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Flight of the Yugoslav Ikarus – Part I
Ikarus AD was an aviation, vehicle and machinery manufacturer established in Novi Sad, Serbia in 1923. The production facilities of Ikarus were destroyed in World War Two but rebuilt in 1946 and soon nationalised by the new Tito led Yugoslav communist government. The following is part one of a two-part series and covers the key glider and piston engined aircraft developed by Ikarus in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
A Split with the Soviet Union
Post war in the early years of Communist Yugoslavia, most aircraft operated by the Yugoslav Air Force were supplied by the Soviet Union but in 1948 the nations had a major split in political relations and supplies were cut off by the Soviets. Serviceability of the Soviet supplied aircraft started to become an issue as spares declined and aircraft had to be picked apart for parts to keep others flying. This problem with the supply of Soviet aircraft and parts lead to the further development of a domestic Yugoslav military aviation industry to avoid such issues in the future.
Ikarus Aero 2
The first Yugoslav designed and built aircraft was the Ikarus Aero 2 basic pilot trainer. The piston engine prototype first flew on October 22nd, 1946 and once proven successful it went into production in 1948. 271 were manufactured between 1948 and 1953 (eight variants with both open and closed cockpits and tail skid or tail wheel). They were operated by the Yugoslav Air Force until 1959 then many were presented to Yugoslav aero clubs, with the last civil variants being retired by 1975
An open cockpit Ikarus Aero 2 basic trainer of the Yugoslav Air Force
Ikarus Aero 2Be variant (YU-CVB, YAF serial 0875) at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum. This example was manufactured in 1952 with a tail wheel, enclosed cockpit and electric lighting for night flying. 40 of this variant were manufactured (photo taken during my November 2015 visit to the museum)
During the late 1940's and early 1950's Ikarus also worked on the design of numerous training aircraft that were ultimately manufactured by another Yugoslav aviation company, Utva. These included the 212, 213 Vihor and 251 (BC-3) trainers.
Ikarus 214 & 215
In the late 1940's Ikarus designed the 214 and 215 aircraft for use as light reconnaissance-bombers. The Ikarus 214 first flew in August 1949 but proved too slow for this role and was used instead as a twin engine training aircraft, transport and maritime patrol/ASW aircraft. 20 were produced plus 2 prototypes and were in use with the Yugoslav Air Force from 1950 to 1967. 6 were presented to civilian aero clubs for transport and parachute jumps and all were retired by 1979.
Ikarus 214 of the Yugoslav Air Force
The Ikarus 215 first flew in 1949 and was a nice looking aircraft but during test flights it became evident the aircraft would not be suitable as an attack aircraft. Only one prototype was built and it was used in a training role for bomber pilots with the Belgrade aviation school until retired in 1957
Ikarus 215
In the late 1940's and early 1950's Ikarus developed a number of gliders or sailing planes. The first in 1949 was the single seat Ikarus Orao (Eagle) and then the single seat Orao IIb/c (Eagle IIb/c) variants in the 1950's. A 1954 Orao IIc is on display at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (YU-4096, c/n 185) and is the only known survivor of this glider/sailing plane type. This type was used successfully by Yugoslav gliding clubs and aero schools to set numerous flight records.
Ikarus followed the Orao glider designs with the two seat Ikarus Košava in 1953 (2 wooden prototypes built). That same year the Košava was flown at the national gliding championships and broke almost all the national two seat gliding records. In 1954 at the World Gliding Championship in the UK a Košava glider flown by its Yugoslav pilots became the two seat glider world champions. Yugoslavia followed up this success with coming second in the world championship in France in 1956. One successful design! Only one wooden Ikarus Košava survives (YU-5022, c/n 1) and it has been on display at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum since being retired in 1968.
Ikarus Orao IIc and Košava gliders at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (photos taken during my November 2015 visit)
Ikarus S-49
In 1949 the home-grown Ikarus S-49 single piston engined fighter aircraft was developed to replace Soviet aircraft in the Yugoslav Air Force. The S-49 looks similar to the Yakovlev Yak-9 but was a new design based off an advanced development of the Rogožarski IK-3 fighter, previously operated by the Royal Yugoslav Air Force from 1940 to 1941.
Yugoslav Air Force Ikarus S-49C
The S-49A model (45 in service from 1950) had a Soviet Klimov M-105 engine which was later replaced in 1952 with a Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 engine in the S-49C model (113 in service from 1952). The S-49 with a top speed of 628 km/h / 390 mph and armed with an engine mounted 20mm cannon, two 12.7mm machine guns plus underwing bombs/rockets remained in service from 1950 to 1961 (the S-49A was retired in 1957) and an S-49C is on display at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum.
Ikarus S-49C at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (photo taken during my 2015 visit)
Ikarus Research Aircraft
In the late 1940's and early 1950's Ikarus began to develop experimental piston engine research aircraft protoypes to counter the negative effects of g-force on pilots during sharp maneuvers. These included the Ikarus 232 Pionir and the Ikarus S-451.
None of the Ikarus experimental aircraft went into wide production but they did provide a stepping stone for future aviation technology development in Yugoslavia. By the early 1960's aircraft development ceased at Ikarus and had been taken over by Soko based in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Ikarus manufactures buses today).
Ikarus 232 Pionir
On October 2nd. 1947 the uniquely designed Ikarus 232 Pionir prototype conducted its first flight. The pilot was in the prone position to fly it, as this was believed to reduce the effect of g-force on the pilot (extreme g-force stress on the pilot is an issue in sharp maneuvers and dives in air combat and ground attack missions). It was a very small aircraft powered by 2 x 48 kW (65 hp) Walter Mikron III piston engines.
