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The Pleasures And Perils Of Writing About Writing: An Interview With Dani Shapiro
Hannah Gersen October 7, 2013 | 8 books mentioned 2 11 min read
I first met Dani Shapiro in 2011, at One Story magazine's annual debutante ball, where she was being honored with an award for her mentorship of younger writers. I interviewed her that night about her teaching career and in the course of our conversation she told me that she tries, above all, to teach patience. When I asked how one goes about teaching patience, she offered a piece of advice that has stuck with me since. She said, "Immersion in the work creates patience." And then she paused and reconsidered: "Or maybe it's that patience creates immersion in the work."
Both formulations, I think, are wise; but it was the fact that she had the presence of mind to pause and rethink her answer in the midst of a crowded party that struck me as the real object lesson in patience. You can sense that same calm in Shapiro's new book, Still Writing, a writing guide that is partly advice gleaned from years of teaching, and partly a memoir of Shapiro's own growth and struggles as a writer. It's a book that focuses on process more than craft, and in particular, the importance of routine. Shapiro is candid about her own habits of procrastination, as well as the rituals that have helped her to overcome her worst impulses.
I interviewed Shapiro in late September, just before her book was due to hit the shelves. She spoke to me from her home office in Connecticut, which she describes in detail in Still Writing, including the antique chaise lounge where she often sits to read and write.
The Millions: So, I feel like I know exactly where you are because I've read all about your workspace in your book.
Dani Shapiro: Ha, yes, I'm not on the chaise lounge, but I'm looking at it.
TM: And were you writing this morning?
DS: The irony of Still Writing being about to come out is that I'm not getting any writing done at all. I'm doing the stuff that writers do when we are about to get a book into the world. It becomes over-stimulating at a certain point. I'm not remotely able to always practice what I preach. For me when I'm working on the book, I pretty much just work on the book. There's the writing and then there's the talking about the writing. And I feel like they occupy really different places in a writer's life.
TM: When does this stage of nervous expectation come to an end in your experience? When will you be able to write again?
DS: You know, one of the things that I increasingly understand over the years — not that it makes the process easier, not that I understand it better — is that so much goes into a book — giving it everything we've got, holding nothing back — so that when a book goes out into the world, it's like watching your toddler making its way across the highway during rush hour. It feels like a defenseless and vulnerable newborn and it requires a lot of support. And also, nothing is ever enough. I don't know a writer who actually feels, "Oh, excellent, I got that great Times review." I have a friend who got a beautiful Times review for his debut novel and I was so pleased for him. And he called me up and the feeling was more of relief than joy — of crossing that thing that you had been so worried about off the list. And, I'm just going to be really honest here, in the last five minutes before you called me, I saw on Twitter a really lovely review of Still Writing and in the same five minutes I also saw that an essay that I had written for Ploughshares, one that I hoped would make it onto the list of notable essays in Best American Essays, didn't make it onto the list. And so there you have it. I would like to be the kind of person who appreciates kind words from a friend rather than looking for my name on some list. I mean, who even reads the list of notable essays except for people who are hoping to be on it?
I bring up that example because this is a noisy, noisy world we're all in. That's not going to change. And I think for writers and for anyone in a solitary profession, there's always this Pavlovian response to want to know more and to want to know what's going on. And there's such a danger in that. And when I'm writing I really do shut it down. I actually wrote an essay about this called "#amwriting." There's this hashtag on Twitter, #amwriting, and I started looking at it and thinking "No, you're not!" And so I wrote this essay about it on n+1, about trying to do the work. For writers, the Internet really is like crack. Almost every writer I know struggles with it or has found a way to really shut it down. We require all these tools and rituals, whether it's a different computer or whether or it's writing by hand, which is what I do when I'm starting something new. There's such freedom in a notebook. And there's this great program Freedom, which allows you to work on your computer without going online.
TM: Yes, I actually just reinstalled after reading your book. I had it on my old laptop and recently I've been really distracted. It has to do with trying to balance childcare with writing time. So I realized I had to start using Freedom again.
DS: For me new motherhood was a very conflicted time. The feeling of carving out the time to write and feeling like somehow it was a luxury or frivolous in some way. Like it was not something I needed to be doing. Which is ridiculous because I support my family with my writing. But somehow if I'd have to put on nice clothes and go to a law firm and have a boss it would be — well, women in that position are conflicted, too. But with writing you have to make it happen and you can't just show up for it. And I think that's where the Internet comes into play.
TM: Being on the Internet can feel very productive.
DS: Yes, it can be in the name of research, it can also be email. I feel it in my brain, I can feel when it's been a few hours since I've gone into my inbox. When I go online my brain feels like it's sizzling. It's not a good way to think for someone who needs to make intuitive and imaginative and memory-based connections. Someone who is operating at a different frequency.
TM: What inspired you to write this kind of book, a writing guide for writers?
DS: Well, I first of all never thought I would write book-length nonfiction after Slow Motion. But in 2008, 2009, I was in that state of being in-between, which I talk about in Still Writing. It's never comfortable, no matter how many books I write, it always feels like this time it's going to be different, this time it's going to be over and I won't have an idea. But then Devotion presented itself as the next book. And it wasn't the book I would have picked. It was another memoir — and a spiritual memoir, my god! And so I wrote Devotion and that really ended up being a life-altering journey. And I had to get past my own resistance about it because I had a job to do. And just as when I wrote Slow Motion I had a feeling that it was going to change my writing life. In my novels before Slow Motion my obsessions were leading me around, and in my subsequent novels I think I have been a bit more in charge. Writing Slow Motion gave me a new lens, a different way of entering my imagination because I had taken care of writing that memoir. And so I had the sense that when I was writing Devotion that it was changing my lens again. But when I was working on Devotion, I also started working on a novel. Which I never do. And I started talking about it, which I caution people not to do. I wrote myself right into a wall. It was some of the best writing I've ever done, it was fragmentary, a collage, a hybrid fiction that employs nonfiction within it. A gray area, blurred boundaries. It's something I'm very interested in right now. But it's very tricky territory. And for the first time in my writing life I put a big chunk of writing in the drawer.
And in the meantime, for the last number of years, I've had a blog. Initially I had a blog because everyone told me to have a blog. And when I started, I thought what can I regularly blog about that feels like a deep enough well? And the answer was: the process of writing. The creative process itself. What it takes to do the work, what are the pitfalls and the joys, the struggles and the privileges. We do what we do alone in a room. Yet we're struggling with the blank pages. People call it different things. It's a leap of faith or lunacy that makes you feel that what you are going to fill it with is something that's going to connect with other people. And so I started this blog and over the years I got tons of notes and it was from such a range of writers. And they always said the same thing: "This is what I needed to hear today." I never thought about turning it into a book — even when people wrote to me and asked if it was going to be a book. And finally, it was in that space of finally putting a big chunk of a novel into a drawer that I thought, well, maybe this is the book I'm supposed to be working on.
I sold Still Writing based on the fact that I had a blog. But I didn't look at the blog when I wrote Still Writing. I really wanted to start from square one and find a way to structure a memoir hybrid that would hopefully be useful and so that it didn't feel like assembled material.
TM: It's interesting that the book springs from that experience of getting stuck. Did you feel as if you were writing it for yourself, in a way?
DS: One of the things that I felt was that the minute you really think you know something, you're in trouble. I remember I was being interviewed for a literary magazine as I was working on the novel that I put in the drawer. And they asked if I had ever had to put a novel in a drawer. And I said no, I'd been lucky that it hadn't happened to me. But I was thinking to myself, That would never happen to me. And meanwhile I was working on the very thing that I ended up putting in a drawer.
In Still Writing, I was thinking more of, what do I need to remind myself of? I think that's one of the reasons I love teaching. There are these moments when I teach when I say something and I realize it's true and I hadn't thought of it in that way before. And that's when teaching is at its most alive. And I think this book came from my teaching self as much as from my writing self. I think it comes from the twenty years of teaching and especially the kind of teaching that I do, which really has a lot to do with trying to help people find courage.
Speaking of moments when I say something that I realize is true: years and years ago I was teaching an MFA course and I remember saying that I thought voice was practically synonymous with courage. And when I said it, I thought, that's right — you can't find your voice without having that sense of courage. It's not confidence. It has nothing to do with confidence, it has to do with moving past fear, embarrassment, mortification, shame. It's knowing where you're writing from.
TM: How aware of the genre were you when you began? Did you read other writing books or look to any others as a guide?
