it... and no, not just because I was in Amsterdam.
I tease my brother in the investment trade about wasting money to fly across the Atlantic for a one day meeting then flying back. Why do that when you can call, email, video conference, etc.? The
world makes it so much easier to stay at your desk.
Or as they said in my Dale Carnegie classes, to "stay in your comfort zone."
The investment guys say it's because the deals they do are so big, the airfare is a pittance. Wish that were the case for me...
Regardless, the meeting I had with the council members shows that digital tools -- while amazingly helpful to my job -- can never replace the quality of face-to-face discussion.
What they can do is make us more prepared for the meeting. I was impressed how each council member was well versed on the more than 70 abstracts we evaluated, which they received only a few days earlier.
Digital communication made that possible and made the meeting smoother through electronic spreadsheet and video tools. It enhances face-to-face meetings but can never replace the value of personal contact.
There's a reason corporate coaches tell people to make eye contact in an interview, it shows trust and gives the perception you have nothing to hide. You can't look someone eye-to-eye in an email and video conferencing isn't the same as sitting across a table.
I'm reminded of an airline commercial from about 10 years ago. In it a small company's president is lamenting the loss of his biggest customer, who said nobody ever came to see him.
So the president started handing out airline tickets of course, and telling everyone they need to get out and see each customer in person, so they know they're not forgotten.
Yes, it's a clever way to promote an airline, but its message about the value of face-to-face meetings is right on.
Whether you're in sales or journalism, get out of your comfort zone and meet your source or client in person at a show, at their company, or just for a drink. It's worth it, and it's why I think trade shows and conferences are here to stay.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Financial meltdown and bailout: how much is left for defense spending?
Posted by
John Keller
The long-term influences of the September Wall Street financial meltdown and subsequent government
have yet to be fully perceived, much less felt or understood. Right now, the week after the Lehman Brothers investment company went bust and Merrill Lynch sold itself off just to survive, many of the Wise Men in business, government, and academia are in a state of mumbling shock.
Among those Wise Men who have been called on the carpet to explain this sad state of affairs are U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., called these gentlemen in to a hearing before the Senate Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Senator Dodd chairs the committee.
Picture a tattered, dust-covered survivor of the
9/11 Twin Towers attacks
stumbling down a rubble-strewn Manhattan street and you get an idea of the condition of the U.S. financial system. I see a headline in
The Wall Street Journal
-- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL! -- that reads "
The End of Wall Street
Isn't that as if we were to see a headline in
USA Today
reading "World ends today." As for myself, I can scarcely characterize the magnitude of last week's financial collapse. A lot of people smarter than I are in the same boat. Nevertheless, I hear commentators on the radio say what we're seeing now in the investment markets is even more momentous than the stock market crash of 1929 that led to the Great Depression.
Is anyone else out there getting just a bit apprehensive?
Financial experts who keep an eye on
U.S. military spending
and the defense industry have been warning for years that rising federal costs for so-called "
non-discretionary spending
" on things like social security, Medicare, and interest payments on the national debt threaten to squeeze the federal budget such that current levels of defense spending cannot be maintained for long.
These stark warnings started coming long before Congress and the administration began discussing spending as much as a trillion dollars -- A TRILLION DOLLARS! -- to bail out struggling financial institutions in part by using taxpayer money to buy up as many as a million home mortgages at or near default.
At this moment we don't yet know exactly how the federal government is going to do this, but here's something we do know: all that non-discretionary federal spending -- or the money government has to pay whether anyone likes it or not -- is about to get a whole lot bigger.
My big question in all this is how much "discretionary" money will be left for defense spending, homeland security, subsidies for developing renewable energy sources, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure, building new roads, and anything else?
More to the point, after the big upcoming Wall Street bailouts, how much will be left? Is that a fair question? My guess is NOTHING. As per usual, the federal government will proceed not on the basis of the money it has, but on its ability to borrow more, and more, and more money from foreign countries.