Two prototypes of the Ikarus 232 were built and testing was conducted at the Yugoslav Aeronautical Test Centre until 1953. One prototype was lost in 1952 due to an accident but following more than 200 hours of test flights, it was shown that the design was beneficial in reducing g-force stress on the pilot, who could withstand up to 8 to 9 g's in the test flights. This would lead to further development and tests in the new Ikarus S-451 prototype.
Ikarus S-451
The small Ikarus S-451 prototype research aircraft was also designed to counter the negative effects of g-forces (gravitational force) on pilots during sharp maneuvers and was intended to eventually be developed as a light ground attack aircraft. The S-451 was a further development of the smaller Ikarus 232 Pionir and once again the pilot would be in the prone position to fly it to reduce the effect of g-force on the pilot. In test flights by the Yugoslav Aeronautical Test Centre the pilot handled 9 g's without issue but the prone position still put a lot of strain on the pilots neck, caused breathing difficulties and limited the pilots rear view.
Ikarus 451 prototype in flight. That's one happy looking test pilot!
The first flight of the S-451 prototype one (451/I) was on September 22nd, 1951 and the second S-451 prototype (451/II) first flew on February 26th, 1952. 451/II was tested and evaluated for 2 years but the type never went into production. The afore-mentioned issues for the pilot and the introduction of pilot g-suits soon made the prone pilot concept unnecessary.
Fitted with two Walter Minor 6/III, six inverted cylinders air-cooled piston engines of 160 hp each the aircraft was underpowered but still hit a maximum speed of 335 km/h at sea level due to minimal drag from the small front surface of the fuselage. Armament consisted of a fixed 13.1 mm machine gun under the fuselage and six unguided rockets on underwing pylons.
Ikarus 451 prototype and test pilot – it was a very small aircraft
Following the end of test and evaluation flights of the S-451, my understanding is the prototypes were given to the Yugoslav Air Technicians and Engineers Training Centre for ground instructional purposes. Both prototypes were withdrawn from service by 1957 with 451/II being handed over to the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum in Serbia, where you can see it today.
Ikarus S-451 viewed from the second floor gallery of the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (photo taken during my November 2015 visit)
Ikarus S-451 at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (photo taken during my November 2015 visit)
The pilot lay in the prone position to fly the Ikarus S-451 to reduce the impact of g-forces – Belgrade Aeronautical Museum (photo taken during my November 2015 visit)
Ikarus S-451 at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum – note the single rocket rail under the wing (photo taken during my November 2015 visit)
The Ikarus S-451 was powered by two Walter Minor 6/III, six inverted cylinders air-cooled piston engines of 160 hp each – Belgrade Aeronautical Museum – November 2015
The very streamlined Ikarus S-451 experimental aircraft at the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum – November 2015
During the 1950's Ikarus were also designing jet powered aircraft using the basic airframe of the Ikarus 451 design plus other very unique experimental jet aircraft. More on these jet aircraft developments in my next post.
Airwar.ru – 232 Pionir (in English)
Belgrade Aeronautical Museum
Wikipedia – Ikarus S-49
Wikipedia – Ikarus 451
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Great photos! I know virtually nothing of Ikarus aircraft – thanks for posting! The S-451 looks like it deserved to fly a lot faster than it actually did. Very cool. Decades ago when I was on my '1/72 aircraft model-making' jag, I built a variety of oddities that Heller issued, some Polish but mostly French types. I never saw an Ikarus, but something like the S-451 or the S-215 would have been great for the collection.
Thanks Matthew. I just noticed the formatting of that blog had somehow gone all screwy. Just fixed that up. Ikarus was a busy little design team in its day! The S-451 is a neat looking machine but really needed bigger engines. In my next post be prepared for a bunch of unique jet designs!
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I guess Yugoslavia, like many other former Soviet dominated countries, was in the odd position of being reliant upon them. Once support had been withdrawn they were forced into their own aircraft research, development and production. They have some really interesting examples there, and quite unique too! I'm looking forward to seeing what their jet development led to.
There were various aircraft developments under Soviet rule but generally it was take what we have and accept it with less technology than ours (export versions)! Aero in Czechoslovakia and PZL in Poland spring to mind for Warsaw Pact aircraft manufacturers
Sounds about right! No major world beaters came from these countries (that I can think of) maybe they might be able to shine a little brighter now. Let's hope so.
The Aero L-39 Albatros is the main standout – even the Soviets used that (plus the L-29 Delfin before it)
Of course. I know the Delfin, quite a successful trainer and ground attack aircraft I believe. We have a couple here that carry out fast taxis. Nice little aircraft!
Surplus L-29's and L-39's seem to have been sold into private hands all over the world post Cold War – they pop up everywhere! Great jet trainers
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These aircrafts are new to me. Thanks.
The 1950's and 1960's had so many prototypes and experimental aircraft around the world it is hard to keep up!
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With the growing amount of published RDF datasets on similar domains, data conflict between similar entities (same-as) is becoming a common problem for Web of Data applications. In this paper we propose an algorithm to detect conflict of same properties values of similar entities and select the most accurate value. The proposed algorithm contains two major steps. The first step filters out low ranked datasets using a link analysis technique. The second step calculates and evaluates the focus level of a dataset in a specific domain. Finally, the value of the top ranked dataset is considered. The proposed algorithm is implemented by Java Platform and is evaluated by geographical datasets containing "country" entities.


