We have two brochures that outline our club and its facilities as well as maps of ski and snowshoe trails. Check them out!! They are available as printed documents in the Wax Cabin, Jean Paulson Lodge, at the Visitor Information Center (Chamber of Commerce) and Lakes Multiplex.
The Omineca Ski Club maintains over 26 km of groomed trails with every level of difficulty. We also periodically groom trails outside of our recreational area in the adjacent Burns Lake Community Forest. When the Spud system and Cedar routes are included there are about 45 km of groomed trails.
'You are Here' maps are posted throughout our trails (within the recreational area). Maps can be downloaded from our website or some hard copies can be found in the waxing cabin (or posted on the front wall outside). All of our trails are signed and named.
Our grooming protocol defines the priorities that will be followed after a snowfall.
All of our grooming machines are run by volunteers under the direction of Matt Nealis. Hats off to everyone who takes some of their personal time to keep the trails ready for happy skiers!!
We maintain three different machines in our grooming program.
The newest is the Bombi – with the skill of our operators and the upgrades (widening) to most of our trails, we can now get most of the system of trails completed by this one machine in a very efficient time period. It also works as a great snowplow for the parking lot and road.
The Piston Bullie went through a major overhaul during the 2012/13 season and is used as our back-up machine. It is still required for grooming some of the narrow trails such as Twister and the dog trails.
The snowmobile, with its upgraded trailer hitch in 2014, is a very versatile tool to get trails done quickly when the other machines are not available. It was used extensively on the dog trails over the 2013/14 season.
During the off season, there are scheduled workbees for members to help in keeping the trails ready for the ski season. Notifications of these workbees are usually sent out by email or will be posted on the website and Facebook. If it weren't for the efforts of all the volunteers of the club, much of this work would not get completed.
We also have a tractor, donated by the Williams Family, that is used to keep the grass mowed in both the stadium area and on the trails.
Thanks to Sean Broadworth, the current executive member in charge for organizing the events and keeping track of where all the blowdown has happened. If you want to spend some time working on any trails give Sean a call and he can set you up with a locale.


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Draft designs of Centennial & East exteriors unveiled (June 4, 2020)
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Wednesday night, June 3, the community got a peek at a "very preliminary" draft design of the floor plans and exteriors for the new Centennial and East high schools.
In the third Community Forum and Town Hall Wednesday, which was hosted virtually by the project architects, MOA Architects and HGF Architects, its ever evolving designs were unveiled. As many as 100 viewers signed on to the Town Hall, which is now archived on District 60's Vimeo Channel.
The plans were unveiled to elicit comment and suggestions from those viewing the meeting. The firms' designs were based on public feedback from the previous two Town Halls.
While the architects stressed that the designs were "very preliminary" and subject to change based on the community's continued input, current designs are incorporating several key elements:
Both schools will follow virtually the same floor plan. That plan includes an activities area that houses the main gymnasium, an auxiliary gymnasium, an auditorium, and wrestling and training rooms.
A two-floor classroom wing and an area for each school's career and technical education (CTE) activities, such as the Health Academy at Centennial and the culinary program at East.
Several student "hangout" areas, including elevated overlooks, a "student hub" in the classroom wing, "teaching stairs" that are often used as casual study areas, and outdoor dining with a covered canopy pier.
Centennial's building will be located just north of the existing tennis courts, with access off of Mountview Drive
East's building will be located on the corner of Constitution Rd. and Mac Alester Rd., where its current baseball field is located
One of the highlights of the presentation was a more fleshed out design of the exteriors of the schools.
Based on previous community input, designers presented a draft design that is heavy with brick and other masonry elements while also having plenty of natural lighting and moder design elements. Some of the keywords that came out of previous community comment was "modern," "innovative," and "playful," and designs were reflective of that.
Both schools, while having the same architectural elements, will have its distinctive colors and logos (red for Centennial, yellow for East).
Additionally, the entries for both schools are slightly different, making each school look distinctive despite the same floor plan.
"There are some similarities between the buildings, but the entries (and colors) are different, so that you won't show up at Centennial and think you're at East, and vice versa," MOA Architecture's Chaz Marquez said.
The fourth Town Hall will take place Aug. 12, where the schematic design and budget outline will be presented.
To view key points of the presentation, use the links below:
Full Presentation (about 58 minutes)
Project Outline (about 1 minute)
Facility Planning (about 5 minutes)
Floor & site plans (about 18 minutes)
Exterior design plans (about 28 minutes)
Town Hall 3.pdf

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Chemotherapy Consisting of Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide Followed By White Blood Cell Infusion, Vaccine Therapy, and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Metastatic Melanoma
2014-08-27 03:54:19 | BioPortfolio
Home » Topics » Clincial Trials » Research » Chemotherapy Consisting of Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide Followed By White Blood Cell Infusion, Vaccine Therapy, and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Metastatic Melanoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Treated white blood cells, vaccines, and aldesleukin may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving fludarabine and cyclophosphamide together with white blood cell infusion, vaccine therapy, and aldesleukin works in treating patients with recurrent or refractory metastatic melanoma.
- Determine complete clinical tumor regression in patients with recurrent or refractory metastatic melanoma treated with lymphocyte-depleting nonmyeloablative preparative chemotherapy comprising fludarabine and cyclophosphamide followed by autologous lymphocyte infusion, recombinant fowlpox virus encoding gp100 peptide, and aldesleukin.
- Determine the survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine the safety of this regimen in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to the availability of suitable reactive cells (peripheral blood lymphocytes [PBL] vs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes [TIL]).
- Autologous lymphocyte activation and expansion: Autologous PBL or TIL are activated in vitro with gp100:209-217 (210M) antigen (gp100) and expanded.
- Lymphocyte-depleting nonmyeloablative preparative regimen: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -7 and -6 and fludarabine IV over 15-30 minutes on days -5 to -1.
- Autologous lymphocyte infusion: Autologous PBL or TIL are reinfused over 20-30 minutes on day 0*. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) once daily beginning on day 1 or 2 and continuing until blood counts recover.
- Fowlpox vaccine administration: Patients receive recombinant fowlpox virus encoding gp100 peptide IV over 1-2 minutes on days 2 and 28 (if treated with high-dose aldesleukin [IL-2], as below) OR days 2 and 43 (if treated with low-dose IL-2, as below).
- IL-2 therapy: Patients receive high-dose IL-2 IV over 15 minutes every 8 hours on days 0*-4 (beginning within 24 hours after lymphocyte infusion) and 28-32 OR low-dose IL-2 SC on days 0*-4 (beginning within 24 hours after lymphocyte infusion), 7-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-32, 35-39, 50-54, 57-61, 64-68, 71-75, 78-82, and 85-89.
NOTE: *Day 0 is 1-4 days after the last dose of fludarabine.
Patients are evaluated between days 72-86 (if treated with high-dose IL-2) OR days 98-123 (if treated with low-dose IL-2). Patients with stable disease or a minor, mixed, or partial response may receive up to 2 retreatment courses as above. Patients with progressive disease after IV lymphocyte infusion may be retreated with intra-arterial lymphocytes along with all other agents outlined above.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 2-4 weeks (if treated with high-dose IL-2) OR at 3 weeks (if treated with low-dose IL-2) and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 68 will be accrued for this study.
Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Melanoma (Skin)
aldesleukin, filgrastim, fowlpox virus vaccine vector, gp100 antigen, therapeutic autologous lymphocytes, therapeutic tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine phosphate
NCI - Surgery Branch
Results (where available)
Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00084500
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:54:19-0400
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Olia Tira (Potsdam, 1. kolovoza 1988.) je moldavska pjevačica koja je predstavljala Moldaviju na Pjesmi Eurovizije 2010. godine zajedno sa Sun Stroke Projectom.

