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A hybrid electric aircraft is an aircraft with a hybrid electric powertrain. As the energy density of lithium-ion batteries is much lower than aviation fuel, a hybrid electric powertrain may effectively increase flight range compared to pure electric aircraft.
By May 2018, there were over 30 hybrid electric aircraft projects, and short-haul hybrid-electric airliners were envisioned from 2032.

History

The Boeing Truss-Braced Wing subsonic concept was planned with hybrid electric propulsion.
The Diamond DA36 E-Star first flew on 8 June 2011, the first flight of a series hybrid powertrain, reducing fuel consumption and emissions by up to 25%, a technology scalable to a 100-seater airliner. A small and  lighter Austro Engine 40 hp (30 kW) Wankel engine generates the electricity, supplemented by EADS batteries for silent take off, feeding a Siemens 70 kW (94 hp) electric motor turning the propeller.
The AgustaWestland Project Zero was intended to be hybrid-electric.

2011
Nasa sponsored a centennial challenge to encourage the development of the world's most fuel-efficient airplane. The contest got co-sponsored by Google and was conducted in California skies. Amongst the entrants was the world's first parallel gas-electric hybrid aircraft called the EcoEagle, built by students of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, two electric airplanes - the Pipistrel Taurus G4 and the eGenius.

2014
Faradair Aerospace launches a Triple Box-wing hybrid electric aircraft concept Called the BEHA (Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft) as one of the world's first regional aircraft specifically designed for hybrid electric regional flight. The UK start-up has continued development from the initial concept to the latest BEHA M1H variant, with future opportunity for unmanned and all electric variants. The E-STOL BEHA has gained support from key members of the UK Government and the airframe development has been conducted at Swansea University.

2017

Zunum Aero, backed by Boeing and JetBlue, is working since 2014 on a family of 10- to 50-seat hybrid electric regional aircraft. On 5 October 2017, Zunum launched the development of a six-to-12-seat aircraft. Aiming to fly in 2020 and be delivered in 2022, it should lower operating costs by 40–80% to reach available seat miles (ASM) costs of a 78-seat Dash 8-Q400.

On 28 November 2017, Airbus announced a partnership with Rolls-Royce plc and Siemens to develop the E-Fan X hybrid-electric airliner demonstrator, to fly in 2020.

2018

The 1,300-shp GE Catalyst could be used in hybrid-electric propulsion: in late 2016, General Electric modified a GE F110 fighter turbofan to extract 250 kW from its  turbine and 750 kW from its  turbine, supported by the USAF Research Laboratory and NASA, developed and tested a 1-megawatt electric motor/generator with GE Global Research, and tested a liquid-cooled inverter converting 2,400-volt DC to three-phase AC with silicon carbide-based switches and 1.7-kW MOSFET power modules.

Industry experts expects a 50+ seat hybrid-electric airliner to debut in commercial operation by 2032 for routes like London-Paris.

By November of 2018, Zunum Aero offices have been closed and all 70 staff members laid off as the programme comes to an end.

The EU funded the Hypstair program with €6.55 million over three years till 2016 for a TRL of 4: a Pipistrel Panthera mockup received a serial hybrid-electric powertrain, ground testing a 200-kW motor driven by batteries only, by a 100-kW generator-only and by both combined.
It is followed by Mahepa project from 2017, EU-funded over four years with €9 million under the Horizon 2020 research program to reduce aviation carbon emissions by 70% in 2050, till TRL 6 before entering product development.

The Panthera drivetrain will be divided in modules: electric motor thrust generator and internal combustion power generator in the nose, human-machine interface and computing, fuel and batteries in the wing. Ground testing is planned for 2019 before flight tests in 2020.

 The dual-fuselage, four-seat, battery-powered Pipistrel Taurus G4 received a DLR hydrogen fuel cell powertrain to fly as the HY4 in September 2016, with hydrogen tanks and batteries in the fuselages, fuel cells and motor in the central nacelle. Partners are German motor and inverter developer Compact Dynamics, Ulm University, TU Delft, Politecnico di Milano and University of Maribor.
Ground and flight tests should follow those of the Panthera a couple of months later.