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El timbisha o panamint (también llamado shoshoni y koso) es una lengua utoazteca hablada por los indígenas amercianos que habitaban la región alrededor del valle de la Muerte (California). Actualmente sólo quedan unos pocos ancianos capaces de hablar la lengua en California y Nevada, ninguno de ellos es monolingüe y todos usan en su vida cotidiana el inglés (marzo de 2007).

Nombre de la lengua
Hasta la última década del siglo XX, los hablantes de la lengua se denominaban a sí mismos y a su lengua Shoshoni. Pero el grupo recibió reconocimiento federal bajo el nombre Timbisha, que es una forma anglicada del nombre nativo del valle de la Muerte, Tümpisa [], que en la lengua original singinifica 'pintura de roca' y refiere a las fuentes de ocre rojo presentes en el valle.

Aspectos históricos, sociales y culturales

Distribución geográfica
El timbisha se habló en la región entre Sierra Nevada en el este de California y la región justo al este del valle de la muerte en Nevada. Los asentamientos principales estaban en situados en los valles, enumerados de oese a este, valle Owens, valle Indian Wells, valle Saline, valle Panamint y valle de la muerte. Además había algunos asentamientos a lo largo de las laderas de la dehesa de Kawich en Nevada.

Dialectos
Cada valle tenía su variedad dialectal distintiva, siendo las dieferencias básicamente de léxico. Aunque la pérdida generalizada de  se hacía más común hacia el oeste, de hecho en el valle Owens ese fonema había desaparecido prácticamente.  McLaughlin (1987) estudió la variante más oriental hablada en Beatty, Nevada, mientras que Dayley (1989a) documentó la variedad central del valle de la muerte.