Biografija

Rođena je u sovjetskoj vojnoj obitelji u Potsdamu, 1. kolovoza 1988. godine. Nakon nekoliko godina života u (tadašnjoj) Istočnoj Njemačkoj, preselila se, s obitelji, u Kišinjev. Na koncertima i festivalima prvi put nastupa s 14 godina.

Školovala se u Cahulu, a trenutno je studentica Glazbene, kazalištne i umjetničke akademije u Kišinjevu. Svoj prvi album, Your Place or Mine?, izdan je u prosincu 2006. od strane Nordika Multimedije. Pjesme za album napisao je Ruslan Taranu.

Godine 2006. i 2007. nastupila je u nacionalnom finalu za odlazak na Eurosong, no nije se uspjela plasirati. Godine 2009. završila je četvrta s pjesmom Unicul Meu, da bi 2010., u suradnji sa Sun Stroke Projectom, izborila nastup u Oslu s pjesmom Run Away.

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Freethought San Marcos: Ted Cruz a foe of personal liberty
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Election 2012, In the mix, Lamar Hankins, Opinion, Texas
Freethought San Marcos: A column
by LAMAR W. HANKINS
Ted Cruz, the Republican candidate for the US Senate from Texas, presents himself as a champion of personal liberty, but he is far from that. Based on what he writes on his own campaign website, Cruz is a proponent of restricting liberty in vast areas of our lives.
Cruz opposes the right of women to make their own medical decisions in consultation with their physicians. Like many other right-wingers, Cruz does not believe a woman should have control over her reproductive processes. He believes that the government knows best what a woman should do about unwanted pregnancies. To Cruz, a woman's reproductive system is mainly the purview of the state. Apparently, this extends even to the decision to use birth control.
Cruz's views on religious liberty revolve entirely around the right of the government to promote religious practices associated with Abrahamic monotheism, though his views on Islam, one of the Abrahamic religions (along with Christianity and Judaism) are not clear. But he does support the government's promotion of the Abrahamic God to the exclusion of the religious beliefs of more than 65 million Americans, and about 5.5 million Texans. It is politically convenient to side with the majority on religious issues, even if that means that the majority's religious beliefs are, with the help of the government, crammed down the throats of those who believe differently.
Cruz does not seem to see the nexus between the need for access to health care and liberty, but without health care the liberty one has is severely circumscribed. Not only does Cruz oppose access to health care for all, he opposes George W. Bush's prescription drug benefit for seniors. I admit that I have a vested interest in the drug benefit, since I receive Medicare benefits, including those for prescription drugs. Cruz would take from me the financial security that Medicare and all of its benefits provide. Without Medicare, my life would be more limited and its length undoubtedly shortened. The evidence shows that many, if not most, seniors are in the same situation I am in.
When Ted Cruz discusses voting, he apparently does not connect it to liberty. Instead, Cruz believes that voter fraud is a serious problem, though he is unable to find evidence for any significant voter fraud – just like everyone else who has studied the data. That hasn't stopped him from supporting laws and regulations that make it difficult for seniors and low-income citizens to vote. No one who claims to believe in democracy can justify regulations that suppress voting, but Cruz is in favor of taking away from thousands of Texans this seminal freedom, without which we will have little, if any, liberty. The voter suppression Cruz favors most seems to be voter ID laws that require a state-issued ID to register and vote. In Texas, 34 counties do not have a state office that issues photo IDs. Four of these counties have Hispanic populations over 75%. Cruz has not protected the liberty interests of these citizens.
In a 2007 report on voter fraud, the Brennan Center concluded: "The type of individual voter fraud supposedly targeted by recent legislative efforts – especially efforts to require certain forms of voter ID – simply does not exist." For five years during the George W. Bush presidency, the Justice Department conducted a "war on voter fraud," which resulted in 86 convictions out of more than 196,000,000 votes cast. This result was not unexpected. It is absurd to believe that there is a systematic effort by large numbers of people to cast a vote as another person. Such projects would be an enormous waste of time, yield few results, be easy to detect, and are adequately controlled by existing criminal laws with harsh penalties. But Ted Cruz cares so little about the liberty of all Texas citizens that he wants to keep them from voting with such voter suppression laws and regulations.
Cruz's campaign website claims that he has played an important "role in the fight against infringement of private property rights," including those arising from the use of eminent domain by government or allowed by government. But where has Cruz been in the fight against the abuse of eminent domain allowed by Texas law for such companies as TransCanada, which is trying to take the land of Texas citizens to build a pipeline to transport tar sands oil to be refined at two Texas refineries and sold overseas to increase their profits. This pipeline will not lower any Texan's gasoline bill or provide any long-term jobs that will benefit Texans, but Cruz has not stood up for the liberty interests of Texas landowners to protect and preserve their land.
For Cruz and many right-wingers, same sex marriage is not seen as a matter of personal liberty. Cruz thinks he and the government have the right to tell citizens whom they can love and marry. In fact, he is proud to deny citizens the right to choose the mate of their choice unless that mate is someone of the opposite sex. No liberty interest is more personal than the right to choose with whom to live, love, and marry, yet Cruz places his personal religious beliefs and preferences over the liberty interests of the entire gay population. To deny anyone such a basic liberty grounded in religious belief means that other liberties can be denied also for religious reasons. Cruz's position is antithetical to the Constitution and basic morality – and personal liberty.
Like many right-wingers, Cruz has a limited understanding of our First amendment rights. To his credit, Cruz opposes "groups that spout hatred and bigotry," but to Cruz this means that such groups cannot participate in civic projects of benefit to all. While I have opposed the Ku Klux Klan longer than Cruz has been alive, it violates the constitutional rights of association and free speech to deny that backward group the right to pick up litter along the highways as part of a government-sponsored program, which is an action that Cruz is proud to have pursued.
Cruz may think he supports the liberty interests of all of our citizens, but he is mistaken. He is an extreme right-wing ideologue, selected by the Republican Party of Texas, mainly through the efforts of Tea Party zealots and their rich friends, to go to Washington to destroy the social safety net that protects all our citizens from lives of misery and poverty. He has spent his brief career in the service of corporations and the wealthiest 1% of Americans – the plutocracy that is very near to complete control of our political and economic systems.
Texans have risen up in the past to oppose injustice and fight for liberty. Electing politicians like Ted Cruz is a step in the wrong direction. It is the direction that will ensure that we will all have less liberty and more government control over our lives.
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Duane Smith on 10/13/2012 at 6:47 am said:
What he said!
No, seriously, you have succinctly and elegantly summarized progressive arguments against the extremities committed by conservatives in the name of "liberty". I applaud that and plan to adopt some of your reasoning into my own political dialogue. Thanks
Alan Cameron on 10/14/2012 at 1:41 am said:
Nothing more 'In Tune' with America in 2012 than 3 brilliant attorney's telling us 'commoners' how much interest they have in 'our' well-being: Lamar Hankins, Paul Sadler and Ted Cruz. Oh yea, we'll sure miss exiting attorney, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and her recommendations while on the subcommitee on Veterans' Affairs, to cut funds for mental health & PTSD care to veterans that served honorably waiting for IED'S to kill them or dismember them in middle-east ghetto's and along roadways. Surely,we can trust that each lawyer mentioned here has no self-promoting agenda, but instead hold a sincere yearning to see that main-stream Texans and Americans-All, most of whom are slugging through a devastating recession, unemployment and $5.00 a gallon gasoline, are their first priority. Surely?
Steven Hernandez on 10/14/2012 at 10:06 am said:
Hey Mr. Cameron, you don't need to pay five bucks for gas. HEB has a promotion for 12 cents off of gas if u use one of their gift cards. I am paying like three thrity a gallon. Hope that helps you out a little.
Lamar Hankins on 10/14/2012 at 12:30 pm said:
Response to Alan Cameron:
Thanks for using an actual name in your response to my column. However, I am at a loss to understand what you think my "self-promoting agenda" might be. I just write about social and political issues. My only interest is to have my thoughts and ideas read by as many people as possible so that we can have a rational discussion about the issues raised. I am not a politician, as are Cruz or Hutchison. The fact that I have a law degree is irrelevant to Cruz's limited understanding of personal liberty. I would like to promote more personal liberty for everyone, not just for myself. I'm perplexed about why you see this as a "self-promoting agenda."
nas rose on 10/16/2012 at 6:36 am said:
Excellent column, as usual, Mr. Hankins.
Rick Bentley on 10/20/2012 at 12:32 pm said:
Succinct and on point! This is why I am voting for Paul Sadler.
John Jay Myers on 10/20/2012 at 3:37 pm said:
Not that I am here to support Ted Cruz, he has many flaws. Some that him and Sadler share are their statements that neither would cut $1 from military spending. Both are hard on the war on drugs, and neither seems to understand foreign policy at all.
That being said, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that "personal liberty" is not taking from someone and giving it to someone else. That could never be construed as "personal liberty", most often that is considered stealing.
As the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate I have no problems with a women managing her own body, but do not ask me to pay for it. And more importantly do not ask me to believe that somehow the Federal government is the best place for these types of decisions to be dictated.
Anyway, we share a revulsion to Ted Cruz, my revulsion stems from the fact that he is literally in bed with Goldman Sachs. And I find it hard to believe someone who claims to be a fiscal conservative is not going to fold like a burrito when the time comes to make the big decisions.
Have a good day, but you honestly should stop saying you believe in liberty, you don't seem to have any better understanding of the word than Cruz.
"See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source for further evils because it invites reprisals." – Frédéric Bastiat
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#include "SimpleAudioEngine.h"