Now's where I start to get really nervous. Say you're a bank, and one of your clients just borrowed a bunch of money for home improvements. That client has been making his interest payments just fine, but he's come back several times to borrow more money. He can still make his interest payments, but it's a struggle. Paying back any of the principal on the loans is out of the question.
As the banker, what are you going to say when that client comes back for another loan? You might not say no, but what do you think of that client as a credit risk?
Well, the other countries that are lending the U.S. government money have to be entertaining the same thoughts. How good a credit risk is the United States of America anymore? Ever wonder why the value of the U.S. dollar keeps going down, and the cost of crude oil has started going up again? Well, look no further.
If we keep going down this path, sooner or later the folks overseas who are lending us money are going to stop, because we're too big a risk. At what tipping point will this happen? More to the point, at what stage will leaders in the U.S. Congress and the administration realize that maintaining some semblance of financial credibility is a core matter of national security and international relations?
We've come to this: paying our own bills and carrying our own weight is not simply A matter, but THE central matter of U.S. national security and international relations.
We continue to borrow money from Gulf states in the Middle East, and from China. When Iran gets on its feet, are we going to go hat-in-hand and ask them for a loan, too?
This nation has a great history, which has been my great pleasure and inspiration throughout my entire life to read about, absorb, and reflect on. I still get a great feeling when I think about the great American triumphs at places like the North Bridge at Lexington, Gettysburg, and a little town in Belgium called Bastogne. I think of how the United States helped rebuild a flattened Europe after World War II, and helped bring about an end to the Cold War.
Looking forward, it can be difficult to maintain a sense of optimism. Our investment system right now is flat on its back, the U.S. government is deep, deep, deep in debt with only more debt on the horizon, and our military is stretched thin and in need of rebuilding. How are we going to pay to fix all this?
In my nightmares, the United States as I know it at some moment in the future will not be defeated militarily ...
... but will simply be asked to leave.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bitter about the bailouts
Posted by
Courtney E. Howard
Is it the U.S. government's responsibility to bail out businesses on the brink of bankruptcy? Just this year, the federal government has bailed out AIG, Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae.
Michael A. Hiltzik of the
Los Angeles Times
sums up recent months as follows: "The federal government has put up nearly $30 billion to avert a major financial default by the investment bank Bear Stearns; committed to investing up to as much as $200 billion in preferred stock of the loss-plagued finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and at least $5 billion in their mortgage securities; and agreed to provide an emergency loan of $85 billion to American International Group Inc. in return for an ownership stake of as much as 80 percent in the stricken insurance giant."
I think it is not the government's responsibility, and it is just bad business. I could understand the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transaction given its repercussions on homeowners under their umbrella and the present status of the housing market; however, I cannot help but be disgusted that the government is now, essentially, in the real-estate business.
I think these bailouts set a bad precident, and in some cases rewards high-paying executives with potentially bad business practices. Hiltzik perhaps says it best:"critics contend that bailouts often encourage bad behavior by relieving underperforming industries of the consequences of their ineptitude."
Others in the know anticipate that more and more corporations will soon approach the government, hand extended.The government should be a helping hand to its beleagered citizens (kids and seniors without food, heat, and healthcare), not rich executives who gambled and lost in the corporate world.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Beating the airlines
Posted by John McHale
Let's take a break from blogging about
Sarah Palin
and the
and talk about
air travel
I do a lot of travel for my job and think I've developed the patience necessary when dealing with the expected flight cancellations and delays, accepting that I can only do so much. I figure writing complaint letters and filing lawsuits will get me just as much satisfaction as losing my temper with airline staff at the ticket counter.
In other words, nothing.
Yet, today I read a story today about a guy who actually sued Delta for canceling his flight and won!
It was an article on CNNMoney.com titled
"A Flier Strikes Back"
by Telios Demos.
According to Demos' article a passenger had his flight canceled due to weather and was told it wouldn't be refunded because weather delays are not Delta's fault.
However, the passenger, Mitchell Berns, "checked the National Weather Service report. It said snow that day was expected at five the next morning -- hours after his flight was scheduled to land."
The article went on to state that Berns eventually filed a small-claims suit against Delta, and the court ruled in his favor when Delta did not show up.