Along their ground handling, scaling to 19- and 70-seat airliners will be studied in two configurations: more of the same size modules for electric distributed propulsion, or larger sized modules extrapolating the flight-test results, powering twin propellers. Flights will test system behavior, measure performance and reliability, and evaluate failure modes. A failure rate of one per 10 million hours is targeted, as low as in airliners, with very reliable components or with redundancy.

Austrian company ScaleWings, developer of a P-51 Mustang scale replica, has developed a hybrid and redundant piston/electric engine, based on independent modules: a  four-stroke V-twin producing  when turbocharged, and electric motors, producing  combined.

VoltAero is a startup company formed in September 2017 by the CTO and test pilot of the 2014 Airbus E-Fan 1.0, located in Royan and established with the support of the French Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The company is developing a hybrid testbed based on the Cessna 337 Skymaster, which it intends to fly in late February 2019.
The clean-sheet, all-composite VoltAero Cassio prototype should follow in 2020, before deliveries in late 2021 or early 2022. It will be powered by two  electric motors driving tractor propellers on the wing and a  piston engine and  motor driving a pusher propeller in the aft fuselage. The combination  of fuel and batteries will give it a  range with nine people aboard.

On 31 October 2018, Diamond Aircraft flew the , funded by Germany's economics ministry and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, reaching  and  within 20 minutes. It is a modified DA40 with its single piston engine replaced by two Siemens  electric motors in the nose powered by a  Austro Engine AE 300 diesel or two  batteries, for a 5 h. endurance or 30 min. on batteries only.

2019

By January 2019, U.S. startup Ampaire was replacing the Cessna 337 Skymaster (a push-pull aircraft) aft piston engine with an electric motor, to fly the prototype on Hawaiian Mokulele Airlines commuter routes operated with Cessna Caravans. Seven other airlines are interested by Caravan or Twin Otter conversions: Seattle's Kenmore Air, Tropic Air of Belize, Puerto Rico-based Vieques Air Link, Southern Airways Express of Memphis, Tennessee, Guernsey's Aurigny and Star Marianas Air, based in the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as Norway. Test flights will take place on a  route over 15 minutes between Kahului Airport in Central Maui and Hana Airport on the East side. The hybrid prototype held its first public test flight on June 6, 2019, before scheduled service planned for 2021. Personal Airline Exchange (PAX) became the launch customer for the Ampaire Electric EEL modified six-seat Skymaster, to be certified in 2021, with an order for 50 plus 50 options.

By March 2019, UTC was converting a 39-seat Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 into a hybrid-electric for demonstration flights from 2022 within its Project 804.
The  design is similar to the Airbus E-Fan X program, but aims for certification and production for a subsequent commercial offer.
One  PW121 turboprop will be replaced by a  gas turbine joined with an electric motor of the same rating, powered by off-the-shelf lithium-ion batteries for takeoff and climb.
The turbine is used alone in cruise and drives the motor-generator to recharge the batteries in descent.
The downsized engine operates at its optimum for 30%  fuel savings over .
Range is reduced from  due to the higher empty weight and 50% lower fuel capacity.

Faradair Aerospace launched its 18 seat BEHA M1H during Revolution.aero in March, London, with turboprop hybrid propulsion and 'quick change' passenger/cargo capability, targeting the CS23/Part23 commuter category regulations. The E-STOL aircraft capable of operation on runways of less than 300m with 5 tonne payload from its unique Triple box-wing configuration and quiet ducted fan pusher configuration.

At the June 2019 Paris Air Show, Daher, Airbus and Safran teamed up to develop the TBM-based EcoPulse demonstrator, with half of the €22 million ($25 million) demonstration funded by the DGAC.
The maiden flight is scheduled for the summer of 2022 before a hypothetical 2025-30 certification.
The aircraft's existing engine will be supplemented by six  safran electric motor on the wing fed by a  APU or  batteries.
Similar to the NASA X-57 Maxwell, the distributed propulsion reduces wingtip vortices and add low speed lift by blowing the wing, enabling a smaller, lower drag wing.

