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Aerojet Rocketdyne Gets Back on Track
Forecast International
After a difficult few years, Aerojet Rocketdyne is getting back on track. With its backlog steadily improving, the company has addressed its sales and past difficulties.
In order to keep its momentum, the company has initiated the next phase of what it calls its Competitive Improvement Program (CIP). This latest effort is a follow-up to an earlier CIP, which began in 2015. As with the company's earlier effort, the current consolidation aims to optimize operations around its key markets of Defense and Space, producing $230 million in annual savings.
Key to this effort will be a footprint reduction as sites Sacramento and Vernon, California, and Gainesville, Virginia, will be consolidated. Meanwhile, operations in Huntsville, Alabama, will be expanded with a new facility focused in part on AR1 engine production, which is competing against Blue Origin's BE-4 rocket engine to power United Launch Alliance's (ULA's) new Vulcan launch vehicle.
Consolidating operations to Huntsville will help Aerojet in other ways as well. Final assembly of ULA's Atlas V and Delta IV occurs in nearby Decatur. Aerojet already has a strong presence in the region. Expanding operations so close to ULA could provide a major advantage when the company tries to do business with the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is also nearby. That could give Aerojet an advantage when it bids for government work. It also could mean that there is a steady supply of experienced workers for Aerojet to tap into.
This latest effort is no doubt a countermove following Aerojet's failed 2015 bid to acquire ULA, which is owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The $2 billion offer was rejected in short order by the partners. For a while now, Aerojet has been trying to gain access to ULA data, which would enable the company to put its developmental AR1 engine on the Atlas V as a new option under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The move would have also shut out rival Blue Origin, which is developing an engine reportedly favored by ULA (though ULA has stated that the AR1 is still in contention).
This push to gain additional applications has been prompted by the conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent economic sanctions enacted against Russia. As a result, Aerojet Rocketdyne is pushing its AR1 as the only direct replacement for the embargoed Russian-built RD-180 engine, which is used on the Atlas V, and the RD-181 engine, which is used on Antares launch vehicles. The company received a boost of confidence in the program in early 2016, when it was awarded a contract worth up to $534 million over five years by the U.S. Air Force to certify and start delivering flight-ready AR1 engines in 2019.
While the AR1 is currently one of Aerojet Rocketdyne's most public programs, the firm's foundation is built on its position as a key supplier of military rocket and missile propulsion systems. Global instability is increasingly becoming the new normal and, as such, launch and missile systems should remain a funding priority. In addition, NASA's current program priorities, such as the Space Launch System and Orion, should also benefit the firm.
Thanks to this long view of the market, Aerojet Rocketdyne should be well positioned to capitalize on opportunities in space and missile propulsion as they arise in the years ahead.
Companies & Organizations: Aerojet | Lockheed Martin Corporation | The Boeing Company
Space platform / launcher propulsion | Space vehicle launcher
Russian Federation | Ukraine | United States of America
Sources of Information: Forecast International


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Gone - Poems
Gone - Poems ( )
Author: Howe, Fanny
Series title: New California Poetry Ser.
Publication Date: Apr 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Book Format: Hardback
List Price: USD $85.00
This collection of new poems by one of the most respected poets in the United States uses motifs of advance and recovery, doubt and conviction--in an emotional relation to the known world. Heralded as "one of our most vital, unclassifiable writers" by the Voice Literary Supplement, Fanny Howe has published more than twenty books and is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Poetry from the Commonwealth Club of California. In addition, her Selected Poems received the...
This collection of new poems by one of the most respected poets in the United States uses motifs of advance and recovery, doubt and conviction--in an emotional relation to the known world. Heralded as "one of our most vital, unclassifiable writers" by the Voice Literary Supplement, Fanny Howe has published more than twenty books and is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Poetry from the Commonwealth Club of California. In addition, her Selected Poems received the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the Most Outstanding Book of Poetry Published in 2000 from the Academy of American Poets.
The poems in Gone describe the transit of a psyche, driven by uncertainty and by love, through various stations and experiences. This volume of short poems and one lyrical essay, all written in the last five years, is broken into five parts; and the longest of these, "The Passion," consecrates the contradictions between these two emotions. The New York Times Book Review said, "Howe has made a long-term project of trying to determine how we fit into God's world, and her aim is both true and marvelously free of sentimental piety." With Gone, readers will have the opportunity to experience firsthand Howe's continuation of that elusive and fascinating endeavor.
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
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Services must include independent living core services, which include information and referral services, training in independent living skills, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy, and as appropriate, a combination of any other independent living services specified in Title II of the Rehabilitation Act.
Each center must have a governing board composed of a majority of persons with significant disabilities.
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Awards were made under approval of the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the Assistant Secretary of OSERS, based on the findings of Federal and nonfederal reviews of applications to ensure the applicants satisfactorily demonstrate that they will meet the standards and assurances described in Section 725 (b) and (c) the Rehabilitation Act.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Title VII, Chapter 1, Part C; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)., Public Law 111-5.
These projects may be continued under CFDA 84.132 based on a self-evaluation report, and accomplishments as described in the Center's self-evaluation and annual report requirements under Section 725 (c)(8) of the Act, submittal of a continuation application, and the availability of funds. Renewals are available through the regular continuation application process and are subject to the availability of funds under the regular program appropriation (see CFDA program 84.132).
This program has no statutory formula. Matching Requirements: Section 721 of the Rehabilitation Act provides a population-based formula for the allocation of program funds among States. These funds are then awarded through competitive grants to non-profit organizations in the State. This program does not have MOE requirements.
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Enter ChevronWP7 a "unlocking tool" for your Windows Phone. Here is how the app is described by it's makers.
The ChevronWP7 Labs site and service was designed to allow hobbyist developers to install, run, and debug unsigned applications on their personal Windows Phone….users will have the ability to purchase and manage what we're calling "unlock tokens". One token equals one unique Windows Phone device registration. (You get unlimited re-registrations of that device should the need arise.) Tokens will cost $9.00 USD and be sold via PayPal.
No magic spells. No exploits. Your phone's warranty and support lifelines will remain intact.
We know that our work is sometimes misinterpreted as promoting "jailbreaking" activities. This is not the case. Our goal is to help bright people do awesome things without infringing upon the developer community with apps in the Marketplace. In fact, we had many conversations with Microsoft to make sure we do this the right way. It may be the long way around, but we feel this approach is ethical, the best way to ensure that the program stays alive and hobbyists like us get more access to cool toys.
I have reported on this app before but now they are "a few weeks away from launch. " Nine dollars is kinda step for an app but having some unlocking a phone is not cheap to start with. Add in the fact that it doesn't void your warranty and you have a winner!
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On December 30, 2015 Ural Locomotives Railway Manufacturing Plant (located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk Oblast) received the Russian Railway Equipment Registry's Type-Approval Certificate confirming that Class ES2G 'Lastochka' EMU is ready for operation.
The Certificate allows Ural Locomotives to start delivering the EMUs to Russian Railways. Under the contract for the supply of 1,200 cars of Lastochka Electric Multiple Unit through 2020 – signed in 2011 between Russian Railways, Sinara Group and Siemens AG – the first trains will be delivered to the customer in March 2015.
So far, the UL-manufactured Lastochka is the first Russian-built EMU equipped with asynchronous traction motors to receive the certificate. Lastochka is the new-generation lightweight electric multiple unit train capable of reaching the speed of up to 160 km/h and complying with all the applicable modern-day regulatory requirements regarding passenger safety and comfort. The EMU boasts high efficiency in passenger capacity and was designed for both intercity and commuter rail applications.
It will be recalled that the Certificate confirming Class ES2G EMU testing results being in compliance with the established design assignment was signed on December 15, 2014 at the meeting of a multi-authority committee chaired by RZD Vice President Mr. Valentin Gapanovich.


