Implants provide a permanent solution to tooth loss and can be as comfortable and strong as your natural teeth. Dr Rob Montgomery, uses only the highest quality materials made by Swiss manufacturer Straumann, a global leader in implant, restorative and regenerative dentistry.
Titanium implants are placed in the bone and allowed to fuse naturally with your bone to create a strong support for a cosmetic crown. They can be used to replace one tooth, several teeth or all your natural teeth, creating a healthy natural-looking smile without the need to modify surrounding teeth.
The implant and crown are ergonomically-shaped to fit your mouth perfectly, allowing you talk, eat and smile with complete confidence.
Dental implants are often the first choice for restoring missing teeth. Implants look and feel like your own teeth. They offer a very high success rate, approximately 97-98%. Implants take the place of the missing teeth. This avoids the need to shape and reduce the adjacent teeth to allow a bridge to be constructed. Straumann Dental implants provide a lifetime guarantee on all their components.
Just like natural teeth, they look, fit and feel like part of your own mouth.
Implants are very durable and last for as long as you care for them.
Improved speech, unlike poor-fitting dentures, which can slip in the mouth causing slurring or mumbling.
Implants can be used in some cases to stabilise dentures—your dentist can advise whether this would be suitable for you.
Improved comfort, particularly when eating your favourite foods.
Greater self-esteem, because they give you back your smile.
Convenient and easy to maintain—dental implants can be brushed and maintained exactly the same as your natural teeth.
Initially, you will be invited to Shadwell Dental Care to carry out an assessment to determine whether you will be suitable for implants. This may involve x-rays and models of your teeth to assist in planning.
In most cases, anyone healthy enough to undergo routine dental can be considered for Dental Implant treatment. Patients should have healthy gums and sufficient bone for the implant. They also must be committed to good oral hygiene and regular dental maintenace.
Your treatment is bespoke to the person and a treatment plan will be formulated taking into account your wishes and how we can help achieve them.
You may also be referred by your dentist for a 3D CT scan to assess the volume of bone and to view important structures such as nerves and sinuses to make sure your implant works perfectly for you once it is fitted.
We will then send a letter containing a detailed breakdown of your discussion, when your next appointment will be and the fees involved to make sure you are entirely happy before proceeding.
Placing your dental implant is a relatively simple process. It is placed under local anaesthetic. Once the titanium implant is placed into the gap left by your missing tooth, we can fit a temporary crown so that thorugh the procedure you are never left without a tooth.
The implant is left while the bone cells fuse directly with the implant's titanium surface. This usually takes between two to four months.
This normally requires two to three appointments.
Impressions or scans are taken of your teeth and sent to our technician who will then design your abutment (post) that attaches to the implant and emerges from the gum.
Your dentist also will match the colour of the new teeth to your natural teeth.
The final cosmetic crown is then constructed so it fits harmoniously in the space so that the final tooth looks and feels like your own natural teeth.
Instead of one or more individual crowns, some patients may have attachments placed on the implant that retain and support a removable denture. Again, you can discuss with your dentist whether this would be suitable for you.
Patients may also be able to have a permanently-fixed denture to replace a whole arch of teeth. In contrast to traditional dentures, which can slip, causing discomfort and problems with eating and pronunciation, the fixed denture will look and feel like your normal teeth?
Whilst your implant retained teeth are designed to last, you must be motivated to attend for regular dental maintenance appointments which will often include appointments with the hygienist so that the health of the implant is maintained for years to come.
We can offer a complimentary Implant information pack to offer further detailed information about implant treatment. Please contact us.


Polish Singing Circle. Photo credits: Chris Byrd Broadway Fillmore Alive, Marty Biniasz Forgotten Buffalo, Mike Puma.
Three story brick commercial building on a corner parcel.
Built in 1907. The architect was Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki.
12/10/2013 - Common Council approves the sale of the property to Dyngus Day LLC for $76,000.00.
Prolific Polish-American architect Władysław H. Zawadzki contributed the following buildings to the East Side's Polonia neighborhood, centered around Broadway and Fillmore: Broadway Bakery, Polonia Hotel, Dom Polski Building, Al Cohens Bakery, Polish Singing Circle, Lipowicz Grocery, Polish Co-Op Savings & Loan, Club Romway, Schreiber Brewing Company, Unia Polska, Transfiguration School, Transfiguration Rectory, Burczynski Bakery. More information here.
Forgotten Buffalo - Polish Singing Circle - More interior photos here.


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Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
★★★+.5 | 12 hours 32 minutes | Adult SFF | Harper Audio | Audio Release Date: 11/10/2009
In this 1990 Sci-Fiction/Fantasy debut novelist Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett tell a satirical story about the end of the world. I went in knowing this book was about an angel and a demon teaming up to stop armageddon, but Good Omens also involves a book of prophecies, a witch hunter, the four horsemen of the apocalypse and...an 11-year-old antichrist.
I have a vague memory of a teacher talking about this book when I was 9th grade but I'd kind of forgotten about it. I was reading a lot of Left Behind books at that time so I can't imagine what I would have thought about this tongue and cheek interpretation of the end days. The only reason I picked it up this year is so I could check out the Amazon Prime show. A show that I was Streisand Effected into knowing about. I had no idea this show was even a thing until the controversy.
I found this book to be imaginative and kind of weird and the humor felt very British. There are a lot of plots threaded into the story and I feel like some of it may have gone over my head. I'm sure this is a book like this holds up well to re-reading, In fact, I started the show and the show is essentially a scene by scene remake of the book and things kept clicking while I watched the show that I hadn't noticed when reading.
The audiobook narrator Martin Jarvis does such a good job bringing the material to life and his voice work is outstanding. I don't know if I'm just biased but his Crowley sounded eerily like David Tennant. His female voices left a lot to be desired but everything else he did was so excellent. That said, this book relies a lot on footnotes and parentheticals in a way that didn't always come through as cleanly in the audio version.
Like I said, the show appears to very much be a line by line adaptation (with some added bits here and there) so I don't think you'd be missing anything if you just dived right into the show. Either way, I'm glad I checked this out.
There are a lot of people in YA who pushback against the idea of YA in the 90s being historical. And guys, this book is set in 1990 and it read extremely historical. It's not just about the pop culture references. The way in which computers, young people and technology are talked about made it feel very much of a past time.
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We're Celebrating Eight Years + Giveaway
The Beckoning Shadow by Katharyn Blair
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
Books and Sensibility: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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in.dhcpd is a daemon that responds to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) requests and optionally to BOOTP protocol requests. The daemon forks a copy of itself that runs as a background process. It must be run as root. The daemon has two run modes, DHCP server (with optional BOOTP compatibility mode) and BOOTP relay agent mode.
The first line in the SYNOPSIS section illustrates the options available in the DHCP/BOOTP server mode. The second line in the SYNOPSIS section illustrates the options available when the daemon is run in BOOTP relay agent mode.
The DHCP and BOOTP protocols are used to provide configuration parameters to Internet hosts. Client machines are allocated their IP addresses as well as other host configuration parameters through this mechanism.
The DHCP/BOOTP daemon manages two types of DHCP data tables: the dhcptab configuration table and the DHCP network tables.
See dhcptab(4) regarding the dhcptab configuration table and dhcp_network(4) regarding the DHCP network tables.
The dhcptab contains macro definitions defined using a termcap-like syntax which permits network administrators to define groups of DHCP configuration parameters to be returned to clients. However, a DHCP/BOOTP server always returns hostname, network broadcast address, network subnet mask, and IP maximum transfer unit (MTU) if requested by a client attached to the same network as the server machine. If those options have not been explicitly configured in the dhcptab, in.dhcpd returns reasonable default values.
The dhcptab is read at startup, upon receipt of a SIGHUP signal, or periodically as specified by the -t option. A SIGHUP (sent using the command svcadm refresh network/dhcp-server) causes the DHCP/BOOTP daemon to reread the dhcptab within an interval from 0-60 seconds (depending on where the DHCP daemon is in its polling cycle). For busy servers, users should run svcadm restart network/dhcp-server to force the dhcptab to be reread.
The DHCP network tables contain mappings of client identifiers to IP addresses. These tables are named after the network they support and the datastore used to maintain them.
The DHCP network tables are consulted during runtime. A client request received from a network for which no DHCP network table exists is ignored.
This daemon is obsolete and is subject to removal in a future release of Oracle Solaris. Scripts, programs, or procedures that use this command will likely need modification when upgrading to future Solaris software releases.The command line options provided with the in.dhcpd daemon are used only for the current session, and include only some of the server options you can set. The dhcpsvc.conf(4) contains all the server default settings, and can be modified by using the dhcpmgr utility. See dhcpsvc.conf(4) for more details.
This option enables BOOTP compatibility mode, allowing the DHCP server to respond to BOOTP clients. The option argument specifies whether the DHCP server should automatically allocate permanent lease IP addresses to requesting BOOTP clients if the clients are not registered in the DHCP network tables (automatic) or respond only to BOOTP clients who have been manually registered in the DHCP network tables (manual). This option only affects DHCP server mode.
Debugging mode. The daemon remains as a foreground process, and displays verbose messages as it processes DHCP and/or BOOTP datagrams. Messages are displayed on the current TTY. This option can be used in both DHCP/BOOTP server mode and BOOTP relay agent mode.
Specifies the maximum number of relay agent hops that can occur before the daemon drops the DHCP/BOOTP datagram. The default number of relay agent hops is 4. This option affects both DHCP/BOOTP server mode and BOOTP relay agent mode.
-i interface, . . .
Selects the network interfaces that the daemon should monitor for DHCP/BOOTP datagrams. The daemon ignores DHCP/BOOTP datagrams on network interfaces not specified in this list. This option is only useful on machines that have multiple network interfaces. If this option is not specified, then the daemon listens for DHCP/BOOTP datagrams on all network interfaces. The option argument consists of a comma-separated list of interface names. It affects both DHCP/BOOTP server and BOOTP relay agent run modes.
Relay mode: Relay interface IP on RELAY-CLNT, INADDR_ANY on RELAY-SRVR. Server mode: Client IP.
Relay mode: Client IP on RELAY-CLNT, Server IP on RELAY-SRVR. Server mode: Server IP.
Vendor Class identifier (white space converted to periods (.)).
The format of this record is subject to change between releases.
Transactions are logged to the console if daemon is in debug mode (-d).
Logging transactions impact daemon performance.
It is suggested that you periodically rotate the DHCP transaction log file to keep it from growing until it fills the filesystem. This can be done in a fashion similar to that used for the general system message log /var/adm/messages and is best accomplished using the facilities provided by logadm(1M).
Disable automatic duplicate IP address detection. When this option is specified, the DHCP server does not attempt to verify that an IP address it is about to offer a client is not in use. By default, the DHCP server pings an IP address before offering it to a DHCP/BOOTP client, to verify that the address is not in use by another machine.
Specifies the number of seconds the DHCP server should cache the offers it has extended to discovering DHCP clients. The default setting is 10 seconds. On slow network media, this value can be increased to compensate for slow network performance. This option affects only DHCP server mode.
-r IP_address | hostname, . . .
This option enables BOOTP relay agent mode. The option argument specifies a comma-separated list of IP addresses or hostnames of DHCP or BOOTP servers to which the relay agent is to forward BOOTP requests. When the daemon is started in this mode, any DHCP tables are ignored, and the daemon simply acts as a BOOTP relay agent.
A BOOTP relay agent listens to UDP port 68, and forwards BOOTP request packets received on this port to the destinations specified on the command line. It supports the BROADCAST flag described in RFC 1542. A BOOTP relay agent can run on any machine that has knowledge of local routers, and thus does not have to be an Internet gateway machine.
Note that the proper entries must be made to the netmasks database so that the DHCP server being served by the BOOTP relay agents can identify the subnet mask of the foreign BOOTP/DHCP client's network. See netmasks(4) for the format and use of this database.
Specifies the interval in minutes that the DHCP server should use to schedule the automatic rereading of the dhcptab information. Typically, you would use this option if the changes to the dhcptab are relatively frequent. Once the contents of the dhcptab have stabilized, you can turn off this option to avoid needless reinitialization of the server.
Verbose mode. The daemon displays more messages than in the default mode. Note that verbose mode can reduce daemon efficiency due to the time taken to display messages. Messages are displayed to the current TTY if the debugging option is used; otherwise, messages are logged to the syslogd facility. This option can be used in both DHCP/BOOTP server mode and BOOTP relay agent mode.