Clasificación
El timbisha es una lengua del subgrupo central de la subfamilia númica perteneciente a la familia de lenguas uto-aztecas. Las dos lenguas con las que presenta un parentesco más cercano son el shoshoni y el comanche.

Descripción lingüística

Fonología
El timbisha tiene un inventario consonántico prototípico de las lenguas númicas. Este inventario está formado por (entre corchetes se muestra la ortografía oficial usada para la lengua):

En algunas variantes  se ha perdido total o parcialmente. Todas las oclusivas, africadas y nasales son sonoras entre vocales, tras nasal y sufren lenición tras  (aunque no son sonoras en ese contexto).

El inventario fonémico de vocales está formado por . Además el diptongo  en algunos contextos se realiza como . En Timbisha las vocales sordas no son tan comunes como lo son en shoshoni y comanche.

Referencias
 Dayley, Jon P. 1989a. Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Grammar. University of California Publications in Linguistics Volume 115. Berkeley: University of California Press.
 Dayley, Jon P. 1989b. Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics Volume 116. Berkeley: University of California Press.
 McLaughlin, John E. 1987. Panamint Phonology and Morphology. University of Kansas PhD dissertation.
 McLaughlin, John E. 2006. Timbisha (Panamint). Languages of the World/Materials 453. Múnich: LINCOM Europa.

Enlaces externos
 Ethnologue report for Panamint
 Cómo contar en timbisha

Timbisha
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Schmit, Lucille
On: May 4, 2003
Lucille C. Schmit, 92, of Harbor Village and formerly of N Montgomery Street, Port Washington died October 25, 2011 at Aurora Medical Center, Grafton.
She was born April 19, 1919 in Port Washington to Nicholas and Anna Schinker Jacque. In her youth she worked at the Gilson Foundry. She married Elmer P. Schmit of Port Washington on February 23, 1943 at St. Mary's Church. He ran JL Schmit Buick Pontiac Cadillac dealership of "The Columbia Garage" on N Wisconsin Street while she raised her family. He preceded her in death February 28, 2011.
Lucille was a member of the former Daughters of Isabella, St. Mary's Christian Women and a past president of the Port Washington Women's Club. She enjoyed gardening, baking and golf. She also liked to sew and was the seamstress to family and many friends. She kept fit by swimming at the pool at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, keeping track of her laps until her late 80's.
She is survived by her children Peter (Lynn) Schmit of Champaign, Illinois, Jacquelyn (the late Joseph) Ventura of Gaitherburg, Maryland, Stephen (Barbara) Schmit of Menomonee Falls, Maggie Schmit of Port Washington, Thomas (Cindie) Schmit of Appleton and Barbie (Mark W. Wildhagen) Schmit of Port Washington. Further survived by 12 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by her husband Elmer, brother Nic Jacque and sisters Marie Schanen and Pauline Schils.
Fr. Thomas Lijewski will celebrate Mass of Christian Burial 6 pm Friday, October 28, 2011 at St. Peter of Alcantara Catholic Church, 1802 N Wisconsin Street, Port Washington. Interment Parish Cemetery. Visitation 4 – 6 pm Friday AT CHURCH. Memorials to the Wilmer Eye Institute Development Office, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-9015 or www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer
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Q: Javascript to hide a DIV How would I utilize Javascript to show "pages" of testimonials - so that when clicking a link it shows one set of DIV's and hides the others, thereby allowing me to cycle through content using numbered links. I have attached my code of the basic design, I am just not familiar with how to use JS to actually make it function. In searching SOF all I can find is examples using Jquery scripts, but I do not have a jquery.
The objective is that when you click the "1" link in the top right corner only the blurbs with "1's" will show on the page, same with clicking the "2" link, all the 1's and 3's will disappear and only the blurbs with the 2's will show.
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I think that I can win against these ppl pretty easy if we played live. But online i don't really know if i can beat them as easily, because it's so many other players out there using HUDs etc and they will probably win the money i win against the donks.
Do you guys think that I can be profitable without a HUD at the micros in .02/.04 to .10/.20?
I know it's impossible to just say like that, but what would you guys think? I will absolutely make notes and stuff in the game but I won't use a actual HUD. I wan't to see if im profitable without a HUD before i feel to spend money to buy one, i maybe won't even win money with one. So what do you guys think?
You absolutely do not need a HUD for those stakes. TAG should work well up to about the .10/.25 and even then just paying a little more attention to who is 3-betting and who is folding a lot should be sufficient. And no matter what level you are playing at my opinion is that a HUD is only worth while if you are playing more than 4-5 tables or see a lot of the same people all the time.
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Immediately following the revolutionary discovery of the structure of DNA by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, the world of molecular biology was caught up in a gold rush. The goal: to uncover the secrets of life the newly elucidated molecule promised to reveal. Genes, Girls, and Gamow is James Watson's report on the amazing aftermath of the DNA breakthrough, picking up where his now-classic memoir The Double Helix leaves off.
Here are the collaborations and collisions of giants, not only Watson and Crick themselves, but also legions of others, including Linus Pauling (the greatest chemist of the day), Richard Feynman (the bongo-playing cynosure of Caltech), and especially George Gamow, the bearlike, whiskey-wielding Russian physicist, who had turned his formidable intellect to the field of genetics; with Gamow--an irrepressible prankster to boot--Watson would found the legendary RNA-Tie Club.
But Watson--at twenty-five already the winner of genetic research's greatestjackpot--is obsessed with another goal as well: to find love, and a wife equal to his unexpected fame. As he and an international cast of roguish young colleagues do important research they also compare notes and share complaints on the scarcity of eligible mates. And amid the feverish search for the role of the still mysterious RNA molecule, Watson's thoughts are seldom far from the supreme object of his affections, an enthralling Swarthmore coed named Christa, the daughter of the celebrated Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr.
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On April 24th, three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly takes on some of the human, social and political issues of our day with her boldest and most direct album to date, Good Souls Better Angels. During the course of her celebrated four-decade, pioneering career Williams has never rested on her laurels as she continues to push herself as a songwriter. On Good Souls Better Angels, she has much she needs to get out.
In 2014 and 2015, Williams released two critically acclaimed double albums back to back with Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone and The Ghosts Of Highway 20, respectively. Both releases found her experimenting with arrangements, vocals, song structure and personal subject matter. On Good Souls Better Angels, Williams changes course and chooses to forgo the personal and narrative-based songcraft that has become synonymous with her name and instead speaks to some of the injustices permeating our society. The new songs cut straight to the core with frank and honest commentary on domestic abuse ("Wakin' Up"), the constant barrage of news ("Bad News Blues") the dangerous, quick to judge and convict aspects of social media ("Shadows & Doubts") and the haunting reality of the "Man Without A Soul".
Williams recorded Good Souls Better Angels backed by her remarkable, long time band, featuring Butch Norton (drums), Stuart Mathis (guitar) and David Sutton (bass). The rock-solid unit propels the music with both fire and finesse, particularly on the raw blues number "You Can't Rule Me", which kicks off the album with equal parts attitude and swing.
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Chanterelle (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Geography
The river Rhue flows southwest through the western part of the commune.