DS: I went back and I looked at a lot of them. Because I had to ask myself the question of why do we need another book on writing? I went back to the ones that I found most illuminating, the one I could just dip into always. The one that was model for me and that I felt I could add to in some way is Annie Dillard's The Writing Life. It's pure wisdom. It doesn't instruct exactly. It goes very deeply into the head of a writer. And there's nothing sugarcoated about it. It's not saying everyone can do this. And I've come to this recently lately, this idea that there are two kinds of teaching now when it comes to teaching writing. There's writers who are coming to the workshop or a retreat because they're trying to get it right with every fiber of their being. And then there's this other world of writers who will go to a workshop or a retreat because they're trying to get it down. And getting it down and getting it right are two different things. For some writers getting it down is enough. And I think that has more to do with writing as a kind of therapy or catharsis. And getting it right has nothing to do with that. With Dillard, you see the absolute clarity and wisdom of her intention. She says a good book takes ten years. And I feel like reading that to my students who want to have a book deal by the time they graduate.
Stephen King's On Writing I owe a debt to because the first half of that book he writes in bits and pieces — not in any kind of narrative way — about what formed him as a writer. A light bulb went off for me. I saw I could incorporate memoir, and it gave the book the chronology of beginnings, middles, and ends. It was a little scary to look at my process, because it's a Pandora's box, the question of what am I going to find? What did it mean to be an only child? What did some of the painful or difficult life lessons that I learned early in my life, what did they have to do with forming my subject matter?
Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott was also an influence. Another book, one that I actually didn't know if it would still speak to me, was Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down The Bones. Goldberg has a kind of spiritual cast to her writing and she's someone who has a spiritual practice.
As I read them, I felt like what I wanted to do was different enough. It didn't feel like that's been said, that's been done. And the reason I'm saying that is because in writing every other book I've had the feeling that I had to write it. Still Writing didn't feel like I had to write it.
TM: I was wondering about that, because in Still Writing, you describe how your books announce themselves. And I wondered if this one had announced itself.
DS: Other people kept announcing it to me! It was one of those moments of realizing that there was something that I had apparently been doing for a few years without consciousness of it, something that was striking a chord. I can't imagine approaching a piece of fiction that way.
TM: So, may I ask — knowing you do not like to talk about work in progress, and knowing that you are currently in a state of nervous expectation — if you are working on something new?
DS: I will give you a very reserved yes. But I have a piece of short fiction coming out in a couple weeks that Electric Literature is publishing. I've mostly been working on that short story, "Supernova." Actually, it's about two of the characters from the novel that is in the drawer. Because I really, really was and am attached to the characters and even though it was in the drawer, it had a heartbeat. It was alive. So I pulled them to see what would happen if I gave them a life of their own away from the larger work surrounding it. Aside from that short story there is the strangeness of…well, I taped an hour with Oprah!
TM: I was going to ask you about that — I saw a notice on your website. What show is it for?
DS: It's called Super Soul Sunday and it's on her network. It's amazing in terms of the company. She interviews people like Elie Wiesel and Maya Angelou. And she actually has Annie Lamott coming on. And this great Buddhist teacher called Jack Kornfield. And Karen Armstrong who has written some of the best spiritual biographies. It's about what she loves to do, which is to have a deep conversation about how to live a meaningful life. It's what she's interested in. I couldn't believe it when I got the call. It was very instructive to get that phone call because obviously I wasn't expecting it. And around my house we're pretty regularly waiting for phone calls. But it's a law of nature that the phone never rings when you're waiting for. The day I got the call from my agent about Super Soul Sunday I was shocked. I've been shocked before by bad news. I didn't know good news could shock you in the same way. The next morning I said to my husband, "Did I dream that? I really think I may have dreamt that." The good news can also emerge out of the ether, out of the blue. Anything that has ever happened to me hasn't been when I was waiting for it.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Hannah Gersen is a staff writer for The Millions and the author of Home Field. Her short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, The Carolina Quarterly, and The Chattahoochee Review, among others. Read more at hannahgersen.com or sign up for her newsletter here.
Writing Bound to Bodies: Cristina Rivera Garza in Conversation with Samantha Hunt
Samantha Hunt October 30, 2017 | 8 books mentioned 6 min read
I see myself as someone creating spaces in language in which rubble may speak for itself, bringing its pastness with it. In a country in which bodies are made to forcefully disappear, a skeleton is a last remnant of the material life—and a material truth—it held.
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I think we're losing the art of visiting. We're so busy and unwilling to inconvenience someone else because we don't want to be inconvenienced ourselves.
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Might want to edit that "Steven King" spelling . . .Excellent article btw.
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Thanks N. Fixed.
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Ismail Muhammad March 28, 2017 | 8 books mentioned 3 17 min read
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I wanted to explain a little less in many places. I feel like readers don't usually need to be babied as much as we think they do.
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Welcome to week one of the 8 week series- Freezer to Lunch Box. Each week I will take you through a recipe to change processed lunchtime favorites into homemade goodness. All of which are multiple serving, kid friendly and freezer safe meals. I think most moms can say they look back on childhood bowls of tomato sauce laced pasta from a can with a smile. But moms today are always looking for ways to cut out fat, sugar, and preservatives from their kid's diet. I cringe at the thought of what's in those cans, and I just can't spoon it into their bowls. So I set out to find a version that tasted similar but was missing non-essential add-ins. I think we have a winner folks….
Prepare pasta according to package directions. Set aside. Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large sauté pan over medium heat; add garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, and butter.
Heat, while stirring, until butter is melted. Stir in milk, turn down to low. Simmer for 6-8 minutes.
Stir in shredded cheddar until completely melted. Add drained pasta to sauce mixture.
Allow to cool and ladle into sandwich- sized freezer bags. Will make 6-¾ cup portions. Flatten bags, label with date and name of dish. Freeze. Remove from freezer the night before, in the morning pour bag into tightly sealing lunch container. This dish is delicious cold, room temp, or heated up. To serve hot at lunch; fill thermos with boiling water, close lid, allow to sit for 10 minutes, pour out water. Heat mixture in microwave and add to heated thermos. Will keep warm for several hours.
Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large sauté pan over medium heat; add garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, and butter.
Allow to cool and ladle into sandwich- sized freezer bags. Will make 6-¾ cup portions. Flatten bags, label with date and name of dish. Freeze.
Remove from freezer the night before, in the morning pour bag into tightly sealing lunch container. This dish is delicious cold, room temp, or heated up.
To serve hot at lunch; fill thermos with boiling water, close lid, allow to sit for 10 minutes, pour out water. Heat mixture in microwave and add to heated thermos. Will keep warm for several hours.
That's fantastic, thanks for share. I do have a question; what do you add sugar for?


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Addiction info delivered door-to-door in NKY
Residents will soon see door hangers with clip-and-save help and info on the impact of heroin in their region.
Addiction info delivered door-to-door in NKY Residents will soon see door hangers with clip-and-save help and info on the impact of heroin in their region. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://cin.ci/2fd5A2g
Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com Published 4:22 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2016 | Updated 8:38 p.m. ET June 5, 2018
Heroin help, info comes in this door hanger. These will be distributed in Northern Kentucky, starting this weekend in Fort Mitchell(Photo: Provided)
Volunteers will fan out in Fort Mitchell on Sunday to deliver door hangers outlining how hard heroin has hit Northern Kentucky and providing help and information to the community.
The effort is just the beginning of a public awareness campaign that will continue in Campbell County and other communities throughout the region, said Kim Moser, director of the Northern Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.
Fort Mitchell Mayor Jude Hehman plans to be out with Kenton County Judge-executive Kris Knochelmann distributing the door hangers throughout the city. Altogether, volunteers are expected to deliver the hangers to 4,000 homes in the city. Volunteers are still needed, and those interested are asked to meet at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the city building at 2355 Dixie Highway.
The city of Fort Mitchell and Kenton County Fiscal Court joined the Northern Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, the Northern Kentucky Heroin Impact Response Team, which paid for the informational hangers, the Northern Kentucky Health Department and Planning and Development Services on the project. Moser said Campbell County and other community leaders are also coordinating plans to drop off the hangers.
"Our families and schools are dealing with the effects of heroin, and we must work harder to create awareness about the dangers of heroin and provide assistance for our communities about resources available," Hehman said.
For more information about volunteering, email jpatterson@fortmitchell.com.
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Cameron Edwards scored 16 points, and Tiare Waldon added 15 as Edgewood High defeated Harford Tech, 63-61, in an UCBAC Chesapeake boys' basketball game Thursday in Harford County.