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Doolittle Raid April 18, 1942 Display
In the wake of shock and anger following Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt pressed his military planners for a strike against Tokyo. Intended as revenge for Pearl Harbor, and an act of defiance in the face of a triumphant Japanese military, such a raid presented acute problems in execution. No working Allied air base was close enough to Japan. A carrier would have to approach within three hundred miles of the home islands for its planes to reach. Sending surface ships so close to Japan at that time would practically assure their destruction, if not from Japan's own surface forces, then from her ground-based planes or submarine forces..
The plan was to launch 16 Mitchell B-25 bombers, large ground-based bombers, with far greater range than carrier-based bombers from the deck of new aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8. Though the bombers could take off from a carrier deck, they couldn't land on a carrier. Instead of returning to Hornet, they'd escape to the southwest, flying over the Yellow Sea, then some 600 miles into China, to land at the friendly airfield at Chuchow (Zhuzhou). The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and provided an important boost to U.S. morale while damaging Japanese morale. The raid was planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces. As Hornet came about and prepared to launch the bombers, a gale of more than 46 mph churned the sea with 30 ft heavy swells, which caused the ship to pitch violently, shipped sea and spray over the bow, wet the flight deck and drenched the deck crews. The lead plane, commanded by Colonel Doolittle, had only 467 ft of flight deck, while the last B-25 hung its twin rudders far out over the fantail.
Doolittle, timing himself against the rise and fall of the ship's bow, lumbered down the flight deck, circled Hornet after take-off, and set course for Japan. By 09:20, all 16 were airborne, heading for the first American air strike against the Japanese home islands. Sixteen U.S. Army Air Forces B-25B Mitchell medium bombers were launched without fighter escort from the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Hornet deep in the Western Pacific Ocean, each with a crew of five men. The plan called for them to bomb military targets in Japan, and to continue westward to land in China. Fifteen of the aircraft reached China, and one landed in the Soviet Union. All but three of the crew survived, but all the aircraft were lost. Eight crewmen were captured by the Japanese Army in China; three of these were executed. The B-25 that landed in the Soviet Union at Vladivostok was confiscated and its crew interned for more than a year. Fourteen crews, except for one crewman, returned either to the United States or to American forces.
After the raid, the Japanese Imperial Army conducted a massive sweep through the eastern coastal provinces of China, in an operation now known as the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign,searching for the surviving American airmen and applying retribution on the Chinese who aided them, in an effort to prevent this part of China from being used again for an attack on Japan. The Japanese, realizing that their capital was vulnerable to air attacks, took action: a major expedition would be launched against Midway, to draw the American Pacific Fleet into battle and destroy it. As a diversion, a smaller Japanese force would seize Attu and Kiska in the western Aleutians, making its strike one day ahead of the main force.
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Q: iTunes Podcast Folders Is there a way to create folders for iTunes for your podcasts?
iTunes should have a good way to organize them all, no?

A: All your Podcasts are stored in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcasts on Mac OS X or in %HOMEPATH%\My Music\iTunes in Windows 7.
There, you can find a different folder for each podcasts.

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Some notes on trips I'd like to do.
While we're in Oxford, European and North African/Middle-Eastern destinations are much more accessible.
One trip to Kenya and Tanzania has whetted my appetite. Anyone want to join me for a climb of Mt Kenya?
Chris Morris: Best time for Mt Kenya would be mid Sept to mid Oct or late Jan through to early March end of the dry seasons as a rule.
Expensive, hard to get to, but amazing landscapes and biodiversity.
Camilla has always been keen to go to Antarctica. The most interesting tour option seems to be to visit the Falklands and South Georgia as well as the Antarctic Peninsula.
Could spend a week in Japan en route to or from Australia.
Two weeks in South Iceland was great. Next time I'd want to have at least three weeks, so I could visit Snæfellsness, the Westfjords, Akureyri, Mývatn, etc. then get the bus across the interior to Landmannalaugar and do the walk from there to Þorsmörk.
The best time for birds is late May to June.
The trip to Pakistan and Sinkiang in 1999 was frustrating, giving us just one day in Kashgar. Istanbul to Beijing would be the ideal, but a shorter option would be maybe Tehran to Urumchi.
Camilla has never been to Bali! And despite three trips there myself, I've never climbed Gunung Agung.
Then there's Rinjani on Lombok and Tambora on Sumbawa (the site of the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history, in 1814). And there are plenty of other peaks in the Nusa Tenggara. And Camilla wants to see Komodo dragons... This could be combined with a visit to East Timor.
It would be great to visit Solo with some gamelaners.
I've done four trips to New Zealand in the last five years, but there's plenty more to see. A shorter trip to Auckland, Northland, and Great Barrier Island is one option; another is a longer trip to Wellington and southern/eastern North Island.
New Caledonia, Fiji, ... there are several options for short trips here, but this is obviously easier when/if we go back to Australia.