A mid-May 2019  survey for UBS shows 38% of Americans and Germans said they would be likely to fly in a hybrid-electric airplane, rising to more than 50% for 18-44-year-olds.
UBS thinks hybrid aircraft for up to nine passengers over short routes below  could be available from 2022, and 2028 for regional airliners up to 1 h routes.
UBS forecast a market for 16,000 hybrid-electric airplanes and $178-192 billion over 2028-40, mostly in general aviation, light business jets and regional aircraft with 20% lower operating costs than present 50-70 seaters.

Led by Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS), Project Fresson started on 1 October 2019, to fly an electric Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander within 30 months before an EASA STC within another 6-12 months.
It targets a 60 min endurance plus 30 min reserves and with energy five times cheaper than Avgas and reduced maintenance, the conversion cost could be recovered in three years and it would have a range-extender combustion engine.
Half of the £18 million ($22 million) funding come from the partners and the other half from the UK government.
Of 800 Islanders in service, around 600 are used for short flights.
Loganair should use it for short interisland hops off northern Scotland.

Electric EEL developer Ampaire and aircraft modification specialist Ikhana Aircraft Services study a 19 seat, diesel-electric hybrid de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.
It could use Ikhana's STC for an increased MTOW from , the study is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

2020
Supported by Bavarian funding, the German DLR is modifying one of its two Do 228 into a hybrid-electric demonstrator.
The first fully electric flight is planned for 2020 and the first hybrid-electric flight for 2021, apparently from Cochstedt Airport.
Partners include MTU Aero Engines and Siemens, of which Rolls-Royce plc is acquiring the electric propulsion unit.

In April of 2020, the E-FanX programme supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Airbus and Siemens is cancelled.

By July 2020, Faradair Aerospace announces relocation to Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK in partnership with the Imperial War Museum Duxford and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to develop the BEHA M1H prototype hybrid electric regional aircraft from a new bespoke prototyping facility as part of the new Duxford Avtech aerospace research and development campus. First flight is targeted for late 2023/early 2024.

In November 2020, Embraer had a new design for a regional airliner avoiding an hybrid-electric drivetrain, as operating costs would increase by 15% for 5% of the required power compared to conventional turboprop.

2021

The Berlin-Brandenburg Aerospace Alliance is a business cluster that includes Rolls-Royce Dahlewitz, MTU Aero Engines, aeronautical engineering specialist APUS and Stemme.
It plans the -i6 project, a 19-seat distributed electric propulsion demonstrator to fly in 2021 with turbodiesel, gas turbine and fuel-cell generators.

Separate from this i-6, the APUS i-5 will be a twin-boom testbed with tandem seating for a 4 t (8,800 lb) gross-weight.
A Rolls-Royce 250 turboshaft will drive four electric propellers through a battery, generators, convertors, and power controls.
Supported by the German state of Brandenburg and the Brandenburg University of Technology, flights should begin after 2021.

2022

In 2019, the National Research Council Canada started to convert a Cessna Skymaster, a push-pull configuration, the Hybrid Electric Aircraft Testbed. It first flew on 7 February 2022.

2023
On 19 January 2023, ZeroAvia flew its Dornier 228 testbed with one turboprop replaced by a prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain in the cabin, consisting of two fuel cells and a lithium-ion battery for peak power. The aim is to have a certifiable system by 2025 to power airframes carrying up to 19 passengers over .