Rian Watkins finished with 13 points for Edgewood (7-14 overall, 4-8 Chesapeake), which led 30-29 at halftime. Stephan Lievers finished in double figures with 10.
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Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Madrid, Comunitat de Madrid, 25 d'abril de 1984) és un àrbitre de futbol espanyol de la Primera Divisió d'Espanya. Pertany al Comitè d'Àrbitres de les Illes Balears.

Trajectòria
Després de tres temporades en Segona Divisió, on va dirigir 58 partits, aconsegueix l'ascens a la Primera Divisió d'Espanya conjuntament amb el col·legiat càntabre Adrián Cordero Vega i el col·legiat navarrès Eduardo Prieto Iglesias.

Va debutar el 17 d'agost de 2018 a primera divisió en un partit que va enfrontar el Girona Futbol Club contra el Reial Valladolid Club de Futbol (0-0).

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El juliol de 2019 es va anunciar que Quadra Fernández aconseguiria la internacionalitat a partir de l'any 2020. Des del dia 1 de gener de 2020 és àrbitre internacional.

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خانه مقالات انگلیسی English - کامپیوتر و تکنولوژی The Impact Of Computers On The Economy
The Impact Of Computers On The Economy
The advent of computers has markedly improved our economy and standards of daily living as business, commerce and global trade has flourished at unprecedented rate over the past decades. Furthermore, it has significantly increased the utilization of resources which in turn directed to a big deluge of output in many business establishments. Despite the brief periods of recession, the economy's sudden downward move did not leave a devastating impact as predicted as it immediately bounced back after a period of adjustments
The computers served as a tool for global communication where the export and import of manufactured goods between and among countries' businesses are being arranged as communication through electronic mails or emails travel as fast as the speed of light. With the entry of imported products in the local market, consumers nowadays need not go abroad only to sample some of the world's finest food, clothing and apparel and grooming products
As trade among nations allowed the phasing-out of some barriers, imported goods freely enter the market of a given country with a marked reduced tax imposed on such goods thereby lowering the selling price of the manufacture. As the economic rule proves true that abundance in the supply lowers the price of a commodity. Because of the stiff competition, international manufacturers and suppliers are given no other alternatives except to mark down the price of their commodities to be able to stay on the business ladder
Because of computers, Business Process Outsourcing or BPO has provided countries such as India, the Philippines and South Africa a kick to their economy by providing thousands of jobs to its work. Countries providing for outsourcing on the other hand, receive the largest boost to their economy as they are relieved of paying for the manpower costs in their own country as cheaper labor cost in other countries allow them to cut-back expenses. Records show that India alone has revenues of US $ 10.9 billion from offshore BPO and US $ 30 billion from IT and total BPO in 2008 giving the country 5-6% share of the total BPO Industry
The computers and the internet has provided for an avenue where scientists and researchers of pharmaceutical companies for example, to conduct modifications on certain medicines, develop drugs of superior quality than other existing medicines and discover new ones that promise immense financial rewards for the sole production and distribution for a period of time
Indeed, the invention of computers and the internet has become the most effective catalyst for competition to grow not in increments but in big deluge giving businesses the scare of their lives. As competition gets stronger, manufacturing companies employ various marketing strategies to increase sales which ultimately end up to benefit the consumers in general
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potluck luncheon. We have a mix of ages in our circle.
speakers, hands on creative projects, and other events combining fun and fellowship.
meeting and a program. Guests are always welcome.
Methodist Church, please contact us at (248)541-4100 or office@rofum.org.
shawls, scarves, hats, and blankets to those in need of loving comfort.
All are invited who are interested in knitting, crocheting, and other handcrafts. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month (calendar permitting) in the church parlor from 1-3:00 p.m. For additional information, contact Mary Nahhat.
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Please note that we are no longer collecting tea tags, postage stamps, or Betty Crocker coupons.
Cell phones and old ink cartridges (no toner cartridges, please) may be placed in the receptacle in the office.
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These small items should be brought to the kitchenette, between the parlor and mechanical room. Put them in the last drawer on the right, next to the window. That is where United Methodist Women collect all the items we send on to a variety of missions. Other items collected are Campbell's labels, box tops for education, pop can tabs, redemption stamps and cents-off coupons (especially those for items that can't be purchased with food stamps; adult diapers, sanitary products, pet food, etc.).


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Amorie Archibald Tyson Carter Derric Jean Abdul Ado Reggie Perry Isaiah Crawford Sports Basketball College sports College basketball Men's college basketball Men's basketball Men's sports
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Louisiana Tech beats Mississippi State 74-67
By PAUL JONES - Dec. 05, 2019 11:17 PM EST
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Daquan Bracey had 16 points and Amorie Archibald added 15 to lead Louisiana Tech to a 74-67 win over Mississippi State on Thursday.
Isaiah Crawford, Derric Jean and Kalob Ladoux all finished with 10 points for Louisiana Tech (6-2).
"We knew coming here that we were going to play a very good Mississippi State team," said Louisiana Tech head coach Erik Konkol. "I'm really proud of our guys with the physicality we played with down the stretch. Mississippi State rebounds the basketball well and are one of the best rebounding teams in the country. So, we knew we had to play extremely well to win and we were fortunate to do that.
"We had to make the rebounding margin not so significant and win the turnover margin. So, to win the rebounding margin tonight was tremendous for us."
Louisiana Tech's win snapped Mississippi State's 26-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents. Louisiana Tech shot 48.1% for the game and made 62.5% (10 of 16) beyond the arc. The Bulldogs also outrebounded Mississippi State 34-31 and had 14 offensive boards.
Mississippi State (6-2) was led by Tyson Carter's 20 points. Reggie Perry added 14 points and 14 boards to collect his fourth double-double of the season for Mississippi State. Abdul Ado also added nine points and eight boards for the Bulldogs.
"That's a very tough loss to a good team and a veteran team," said Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland. "You see why they are a projected NCAA Tournament team. But I was disappointed in our defense tonight and we didn't help on our roll-ups. They had a lot of layups in the paint in the first half and that was in a half-court offense. We allowed them to get too many offensive rebounds and 14 is way too many offensive rebounds."
Mississippi State took a 55-54 lead following Carter's pair of free throws with 10:11 remaining in the second half. But Louisiana Tech reeled off 10 consecutive points to regain the lead and control of the game. Mississippi State would not get any closer than six points the rest of the way.
"Give them credit and they brought it tonight," said Carter. "They came ready to play and we obviously didn't come out ready to play. Usually after a long layoff you can be sluggish but that's no excuse. You still have to play every game like it's the most important game of the season."
The first half was a back-and-forth affair that featured eight ties and four lead changes. Mississippi State jumped out to a 17-11 lead before Louisiana Tech responded with an 8-0 run, taking its first lead after a pair of free throws by Archibald.
Louisiana Tech ended the half with a 39-36 advantage thanks to Bracey's 3 pointer that banked in at the buzzer.
Mississippi State shot 51.9 percent in the first half and made 6 of 12 beyond the arc. Louisiana Tech shot even better from the field at 57.1 percent and made 5 of 9 from 3-point territory.
For the game. Mississippi State shot 47.2% and made 11 of 23 attempts beyond the arc. The Bulldogs had 13 turnovers and made just 6 of 12 from the free throw line.
Louisiana Tech: After tough road losses at Creighton and Indiana, Louisiana Tech found the upset that escaped them earlier in the season. The Bulldogs were within one point at Creighton with six minutes left but lost an 82-72 decision.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs suffered their first home loss of the year and it was their first game in 11 days. Due to final exams on campus, Mississippi State must encounter another layoff on the schedule and won't return to action until Dec. 14.
Louisiana Tech: The road trip this week continues as Louisiana Tech travels to Sam Houston State on Sunday.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs play Kansas State on Dec. 14 in Newark, New Jersey, in their meeting with another Power 5 team this season.
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A Summer of Lets
June is a notoriously busy lettings month and our team have seen a notable rush of queries from the flood of tenants who are moving into the area, often for university due to some of London's best universities being in Bloomsbury. Indications are looking good for a strong summer season and our lettings transactions so far are up 38% on 2012 levels. The lettings market is largely populated not just by students but also young single professionals and couples looking to live close to work. For this to work in the area there needs to be an abundance of one/two bedroom properties to let. Recently there has been a dramatic rise in buy to let properties which opens up the market, this has been encouraged by mortgage lenders offering the lowest possible mortgage rates, most recently The Mortgage Works (part of Nationwide) offering a mortgage of just 2.49% for fixed buy-to-let mortgage rates. What we have seen in central London which is defying national trend, is a slight lull in prices for rent. While this might woo tenants, it is being seen in the property industry as a balancing of the sharp spike in rental prices that occurred in Q2 2012. In the West End and Clerkenwell we have seen a rise of 11.7% in number of lets agreed in the £750 -£1000 p/w rent bracket, while there has been a rise of 21.7% in number of lets agreed for properties between £1,000 and £1,500 p/w. This reflects the time of year, with properties being snapped up by the international student market.