RoleEnemyBig::RoleEnemyBig() {
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RoleEnemyBig::~RoleEnemyBig() {
	// TODO Auto-generated destructor stub
}

bool RoleEnemyBig::init() {
	bool bRet = false;
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		CC_BREAK_IF(!Sprite::initWithSpriteFrameName("enemy3_n1.png"));

		// set physical body
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		// run action
		float minDuration, maxDuration;
		minDuration = 2.0f;
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		int rangeDuration = maxDuration - minDuration;
		int actualDuration = (rand() % rangeDuration) + minDuration;

		auto actionMove = MoveTo::create(actualDuration,
				Point(actualX, 0 - getContentSize().height / 2));
		auto actionDone = RemoveSelf::create(true);
		auto sequence = Sequence::create(actionMove, actionDone, nullptr);
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		auto enemy3SpriteFrame_1 =
				SpriteFrameCache::getInstance()->getSpriteFrameByName(
						"enemy3_n1.png");
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				SpriteFrameCache::getInstance()->getSpriteFrameByName(
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		auto animation = Animation::create();
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		animation->addSpriteFrame(enemy3SpriteFrame_1);
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		auto animate = Animate::create(animation);
		runAction(RepeatForever::create(animate));

		bRet = true;
	} while (0);

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}

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}

void RoleEnemyBig::gotDamage(int damage) {
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}