Where was this guy when I was sitting on the tarmac a couple years ago for five hours at JFK due to thunderstorms? The airline, JetBlue, apologized profusely, but all we received was free animal crackers. It could have been worse; at least with JetBlue we were able to watch satellite television for five hours...
However, on the same trip I was delayed four hours returning from Raleigh/Durham, and this time JetBlue gave us vouchers for a free flight. That impressed me.
British Airways (BA) was a little skimpier than JetBlue. They only gave out food/drink vouchers worth 5 British pounds for a canceled flight I was on -- but you had to ask, BA didn't announce it. A friendly BA frequent flier clued me in to this.
Skimpy, yes, but I enjoyed the free pint of Guinness.
According the AOL piece Berns only had to pay $15 and have a "working knowledge of English" or Spanish to file the claim.
I should mention that the passenger in the article is an attorney, but anybody can file a similar suit.
In the article Berns said "The lesson is, don't let them bully you with bogus cancellations."
Just something to think about next time you find yourself stranded at the airport.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
A market view of media bias over vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin
Posted by
John Keller
Yeah, I know. We're all sick of hearing claims of
media bias
when it comes to Republican vice-presidential nominee
Sarah Palin
. I'm starting to get my fill of it, too -- and by way of full disclosure, I'm a big Sarah Palin supporter.
I'm not getting too worked up about bias involving Gov. Sarah Palin. First, the media are defeating themselves by showing their hands. Credibility in the media, in general, is at historic lows, and I have a suspicion we are seeing the last gasps of this dinosaur we've come to know as the mainstream media. Besides, taking shots just makes people like her more.
Some of the attention Palin has been getting lately is just downright funny, no matter your political persuasion. Did you see Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on
Saturday Night Live
last night? I think the SNL Palin portrayal was spot-on. Take a look below if you don't believe me. Global warming "is just God huggin' us closer." Let's vote right now.
I have a feeling, however, that attacks on Sarah Palin from the national press are going to start dwindling out, particularly if the McCain-Palin ticket keeps rising in the polls. Folks in the press aren't stupid, really (just STOP that now!). They know that if McCain wins, they'll need access to Palin for their stories after 4 Nov.
I'm guessing that Palin's people are keeping score; she's flexing that velvet-gloved mailed fist, and the worst offenders in the media risk getting themselves frozen out -- at least for a time -- if Palin takes office as vice president.
No one in the national press wants to be in Vice President Palin's doghouse for long. Those folks will watch the polls and keep their fingers in the wind; if they see the Obama-Biden ticket on a long downward slide, then almost overnight look to see the national press as Palin's best friends.
It's funny how things work. Press bias is temporary. Keeping themselves in the game is forever.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Boeing machinists strike: cons, and pros?
Posted by
Courtney E. Howard
"No one benefits from a strike," Scott Carson, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, states in a message to Boeing employees in Washington, Oregon, and Kansas.
That seems to be the case, at first blush, but I wonder in this particular instance, if that is, in fact, completely accurate. I am fortunate for never knowing what it is to strike, but I have to wonder: what is the downside for these machinists striking? Conversely, what are the ramifications to mil-aero industry? Forgive my naivete, but those striking are reportedly gaining roughly $150 a week while on strike; and, they have already received (and rejected) an offer that includes pay increases, bonuses, and other incentives.
If we can believe what we read, the current labor stand-off can be summed up as follows:
Boeing's latest contract offer proposed an 11-percent wage increase over the three-year life of the contract, a one-time lump sum and ratification bonus, and other incentives that Boeing representatives revealed would add roughly $34,000 to the pay of the average machinist, who currently makes an estimated $65,000 a year, including overtime.
The International Association of Machinists (IAM) union seeks a 13-percent wage increase, no change to health care contributions, and the rollback of provisions allowing Boeing to outsource work.
What is the cost to everyone else? According to best estimates, the repercussions include $2.8 billion in lost revenue per month for Boeing, further delay of the Dreamliner 787, and suppliers potentially going out of business.