June is a notoriously busy lettings month and our team have seen a notable rush of queries from the flood of tenants who are moving into the area, often for university due to some of London's best universities being in Bloomsbury.
Indications are looking good for a strong summer season and our lettings transactions so far are up 38% on 2012 levels. The lettings market is largely populated not just by students but also young single professionals and couples looking to live close to work. For this to work in the area there needs to be an abundance of one/two bedroom properties to let.
Recently there has been a dramatic rise in buy to let properties which opens up the market, this has been encouraged by mortgage lenders offering the lowest possible mortgage rates, most recently The Mortgage Works (part of Nationwide) offering a mortgage of just 2.49% for fixed buy-to-let mortgage rates.
What we have seen in central London which is defying national trend, is a slight lull in prices for rent. While this might woo tenants, it is being seen in the property industry as a balancing of the sharp spike in rental prices that occurred in Q2 2012.
In the West End and Clerkenwell we have seen a rise of 11.7% in number of lets agreed in the £750 -£1000 p/w rent bracket, while there has been a rise of 21.7% in number of lets agreed for properties between £1,000 and £1,500 p/w. This reflects the time of year, with properties being snapped up by the international student market.
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KEEP CALM: The FAA and sUAVs/Drone Rules (Final UPDATE)
Filtering-out the Facts from Fiction & Paranoia
With the publishing of Jack Nicas and Andy Pasztor's speculative and interpretive article in the Wall Street Journal in the fall of 2014, it seems every news agency, media outlet and publication has totally lost their minds in a fit of hysteria liken to Chicken Little proportions; sparking "end of days" tweets and forum discussions throughout the social mediasphere that has brought on an industry-wide panic akin to Orson Wells' War of the Worlds live broadcast radio play. Let's just stop right there and breathe for a moment – turn off the TV, put down that paper and let's look at some facts… (Last UPDATED 1/14/2016 at bottom of article)
If you're new to the sUAV (small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) or "drones" industry and are only reading the headlines today or hearing the rumors and fears of those around you (or on TV) then you probably think that sUAV you bought or were thinking of buying for the holidays is just going to have to sit on the shelf until the FAA gets around to making up the new regulations for the industry.
You might think… but you'd be wrong.
First of all, the FAA can't make laws – only develop guidelines and regulations. The federal government has no authority whatsoever to regulate the operation of remote-controlled model aircraft.
Let's back up a little and look at how the FAA has been kicking the can down the road for several years now:
Since before 2008, there have been the same restrictions and rules in place that the FAA has been clinging too, that has made it nearly impossible for commercial, industrial, agricultural, search and rescue, forest service, firefighters and *law enforcement to get full, proper authorization to use sUAVs in their work. Even the Washington State Department of Transportation had to write up a 27-page report (PDF) on the application process for test vehicles and how it was the main barrier to entry in the industry. *Note that special applications are now available for sUAVs in public service, but they need to be requested and applied/approved by the FAA.
Chris Anderson (Founder/CEO of 3D Robotics) wrote this Regulatory FAQ on his blog DIY Drones back in March of 2008 showing that really, nothing has changed in 8 years!
In as early as 2010, the discussions of the FAA sUAS regulations NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) were open for public commenting through mid 2011. These deadlines have been continually extended all the way up through Sept, 2014 – most recently at the request of the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics). To be fair, most people didn't know much about the importance of having their voices heard on the subject and the AMA was trying to rally members to speak up and issue their comments.
According to Peter Sachs, Esq. of the Drone Law Journal blog, these have been the FAA's basic standing guidelines/rules, but not directly enforceable laws:
Don't fly above 400ft AGL
Don't fly within 3 miles of an airport/landing strip
Keep you craft within line of sight
Don't fly in NOAA zones and obey all TFRs/FRZs (Temporary Flight Restrictions/Flight Restricted Zones)
Fly safely (not near pedestrians, wildlife, buildings/property, etc. – common sense)
Again – using common sense and care when you're flying, all of these guidelines should be adhered to for the safety of everyone. Unfortunately, a lot of people either don't know about them or don't care and fly recklessly anyway – which has brought a lot of attention of this industry to the media, which is putting more pressure on the FAA to set standards for enforceable regulations of sUAVs.
Actually, it goes back even further, as you'll see in this Advisory Circular published in 1981:
Here's the latest published Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft, as of June 18, 2014. A few additional guidelines and descriptions are noted; such as the 3-mile radius from an airport or landing strip is increased to 5 miles (you have to contact the control tower first if you do plan to fly in that range), and they are still trying to lump ALL UAV/UAS into the "under 55lb" category, including fuel-powered drones and other UAS – not taking into consideration the "under 20lb" multirotors that hobbyists and commercial sUAV pilots are actively using.
Also notice they make special distinction between hobbyist and commercial operations:
But the FAA seems to be more interested in the commercial use of sUAVs than they are overall safety of hobbyist craft – which are the very issue of every reported incident or near-miss to date. While serious, commercial operators are taking care and precautions to ensure their expensive multirotors and cameras don't come crashing down. With few exceptions, most commercial sUAV pilots will get training and practice extensively to maintain control of their craft and line up the cameras through FPV monitors to get the shots they need instead of dangerously flying over people and property where there could be a potential for a mishap.
Since this awareness of the increased number of sUAVs across the country and several mishaps that have caught the media's attention, several local, regional and state agencies have issued no fly zones to protect the public and natural open space. It is also now illegal to take off and or land inside a National Park, and you can be cited by a park ranger with a hefty $5000 fine and possibly 6 months jail time. However, since the National Park system does not control the airspace above the park, if you want to take the chance of taking off outside the park's boundaries and flying over, you'd better hope and pray that your craft makes it back safely outside the park again!
But what about commercial use? Why does the FAA allow hobbyist to fly with the exact same sUAVs that commercial pilots are flying with, but has issued an all-out ban on commercial sUAV flight just because there's an exchange of money for services?
When I first attempted to contact the FAA a year ago in November, 2013 to get special authorization for commercial use, this was the actual email response I received:
"Dear Mr Foster:
The FAA doesn't regulate the model aircraft industry. This includes the hobbyists that fly model aircraft and the manufacturers that make model aircraft. We only ask that hobbyists comply with Advisory Circular 91-57. While not my area of expertise, I believe flight standards would investigate hobbyists that fly in a careless or reckless manner."
Obviously, they've changed their minds about this.
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The Pirker Case
The one case that all eyes have been watching over the past few years and has been responsible for all the media frenzy of late.
In 2011, Raphael Pirker of Team Blacksheep (AKA "Trappy"), a Swiss citizen, was contracted by a publicity firm under contract with the University of Virginia to take aerial videos over and around the campus with his remote controlled powered fixed-wing Styrofoam glider (a Ritewing Zephyr). A couple years later, after viewing his flight online, the FAA levied a $10,000 fine claiming he had operated an UAS for commercial purposes, which the FAA does not permit under current regulations for UAVs/UAS in U.S. airspace. They also contended that his flight was reckless and unsafe and many would agree. Trappy is known to fly crazy stunts and dangerously close to people and objects, as you can see in his many videos online. Here is that initial video that started it all:
But because they also contended that Trappy was the pilot in command of the UAS for compensation, which makes it a commercial use.
Pirker appealed the fine, claiming the FAA didn't have regulatory authority over the operation of a "model aircraft" – the case was sent to a law judge for the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) to make a decision. The judge's ruling on March 6, 2014 was in Priker's favor to dismiss.
The decision issued March 6, 2014, by Patrick G. Geraghty, granted Pirker's motion and set aside the fine. The judge's reasoning included:
The aircraft Pirker flew is more likely a model aircraft, and by its own advisory circulars, the FAA excludes model aircraft from the more generic term of aircraft. Thus many of the allegations about improper and unsafe operation of the aircraft that the FAA made in its complaint don't apply.