Population

See also
Communes of the Cantal department

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Communes of Cantal


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19 Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Members Indicted for 'Medieval-Style' Executions
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19 members of the violent MS-13 street gang were indicted for California slayings
Almost all of the MS-13 gang members and associates charged with the "medieval-style" executions of seven people in California were in the United States illegally, officials said.
22 people linked to a subset of the vicious gang, that's known as the Fulton clique, have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.
Members of the gang are suspected in nearly 200 crimes across several states over 9 years, a federal indictment released Tuesday reveals.
"We have now taken off the streets nearly two dozen people associated with the most violent arm of MS-13 in Los Angeles," U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna said in a statement.
Of the 22 defendants, 19 are illegal aliens who had crossed the Southern Border illegally in the past three or four years, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in LA, Thom Mrozek.
Federal prosecutors allege the suspects operated in the San Fernando Valley, an area that recently absorbed an influx of young immigrants from Central America.
"Under the influence of these young gangsters, younger associates who wanted to become members of MS-13 were 'required to kill an MS-13 rival or someone perceived to be adverse to MS-13 to be initiated into MS-13,' according to the indictment," the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
"In Los Angeles, a clique added new members through an initiation ritual known as 'jumping in,' during which several existing MS-13 members beat up a prospective MS-13 member for 13 seconds while the shot caller counted aloud for 13 seconds," the indictment read.
"Beginning in 2017 in Los Angeles, MS-13 members who identified with '503' had been required" to murder a rival or other enemy of the group.
Most of the MS-13 gang members charged were illegal aliens
According to Fox News, authorities said "503" represents the subgroup of MS-13 and is the telephone country code for El Salvador.
The brutality involved in some of the alleged killings was also disclosed in graphic detail by authorities.
Four of the killings took place in Angeles National Forest.
The slayings were carried out using machetes, bats and knives, according to the indictment.
In one case a member of a rival gang who had been believed to have defaced MS-13 graffiti was targeted and had his heart cut out of his chest, authorities said.
On March 6, 2017, the victim, identified as "J.S.," was driven to Angeles National Forest, where six MS-13 gang members attacked him with a machete, killing him, the indictment claimed.
"The victim was dismembered and his body parts were thrown into a canyon after one of the defendants allegedly cut the heart out of the victim's body," a news release from Hanna's office said.
"Taking violent offenders off the street should send a message to MS-13 members and their associates that medieval-style violence and senseless murder will not be tolerated in Los Angeles," said Paul Delacourt, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office.
MS-13 is a vicious Mexican street gang known for violent murders
Hanna released photos showing MS-13 members displaying a machete, gang signs, and guns in various poses.
Sixteen of the 22 people indicted are charged in connection with six slayings, which officials said were so "heinous, cruel or depraved" that the defendants are eligible for the death penalty.
Prosecutors have not said whether they intend to seek capital punishment, however.
All 22 of the alleged MS-13 members and associates are in custody.
Eighteen had been apprehended during the last year on a range of federal and state charges, authorities said.
Three were arrested in recent days in the Los Angeles area by a task force that included FBI agents, Los Angeles police officers, and Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
Another alleged MS-13 affiliate was arrested over the weekend in Oklahoma.
Authorities also filed two more cases under seal against juvenile defendants in federal court.
"The collaborative law enforcement effort solved several murder cases and dealt a severe blow to members of the gang who engaged in acts of brutality not seen in the region for over 20 years," Hanna said.
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The ACC kicks off league play this weekend and one of the biggest games is scheduled to tip off at 3 pm ET on Saturday, Jan. 5. The game features the #9 Florida State Seminoles (12-1 Overall, 0-0 ACC) at the #4 Virginia Cavaliers (12-0 Overall, 0-0 ACC). Our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick offers the Cavaliers at -8.0 or -8.5. The totals on this game come in at 126.0.
This should be a duel between a team that loves to shoot, the Seminoles, and a club focused on playing tight defense, the Cavs. Here's how we see this college basketball game developing.
Florida State's one loss was on Nov. 25 to unranked Villanova. The score was 66-60. Bookending that loss were two wins. On Nov. 23, the Seminoles took down #19 LSU 79-76 in OT. Then, on Nov. 28, Florida State beat #19 Purdue 73-72. Since that win, they've had six more victories. They last played on Jan. 1 when they bet Winthrop 87-76.
The dozen wins the Cavaliers have accumulated include a Nov. 23 victory over the #25 Wisconsin Badgers. The score in that game was 53-46. Virginia's next game, which was on Nov. 28, was a 76-71 win over #24 Maryland. Their last game was on Dec. 31 when they beat Marshall easily 100-64.
The Cavaliers come to this game allowing 51.4 PPG. The Seminoles are averaging 81.3 PPG in offense. FSU is holding opponents to 68.4 PPG. UV is scoring on average 74.7 PPG. In PF/PA, Virginia is +23.3, while Florida State is +12.9. That makes the Cavaliers +10.2 in total combined point differential (TCPD). That's a telling statistic.
Note, Virginia beat Wisconsin, a team averaging 75 PPG, but holding them to 46 points. At the same time, the Terrapins, who are averaging 77 PPG, scored 71 points in their loss to the Cavs. In terms of other defensive stats, after 12 games, UV has made 81 steals and 34 blocks. After 13 games, Florida State has amassed 113 steals and 47 blocks. But there's a huge statistic that State would prefer to not be the leader in, turnovers. The Seminoles have made 199 TOs, while the Cavaliers have only 103. To put those turnover stats in perspective, FSU is averaging 15.3 TOPG, while UV is averaging 8.6 TOPG. In the other two statistical areas, steals and blocks, PSU is +1.9 and +0.8 respectively. Those are not huge differences. In TOs, the Cav's +6.7 is big.
In our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick, we give the Cavaliers a solid advantage when it comes to defense.
FSU leads in rebounding, 37.1 RPG to 34.6 RPG. In the paint, the Seminoles have two tough contenders, senior center Christ Koumadje and sophomore forward Mfiondu Kabengele. Koumadje is averaging 5.8 RPG and 7.4 PPG. More importantly, our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick notes that he leads the team in blocks with 21 and has also manufactured three steals. Kabengele comes to this game with 11 blocks and eight steals, while also scoring 11.8 PPG and grabbing 4.6 RPG.
Around the hoop for Virginia you'll find junior forward Mamadi Diakite and senior center Jack Salt. Diakite has 10 blocks and six steals. He's grabbing 3.1 RPG and scoring 6.5 PPG. Over 11 games, Salt has six blocks and eight steals while averaging 4.6 RPG and 4.2 PPG. Sophomore forward Jay Huff, who's played in nine games, has made eight blocks. Although we're taken by FSU's talent upfront, we think there's a bit more depth for the Cavaliers. This may help them down the stretch.
For the Cavs, Huff and Diakite offer solid shooting chops. Of the guys who are the top point-makers, De'Andre Hunter, who's averaging 14.5 PPG, is shooting 53.6% from the floor and 42.3% from downtown. Kyle Guy is hitting 45.5% of his threes and 47.0% of his shots while averaging 15.4 PPG. He's got the most three-point baskets on the team (36). Finally, Ty Jerome, who's been good for 14.2 PPG, is hitting 44.8% of his shots and 41.5% of his three-point attempts.
Our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick finds that the Seminole's top shooters include Kabengele, who's second in points per game at 11.8 and is connecting on 49.5% of his field goals, and Koumadje, a 59.2% shooter averaging 7.4 PPG. Terance Mann leads FSU in points per game with 13.1. He's connecting on 43.5% of his threes and 55.8% of his field goals. Trent Forrest, averaging 10.4 PPG, is good on 50.5% of his field goals.
The Cavaliers win this comparison die to, once again, their depth. Our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick notes that the Seminoles are relying on fewer guys to shoot accurately and produce more points.
Our NCAAM Virginia vs Florida State pick is the Cavaliers at -8.0. We think that their combined defense, solid frontcourt, and array of shooters will eventually overwhelm FSU. We're also taking the over at 126. We think Virginia will hit for about 70 points and FSU for around 60. A reminder, game time is 3:00 pm ET. Make sure you check out our Kansas vs Iowa State Big 12 pick. That game tips off at 5:00 pm ET.