Carson's statement reads:
"The decision by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to reject our contract offer is deeply disappointing, to say the least. The union has turned down what is, by any measure, a truly exceptional offer -- bar none. Our company went to extraordinary lengths to conduct these negotiations in an atmosphere of openness and transparency that allowed more time to understand the key issues and create a package that is unquestionably the best in our industry.
"An 11 percent general wage increase -- combined with a lump-sum payment, a ratification bonus, cost-of-living adjustments, improved pension and health care coverage and other benefit enhancements -- all added up to an outstanding package that balanced the needs of the employees with ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the company. In addition, our negotiators removed several company proposals that the union saw as issues in order to keep the negotiations moving forward and to make progress toward a solution.
"As disappointing as the IAM decision is to us, the impact is considerably wider. Our customers are obviously going to be affected. They are counting on us, and any delay of our new, efficient airplanes is going to hurt an already strapped air transport industry burdened with high fuel costs. Our suppliers, too, will feel the impact quickly. And there's no question about the negative economic effect on our local communities. As we've said before, no one benefits from a strike.?
In a recent article (
), however, Daniel Lovering offers a potential "silver lining." "Suppliers will have time to untangle problems that have delayed the company's long-awaited 787 jetliner," as a result of the machinists strike, writes Lovering.
We in the press can speculate all we like, but we want to hear from you: the sub-contractors, suppliers, and customers.
How are you being affected by the strike? Do you anticipate problems down the road as a result of the ensuing Boeing strike and labor negotiations?
If you are struggling with a challenge, consider "bouncing" issues off (or simply venting to or commiserating with) industry peers in the Command Post online community at
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
9/11: more a day of infamy than Pearl Harbor
Posted by
John Keller
It's sad that folks don't seem to remember the
September 11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center twin towers and the Pentagon -- all except for the anniversary of this tragic sneak attack on American soil by American enemies, which is today.
As I write this, it's 7:57 a.m., on 11 Sept., just about three-quarters of an hour before the first hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center towers seven years ago in the first of unfolding events in the
9/11 conspiracy
to attack Americans on U.S. soil.
I'm hoping that all Americans take a quiet moment today to remember 9/11 and the attacks that so profoundly changed our lives. It really shouldn't be difficult. After all, more people were killed in the 9 11 attacks than were killed in the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at
Pearl Harbor
, Hawaii, to begin the Second World War in 1941.
While I was growing up, my parents talked about Pearl Harbor from time to time, and always spoke about where they were and what they were doing when they heard of the attacks. My dad was 11, and my mom was 10 at the time. They talk about concerned parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins who huddled around radios -- there was no television at the time -- in shocked silence as they absorbed details of the attacks.
It was much the same with us seven years ago. I had just gotten in to work that morning, and found all of my colleagues huddled around the television in our downstairs conference room -- all of them in shocked silence as they watched the World Trade Center towers burn and collapse. Some people looked numb, some looked outraged, there were more than a few tears rolling down faces.
I think these generations of people who were around on September 11, 2001 will be talking about the terrorist attacks for a long time. Our kids will grow up remembering about their folks speaking of 9/11 -- where they were and what they were doing. It's seared into all our memories.
Make sure you take a moment today to remember.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
More on media bias
Posted By John McHale
The past week whenever I watched CNN or Fox News
coverage all I heard was accusations flying that the media was biased toward Gov.
Sarah Palin
of Alaska, the
nominee for Vice President.
The republicans typically claim media bias during an election season mostly because it has benefited them at the polls. However, this time it was pretty blatant with even the mainstream press making an issue out of Palin's pregnant teenage daughter, Bristol.
I thought it was revolting. It looked like desperation, when there was no need to be desperate.
Some of the claims made -- such as her cutting funding for special needs -- have been refuted. Factcheck.org has a breakdown of the some of the false claims made against Palin, under the heading
"Sliming Palin."
Just because some of these accusations have been proven false does not mean more won't pop up. However, I don't think all of them will be due to media bias.