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One of the most versatile frugal kitchen staples you should have is a supply of tortilla shells. You can use tortillas to make a breakfast burrito, tacos for lunch, and for making pizza for dinner. Another way to be frugal with kitchen staples is to buy certain foods in bulk.
I feel like each family's pantry stockpile list will look a bit different due to eating styles and habits, here's a list of some of the most basic ingredients found on frugalitygal.com here….


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Sir Peter Kenilorea KBE  (22 May 1944 – 24 February 2016) was a Solomon Islander politician, officially styled The Rt Hon. Sir Peter Kenilorea as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Solomon Islands, from 1978–1981, and also served a second term from 1984–1986.

Biography
Kenilorea was born in Takataka village on Malaita island, of ꞌAreꞌare ethnicity. He was trained as a teacher for the South Seas Evangelical Church and a co-founder of the Solomon Islands Christian Association. As a young man he helped to found the Solomon Islands United Party.

In the 1973 general elections he ran in the ꞌAreꞌare constituency, losing to David Kausimae. By the time of the 1976 elections the constituency was split and Kenilorea was elected to Parliament in the East ꞌAreꞌare constituency. He became Chief Minister of the Solomon Islands in the same year and led the country to independence from Britain in 1978. He then served as the first Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands until 1981, and again from 1984 to 1986. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1989 and from 1990 to 1993.

Following fighting between the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement, Kenilorea was, along with Paul Tovua, co-chairman of the peace talks, and he became Chairman of the eight-member Peace Monitoring Council, which was created in August 2000. In the Seventh Parliament, which sat from 2001 to 2005, he was Speaker of Parliament.

He was a candidate for the post of Governor-General in mid-June 2004, but he received only 8 of 41 votes in Parliament, placing second behind Nathaniel Waena, who received 27 votes. Following the 2006 general election, he was re-elected as Speaker of Parliament without opposition in April 2006. He held the position until 2010.

He subsequently sought to return to Parliament, and was an unsuccessful candidate in a by-election in East ꞌAreꞌare in August 2012. He died on 24 February 2016 of natural causes. Kenilorea's son Peter Kenilorea Jr. was elected a member of parliament in April 2019.

References

External links
Sir Peter's detailed biography and chronology on the website of the Solomon Star newspaper
"Realising political stability". Transcript of Sir Peter Kenilorea's opening address at a conference on "Political Parties and Integrity Reform",  Honiara, August 30, 2008

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2016 deaths
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New MAS Adoption Center
Published August 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM EDT
Louisville Metro Government officials say construction of a new Metro Animal Services adoption center is on track to be completed by the end of the year.The $2.5-million facility is located off Newburg Road, near the Watterson Expressway. Director Gilles Meloche says the current center, built in the 1960s on Manslick Road, isn't as accessible and was not designed for adoptions."The facility, as mentioned, was only a facility to take animals, it's like nobody thought about what will be the outcome of the animals," says Meloche.
Mayor Jerry Abramson says the new location is more convenient for potential animal adopters, and the new building will better facilitate those adoptions."It'll be quieter, because they dog rooms have been designed in a way that animals aren't facing each other in their kennels, which today tends to make them bark a great deal," says Abramson. "It will be more spacious, it will be 10,000 square feet for pet rooms, for interview rooms, for offices and for a laundry."Abramson says the new building is also in a more accessible location for potential adopters, off Newburg Road near the Watterson Expressway. Construction on the new adoption center began in May.


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Yesterday I took a walk early in the day because the weather has been so hot in the later afternoons. I took the shortest route to the Seine -- via Avenue Emile Zola and then rue Linois -- and arrived at the bridge that goes to the west/south end of the Allée des Cygnes. The Allée is a long, narrow island in the middle of the Seine -- a nice place to walk because it is peaceful and quiet. At the end where I started, the Pont de Grenelle, is a Statue of Liberty just like the one in New York, only smaller. But it is big enough that I could not get a good picture of it there -- it is better to wait and take one from a boat or from the right or left bank.
On July 16, 1942, the French Police (under the Vichy government, who were French bureaucrats acting as Nazi puppets) rounded up 13,152 Jews. They were supposed to round up 28,000 -- I hope that means that someone had the wit and the heart to forewarn those whose names were on the list. Men and women who did not have children with them were sent directly to the Nazi death camps. The remaining 4,115 children, 2,916 women, and 1,129 men were put in the Velodrome d'Hiver where they were, over the next six days, gradually loaded into busses or trains and sent to their deaths. During the six days of sweltering summer heat, they were offered no amenities -- no toilets, nothing. What were all the other Parisians doing during that six days, I wonder?
The engraving beneath the sculpture by Walter Spitzer makes it very clear that the French government now accepts full responsibility for what happened. This was done in 1995 by the newly elected Chirac (I don't think Mitterand would have ever done this -- from my summer reading, I am gathering that he was quite an anti-semite). Chirac not only commissioned the sculpture and issued the statement of responsibility and enduring grief, but he also started a tradition: every year, in July, a ceremony commemorates the round-up of Vel d'Hiv.
The actual site of the Vel d'Hiv is now a block of modern apartment buildings. But as I walked down Blvd. de Grenelle toward home, I was startled to see that a tiny garden next to the sidewalk, a part of one of these buildings, has been turned into a memorial that more passers by will see. There is another engraved plaque on the wall, describing the atrocity that happened there in 1942, and people have been leaving flowers there ever since.
All of this was very moving. I got all choked up, and thought of my dad's older brother, Uncle George, who was among the Allies who went to France to beat the Nazis back. Uncle George was there for only a couple weeks in 1944 when he was killed, near the city of Nancy.
Later in the day, Tom and I walked together in the village called Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb just south of the Bois de Boulogne, and visited a park called Eduoard de Rothschild. This park is, I think, the grounds of a Rothschild house called Boulogne-Sur-Seine. The ruins of the house are still there, and it looks like the place is in terrible shape. But the grounds and gardens are wonderful.
I am hoping to be able to discover the location of the grandest Rothschild house, the Chateau de Ferrieres, which was given to the University of Paris in 1975. Wish me luck!
"The Republic of France, in homage to the victims of racist persecution and anti-semitism and crimes against humanity committed under the authority of the government of France, 1940-1944. We never forget." Sculpture by Walter Spitzer in the Place des Martyrs Juifs du Velodrome d'Hiver, near Bir Hakeim in the 15th arrondissement.
Rose garden in the Place des Martyrs Juifs du Velodrome d'Hiver.
Another, more informal, memorial to the martyred Jews of 1942, located more directly on the site of the Vel d'Hiv, next to a modern apartment building on the Blvd. de Grenelle.
Paddlewheel boat on the right bank, near the Allée des Cygnes.
The Allée des Cygnes, in the middle of the Seine.
Derelict house at the Parc de Eduoard Rothschild. It is fenced off so people cannot go into it, but vandals have already been there and done great damage. This house was probably confiscated and used by the Nazis during the occupation. The Rothschilds, who were Jewish, all had to flee. Most went to America to wait it out; some went to relatives' homes in England.
The gardens and grounds in the Parc are still lovely. This fern and wildflower garden has a spring-fed stream going through it. There was also a wonderful Japanese garden, lots of trees and trails, a lake -- and a even a place for training horses at one end of the park.