void RoleEnemyBig::gotSupply(int supply) {
}

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	auto actionDone = RemoveSelf::create(true);
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It's about time they started flying here. San Diego was originally one of the launch destinations of Virgin America, but was dropped due to Southwest's new service to San Francisco introduced at the time of Virgin America's launch.
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keg92101 Nov 8, 2007 2:19 AM
Anyone who has vision to turn San Diego into world class gets stomped by Psycho Agurrie, who has a press conference to announce he is going to investigate that person's corruption. Damn Shame...
Aguirre is a freaking bitch.
I don't recall who I voted for... but Aguirre did at least one thing right in my mind. He didn't believe the conclusions of the downtown community plan update environmental impact report concernign impacts to traffic and transit... and so worked in a requirement into the final EIR that a developer impact fee be adopted to support improvements.
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Aguirrie is a product of a weak mayor and council. Strong leaders wouldn't allow a city attorney to get away the stuff he spouts out of his mouth.
While Aguirrie may be viewed as a jerk, he has served a purpose. That purpose is to show how much of a power vacuum the city has... People like Aguirre because he constantly challenges those in power... he just gets it wrong 60% of the time...
I for one am glad that they ditched those damn sails. I hate when architects try to make towers look nautically inspired, then talk about how the bay spoke to them and viola...
These look very 1960's LA modern, a look I'm very fond of.
It's mainly their fat basses that get me.
I like them as well. I think they are a bit timeless and a bit hip; will they age well though?
^^^ I agree with you Derek 100%. The bases as well as the height are pathetic crap for that area. These belong in Mission Valley, not on the waterfront. That size podium should have 4 buildings rather than 2.
Park Row should be a lesson to us about poor land use.
Park Row is a joke. :)
But honestly, the towers aren't too bad. They might look better somewhere else, but they still need to lose that gaudy base.
I should have been more specific in my negative response earlier. Much of my disappointment has to do with the suburban officepark-looking base of the towers, and also the fact that it's basically another twin-tower project. It should go well with the neighboring Grande and proposed NBC twins, don't you think?. :(
I actually like the facade of the towers but hate the crowns (or lack of). I'd like it better if the buildings were stacked on top of each other and built in the East Village. I just think the waterfront location where these will be built deserves better. But the biggest plus is there's no mistaking that this is a Bosa project! :yes:
As for aging, I kinda see a resemblance to the Coronado Shores condos which were built in the 70's. Do you all think they've aged well?
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On a another subject, does anyone have any information on the 560,000 square foot, multi-level power center that is being proposed for East Village near Petco Park? I read about it in today's SD Daily Transcript but it didn't mention any details.
Wouldn't it be cool to have an urban-style Target, Costco or Lowe's downtown?
I agree. However, whether these remain "timelss" or turn into crap ALL depends on the materials used on the exterior. High quality materials remain timelss. Painted concrete turns to crap.
This would be terrible. Single Uses in the downtown area can turn into a disiaster over the long haul. If you put a Target, Lowes, Costco in downtown, with no residential component, it turns into a ghost town at night and no we do have a traffic mess durring the day. I sure hope CCDC doesn't "F" this one up.
I think it could be cool, but I don't feel like enough people live in that area to support both a big retail store and small retail businesses. Building a big store like that will drive out the current occupants (or lack of) and it will certainly not attract any new business to the area.
Ahhh. I can see it now. . .Wal-Mart East Village ;)
Believe me, this would never happen.
Yes, I am curious about this too. I spot a location bounded by National, 16th and Newton on the far south side of downtown. The lot was remediated last year and is basically a very large open pit... about 10 feet deep ... and level. However, I heard a Lowe's or Home Depot or something like that was to go in there???
Yes, I am curious about this too. I spot a location bounded by National, 16th and Newton on the far south side of downtown. The lot was remediated last year and is basically a very large open pit... about 10 feet deep ... and level. However, I heard from my ultra secret sources that a Lowe's or Home Depot or something like that was to go in there???
I can't imagine why a home imprvement store would be very useful in an area that is comprised of buildings that are maintained by management companies that buy from vendors.