As a colleague and I were saying this morning any journalist with a chance to interview her should be zealous in his attempts to debunk her credibility in foreign policy, energy policy, past decisions made as Governor of Alaska, etc.
If they do it respectfully with facts to back them up and leave her children alone it won't matter how many republicans shout liberal bias.
I personally hope Gov. Palin comes through looking even better than she does now, but I don't want to see her get a free pass either.
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Not another Web browser! Think again, Chrome is worth a try
Posted by
John Keller
Who ever thought we'd need another Internet browser? We've seen the demise of a few over past several years -- remember Netscape and Mosaic? -- and we've become pretty comfortable with the industry standards of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. I think Opera is still around, but I haven't used it in a long time. Still, there's a new free Web browser on the block, and it's worth a try.
I've been using Google's new
Chrome Web browser
for nearly a week now, and I like what I see. It's compact, fast, and does exactly what I need, even in the first beta version. I especially like the large feel of the screen. You see a lot of Web page with this streamlined browser.
What impressed me with the beta version of Chrome is its ability to handle our sometimes-quirky company-internal sites for our
Military & Aerospace Electronics Website
content management system, as well as for Website tracking software that for a while only seemed to render correctly with Internet Explorer. Not even Firefox did that from the get-go, and I'm a serious Firefox devotee.
You don't have much to loose by giving Chrome a try. Just don't tell the program to become your default Web browser unless you're really sold on it. I find I'm using Chrome almost all the time lately, but Firefox is still my default browser. I may change eventually -- or maybe not.
A couple of things you need to know when you first download Chrome. It initially comes without a button that brings you to your browser's home page. You can get a home page button to come up, however, by clicking on the little wrench icon on the upper right of the screen, choose options, and click on the "basic" tab. About halfway down, in the home page section, make sure the show home button on the toolbar box is checked. Believe me, that will head off some serious frustration while checking out the program.
Next, be advised that you can make a bookmarks toolbar appear by hitting Control-B on your keyboard. With just those two navigation tips, you'll be off and running very quickly.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Navy confrontation on the Black Sea not as serious as it looks
Posted by
John Keller
Lately I've been reading with interest some stories in the press that suggest an armed standoff between the navies of the United States and Russia in and around the Georgia port of Poti on the Black Sea.
My favorite is a story in the
The Times
of London headlined
US warship confronts Russian military in 'tinderbox' port
I had the impression that we had
heavily armed warships
of the U.S. and Russia tied up at opposite piers at general quarters with snarling
gun crews
at the ready. Then I noticed the specific U.S. warship involved, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It's the
It's the
USS Mount Whitney
This important vessel, the flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, is a joint command ship. It's built to accommodate high-ranking joint-force commanders, and to serve as a combined-forces command-and-control headquarters. It also was the first U.S. Navy combatant to permanently accommodate women on board.
The vessel's stock in trade is
shipboard communications
. It can handle reams of secure data through HF, UHF, VHF, SHF, and EHF communications links, which enable the ship's joint intelligence center and joint operations center to gather and fuse information while at sea.
While it's C4I capabilities are awesome, the
Mount Whitney
is only lightly armed. It's got some air-defense missiles and a few guns. Suffice it to say that it just isn't one you'd send by itself into harm's way if you're looking for a fight. It's got too few guns and too many admirals on board to steam to where the shooting is.
Although the Mount Whitney is in an obviously dangerous place, contrary to what you might surmise from the headlines, the
Mount Whitney
is on a peaceful mission to send aid to Georgia after Russian tanks and soldiers got through manhandling that small country on a mission of intimidation.
Serious fighting surface ships -- like cruisers, carriers, and destroyers -- are designed to make noise and break things. The
Mount Whitney
, on the other hand, is on station in Georgia to help pick up the pieces
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
FEMA follies and aid antics
Posted by
Courtney E. Howard
I know I am going to get flack for what I am about to write, but heregoes. When Katrina hit, my old high-school chum who lives in New Orleans was thankfully on vacation elsewhere. Her apartment was not affected, aside from some rotten food, nor was her pocketbook and car. Yet, she was the benefactor of checks for several thousands of dollars.