What stories would you like to see in the reboot? Not just villians ben could face but omnitrix glitches, places he could go, situations he could get in. Theres so much potential. Theres a bunch of places ben could of gone on his cross country road trip that we never got to see so what would you guys like to see?
@Omni-Triforcer I don't really see much potential that the Ben 10 remake can do. In regards to the story and the characters, there really is not much else they can do than what was already done in the Original Series. All I really see the most here are just new locations that Ben, Gwen, and Max can go to and that's really just it. It certainly doesn't help that the Original Series already covered most, if not all, of the major locations in the U.S. during the summer road trip. When you really think about it, there really isn't that much potential and opportunities that can be done here.


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In the first part of this series, I introduced the O-train and how it works as a transit line. The second part is how it got running, and how cost effective the project was.
Naturally, these projects are not directly comparable, but generally one should expect cheaper projects to get less riders, so that the ratios work out to be at least in the same order of magnitude. But the O-train is a bit of an out-lier, even compared to the initial segments of the Calgary C-Train, which is considered one of the most cost effective transit projects in North America (by attracting a lot of riders to the relatively low cost rail lines).
Several of the items appear pretty cheap, compared to other projects throughout North America – for example the reconstruction of one commuter rail station near Montreal cost 20$ million by itself. Consider the cost of the stations: less than 6$ million for 6 platforms, that's less than a million per platform. It certainly helps that the platforms are only 35m long, and built very simply with identical design, with an asphalt or concrete surface and bus-style shelters. Also, no parking.
The stations are pretty spartan.
These numbers are approximations. There's been inflation over the years, the capacities may not be exactly comparable (i.e. by removing seats, capacity can be increased, and standing capacity can be counted in different ways), just like the trains themselves (e.g. some trains are more powerful than others). Also, the cost of the vehicle depends on the size and kind of the acquisition contract.
The approach to vehicle acquisition was to buy the three trains for $17.1 million with a guaranteed buy-back of $13,537,500 after the two-year pilot phase for a net cost of $3.563 million.
Basically the trains were a lease for the two year pilot project, and had to be paid off when the project continued. This makes sense, given that the O-train started as a 2-year evaluation project, and it could've been discontinued after that. But it results in an unfair comparisons with other projects that use the full capital cost of the vehicles involved, and so that fact should be kept in mind.
It is still a pretty decent deal considering how small the order was, and how quickly the trains were delivered. Apparently they came so quick and affordable because they were surplus/option trains from a larger "BR 643"-order made for Deutsche Bahn (unfortunately I couldn't find a source for that original order, or what exactly the option/add-on deal looked like). Presumably this explains the similarity with the DB trains, and some of the German signs that exist on the train.
DB actually preferred a more powerful version of the train, the "BR 644", which uses a diesel-electric rather than a diesel-mechanical drive, which allows faster acceleration and mixes better with electric trains. Ironically, the diesel-electric version would be more appropriate for the O-train with its short interstation distances, Ottawa probably uses the diesel-mechanic Talents in its most rapid transit-like application.
The infrastructure was leased, just like the trains. The contract was with CP (Canadian Pacific Railway), who owned the infrastructure, as a public private partnership. CP provided the corridor, upgraded the infrastructure, built the stations, and provided the maintenance facility. The partnership also included Bombardier for trains, their maintenance and the signalling system. The lease included the provision to purchase the corridor for around 11$million at the end of the contract. There was also an option to extend the lease for two years – which the city exercised, and finally purchased the corridor in 2005 (at which point the city also paid half a million in deferred costs from the original design/build).
CP actually considered the corridor lease too low, so there was a clause in the contract for 'incentive payments': for every passenger above 5100 per day, CP was supposed to be paid 70 cents per passenger. By the end of 2005, 380K$ of those incentive payments had accumulated (it seems that CP waived about 200$K of those when the city purchased the line in 2005). This seems like another way in which the capital budget was kept a bit lower, possibly at the expense of future capital costs (or operating costs, depending on how the accounting is done). On the other hand, this may have also provided an actual incentive for CP to make the line attractive for users.
It is clear that the O-train was a cost effective project in terms of capital costs. But it may not be quite as cheap when deferred capital costs are considered. Once the total cost for the vehicles and and corridor are included in the capital cost estimation, the total cost is around 40$million, double the initial capital budget, but still pretty low.
It should be expected that the operating cost of the O-train are not very favorable compared to buses. There is a lot of infrastructure and vehicles that need to be maintained. The fact that this is such a short line, with relatively few riders per km compared to actual rapid transit lines, and a tiny vehicle fleet doesn't help, in terms of economies of scale. Plus, with three trains, two of which are always operating, at most two thirds of the fleet is operating. Such a high spare ratio should result in higher operating costs. Additionally, the project seems to have been designed with the desire to keep capital costs low, so costs may have shifted to the operations side.
It certainly helps that the ridership is pretty high given the scope and line length of the project. Nevertheless, the operating cost per passenger was higher than for buses during the initial years: during the first years, only about 30% of the cost was covered by ticket fares, compared to about 55% for the OC Transpo system as a whole.
Nevertheless there are cost-effectiveness measures on the operations side that are interesting and unique. For one, the O-train was the first federally regulated railway using single man operation (i.e. no conductors). Additionally, the drivers where actually taken out of the pool of OC Transpo bus drivers, instead of hired locomotive engineers. When the system started, 28 bus drivers completed the training to operate the O-train. This large reserve pool means that there is never a shortage of drivers, contributing to the service reliability of more than 99% (compared to 70% for the overall system). And when the drivers are not operating the O-train, they are still operating buses. This is an interesting approach not only to reduce the costs of reliably providing vehicle operators, it also addressed the concerns of the labor union, which saw the rail line as a threat to their members' livelihoods.
Overall it should be obvious that the O-train was a very low-cost project. For a rail project, especially one of this small scale, it seems to have been very cost-effective. However, the costs may not be quite as low as they appear at first sight – one has to be careful to not count the start-up costs for the evaluation project as the capital costs of the transit line. Other projects attempting to emulate the success of the O-train should be mindful of that.