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"Villiers-sur-Yonne?". The taxi driver at Auxerre station looked puzzled. "Mon dieu", he said, shaking his head, "where is it you want to go exactly? To Villiers-sur-Yonne? Apart from a few houses and an old church, there's nothing there!" "That's exactly where we want to go", Petra and me answered. The driver shook his head again, adjusted his cap and drove along narrow country lanes, through charming villages and thick woodland to our destination.
It was a long evening. Klaus had put together a delicious plateau de fromages. He served it up with ham, foie gras, wine grapes and – as you would expect – Pinot Noir and Chablis. Many tales were told. The moon shone a silvery light on the imposing fruit trees and plane trees around our mooring and eventually a far-away church bell heralded the start of a new day. We raised our glasses to our upcoming voyage and our sturdy Linssen, wished Klaus bonne nuit and retired to our comfortable aft cabin.
The sun's rays woke us promptly at 8 a.m. I disembarked to go in search of fresh baguettes. However, I wondered whether there was a baker in the village. I did not have to wait long for an answer, because as soon as I was on the Yonne bridge a delivery van approached along the Rue du Pont. The van stopped and the side window opened to reveal a huge pile of oven-fresh baguettes. "How many do you want?" asked the woman in the driver's seat. I bought three baguettes, the women served the other customers who had arrived and took her leave of us with a charming au revoir. When I returned to the boat, I was greeted by the smell of fresh coffee. We had a relaxed breakfast and then Klaus cast off and we sailed in the direction of Clamecy.
While the two cyclists got on board, a white Renault came rushing up. A young guy got out and ran to the lock. He pulled up his sleeves, spat on his hands and opened the lock doors manually. Ten minutes later our Linssen slid gracefully out of the lock and continued towards Clamecy. The first thing we saw in this old town (which owed its prosperity to the building of wooden rafts) was the bell tower of St Martin's church, which pointed above the maple trees towards the clear blue sky. We moored in the harbour and made our way up to the old town.
The construction of the Canal du Nivernais dates back to the sixteenth century. At that time, the forests around Paris had already been cut down to provide fuel for the flourishing city, so that wood had to be transported to the capital from elsewhere over bumpy roads. The Canal du Nivernais had to act as a bridge between Paris and the forest of Bazois. However, it was another 250 years before the first sections of canal were complete. But how was the wood transported? The trees were cut down, sawn into smaller pieces and thrown into the streams and rivers. In Clamecy, these logs were retrieved from the water and tied together to create rafts 75 metres long and 5.50 metres wide. Brave men climbed on board these ramshackle structures and guided them to the capital using long poles. However, with a population of 5,000, Clamecy was far more than just a 'terminal' for wood intended for Paris. It has picturesque half-timbered houses, snug alleyways and traditional inns, but it is also the birthplace of writers such as Romain Rolland and Claude Tillier. While Tillier amused the world with his humorous satire 'Mon Oncle Benjamin', Nobel Prize winner Rolland advocated peace and understanding during the First and Second World Wars.
The voyage continued and in Pousseaux, a hand-operated lifting bridge links both banks of the canal. We were unable to simply sail underneath, because the steel bridge was more or less the same height as the railing on our Linssen. What should we do? Just wait? For whom? There was nobody to be seen anywhere and there was no bridge keeper's house or a telephone number. There was only a sign saying that anyone who tried to operate the bridge themselves would receive a hefty fine. "Let's wait", Klaus decided. And the skipper's word is law, so we waited: 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes. After half an hour a boat came in the opposite direction. The skipper moored, disembarked and cranked the bridge up – we could hardly believe our eyes! "You can pass through", he shouted, which we were only too pleased to do.
At the stroke of 7 p.m., the lock keepers along the canal end their shift and make their way home. And needless to say, we arrived at the Châtel-Censoir lock a few minutes too late. "Rien ne va plus", said Klaus shrugging his shoulders, "we cannot go through." So we stayed the night in the marina. But where could we get something to eat? One of the marina staff recommended a rotisserie, "five kilometres away". Although we were still considering this option, he ordered a taxi and wished us "bon appétit". After a few hair-raising bends taken at high speed along a rock face, we arrived at a traditional auberge. The fireplace was crackling away and there were photos of mountaineers on the wall. The chef wished us bonsoir and asked what we wanted to eat. There is trout, Bresse chicken and Charolais beef." We all ordered beef. "Good choice", said the three men at the table next to ours. They were rock climbers from Paris and were practising their daredevil sport on the steep Rocher du Saussois.
French writer Stendhal was a keen sailor along the canals of Burgundy. "You see the countryside far better than from a stage coach", he wrote 200 years ago. That is still true today, at least if you have the time. And time is something we had on our side! Free from stress and rush, we wandered through the sleepy alleyways of Mailly-le-Château, from where you have a view of the Yonne from a protruding rock. Near Prégilbert, we enjoyed the tasty trout of fish farmer Pageaud. We later passed through the picturesque fortress town of Cravant near to where the River Cure flows into the Yonne, before sailing gently on towards Bailly. Just like on a painting, the Yonne meanders here through woods and below vineyards slopes. We moored at the quayside in Bailly and set out on foot to climb the Col du Crémant, which name refers to a hollow limestone rock about 200 metres high. The inside of the rock serves as a wine cellar for the local Bailly Lapierre wine cooperative. Approximately five million bottles are stored in the four-hectare vaulted cellar. At the entrance, it's possible to sample modest amounts of this immense wine collection and everyone is welcome to buy as many bottles as they like. Needless to say we did not let this opportunity pass. We concluded that although excellent red wines are produced in the region between Dijon and Beaune, the north-west of Burgundy also has a lot to offer, particularly its magnificent Crémants.
The rest of our voyage can be quickly summarised. The next day at 9 a.m. we passed through the lock at Bailly. Châteaux and large mansions feature here, former tow paths have become asphalted cycle tracks and traffic speeds over the bridges. Five locks further on, we arrived in Auxerre, a city of 38,000 inhabitants. After a total of 170 kilometres along the canal and through 110 locks, our Linssen arrived at its final destination. We should really have returned our floating luxury accommodation in Vermenton. But Klaus had made arrangements with Mike Gardner-Roberts, head of charter company France Fluviale. This British Francophile and canal voyage enthusiast was willing to pick up his splendid boat in Auxerre marina. All formalities were soon completed. Together with Klaus, we strolled through the picturesque maze of the old town full of half-timbered houses. We visited the gothic cathedral of St Étienne, possibly the most famous in Burgundy. At the Tour de l'Horloge, we took our leave of Klaus and got in the taxi. "Villiers-sur-Yonne?" the taxi driver asked. After a moment's hesitation, I suddenly recognised the driver who picked us up on our arrival in Auxerre. "Non, non!, I laughed, first to Chablis to buy wine and then to the station for the train to Paris." "D'accord", he smiled. He adjusted his cap and we were off.
Burgundy is in the east of central France and has a rolling landscape with hills of up to 900 metres. The region covers 31,600 km2 and consists of the following départements: Côte d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Nièvre and Yonne. Auxerre (approximately 38,000 inhabitants) is the capital of Yonne and is located on the river of the same name. Together with Dijon, Auxerre is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Burgundy. The city has many medieval attractions, of which the most famous is the gothic cathedral of St Étienne. Chablis (16 km from Auxerre) is certainly worth visiting thanks to its world-famous Chardonnay wines. The largest city in Burgundy is Dijon (150,000 inhabitants).
The idea for the construction of a canal between the Loire and the Seine dates back to King Henry IV (1553-1610). Work started in 1784 and 60 years later the canal was first used as a waterway for transporting wood. The canal is 174 km long and features 110 locks. The most spectacular structures along the route include the tunnels at La Collancelle (758 m), Mouas (268 m) and Breuilles (212 m), the lock system in the Sardy valley (16 locks within 3 kilometres with a drop of 48 metres) and the aqueduct at Montreuillon (33 m high, 145 m long).
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L'USS Akron (ZRS-4) est un dirigeable rigide rempli à l'hélium, qui appartenait à la Marine des États-Unis. Il s'est écrasé au large de la côte du New Jersey le , tuant  d'équipage et passagers. Pendant son service, ce dirigeable a servi de dirigeable porte-avions, lançant notamment des avions biplaces F9C Sparrowhawk.

Sa longueur de  () n'était inférieure que de  à celle du Hindenburg. Avec son sistership le , ils furent parmi les objets volants les plus vastes du monde et les plus grands dirigeables à hélium de tous les temps.

Construction et financement

La construction du ZRS-4 débuta le  dans les hangars de construction de Goodyear (les Goodyear Airdock qui sont aujourd'hui des monuments historiques situés à Akron (Ohio) par la société Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation.

Le , le contre-amiral William A. Moffett, chef du Bureau of Aeronautics, fixa le « rivet d'or » (équivalent de la première pierre posée dans l'angle de l'édifice) de l'appareil sur l'anneau principal de sa structure. L'assemblage des éléments principaux de la coque débutèrent en .

Le , le secrétaire d'État à la Marine Charles Francis Adams III choisit le nom Akron et son Sous secrétaire d'état de la marine Ernest Lee Jahncke, l'annonça quatre jours plus tard, le .

Achevé, l'Akron pouvait embarquer  de gazole, qui lui donnaient une autonomie de . Huit moteurs diesels furent montés à l'intérieur de la coque. Chaque moteur entrainait un propulseur à hélices à deux pales, par l'entremise d'un cardan orientable. Les propulseurs pouvaient ainsi passer de l'état vertical à l'état horizontal (et ainsi diriger la propulsion vers l'ascension, la descente ou la navigation horizontale).

Le , l' Akron fut baptisé par madame Lou Henry Hoover, première dame des États-Unis, épouse du président des États-Unis, Herbert Clark Hoover. L' Akron réalisa son vol d'inauguration dans l'après-midi du , dans la zone de Cleveland, avec à son bord le secrétaire d'état à la marine Adams et le contre-amiral Moffett.

Le dirigeable réalisa ensuite huit vols supplémentaires, principalement au-dessus du lac Érié, mais aussi un peu plus loin, survolant Détroit, Milwaukee, Fort Wayne, et Columbus.