See also
 Environmental effects of aviation

References

Further reading

Aviation and the environment


A little over a year since the dramatic implosion of the deteriorating, 16-story Queen Lane Apartments, a $22 million development of rental homes is close to completion on the site.
Applications from those who'd like to live were accepted by the Philadelphia Housing Authority last week, and a ribbon-cutting for the development of townhouses is scheduled for Dec. 15 at 11 a.m.
Just about everyone is very satisfied with the change on the site bordered by Queen Lane, Pulaski Avenue, and Penn and Priscilla streets.
Lisa Hopkins, a founder of Northwest Neighbors, said the new homes will "allow the quality of life to be restored back to this area," with a much needed increase in the assets and property values of the surrounding neighborhood. "Any new type of development is a plus in this part of Germantown," Hopkins said.
PHA president and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah visited on Sept. 30 to check on progress at the site. "I'm amazed how the construction is redefining the location," and the project is having ripple effects throughout the neighborhood, he said.
The Sept. 13, 2014 demolition of the Queen Lane Apartments was one in a series of actions taken by PHA to replace the aging affordable housing structures built in the 1950s and '60s. The agency has taken down 22 towers at seven sites over the years in order to build more contemporary, livable structures that reflect the scale and design of neighboring homes.
The 55 new apartments will be two- and three-story, energy-efficient townhouses with one, two or three bedrooms.
When the PHA first proposed taking down the Queen Lane high-rise in 2010 to replace it with new rental units, the neighbors opposed the idea of new apartments "because of all the violence that occurred there," Hopkins said.
What the neighbors wanted to see was the construction of a new playground at the site. The Wissahickon Playground that had stood on the corner of Pulaski Avenue and Penn Street had been dismantled in the years leading up to the demolition of the apartment building.
Hopkins said the playground land had been transferred to PHA without the community's input. A lawsuit was filed in March arguing that the transfer violated the Public Trust Doctrine, and a hearing is scheduled for Oct. 14 in the Court of Common Pleas. A group of neighbors has been meeting with Councilwoman Cindy Bass every week since May, Hopkins said, to find a place for a new community playground.
Jeremiah said the "petitioners are looking for sanctions that could imperil the development" at the site. The claim that the land was not appropriately conveyed to the PHA "does not have any merit, and we will vigorously fight it," he said.
PHA is working with the residents to identify the best spot for a recreational space, and has committed $500,000 for a new basketball court and tot lot, Jeremiah said.
All sides agree that the razing of the old apartment building was welcome.
The 2014 implosion did cause cracked and shattered windows in some surrounding homes, which were quickly replaced by the Dale Corporation, which is constructing the new apartments. "Dale and the PHA had agreed to rectify all the damage," Hopkins said.
The Northwest Neighbors and other civic groups worked closely with the PHA in the protection and preservation of the potter's field, where former slaves and their descendants were buried, in the center of the construction area.
Jeremiah said that the new construction already has sparked other activity throughout the neighborhood.
"There are other folks doing rehabs on private homes down the street and across the street," he said.
PHA gutted and rehabilitated the Queen's Row building on the 500 block of Queen Lane, and the 29-unit development opened in August, almost fully occupied.


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This guide provides farmers and their advisers with an introduction to anaerobic digestate, what it is and how to use it. For those interested in finding out more, there is a section on 'Further information' at the end of the guide, including a list of all websites referred to.


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Q: Is there a difference between the pronunciation of long-ass and long gas? I know that final -⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋ/ (in most dialects), but I'm wondering what happens when the intensifier "ass" comes after the /ŋ/ sound of "long". Does the pronunciation of "long-ass" become /lɑŋgæs/? Or does it stay like /lɑŋæs/? e.g. Do "long-ass" and "long gas" sound exactly the same?

A: Yes there is a difference; one has a /ɡ/ after the /ŋ/, and the other doesn't.
English has a set of velar phonemes (produced way back in the mouth, using the back of the tongue and the soft palate as articulators), including /k ɡ ŋ/. The velar nasal /ŋ/ frequently occurs alone, as in singer, and the homorganic nasal cluster /ŋɡ/ also occurs, as in hunger. Leaving out the /ɡ/ in hunger is wrong, and leaving it in singer is also wrong.
And things get messy at the end of the morpheme. Long ago, English had a rule that deleted voiced stops from certain final nasal + stop clusters, leaving silent letters in the ancient spellings, like thumb, numb, dumb, sing, thing, long. The "g" isn't really gone, because as usual the nasal has assimilated from dental /n/ to velar /ŋ/ because of that lost velar /ɡ/.
So, mostly, /ŋɡ/ doesn't occur finally; however, when things get added after it, the /ɡ/ could reappear after the /ŋ/, as in longer 'more long' -- that /ɡ/ has to be there. But there is another -er suffix in English, beside the comparative -er of longer; the -er of worker is called an "agentive suffix" -- it marks the actor (aka "agent") of the root verb. There is also another word long, which is a verb meaning "suffer distress from unfulfilled desire" and takes a preposition for to indicate the missing object of desire.
This leads to two words with different clusters