We all know the sequence of events. My quick-and-dirty synopsis would read: people were in serious danger, some folks in the government dropped the ball, the Bush Administration was widely criticized, lots and lots of money was thrown at the problem (FEMA even reported egregious overpayments), and the city and its citizens are recovering and rebuilding. It was a horrific event, and my heart goes out to all those affected.
I have a friend in NOLA who is a real-estate agent, who has been having a couple great years. Property values were higher after Katrina than before, she told a group of us. Tons of people were interested in investing in are real estate. Why were people flocking to put their money in an area built below sea level that is susceptible to hurricanes, flooding, various natural disasters?
Enter Gustav. My friends who reside in NOLA happily went on a "hurrication" -- or hurricane vacation -- and have posted photos of them imbibing and partying online via their mobile devices. Some expect a check will be waiting for them upon their return.
On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of the family was in one of 12 local FEMA groups called to duty in NOLA. He was given three hours notice, and whisked off to Atlanta for two weeks. That is where he sits now. Just sits. Other teams are doing the same, but in Virginia. Many speculate that since they are not needed, they should be sent home, lessening as much as possible the hefty bill the taxpayers will have to foot for their room, board, and hazard pay. They are told, instead and in so many words, that the Bush Administration is "edgy" about hurricane rescue, considering the controversies that surrounded the "handling" of Katrina, and so they will sit -- and prepare themselves for likely deployment to the East Coast, where Hurricane Hanna is expected to strike, or to stay in anticipation of Hurricane Ike.
Granted my universe is but a small one, but perhaps you can see how it looks from my perspective. Three of the three people I know in New Orleans are benefiting from these circumstances -- and believe me, I am grateful for that rather than seeing them or anyone else suffer. And yet, I have heard similar stories relating to Reservists deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Case in point: a family friend in the National Guard Reserves was called up and sent to Afghanistan to give other military personnel a break from their post there. He sat, sweating in Afghanistan for a year, and then came home and bought a house and new car in cash with his hazardous duty pay. Don't get me wrong, you could not offer me enough money to go to Afghanistan.
I bring this controversial issue up because over the weekend I ran into a friend who was giving up her nights and weekends to provide care to hundreds of local children and seniors who were without health insurance and could not gain health care. Her stories were heart-wrenching. She was relieved that people in need were getting the help they needed during a natural disaster, and yet, she was disheartened that those who are always needy and perpetually sick and hungry gain so little of the Administration's attention and resources.
And so I cannot help but be caused to wonder, are we as a country and is our administration doing to right thing with our money? Is there not enough to go around? Where is the happy medium? I hope the new administration, whatever it may be, has the answer.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Government response to Gustav appears better than Katrina
Posted by John McHale
The U.S. Government's response to latest
-- dubbed
-- already appears better than the negligence demonstrated during
Fortunately Gustav seems to be reducing in strength and has only sideswiped
New Orleans
, but it seems on the surface that
President Bush
and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
learned their lessons.
President Bush canceled his appearance at the
National Convention, reportedly in order to focus his attention on the storm. That move is probably more symbolic than anything else, but news reports say that it seems that the government was better prepared this time at federal, state, and local levels.
One report told how New Orleans policeman were on the job last night whereas during Katrina there were reports of them fleeing the city to take care of their own families.
This year the police were given a weeks notice to see to their families and then return to duty.
Even in our little defense trade press world I've noticed more awareness from government and industry. Over the last couple weeks there was a significant increase in public relations announcements from the Department of Homeland Security, Coast Guard, and technology companies on their efforts to help during Gustav.
I pray that this is a positive sign and not a PR blitz as more storms loom off the coast.
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In an interview published in the Guardian, Hawking - author of the bestselling "A Brief History of Time" - said that when the brain ceases to function, that's it.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
8 comments:
- Jennifer said...
Holy cow, he is getting old! I can't believe how much he's grown since I last saw him. It looks like he enjoyed that chocolate cake. :)
- September 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- cheryl said...