Le vol de livraison à la station aérienne de la marine des États-Unis (Naval Air Station, NAS) à Lakehurst, eut lieu le , avec le lieutenant commandeur Charles E. Rosendahl aux commandes.

Voyage inaugural

Le , lAkron entame son voyage de baptême en tant que vaisseau en service commandé pour la marine des États-Unis. Ce vol consistera en une croisière le long de la côte est des États-Unis, jusqu'à Washington. Durant les semaines qui suivirent, le dirigeable réalisa une série de vols totalisant  de vol. Au cours de ces essais lAkron réalisa un vol d'endurance de 46 heures, qui consista en un aller-retour vers Mobile. Le retour passa par les vallées du Mississippi et le fleuve Ohio.

Participation à un exercice de recherche, janvier 1932

Le matin du , l'Akron fut autorisé à participer à un exercice de recherche avec la flotte de reconnaissance des États-Unis. Cet exercice qui se tenait le long de la côte de la Caroline du Nord, consistait à trouver un groupe de destroyers de retour de la baie de Guantánamo. Après les avoir localisés, le dirigeable les suivit à distance et secrètement, tout en rapportant leurs mouvements.

Le lendemain, la même opération fut menée au sud, près de la côte de la Caroline du Nord. La localisation eut lieu à . Mais le mauvais temps empêcha la poursuite des destroyers (le contact fut perdu à ). Ces derniers localisèrent par ailleurs le dirigeable qui aurait dû rester selon les termes de sa mission, en état de furtivité.

L'Akron a alors changé de cap, et poursuivi sa course vers les Bahamas qu'il a rejoints en fin d'après-midi. Il profita de la nuit pour modifier légèrement sa trajectoire et avant minuit fit route vers le sud-est.

Finalement, le  à , l'Akron parvint à repérer la lumière du croiseur  et localisa une douzaine de destroyers sur la ligne d'horizon, à l'est, deux minutes plus tard. Après avoir localisé un second groupe de destroyers, l'Akron fut relevé de sa mission à . Ce premier test de détection d'une flotte par le dirigeable fut qualifié de « réussite ».

L'historien Richard K. Smith affirme dans son étudeThe Airships Akron and Macon que compte tenu de la météo, de la durée du vol, d'une traque de plus de , des déficiences du matériel, et du caractère rudimentaire de la navigation aérienne à cette époque, l'Akron réalisa une performance tout à fait remarquable. Selon lui, aucun avion militaire disponible en 1932 n'aurait pu réaliser une telle performance, en travaillant dans les mêmes conditions.

L'accident du 22 février 1932

LAkron devait prendre part à l'exercice naval Fleet Problem XIII, mais un accident survenu à Lakehurst le  rendit sa participation impossible. Alors que le dirigeable était en train d'être extrait du hangar, sa queue perdit ses amarres, et fut plaquée au sol sous l'effet du vent. La majeure partie des avaries fut limitée à la dérive inférieure, mais des réparations étaient indispensables avant que l'appareil puisse reprendre son service. Par ailleurs, les appendices destinés à la manœuvre au sol avaient été arrachés. Ces éléments vitaux devaient eux aussi être réparés. Ce ne sera donc qu'au printemps que lAkron sera de nouveau en état de naviguer et disponible pour le service. Le , le dirigeable reprend son vol sous le commandement de l'amiral Moffett et avec pour passager le secrétaire d'état à la marine Adams. Ce vol dura neuf heures.

Expériences et tests sur le « panier espion »

Presque immédiatement après être revenu à Lakhurst, et avoir débarqué son prestigieux passager, lAkron redécolla pour conduire une campagne de test d'un équipement original intitulé le « panier espion ». Ce panier ingénieux consistait en une petite partie amovible du fuselage suspendue sous le dirigeable, et qui permettait à un observateur posté à l'intérieur de regarder sous les nuages dans lesquels le dirigeable serait lui-même resté dissimulé. Il s'agissait d'augmenter encore les capacités furtives de l'appareil. Le dispositif s'est révélé terriblement instable, se balançant d'un côté à l'autre de l'aéronef, sous le regard inquiet de l'équipage de lAkron. Après cette expérience, il ne fut plus jamais essayé. Un panier espion similaire a été installé sur le sistership  de lAkron.
Le même système était utilisé pendant la Première Guerre mondiale sur les dirigeables allemands.

Utilisation expérimentale en tant que dirigeable porte-avions

LAkron et son sister-ship le Macon furent utilisés en tant que dirigeables porte-avions, capables d'emporter des avions parasites utilisés pour la reconnaissance.

Le , alors que lAkron patrouillait le long des côtes du New Jersey avec le contre-amiral George C. Day, à cette époque président de l'organisation d'inspection des matériels de la marine américaine (le Board of Inspection and Survey), on testa pour la première fois l'installation de largage et de récupération des appareils embarqués : le « trapèze ». Les pilotes qui réalisèrent cet amarrage historique étaient les lieutenants Daniel W. Harrigan et Howard L. Young. Ils utilisèrent deux appareils : en premier le Consolidated N2Y puis le Curtiss XF9C-1 Sparrowhawk.

Pendant les jours qui suivirent, lAkron réalisa d'autre vols de démonstration dans sa configuration de porte-avion, avec à bord des députés observateurs, membres de la Commission des affaires navales de la Chambre des Représentants (House Committee on Naval Affairs). À l'occasion de ces démonstrations, les mêmes pilotes présentèrent aux députés de nombreuses démonstrations illustrant la capacité de lAkron à emporter et utiliser des avions.

Tests complémentaires en tant que dirigeable porte-avions
En été 1932, lAkron entra dans une nouvelle phase de sa carrière, avec l'expérimentation poussée du « trapèze » de largage et de récupération, et une flottille embarquée de biplans F9C-2 au complet. Un des éléments clé du succès de cette nouvelle phase de test fut l'arrivée d'un nouvel officier de commandement, le commandeur Alger Dresel.

 Voyage depuis Lakehurst jusqu'à la côte ouest, mai 1932

À la suite de ces vols d'essais réussis, lAkron quitta Lakehurst le , et se dirigea vers la côte ouest des États-Unis. Le dirigeable contourna la côte est de la Georgie et de là, traversa le golfe du Texas et la plaine de l'Arizona.

 L'accident du 11 mai

Cheminant vers sa base de Sunnyvale en Californie, le dirigeable atteignit Camp Keany en Californie le matin du , et tenta un atterrissage. C'était une manœuvre à haut risque, car aucun équipier suffisamment formé n'était présent au sol pour recevoir et manipuler l'appareil. Par ailleurs, les équipements nécessaires pour amarrer un dirigeable de la taille de lAkron n'étaient pas disponibles. Pour finir, la traversée du continent avait allégé l'appareil de près de  de carburant consommés par ses moteurs ce qui rendait sa portance délicate à gérer.