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*longer Adj, comparative form of adj long, pronounced /'lɔŋɡər/ (with /ɡ/)

*longer Noun, agentive form of vb long, pronounced /'lɔŋər/  (without /ɡ/)

You could even with a little imagination use them both in the same sentence, and nobody would probly notice.

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*That "longer for justice" who was creating the commotion is no longer here.

A: Broadly, yes.
I know nothing of phonetics but the difference is between 'long ass' and 'long gas' with the emphasis for some reason on 'long' in the first case and 'gas' in the second.
Does that not say it all?

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Co-presented by SMART Communications, Best Cebu Blogs Awards (BCBA) staged its 8th year Awarding Ceremony last December 6 at The Avalon Towers which revealed Six Top Bloggers from Seven different Niches. Mark Monta, Founder and Head of BCBA started the program with a Welcome Remarks which he highlighted, "We always believe in the important roles of Bloggers and we hope, through this Awarding Body, we uplift the morale and passion of Bloggers towards their crafts." The event was then graced by Couple Travel Bloggers and Best Cebu Travel Bloggers of 2014, Mr. Gian Carlo Jubela and Ms. Sheilamei Abellanoza for their inspirational message.The couple suggested to all the Finalists and Bloggers who attended the event to focus and enjoy blogging journey rather than be selfish of reaching the summit.
BCBA 2015 Finalists and Special Guests. Photo by Sinjin Pineda, First BCBA recipient in the year 2008.
And of course, the highlight of the event is the acknowledgement and awarding to BCBA2015 Winners.
ASUS Philippines Technical PR Specialist, Alvin Estacio attended the Awards Night and surprised all winners with a brand new ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser 5.0 as their special prizes.
BCBA's partner, The Memoriter Writing Services has awarded the Special Recognition to Brennan Mercado for Best Creative Writing in Blog Award which was presented by Ms. Daryl Dizon, Marketing Personnel of Memoriter. At the same time, Ms. Dizon closed the Awarding Proper with an inspirational speech from Ms. Nancy Cudis, Owner and CEO of the said online business.
The lady of the Ceremony is Ms. Mary Angeli Bas, BCBA2012 Food Blogger and currently a Disc Jockey at OOMPH RADIO 105.1 Cebu.


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Senator for life Liliana Segre to Pagine Ebraiche: "I'll always be grateful to President Mattarella, and I am glad for his re-election"
Pubblicato in News il 31 January 2022 - 29 שבט 5782
By Daniel Reichel
"I will always be grateful to President Mattarella both for the symbolic choice of appointing me as Senator for life and for having chosen, as a first act in 2015, to visit the Fosse Ardeatine. He gave a clear message to the country, and I can only be happy with his re-election". Back from Rome, where she participated in all the votes in Parliament, life Senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre expressed her satisfaction for President Mattarella second mandate to Pagine Ebraiche.
"I've been there with my head and legs the entire week. Not absent at all", she remarked, alluding to her choice of not missing any of the votes. Not wanting to miss any of the voting. She then added: "I'm glad it ended up like this".
About the political dynamics, she did not want to intervene: "The only joke I can make is, the arduous sentence to posterity". But then she was keen to remind of the value of Mattarella's choice to go to the Fosse Ardeatine, where on 24 March 1944 German occupation troops killed 335 civilians as a reprisal. "All the heads of State – she pointed out – sooner or later went there during their mandates, but he was the only one that I know of to go there as the first act of taking office. And this must never be forgotten. This sensitivity has been a constant of his presidency. Even my appointment, when he had only one senator to choose, is proof of this. Then, if he hadn't chosen me, but someone like me, it would have been the same". Both her appointment and the visit, Segre continues, are messages that the President "gave to the whole country, even to haters".
Above, the meeting in 2018 between Senator for life Segre and President Mattarella on the occasion of the celebrations at the Quirinale on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Second row from left, Holocaust survivor and the historian Anna Foa (Photo Quirinale).
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Q: Insert into table that uses Clustered Columnstore index I want to insert into a table that uses clustered columnstore index.
My logic is the following. First i am checking if the table has clustered columnstore index and then drop the index, insert the new data and finally create again the clustered columnstore index.
Here is my sample code.
declare @sql as nvarchar(max)
if exists (select i.name as indexname,
       t.name as tablename
from   sys.indexes i
  join sys.tables t on i.object_id = t.object_id
where  i.type in (5, 6) and t.name = 'cci_table')
begin
        set @sql = '
                    DROP CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci ON dbo.cci_table'
        print @sql