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Maker's Mark Reducing Alcohol Content To Keep Up With Demand
Doug Mataconis · Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 26 comments
Maker's Mark has seen demand for its bourbon increase so much in recent years that it is finding itself having to temporarily reduce the alcohol content of its product in order to extend its shrinking supply until it can increase production:
Maker's Mark just got a little less stiff. The bourbon brand, known for its bottles sealed with red wax, told customers today that it's reducing the amount of alcohol in the beverage in order to meet rising global demand.
Bourbon, which is a form of American whiskey distilled from corn and other grains, has surged in popularity over the past few years. In its largest market, the United States, bourbon now accounts for 35% of all spirit sales as more Americans have developed a taste for high-end whiskey, which is typically aged in charred white oak barrels for six years or longer. In the 1960s and 1970s, Maker's Mark was famously sold with the slogan, "It tastes expensive…and is."
But international growth is what's driving demand for bourbon makers like Beam Inc., which produces Maker's Mark as well as Jim Beam, a cheaper and more popular bourbon. Beam executives earlier this month said Australia, Germany, and Japan were strong markets. Last year, the company warned it didn't have enough supply to keep up with bourbon demand. It also raised prices.
In an email today to loyal customers, Beam executives said the company had decided that the only way to keep up with demand was to make its bourbon less strong, stretching the current supply. "We've worked carefully to reduce the alcohol by volume (ABV) by just 3%," the email said.
I've reached out to Beam to clarify whether the alcohol is being reduced by 3%, as the email says, or three percentage points, which would be more dramatic. The footer of today's email suggests it's the latter, describing Maker's Mark as a 42% ABV beverage, which is also known as 84 proof; it was previously distilled to 45% ABV, or 90 proof. That would be a 6.7% reduction in the amount of alcohol.
"We have both tasted it extensively, and it's completely consistent with the taste profile our founder/dad/grandfather, Bill Samuels, Sr., created nearly 60 years ago," two of the company's bourbon heirs wrote in the email. "We've also done extensive testing with Maker's Mark drinkers, and they couldn't tell a difference."
The email suggests that this is a temporary change that will only last until they are able to expand their distillery to meet the increase in domestic and worldwide demand. The other option, obviously, would be to raise prices even more to control demand but that poses the risk of driving off loyal customers with the risk that they might not return in the future.
I'm not much of a bourbon drinker myself, but when I do Maker's Mark is a frequent choice. It will be interesting to see what impact these changes actually have on product quality. Quite honestly, I wonder if most people will even notice.
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 16:23
stonetools says:
So , fellow OTBers, what's your favorite poison? Bourbon or Scotch? Real Scotch or Irish whiskey? Kentucky or Tennessee? Let the debate begin!
When I was in Germany last year, I was surprised how popular American bourbon had gotten. Maker's Mark and Jack Daniel's were prominent choices.
Personally, I prefer scotch, although I have a bottle of Maker's Mark in my cabinet. I'd also recommend Eagle Rare, a fine single-barrel bourbon that tastes a lot more expensive than it is.
@stonetools: Scotch, definitely. Anything from Ardbeg is great, and their Uigeadail is spectacular. Lagavulin 16 is wonderful, too.
For those who prefer sherry notes to peat monsters, Macallan Cask Strength is glorious, but get it while you can, apparently it's been discontinued.
My wife surprised me with a Talisker 10 recently, which is also quite good. Also, Balvenie's "Caribbean Cask" which is matured an extra two years in rum casks.
@stonetools:
Scotch is increasingly in first place. Macallan, Balvenie, Talisker, Highland Park, Johnny Black, Laphroaig, even Dalwhinnie. I'm open-minded, though my go-to is still Macallan 12.
Coolest publisher perk ever was when I was on book tour, which is lonely and depressing by its very nature, and sitting in some hotel a knock comes on the door: Egmont has sent me a fifth of Mac 12. Some gestures you remember. Coolest author venue has to be the author yurt at the Edinburgh festival: they keep bottles of Highland Park out at all times. Obviously they know writers.
But I also drink Bourbon, usually Knob Creek, though I've consumed a bit of Makers, Bulleit, Bakers and Bookers. When I was young and poorer it was Dickel.
If we're talking beer I love Chimay Blue but also Guinness, Sierra Nevada, Anchor and various other stouts, IPA's, specialty beers and ales — nothing with fruit.
Big reds in wine, and I've kind of lost interested in whites unless it's a hot day in an al fresco venue.
When I was stationed in Japan, a bottle of Jim Beam as a gift to a Japanese family was considered a very nice gift indeed.
But reducing the alcohol content? What's next: fluoridation?
Definitely Scotch over Bourbon. But, I do like Bourbon at times.
Ron Beasley says:
Mostly Napoleon Brandy and an occasional Beefeater Martini.
Used to be scotch, but I've come to drink bourbon. Not that I drink much hard liquor. My go-to alcoholic beverage of choice is a nice, dry red wine.
OzarkHillbilly says:
Bad whiskey just got worse. Who cares?
For those who prefer bourbon over Scotch, be advised that such a preference is un-American and that this has been duly noted. Expect a visit from your local FBI agent in due course.
Yeah, those Belgian monks really know their beer. Don't they realize they're greasing the road to hell? On the other hand, maybe Ben Franklin was right and beer is a sign that God loves us.
Ah, pinot noir or fuckin' merlot?
Ah, pinot noir or f$%kin' merlot?
James Joyner says:
@stonetools: I'm a Scotch guy, with Macallan 18 my personal favorite. But I've been experimenting with better bourbons the last couple of months and have found a few that I like.
@Mikey: The Eagle Rare is quite good, especially at the price. I also like the Four Roses Single Barrel. I haven't found any of the specialty Small Batch editions but prefer the Single Barrel to the generic Small Batch.
socraticsilence says:
Stagg and Booker's for Bourbon, Laphroig 12 and Talisker for scotch.
I default to Cabs (and Bordeaux if I'm feeling flush.) Since I'm drinking mostly California nowadays I'm not crazy about the Pinots. I know there are good ones, but they're too uncertain. Also I drink a fair amount of Zinfandel because it can be unpredictable in a good way. But unlike Mr. Sideways I don't hate Merlot — there are a bunch of good table blends that are basically Merlot.
Peterh says:
I'm a Cab guy up, down and sideways…..I don't drink beer much, except for the warm months and it's usually Bitburger and Henninger….I don't do hard stuff much, but when I do, it's usually Jameson….it's the Irish in me….
Speaking of selling too much….a good friend of mine, whose wife owns one of the more upscale restaurants in Seal Beach, recently lost their Rombauer account for selling too much of their Chardonnay at $16 per glass….we were totally gobsmacked….
Remains to be seen if this will degrade the product. A tricky move when so many small scale distillers are just coming up to speed. This one sounds interesting
Just nutha' ig'rant cracker says:
Edgefield Distillery–a division of the McMinnamin's "microbrewery" empire makes some really nice brandies, at least to my taste. On my annual trip to PDx, I always drink one raspberry ale at one ot the "brewpubs" and last year, I almost forgot to, so I would conclude that I'm not much of a beer drinker. I like Grolsch, but mostly for the ceramic stopper bottle.
As for hard liquor, I agree with a friend of mine–the fact that it has alcohol in it is the deciding factor. But a good peaty single malt is always welcome.
Gustopher says:
Blanton's is my favorite, with 1792 a close second.
But lately, I have taken to ryes. Pig Whistle is excellent, with Pendleton being a fine every-day "oh god, I have to sort the laundry, I need a drink" drink.
Scotch and I, we've had our moments. If the cask strength Macallan is being discontinued, I better pick up a few bottles. It's an old friend.
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 11:57
@Gustopher:
I have not warmed up to rye yet except for a Manhattan at I believe a Morton's, if memory serves.
electroman says:
I prefer Scotch, especially The Balvenie Doublewood. I do indulge in bourbon from time to time, and Maker's Mark is one of my favorites, especially because it's much less sweet than most bourbons.
Definitely Macallan and Laphroaig. Oban is good as well. And curse all boyfriends who introduce one to single southern malts. Too expensive on the wallet.
What I'm interested is if when Maker's Mark goes back to the higher alcohol content, are they going to raise the price?
Bet you 200 quatloos that they will….