Au moment où le dirigeable commença à évaluer l'aspect critique de ses conditions d'atterrissage, la chaleur des rayons du soleil réchauffa l'enveloppe, produisant une expansion des gaz et donc un accroissement de la portance. Tous ces phénomènes conjugués ont conduit à une phase pendant laquelle l'Akron est devenu totalement ingouvernable.

Son câble d'amarrage fut alors coupé pour éviter une catastrophe et le dirigeable s'envola. La plupart des hommes de l'équipe d'amarrage, et surtout les marins de la station navale de San Diego, lâchèrent leurs lignes. Un homme tenta de rester en l'air avant de se laisser tomber. Il fut victime d'une fracture du bras. Malheureusement trois autres membres d'équipage sont restés accrochés. Deux de ces hommes périrent en chutant. Le troisième, le mousse « Bud » Cowart, s'accrocha désespérément à sa ligne et fut hissé à bord de l'Akron une heure plus tard. Un peu plus tard dans la journée, lAkron réussit à s'amarrer à Kearny Camp avant de rejoindre Sunnyvale.

Ce tragique accident eut lieu sous les yeux des journalistes de télévision et de presse écrite. Il fut ainsi intégralement filmé et photographié, puis largement diffusé dans les actualités (voir également photo-montage).

 Vols le long de la côte Ouest

Au cours des semaines qui suivirent, lAkron montra son pavillon sur la côte ouest, patrouillant jusqu'à l'extrémité nord du territoire des États-Unis, à la frontière du Canada, avant de revenir au sud pour un nouvel exercice avec la flotte d'entrainement. Intégré à la force « verte », lors de cet exercice, lAkron devait localiser la force « blanche ». On lui avait par ailleurs opposé des hydravions Vought O2U Corsair lancés depuis les navires « ennemis ». Il réussit à localiser ses adversaires en .

Après cet exercice, ayant besoin de procéder à des réparations, le dirigeable quitta Sunnyvale le  pour rejoindre Lakehurst. Des conditions météorologiques difficiles rendirent ce voyage de retour délicat. Après un long et harassant voyage, l'appareil arriva à destination le .

LAkron connut postérieurement à son retour de la côte ouest, une période d'alternance de voyages et de réparations.

En juillet il prit part aux recherches du yacht le Curlew, un navire qui n'avait pas rejoint son port de destination à l'issue d'une régate aux Bermudes (le yacht fut retrouvé par la suite au large de Nantucket).

Le dirigeable entreprit ensuite une campagne d'essai des trapèzes pour avions embarqués. Le , l'amiral Moffett embarquait de nouveau dans lAkron, puis, le lendemain, prenait place dans l'un des biplans N2Y-1 qui le ramenèrent à Lakehurst, après qu'une violente tempête eut empêché son retour à la base à bord du dirigeable.

Accident du 22 août 1932

Malheureusement, un autre accident perturba la mise au point de lAkron. Le , une dérive de lAkron fut endommagée lors d'une manœuvre de hangar mal conduite. Un ordre prématuré de rotation de l'appareil fut donné alors que ce dernier n'était pas encore prêt. Les dégâts étaient faibles et la réparation fut rapide. Le dirigeable entama alors une série de huit vols au-dessus de l'Atlantique au cours des trois derniers mois de 1932.

Ces opérations ont été l'occasion d'un travail intense avec le trapèze et le biplan F9C-2, ainsi que des exercices de protection des flancs de l'appareil en vol, par un entraînement aux systèmes d'armes embarqués. Parmi les tâches prévues lors de cette campagne, on note le maintien régulier de deux avions de patrouille et de détection en vol, ainsi que des opérations d'exercice de protection aérienne de lAkron par ses propres avions. Durant une mission de sept heures, le , le dirigeable et un trio d'avions explorèrent un secteur de 100 miles.

Intégration à la flotte

Après quelques opérations réalisées autour de la base Lakehurst pour le reste de l'année 1932, lAkron était prêt à réintégrer la flotte. Dans l'après-midi du , le commandant Frank C. McCord aidé du commandant Dresel, officier commandant, et futur commandant de l' prit l'appareil en charge. Pendant quelques heures, lAkron fit route vers le sud, un peu en dessous de la côte est et commença à se rapprocher de la Floride.

Le dirigeable refit ses réserves de carburant à la base navale de ravitaillement de Opa-locka, près de Miami, le . Puis il se rendit à Guantanamo Bay pour une inspection des bases. À cette occasion, l'un de ses N2Y-1 fut utilisé en tant que « taxi » pour transporter des équipes d'inspection et les ramener.

Peu de temps après, lAkron retourna à Lakehurst pour quelques mouvements locaux qui furent interrompus par deux semaines de révision et de mauvaises conditions météorologiques. Au cours du mois de mars, le dirigeable réalisa une séquence d'entrainement intensif avec son unité aéroportée de F9C-2 : la finalité était d'améliorer les compétences des équipes et des pilotes sur la récupération par le crochet du trapèze. Au cours de ces opérations, il a navigué à Washington, et survolé la capitale, le , jour de la prestation de serment de Franklin D. Roosevelt en tant que Président des États-Unis d'Amérique.

Le , lAkron quitta Lakehurst et mit cap vers le Panamá. Le dirigeable fit une brève halte à Opa-Locka avant de rejoindre Balboa. Il conduisit à cet endroit une inspection d'un site en vue de l'établissement possible d'une base aérienne. Au retour, une nouvelle pause à Opa-Locka permit de mener une série d'exercices de tir avec les artilleurs, en utilisant les biplans N2Y-1 en tant que cible. Enfin, le  le dirigeable s'en retourna vers Lakehurst.

Naufrage de lAkron le 3 avril 1933

Dans la soirée du , lAkron quitta son amarrage pour patrouiller le long de la côte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, avec l'amiral Moffett à son bord. Il était prévu de procéder à l'étalonnage des stations de radio goniomètre. On note lors de cette mission, la présence à bord des officiers suivants : le commandant Cecil B. Harry, l'aide de camp de l'amiral, le commandant Fred T. Berry, commandant du NAS Lakehurst, et le lieutenant-colonel Alfred F. Masury, RSMU (un invité de l'amiral, vice-président de la Mack Truck Co., et ardent promoteur du potentiel des usages civils des dirigeables rigides).