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Updated: 9:51 AM EDT Mar 17, 2016
Tampa police officers fatally shot a man following a brief standoff at his home. Police spokesman Stephen Hegarty said in news release that officers responded to a domestic disturbance call early Thursday. Officers say the man was uncooperative and armed with a gun, which he pointed at them. Hegarty says officers talked to him for 45 minutes from outside the house. He later came out of the house with a gun tucked into a towel around his waist. Officers, using a shield, approached, telling the man to keep his hands visible. He fired once, hitting the shield. Officers returned fire, killing him. >>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidNo officers were injured. The woman is cooperating with police. The officers will be on administrative leave pending an investigation.Police haven't released the names of the man or officers.
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Tampa police officers fatally shot a man following a brief standoff at his home.
Police spokesman Stephen Hegarty said in news release that officers responded to a domestic disturbance call early Thursday. Officers say the man was uncooperative and armed with a gun, which he pointed at them.
Hegarty says officers talked to him for 45 minutes from outside the house.
He later came out of the house with a gun tucked into a towel around his waist. Officers, using a shield, approached, telling the man to keep his hands visible. He fired once, hitting the shield. Officers returned fire, killing him.
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No officers were injured. The woman is cooperating with police.
The officers will be on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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In the first of a 4 part series branch chairman Brian Richards takes a look back at the Aviation events of 1967 from January to March.
The first of a short series to mark the 50th anniversary of the branch yet, despite my efforts, I couldn't find too much information on January 1967 movements in our corner of England although on 25/1 Northolt had both USAF MAC Rescue HC-130H 65-0970 and Italian AF C-119G 46-80 visit, and around the turn of the month Beech 18 PH-UDH graced LTN and brand new Aztec F-BOEZ landed at LHR. Many UK airfields also witnessed demo flights by N3233Q, the first Cessna 401 in Europe. At Redhill new resident Alaparma Baldo 75 I-DONP was behind many enthusiasts – including me –finding the urge to visit that airfield during the month.
The UK Register was suffering from its usual post-Christmas lull but that didn't stop an influx of Cherokee 140's being registered for UK Piper Distributor CSE Aviation, Viscount restorations G-APNE and G-APNF for British United and BKS (at SEN) respectively, plus the BEA Trident 2E fleet G-AVFA-G-AVFO. Interestingly 2 pre-war Mosscraft were restored, G-AFHA and G-AFJV.
Aircraft production in the UK was dynamic in 1967 including BAC 111 YS-18C for TACA, G-AVBW for Laker and TI-1056C to LACSA. The DH125-3A version was popular and G-AVAG was exported to the USA and with G-AVGW (for Beecham), G-AVHA and G-AVHB being registered. Autair ordered 2 BAC 111 and became the 25th operator of the type. Somewhat ambitiously BAC also submitted an offer to the USAF for the supply of 8 BAC 111 for CASEVAC equipped with a large loading door and a retractable covered ramp, each able to carry 30 stretcher patients over 2,000 miles.
Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service ordered 2 Beagle 206 to replace Drovers, Lufthansa placed an option for 3 Concorde (orderbook now up to 72 for sixteen airlines). Elsewhere Air Canada ordered 17 DC-9-30 and Cessna announced it had produced a staggering 8,148 aircraft in 1966 including 3,187 of its 150 model.
The Royal Navy's last Meteor, T7 WS103, was WFS in January and flown to Kemble for disposal. RAF 80 Squadron, based in Aden with Beverleys, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Overseas the French Air Force ordered 8 Cessna 411 and Brazil ordered 40 Cessna T-37C.
Seemingly from reports this month was very quiet for STN visitors although there were LHR fog diversions on 6/2 in the shape of British Eagle Britannia G-ARXA and BEA Comet 4B G-APMB. College of Air Training PA-28 G-AVBA (23/2) is recorded and Bell 47G-2 G-AVDO was delivered and took up residence on 24/2.
Elsewhere in February, SEN saw many GA visitors such as Safir OO-JEN, Cessna 210D D-EMWJ and Aztec F-BNFR, with SEN and LTN sharing the customs clearance duties for Reims built Cessnas on their delivery flights to UK buyers, with LGW seeing a wide selection ranging from Horizon F-BNQR to Philips new Falcon 20 PH-LPS and Caravelle 7T-VAI. LTN witnessed Comanche G-AVGA and Cessna 310 OO-SEK.
Additions to the UK Register included UK built Beagle 206s G-AVHO to G-AVHS, more ex US registered Viscounts for Channel Airways G-AVHE & G-AVHK along with their BAC 111 G-AVGP, plus the usual new Cessnas and not so new Jodels.
Fokker Friendship production was very active with deliveries in the month such as PK-PFB to Permina, VT-DVT and VT-DVG to Indian Airlines, PI-C531 (note the then country prefix) to Philippine AL, XY-ADN to Union of Burma Airways (DBR June 1981), and AP-AUS to PIA. Also heading to Pakistan, for the Air Force, was new Trident AP-AUG.
On 1st February another name disappeared when Pan American-Grace (Panagra) was absorbed by Braniff.
On the military scene the 1st Jet Provost T5 made its maiden flight 28/2, one month after the FF of the attack/reconnaissance version of another trainer the SAAB 105. The RAF announced its intention to order 25 Chinook to replace its Belvederes, and rather belatedly it was announced that following the well publicised numerous accidents the Luftwaffe F104 (nicknamed Widowmaker) the fleet would be retrofitted with Martin-Baker ejector seats; in total 116 Luftwaffe pilots died in F104 accidents.
In SE Asia the 22nd saw Operation Junction City commence with the only US mass paratroop assault of the war when 249 helicopters of varying types dropped 845 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade; including ground troops nearly 300 US servicemen were killed. Elsewhere USN A-6 Intruders mined two key rivers.
STN visitors for this month included PH-DSG DC-7F KLM with a cargo of pigs, WJ945 Varsity ILS runs, G-AVEW BAC III Laker A/W, 5N-APW PA-30, plus G-APFP B707 BOAC crew training, which then made an emergency landing at LHR and two Forney F-1A G-ARHF with G-ATFP back to White Waltham after the latter's rebuild. Amongst SEN visitors were 3 DC3 on the 14th -D-CADE, D-CADO & D-CORA plus DC-6A PH-MAM of Martinair and LTN hosted CF-ULD Commander 680E and F-BOJO MS760 Paris.
The UK register saw then usual Cessna and Piper additions, a smattering of MS880B, and its first JetRangers plus 6 used Viscounts including G-AVIW and G-APPU (restored) for Channel Airways at SEN. Beagle 206 production was already faltering with new fuselages going straight to store, but Pup prototype G-AVDF was being readied for its maiden flight.
On the airline front Britannia ordered a 4th B737, Varig 10 HS748 and KLM 3 Boeing 747 plus Air India 's initial order of 4 taking total orders of the type to 99. Locally built Carvair F-BMHU crashed at Karachi on the 8th and N1063T DC-9 TWA collided midair with a Beech 18 on the 9th. These were amongst the 9 reported airliner losses this month. Deliveries included HS748s A10-595 and A10-596 for the RAAF, and VP-BCK, with RAF C130Ks XV179,180, 183, and 184 all to Cambridge for pre-acceptance mods..
Lightning F3 and F6 in the UK and overseas.
Newspaper headlines featured the 13th March flight by an ex Aeroflot pilot who stole An-2P SSSR-04959 and attempted to defect to Turkey, but was shot down and killed over the Black Sea by a Soviet MiG17.
Finally a truly incredible story from SE Asia when on March 10th US aircraft attacked the iron and steel works at Thai Nguyen, North Vietnam, for the first time. The F-4 Phantom of Capt Earl Aman suffered serious damage from AA fire and lost the bulk of its fuel, so Capt Robert Pardo instructs wingman Aman to lower his F-4's tailhook so Pardo can manoeuvre behind and underneath, which then enables Pardo to place the tailhook against his F-4's windscreen. Despite having one of his own engines on fire Pardo pushes Aman's powerless F-4 for 90 miles and across the Laos border, then all 4 men eject where they can avoid capture.


