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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Homeland Security Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request, 52498-52499 [E9-24563]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request, 52498-52499 [E9-24563]
Download as PDF 52498 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices Dated: October 6, 2009. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E9–24598 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meetings. The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Research Resource Review. Date: November 4–6, 2009. Time: 6 p.m. to 1 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Contact Person: George W. Chacko, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5170, MSC 7849, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1245, chackoge@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; High-end Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation. Date: November 5–6, 2009. Time: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. Contact Person: Arnold Revzin, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4146, MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 1153, revzina@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Shared Instrumentation Grant Applications. Date: November 16–17, 2009. Time: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:29 Oct 09, 2009 Jkt 220001 Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Patricia Greenwel, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 2178, MSC 7818, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1169, greenwep@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR08–259: Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource. Date: November 18–20, 2009. Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Contact Person: Vonda K. Smith, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4148, MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1789, smithvo@csr.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: October 6, 2009. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E9–24596 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; File No. OMB–6, Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance; OMB Control No. 1653–0019. The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the following information collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until December 14, 2009. Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and associated PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 response time should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW., Room 3138, Washington, DC 20024; (202) 732–6337. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until December 14, 2009. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information should address one or more of the following four points: (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of this information collection: (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of currently approved information collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency Form Number; (File No. OMB–6) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: State, Local or Tribal Government. Section 404(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act provides for the reimbursement to States and localities for assistance provided in meeting an immigration emergency. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 10 responses at 30 minutes (.50 hours) per response. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: 300 annual burden hours. Requests for a copy of the proposed information collection instrument, with E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices instructions; or inquiries for additional information should be requested via email to: forms.ice@dhs.gov with ''IEFEmergency Assistance'' in the subject line. Dated: October 7, 2009. Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E9–24563 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–28–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Transportation Security Administration Electronic Baggage Screening Program AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS. ACTION: Notice of waiver. erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted a limited nationwide waiver of the buy American provision contained in sec. 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Public Law 111–5, 123 Stat. 115, 303 (2009) under the authority of sec. 1605(b)(1) (public interest exception) provided that at least 95 percent of the costs of each Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Electronic Baggage Screening Program (EBSP) project will comply with sec. 1605(a). DATES: This notice is effective October 13, 2009. ADDRESSES: Office of Acquisitions/ Acquisitions Policy Office, TSA–25, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598–6025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald B. Gallihugh, Office of Acquisitions/Acquisitions Policy Office, TSA–25, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598–6025; telephone (571) 227–2402; facsimile (571) 227– 1372; e-mail ronald.gallihugh@dhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 17, 2009, the Recovery Act was enacted to assist those most impacted by the recession by creating and preserving jobs and promoting economic recovery. The funding was specified for multiple areas of national interest. TSA received $1 billion to invest in the procurement and installation of checked baggage explosives detection systems and checkpoint explosives detection VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:29 Oct 09, 2009 Jkt 220001 equipment to be obligated by September 30, 2010. Approximately $500 million in Recovery Act funding will be allocated to facility modification projects to be administered through TSA's EBSP. This program directly benefits the traveling public, air carriers, airport authorities, and our Nation as a whole. TSA's EBSP supports the DHS goals of protecting our Nation from dangerous goods and protecting our Nation's critical transportation infrastructure by strengthening screening of checked baggage to reduce the probability of a successful terrorist or other criminal attack to the air transportation system. Since December 31, 2002, EBSP has been responsible for ensuring 100 percent screening of checked baggage in the United States. The EBSP's objective is to deter, detect, mitigate, and prevent transportation of explosives or other prohibited items in checked baggage on commercial aircraft. One significant way EBSP accomplishes its objectives is through the construction of Checked Baggage Inspection Systems (CBIS). These projects form the backbone of TSA's EBSP and represent the highest level of baggage screening capability in terms of processing efficiency and security. TSA has identified twenty-six airports across the country with ''shovel ready'' facility modification projects that include CBIS construction. These projects are dependent on Recovery Act funding. Several of these projects, however, are on hold and in jeopardy because of concerns over compliance with sec. 1605(a). Section 1605(a) of the Recovery Act, the buy American provision, states that none of the funds appropriated by the Act, including the funds that have been dedicated to project awards under EBSP, ''may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States.'' Subsections 1605(b) and (c) of the Recovery Act authorize the head of a Federal department or agency to waive the buy American provision by finding that: (1) Applying the provision would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) the relevant goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) the inclusion of the goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the project by more than 25 percent. If the head of the Federal department or agency waives the buy American provision, then the head of the department or agency is required to PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52499 publish a detailed justification in the Federal Register. Finally, sec. 1605(d) of the Recovery Act states that the buy American provision must be applied in a manner consistent with the United States' obligations under international agreements. Public Interest Finding The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that it would be inconsistent with the public interest— and particularly with the Recovery Act's directives to ensure expeditious spending of construction funds consistent with prudent management, as cited above—to apply the buy American requirement to an entire CBIS project where at least 95 percent of the costs of the project will comply with sec. 1605(a). A CBIS is a highly sophisticated electromechanical system for screening checked baggage. It consists of hundreds of mechanical and electrical items. It includes a mechanical conveyor system or baggage handling system (BHS) that transports checked baggage through the system. The CBIS also features a security screening matrix area where baggage is fed through one or more Explosion Detection Systems (EDS) or Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) systems to be analyzed. All of the mechanical and electrical items and processes that make up the CBIS are controlled by a central programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable controller. The PLC is essentially a computer 'brain' used for the automation of electro-mechanical processes, such as the control of machinery on factory assembly lines. The PLC controls all aspects of the CBIS including conveyor belt speeds, baggage tracking and managing the BHS merge points or windows. CBIS projects are comprised of thousands of manufactured goods, such as conveyor, conveyor motor drives, electrical and communications controls, programmable logic controllers, electronic tracking devices, high speed diverters, vertical sorters, specialty fasteners and switches. Not all of these items are domestically available. Furthermore, in many instances, the geographic origin of the equipment is not readily ascertainable. While arguably the Secretary of Homeland Security could have relied on the authority under sec. 1605(b)(2) (nonavailability waiver), the burden placed on TSA and contractors in sourcing and evaluating equipment availability would be unduly burdensome, impracticable and not in keeping with the Recovery Act's overall goal of expeditious spending of recovery funds. E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an
Existing Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; File No.
OMB-6, Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance; OMB Control No.
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the following information collection
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until December 14, 2009.
Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and
associated response time should be directed to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records Management
Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW.,
Room 3138, Washington, DC 20024; (202) 732-6337.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until
December 14, 2009. Written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
should address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and clarity of the information to be collected;
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Emergency Federal Law Enforcement
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency
Form Number; (File No. OMB-6) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
well as a brief abstract: Primary: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Section 404(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act provides for
the reimbursement to States and localities for assistance provided in
meeting an immigration emergency.
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 10 responses at
30 minutes (.50 hours) per response.
with the collection: 300 annual burden hours.
Requests for a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument, with
instructions; or inquiries for additional information should be
requested via e-mail to: forms.ice@dhs.gov with ``IEF-Emergency
Assistance'' in the subject line.
Dated: October 7, 2009.
Joseph M. Gerhart,
Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9-24563 Filed 10-9-09; 8:45 am]