Geraghty further noted that the FAA doesn't actually define or even talk about UAS in any of its regulatory documents. All mention of UAS is only in advisories, primarily written for internal FAA guidance, and as the documents themselves state, not intended to be regulatory. Thus his decision reflects his observation that the FAA can't take an action against an operator of a type of vehicle that the FAA hasn't even officially recognized.
The judge also emphasized that had there been rules or regulations in place (that required mandatory compliance) regarding model aircraft or UAS or where UAS were defined as "aircraft," then the FAA didn't follow its required course (as required in the U.S. Code) of issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), soliciting public comment for 30 days, and then issuing the proper rule or regulation.
BUT… that "victory" for the proponents of the commercial UAS was short lived, as just recently the FAA appealed the judge's decision based on safety issues and the decision was overturned.
November 18, 2014, WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board announced today that it has served the FAA and respondent Raphael Pirker with its opinion and order regarding Mr. Pirker's appeal in case CP-217, regarding the regulation of unmanned aircraft. In the opinion, the Board remanded the case to the administrative law judge to collect evidence and issue a finding concerning whether Pirker's operation of his unmanned aircraft over the campus of the University of Virginia in 2011 was careless or reckless.
The FAA appealed an NTSB administrative law judge's decision after the judge dismissed the FAA's order requiring Pirker to pay a civil penalty of $10,000 for allegedly operating an unmanned aircraft in a careless or reckless manner. In his decision, the judge compared Pirker's unmanned aircraft to a model aircraft, and found the FAA had not enacted an enforceable regulation regarding such aircraft.
In reaching its decision, the Board determined the FAA may apply the regulation that prohibits operation of an aircraft in a careless or reckless manner to unmanned aircraft. To determine whether Pirker violated this regulation, however, the Board stated an administrative law judge would need to review evidence showing the operation was careless or reckless.
The public may view the opinion and order on the NTSB website at http://www.ntsb.gov/legal/pirker/5730.pdf
Basically, the NTSB has determined that the definition of an "aircraft" is any "device" "used for flight in the air." This definition includes any aircraft, manned or unmanned, large or small.
So in a press release issued by the FAA on November 18, 2014:
November 18, 2014, WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration has a responsibility to protect the safety of the American people in the air and on the ground.
The National Transportation Safety Board affirmed the agency's position that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) meet the legal definition of "aircraft," and that the agency may take enforcement action against anyone who operates a UAS or model aircraft in a careless or reckless manner.
The FAA believes Mr. Pirker operated a UAS in a careless or reckless manner, and that the proposed civil penalty should stand. The agency looks forward to a factual determination by the Administrative Law Judge on the "careless or reckless" nature of the operation in question.
So it's all still left to interpretation and determination of the FAA as to the recklessness of the Pirker case, and all eyes are still on it.
The NTSB did NOT address the issue of "commercial use" of drones/sUAVs.
UPDATE 1/30/2015:
"Aerial photographer Raphael Pirker has settled the civil penalty proceeding brought by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in 2013 concerning his flight of a styrofoam Zephyr II model aircraft (or "drone") at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in October 2011.
The $1,100 settlement "does not constitute an admission of any of the allegations in the case or an admission of any regulatory violation," Pinker's attorney Brendan Schulman said in a statement."
So where does that leave the rest of us?
Well, if you ask the FAA, you can basically do anything you want within the guidelines as long as you fly safely and don't fly for payment or commercial purposes.
SAY WHAT??!!
That's right. According to the FAA website, you can still fly your model aircraft (weighing less than 55lbs) within all the operation limits of the guidelines stated in the Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft as long as there's no commercial attachment.
So what does COMMERCIAL PURPOSE have to do with safety?
So – the FAA DOES claim to allow you to apply for special consideration by applying for a Section 333 exemption which requires you first filing for a COA (Certificates of Waiver or Authorization) in which you must first request to get an account for which to access the online application process and you get passed-on to yet another department/entity and it continues… probably best to get some legal assistance on this process and be prepared to wait in the queue.
But since the FAA has allowed exemptions for a handful of film & TV industry professionals, they've come with a lot of restrictions that a smaller company or independent couldn't possibly meet. Some restrictions demand a two-operator UAS, to last less than 30 minutes and remain under 200 feet on a closed set.
Interestingly though, all seven exemption applications for the film companies were awarded through the same law firm and lawyer.
But no word yet on the FAA's acceptance of the hundreds of other applications sent in through the process, such as construction, geological surveying/study and precision agriculture, which has been booming business in Japan for years now.
Taking Action – Not Standing Still
Not everyone is pleased with the progress (or lack thereof) of the FAA releasing specific guidelines for commercial sUAV/UAS in categories that make sense and with regulation that is both sensible and attainable.
There are several agencies, organizations and entities that are lobbying for these efforts, as well as actually filing suit against the FAA for what they feel is unconstitutional and "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law, in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, and without observance of procedure required by law."
The AMA has filed suit as they feel the restrictions in the proposed interpretation of the rules is prohibitive to the hobby, as well as manufacturers.
Another group, which includes the UAS America Fund, SkyPan International, FPV Manuals and Peter Sachs with the Drone Pilots Association, which is represented by one of the country's leading drone law experts, Brendan Schulman. According to Schulman, the FAA's interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft was meant to tell those who would use models for commercial purposes that "until we have something in place, you shouldn't do anything at all."
Peter Sachs states, "Regulations are one thing, outright barriers are another. Congress ordered the FAA to integrate drones into the national airspace system, not exclude them." And he's not alone in this. A group of Senate lawmakers are putting pressure on the FAA to speed up its efforts in developing reasonable rules for drones. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is leading the charge in a letter that states: "These delays force manufacturers and operators who play by the rules to sit on the sidelines while they wait for approval," Wyden wrote along with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), "while others chance fines and operate without any certification from the FAA, which raises serious concerns about public safety."
Download a PDF of the actual letter here.
A new entity called the Small UAV Coalition has formed with some serious membership support. As posted on their website mission statement, "The Small UAV Coalition advocates for law and policy changes to permit the operation of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) beyond the line-of-sight, with varying degrees of autonomy, for commercial, consumer, recreational and philanthropic purposes. Our members, including leading consumer and technology companies such as Airware, Amazon Prime Air, DJI Innovations, Google[x], GoPro, Parrot, and 3DR, believe that U.S. leadership in the research, development, and production of unmanned aerial vehicles will benefit consumers in all walks of life. We believe that, working together, we will be able to remove unnecessary policy or regulatory hurdles that impede small UAV development, sales, job creation, and services."
UPDATE 12/5/2014: Peter Sachs shared this letter from United States Senator Mark R. Warner sent to the FAA on Dec. 4th, pleading with them to expedite the "development of balanced and reasonable UAS regulations" and places the focus on the financial impact the delays can be causing the commercial aerial photography/videography industry and the jobs that coould be created, along with the taxible income revenue. We can only hope to see more of this type of support in the months ahead!
So what about these proposed new rules the FAA is imposing?
Nobody is seriously going to argue that it should be a free-for-all wild west shootout in the sky where anyone can fly whatever/whenever – so yes, some sort of regulations and accountability for pilots is definitely necessary. Most professionals I've spoken with agree that a realistic testing/licensing system that assures pilots have basic skills and knowledge in place before starting up a drone/sUAV business. Safety and responsibility are of the greatest concern.
But if the rumors are true that the FAA expects to invoke some of these insane restrictions and barriers to entry, such as requiring a manned pilot's license for commercial sUAV use, they can expect a big pushback from the industry and the public. Does it really make sense to force someone to go through months of training and tens of thousands of dollars just to fly an sUAV that they already know how to operate?
The Small UAV Coalition's Executive Director and Advisor, Michael Drobac (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld) and CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner discuss the FAA's potential rules for commercial drone use on Fox Business:
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Peter Sachs adds, "There is nothing wrong with requiring an appropriate level of aeronautical, meteorological and airspace knowledge. That makes sense. However, requiring a manned pilot license to fly a three-pound plastic drone commercially, is like requiring a medical license to apply a Band-Aid. If the reported FAA proposed regulations are actually adopted, the United States is destined to remain a third world nation with respect to drones."
But for now, there has been no decision – no actual ban – no enforceable actions from the FAA or the NTSB regarding commercial sUAV operation.
So I for one, will continue business as usual: flying safely within the regulated airspace as set-forth by the FAA's guidelines as any other conscious hobbyist would do. But I won't hide the fact that I'm teaching others how to fly and shoot and enjoy this amazing technology. And I will continue to test manufacturers' sUAVs and cameras and speak at conferences, conventions and workshops. And I will show farmers how to use this technology to monitor their crops. And help other businesses and professional photographers and filmmakers learn how this technology can help them create better images and videos. I'm confident the industry will prevail. Go fly my pretties… fly… FLY!