I haven't had too many opportunities to explore Scotch.
Far more time has been spent with Whiskey and Bourbon. In terms of good (and cheap) imports, I've come to appreciate Teacher's peatieness. On good (and cheap) domestics, it's hard to beat Evan Williams.
But when finances allow, I've been really impressed by Finger Lakes Distillery's (I'm an adopted hometown supporter) Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys. If you've ever got the chance these two, and Finger Lakes Distilling's Gin are worth trying neat.
BTW, always on the look out for… um.,, economy recommendations.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 09:35
(1) Jack Daniels is not bourbon. It's bourbon that has been charcoal-filtered to remove the elements that make bourbon worth drinking. That is, "Tennessee whiskey."
(2) Maker's Mark is operated by incredibly stupid people.
Motopilot says:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 14:05
Don't know much about Scotch, although while at The Queen's Elm in Chelsea I was introduced to Glenmorangie… which seemed quite nice. I learned to appreciate single malts.
Local (Seattle area) micro brews are quite palatable. Mac and Jack is fine with me. A little micro brew/pub up in Anacortes makes a nice Pilsner when I wanna go light with a heavy clam chowder.
Drink of choice is heavy, dry, dark red wine, mostly local Washington state Cabs, although when eating out for Italian it's time for a Ripassa Valpolicella. So many good California wines to choose from… the '07 Bell Cabernet is pretty nice. But basically, if you can see through a red it probably isn't something I would choose.
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Kepler's comeback? New K2 mission could chase wilder targets
The conception illustration depicts how solar pressure can be used to balance NASA's Kepler spacecraft, keeping the telescope stable enough to continue monitoring distant stars in search of transiting planets. If approved, the K2 mission could be a second chance for the crippled spacecraft, whose precision-pointing ability was crippled last May.
By Amina Khan
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Don't call it a comeback just yet. Astronomers mourned the Kepler Space Telescope after it was crippled last year. But NASA's planet hunter may be getting a second chance at life — with an ingenious, just-so-crazy-it-might-work plan that would use the sun's rays to steer the spacecraft.
The data already collected by Kepler are still turning up a treasure trove of hundreds of planets, as Wednesday's announcement showed. But if it passes NASA approval, the potential new mission, called K2, could mean a whole different kind of search to find Earth-size exoplanets, along with supernovae, protostars and galaxy clusters.
"The K2 mission is basically a brand new mission in a sense, even though it reuses the Kepler Space Telescope," Kepler mission project scientist Steve Howell said in an interview. "I find that kind of exciting."
Since launching in 2009, the Kepler spacecraft has revealed 3,601 candidate planets (961 confirmed) comprising an interstellar menagerie: super-Jupiters, super-Earths, mini-Neptunes, and other alien worlds that have defied comparison to those in our own solar system.
The spacecraft did so by staring at roughly 150,000 stars in a celestial patch representing 1/400th of the sky, waiting for tiny dips in starlight that would signal a planet was passing by, blocking a little bit of light. But to get the exquisitely precise data it needed to pick out individual dimming stars, it had to be able to hold itself very still.
For that kind of precision pointing, it needed to have at least three working reaction wheels to steer it and hold it in place. The spacecraft came with four, but two of them failed. The first failed in July 2012; the second stopped working in May 2013. That left only two reaction wheels, not enough for Kepler to keep up its planet-hunting work.
Astronomers mourned. (UC Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy even penned a poem in memoriam.) The mission had just been renewed a year before. And Kepler's scientific prowess would only have increased with time because the longer it stared at that patch, the higher the likelihood that it would identify smaller planets farther away from their home stars' searing rays — and thus, under potentially more 'Earth-like' conditions.
The problem was the sun. Out in space, very little disturbs Kepler from its position, except for the photons (light particles) streaming out of the sun that constant bombard the spacecraft. Those photons exert just enough pressure to push the spacecraft around a little bit, which is what the telescope's reaction wheels try to counteract. Without one of them, Kepler couldn't combat this pressure in all directions.
Scientists tried to think of workarounds, to no avail. But then engineers at Ball Aerospace in Colorado came up with a mind-boggling solution: Rather than try to fight the sun, they'd use it to their advantage.
The plan uses the sun as Kepler's "third wheel." They position a ridge on the spacecraft so that when sunlight hits it, the photons split equally along both sides, thus helping to hold it in balance.
"The K2 mission won't be able to point that precisely," Howell said. "It'll point maybe about four to 10 times worse than the Kepler mission. And while that sounds horrible, it's still 500 or more times better than anything you can do from a ground telescope."
Instead of staring at one patch of sky, Kepler's gaze will trace the ecliptic — the plane in which the Earth orbits the sun — and will cover roughly five times more area, Howell said.
The spacecraft will have to reposition itself roughly every 75 days in its orbit, sometimes to keep from getting blinded by the sun, other times to move its solar panels out of the shadow. This means it can't stare at the same patch of sky for years on end, and so it probably won't be finding Earth-size planets with Earth-like orbits.
The original Kepler mission's patch of sky was considered somewhat boring in that it was fairly uniform — and with good reason: When you're looking for tiny fluctuations in light in a field of sun-like stars, you don't need a lot of distractions.
But if approved, K2 will be looking at a much more diverse region of sky with a wide range of astronomical and astrophysical phenomena: planets with short orbits around cooler stars (which, if in their star's habitable zone, could still harbor water); young, still-forming proto-stars, which could provide insight into star and planet formation; and supernovae and galaxy clusters.
"The scientific opportunities just really started to explode — there's so much to do," said UC Berkeley's Marcy, who poetically mourned Kepler.
"And if instead what you're interested in is the stars themselves," he added, "then new K2 may be even more exciting than the Kepler mission was."
The researchers demonstrated that their new method would work when they managed to pick out a previously identified planet called WASP-28b. On March 8, they plan a full-blown test, to dip the telescope into the ecliptic and try the method out until the end of May.
"It's been sort of going from a newborn baby starting to walk to a 3-year-old here in the last four or five months," Howell said. "We had never flown the spacecraft this way. This idea of balancing the sun had never been tried before."
By May, Howell said, Kepler's controllers should know if they've been approved for the K2 mission, which would cost about $10 million a year for a two-year stint, about half of the original Kepler mission's current annual cost to operate. And for the next couple of years both missions would run in tandem, Howell said.
"I will have both my hats," Howell said. "I will switch them every day. Kepler still has a number of years of its mission left."
[For the record, 9:06 a.m. PST Feb. 28: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to Steve Howell as the mission's project manager. He is project scientist.]
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Radek Szlaga – All the Brutes
'Many artists obsessed with Heart of Darkness', reads one of the word paintings by Radek Szlaga (°1979, Warsaw). Indeed, many artists have taken the novel as inspiration and Szlaga is admittedly one of them. For his ongoing series "All the Brutes", the artist digs into the novel written by Joseph Conrad in 1902, well aware that Conrad, like Szlaga is born in Poland and mastered a second language. His was English. Szlaga's is painting.
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The best-known adaptation of Conrad's book is of course Francis Ford Coppola's cinematographic masterpiece Apocalypse Now (1979), which searches for the heart of darkness in the jungles of Vietnam. The film leaves the Congro for Vietnam and the figure of Kurtz changes from a derailed ivory trader to a decorated soldier who became a sectarian war poet.