        /** insert data to cci_table **/

        set @sql = '
                    CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci ON dbo.cci_table'
        print @sql
end
else
begin
        set @sql = '
                    CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci ON dbo.cci_table'
        print @sql
end

Is it a good approach do it like this?
Is there a different way to insert data in clustered columnstored index table, or do i have to drop current index and then create index again?

A: It is not needed to drop and then create columnstore index as tables that use columnstore index are updatable.
That means that i can insert new data to existing columnstore table if the index exists with no problem.
 declare @sql as nvarchar(max)
    if exists (select i.name as indexname,
           t.name as tablename
    from   sys.indexes i
      join sys.tables t on i.object_id = t.object_id
    where  i.type in (5, 6) and t.name = 'cci_table')
    begin

            /** insert data to cci_table **/

    end
    else
    begin
            set @sql = '
                        CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci ON dbo.cci_table'
            print @sql

            /** insert data to cci_table **/

    end


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State of Florida Bowl Preview: A look at every in-state matchup, games featuring Florida teams
By Roy Parry
West Virginia quarterback Will Grier and the Mountaineers will be playing in Orlando's Camping World Bowl. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
CURE BOWL
Matchup: Tulane (6-6) vs. Louisiana (7-6)
Location: Camping World Stadium, Orlando
Date: Dec. 15 Time: 1:30 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Network
The Buzz: Tulane, which reached bowl eligibility with a one-point win over AAC foe Navy in its regular-season finale, will be making its first bowl appearance since the 2013 New Orleans Bowl. Sun Belt Conference runner-up Louisiana, meanwhile, bounced back from an early-season skid that includes losses to Alabama and Mississippi State.
Matchup: UAB (10-3) vs. Northern Illinois (8-5)
Location: Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium, Boca Raton
Date: Dec. 18 Time: 7 p.m. TV: ESPN
The Buzz: UAB already has turned in a season to remember by winning the Conference USA championship in just its second year back after the program was shut down in 2014. NIU, which will be making its 10th bowl appearance in the past 11 seasons, rallied from 19 down to beat Buffalo in the MAC title game.
GASPARILLA BOWL
Matchup: Marshall (8-4) vs. USF (7-5)
Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
The Buzz: USF, making its fourth straight bowl appearance, will try to build some momentum for 2019 as it looks to end a five-game losing streak that soured what was a promising start. The Bulls have been outscored 198-101 during their skid. Marshall's somewhat up-and-down regular season culminated in a 41-20 loss to Virginia Tech.
BAHAMAS BOWL
Matchup: FIU (8-4) vs. Toledo (7-5)
Location: Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Date: Dec. 21. Time: 12:30 p.m. TV: ESPN
The Buzz: FIU is making its second straight bowl appearance under Butch Davis after tying the program record for victories for the second straight season. The bowl berth will mark FIU's fourth in program history, with the first two coming in 2010 and 2011. It will be Toledo's fifth straight bowl appearance and 18th overall. The teams last met in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, with FIU winning 34-32.
PINSTRIPE BOWL
Matchup: Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5)
Location: Yankee Stadium, New York
Date: Dec. 27 Time: 5:15 p.m. TV: ESPN
The Buzz: The Pinstripe Bowl will feature two teams ranked in the top 10 when the season began. While the Hurricanes have struggled with consistency on offense, they boast one of the country's better defensive units. The run defense will be tested by Wisconsin and running Jonathan Taylor (1,989 yards). The Badgers are 3-4 in their past seven games.
Matchup: No. 16 West Virginia (8-3) vs. No. 20 Syracuse (9-3)
The Buzz: West Virginia was still in the playoff semifinal picture before a pivotal 45-41 loss to Oklahoma State knocked the Mountaineers down before their showdown with Oklahoma. Still, they feature a prolific offense behind former UF quarterback Will Grier. Syracuse made big strides from last year's 4-8 campaign and gave Clemson all it could handle before losing 27-23.
Matchup: No. 19 Texas A&M (8-4) vs. NC State (9-3)
Location: TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville
The Buzz: Jimbo Fisher's Aggies were sitting at 5-4 before reeling off wins in their final three games, including an epic 74-72 victory against LSU that took seven overtimes. The Wolfpack, meanwhile, have quietly put together another solid season under Dave Doeren as they try to reach the 10-win mark for the first time since Chuck Amato's 2002 squad went 11-3 — and won the Gator Bowl.
Matchup: No. 18 Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4)
Date: Jan. 1 Time: Noon TV: ESPN2
The Buzz: If you like defense, this might be your bowl game. Both teams rank inside the top 10 in total defense. Mississippi State allows just 12 points a game; Iowa 17.4. This will be the Hawkeyes' sixth Outback Bowl appearance since 2003. They are 2-3, with their previous trip ending in a 30-3 loss to Florida in January 2017.
Matchup: No. 12 Penn State (9-3) vs. No. 14 Kentucky (9-3)
Date: Jan. 1 Time: 1 p.m. TV: ABC
The Buzz: Penn State had its sights set on a run at the Big Ten title before consecutive losses to Ohio State and Michigan State derailed that goal. They still feature dynamic dual-threat quarterback Trace McSorley. Kentucky looked like it might contend for the SEC East title after beating UF for the first time since 1986 but later stumbled against Texas A&M and Georgia.