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The Sydney Design 2016 program has just been released, and asks festival-goers to consider creative design that's a little more turbulent.
Sydney Design 2016 will celebrate the very best of design at venues across Sydney from 2-11 September. But now in its 20th year, we can't help but asking, has it grown up yet?
With Salone del Mobile 2016 all wrapped up and London Design Festival just around the corner, the Sydney Design organisers have just released their 2016 programme presented by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) (that's the umbrella brand for the Powerhouse Museum, the Sydney Observatory). Since Sydney Design remains one of the very few design festivals around the world produced and managed by a museum, concerns that the event's focus can be habitually too academic, too institutionalised, too shadily commercialised, or even too retrospective, have not gone unnoticed.
MAAS Acting Director, Dolla Merrillees is probably correct in saying Sydney Design is "unique" in its origins and offerings "at the intersection of science and technology, design and innovation, aesthetics and industry." Squared up against the international design festival circuit, Sydney Design is small – but plays an important role in connecting our design community together from streams as broad as architecture, landscape, industrial, interiors, fashion, food, jewellery, graphic design and public programs.
Keeping previous gripes and misgivings in mind, then, it is obvious that the festival's organisers are trying to take Sydney Design Festival in a novel, troublemaking direction. Designed around the theme 'Make or Break', Sydney Design 2016 explores the tensions between success and failure, disorder and creation. Bravely staring destruction, mistake and breakdowns dead in the eye, Sydney Design's 2016 program might just be the right platform to ask how the architecture and design community can deconstruct production methods and cumbersome design histories to reach some actual answers, instead of just (more of the same) insights.
Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) NSW Councillor and Strategy Director at Frost*collective, Cat Burgess, is positive that the festival will continue to play a key function in creating productive, cross-disciplinary dialogue."There has never been a more exciting time for design, especially in Australia. Creativity can solve old problems in new ways, and is being increasingly understood as critical to successful businesses and communities. Sydney Design Festival allow us to highlight the value of design and to celebrate the vibrancy of our industry".
For those in Sydney throughout September – or those who can be convinced to come and visit – here are some of our must-see picks that will surely be enlightening, controversial and original.
What got you here, won't get you there! At some point you have to break your business in order to make (or re-make) it. If you aren't prepared to disrupt your own business, you risk being left behind as new players come into the market with new and better ideas.
Join Vince Frost, CEO and ECD of Frost*collective, and Andy Bateman, Founder and CEO of Everyone, as they unpack the common challenges faced by many creative businesses. 'Break It to Make It' is presented as part of the monthly deFrost design talks series, with this iteration happening 8 September. More information is here.
Bringing together a panel of high-profile Sydneysiders to discuss their favourite places in Sydney, this event will be a celebration of the city's best examples of urban design and place-making. It will also contribute to Committee For Sydney's ongoing research into 'Density Done Well' – examining what the ingredients for success are in creating good quality liveable and loveable density.
Exploring both well-known suburbs and under-appreciated gems, this event is an opportunity to hear from the people who are shaping Sydney.
A discussion on the intersection of user experience (UX) and digital design with architectural design, presented by General Assembly as part of the Sydney Design Festival.
Is there a universal law of design? Can you really divide digital and physical based on design and what can each discipline learn from each other? Great design isn't just noticed, it's experienced. This event brings together designers and architects creating experiences in the physical space with developers and UX and digital designers who craft the way we interact with products and services in the digital space.
Also be sure not to miss out on Vo Trong Nghia Architect's unveiling of their Green Ladder presented as the fourth instalment of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation's Fugitive Structures.
A latticed bamboo construction that incorporates a dense forest of natural materials, it's a balanced and exciting reconsideration of design that is avant-garde in appearance and sustainable practice. Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed the Vietnamese pavilion for the World Expo in both Shanghai (2010) and Milan (2015). Working on a range of cultural, residential and commercial buildings, the practice also focuses on greening urban areas with long-term goals for Vietnam's sustainability. The exhibition runs from 24 June to 10 December 2016.
Sydney Design will run from 2-11 September 2016.


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To add a really exclusive and original touch to your event, why not add the dramatic and skill based craft of glass blowing for visual performance and demonstration? Find yourself amazed by the properties of this molten, fluid material, which turns solid within seconds. Timing is everything. By stretching, blowing, turning, pulling and twisting the glass, the audience can begin to understand how this amazing material works.
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Q: Loop in R not working, generating single Value I have some metabolomics data I am trying to process (validate the compounds that are actually present).
`'data.frame':  544 obs. of  48 variables:
 $ X                : int  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
 $ No.              : int  2 32 34 95 114 141 169 234 236 278 ...
 $ RT..min.         : num  0.89 3.921 0.878 2.396 0.845 ...
 $ Molecular.Weight : num  70 72 72 78 80 ...
 $ m.z              : num  103 145 114 120 113 ...
 $ HMDB.ID          : chr  "HMDB0006804" "HMDB0031647" "HMDB0006112" "HMDB0001505" ...
 $ Name             : chr  "Propiolic acid" "Acrylic acid" "Malondialdehyde" "Benzene" ...
 $ Formula          : chr  "C3H2O2" "C3H4O2" "C3H4O2" "C6H6" ...
 $ Monoisotopic_Mass: num  70 72 72 78 80 ...
 $ Delta.ppm.       : num  1.295 0.833 1.953 1.023 0.102 ...
 $ X1               : num  288.3 16.7 1130.9 3791.5 33.5 ...
 $ X2               : num  276.8 13.4 1069.1 3228.4 44.1 ...
 $ X3               : num  398.6 19.3 794.8 2153.2 15.8 ...
 $ X4               : num  247.6 100.5 1187.5 1791.4 33.4 ...
 $ X5               : num  98.4 162.1 1546.4 1646.8 45.3 ...`