This Engkala is considered as an exotic fruit in Sarawak. Traditionally it was eaten as "snacks" in between meals or eaten with rice. Some even regards it as one of their vegetarian foods in their vegetarian diets.
Engkala is also known as "butter fruit" by some. It comes from a tree that was believed to be found decades or maybe century ago. Originally, it was found in the wild before it was cultivated and planted in many Iban's villages across the State of Sarawak. It has since then become one of the traditional food until now in most Iban community here.
It is not that well known to other people and not many people can take it because of its texture. The fruit, by nature is a bit hard but the flesh inside is soft. Although nowadays, most probably many have tried it especially the Sarawakians.
The color of the fruit is all green but the ripe fruit is red or pinkish while its flesh is white or/and a bit greenish. The seed is big and cannot be eaten. You can only eat the fruit when it is ripe. Eating the green ones can cause irritation to the mouth and throat as well as causing stomach ache, as told by the elders.
The way of preparing it is quite unique. It cannot be eaten directly after plucking it from the tree although it can be eaten raw. It is believed that the white sap from the fruit can cause irritation or itchiness. The fruit need to be wash thoroughly first. Then it need to be beaten or tap it gently with the back of a spoon or something such as the wooden spatula until it become very soft and the flesh is a bit mushy.
Only after that you can eat it with a bit of salt. It can also be soaked in a warm water for few minutes and then add a little bit of salt to the water. Leave it for a few more minutes before eating it. This is to give it a little bit of flavor and for those who doesn't want to eat it fully raw.
This Engkala fruit taste almost like avocado but the flesh is different in terms of texture. They belong in the same family, scientifically, so they taste almost the same. The difference is, this Engkala doesn't have rich taste like avocado.
The texture is soft and a bit mushy. It's almost like durian flesh but without the smell. This fruit doesn't have any distinct smell. But because of its texture, those who never try it before, will find it's hard to take it in.
You can have it without taking the skin off but some prefer to eat only its flesh and not the skin.
Naturally it doesn't have much taste and almost tasteless. It have a bit of that plant-greeny taste to it. You can also have it with soy sauce but the most common way is to have it with a little bit of salt.
In some wet market in Sarawak, you can find some sellers selling it. The price vary, it can cost about RM5 to RM10 per pack. We are not so sure if this fruit is seasonal. From our experience, it is normally available abundantly towards the end of the year.
If you are interested or just curious to try this Engkala fruit, look for it in the wet market if you are in Sarawak. Just make sure you wash and tap or beat it gently first before you eat it.


2C-B-FLY, aka: 8-bromo-2,3,6,7-benzo-dihydro-difuran-ethylamine or 2-(8-bromo-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-f] benzofuran-4-yl)ethanamine.
RCUK now have have 10mg pellets to purchase in limited amounts. Once this stock is gone we will not be able to get more due to the law changes happening in April.
RESEARCH ONLY! NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION..


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package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse;

import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import java.security.PrivateKey;

/* Handlenet imports: */
import net.handle.hdllib.AbstractMessage;
import net.handle.hdllib.AbstractResponse;
import net.handle.hdllib.AdminRecord;
import net.handle.hdllib.ClientSessionTracker;
import net.handle.hdllib.CreateHandleRequest;
import net.handle.hdllib.DeleteHandleRequest;
import net.handle.hdllib.Encoder;
import net.handle.hdllib.HandleException;
import net.handle.hdllib.HandleResolver;
import net.handle.hdllib.HandleValue;
import net.handle.hdllib.ModifyValueRequest;
import net.handle.hdllib.PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo;
import net.handle.hdllib.ResolutionRequest;
import net.handle.hdllib.Util;
import org.apache.commons.lang.NotImplementedException;

/**
 *
 * @author Leonid Andreev
 *
 * This is a *partial* implementation of the Handles global id
 * service.
 * As of now, it only does the registration updates, to accommodate
 * the modifyRegistration datasets API sub-command.
 */
@Stateless
public class HandlenetServiceBean extends AbstractGlobalIdServiceBean {

    @EJB
    DataverseServiceBean dataverseService;
    @EJB
    SettingsServiceBean settingsService;
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(HandlenetServiceBean.class.getCanonicalName());

    private static final String HANDLE_PROTOCOL_TAG = "hdl";
    int handlenetIndex = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")!=null? Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")) : 300;

    public HandlenetServiceBean() {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"Constructor");
    }

    @Override
    public boolean registerWhenPublished() {
        return false; // TODO current value plays safe, can we loosen up?
    }

    public void reRegisterHandle(DvObject dvObject) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"reRegisterHandle");
        if (!HANDLE_PROTOCOL_TAG.equals(dvObject.getProtocol())) {
            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "reRegisterHandle called on a dvObject with the non-handle global id: {0}", dvObject.getId());
        }

        String handle = getDvObjectHandle(dvObject);

        boolean handleRegistered = isHandleRegistered(handle);

        if (handleRegistered) {
            // Rebuild/Modify an existing handle

            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Re-registering an existing handle id {0}", handle);

            String authHandle = getHandleAuthority(dvObject);

            HandleResolver resolver = new HandleResolver();

            String datasetUrl = getRegistrationUrl(dvObject);

            logger.log(Level.INFO, "New registration URL: {0}", datasetUrl);

            PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo auth = getAuthInfo(dvObject.getAuthority());

            try {

                AdminRecord admin = new AdminRecord(authHandle.getBytes("UTF8"), handlenetIndex,
                        true, true, true, true, true, true,
                        true, true, true, true, true, true);

                int timestamp = (int) (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);

                HandleValue[] val = {new HandleValue(100, "HS_ADMIN".getBytes("UTF8"),
                    Encoder.encodeAdminRecord(admin),
                    HandleValue.TTL_TYPE_RELATIVE, 86400,
                    timestamp, null, true, true, true, false), new HandleValue(1, "URL".getBytes("UTF8"),
                    datasetUrl.getBytes(),
                    HandleValue.TTL_TYPE_RELATIVE, 86400,
                    timestamp, null, true, true, true, false)};

                ModifyValueRequest req = new ModifyValueRequest(handle.getBytes("UTF8"), val, auth);

                resolver.traceMessages = true;
                AbstractResponse response = resolver.processRequest(req);
                if (response.responseCode == AbstractMessage.RC_SUCCESS) {
                    logger.info("\nGot Response: \n" + response);
                } else {
                    logger.info("\nGot Error: \n" + response);
                }
            } catch (Throwable t) {
                logger.fine("\nError: " + t);
            }
        } else {
            // Create a new handle from scratch:
            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Handle {0} not registered. Registering (creating) from scratch.", handle);
            registerNewHandle(dvObject);
        }
    }

    public Throwable registerNewHandle(DvObject dvObject) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"registerNewHandle");
        String handlePrefix = dvObject.getAuthority();
        String handle = getDvObjectHandle(dvObject);
        String datasetUrl = getRegistrationUrl(dvObject);

        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Creating NEW handle {0}", handle);

        String authHandle = getHandleAuthority(dvObject);

        PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo auth = getAuthInfo(handlePrefix);
        HandleResolver resolver = new HandleResolver();

        try {

            AdminRecord admin = new AdminRecord(authHandle.getBytes("UTF8"), handlenetIndex,
                    true, true, true, true, true, true,
                    true, true, true, true, true, true);

            int timestamp = (int) (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);

            HandleValue[] val = {new HandleValue(100, "HS_ADMIN".getBytes("UTF8"),
                Encoder.encodeAdminRecord(admin),
                HandleValue.TTL_TYPE_RELATIVE, 86400,
                timestamp, null, true, true, true, false), new HandleValue(1, "URL".getBytes("UTF8"),
                datasetUrl.getBytes(),
                HandleValue.TTL_TYPE_RELATIVE, 86400,
                timestamp, null, true, true, true, false)};

            CreateHandleRequest req
                    = new CreateHandleRequest(handle.getBytes("UTF8"), val, auth);

            resolver.traceMessages = true;
            AbstractResponse response = resolver.processRequest(req);
            if (response.responseCode == AbstractMessage.RC_SUCCESS) {
                logger.log(Level.INFO, "Success! Response: \n{0}", response);
                return null;
            } else {
                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "RegisterNewHandle failed. Error response: {0}", response);
                return new Exception("registerNewHandle failed: " + response);
            }
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "registerNewHandle failed", t);
            return t;
        }
    }

    public boolean isHandleRegistered(String handle){
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"isHandleRegistered");
        boolean handleRegistered = false;
        ResolutionRequest req = buildResolutionRequest(handle);
        AbstractResponse response = null;
        HandleResolver resolver = new HandleResolver();
        try {
            response = resolver.processRequest(req);
        } catch (HandleException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Caught exception trying to process lookup request", ex);
        }
        if((response!=null && response.responseCode==AbstractMessage.RC_SUCCESS)) {
            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Handle {0} registered.", handle);
            handleRegistered = true;
        }
        return handleRegistered;
    }

    private ResolutionRequest buildResolutionRequest(final String handle) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"buildResolutionRequest");
        String handlePrefix = handle.substring(0,handle.indexOf("/"));

        PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo auth = getAuthInfo(handlePrefix);

        byte[][] types = null;
        int[] indexes = null;
        ResolutionRequest req =
                new ResolutionRequest(Util.encodeString(handle),
                types, indexes,
                auth);
        req.certify = false;
        req.cacheCertify = true;
        req.authoritative = false;
        req.ignoreRestrictedValues = true;
        return req;
    }

    private PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo getAuthInfo(String handlePrefix) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"getAuthInfo");
        byte[] key = null;
        String adminCredFile = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.admcredfile");
        int handlenetIndex = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")!=null? Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")) : 300;

        key = readKey(adminCredFile);
        PrivateKey privkey = null;
        privkey = readPrivKey(key, adminCredFile);
        String authHandle =  getHandleAuthority(handlePrefix);
        PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo auth =
                new PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo(Util.encodeString(authHandle), handlenetIndex, privkey);
        return auth;
    }
    private String getRegistrationUrl(DvObject dvObject) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"getRegistrationUrl");
        String siteUrl = systemConfig.getDataverseSiteUrl();
        String targetUrl = siteUrl + dvObject.getTargetUrl() + "hdl:" + dvObject.getAuthority()
                + "/" + dvObject.getIdentifier();
        return targetUrl;
    }

    public String getSiteUrl() {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"getSiteUrl");
        String hostUrl = System.getProperty("dataverse.siteUrl");
        if (hostUrl != null && !"".equals(hostUrl)) {
            return hostUrl;
        }
        String hostName = System.getProperty("dataverse.fqdn");
        if (hostName == null) {
            try {
                hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName();
            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                return null;
            }
        }
        hostUrl = "https://" + hostName;
        return hostUrl;
    }

    private byte[] readKey(final String file) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"readKey");
        byte[] key = null;
        try {
            File f = new File(file);
            FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(f);
            key = new byte[(int)f.length()];
            int n=0;
            while(n<key.length) {
                key[n++] = (byte)fs.read();
            }
        } catch (Throwable t){
            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot read private key {0}: {1}", new Object[]{file, t});
        }
        return key;
    }

    private PrivateKey readPrivKey(byte[] key, final String file) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"readPrivKey");
        PrivateKey privkey=null;

        String secret = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.admprivphrase");
        byte secKey[] = null;
        try {
            if ( Util.requiresSecretKey(key) ) {
                secKey = secret.getBytes();
            }
            key = Util.decrypt(key, secKey);
            privkey = Util.getPrivateKeyFromBytes(key, 0);
        } catch (Throwable t){
            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Can''t load private key in {0}: {1}", new Object[]{file, t});
        }
        return privkey;
    }

    private String getDvObjectHandle(DvObject dvObject) {
        /*
         * This is different from dataset.getGlobalId() in that we don't
         * need the "hdl:" prefix.
         */
        String handle = dvObject.getAuthority() + "/" + dvObject.getIdentifier();
        return handle;
    }

    private String getHandleAuthority(DvObject dvObject){
        return getHandleAuthority(dvObject.getAuthority());
    }

    private String getHandleAuthority(String handlePrefix) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"getHandleAuthority");
        return "0.NA/" + handlePrefix;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean alreadyExists(DvObject dvObject) throws Exception {
        String handle = getDvObjectHandle(dvObject);
        return isHandleRegistered(handle);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean alreadyExists(GlobalId pid) throws Exception {
        String handle = pid.getAuthority() + "/" + pid.getIdentifier();
        return isHandleRegistered(handle);
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String,String> getIdentifierMetadata(DvObject dvObject) {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    @Override
    public HashMap lookupMetadataFromIdentifier(String protocol, String authority, String identifier)  {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    @Override
    public String modifyIdentifierTargetURL(DvObject dvObject) throws Exception  {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"modifyIdentifier");
        reRegisterHandle(dvObject);
        if(dvObject instanceof Dataset){
            Dataset dataset = (Dataset) dvObject;
            dataset.getFiles().forEach((df) -> {
                reRegisterHandle(df);
            });
        }
        return getIdentifier(dvObject);
    }

    @Override
    public void deleteIdentifier(DvObject dvObject) throws Exception  {
        String handle = getDvObjectHandle(dvObject);
        String authHandle = getAuthHandle(dvObject);

        String adminCredFile = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.admcredfile");
        int handlenetIndex = System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")!=null? Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("dataverse.handlenet.index")) : 300;

        byte[] key = readKey(adminCredFile);
        PrivateKey privkey = readPrivKey(key, adminCredFile);

        HandleResolver resolver = new HandleResolver();
        resolver.setSessionTracker(new ClientSessionTracker());

        PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo auth =
                new PublicKeyAuthenticationInfo(Util.encodeString(authHandle), handlenetIndex, privkey);

        DeleteHandleRequest req =
                new DeleteHandleRequest(Util.encodeString(handle), auth);
        AbstractResponse response=null;
        try {
            response = resolver.processRequest(req);
        } catch (HandleException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        if(response==null || response.responseCode!=AbstractMessage.RC_SUCCESS) {
            logger.fine("error deleting '"+handle+"': "+response);
        } else {
            logger.fine("deleted "+handle);
        }
    }

    private boolean updateIdentifierStatus(DvObject dvObject, String statusIn) {
        logger.log(Level.FINE,"updateIdentifierStatus");
        reRegisterHandle(dvObject); // No Need to register new - this is only called when a handle exists
        return true;
    }

    private String getAuthHandle(DvObject dvObject) {
        // TODO hack: GNRSServiceBean retrieved this from vdcNetworkService
        return "0.NA/" + dvObject.getAuthority();
    }

    @Override
    public List<String> getProviderInformation(){
        ArrayList <String> providerInfo = new ArrayList<>();
        String providerName = "Handle";
        String providerLink = "https://hdl.handle.net";
        providerInfo.add(providerName);
        providerInfo.add(providerLink);
        return providerInfo;
    }

    @Override
    public String createIdentifier(DvObject dvObject) throws Throwable {
        Throwable result = registerNewHandle(dvObject);
        if (result != null)
            throw result;
        // TODO get exceptions from under the carpet
        return getDvObjectHandle(dvObject);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean publicizeIdentifier(DvObject dvObject) {
        if (dvObject.getIdentifier() == null || dvObject.getIdentifier().isEmpty()){
            generateIdentifier(dvObject);
        }
        return updateIdentifierStatus(dvObject, "public");

    }

}

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When looking back at the history of the trucking industry in any country, you are going to discover that it is defined by the owners and operators of trucks. These giant motorized vehicles are used specifically for the transport of goods from one land location to another. There are three main elements that comprise the trucking industry: private, contract, and common trucks. With a private truck, the owner/operator uses his truck to deliver his own goods. In contract, a truck is used to transport the goods based on a contract with the consigner, who determines such things as the compensation for the delivery. Then there is the common truck; these vehicles are owned by individuals or companies who are hired to deliver and transport all types of goods. All of these categories involve the transport of raw and finished material and goods from one locale to another via truck.
The Canadian War was the reason why the commercial trucking industry became such a vital part of the Canadian economy. During this war, there was an overwhelming demand for the shipment of raw materials as well as manufactured goods. The industry was acknowledged as an essential source of goods by the federal government; it was recognized as an efficient and dependable way to transport commercial goods and resources during the war.
Currently, the Canadian trucking industry operates in both Canada and the United States; therefore, they are required to comply with transportation regulations set forth by both countries. The federal regulations in Canada are supervised by the Canadian Trucking Alliance.
There is a constant demand for the trucking industry in Canada. 70% of all domestic freight is transported by trucks and 30% by rail for land transport. The trucking industry is mostly made up of several smaller for-hire carriers as well as some owner-operators. The medium-to larger sized trucking companies run the fleets and inclusive logistic services.
There are four major areas that report 99% of international container truck traffic—Vancouver (54%); Montreal (29%); Halifax (9%); and Prince Rupert (7%).
Canada is prepared to take over all the trade prospects that are presently appearing from rising economies. It is ready to operate as the gateway to North America. Canada's transportation system is well-organized and includes varied services.
The United States continues to be Canada's primary trade partner. Making some changes to how trade is handled with other countries will have a direct impact on the transportation, warehousing, and logistics uses that are available on any unusual trade routes.
As new technology is developed and adopted, the result is more effectiveness and dependability as well as the maintenance of a safe and secure transportation mode. In an attempt to create a competitive advantage, companies are continuously developing new technology and innovative processes. Their primary goals are to reduce cost, improve services and reduce their carbon footprints.
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Babies' Brains Rehearse Speech Mechanics Months Before Their First Words
Written By: editor
Published Date: July 15, 2014 Last Edited: May 4, 2018
Molly McElroy, University of Washington
Infants can tell the difference between sounds of all languages until about 8 months of age when their brains start to focus only on the sounds they hear around them. It's been unclear how this transition occurs, but social interactions and caregivers' use of exaggerated "parentese" style of speech seem to help.
University of Washington research in 7- and 11-month-old infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech.
The study, published July 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that baby brains start laying down the groundwork of how to form words long before they actually begin to speak, and this may affect the developmental transition.
"Most babies babble by 7 months, but don't utter their first words until after their first birthdays," said lead author Patricia Kuhl, who is the co-director of the UW's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. "Finding activation in motor areas of the brain when infants are simply listening is significant, because it means the baby brain is engaged in trying to talk back right from the start and suggests that 7-month-olds' brains are already trying to figure out how to make the right movements that will produce words."
Kuhl and her research team believe this practice at motor planning contributes to the transition when infants become more sensitive to their native language.
The results emphasize the importance of talking to kids during social interactions even if they aren't talking back yet.
"Hearing us talk exercises the action areas of infants' brains, going beyond what we thought happens when we talk to them," Kuhl said. "Infants' brains are preparing them to act on the world by practicing how to speak before they actually say a word."
In the experiment, infants sat in a brain scanner that measures brain activation through a noninvasive technique called magnetoencephalography. Nicknamed MEG, the brain scanner resembles an egg-shaped vintage hair dryer and is completely safe for infants. The Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences was the first in the world to use such a tool to study babies while they engaged in a task.
Here's a video of one the babies in the experiment.
The babies, 57 7- and 11- or 12-month-olds, each listened to a series of native and foreign language syllables such as "da" and "ta" as researchers recorded brain responses. They listened to sounds in English and in Spanish.
The researchers observed brain activity in an auditory area of the brain called the superior temporal gyrus, as well as in Broca's area and the cerebellum, cortical regions responsible for planning the motor movements required for producing speech.
This pattern of brain activation occurred for sounds in the 7-month-olds' native language (English) as well as in a non-native language (Spanish), showing that at this early age infants are responding to all speech sounds, whether or not they have heard the sounds before.
In the older infants, brain activation was different. By 11-12 months, infants' brains increase motor activation to the non-native speech sounds relative to native speech, which the researchers interpret as showing that it takes more effort for the baby brain to predict which movements create non-native speech. This reflects an effect of experience between 7 and 11 months, and suggests that activation in motor brain areas is contributing to the transition in early speech perception.
The study has social implications, suggesting that the slow and exaggerated parentese speech – "Hiiiii! How are youuuuu?" – may actually prompt infants to try to synthesize utterances themselves and imitate what they heard, uttering something like "Ahhh bah bah baaah."
"Parentese is very exaggerated, and when infants hear it, their brains may find it easier to model the motor movements necessary to speak," Kuhl said.