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L'Aisne est une rivière ardennaise de Belgique, affluent de l'Ourthe et faisant donc partie du bassin versant de la Meuse. D'une longueur de 31 kilomètres elle coule entièrement en province de Luxembourg.

Parcours

L'Aisne prend sa source à une altitude de 630 m. dans la Fagne du Pouhon à l'ouest de la Baraque de Fraiture sur le plateau des Tailles. Le cours d'eau passe ensuite par les villages ou hameaux de Freyneux, Amonines, Blier, Pont d'Érezée, Fanzel, Laforge, Roche-à-Frêne, Aisne et Juzaine.

Elle rejoint ensuite l'Ourthe à Bomal à l'altitude de 140 m.

La superficie de son bassin versant est de .

Affluents
De l'amont vers l'aval, les principaux affluents de l'Aisne sont :
 l'Alu à Forge à la Piez (rive gauche)
 l'Estinale à Fanzel (rive droite)
 l'Amante appelée aussi Mayeni à Laforge (rive droite)
 le ruisseau de Vieux-Fourneau entre Aisne et Juzaine (rive droite)

Voir aussi

 Liste des cours d'eau de Belgique

Notes et références

1Aisne
Cours d'eau en Région wallonne
Cours d'eau à Érezée
Cours d'eau à Durbuy


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AU - Scott, Janet L.
N2 - Plants fix carbon dioxide during photosynthesis converting inorganic carbon to complex organic molecules, which can provide a rich source of chemicals, particularly for use in the polymer industry. Thus, replacement of fossil-carbon-derived polymeric materials with those derived from renewable biomass offers an opportunity to "borrow" Nature's fixed CO2 and potentially mitigate CO2 emissions arising from conversion of fossil oil or gas into plastics, for example. To ensure that one source of greenhouse gas emissions is not simply replaced with another, careful metrics are required to measure environmental impacts, emissions, and energy and water use. Renewable biomass as a source of biopolymers, or chemicals for the polymer industry can contribute to the Circular Economy, but again, careful measurement and holistic view of impacts are required.
AB - Plants fix carbon dioxide during photosynthesis converting inorganic carbon to complex organic molecules, which can provide a rich source of chemicals, particularly for use in the polymer industry. Thus, replacement of fossil-carbon-derived polymeric materials with those derived from renewable biomass offers an opportunity to "borrow" Nature's fixed CO2 and potentially mitigate CO2 emissions arising from conversion of fossil oil or gas into plastics, for example. To ensure that one source of greenhouse gas emissions is not simply replaced with another, careful metrics are required to measure environmental impacts, emissions, and energy and water use. Renewable biomass as a source of biopolymers, or chemicals for the polymer industry can contribute to the Circular Economy, but again, careful measurement and holistic view of impacts are required.
A2 - Letcher, Trevor M.


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Egypt's revolution is ambiguous
Every revolution against autocracy is initially stirring. Who wouldn't have cheered when Louis XVI was forced to convene the Estates General, or when a liberal provisional government took over from Czar Nicholas, or when the rank and file of the Shah's army refused to fire on protesters in the streets?
All these inspiring events were mere prelude to catastrophe, making the years 1789, 1917 and 1979 synonymous with the onset of tyranny and bloodshed.
This is why our applause at the imminent political demise of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak should be decidedly provisional. For all his ruinous failings and disgusting crimes, we may miss him when he's gone.
In Cairo in 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice famously said that we had "pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region here in the Middle East — and we achieved neither." Her statement is now hailed as prescient, but it was wrong by any reasonable standard.
During the first three decades of Israel's existence, Egypt fought wars with the Jewish state in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973. Since the beginning of Hosni Mubarak's presidency in 1981, there have been none. Most of the credit goes to Anwar Sadat, who signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 that cost him his life. Yet, a 30-year peace between the largest, most important Arab state and Israel is no small feat of stability.
As for democracy, we didn't actively trade it for order, but took Egyptian political culture as we found it. After decades of British occupation, the revolution of 1952 eventually gave rise to Gamal Abdel Nasser. Historian David Pryce-Jones calls him "the first Arab to have created a police state," complete with the "whole grim and bloody apparatus of control through bureaucratic terror."
Nasser died in 1970, but his system lived on. Egypt has been ruled by emergency decree almost continuously since 1967. The Egyptian police state didn't exist because of American support (initially it was pro-Soviet); we supported it because it existed, and over time became pro-American.
What now? It is heartening to see Egyptians revolt against the indignities and misery visited upon them by Mubarak. But marches and riots — and even elections — are one thing. Creating a functioning, liberal democracy is quite another.
Egypt has no experience with true constitutional democracy, and its strongest institution is the relatively Westernized military. We should urge Mubarak to leave without attempting a crackdown that will further radicalize the streets and risk splintering the army (the meltdown of the Iranian army in 1979 was a boon to the ayatollahs). Then, with luck, the military can manage a gradual transition to a more open political system.
The Bush administration undertook a push for democratization that created a tentative democracy at a great cost in Iraq, but otherwise petered out. Weirdly, it may be that the slimy anti-American info-activist Julian Assange, by leaking documents detailing the extravagant corruption of Tunisia's since-deposed dictator, has inadvertently done more to stoke an Arab Spring.
We know how hopeful it is now in its early days; we don't know how it's going to turn out.
Lowry is editor of the National Review.