I tried to write a loop so that if the Delta.ppm value is larger than (m/z - molecular weight)/molecular weight, the entire row is deleted in the subsequent dataframe.
for (i in 1:nrow(rawdata)) {
  ppm <- (rawdata$m.z[i] - rawdata$Molecular.Weight[i]) /
rawdata$Molecular.Weight[i]

  if (ppm > rawdata$Delta.ppm[i]) {

    filtered_data <- rbind(filtered_data, rawdata[i,])
  }
}

Instead of giving me a new df with the validated compounds, under the 'Values' section, it generates a single number for 'ppm'.
Still very new to R, any help is super appreciated!

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*No need to do this row-by-row, we can remove all undesired rows in one operation:
## base R
good <- with(rawdat, (m.z - Molecular.Weight)/Molecular.Weight < Delta.ppm.)
newdat <- rawdat[good, ]
## dplyr
newdat <- filter(rawdat, (m.z - Molecular.Weight)/Molecular.Weight < Delta.ppm.)

*Iteratively adding rows to a frame using rbind(old, newrow) works in practice but scales horribly, see "Growing Objects" in The R Inferno. For each row added, it makes a complete copy of all rows in old, which works but starts to slow down a lot. It is far better to produce a list of these new rows and then rbind them at one time; e.g.,
out <- list()
for (...) {
  # ... newrow ...
  out <- c(out, list(newrow))
}
alldat <- do.call(rbind, out)

A: ppm[i] <- NULL

for (i in 1:nrow(rawdata)) {
  ppm[i] <- (rawdata$m.z[i] - rawdata$Molecular.Weight[i]) /
rawdata$Molecular.Weight[i]

  if (ppm[i] > rawdata$Delta.ppm[i]) {

    filtered_data <- rbind(filtered_data, rawdata[i,])
  }
}

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May 5-7: AUBURN, the St. Dominic Regional High School Drama Society will perform "Into the Woods," at 7 p.m. on Thursday and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the school, 121 Gracelawn Road. $8/$5 782-6911
May 5-8: POLAND, the Poland Players will perform "The Who's Tommy, a Rock Opera," at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at Poland Regional High School. $8/$5 998-5400
May 6-8: LEWISTON, the Public Theatre will perform "Rough Crossing," at the theater, corner of Maple and Lisbon Streets. Show times are Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $16/$14 782-3200
May 6-7: READFIELD, the Maranacook Middle Stage will perform "Where's Charley?" at 7 p.m. on May 6, 7, 13 and 14 and 2 p.m. on May 15 at Maranacook Middle School. $7/$3 685-3128
May 12, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29: PORTLAND, "Naked Boys Singing Musical Revue," will be performed at 7 and 9 p.m. at interActors Cabaret, 504 Congress St. $18 253-8068
May 13-22: BRUNSWICK, the Theater Project will perform "The Phantom Toll Booth," at 14 School St. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $10 729-8584
May 13-29: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform "Annie," at 420 Cottage Road. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $16/$19 799-7337
May 14, 15: GARDINER, "Soldier, Come Home," will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. $10 582-7144
May 15: RUMFORD, "A Living Hope, will be performed by Crosswinds Ministries at 3 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School Muskie Auditorium. $5/$3 364-8624