Steven has become the ninth housemate to be evicted from BB15 after receiving most votes on tonight´s eviction.
Steven, who was nominated by the first ever power alliance consisting of Ashleigh, Chris and Mark, faced the eviction alongside Ashleigh (replaced by the initial nominee Ash), Pav and Zoe (nominated by the power alliance).
Steve exited the house to a booing crowd and to a eagerly waiting Kimberly.
Emma showed him the VT of Ashleigh nominating him, where she said that he talks too much and it's all about Steven and that he asks questions but doesn't listen to the answers.' He said that he didn't feel that was the reason given to him at the time.
Emma then asked him about Kimberly's shock exit from the house and Steven said it was hard just having 30 seconds to say goodbye and that it was 'very difficult.' Steven added that he didn't know if Kimberly was going to be there for his eviction but seeing her put a smile on his face.
Emma asked him if he fell in love quite easily and he answered that he had only fallen in love once before. After being asked about his controlling streak, Steven said that they actually had very few disagreements and that most of the time they got on like a house on fire.
Finally Steven said that he stood by everything that had happened in the house. He watched his best bits before being re-united with Kimberly.
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The crowd goes ballistic for Gotye's hit song
Pub date April 19, 2012
WriterSoojin Chang
SectionNoise
There is nothing quite like hearing the song that's been stuck in your head — persistently playing on repeat — finally materialize in front of you.
When the all-too-recognizable trickles of the xylophone and Gotye's effortlessly poignant voice introduced "Someone That I Used To Know" last night at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the crowd went ballistic; a collective jolt of ecstatic bliss took over, followed by a vigil of raised iPhones and Androids.
With over 160 million views on YouTube, "Someone That I Used To Know" may be what brought the Belgian-Australian musical extraordinaire to the forefront of the American audience's minds, but his undeniably skillful performance showed San Francisco that his vocal and instrumental mastery began long before this viral sensation.
Gotye is anything but a one-trick pony — a common pitfall for Billboard chart toppers — and his performance extended beyond his breezy ability to soar from crooning falsettos to a satisfying cry of yearning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdVo21j1FM
If you could divert your attention away from the earnest balladeering and were to look just at his hands — crossing over one another schematically, swiftly pushing on electronic triggers, and handling a motley collection of percussion devices — you could have mistaken him for a chef cooking an extravagantly complex meal.
But of course, he is not a cook, but a sonic connoisseur, who has an obsession with crafting a fusion of noises to deliver a rather different sensual experience for each song.
The reggae-tinted "State Of The Art" had the crowd smoothly rocking to the drop of the heavy tech-beats, whereas the ethereal echoes of "Bronte" captured the listener in personal contemplation.
The comic-style (think non-demented Gorillaz) visuals that were projected on the massive screen gave his rather organic execution a futuristic sparkle — and all the gleeful weed smokers in the building seemed sincerely grateful.
Gotye's original show was booked for the 500-capacity Independent before upsizing to the 8,000-capacity Bill Graham. Hopefully his recent blow up will bloom in to a fruitful career so that he'll continue to grace us with more poptastic ballads – not just end up as somebody that we used to know.
Soojin Chang