Oh my gosh!!! He's SO BIG! I miss that handsome little dude so much!!! (and of course his momma too!) :o(
Hope y'all are starting to feel a bit more settled.
Can't wait to see pics of the house too. I was so excited to see your post today. ;o)
- September 2, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Cynthia said...
I've been thinking about you! I thought Braden might be running by now. :) I love his little hamming it up expression with the cake on his face!
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Um... I'm going to need more of an update than that! How are Mom and Dad, besides the cold water?
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hopefully there is a bigger update coming. How is everything else going?
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On Friday 09 April 2004 11:55 am, Andreas Davour wrote: > Hi! > > I just decided to take a deep breath and cvsup some fresh ports. Now, > having done that I have run 'portupgrade -ar' and constantly found it > to stop some problems. > > Some ports have failed and been flagged as "configure error" or > "install error". Then I have tried to do a manual install of those > ports and found that a "make deinstall; make reinstall" have worked, > just like the port instructed me to do when it failed. I found it > strange that portupgrade didn't do that for me. > > Having done that I restarted portupgrade and it would proceed a bit > before stumbling to a halt again. > > Now I have reached the end of what I can fix manually, though. For > some reason portupgrade stubbornly complains that: > > "** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) > ! accessibility/atk (atk-1.4.1_1) (port directory > error)" > > And it is correct in that there *is* no accessibility/atk port in my > new cvsup'ed ports tree. But why is it then telling me it needs it!? > > Can I get the atk ports from somewhere? Is it really needed? Why has > it dissapeared and why is it still mentioned as a dependency then? > > If anyone can shed some light on those matters, then I'm all ears. I > can't get a new version of Firefox to compile without atk so I'm very > interested in getting this to work. > > I have run 'pkgdb -F' and tried to remove the dependecy, but have not > succeeded. I'm not even sure it would be wise to do it... > > Help?
Firefox depends on gtk-2.4.0, which depends on atk. All of these problems relate back to updating dependancies of glib-2.4.0. The question at this point is what you updated and the order. If you were starting out clean, a portupgrade -rR glib would have done most of this but I wouldn't bet money. I eventually did a -rf glib to get things built cleanly. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"


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A bit of a question for you today. Above is a brewing log from just before the world of US brewing learned about lager. I won't get into the details of whose log it is for now* as I am hoping you may be able to help draw out a few more details than I have. If you click on the image you will see my annotated notes. For the most part, I am clear on the numbers but would like to know more about the techniques involved. You will see that there are three beers made from a single mash but that the two stronger are recombined. That makes for what the brewer calls a double and a single beer. Here is what else I see:
♦ The double seems to have 104 barrels of liquor before the boil. A US barrel has 119 litres. So that is 12,376 litres.
♦ The 190 bushels of malt works out to 6460 lbs at 34 lbs a bushel of malt.
♦ The 220 lbs of hops would be local CNY Cluster hops
♦ The malt would also be local pale malt.
♦ This beer made 7 barrels of small ale and 60 barrels of double ale. I don't understand how 68 and 36 barrels before boil makes 60 as a result. I ran the malt and liquor through a standard calculator and see the result is a 5.1% beer. But I am missing something. That much concentration should make a stronger beer. Or am I making an assumption.
♦ The notes on the opposing page for batch 140 say this is a Pale Stock NY ale. Also, it is noted that this is a particularly good batch.
♦ Unlike some other brews logged and also comments from the time, no salt is added.
Anyone handy with the abbreviations "HVG" and "HHG" at the tops of columns #10 and #12? I assume the G stands for gravity. Also, note that there are slightly different hand writing. The log is filled in over 9 or 10 days. So, the two numerals "6" in column #10 differ. Also, I am now thinking that the number in column #11 may actually be a "65" when I compare it to other numbers. That might make this a notation from degrees F rather than weight or quantity.
Anyway, all thoughts appreciated. This is part of a bigger project so I am hoping the power of the collective brain effect that the internets always promised will nudge us along. Let's see.
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Comedian McFarlane's long, strange trip to the middle.
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