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Adam Pottle boycotted his own book because of racial stereotypes. It took time but now his publisher has stopped selling it
By Deborah DundasBooks Editor
Fri., Oct. 16, 2020timer5 min. read
For most writers it's a dream to get a book published. That was true for Adam Pottle when he signed an agreement with Reycraft publishing for his debut picture book, "The Most Awesome Character in the World."
Pottle is deaf, and getting his children's book featuring a deaf main character into the hands of kids was important to him. It's a nightmare to then feel that you have to boycott your own book. But that is the uncomfortable spot the Saskatchewan writer says he found himself in after his book was released by the American publisher at the end of September.
Sera Reycraft, who is Asian and was born in Korea, is the publisher of Reycraft Books. Her biography on the company's website says that "Sera knows firsthand the struggles of an immigrant child in a strange land, looking to find herself reflect(ed) in the world around her."
It's something she and Pottle would seem to have in common, feeling like outsiders.
As a child, Pottle says, there was only one book that he knew of that showed a deaf or hard-of-hearing child. It was a book about Helen Keller and on the cover she was shown with her teacher, Annie Sullivan; Keller was crying.
"It had an impact on me because it made me think that the experiences of deaf children and hard-of-hearing children are sad and are tragic," Pottle said in an interview. "And they're not. That's why I wrote this book to begin with: for deaf and hard-of-hearing children to be able to see themselves."
That is also the mission stated by Reycraft Books. The book was commissioned under the publishing house's "Own Voices" imprint which, according to its website, is "an incredible collection of beautiful fiction and nonfiction trade books with a focus on diversity and #OwnVoices authors and illustrators."
Pottle says that, in 2017, he had tweeted about deaf stories and was subsequently contacted by a Reycraft editor who asked whether he would be willing to submit a children's book. Pottle did and they liked it. He signed a "work-for-hire" contract, which means he was paid a flat fee for his work on the book.
So far, so good. He also supplied Reycraft with a list of preferred deaf illustrators; they chose not to use one on his list, instead commissioning Ana Sanfelippo, who has had a long career in children's book illustrating.
The book's main character is Philomena, who doesn't want to wear her hearing aids; she'd rather use sign language and create characters with her imagination, characters such as robots and monsters and heroes.
In the summer, Kirkus Reviews gave the book a rave review, concluding that "Pottle shows readers the rich inner life of a Deaf child and directly counters the tragic narrative of deafness while telling a fun story that any young reader could enjoy."
But one line caught Pottle's attention: "The human characters are racially diverse — though one unfortunately plays into Asian stereotypes — and some use wheelchairs."
So Pottle says he had a "sensitivity reader" look at the book and was concerned by what they reported back. "One of the wheelchair users is wearing a kimono, she had her hair in buns, she's often shown doing martial arts moves," Pottle says. "In one instance she's shown laughing, but with her hand in front of her mouth, which I was told was an Asian stereotype."
The sensitivity reader, whose name Pottle didn't share, also noted that this character was set apart from other characters spatially and in what she was wearing: the other human characters wore contemporary clothes.
"The sensitivity reader asked: why is this happening? … (and) assured me that this was a stereotype, that this was an 'othering' illustration."
It was not a point of view that Reycraft shared.
"Philomena is not a Japanese girl, but we must ask the important question here: should the imaginary worlds of the imaginary children in our stories be limited to the confines of their own borders? Does that reflect the reality of the children reading our books? Or are we affirming children's place as global citizens when we include characters in our books that appreciate other cultures?" Sera Reycraft wrote in a statement to the Toronto Star.
She went on to explain where the image was derived. "Displayed prominently on Philomena's desk is a Maneki-neko, or beckoning cat, which is a Japanese figurine that brings good luck. As Philomena sits at her desk and creates her amazing world, her love for Japanese culture infuses her imagination and manifests in the motifs of the yukata, the beautiful dragon, and even the fighting robots, all drawn lovingly and with respect."
Pottle says he asked Reycraft to change those specific illustrations. He says they refused; the book was already printed. He said he told them that he would have to "discourage people from buying it."
And he did.
He found a lot of support within the CanLit community and around the world: McNally Robinson Booksellers said they wouldn't carry it; Chapters Indigo removed it from its website, and Toronto's Another Story Bookshop sent an open letter to Sera Reycraft, dated Oct. 3, saying it would not be offering the book for sale in its store and urging Reycraft "to honour your mission statement of #OwnVoices and representation. I urge you to respect the comments of your author, sensitivity readers as well as reviewers from the School Library Journal and Kirkus Review who have all stated that the character is a racist stereotype. We also urge Reycraft to respect Adam's request that a deaf illustrator be hired to illustrate this important book."
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The illustrator, according to Pottle, has asked her name to be removed from the book after receiving hate mail and threats.
Pottle says he's also had "some people denigrate me and accuse me of different kinds of things like mansplaining."
Reycraft, for her part, says that "we also recognize that sometimes a well-intentioned 'defense' (sic) of another's culture can reveal implicit biases in one's own view of that culture."
But Reycraft, it seems, is hearing the criticism that's been coming the company's way — sort of.
In her statement to the Star, Reycraft said they are pausing their sales and promotion of the book "to reassess how we move forward with the title, such as adding a note of clarification regarding what we consider to be the thoughtful and respectful Japanese cultural references in it."
"We always knew as we embarked on telling these stories in authentic and expansive ways, we would have things to learn. When we make mistakes, we fix them. We also knew that as we told these stories there might be misinterpretations that would require clarifying and educating."
Pottle, meantime, isn't giving up on getting deaf stories in the hands of deaf children who need to see themselves reflected back to them in the books they read. He has just finished another book with a deaf protagonist. It's with a few publishers now, although no one has bitten just yet.
Deborah Dundas is the Star's Books editor. She is based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @debdundas


jbho: once again, if you're going to record calls, make sure the first line in the script/IVR/prerecorded message announces that.
Class complaints – Defendant's allegedly recorded inbound calls from plaintiff's wireless phone without his knowledge or consent.
jbho: say it with me – if you're going to record calls, make sure the first line in the script/IVR/prerecorded message announces that.
FYI – the complaints here are almost identical. Both were filed on 17 April 2017 by the same law firm.
Class complaint – Pivotal Payments allegedly made unsolicited autodialed calls to plaintiffs mobile. Plaintiff further alleged that calls were recorded, without any warning or notice to her. Plaintiff filed claims under the TCPA and CIPA.
UPDATE: 29Mar2017 – parties have (quickly) settled for an undisclosed amount, and a joint motion for dismissal was granted (Doc #14).
jbho: the complaint doesn't specify the type of calls, so difficult to know if she was the intended recipient or not. Nonetheless, another reminder of the importance data hygiene, up-to-date records of consent, as well as scrubbing of mobile and reassigned numbers.
Additionally, if you're going to record calls, make sure the first line in the script/IVR/prerecorded message announces the call will be recorded.
Finally, also worth remembering is that call recording liability is broader for calls to mobile, where any recording without consent is prohibited. Liability for landlines is triggered where calls contain 'confidential' information.
Class complaint – Nissan allegedly recorded, without any warning, notice or automated message, outbound calls to and inbound calls from plaintiff's mobile.
jbho: if you're going to record calls, make sure the first line in the script/IVR/prerecorded message announces that.
The complaint alleges Nissan recorded collection and sales calls, but does not specify the types of calls plaintiff received/made. But I suppose that since the class is limited to cellular telephone and cordless landline users, the content of the communications may not be relevant.
Class complaint – Yelp allegedly recorded inbound calls to its financing department from plaintiff's cordless phones without his knowledge or consent.
jbho: do I have to say it again? If you're going to record calls, make sure the first line in the script/IVR/prerecorded message announces that.
jbho: again, check your scripts. Do they alert the called party of the recording?
Class complaint – Wells Fargo – and a host of other companies – through telemarketers EPG and Ironwood, allegedly made and recorded "thousands of telemarketing calls" without consumer knowledge or consent. Plaintiffs allege each defendant had actual knowledge of the call scripts – the purpose of which was to discuss sensitive financial information ("business owner's method of processing credit and debit card transactions is by its nature sensitive and confidential").
Plaintiffs also allege the calls were made from spoofed numbers, to hide the identities of the out of state telemarketing centers.
jbho: always announce if the call will be recorded, and make it the first statement in the script. This is not just a California issue, but also an issue in similar two-party consent states like Florida, Maryland, Nevada and New Hampshire. So probably best to treat all calls as if they involve a two-party consent jurisdiction.
If you are interested, named defendants are: Wells Fargo, Fifth Third, First Data, Vantiv, National Processing Company, EPG, Ironwood, and several of the above's company officers.
jbho: it appears here the calls to/from California residents may have been incorrectly routed through a call center that was not designed to handle two-party consent. Another reason to treat ANY call as if they were in a two-party consent state.
jbho: always announce if the call will be recorded, and make it the first statement in the script.
jbho: always announce if the call will be recorded, and make it the first statement in the script. This is not just a California issue, but also an issue in similar two-party consent states like Florida, Maryland, Nevada and New Hampshire.