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IAF Airborne Early Warning Systems - A-50EI Phalcon, DRDO Netra AEW&C, DRDO AWACS
Discussion in 'Indian Air Force' started by Agent_47, Feb 15, 2017.
X_Killer Captain FULL MEMBER
IAF's AWACS Purchase from Israel, Russia on hold due to price hike
Indian Air Force's (IAF) plans to acquire two new Airborne Early Warning Systems (AWACS) 'eyes in the sky' from Israel and Russia have witnessed a steep hike in price of the surveillance platforms, forcing the government to put the project on hold.
India had acquired three AWACS systems in 2003 in which the Russian Ilyushin-76 aircraft were equipped with two Israel-made sophisticated radars at the cost of $1.1 billion (over Rs 7,035 crore) to carry out surveillance of enemy aircraft, drones and cruise missiles at ranges up to 400-500 km inside their territory.
"The price of the two new AWACS has been quoted very high. Vendors have asked for much more as compared to the cost of the three planes bought earlier. It cannot be agreed to and that is why the programme has been stalled," senior government sources told Mail Today.
"The main reason behind the steep jump in the price is the almost three-fold increase in the price of the IL-76 planes, on which the radars have to be mounted," sources said. It was earlier expected that the deal would be clinched at the time of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel earlier this year, but it could not be completed.
The issue over the high price has been holding the deal for a long time. On several past occasions the issue of acquiring the AWACs has been coming up at meeting of Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which is the apex body of the Defence ministry to acquire weapon systems for the armed forces. India has also decided to develop an indigenous AWACS as the DAC has given clearance to a proposal to acquire two Airbus-330 planes and build an AWACS, which can provide 360-degree surveillance like the Israeli radar.
The project would start with two planes, which are likely to take five to six years to be completed and once they are successful, the DRDO would take sanction for six more aircraft under the programme.
The process of completing trials of DRDO-developed Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWC) aircraft is on. These are smaller in size and have 240-degree coverage. AEWC planes have been deployed at Bathinda and undergoing trials, after which they would be used for operational flying by the service.
Both Pakistan and China have an edge over India in terms of the surveillance equipment, as China has more than 20 of such AWACS planes, both new and old. Pakistan acquired four AEW&C surveillance aircraft four to five years ago from Sweden and has also started taking the Chinese AWACS planes in its force.
A number of other projects of the IAF are also stuck with different vendors due to price hike issue. This includes the Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft planes for the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team and the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft programme.
X_Killer, Sep 11, 2017
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Sancho Lt. Colonel IDF NewBie
X_Killer said: ↑
This is just insane! How can the PM/GoI mess up all crucial defence modernisations like that???
- MMRCA cancelled
- strategic tanker deal cancelled
- strategic AWACS deal on hold
- strategic Su57 / FGFA deal delayed or even in trouble as a whole
- ASW capability crucially hit, by cancelled and delayed tenders
Why not invite China right away to take parts of India, since we obviously can't fight them. They already are testing the limits and we are just making it easier for them.
http://indiandefence.com/threads/is...-flight-path-of-extinction.64044/#post-593102
Sancho, Sep 11, 2017
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IAF not to wait for indigenous AWACS
Issue: 6 / 2014
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are at odds over development of an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) capability, with DRDO promoting indigenous development of the radar system and the service wanting an overseas acquisition. DRDO has floated a global tender for aircraft for mounting the home-grown radar so it is not put on hold by the new government, an IAF source said. But since the AWACS radar exists only on the drawing board, completion of the programme by 2020 is unlikely to be achieved, given DRDO's history with high-technology projects.
The IAF has an urgent requirement for 10 additional AWACS aircraft and does not want to wait for indigenous development...
...Action is also in hand to procure two more of such systems. However, unconfirmed reports in the media indicate that the deal has run into some rough weather due to sharp cost escalation. The IAF is hopeful that the issue will be resolved soon enough.
The AWACS fleet has enhanced the capability of the IAF to track movement of aircraft operating at even ultra low levels deep inside enemy territory as well as direct own combat aircraft employed in the air defence role. Operating in a net-centric environment, the fleet of AWACS aircraft of the IAF provides enhanced situational awareness for all elements and the capability to project aerospace power effectively. In the assessment of the IAF, in the long term, the service needs a total of 15 AWACS platforms including the five already under induction, to provide round the clock surveillance of the complete land borders with the two not-so-friendly neighbours...
http://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=1460
Force Multipliers for Indian Air Force
By Gp Capt Joseph Noronha
Various devices or techniques to enhance or intensify military force have existed perhaps from the earliest period of human conflict but the term "force multipliers" has become popular in military circles only in the last few decades. According to Wikipedia, "Force multiplication, refers to an attribute or a combination of attributes which make a given force more effective than that same force would be without it." Hence a force multiplier is anything that substantially enhances the combat potential, impact and effectiveness of a given force. The commonly accepted force multipliers in the domain of air power include Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA), Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), stealth capability and military satellites...
...The proposed deal to acquire 36 Dassault Rafale jets off-the-shelf will hopefully bring these frontline fighters within two or three years and shore up the IAF's rapidly dwindling combat fleet. But this is merely a stopgap measure that will still leave a large deficit. Clearly, the IAF will be forced to make do with fewer combat aircraft for many years. And the best way to get the most out of what it has may be to acquire "force multipliers" in adequate numbers...
...Awesome AWACS
In any contest to determine the most potent force multiplier, the AWACS would win hands down. It is a technology-packed aircraft that has radar, sensors and secure communications all rolled into one. Flying in the relative safety of friendly territory it can scan a vast volume of enemy airspace both for offensive and defensive operations. As the strike aircraft navigate towards their target the AWACS can provide target information and guidance to the strike pilots and target tracking to the weaponry. At the same time it can keep track of enemy aircraft that threaten to attack the strike force or friendly bases, right from the moment they get airborne and orchestrate the reaction of the defensive forces. It can thus function practically as an Air Defence Direction Centre (ADDC) and provide true area defence. Any nation that has this most coveted force multiplier will logically deploy it in every major military campaign.
The IAF too has enjoyed AWACS capability for over six years and it has swiftly become a mandatory component of air exercises and operations. It was on May 28, 2009, that the service inducted the first of three AWACS, consisting of the Israel Aerospace Industries' Phalcon system built around the ELTA ELW-2090 AESA radar mounted on a Russian IL-76 A-50 four-engine jet. The third AWACS was received in 2011. The Phalcon is an exceedingly capable system with an electronically steered phased
Although the procurement of two more AWACS was cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in February 2014, the contract is yet to be finalised...
...Airborne Forever? Flight Refuelling Aircraft
Flight Refuelling Aircraft are another powerful means to enhance the capability of a combat fleet. The FRA enable strike aircraft to take off with limited fuel with full weapon load and then be refuelled one or more times en route to the target. This can extend their radius of action to a remarkable degree.
An added advantage is that the precious strike squadrons can be based deep inside the country where they are far less vulnerable to strike by enemy aircraft than if located at an airfield close to the border.
The IAF acquired a batch of six four-engine IL-78MKI FRA from Uzbekistan in 2003 to equip the 78 Squadron based at Agra. The IL-78MKI has a total fuel capacity of about 110 tonnes and can refuel six to eight aircraft per mission. Within a short period, its force multiplier
capability was proved and its potential for out-of-area contingencies and operations against China was appreciated. The IAF decided that all future aircraft must compulsorily have flight refuelling equipment installed and initiated plans to induct more tanker aircraft.
However, as with so many other vital defence acquisitions, what should have been a straightforward proposal, has seen many twists and turns. For over two years, an approved deal for six Airbus twin-engine A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft has been meandering through "final negotiations". The extremely versatile MRTT, a military derivative of the A330-200 airliner, carries 111 tonnes of fuel and 45 tonnes of non-fuel payload. Its cabin can also be modified to carry up to 380 passengers. It is a generation ahead of the IL-78 in technology and has far lower lifecycle costs. An enhanced version, likely to be supplied to customers from 2017 onwards, has more advanced avionics, a higher maximum takeoff weight, improved aerodynamics, reduced fuel consumption and other enhancements...
http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/force-multipliers-for-indian-air-force/
CCS clears acquisition of two more AWACS
New Delhi Mar 01, 2016
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Tuesday cleared a proposal to acquire two more Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) at the cost of 7,500 crore under a tripartite contract with Israel and Russia.
The Indian Air Force already had three such platforms, which give an ability to see deep inside enemy territory. All three AWACS, comprise Israeli-made radars mounted on Russian heavy transport planes IL-76.
The CCS chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also approved a proposal for induction of the fourth regiment of supersonic cruise missile Brahmos and two more of Pinaka rocket launchers in the army.
http://wap.business-standard.com/ar...isition-of-two-more-awacs-116030100750_1.html
lca-fan Major SENIOR MEMBER
Thanks to Russia, AWACS deal stall and hit the Indian Air Force
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 By: TNN Source Link: CLICK HERE
Such airborne surveillance systems play a critical role in modern-day warfare because they can detect incoming fighters, drones and cruise missiles.
IAF currently has only three AWACS, with Israeli Phalcon radar systems mounted on Russian IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft.
If airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) are considered "eyes in the sky", India is battling debilitating cataract in this military arena. Even as China and Pakistan induct more such force-multipliers, the IAF is faced with a double whammy due to a deadlocked deal with Israel and Russia as well as painfully slow progress in indigenous efforts.
IAF currently has only three AWACS, with Israeli Phalcon radar systems mounted on Russian IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft, which were inducted in 2009-2011 under a $1.1 billion deal inked in 2004.
The force also inducted an indigenous AEW&C (airborne early-warning and control system) christened "Netra" in February this year, about seven years behind schedule. Moreover, while Netra has a normal radar range of just 250-km with 240-degree coverage, AWACS like the Phalcon have an over 400-km range with 360-degree coverage.
Such airborne surveillance systems play a critical role in modern-day warfare because they can detect incoming fighters, drones and cruise missiles much before ground based radars as well as direct air defence fighters during combat operations with enemy jets.
So, it's no wonder both Pakistan and China have made them a top military priority. Pakistan now has seven such platforms, with the Chinese Karakoram Eagle ZDK-03 AWACS being the latest inductions.
"They are on course to get three more. China, in turn, has well over 20 AWACS, including the latest KJ-500s," said a source.