UPDATE 12/5/2014: Check out my interview discussing this topic on THAT DRONE SHOW this week – speaking with David & Sarah Oneal, we look at the article and the state of the industry as a whole.
UPDATE 12/10/14: Committe on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competitiveness
Update 2/4/2015: Lisa Ellman featured on Huffington Post Live interview: "Obama's Former Student Is Now Helping Him Shape Commercial Drone Policy"
UPDATE 2/15/2015: DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for sUAS
I listened in on a conference call this morning with DOT Secretary Anthony Fox and FAA Administrator Michael Heurta, as they discussed the proposed new regulatory rules for the use of sUAS. I was actually encouraged by what I heard – there are some sensible and reasonable regulations they are considering, which will indoubtedly assure that both pilots and manufacturers are putting safety first, with realistic guidelines.
Here are a few items in summary:
Drones must be under 55 pounds
Flights must take place during daylight hours
Flights must take place within visual line of sight of the operator
Operators may work with a visual observer, but the operator still must be able to maintain visual line of sight
The drone must be registered and aircraft markings are required
Operators must be 17 years old, pass an aeronautical knowledge test, hold an FAA UAS operator certificate, and pass a TSA background check
Aeronautical knowledge testing must be renewed every 24 months (no private pilot license or medical rating would be required)
Operators must ensure their aircraft is safe for flight, but there are no burdensome airworthiness standards or certification requirements (a preflight inspection conducted by the operator, checking communications links and equipment will be sufficient)
Operators must report an accident to the FAA within 10 days of any operation that results in injury or property damage
No operations are allowed in Class A (18,000 feet & above) airspace. Operations in Class B, C, D and E airspace are allowed with the required ATC permission, Operations in Class G airspace are allowed without ATC permission
The new rules will not apply to model aircraft if those operators continue to satisfy all of the criteria specified in Sec. 336 of Public Law 112-95, including the stipulation that they be operated only for hobby or recreational purposes
The proposed rule maintains the existing prohibition against operating in a careless or reckless manner. It also would bar an operator from allowing any object to be dropped from the UAS
The operator must always see and avoid manned aircraft. If there is a risk of collision, the drone operator must be the first to maneuver away
The operator must discontinue the flight when continuing would pose a hazard to other aircraft, people or property
The operator must assess weather conditions, airspace restrictions and the location of people to lessen risks if he or she loses control of the UAS
The drone may not fly over people, except those directly involved with the flight
The drone must operate below 500 feet altitude and no faster than 100 mph
Drones must stay out of airport flight paths and restricted airspace areas, and obey any FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
They also discussed a "Micro UAS rule" for flights over people in Class G airspace for sUAS under 4.4lbs.
To review the full press release from today's announcement, go here.
To add your comments on this issue to the FAA, visit: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FAA-2015-0150
In the meantime while all of this is sorted-out (could take up to 2 years before these regulations go into affect), you will still need to apply for the Section 333 Exemption and follow the procedures in place to get approval for commercial UAS filght in the FAA's eyes. No mention or comment of enforcement currently given at this time.
UPDATE 3/14/2015: FAA Harrasses Fliers who Post on YouTube
The past couple of weeks I've been following a story by a fellow member of the UAV Legal News & Discussion group on Facebook, where he received a threatening voice mail from the local FAA office in Portland, Maine telling him to take down his commercial aerial website or face possible action, including having an investigator contacting him shortly. News of this hit the Internet and spread like wildfire, with Tweets sharing the recorded voice message and discussion and paranoia abounded.
It prompted this article in the Portland Press Herald claiming that his First Amendment rights may have been violated as well. As Peter Sachs, Esq. put it, "Until the proposed rules become final, there really is no law whatsoever in regard to commercial regulations".
These continued scare tactics by the FAA are not only going to backfire on them as the truth that THERE ARE STILL NO ENFORCEABLE LAWS ON THE BOOKS regarding commercial aerial photography/videography from a UAV/UAS/Drone – but they are also wasting what little resources they already have spending time looking for "offenders" through online postings.
This also sparked an article today from FORBES contributor John Goglia about the practice of searching the Internet for commercial videos by the FAA. Citing that safety should be the number one concern of the FAA instead of looking for commercial use cases online.
With the FAA going after fliers that have received compensation for flying and shooting aerial photos or videos and harassing/threatening them with penalties or consequences if they don't remove them or unlit their promotions offering services, instead of focusing those same resources on the many UNSAFE flying practices from hobbyists and novices, is proof that there's something more sinister at hand. WHY is the commercialization of this industry so much MORE IMPORTANT than the safety of everyone getting into it? Who's losing out to those who might profit from using UAVs to do commercial production? Follow. The. Money.
UPDATE 5/16/2015: FAA Moves on Granting Section 333 Exemptions… slowly
Starting with a quick review of the panel I served on at NAB Show 2015 Broadcast Management Conference session titled: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Myths & Realities with co-panelists (L-R); Lisa Ellman, TJ Diaz, Jeff Foster, Dean Griffith (FAA), Matthew Bieschke and moderated by Brian Fung (Washington Post)
This panel discussion was aimed primarily at the broadcast industry and the use of UAVs commercially. Many of the questions were directed toward Lisa Ellman, an attorney whose firm helps applicants with their Section 333 Exemption process and a Washington DC advocate for commercial drone use; and Dean Griffith, office of Chief Counsel for the FAA. Ms Ellman's answers were more educational as to the need for the process to continue smoothly and looking toward the future, while Mr Griffith's comments were directed primarily toward the FAA's accomplishments to date and the importance of safety.
During one point in the conversation about safety, I commented that I felt that FPV use was just as important safety feature of flying as short-range LOS (Line Of Sight), to be sure that you're clear of obstacles and people below – that you really needed both and that most newer consumer/prosumer drones were coming out with integrated apps for smart devices that provided all this in HD live FPV. After another 10+ minutes of talking about insuring safety for commercial use – hence the requirement for the Section 333 Exemption, I interjected that "…I am still curious as to WHY there is still the need for the Section 333 ONLY for commercial use and not hobbyists as well? I asked what the difference was between the two, when someone is flying the same craft at the same time/location… for example; I could fly a DJI Phantom over my house and property and take all the videos and photos I want as a hobbyist, but if I do the exact same flight as a service for roof or solar panel inspection or for a realtor, then suddenly you guys have a problem with it. It's all about the money isn't it"? To that a flustered Mr Griffith went back to his canned talking points about safety – avoiding my comment about the money. I again asked "so why does the exchange of money make the difference here?" and his response was just "It's all about the intent of the flight". No, Mr Griffith – it's still ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
Commercial Use moving forward…
The sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) commenting period ended on April 24, 2015. This was an open commenting period where anyone/everyone was invited to comment on the latest proposed rules back in February.
Amid recent reports of more Section 333 Exemptions being granted (here's a link to the FAA list of Authorizations Granted Via Section 333 Exemptions) whereas broadcast journalists are hit hard with ridiculous restriction that approval must be made before a flight is authorised (really – for Breaking News?) – and you must still get a minimum of a Sport Pilot's License if/when your application is finally granted. You will still need to get authorization if you change/update/add new craft to your gear and obtain permission to fly/where you fly in most cases.
UPDATE 6/29/2015: How to Apply for an FAA Section 333 Exemption & COA
If you intend to fly commercial with sUAS like a DJI Phantom, Inspire or 3DR Solo for shooting real estate, events, agriculture, etc. then you might be able to proceed with filing your own petition application online. I have already applied for mine and am waiting to hear back on the process and what the restrictions and/or requirements will be needed to be completed upon approval of my application.
If you're interested in taking on this process on your own, I found this video, "How to Apply for an FAA Section 333 Exemption & COA"* produced by Adam at Aeroworks Productions, LLC that gives you the step-by-step instructions and hows/whys of applying. It's very thorough and is the most accurate and complete resource I've found to date on this process. *NOTE: THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE – IT NOW HAS A $9.99 RENTAL FEE (but the information and instructions provided are definitely worth the investment in my opinion).
If you are planning to fly a larger multirotorcraft that you've built custom or had someone build for you and are carrying larger cameras or using in heavily populated areas for film/TV, then it would be wise to hire a law firm that specializes in working with the application process to help you minimize the potential for errors in your submission – especially if you're operating as a corporation or LLC. Most firms are charging a flat fee of between $5000-7500 per application.