Exception-throwing guidelines described in this section require a good definition of the meaning of execution failure. Execution failure occurs whenever a member cannot do what it was designed to do (what the member name implies). For example, if the OpenFile method cannot return an opened file handle to the caller, it would be considered an execution failure.
Most developers have become comfortable with using exceptions for usage errors such as division by zero or null references. In the Framework, exceptions are used for all error conditions, including execution errors.
X DO NOT return error codes.
Exceptions are the primary means of reporting errors in frameworks.
✓ DO report execution failures by throwing exceptions.
✓ CONSIDER terminating the process by calling System.Environment.FailFast (.NET Framework 2.0 feature) instead of throwing an exception if your code encounters a situation where it is unsafe for further execution.
X DO NOT use exceptions for the normal flow of control, if possible.
Except for system failures and operations with potential race conditions, framework designers should design APIs so users can write code that does not throw exceptions. For example, you can provide a way to check preconditions before calling a member so users can write code that does not throw exceptions.
The member used to check preconditions of another member is often referred to as a tester, and the member that actually does the work is called a doer.
There are cases when the Tester-Doer Pattern can have an unacceptable performance overhead. In such cases, the so-called Try-Parse Pattern should be considered (see Exceptions and Performance for more information).
✓ CONSIDER the performance implications of throwing exceptions. Throw rates above 100 per second are likely to noticeably impact the performance of most applications.
✓ DO document all exceptions thrown by publicly callable members because of a violation of the member contract (rather than a system failure) and treat them as part of your contract.
Exceptions that are a part of the contract should not change from one version to the next (i.e., exception type should not change, and new exceptions should not be added).
X DO NOT have public members that can either throw or not based on some option.
X DO NOT have public members that return exceptions as the return value or an out parameter.
Returning exceptions from public APIs instead of throwing them defeats many of the benefits of exception-based error reporting.
✓ CONSIDER using exception builder methods.
It is common to throw the same exception from different places. To avoid code bloat, use helper methods that create exceptions and initialize their properties.
Also, members that throw exceptions are not getting inlined. Moving the throw statement inside the builder might allow the member to be inlined.
X DO NOT throw exceptions from exception filter blocks.
When an exception filter raises an exception, the exception is caught by the CLR, and the filter returns false. This behavior is indistinguishable from the filter executing and returning false explicitly and is therefore very difficult to debug.
X AVOID explicitly throwing exceptions from finally blocks. Implicitly thrown exceptions resulting from calling methods that throw are acceptable.


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Movies Tim Grierson August 28, 2020
'Bill & Ted Face the Music' Is a Poignant Tribute to a Bygone Bad Rock Era
The first two films emerged during a time when hard rock and hair metal were huge. It's not the only way in which this sequel seems to be from a different age.
Bill & Ted Face the Music is built around a nerve-racking premise: Our heroes Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) have a very short amount of time to come up with a song that will unite the planet. If they don't, the world ends. While watching the movie, my first thought was that I was grateful never to be in such a predicament. (For one thing, I don't know how to write music.) But then, something else occurred to me: "Oh no, these guys have to write the perfect song? We're screwed."
It's not because Bill and Ted are dummies — although they are, lovably so — but because, the last time we saw them, they were busy shredding righteously on their guitars. This was a thing young men did during the late 1980s. But the idea that guys with their musical taste could write the one great song left me with trepidation. I'm not sure we should put the fate of Earth in the hands of dudes who really love Extreme.
This long-awaited sequel — the stars have been talking about it for at least a decade — has a clever idea, which is that it would be funny to see these teen knuckleheads as dads and husbands. Everybody grows up, everybody gets old and lame, but what's most interesting about Bill & Ted Face the Music is how it exists in a world in which the hard rock of these guys' youth is still the primary form of musical expression. That disconnect provides a poignant undercurrent to everything we see. Bill and Ted are clearly out of step, and out of time.
When I first heard about the movie's premise, I thought that perhaps Bill and Ted would spend the entirety of the film trying to write the song. (The actual movie, sans credits, runs about 80 minutes, which is about as long as they have in real time to come up with their planet-saving anthem.) But, actually, what Bill and Ted decide to do is hop into that trusty phone booth/time machine — remember phone booths? — and zip into the future in order to track down later versions of themselves. (The thought is that, if the world is still around then, obviously their future selves must have already written the perfect song, and the modern-day Bill and Ted can just snatch it.)
Meanwhile, their daughters (Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving) start piecing together an all-star band to back up their dads, traveling back in time to convince everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to take the gig. For some contemporary flavor, they also enlist rapper Kid Cudi (playing himself). But what Bill and Ted quickly discover is that all the future Bills and Teds, other than being preposterously bizarre in their own unique ways, haven't written the song. So who did? And what will it sound like?
When Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey came out in, respectively, 1989 and 1991, here were some of the bands and artists on the soundtracks: Extreme, Slaughter, Winger, Steve Vai, King's X, Primus, Megadeth and Faith No More. In other words, it was an age in which (mostly) mediocre pop-metal and toothless hard rock dominated — at least as far as a certain kind of suburban California white kid was concerned. Bill and Ted were definitely part of that demographic, finding school to be torture and dreaming of rock 'n' roll stardom. Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure now, and there's a beautiful naiveté to the guys' ambition: If they can just get Eddie Van Halen to join their band Wyld Stallyns, they can't be stopped.
It's dangerous to get nostalgic about previous musical eras. Hard rock and metal of the 1980s could be a misogynistic, racist, exclusionary boys' club. (Thank god Nirvana helped wipe it off the map.) And although Bill and Ted were often depicted as sweet, albeit clueless dudes, the original movie did have its share of homophobic humor. (Lots of the three-letter F-word thrown around when mocking men's displays of affection — an ignorant attitude that Winter has since condemned and the new movie, happily, does not repeat.)
But beyond that insensitivity — and, to be fair, that's a lot to get beyond — Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure largely operated in an environment in which bro-rock was loud but harmless, a once-rebellious musical style that had become the background noise for going-nowhere white teens' lives. Fittingly for this franchise's worldview, the 1991 sequel ended with Wyld Stallyns playing an epic power ballad that brings the nations together as one. It's a very early 1990s idea of what musical unity would sound like: an anthemic, guitar-heavy rock song that's meant to inspire you to whip out your lighter and sway along.
I don't want to come down too harshly on this style of music — Faith No More and other groups on the soundtrack are great — but from a 2020 perspective, it's certainly an old-fashioned way of thinking about what constitutes "popular music." And in Bill & Ted Face the Music, our heroes are still in thrall to this dinosaur rock. Sure, as the film begins, they're dabbling in an indigestible mixture of theremin, bagpipes and chanting at a family wedding, but the joke seems to be mostly: (1) Wow, these guys are still terrible musicians; and (2) non-rock music is inherently hilarious and weird. Granted, that's not the only music that gets satirized — seriously, their old buddy Death (William Sadler) needs to lay off the interminable bass solos — but the film very much espouses a rockist viewpoint, which is appropriate for a modern-day Bill and Ted. I mean, most of the late-fortysomethings I know in real life are still listening to their high school records, too.
Bill & Ted Face the Music's fondness for bygone rock makes it feel embarrassingly antiquated, like the way your dad holds onto that out-of-fashion pair of shorts or waxes nostalgic about some forgotten piece of once-cutting-edge technology. (The movie's biggest cameo is exactly the one contemporary rock star guys Bill and Ted's age would totally dig.) But as Bill and Ted desperately search for that perfect song, what's left unsaid is that musical styles come and go, with one generation dismissing or reimagining the previous generation's favorites. They're essentially chasing something that's now out of reach, and it's funny that, for many people, one of the surest signs that you're getting older is that the music you love no longer seems to be swimming in the zeitgeist. You thought it always would be, but life has a funny way of changing the rules.
No wonder that this mediocre sequel itself seems to coast on old jokes and familiar references, catering to viewers' fondness for an era that's no longer relevant. When Bill and Ted were teenagers, they were idiots but full of life and rock 'n' roll spirit — they were plugged into their triumphant, devil-horns moment. But like the head-banging music they still worship, they're no longer at the center of the culture. Kid Cudi is way cooler than them — if they even knew who that is.
Tim Grierson is a contributing editor at MEL. He writes about film and pop culture for Screen International, Rolling Stone and Vulture.