India, in contrast, continues to flounder. The case for two more "follow-on" Phalcon AWACS, in the tripartite deal with Russia and Israel, remains stuck due to sharp cost escalation, as was earlier reported by TOI.
Sources say the government is ready to pay only about $800 million for the two AWACS, and not the $1.3 billion being demanded by the original equipment manufacturers.
"Russia has majorly jacked up the prices for the IL-76s, which is unacceptable to the government," said a source.
On the indigenous front, the two aircraft under the AWACS-India project will be ready only by 2024-2025 at the earliest. Though the defence ministry approved the Rs 5,113 crore project in March 2015, under which 360-degree coverage indigenous AESA (active electronically scanned array) radars are to be mounted on Airbus A-330 wide-body jets, the contract is yet to be inked.
Sources say it will take 80 months to operationalise the two AWACS once the contract is inked sometime next year. Six more AWACS are likely to be ordered once the project takes concrete shape, with structural and electrical changes to the A-330 aircraft to fit the radar domes on the top.
The AWACS-India project, with 80:20 cost sharing between IAF and DRDO, is far more ambitious than the Rs 2,425 crore project for the three Netra aircraft. Under it, indigenous 240-degree coverage radars have been fitted on three smaller Brazilian Embraer-145 jets. The first Netra is now undergoing operational test-runs at the Bhatinda airbase after initial operational clearance, while the second is awaiting final operational clearance. The third will be retained by the DRDO for R&D work.
The Embraer deal, of course, is also engulfed in a kickbacks scandal after allegations surfaced last year that the Brazilian aviation major had allegedly hired a UK-based agent and paid commissions to swing the $208 million deal with India in 2008, as was then reported by TOI.
http://www.defencenews.in/article/T...eal-stall-and-hit-the-Indian-Air-Force-383895
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lca-fan said: ↑
600 Million $ more these Assholes Asking for Almost double Price That's Pure Robbery They Know It Project of National importance they are Behaving Like Loan Sharks And Mobsters of Bratva
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Its a mistake of IAF & MOD also. They always had a requirement of six such aircraft but instead of making one single order, they decided to split it creating this situation,
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What Was this contract Inked For Than
India quietly signed two contracts worth $1.4bn with Israel Aerospace Industries for the purchase of two additional Phalcon/IL-76 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) valued at $1 billion and 10 Heron TP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) during the recent visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivil to India.
http://www.aircosmosinternational.com/india-signs-1-4bn-contracts-with-israel-86019
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This is an old incident. Done some months back if I remember correctly.
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i have a query kindly reply
plane mentioned are embrayer and russian IL then how does its going to indigenous
i mean from which perspective we may call it our achievement
kindly tell
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CABS radar in Embrayer is ours.
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Russia's A-100 AWACS makes maiden flight
Russia has flown its first prototype A-100 Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft based on the upgraded Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A (Il-476) airframe, it was announced on 20 November.
The A-100 Premier, as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation named it, made its maiden flight out of the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex (TANTK), located near the Sea of Azov in the far west of the country. According to the MoD, all of the aircraft's systems, including those associated with the rotating dorsal rotodome, were checked-out during the flight ahead of further trials.
This first flight milestone came three years after Russia's TASS news agency announced that the first Il-76MD-90A airframe had arrived at the TANTK facility for conversion into the A-100 AWACS configuration in 2014, and six years after plans to do so were first disclosed in 2011.
While few details pertaining to the A-100 have been released, it has been revealed that it will be built around an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, as opposed to the mechanically scanned radar of the current A-50 (NATO reporting name 'Mainstay') that it is intended to eventually replace. Jane's has previously reported that this new AESA will probably be the JSC REC 'Vega' Premier radar that is scanned mechanically in azimuth and electronically in elevation. State media said that this radar can detect airborne targets out to 600 km, and ships out to 400 km.
While the AESA radar will provide a dramatic improvement in the platform's ability to detect and track both airborne and land-based targets, as well as making for a more reliable and easier to maintain solution, the move to the Il-76MD-90A airframe will bestow advantages from the new avionics (reduced crew workload), and improved fuel efficiency (cheaper to operate, and with increased time on station).
http://www.janes.com/article/75812/russia-s-a-100-awacs-makes-maiden-flight
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Next-Gen A-330 AWACS to have mid-air refuelling capability
Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 02.56 PM IST
AWACS have a 240 degree scanning capability, which means it scans the area on both sides, but not in the front or back.
NEW DELHI: The next-generation airborne early warning and control system (AWACS), with a 360-degree scan being developed by the DRDO, would also double up as an air-to-air refueller following a request by the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to a top DRDOofficial.
The IAF, which is bearing around 80 per cent of the project's cost, had asked Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) to equip Airbus A330 wide-bodied AWACS aircraft with refuelling capability.
"Negotiations with Airbus had been completed on the basis of the in-principal approval given by the government and an RFP (request for proposal) that was floated. We will be buying six aircraft, and may buy two more under the option clause later," S. Christopher, DRDO chief, told IANS.
The Airbus A-330, a medium to long-range wide-body twin-engined jet, which emerged as the single bidder for the tender floated by India, is likely to be the platform for the next generation AWACS systems, which will double up as mid-air refuellers.
"Adding this refuelling capacity will give a multi-functional role to the platform. It will also be economic as the cost will be around 36 per cent lower," Christopher said.
As the proposal was put to the air force, it asked DRDO if it was possible to include air-to-air refuelling. "The AWACS fly with buddy aircraft to protect it, which can also be fuelled by the same aircraft," he said.
Since the Airbus A-330 had already an in-principal approval for the AWACS system, the DRDO did not want to go through the process again which may have resulted in cost escalation of the platform.
The DRDO official said a "tech scan" of the platform was carried out, and it was found that the Airbus A-330 could be used for both purposes. The committee undertaking the tech scan had a member from the DRDO, apart from the IAF and the defence ministry.
The IAF at present has two AWACS systems -- the Israeli Phalcon AWACS on the Russian IL-76 and an indigenous system mounted on a Brazilian Embraer-145 that was handed over to IAF by DRDO at the Aero India 2017. Two more Embraer aircraft are being fitted with the system.
The IAF at present operates six IL-78 planes for air-to-air refuelling and has a requirement for more. Incidentally, in 2016, India had scrapped a deal for acquisition of six Airbus A-330 mid-air refuelling aircraft.
The indigenous AWACS have a 240 degree scanning capability, which means it scans the area on both sides, but not in the front or back.
The new system being developed by DRDO would have AESA (active electronically scanned array) radars with 360 degree capability, which can detect incoming aerial threats like hostile fighters, drones and cruise missiles from 400-km away. India will be only the second country in the world after Israel to develop such a system.
The new system is scheduled to be ready in seven years.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...efuelling-capability/articleshow/61862710.cms
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Sancho said: ↑
kinda solves both tanker and AWACS purposes?
The DRDO official said a "tech scan" of the platform was carried out, and it was found that the Airbus A-330 could be used for both purposes.
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PHOTOS: IAF Phalcon AWACS At Exercise Live Wire
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DRDO AEW&CS Comparison With Contemporary Beam AEW Systems
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Assessing China's airborne early warning and control systems
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The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center and the California Department of Transportation have recently developed design guidelines for computing foundation demands during lateral spreading using equivalent static analysis (ESA) procedures. In this study, ESA procedures are applied to two parallel bridges that were damaged during the 2010 M 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake in Baja California, Mexico. The bridges are both located approximately 15 km from the surface rupture of the fault on soft alluvial soil site conditions. Estimated median ground motions in the area in the absence of liquefaction triggering are peak ground accelerations = 0.27g and peak ground velocity = 38 cm/sec (RotD50 components). The bridges are structurally similar and both are supported on deep foundations, yet they performed differently during the earthquake. A span of the pile-supported railroad bridge collapsed, whereas the drilled-shaft-supported highway bridge suffered only moderate damage and remained in service following the earthquake. The ESA procedures applied to the structures using a consistent and repeatable framework for developing input parameters captured both the collapse of the railroad bridge and the performance of the highway bridge. Discussion is provided on selection of the geotechnical and structural modeling parameters as well as combining inertial demands with kinematic demands from lateral spreading.
This report is part of Ben's work on his doctoral dissertation. You can download the report by clicking on the linked citation below.
Turner, B., Brandenberg, S.J. and Stewart, J.P. (2014). "Evaluation of Collapse and Non-Collapse of Parallel Bridges Affected by Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading", PEER Report 2014/10, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkley, August, 2014, 94pp.
We have added a link to the NCHRP Report No. 697 Design Guidelines for Increasing Lateral Resistance of Bridge Pile Foundations. This report was published in 2011 and authored by Kyle Rollins, Pd.D., P.E. of Brigham Young University and our own Dan Brown. Dr. Rollins is a Professor in Geotechnical Engineering specializing in earthquake engineering and soil improvement.
NCHRP Report 697: Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway- Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils presents design guidance for strengthening of soils to resist lateral forces on bridge pile foundations. Lateral loads may be produced by wave action, wind, seismic events, ship impact, or traffic. Strengthening of soil surrounding the upper portions of piles and pile groups—for example by compaction, replacement of native soil with granular material, or mixing of cement with soil—may be more cost-effective than driving additional piles and extending pile caps as ways to increase the bridge foundation's capacity to resist lateral forces associated with these loads. This report presents computational methods for assessing soil-strengthening options using finite-element analysis of single piles and pile groups and a simplified approach employing commercially available software. The Additional resources and design guidelines will be helpful to designers responsible for bridge foundations likely to be exposed to significant lateral loads.
Be sure to browse all of the nifty reports and projects in geotechnical and foundation engineering at TRB here.
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Early this year, NCHRP released a synthesis report on geotechnical practices related to design-build projects. I have had writing a blog post on this on my "to do" list for a few months and finally got down the list!