Fortunately, the FAA is turning these applications around much more quickly this year and I've heard some people have been approved in about 2-3 months.
This is still far from REAL forward momentum and is effectively shutting-down a lot of small businesses trying to bring this exciting new industry into the future – but those who are willing to forge ahead in spite of the empty threats from the FAA (we STILL do not have an enforceable LAW prohibiting commercial use in the U.S.) but we're looking toward the future when we have reasonable rules and laws that protect/enforce safe flying for EVERYONE – not just restricting commercial use. Until then…
UPDATE 8/16/2015: FAA's Attempts to Solicit Fear of Drones is Waning… Facts, Please!
By now, if you haven't heard the story about the wildfires burning trapped cars on Interstate 15 in Southern California, then you're probably living under a rock. What made this story sensational was the report of "5 drones in the area" kept airborne firefighters away from dousing the fire – which is a total fabrication by the media and was never claimed by the forest service nor the firefighters. However, there was an actual report of one individual drone (manufacture/make unknown) that may have been launched by a motorist trapped in traffic to fly up ahead and see what was holding things up. Again – purely speculative on all parts and nobody yet has been convicted of any wrongdoing in the matter.
But meanwhile, the FAA in their attempt to educate the public worked with the "Know Before You Fly" campaign to produce with the US Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service, this poster campaign as a way to get people to think before flying around wildfires.
While it may be as effective as Smokey the Bear attempting to get people to not flick a lit cigarette out of their car window, the ACTUAL reported number of REAL incidents involving UAV/Drone interference with airborne firefighting equipment and pilots is still vague – regardless of claims by the FAA.
Meanwhile in Arizona, a different take on drones potential use to actually HELP firefighters doesn't see the light of day in any of the major news media channels.
Then on August 12, 2015, the FAA posted this article, stating the pilot reports of close calls with drones to more than 650 as of August 9th of this year, up from a total of 238 sightings the previous year. With the FAA's new stance to all commercial pilots regarding UAVs, "See Something, Say Something", it appears that every UFO, bird and reflection in the sky is now automatically considered a "drone".
Patrick McKay. a fellow UAV pilot from one of the online UAV Legal groups I belong to, had filed a FOIA request with the FAA for the following documents back in April of 2015:
"All releasable records related to civil enforcement actions or certificate actions against operators of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or model aircraft, initiated in 2014 or 2015. This request includes, but is not limited to, letters of investigation, notices of penalty assessment, investigative reports, and other releasable documents, [and] a list of all incidents involving unmanned aerial systems or model aircraft that have been investigated by the FAA in 2014 or 2015 but are still pending or did not result in enforcement action, and all releasable documents related to those incidents."
After several months of going back and forth in correspondence with the FAA, he finally got a response on August 13, 2015. You can read about his experience here, as well as download the actual letters and the report in PDF form. This was an actual copy of the FAA's National Program Tracking and Reporting System (NPTRS) which includes a list of 237 records, with only the personal information redacted – NOT over 650 as the FAA claimed in their latest article.
The major take-aways from the report, as Patrick highlights in his findings, is that the majority of the "incidents" recorded are unsubstantiated reports of UAS sightings by pilots or home owners where the FAA were never able to conclusively prove that a UAS was flown in the area or identify the UAS operator. Also, most incidents resulted in a letter or information about drone safety was provided to the persons actually identified and located in minor incidents. Other cases where the FAA either discovered through an individual's website or by a report submitted by another party, that someone was operating a commercial UAV service, they were sent letters and information about applying for a section 333 extension. Other cases were dismissed if it was decided that the drone operators were flying safely and within the guidelines of the FAA's hobbyist rules. And several reports involved loss of control of military or border patrol UAVs.
None of the reports resulted in fines, imprisonment or revocation of one's Private Pilot License or seizure of their craft.
One thing is interesting, that the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics), whom many of us are card-carrying members of and supporters of their mission and cause for the RC UAS industry, appear to be actively reporting UAS operators to the FAA. This seems not only counter-productive, but will eventually drive a deeper wedge between the older RC fixed-wing model aircraft group and the UAV/drone group, instead of bringing them together for a common cause.
So PLEASE FAA – Let's Get Beyond the Fear-Mongering and DO SOMETHING to Improve Drone Safety!
John Goglia, former NTSB Member and world-renowned aviation safety expert writes in Forbes in his article, The Most Important Thing FAA Can Do Now To Improve Drone Safety,
"…as hard as it is to believe the FAA has taken the absurd and unsafe position that training drone users – unless it is done for free as a hobby or recreational activity – is illegal."
And for those afraid that drones are doing to be spying on them or over their property/in their bedroom windows, Evan Lewis (goes by the "Drone Dude" on his YouTube channel) did a comparison test video of a high quality 4k capable drone (DJI Inspire 1) and your typical DSLR with a Zoom lens, just to show the tin-foil hat club that they've really got nothing to be afraid of, but their own paranoia.
And finally, in an article by Alistair Charlton of the International Business Times, Fear of drones crashing into passenger planes is 'much ado about nothing' says airline pilot – he outlines the blog post of a 30-year veteran airline pilot that compares the common bird strike to a drone with a much lower mass and weight of a common duck, and citing that birdstrikes are just no longer news in the media or aviation circles.
'Even if a plane were to hit a drone during takeoff or landing, Manno remains doubtful that any damage would be caused. He recalled how striking a duck weighing 10 pounds (4.5kg) did nothing more than smear his windscreen with "duck guts" and put him off his lunch. "None of the birds went into either engine. No aircraft systems were affected. Nobody (besides Pittsburgh tower) knew until after landing when we filed the required reports.
"This is a pretty good predictor of what might happen if the rare, statistically minute chance of a drone-aircraft collision were to occur: likely, nada."
So again – I will state the obvious for those still with me here… any idiot with a credit card can buy a drone (or a gun) and do stupid things with it. All the regulations, laws and fines in the world aren't going to stop them from doing stupid things.
And it has NOTHING to do with commercial use of UAS – definitely not safety, as we've outlined before that commercial operators are the most trained and cautious fliers out there because they (a) have a responsible mission to accomplish with for their clients (b) most likely carry liability insurance and (c) have the most to lose if something does go wrong, so they aren't going to risk that chance by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
UPDATE 9/22/2015: AMA Responds to FAA's Drone Sighting Report
In direct response to the FAA's August press release "Pilot Reports of Close Calls with Drones Soar in 2015" that I rebutted earlier last month, the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) examined the public records of 764 reports of sightings and determined the FACTS of these claimed statistics and sensational headlines the media has grabbed up to further fan the flames in this heated topic. This study was also picked up by USA Today as "Drone hobbyists find flaws in "close call" reports to FAA from other aircraft".
It's obvious that the FAA has given manned aircraft pilots the instructions "See Something – Say Drone", as out of these 764 "close call" sightings, that only 27 were actually described by pilots as a "near miss" (sic) – a term itself that makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! (wouldn't a "near-miss" actually be a "hit"? Should be rephrased to "near-collision"… Perhaps we'll just refer to them as "close-calls" – if in fact they actually were). We're still taking all these reports on the eyewitness accounts of individuals with no substantiating data or proof that they actually happened. Many of the reports listed were of military drones, balloons, UFOs and other phenomenon that had nothing to do with private/personal UAVs.
Some key takeaways from the AMA's Study:
Not every sighting or report was a "close call." Many were just that – sightings. Only a small fraction was legitimately reported as "near misses" or "near mid-air collisions."
Some of the most serious incidents in the FAA data – including two actual crashes – involve government-authorized military drones, not civilian drones. • It's not just uninformed consumers causing problems; the records include several reports of authorized or unauthorized public entities and commercial operators flying. Given the widespread interest in commercial applications, unidentified operators cannot be presumed to be "hobbyists." • Some sightings appear to involve people flying responsibly and within the FAA's current recreational guidelines.
Many things in the air – from balloons and birds to model rockets and mini blimps – are mistaken for, or reported as, drone sightings even when they are not. One pilot in Minnesota even reported seeing something that "resembled a dog."
A number of sightings have occurred over or around stadium events, wildfires, power plants and other critical infrastructure. These raise different concerns from pilot sightings.
Despite the FAA's stated desire to find and punish rogue operators, in almost 20% of reports – 142 reports, to be exact – local law enforcement either wasn't notified or it was unknown whether local law enforcement was notified.