12.8.17: Updated Reel is Live!
Finally got around to updating the old highlight reel with some more recent footage, including performances/showings from my year at Trinity Laban in 2016 and some new studio footage from this year (including an improvisation session captured by photographer/filmmaker Daniel Byers this past spring).
Looking forward to adding some more performance footage in 2018! Enjoy!
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Equipped with an 8" poly fibre woofer and a 100W class D amplifier, the Jamo Studio S 808 SUB delivers dynamic, powerful bass in any listening environment - from full cinema surround systems to critical 2-channel listening.
At less than 7" deep, it can even be placed on its side and hidden underneath a sofa or chair. The 90° power cable allows for extra tight placement against the wall, for minimal intrusion into the room.


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Karla Dickens
(Australia 1967 – )
Lismore, South-east region
Wiradjuri, Southern Riverine region
Pound-for-Pound #12, from the series Pound-for-Pound
Using found objects imbued with memories of their past lives, Karla Dickens creates assemblages that tell the history of circus and boxing-tent performers. The works serve as memorials, paying homage to performers who travelled Australia and indeed the world, notably "The Wizard of the Wire" Con Colleano, who performed until the 1960's, and who was born in Lismore, where Dickens lives.
Performers such as Con, amongst many other comedians, singers, boxers, and dancers would lie about their Indigenous heritage and perform under constructed identities, such as Italian, Polynesian, Hawaiian or Spanish. At the time it was more acceptable to go under the radar and hide Indigenous Australian ancestry. The difficulty of these times and the uncomfortable spectacle made of the performers' humanity is referenced in Dickens' work.
Pound for Pound #6 is a cast of a boxing glove on the end of a sickle with a silver 'returning' boomerang, rusted chains and leather skirting the glove. Dickens' intention here is to reference stolen lands for settler farming practices, through the use of the sickle. The silver boomerang is in conversation with the silver boxing glove, if it isn't a war fought to keep land and culture, it is a fight in a boxing ring to make a dollar. The fighting didn't stop, it just changed form. Defiantly the gloves stand skyward, the celebratory position of a victorious fighter.
Dickens' perspective of these histories leaves us with an unsettling feeling of being a player in her world. She creates an immersive and sensory experience that is haunting, with whispers from the past that speak to us today. She forces us as to look at our history and feel the lack of human integrity that was afforded to these performers and is still present in different forms today.
aluminium, vintage scythe, cotton string, human hair, parrot feathers, steel, acrylic paint
Purchased with funds provided by Wendy Whiteley and the Aboriginal Collection Benefactors' Group 2020
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Dharkan – The Heartbeat Of A Nation
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FRIDAY, 8th November '13: Mobeen Ansari on Friday launched his first book: Dharkan-The Heartbeat of a Nation.
A talented young Pakistani photographer who has been in the business for nine years now, he has photographed everyone and everything from the Himalayan peaks to local philanthropists, actors, sportsmen and politicians. In his travels, through his photography, Mobeen realized one thing; there is a different and beautiful side of Pakistan that never makes it to the local or international news.
Dharkan portrays the journey captured through the lens of Mobeen's camera. He has seen and met the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich, the dazzling beauties, the intense artists and the people who give of themselves to others.
There are a total of 98 people featured in Dharkan including: Ardeshir Cowasjee, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Bano Qudsia, Bushra Ansari, Zia Mohyeddin, Abida Parveen, Attaullah Essakhelvi, Samar Minallah Khan, Imran Khan, Qazi Wajid, Parveen Saeed (Khana Ghar), Nargis Latif (Gul Bahao), Shahid Afridi, Javed Miandad and Faran Tahir.
Mobeen with Mahira Khan at the launch of Dharkan
Through the assistance of Bapsi Sidhwa, who is also in Dharkan, Mobeen has done a light but extremely successful launch of his book in 3 different areas in the US including Portland and Dallas.
At each of his launches Mobeen's book sold out and he managed to sell almost 40 books with some attendees purchasing 4-5 books in a go. He has also appeared on a radio show called Coffee AM News on a US radio channel Radio Azad. The recording of the show can be heard here: www.mixcloud.com/Radioazad/radio-azad-coffee-am-news-mobeen-ansari/
Speaking about his decision to launch in the US first and regarding the reception Dharkan received, he said: "I initially wanted to launch my book in Pakistan but due to delays in printing and us having to visit US for a family reunion it could not happen. It just so happened that right before we left several copies arrived. So I used this as an opportunity to launch abroad. The initial aim of the book was to promote a positive image of Pakistan and what better way of doing this? The reception was amazing. One launch (in Portland) was arranged on short notice and so many people showed up; not only Americans but people from all walks of life including a 95 year old Holocaust survivor. Through the launches I was able to change perceptions about Pakistan and also invoke even more patriotism in overseas Pakistanis; at least I would like to think so. I was overwhelmed by the response."
Mobeen Ansari and Tony Horton at Dharkan's launch
During the launch of Dharkan, Mobeen also met many well-known personalities, such as the popular Hollywood fitness instructor Tony Horton, Gates McFadden (the actor who plays Dr. Beverly Crusher), and Gillian Anderson from X-Files.
Mobeen Ansari's Dharkan-The Heartbeat of a Nation has also been reviewed in the October edition of the London Link which can be seen here: http://issuu.com/londonlink/docs/llinkv3i6?e=2575571/5378204. Pakistanis will be happy to hear that he is in the process of planning his book launch in Karachi and Islamabad – stay tuned to www.facebook.com/mobeenart for more details on when it will be taking place.
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XF-91 Thunderceptor
Manufacturer Republic Aviation Company
Maiden flight 1949-05-09
Number built 2
Unit cost US$11.6 million for the program[1]
The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor was a mixed-propulsion interceptor using a jet engine for most flight, and a cluster of four small rocket engines for added thrust during climb and interception. The design was largely obsolete by the time it was completed due to the rapidly increasing performance of contemporary jet engines, and was built to the extent of two prototypes only. One of these was the first US fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.