In one of his paintings, a diptych, Szlaga tries to catch the enigmatic character that could have been Kurtz, depicting an ivory trader shielded by two tusks and surrounded by his private troops. The trader's image is painted three times in similar compositions, as if to evoke the impossibility of fully grasping the complexity of this character. Next to this, Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen and other Coppola recruits are recognizable in an image taken from the movie. The first work might evoke a movie scene as well. It however, is based on a picture of an archetypical English colonialist, whom Szlaga imagined Kurtz might have looked like. This approach illustrates the variety of sources he brings together in this body of work: from old colonial footage, stills from the movie, external references like mug shots of Afro-American convicts in Detroit (where Szlaga's parents emigrated to, becoming part of the large Polish community there), and the documentary that brings forward the behind the scenes 'making of', like Coppola holding a gun to his head. Szlaga makes it into a portrait and presents it next to those of historical figures like Leopold II and Conrad himself, but also to portraits of fictitious characters like Kurtz and the actor Robert Duvall playing Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore. It's another way of blurring the line between reality and fiction as various layers of representation are filtered through it. […]
Szlaga takes the novel as a starting point for a journey through the Heart of Darkness, whether that lies in Africa, or deep down in ourselves, whether it is in the colonial past, or the globalised present, where some stereotypes all too often continue until the present day. Congo has always been a country on which white men projected their fantasies and fears. […]By working with fiction, Szlaga tackles reality. By plunging into the past, he reveals the present.
With his work, he evokes the reverberations of colonialism like the black man in the museum who will be more likely a guard than a director, exceptions aside. While African men in the past were fighting in foreign uniforms under the coloniser's flag – and often used as cannon fodder –, nowadays – the lucky ones – wear the shirt of a football league, defending other people's national pride. One might never step in the same river twice, Heraclites used to say. But would that also hold true for the Congo River?
text: Sam Steverlynck
Exhibition within the framework of the Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2015
The solo exhibition of Radek Szlaga at LETO is accompanied by the book All the Brutes. The publication consists of a selection of works from his on-going series, which digs into Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness (1902). "Szlaga goes from the heart of darkness to the dark heart of Europe" as Sam Steverlynck wrote in his text about the artist latest works.
The book complements an interview by Harlan Levey with the artist and the text on his works by Sam Steverlynck.
Format: 14,7 x 20,7 cm, 116 pp., soft cover
Publisher: Fontarte Editions, 2015
This publication has been made possible thanks to a "Young Poland" grant funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
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Pandemic draining city's Utility Assistance Fund at rapid rate
LAS CRUCES - Economic hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have been draining at an unprecedented rate a city fund that helps residents pay city utilities.
The Utility Assistance Fund is a pool of money used to help residents pay past due city utility bills. The city provides four utilities — wastewater, water, trash pickup and gas. City utility shutoffs have been halted during the pandemic, but bills are still due.
The Assistance Fund receives an allocation of $100,000 each fiscal year beginning July 1. In the six months since COVID-19 arrived in New Mexico, the fund is easily on track to spend more than $200,000.
As residents and businesses have used the fund to cover bills during the economic crisis, last year's allocation was completely spent, along with the entirety of an extra $125,000 allocated to the fund in April by the Las Cruces City Council.
Since July 1, almost three-fourths of the Fiscal Year 2021 allocation of $100,000 has been expended.
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On Thursday, the city authorized an additional $150,000 for the Assistance Fund as part of its most recent coronavirus aid package.
Las Cruces Utilities Billing and Receivables Supervisor Steven Valdez said the fund disbursed an average of $27,900 per month from April through the end of July to help residential customers pay their utility bills. It paid an average of $8,180 to businesses during the same period.
Since the pandemic began, commercial customers have been allowed to qualify for utility assistance, Valdez said.
The fund expended more than $45,000 to residents and businesses in June alone.
It stands in stark contrast to how much the fund has typically disbursed. Fiscal Year 2019 saw the fund disburse an average amount of $5,950 per month to residents, Valdez said. He said even Fiscal Year 2020, which included April, May and June, doled out an average of $7,400 per month to residents.
Currently, just $30,200 remains of the regular fiscal year allocation. While more money was available due to city aid, Valdez said the higher disbursal can also be attributed to community outreach about the assistance program, which has also increased since the pandemic.
"People need help right now until the economy and the flow of work get back to normal," Jose Provencio, deputy director of Utilities Business Services, said.
Another injection of funds could be needed, Provencio said.
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Provencio said even with pandemic-related business restrictions starting to be lifted, he thinks things could take a while to get back to normal. But the department will monitor how fast this most recent infusion is used as fall and winter arrive before deciding if another is needed.
Also helping address the demand for utility assistance is Catholic Charities of Southern New Mexico, which has been allocated $224,500 in aid from the city to administer economic relief programs during the pandemic. That includes utility bill assistance to poor residents who haven't been able to qualify for the Assistance Fund or those who need help paying El Paso Electric bills.
Executive Director and CEO Kenneth Ferrone said the aid money has allowed the organization to meet demand and freed up their non-city funds to help an increasing number of middle-class families seeking help. Residents can inquire about help by calling the organization at 575-527-0500.
To receive assistance through the Utility Assistance Fund, Las Crucens can call Las Cruces Utilities at 575-541-2111 or email customerservice@las-cruces.org. The city will evaluate the reason for the assistance and could approve some or complete coverage for past due bills.
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Valdez said the most common coverage is half the bill. But some customers can receive full coverage for reasons such as unforeseen medical costs, job loss or reduced work hours. Approval also depends on how long it's been since the customer last paid their bill, he said.
Residents and businesses can be helped by the fund more than once, Valdez said. However, the reason for the additional help also needs evaluation before approval.
From April 1 through July 31, the utilities department says it helped 875 residents and 66 commercial businesses with Utility Assistance Fund dollars.
Grammar correction: Dispersed has been changed to disbursed throughout.


The applications and issuing of driver's licences will not be affected by employees striking at the Driving Licensing Card Account (DLCA).
That is the assurance that Transport Minister Blade Nzimande gave South Africans on Tuesday.
DLCA employees protested outside their offices on Monday' reportedly demanding permanent positions. They claimed' according to an article published on IOL' that no South Africans would get their licences until they are insourced with employment benefits.
The protesting workers claimed South Africans have not received their new licences since they started protesting three weeks ago' leading to a backlog of 40'000 licences.
Transport department spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi said the offices in Erasmuskloof' Pretoria' was responsible for producing all the licence cards in the country.
But Nzimande hit back' saying employees refused to renew their contracts with the transport department and had demanded permanent employment instead.
He said contingency plans were in place to recover their turn-around time and deliver the cards in the case of unforeseen delays.
Nzimande wrote in the 2017/18-2019/20 DLCA strategic that it was established in 1997 under the Department of Transport.
These services were originally outsourced to Prodiba (Pty) Ltd until the DLCA took control of the card production facilities on May 5 2015.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande says "elements of serious organised crime" are behind some of the arson attacks on trains in Cape Town.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has "cleared his schedule" to visit Cape Town on Friday after the latest in a series of train fires.