Sur sa route lAkron rencontra des mauvaises conditions météorologiques. Elles se dégradèrent encore lors du passage du phare de Barnegat dans le New Jersey, à . Des rafales de vent particulièrement puissantes frappèrent violemment le dirigeable et le mirent en perdition. LAkron se trouvait alors dans une zone de dépression barométrique par rapport au décollage, ce qui causa probablement un affichage erroné de l'altitude de vol sur la passerelle de navigation. Vers minuit et demi, le , lAkron fut emporté par un courant ascendant, immédiatement suivi d'un courant descendant.

Son capitaine, le commandant McCord, ordonna aux machines de fournir la pleine puissance en régime arrière, et le largage du ballast. Le lieutenant commandant , exécuta l'ordre et largua le ballast d'urgence situé à la proue. Ces manipulations, combinées avec l'action du barreur qui orientait le nez du dirigeable vers le haut provoquèrent un redressement de l'appareil et une rotation de la queue vers le bas. À ce stade le nez du dirigeable était dressé de 12 à 25 degrés. À cet instant, Wiley activa le signal du système téléphonique pour alerter les stations d'atterrissage.

L'ingénieur de vol annonça  (soit  d'altitude). L'annonce fut suivie d'une rafale de vent de forte intensité. Le barreur signala que la roue ne répondait plus. Les câbles de gouverne des ailerons avaient été arrachés. Alors que la passerelle de pilotage et de commandement se trouvait encore plusieurs dizaines de mètres plus haut (le dirigeable mesurait près de  de long), l'arrière de lAkron heurtait l'eau et était arraché lors du choc. Le ZRS-4 se disloqua rapidement sous l'effet des vagues de l'océan déchaîné, et sombra. On considère que le dirigeable fut détruit par les conséquences d'une erreur d'appréciation : l'appareil ne pouvait soutenir un vol dans des conditions océaniques difficiles tout en affrontant une tempête.

Le navire allemand Phoebus, un tanker naviguant à proximité, déclara avoir vu des lumières plongeant dans l'océan à environ . Le Phoebus se détourna sur tribord, croyant avoir été témoin d'un accident d'avion. À , le , le Phoebus récupéra le commandant Wiley, inconscient. La chaloupe mise à l'eau récupéra trois hommes : le chef radio Robert W. Copeland, le quartier maître de deuxième classe Richard E. Deal, et le mécanicien avion de deuxième classe E. Moody Ervin. Malgré une tentative de réanimation par respiration artificielle, Copeland ne reprit jamais conscience et mourut à bord de Phoebus.

Les marins allemands affirmèrent avoir vu quatre ou cinq autres hommes dans l'océan déchaîné. Ils ne surent que leur navire avait par hasard assisté au crash de lAkron que lorsque le lieutenant-commandant Wiley reprit conscience, une demi-heure après avoir été sauvé. Le Phoebus quadrilla avec acharnement l'océan pendant plus de cinq heures. Mais il ne parvint pas à retrouver plus de survivants. Le dirigeable de la marine  fut envoyé en renfort de recherche, et fut naufragé à son tour, causant une nouvelle perte de deux hommes.

Le navire garde-côte  fut le premier navire américain à arriver sur le site du crash. Il y parvint à 6 heures et prit à son bord les survivants de lAkron ainsi que le corps de Copeland. Parmi les autres navires qui quadrillèrent la zone, mais sans retrouver d'autre survivant, on note la présence du croiseur lourd , du destroyer , du garde-côte , et des destroyers de garde-côtes  et . Deux avions des garde-côtes furent également envoyés.

On nota que la plupart des disparitions avaient été causées par la noyade et l'hypothermie. L'équipage n'avait pas été équipé de gilets de sauvetage et il n'avait pas eu le temps de déployer l'unique radeau de sauvetage embarqué. Le bilan final du crash fut de , ce qui en fait l'accident aérien le plus meurtrier de cette époque.

Conséquence du crash

La perte de lAkron marque le début de la fin des dirigeables au sein de la marine américaine. La perte d'un des éléments les plus précieux de l'état-major de la marine, le contre-amiral Moffet, mort dans le crash avec  membres d'équipage accentua encore le ressentiment de la marine envers cette technologie.

Le Président Roosevelt déclara à la suite de ce tragique accident :

Le dirigeable subsistant, le Macon, et tous les autres dirigeables furent dotés de gilets de sauvetage en nombre suffisant pour limiter les risques de répétition d'une telle tragédie.

Références

 Robinson, Douglas H., and Charles L. Keller. "Up Ship!": U.S. Navy Rigid Airships 1919-1935. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982
 Richard K. Smith, The Airships Akron & Macon (Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy), United States Naval Institute: Annapolis, Maryland, 1965
 Department Of The Navy, Naval Historical Center. USS Akron. Retrieved 5 May 2005.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Dirigeable porte-avions
 , sistership du Akron et premier de la série dans la Navy.
 , sistership du Akron
 Dirigeable militaire

Liens externes

  Pages sur l'Akron depuis le Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  Série de cartes postales sur le Macon
  USS Akron and Macon
  Images de l'U.S.S. Akron depuis le Summit Memory Project
  USS Akron: Fleet Operations, les trois survivants de l'Akron, Navy Lakehurst Historical Society

Dirigeable de l'US Navy
Navire construit dans l'Ohio
Accident ou incident aérien aux États-Unis


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Here's the code and html I am using to select and change the menu item, but it's as far as I can get. I want to change the class="pipeBuffer" to class="pipeBufferSelect" if I can when the menu item is selected.
Any help greatly appreciated, thank you.

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A: Use click event in jquery to click the menu item .
$(document).ready(function(){

        $('#subnavlist li a').click(function(event) {

            event.preventDefault();
            $('#subnavlist li a').removeClass("selected");
            $(this).addClass("selected");

            $('#subnavlist li').removeClass("pipeBufferSelect").addClass("pipeBuffer");
            $(this).closest("li").removeClass("pipeBuffer").addClass("pipeBufferSelect");

        });

});

A: $(document).ready(function(){
     $('#subnavlist li a').click(function(){
       var checkClass = $(this).parent().next().attr('class').split(' ');
         alert(checkClass[1]);

         if(checkClass[1] == "pipeBufferSelect"){
             $(this).parent().next().removeClass('pipeBufferSelect');
         }else
         {

        $(this).parent().next().addClass('pipeBufferSelect');
         }

    });
    //this is highlighting a selected menu item
    $('#subnavlist li a ').each(function(index) {
        if(this.href.trim() == window.location)
        $(this).addClass("selected");
        $(this).parent().parent().siblings(':first').addClass("selected");
    });

});

Try this code it will add the class "pipeBufferSelect" on click of the li.

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