WASHINGTON — After months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation, President Donald Trump agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by May to negotiate an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, South Korean and U.S. officials said Thursday. No American president has ever met with a North Korea leader.
Chung said he had told Trump that Kim says he's committed to "denuclearization" and has pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests — providing a rare diplomatic opening after a year of escalating tensions over the North's tests. The rival Koreas have already agreed to hold a leadership summit in late April.
"He (Kim) expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible," Chung said. "President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization."
Chung did not say where Trump would meet with Kim. The White House said Trump's meeting with Kim would take place "at a place and time to be determined."
Trump took office vowing to stop North Korea from attaining a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the U.S. mainland. He's oscillated between threats and insults directed at Kim, and more conciliatory rhetoric. His more bellicose talk, and Kim's nuclear and missile tests, have fueled fears of war.
Trump, who has ramped up economic sanctions on North Korea to force it to negotiate on giving up its nukes, has threatened the pariah nation with "fire and fury" if its threats against the U.S. and its allies continued. He has derided Kim by referring to him as "Little Rocket Man."
After Kim repeated threats against the U.S. in a New Year's address and mentioned the "nuclear button" on his office desk, Trump responded by tweeting that he has a nuclear button, too, "but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!"
Chung, who credited Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign for the diplomatic opening, said Kim understands that routine U.S.-South Korea military drills "must continue."
Trump had made a surprise visit to the White House press briefing room on Thursday afternoon to alert reporters to the South Korean announcement. When asked whether the announcement would be about talks with North Korea, he told ABC reporter Jon Karl: "It's almost beyond that. Hopefully, you will give me credit."
On Tuesday, Trump had expressed both hope and skepticism about the reported offer of talks, which has yet to be confirmed, at least publicly, by the isolated North Korean government. While the path to a diplomatic resolution over the North's nuclear arsenal would be long and difficult, talks could dampen fears of war breaking out over what represents an emerging threat to the U.S. mainland.