A couple of manis to show you using black & gold floral nail stickers from Lady Queen.
The black flowers are embellished with gold petals and swirls, with 26 decals in the pack there's plenty for a couple of complete manis or lots of accent nails. I've used them over a neutral & red base and I think they'll look great over lots of different colours. They come on a clear backing sheet which is really handy because you can hold the decal over your nail to see how it will look before applying. Simply peel the decal from the backing sheet, press onto your nail and seal with top coat. The black & gold floral nail stickers are available in 12 different designs of flowers and butterflies.
They come on a clear backing sheet which is really handy because you can hold the decal over your nail to see how it will look before applying.
The black & gold floral nail stickers currently cost $1.30 / £0.84 / €1.07. You can also use my 15% discount code AELC15 which gets you 15% off! Check out the Lady Queen website for loads of cool nail art goodies.


Oh boy! Does that name say it all, it's a little planet full of everything possible for an afternoon of FUN!
We celebrated this guy's birthday at Planet Play.
We walked through the doors to see the Pizza, Pasta, Salad and Dessert buffet waiting for us to devour and beyond that the fun taunting us to come play. We headed to our private room where the boys fed themselves silly before entering the MADNESS. We started with a game of Laser Tag and then headed out to explore what else this FABULOUS place had to offer.
Our WONDERFUL party host was kind and patient as she helped all 14 boys with their various questions.
The handy game cards tracked the tickets the crazy boys accumulated playing games. The boys then found their way to the ticket store and walked out with AWESOME loot.
The party ended with the boys delving into the dessert bar and taking one last sip of their mixed sodas.
Planet Play is HOOKING you up!! One lucky person will win a party valued at $150. Content runs till December 2nd. To enter just tell me how you help your little ones celebrate their birthday.
The dreaded months of Winter! or are they? I am enjoying winter months a bit more these days.
My little ones, all 4 of them, are obsessed with animals.
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The Trumpster's Roark
Gary Cooper as Howard Roark in "The Fountainhead" (Metropolis)
It seems that Donald Trump and a host of his cabinet nominees are fans of the late Ayn Rand. Her philosophy of "objectivism" exalted the individual over the group. Her two best-selling novels are Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. The first is a paean to innovative business tycoons who must surmount government obstacles to succeed. The second, which was made into a film starring Gary Cooper in the role of Howard Roark, is about a modern architect who bucks his profession's establishment.
Both books are fascinating reads, veritable page-turners except for their occasional tedious descent into "objectivist" philosophizing, which can last for page after page and has surely caused many readers to bail.
I have little to say about Atlas Shrugged. Maybe government should get out of the way. Ayn Rand was not the first to have that thought! You can be an individualist without also having to hate the government or the people or democracy or religion. These traits make politicians uncomfortable, but you can believe in God and Darwinism at the same time. (Didn't God create evolution on Day 6?) I'll let greater minds mull the effect of reading Rand on Trump, his cabinet and their policy agenda.
But Trump's admiration for Fountainhead protagonist Howard Roark does worry me. The Providence Journal ran a story, "Influence of Rand permeates Trump's circle," by James Hohmann in the Washington Post. He writes:
The president-elect said this spring that he's a fan of Rand and identifies with Howard Roark, the main character in "The Fountainhead." Roark, played by Gary Cooper in the film adaptation, is an architect who dynamites a housing project he designed because the builders did not precisely follow his blueprints. "It relates to business, beauty, life and inner emotions. That book relates to … everything," Trump told Kirsten Powers for a piece in USA Today.
The Fountainhead was published in 1943, and would have been conceived and written before modern architecture became the default style of the field's establishment. Supposedly based on Frank Lloyd Wright, Roark is portrayed by Rand as the independent man against the architectural establishment, ramming his skyscrapers up the wazoo of the tightly sphinctered Peter Keating, the novel's prototypical establishmentarian traditionalist. Through Roark, modern styles of design are seen as bold, independent and innovative, charting the field's progress into the future. As a literary hero, the fictional Roark is responsible for the decision of many young people in the postwar era to enter the field of architecture, hoping to heave dead cats onto the porches of authority (channeling Mencken).
Today, however, modern architecture is the establishment and has been since not long after the book was published. In almost every relevant way, modern architecture reflects the worst habits of entrenched power. It betrays all the flaws of cronyism, authoritarianism, bureaucratic stultification, delusions of grandeur and omniscience, massive and systemic incompetence, abhorrence of self-examination, and the suppression of those who disagree – all of the things that Rand criticizes about government in Atlas Shrugged.
Lance Hosey painted the picture eloquently in "The Fountainhead: Everything that's Wrong with Architecture" for ArchDaily in 2013 (a very rare instance of self-criticism in an establishment architectural journal).
I realize that Trump Tower is water under the bridge, but if the Trump administration really wants to make America great again, its leader should understand that if The Fountainhead were written today, Howard Roark would be a classical architect. Trump should bear that in mind. Flipping the bird at the hated establishment means, among many things, promoting architecture that the actual people will love. Those who voted for him would expect no less.
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3 Responses to The Trumpster's Roark
theprogfather says:
Good article; however, I do have one beef. In the book, Howard Roark disassociates from so-called modern architecture as well. Rather than being a part of any tradition or group, he used his own principles and his own tastes to create things that he himself liked. If The Fountainhead was written today, he would not be a modernist. He would not be a classicist. He would be a Roarkist, Anyway, just had to get that off my chest. You do make some interesting points.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." Attributed to John Rogers
I remember a cover letter (with a resume) to an office I worked for. The letter bemoaned the mediocrity of architecture which The Fountainhead had railed against, and celebrated the architect as hero. It was written by a recent graduate, so she can be, perhaps, forgiven these 30 years later.
Great stuff, Peter. Thanks especially for that delightful Rogers quote. There are few writers whose entire ouvre can be slurped up entirely without deleterious results. I love Hazlitt and Mencken but would never embrace their full slate of views. Likewise Rand.