It was also noted that the majority of these reports were merely "sightings" and not reported as "near mid-air collisions". On the contrary, actually. Only 1.3% of the records (10 of 764) explicitly note that the pilot took evasive action in response to a drone.
PLUS… it was noted that military drones – NOT civilian drones are involved in some of the most serious incidents, including ALL actual crashes. Yet they remain in the report and the misleading propaganda from the FAA remains:
More recently, the FAA admitted in an August 30 news story that there is no regulatory definition for what constitutes a "close call." The agency said the phrase was "simply part of a news headline,"2 Implying that the agency may have intentionally used sensational language to spur media interest in its data. The general public, the media, our nation's lawmakers, and all stakeholders in drone technology deserve better from the government agency responsible for the safety of the nation's skies and for reporting objectively and accurately on public safety issues.
The AMA concluded with a press release on Sept 14, 2015 that announced the release of their findings in their detailed study.
While the AMA has been working closely with the FAA for many years to encourage safety and responsible operation of model aircraft, they do note that this recent report sends the wrong message to the public and recommend that the FAA take a closer look at their data and represent it more acurately and responsibly.
I couldn't agree more!!
Be Smart. Be Safe.
But Keep Flying!
**Final UPDATE 1/22/2016: FAA Drone Registrations & Beyond
Now that I've been on this topic for a year and a half now and the FAA STILL hasn't complied with the Congressional mandate to have actual drone legistlation in place, I'm going to summarize what the state of the current registration process is for both hobbyist and commercial users and what I've done personally and encourage others to do at this point.
First, the Hobbyists:
Let's address the most recent issues about the FAA's drone registration for all consumer drones weighing over .55lbs (250gr) and under 55lbs (or anything over two sticks of butter).
Registration is a statutory requirement that applies to all aircraft. Under this rule, any owner of a small UAS who has previously operated an unmanned aircraft exclusively as a model aircraft prior to December 21, 2015, must register no later than February 19, 2016. Owners of any other UAS purchased for use as a model aircraft after December 21, 2015 must register before the first flight outdoors. Owners may use either the paper-based process or the new streamlined, web-based system. Owners using the new streamlined web-based system must be at least 13 years old to register. Owners may register through a web-based system at www.faa.gov/uas/registration
This is a hotbed of controversy at the moment as people are freaking out about having to give up their personal information that the FAA will make public and become a major security and privacy issue.
Well, almost… kinda… buuuuuut, not really. The only information you ill be providing during registration that can be extracted through the FAA's registration database is your name and address. That's it. You can spend 5 minutes searching Google and get a lot more info about someone than you ever will from the registration database. The AMA has issued a notice to all their members to hold-off registering as they're trying to work a deal with the FAA to allow registered AMA members to just use their membership numbers instead, but so far the FAA isn't going for it.
But what some fear is a privacy issue, might apply for minors. The FAA says that everyone 13yrs+ must register if they have a drone that fits the criteria. So if your 10yr old nephew got one from Christmas and flies it recklessly and crashes it, then it will be his parent's/guardian's responsibility – IF he's caught.
Well, there's the issue with all this, really. Registration has NOTHING to do with safety or education or proof of experience – it's ALL about identifying owners of crashed drones when an incident occurs. BUT, authorities must recover the errant drone and get the registration number off it first. That's IF the owner actually registered in the first place.
The FAA claims that the penalties for not registering yourself as a drone owner (yes, it's YOU that gets registered – not your individual drones) may be faced with a civil fine up to $27,500. That's only if you get caught flying it – even if your're safe and flying in an authorized area, but you're not registered. Criminal penalties can go up to $250,000 and a threat of imprisonment of up to three years!
I'm not sure how any/all this is going to be enforced, but the FAA has been soliciting local LEO to help curb the activities – to which it's been met with a bit of apathy to date, fortunately. Police have a lot better things to do with their time than to shake down kids to see if they're registered or not.
But, in the name of compliance and sharing my full step-by-step process for registration, I shared my experience of registering the first day that registration was open, so you can read all about it here.
Commercial Drone Registration – my Updates:
As I've mentioned earlier in this on-going article, the only way the FAA will recognize you as a commercial drone pilot is if you apply for and receive a Section 333 Exemption. I applied for mine last summer and received it last fall. But that was only the beginning. Obtaining a licensed pilot with a SPL or PPL to actually fly my craft with me on commercial flights, registering all my drones used in the commercial operation with their own N numbers, getting the proper paperwork in order and making sure I'm properly insured is all a lot of extra work. Even if I just want to fly over someones barn or house for some real estate photos/videos or to shoot an outdoor wedding reception.
Most people don't realize all the work that goes into trying to comply and how costly it is for legal fees, insurances, registrations, etc. Which is why my colleague Mike Fortin of Cinedrones wrote this article to reach out and educate those who have applied for their 333 and might not be in full compliance – yet.
Something else most folks don't understand is that offering someone $100 "just to get a qucik shot of my roof" is still considered commercial use – IF you're caught.
I'm a pretty public guy and also a professional videographer/producer, so I can't take a chance of trying to "skirt the system" at this point – even if there really ISN'T any official "laws" in place yet, so I'm kinda "taking one for the team" – mostly to see how the process works and the system that drives it/enforces it follows through. Then I share it with all of you.
I'm closing this article with my final submission, but feel free to comment and I'll try to respond.
You can continue to follow my articles on drone technology, policy and other interests over at the Drone Coalition (no association with ProVideo Coalition), but a venture I co-founded in the interest drone of technology beyond the camera's eye. I will continue to post camera/video related articles and reviews here on PVC, so stay tuned…
Jeff Foster is a published author of several how-to books and training videos in the motion graphics, animation and video production industries and is an award-winning video producer and artist. Visit his web site to learn more about his training methods, tips & tricks at PixelPainter.com
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The MDC is one of the six Helmholtz Centers that have joined forces with the Einstein Center Digital Future to create a new PhD program in data science located in Berlin.
Established in 2018, the Helmholtz Einstein International Berlin Research School in Data Science – HEIBRiDS – is aimed at doctoral students interested to combine disciplinary knowledge with competencies of a data scientist. HEIBRiDS brings together several Helmholtz Centers and ECDF partners, all working at the intersection of databases and data mining, machine learning, network science, statistics and statistical physics, information retrieval, applied mathematics, and analyses of complex networks. In particular, collaborative data science projects between a researcher at a Helmholtz Center and a university partner associated with the ECDF have and will be further developed in a variety of domains. These projects open numerous possibilities for interdisciplinary exchange.
The training program applies the cotutelle training principle involving a supervisor from a Helmholtz partner as well as one of the ECDF partners. Annual meetings with the thesis advisory committee and a combination of a core research program and individual training sessions are the foundation of the training program. Doctoral students will develop advanced programming skills and experience with data management systems complementing the application knowledge in their specific field.
Collaborating Helmholtz Centers include the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), the Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research (AWI), the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB). ECDF partners in the program are Faculty of the Technische Universität Berlin (TU), the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Humboldt-Universität Berlin (HU) and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) .


EFFECT: Four coins are produced from the hands.
PROCEDURES: Begin by secretly palming three coins (halves or silver dollars) in a right-hand classic palm and one coin in a left fingerpalm. Your body is turned slightly to the left.
When you are prepared as described, make a magical gesture with your left hand; then open your hand to reveal a coin on your left palm.
Bring your palm-down right hand over to your left hand and grasp the coin with your right forefinger and thumb. As your right hand takes this coin, your left fingertips are in a perfect position to contact and silently dislodge one of the coins from the right-hand classic palm. FIGS. 1 and 2 show an audience view and an exposed view, respectively.
As the right hand lifts the coin from the left palm, the left fingers close around the stolen coin (FIG. 3). This action is totally hidden.
Place the coin you removed from your left hand on the table. Make a magical gesture with your left hand; then open your left hand to display a second coin resting in the same position as the first coin you produced. Remove this coin with your right forefinger and thumb, stealing a coin from the right-hand classic palm in the manner already described. The left hand closes into a fist.
Place the coin you removed from your left hand on the table. Make a magical gesture with your left hand and then open your left hand to display a third coin. Remove this coin with your right forefinger and thumb, stealing the last coin from the right-hand classic palm in the manner already described. The left hand again closes into a fist.
Place the coin you removed from your left hand on the table. Make a magical gesture with your left hand and then open your left hand to display a fourth coin. Flip this coin into the air and then table it with the first three coins to complete a very convincing production of four coins.
This performance ofThe Crazyman's Handcuffs for the magicians in Moscow turned into a genuine theatre in the round!
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