boyhood | The Sociology of Everything!
"Alright, alright, alright"(Feel free to repeat that in your best Matthew McConaughey impression…or not) The 2015 Academy Awards are tonight!!! This is my third year writing about the Oscars and giving you my picks and musings about the best films and best performances of the year. I was able to see every film nominated for best picture and every performance in the best actor/actress and best supporting actor/actresses categories. Well, one movie nominated for Best Picture I walked out of because I thought it was that bad. It doesn't happen often that I walk out. Which film did I walk out on? Read on and you will find out. You may be surprised.
Rarely does the Best Picture go to my favorite movie of the year. The Oscar voters and I seem to have different tastes. You would think I would have more in common with a 63 year old white man(that's the predominant make up of Oscar voters) but apparently MTV and BET had more of an impact on me than I thought! (All credit goes to Fab Five Freddy and the cast of the first Real World) Anyways, I will count down and rank the nominated films starting with my least favorite. You'll see who I want to win but I will also include who I think will win. I will give you my "should win" and "will win" with the acting performances. As previous readers know, I can be kind of ridiculous in my opinions and it is possible that I will hate your favorite movie of the year. Don't take it personally. 🙂 This year you should be pretty safe because I liked almost all of the movies.
Some of you may have already assumed that I am a liberal pansy by the mere fact that I am writing an Oscar blog. Well? I think "pansy" is a tad harsh but I am liberal in my leanings. BUT, my political leanings had nothing to do with my thoughts on this film. This film is based on the true story of Chris Kyle, an American sniper in the Iraq War. Apparently, there was a lot of controversy about whether it was a propaganda piece for war or it did not depict Muslims in a favorable light, glorified snipers, etc. I didn't even get to this deep of a discussion about this movie because I just thought it was such bad film-making. Take what I say with a grain of salt because this is the film that I walked out on. From the first scene it all felt so contrived and weirdly fake. For example, we have all probably seen the preview where Bradley Cooper's character Chris Kyle is about to shoot a young Iraqi boy who is carrying a rocket and walking toward his battalion. The soldier next to Chris Kyle says "You better be sure he has a rocket or they will lock you up in Leavenworth (Leavenworth Prison is a maximum security penal facility of the US Military). Really? He's gonna get locked up in a US prison for shooting a civilian he believes is about to kill American troops? It doesn't take much research to find that Leavenworth prison is not filled with American military who accidentally, or purposefully for that matter, killed innocent civilians during war. I even found an article from two Iraqi soldiers who thought that was a ridiculous line for the character to say. My whole point with all this is that no one would ever say anything like that because it is nowhere close to being true. It is a poor attempt by the writer to increase the tension maybe? I don't even know, I just know that in the 45 minutes I could sit through it was just poorly written line after line. Don't even get me started on the classic "soldier picks up girl in a bar who says she doesn't date soldiers but dates him because of the funny witty banter they experience together." Can we just retire this cliched scene from movies and get more realistic for god sakes. I'm gonna sit through the entire film eventually but what I saw wasn't good. I still love America though(especially if the NSA is reading this).
These next few films could all be tied in my rankings and I liked them all a lot. They are lumped together in my opinion but I had to choose so Theory of Everything sits at #7. This is the story of Stephen Hawking(Eddie Redmayne) and Jane Hawking(Felicity Jones) who met and fell in love at Cambridge. In the beginning of their relationship he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. It is the story of their life together as he becomes wheelchair bound and one of the greatest theoretical physicists. What I really loved about this film is that it was just as much about Jane Hawking. Felicity Jones, who I must admit I wasn't that familiar with, was amazing. I loved watching her as she dealt with the emotions of watching the man she loved slowly lose his ability to walk, talk, eat and figure out what she wanted in the midst of it all. I loved the fact that this movie didn't go the cheesy inspirational route with their relationship instead showing how both of them fell in love with other people during their time together and eventually divorced and ended up with those people. Eddie Redmayne is a favorite for Best Actor and his physical transformation was amazing and his emotional transformation was strong too. It is still such an inspiring story to see the impact he has had only being able to move a cheek muscle to communicate through a machine. Pretty trippy.
I'm usually not a fan of true stories made into film because I think they sometimes rely on the story too much and lack creativity in the storytelling. This movie probably lacked creativity in the storytelling but I just liked the story so damn much. I had never heard of Alan Turing before and his role in being part of team that broke the German code "Enigma" which potentially saved thousands of lives over the final years in WWII. Turing(from England) had a wild life. He is considered a pioneer of the modern computer and a war hero. He also committed suicide at the age of 41 after undergoing chemical castration by the legal system for being a homosexual which was a crime at that time. Super sad. I kept thinking that we would all know about this man had he not been homosexual. He would be in all our school textbooks. Let's hope he gets in them along with the others. You don't have to see the movie but read this story somehow.
Man, it was just nice to hear some Jazz music for 2 hours in the movie theater. This film is about a jazz student and his relationship with an abusive jazz professor. It's probably about other stuff too but I am keeping this thing simple. This movie was intense. This young man driven to succeed and be the next great. His professor(J.K. Simmons) is legit crazy in this movie. Simmons plays him well but I would have liked some more nuance in his character. This film made me think about the cost of being great. This young man's whole life is about trying to be great and it almost kills him, literally. I think we underestimate the power of being "good enough". There seems to be a price for being "great" that I'm not sure is worth it. I liked this movie more until I read an interview by J.K. Simmons where he was discussing his character saying that he was abusive and he doesn't condone that but that the character has a point when he said "the worst two words in the English language are good job" He then went on in the interview to describe how he doesn't agree with parents clapping when their children go down the slide because "gravity did all the work, not the child" Yowza! Dad of the Year? Well, Mr. Simmons, you gotta "let go" at the top of slide if you want the gravity to work for you and I for one would applaud the courage to "let go" every chance I get. Can I get an "amen"?
Wes Anderson's films are just damn fun!!! I was really disappointed when Moonrise Kingdom wasn't nominated two years ago. Finally, they get it right and nominate Grand Budapest. It's crazy how I went into this film thinking "Alright, maybe it will be a little too Wes Anderson-y for my tastes. Perhaps I'm growing tired of his style" Not even close man. It is ridiculous the world that is created in this film. There are some great interviews with cast and crew about them filming at a hotel in eastern Europe for several weeks. Pure creativity at its best. Pure joy. The details are amazing and once again Wes Anderson gives the stage to a newcomer, Tony Revelori as Zero. Anderson did the same with Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore. How sweet for him to trust his films with new actors. Once again, it is a treat to watch the star studded ensemble cast of Grand Budapest. Some of my favorites were Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, everyone really. This is a great movie! I wish I put it higher on this list.
This film is written and directed by Richard Linklater. Go watch this guy's movies, especially Before Sunrise(co-written with Kim Krizan). Before Sunset(co-written with Kim Krizan) and Before Midnight. The dialogue in his films, including Boyhood, is masterful. It is amazing how Boyhood captures the messiness, the realness, the underlying anxiety of relationships in its dialogue. I loved it. It's the complete opposite of American Sniper in terms of writing. It transported me back to my own childhood. The scenes with him visiting his Dad's apartment as a young boy were just like mine. An apartment filled with cigarettes, guitars, and congo drums! Haha. Many of you have probably heard the story of this film. It was filmed intermittently over 12 years to follows the life of a 6 year old boy(whose parents are divorced) until he is 18 and goes off to college. It was filmed with all the same actors, including the boy, over 12 years! Crazy, mesmerizing experience to watch. There were scenes where the boy was 13 but maybe the movie only lasted 10 minutes on that time period. To think, they waited several years to film 10 minutes of the movie. One thing I think really shines through in movies is how much love did everyone working on it have for the project. You can really feel this in a film and no more than in Boyhood. He captured boyhood pretty damn good. Why did I put this #3? I'm starting to question that myself. I guess at the end of the day, if I take away the unique film-making did I really think it was better than my top two? Let's just say I won't be mad(Definitely not "Argo" mad) if it wins and I think it might.
I was starting to have a panic attack going back and forth about which was my second favorite nominated movie of the year. Coincidentally, I think I had a panic attack watching this movie. I don't even know what to say about this movie. Brave! It was basically one shot the whole time, meaning the camera never cut away. The entire sound track was percussion. Yeah, that's right, drums, nothing else(and it worked brilliantly) It was about a "washed-up" actor who was famous for playing an iconic superhero "Birdman". Now this actor(played by Michael Keaton) is trying to prove himself to himself and his critics(and Birdman) by producing and starring in a broadway play. The movies takes place mostly in the theatre during the few days till opening night. It is almost impossible to think that this movie was written without Michael Keaton in the lead role. Perfect is an understatement for the job he did. This entire cast was great. I especially loved the scenes and the relationship of Keaton with his ex wife(played by Amy Ryan). Edward Norton might just win Best Supporting Actor as the method actor brought in just days before opening night. He was pretty hilarious.
This is my list and my rankings! My guess is that Birdman or Boyhood will win. I'm guessing Boyhood. I think Birdman might be a little too good and outside of the box for the Academy voters.
This was a very strong group. I mentioned previously how impressed I was with Felicity Jones in Theory of Everything. Rosamund Pike was what I like to call "Creepsburg, West Virginia" in Gone Girl. Marion Cotillard was fantastic as always. I actually preferred her in The Immigrant this past year. But Julianne Moore was the real deal as a woman with early onset Alzheimer's. Brilliant. I guarantee she will win.
Once again, Travesty that David Ayelowo (Selma) was not nominated. Usually, the actor that undergoes the most physical transformation wins and that would be Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. He is the early favorite but I am going to guess Michael Keaton. I heard a critic predict it could be an upset and Bradley Cooper could take home the Oscar. I hope not.
Robert Duvall is one of my all time faves. I would watch him put on his shoes in the morning. I have no idea why Mark Ruffalo is nominated. I love him as an actor but I didn't see the greatness in his performance. You already know how I feel about J.K. Simmons. Of course I think if he wins no one should clap. I'll go with Ed Norton. He was pretty fun to watch.
Best Director is a really tough category this year. I'm torn between Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Alejandro Inarritu (Birdman). I think Richard Linklater will win but I think Inarritu should win for directing.
I think Boyhood and Richard Linklater will win for original screenplay and should win.
Yo, That's a rap. Enjoy the Academy Awards and thanks for reading. I appreciate that you took the time to read my ramblings. I still love the movies. Please follow my blog if you wish as I will be posting more content very soon. What were your favorite movies of the year? Let me know, Leave a comment.