The Thunderceptor design was one of two swept-wing modifications based on the original F-84 Thunderjet, the other being the F-84F Thunderstreak which happened later. A serious problem with most swept wing designs of the era was dangerous performance at low speeds and high angle of attack. The stagnant airflow over the wing tended to "slide" towards the wingtips, which caused them to stall before the rest of the wing at high angles of attack. In this situation the center of lift would rapidly shift forward relative to the center of mass, pitching the nose up and leading to an even greater angle of attack or, in extreme cases, end-over-end tumbling of the aircraft. Planes caught in this regime would often stall and crash, and a rash of such accidents on the F-86 Sabre led to the term Sabre dance. The most famous incident was the loss of F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre 54-1907 during an attempted emergency landing at Edwards AFB, California on January 10, 1956 which was caught by film cameras set up for an unrelated test. The pilot fought to retain control as he rode the knife-edge of the flight envelope but fell off on one wing, hit the ground and exploded with fatal results.
The Thunderceptor's most notable design feature was intended to address this problem. The wings were built to have considerably more chord (distance from front to back) at the tip than root, allowing them to generate more lift. This neatly addressed the problem of Sabre dance by delaying the point of stall on the tip to that of the entire wing. A side effect of this design was that the tips had more internal room, so the landing gear was mounted to retract outward with the wheels lying in the wingtips, using two small tires instead of one larger one. Another design change was the ability to vary the angle of incidence of the wing as a whole, tilting it up for low speed operations during takeoff and landing, and then "leveling it off" for high-speed flight and cruise. This allowed the fuselage to remain closer to level while landing, greatly improving visibility.
In keeping with its intended role as an interceptor, the nose was redesigned to incorporate radar, forcing them to move the air intake for the engine from its original nose-mounted position to a new intake below it. The fuselage was otherwise very similar to the F-84's. The first prototype did not include the radome, although this was a part of the second prototype.
The first prototype made its first flight on May 9, 1949, breaking the speed of sound in December 1951. It was later modified with a small radome for gunnery ranging (although not the "full" radome from the second prototype). The second prototype included the full radome and chin-mounted intake, but was otherwise similar. This airframe was later modified to use a V-tail for testing. With both the jet and rockets running, the plane could reach Mach 1.71, rather respectable for the early 1950s. Both prototypes were used for testing for several years.
As an interceptor the Thunderceptor was soon eclipsed by designs from other companies, but like the Thunderceptor none of these would go into production. The US Air Force decided to wait the short time needed to introduce newer and much more capable designs created as a part of the 1954 Interceptor project. The Thunderceptor, like the other interceptor designs of the era, had extremely short flight times on the order of 25 minutes, making them almost useless for protecting an area as large as the United States. The 1954 designs outperformed the XF-91 in speed, range, loiter time, and included the radar and fire-control systems needed for night and all-weather operation. The era of the dedicated day fighter-type interceptor were over.
One XF-91, serial 46-680, is preserved at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The second prototype, serial 46-681, was lost due to engine failure during take-off from Edwards AFB in the summer of 1951. Republic Aviation test pilot Carl Bellinger escaped from the aircraft just as the tail melted off — total flight time from take off to pilot evacuation was a mere ninety seconds. By the time fire apparatus arrived, driving seven miles across the dry lakebed, the airframe had been reduced to ashes. Chuck Yeager was flying chase in an F-86 Sabre on this brief flight.
Specifications (XF-91 Thunderceptor)
Length: 43 ft 3 in (9.52 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 3 in (13.18 m)
Height: 18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
Wing area: 320 ft² (29.73 m²)
Empty weight: 14,140 lb (6,410 kg)
Loaded weight: 18,600 lb (8,400 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 28,300 lb (12,840 kg)
Powerplant: 1× General Electric J47-GE-3 axial-flow turbojet, 5,200 lbf (23 kN))
Powerplant: 4x Reaction Motors XLR11-RM-9 rockets, 1,500 lbf (7 kN) Performance
Maximum speed: mph (1,584 km/h)
Range: 1,170 mi (1,880 km)
Service ceiling: 50,000 to 55,000 ft (15,200 to 16,800 m)
Rate of climb: 47,500 ft in 2.5 minutes (14,500 m)
Wing loading: 58.12 lb/ft² (283 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.60
4 x 20 mm cannon
↑ Knaack MS (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force aircraft and missile systems. Office of Air Force History.
Yeager, C. Janos, L. (1985). Yeager. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-05093-1.
XF-91 in U.S Centennial of Flight Commission
XF-91 in sci.military
XF-91 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
XF-91b at www.aerophiles.com
XF-91 at www.aerophiles.com
Several pictures of the XF-91 46-680
Saunders-Roe SR.53 - Saunders-Roe SR.177 Designation sequence
XF-88 - F-89 - XF-90 - XF-91 - XF-92 - YF-93 - F-94 Related lists
List of military aircraft of the United States - List of fighter aircraft
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The Board of Governors has appointed Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson as new Director of the Institute. Widdowson will take over from Prof Dr Bruno Gryseels in August 2019.
The Board of Governors of the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp, Belgium has appointed Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson (50) as new Director of the Institute. Widdowson will take over from Prof Dr Bruno Gryseels in August 2019. The Board of Governors expresses its gratitude to Gryseels for his achievements. Over the past 24 years he oversaw the transformation of ITM into a science-driven centre of excellence with fruitful partnerships all over the world.
Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson graduated from the University of Cambridge in Biological Anthropology and Veterinary Medicine and completed a MSc in Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a seasoned infectious disease epidemiologist and has managed scientific projects throughout the world, with field experience living in Bolivia, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands. He has broad expertise in epidemiology, public health, laboratory science and One Health. The past 18 years, Marc-Alain Widdowson has worked for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He eventually became Director of the Division of Global Health Protection at CDC-Kenya.
The appointment by the Board of Governors of ITM comes at a crucial time for the organisation. ITM has gone through substantial reform in recent years to strengthen the scientific foundations of its education, research and service delivery in tropical medicine and international health. Dr Cathy Berx, Governor of the Province of Antwerp and Chair of the Board of Governors of ITM, said: "The Institute of Tropical Medicine and the international context in which it operates are evolving. Through its many experts with plenty of field experience the Institute often punches above Belgium's weight in health issues of global importance, conducting research on infectious diseases and outbreaks such as Ebola, leading efforts to control and eliminate diseases such as sleeping sickness, and studying how to improve access to life-saving health interventions for all. My sincere thanks go out to Bruno Gryseels for nearly a quarter of a century of inspired leadership. I am sure Marc-Alain Widdowson and all staff at ITM will do their best to reaffirm the Institute's credentials as a point of reference in tropical medicine and international health."
Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson is looking forward to the new challenge: "What struck me about ITM is the tremendous amount of expertise and the ambition to contribute to better health for all by advancing the medical sciences in tropical medicine and public health. I am eager to contribute to the excellent work that is being done in advanced education, scientific research, medical services and cooperation with partners worldwide."
Outgoing Director Prof Dr Bruno Gryseels commented: "I have been privileged to work with terrific colleagues, partners and sponsors bringing ITM into the 21st century. Together we have turned the Institute into a science-driven centre of excellence, while maintaining our societal values and building long-term partnerships in the South. I am happy that the Board has selected Marc-Alain Widdowson, a splendid scientist but also a seasoned field worker, to take over the helm. He is the right person to lead the Institute further to the international top in its field and I wish him and ITM staff all the best in their future endeavours."
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Lizzie O'Leary will join CNN in the newly-created aviation and regulation correspondent position, it was announced today by Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. O'Leary will report on all facets of U.S. transportation, including air, rail, maritime and space, in addition to covering the many agencies in Washington that have a daily impact on the lives of Americans.
"Lizzie brings to the beat everything we're looking for," said Feist. "She is a smart and experienced reporter, and I look forward to Lizzie joining our ranks as we expand reporting out of the Washington bureau."
O'Leary joins CNN Washington from Bloomberg Television, where she was D.C.-based correspondent covering politics and economic policy. In that role, she reported on the global credit crisis, the housing market and the government's financial rescue package. In 2010, she interviewed U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a trip to Mumbai, India. She was also first to break the news that major American automaker Chrysler would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Previously, O'Leary was producer and reporter for National Public Radio. She got her start in journalism at ABC News, where she was a member of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered the terror attacks of September 11th.
O'Leary earned her master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and graduated cum laude with her bachelor's degree from Williams College.
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Fully equipped for self-catering, the kitchen has 2 chest freezers, a fridge/freezer combo, coffee machine, microwave oven, ice machine and a 6 hob gas stove.
The kitchen is open plan to the dining area, bar and TV lounge (guests required to bring own decoder and smart card for DSTV).
The front rooms have beautiful ocean views, from the back end of the villa, there are scenic inland views over Lake Sugi – where spectacular sunsets can be viewed from the pool deck.
Guests are well looked after by the full time housekeeper and gardener who will help carry beach chairs, cooler bags and umbrellas down the wooden pathway to the beach below.
I can confirm we enjoyed our stay and the staff in Unit 26 were particularly pleasant and helpful.
The accommodation was very comfortable and well laid out, although some of our party did struggle with the stairs.
If I have one criticism it would be that we were disappointed with the overgrown foliage that obstructed sea views particularly the dining area of 26 which we used as our communal eating area.
I must also mention that the small deep freeze in the bar area of unit 26 is not really working.
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This origin of gems as given in the scriptures may appear not more than a mere high flight of imagination to the modern physicists, but no one can refute the logic behind this origin. Even the modern science describes about the existence of eighty-four different kinds of specific stones in nature. Now their existence is a universal truth regardless of how these stones came into being. The earth is the mine of all the gems and jewels hence it is also called as Ratnagarbha (mother of all the jewels).
Even the experts world over agree regarding the total number of gemstones and recognize eighty-four kinds of different gemstones. But only nine of them are recognized as the main gems, while the rest seventy-five gems come under the sub-gem category. But those seventy-five minor kinds of gems too have some latent power. Often some sub-gems surpasses the main gems in qualities.
In India, nine major types of gems have been used more traditionally. But as the trade and commerce of our country increased with others, we gained more knowledge about lesser varieties of gemstones as well. Our learned experts analyzed them deeply and discovered many practical applications of these jewels. Thus, the use of seventy-five lesser kinds of stones also saw a fare and square increase. Lets first of all be familiar with the names of these gemstones.