NCHRP Synthesis 429 – Geotechnical Information Practices in Design-Build Projects is a report on the current practices of allocating and managing geotechnical risk through the use (or lack of!) geotechnical information in transportation project bid documents. Even though design-build as a delivery process for projects has been around for a while now, the allocation of risk due to subsurface conditions is an issue still treated with a variety of approaches.
Because geotechnical investigation and design is usually the first design package that must be completed and geotechnical uncertainty is usually high at the time of DB contract award, the design-builder's geotechnical designers are under pressure to complete their work and enable foundation and other subsurface construction to commence. Successfully managing the geotechnical risk in a DB project is imperative to achieving the requisite level of quality in the finished product. The purpose of this synthesis is to benchmark the state of the practice regarding the use of geotechnical information in DB solicitation documents and contracts. The high level federal encouragement through EDC for state DOTs to accelerate project delivery by using DB elevates the need to manage geotechnical risk while expediting geotechnical design to a critical project success factor, and makes the results of this synthesis both timely and valuable.
As is the case with NCHRP synthesis reports, the authors conducted a literature review, conducted a survey of state DOTs and other agencies, and developed some conclusions that include effective practices for managing geotechnical risk.
The synthesis was based on a comprehensive literature review; a survey of U.S. DOTs, which received responses from 42 states (response rate = 84%); a content analysis of DB solicitation documents from 26 states; a content analysis of DB policy documents/guidelines from 12 state DOTs and 5 federal agencies; and interviews of 11 DB contractors whose markets encompass more than 30 states. The synthesis also furnishes three legal case studies (Colorado, Illinois, and Virginia) on cogent geotechnical issues and four geotechnical engineering case studies (Hawaii, Minnesota, Missouri, and Montana) that illustrate the methods transportation agencies use to deal with geotechnical issues on DB projects. Conclusions were drawn from the intersection of independent sources of information from the survey, case studies, and literature.
Some of the effective practices highlighted include the use of confidential Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC) during pre-bid, explicit differing site conditions (DSC) clauses that clearly quantify the design-build team's risk and the threshold above which the DOT assumes the risk, the use of qualified personnel, and timely review schedules for geotechnical design items early in the project.
Our (DBA) experience in design-build has seen the range from effective practices to poor practices. This report provides a great summary of many of the effective practices we have found to be beneficial and that help reduce conflicts and delays. We can't completely eliminate geotechnical risk, but it can be effectively and equitably managed.
Click on the link below to get a copy from NCHRP.
In the course of digging throughout the internet for data and information for a couple of projects using one of the best wifi routers, I came across some (relatively) recent research reports geared toward improving design of driven piles based on field testing. A report from The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is focused on improving pile design through increased resistance factors and nominal bearing values. A project by the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University focuses on developing LRFD design procedures for steel piles in Iowa. It was published in two volumes, with Volume I covering the development of LRFD calibrations and a load test database, and Volume II covering field load tests performed for the project.
I have not had time to dig into them yet, so I just offer the links and abstracts to pique your curiosity. Perhaps you may find something interesting in them, or maybe something applicable to a project. There is a lot of research going on out there for TRB and NHI, so I figure sharing interesting tidbits helps get things circulated.
Click on the name of each of the research centers above to find out what other things they are doing, available reports, etc.
Dynamic pile testing and one static load test was performed in accordance with ICT project R27-69, "Improved Design for Driven Piles Based on a Pile Load Test Program in Illinois." The objectives of this project are to (1) increase the maximum nominal required bearing that designers can specify to reduce the number and/or weight of piles, (2) decrease the difference between estimated and driven pile lengths to reduce cutoffs and splice lengths by development of local bias factors for predictive methods used in design, (3) increase reliance of pile setup to increase the factored resistance available to designers, (4) reduce the risk of pile driving damage during construction, and (5) increase the resistance factor (decrease in factor of safety) based on increased data and confidence from load tests in and near Illinois. Project deliverables can be categorized as (1) better prediction methods for stresses during driving, (2) better prediction methods for pile capacities using resistance factors for driven piling based on local calibrations that consider the effects of pile setups, and (3) collections of static and dynamic load test data focused on Illinois soils and geology.
For well over 100 years, the Working Stress Design (WSD) approach has been the traditional basis for geotechnical design with regard to settlements or failure conditions. However, considerable effort has been put forth over the past couple of decades in relation to the adoption of the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) approach into geotechnical design. With the goal of producing engineered designs with consistent levels of reliability, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a policy memorandum on June 28, 2000, requiring all new bridges initiated after October 1, 2007, to be designed according to the LRFD approach. Likewise, regionally calibrated LRFD resistance factors were permitted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to improve the economy of bridge foundation elements. Thus, projects TR-573, TR-583 and TR-584 were undertaken by a research team at Iowa State University's Bridge Engineering Center with the goal of developing resistance factors for pile design using available pile static load test data. To accomplish this goal, the available data were first analyzed for reliability and then placed in a newly designed relational database management system termed PIle LOad Tests (PILOT), to which this first volume of the final report for project TR-573 is dedicated. PILOT is an amalgamated, electronic source of information consisting of both static and dynamic data for pile load tests conducted in the State of Iowa. The database, which includes historical data on pile load tests dating back to 1966, is intended for use in the establishment of LRFD resistance factors for design and construction control of driven pile foundations in Iowa. Although a considerable amount of geotechnical and pile load test data is available in literature as well as in various State Department of Transportation files, PILOT is one of the first regional databases to be exclusively used in the development of LRFD resistance factors for the design and construction control of driven pile foundations. Currently providing an electronically organized assimilation of geotechnical and pile load test data for 274 piles of various types (e.g., steel H-shaped, timber, pipe, Monotube, and concrete), PILOT (http://srg.cce.iastate.edu/lrfd/) is on par with such familiar national databases used in the calibration of LRFD resistance factors for pile foundations as the FHWA's Deep Foundation Load Test Database. By narrowing geographical boundaries while maintaining a high number of pile load tests, PILOT exemplifies a model for effective regional LRFD calibration procedures.
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Ruins Of Kadath Found In Antarctica?
nt said it will seek to block the airing of a video found by Navy rescuers in Antarctica that purportedly reveals that a massive archaeological dig is underway two miles (3,200 meters) beneath the ice." "The AtlantisTV production crew that shot the video is still missing."
"Attorneys for the Beverly Hills-based AtlantisTV stressed that the company's primary concern is for the safety and welfare of the crew. But they stated they will 'vigorously oppose' any attempts to 'censor material that is clearly in the public interest and public domain.' The icy continent of Antarctica, they point out, belongs to no nation. The U.S. has no jurisdiction there."
"'That video is the property of AtlantisTV,' said a company spokesman, 'We shot it. It's ours. And as soon as it is rightfully restored to us, we're going to air it. End of story.'"
"Two Navy officers who saw the tape described its contents to National Science Foundation (NSF) researchers upon their return to the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole, according to sources at McMurdo Station, the main American base in Antarctica."
"'They said it showed spectacular ruins and other things they couldn't go into,' an NSF scientist reported. 'We chalked it up to some kind of subzero-induced delusion until a chopper (helicopter--J.T.) full of Navy SEALs landed and picked them up and took off. Now, we're scratching our heads.'"
"Officials of the U.S. Naval Support Task Force, Antarctica deny the story or the possession of any video shot by the missing AtlantisTV crew." Science fiction author Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) claimed in several stories that a prehistoric city existed in Antarctica called "Kadath of the Cold Waste."
Lovecraft described its "discovery" in his novel At the Mountains of Madness, written between January and March 1931. Incredibly, one of his passages is a precise description of a scene in the AtlantisTV video.
Lovecraft wrote, "But the salient object of the place was the titanic stone ramp, which, eluding the archways by a sharp turn outward into the open floor, wound spirally up the stupendous cylindrical wall like an inside counterpart of those once climbing outside the monstrous towers or ziggurats of ancient Babylon...The thing was excellently preserved up to the present top of the tower-- a highly remarkable circumstance in view of its exposure-- and its shelter had done much to protect the bizarre and disturbing cosmic sculptures on the walls."
"As we stepped out into the awesome half-daylight of this monstrous cylinder-bottom--fifty million years old, and without doubt the most primally ancient structure ever to meet our eyes--we saw that the ramp-traversed sides stretched dizzily up to a height of fully sixty feet (18 meters)."
"According to the sculptures, the original tower had stood in the centre of an immense circular plaza; and had been perhaps 500 or 600 feet (150 to 180 meters) high, with tiers of horizontal discs near the top and a row of needle-like spires along the upper rim."
"News of the video, which Navy sources said they found in an abandoned supply dump 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Vokstok Station, came on the heels of U.S. attempts to strike passages from Raising Atlantis, the upcoming novel by Thomas Greanias that is the basis for AtlantisTV's popular online Atlantis Mapping Project channel."
"Federal officials agreed to allow an uncensored version of Raising Atlantis to go on sale in April (2003) at Amazon.com as an e-book. But they won court approval to 'block certain portions that might compromise national security' from the hardcover edition due in bookstores at year's end."
"The novel focuses on a secret US. military expedition that discovers ancient ruins two miles beneath the ice in Antarctica. Recent events in Antarctica have raised questions about whether the story is fiction or a novelization of actual events" during the years 2000 and 2001.
"Sources say the current federal review is focusing on the novel's depiction of "Federal Emergency Plan D," which officially doesn't exist, although parts of the plan have become public in the wake of the September 11 (2001) terrorist attacks on America and calls for the activation of a 'shadow government' to operate in secret hideouts outside the national capital" of Washington, D.C. "to ensure the survival of the United States of America and the continuity of government in the event of a global catastrophe or nuclear Armageddon."
"'It's the specifics of Stage Two and Stage Three (of the COG Plan) detailed in Raising Atlantis that concern federal officials,'" an AtlantisTV spokesman said.
I didn't even know about Stage One and the shadow government until 9-11, let alone Stage Two or Stage Three,' said one CIA source on condition of anonymity."
(See the Atlantis Mapping Project news release for November 17, 2002, "U.S. discovers 'spectacular ruins' in Antarctica captured on video." Also The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi, Dell Publishing, New York, N.Y., 1997, pages 302 and 303. Merci beaucoup a Robert Fischer pour ces nouvelles.)
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