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Huawei's new venture capital firm highlights aim to create an ecosystem
|In Heavy Hitters, On the Cusp
|By Jill Shen
A Huawei store advertises the new Mate20 phone in Shanghai on March 22, 2019. (Image credit: TechNode/Cassidy McDonald)
Huawei is moving into the Chinese high-tech venture capital field by establishing a new investment firm in bid to build out its ecosystem, reported PEdaily citing an investor familiar with the company.
According to Chinese business research website Qichacha, Hubble Technologies (our translation) was formed on April 23 in Shenzhen. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Huawei with registered capital of RMB 700 million ($104 million), and Bai Yi, president of Huawei's global financial risks control center, was named legal representative and chairman of the company.
Huawei did not respond to requests for comment when contacted by TechNode on Friday.
Many of China's tech giants have investment arms which invest in a broad range of companies in the country's internet world. In addition to Alibaba and Tencent, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun established a venture capital firm, Shunwei, in 2012. With a focus on intelligent devices and internet services, Shunwei co-invested with Xiaomi nearly 100 out of the 300 total startups it holds shares in, folding them into the Xiaomi internet of things (IoT) ecosystem.
"The foundation of Hubble Technologies sends a vital message," Wang Ruchen, founder of Chinese tech media outlet Quark Point, told TechNode on Friday. "As its revenue growth increasingly relies on consumer and IoT businesses, Huawei is now involved in a more complex game. It is true that Huawei has some really big clients in business service sectors including cloud computing, but the company was more focused on research and development (R&D) at ground level, not reaching the top level of devices and applications."
Huawei has shifted its focus from offering enterprise-facing solutions to consumer businesses amid global concerns about the security of its network equipment. According to its financial results, the company's sales revenue from its consumer business grew 45.1% year on year to RMB 348.9 billion in 2018, surpassing its carrier business revenue of RMB 294 billion for the first time.
Wang expects that Hubble Technologies will spend a considerable amount to shore up Huawei's ecosystem. "Innovation in this fragmented market stems from more participants, and Huawei needs to catch up in the construction of its ecosystem," he explained.
Before the establishment of Hubble Technologies, Huawei's in-house investment team made just 14 deals over a period of 10 years beginning in 2006, reported PEdaily based on figures from company database website Tianyancha.
The company's largest investment to date was the acquisition of Huawei Symantec in November 2011, when the Chinese telecommunication giant spent $530 million to take the full ownership of a joint firm formed with the US security giant Symantec. Apart from internet security, Huawei focuses on cloud storage, data centers, and chipmaking.
The Shenzhen-based telecommunications giant invests a massive amount of money into R&D; in 2017 it spent RMB 89.7 billion and in 2018 that number rose to RMB 101.5 billion. R & D spending accounted for around 15% of its total sales revenue.
The significant investment has aroused some disagreement about efficiency in the Chinese tech industry. During an April 2018 press event, Lei said that success in R&D could not be measured by capital. "Almost all significant innovations were achieved by small enterprises," (our translation) he said, according to a Weibo post by Xu Jieyun, Xiaomi's head of public relations.
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Is Kourtney Kardashian Really Dating Travis Barker?
Greg Brian
Keeping up with the Kardashians can be almost as challenging as running a marathon sometimes, especially for those of us who write about them often. More than half the time, it usually has to do with who's dating whom in a Kardashian not yet married (or divorced and dating). Kourtney Kardashian is in that predicament now after dealing with a chaotic marriage with Scott Disick.
While Disick has already moved on to other women, Kourtney hasn't hesitated to do the same with various guys. We wrote recently about the rumors of her dating an accountant named David Dee Duron. We even suggested she be more serious with someone like this for a more stable relationship.
Well, there may be a shift in direction after recent rumors of her dating old friend Travis Barker.
Logistics were reportedly a problem with the Duron relationship
Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian are reportedly dating: https://t.co/T4Uwa9h96q pic.twitter.com/9gSLyfyB1z
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) March 4, 2019
According to Radar Online, Kourtney couldn't make the relationship with Duron work because he lived in Miami. It made having to travel from coast to coast to be together a bigger problem than she'd planned.
We still wish she would have taken this relationship further, but her developing romance with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is an interesting one. Reportedly, they'd been friends for a while, and Barker has shown interest in Kourtney.
Yet, how serious would this new relationship be when other reports had Kourtney flirting with John Mayer very recently? It initially seems she's more into having fun now than being serious with anyone.
Then again, RO points out Barker is starting to sneak out to stay at Kourtney's home of late.
Kourtney is probably more careful about guys than we think
John Mayer reportedly has a crush on Kourtney Kardashian https://t.co/o7P2WdkidS pic.twitter.com/MVT2iZgG6H
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) December 13, 2018
When dating around in the showbiz community, things can easily become chaotic if not careful. With three kids in tow now without a father, no doubt Kourtney is very careful about who's just taking advantage and who's really in it to start a new family.
Logistics certainly matter as we saw with Duron, who apparently didn't want to live in L.A.
With John Mayer, he may have a "crush" on Kourtney, but has noted notoriety for his womanizing. Maybe Kourtney saw this and decided to back away for this very reason.
She's also had relationships with various other guys recently and moved on from all, making this perhaps more of a litmus test for a new step-dad over carefree fun.
It helps that Travis Barker already knows Kourtney well
It looks like Travis Barker is set to join the Kardashian dynasty!https://t.co/boJMxOMtZt pic.twitter.com/GQKtjoGx2N
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 6, 2019
Almost any relationship does better when you've already been friends for a long time. The better you know a person, the more you know you can trust them when a romance suddenly brews.
Kourtney allowing Barker to stay at her house is all the proof you need of how trusting she is of them being together.
While Barker does have a long string of women he's dated in the showbiz world, he's never been called out for being an abuser or taking advantage of each girlfriend.
For Kourtney, this also reportedly turned into a bit of a surprise. Strange feelings can occur when longtime friends suddenly find themselves attracted to each other.
Barker and Kardashian were also neighbors
Kourtney Kardashian | Michael Loccisano/Wire Image
No, we won't do any "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" jokes here. We don't hear too many stories about friends who also happened to be neighbors eventually finding themselves as a romantic couple.
Look at the details, though, and you can see why this would occur in the age we live in. Despite vetting being easier than ever now online, having someone be your neighbor and friend for more than a few years can help you learn more about a person than any research.
Also, Barker has made appearances on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, making him almost an honorary member of the family.
Let's hope so, because Kourtney definitely needs to bring a new dad into the picture for the sake of her three kids. Her kids may already know Barker well, paving the first step if things become more serious.